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Evening star., 1944-10-13
Rule by Bureaucracy
Is Issue Of Election,
Mrs. Luce Declares
sy the Associat.d Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 13.-Representa.
tive Glare Boothe Luce, Republican
of Connecticut, said in a speech her,
last night that "our choice In thil
election is either free people or.
dering their own destiny or a stat,
bureaucracy pushing us toward .
destiny that we do not desire, bui
are helpless to avert"
Her speech, titled "The New Deal
State VS.. the United States Of Amer
ica,' was given at a mass meeting
in the Municipal Opera House undel
sponsorship Of the Missouri chapter
Of Pro-America, Republican WON.
ems organization.
Hits Truman, Hannegan.
Mrs. Luce said Missouri was .
comforting State in which to be. She
said she was assured you are goinl
to throw out . wearisome crew, in.
cluding that amiable amateur. Fifth
Term Hannegan," and added:
Yes, you certainly are going to de
your part in changing horses this
year, including Senator Truman, the
new end of the horse that was
cleared at Chicago by Sidney Hill
man."
Mrs. Luce said that to-day ou1
Government Is exactly the kind o1
government the men who signed
the Declaration of Independence
and wrote the Constitution planned
against"
1.-THE men who wrote the Declara-
ton of Independence not only stated
they wanted to be free, in stirring
immortal words; they declared what
they wanted to be free from. Among
the chief tyrannies they wanted to
be free from was freedom from
bureaucracy"
Cites Federal Payroll.
Asserting that the Federal Gov
CA AAAAiSlAt AiOW lldS IllOl Z tlldli C,UtU,-
900 civilian employees, one for every
As citizens, Mrs Luce said travel
expenses alone last year amounted
to upwards of $4,000, ,0Oo-spent to
pay the way of these bureaucrats
back and forth, hither and yon,
through the country"
Forty-f1ve pages of the United
States Register are required, she
said, merely to list the independent
agencies, bureaus, commissions and
corporations of the Federal mech
anism.''
There are more than Is agencies
with 81 900 employees, whose business
it is to issue rules and regulations
affecting employment and conditions
Of work. There are more than 1C
agencies engaged in housing projects
OF one kind or another. Sixty sep
arate agencies of the Government
are engaged in purchasing land fol-
the Government. Ninety-f1ve sep
arate agencies are trying to get 8
blueprint Of the world well gel
after the war"
Evening star., 1944-10-13
Wickershum in London;
Seeks to Visit France
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. I3.-Representa-
tive Wickersham, Democrat, of Okla
homa arrived here yesterday hopeful
Of getting Gen. Eisenhowers per-
mission to visit the battlefields In
France.
In Washington, Mr.. Wickersham' S
office said he had made the trip in
the interest of postwar planning
Mr.. Wickersham is member of the
House Agriculture Committee.
Evening star., 1944-10-13
Privote Hunqed for Assault

LONDON, Oct. 10 (P.-Pvt. Mad
ison Thomas, Krotz Springs, La,
was hanged yesterday after being
sentenced by United States Army
court-martial for criminal assault.
The sentence was reviewed and con-
firmed by Gen. Eisenhower.
Evening star., 1944-10-13
Rings Offered for Gun

TULSA, Okla. (R.-Classified ad
under the Tets swap" heading in
the Tulsa Tribune: Unused en-
gagement and weddings rings; want
automatic shotgun"
Evening star., 1944-10-13

WARDROBE CASE, tan, airplane type, on
Union Station taxi platform or from
diamond cab about s:45 am. Wednesday:
Room 1O9, Willard Hotel Reward.
HAMPDEN, platinum diamond watch. lost
oy WAVE, on F st. Reward. c. Carroll
Sprure
Evening star., 1944-10-13
LOST RATION COUPONS

A GAS RATION BOOK. 7-11's unused IN
book. EDMOND r. BAILEY, 1909 18th
st. s.. Arlington, Va I2s
WALLET. brown leather. containing 'C''
gas coupons issued to Louis d, Adamson.
2Ig Park ave, Takoma Park. Md. SH
NO. RATION BOOKS. Q; issued to Jack
Stamates and Marie Mincgue, 1884 Ft
Stevens DR.. NV, Apt. Ito.
NO. RATION BOOKS, 2, issued to Cor
ton c. and Mary e. Hinckley, SI4
buchanan NV, Taylor Ally.
Evening star., 1944-10-13

CARRIED AACHEN ULTIMATUM-Three American soldiers
one with white flag of truce made from bedshee shown
carrying beeged Aachen surrender destroyed"
utmatum. Left right First 1t William Boehme York.
interpreter Pfc Kenneth Kadng La Grange Ill., with flag
and First 1t Cedric La Fey Enosburg Falls Vt carried
American demand which refused resulting present
bombardment of the cityA Signal Corps Radio
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Subsidy For Shipping

| American builders have turned out more
tonnage during this war than Great Britain
queen of the seas, has accumulated through
out her long maritime history.
Much Of it is not suitable for postwar use
Liberty ships met pressing need. But fol
them we should not be talking seriously abou
ending the European war before Christmas
They are, however, frankly makeshifts. They
cannot compete in normal peactime carrying
trade.
o. the other hand enough Of our new
craft are competitive in quality so that, in al
probability, wars end will find the United
States either top dog or a close runner-up on
the high seas.
Most Americans assume that, having &C.
quired that position, we are going to fight to
retain it. Most Englishmea fear that we will
try to maintain a frst-rank merchant fleet.
II we do, we must begin laying plans. If we
do, we must reconcile ourselves to a program
Of subsidization. 1t is extremely improbable
that an American merchant marine will ever
be able to hold its own in free competition
with the rest of the world.
That is no reflection upon our ships, our
seamen o. our arrangements. It is a direct
and inevitable result of the higher wage scales
the superior standards of living, which rightly
are one Of this nations great sources of pride
The cost of doing business in any field con-
sists Of two items-overhead and operating ex-
pense. The overhead of an American mer.
chant marine is higher because the men who
build ships are better paid. Operating costs are
higher because operating personnel receive
much better wages.
Assume, if you will-though you might be
wrong-that in custom building and in ship
operation Americans are superior, man for
man, to builders and sailors of any other race.
including the British and Scandinavian.
They aren't enough better to Offset the
much higher wage scales, the much better
working conditions.
Shippers will choose whatever line will trans
port their goods at lower cost. Al American
merchant marine must compete for business
on a price basis. It can do this only if there
is some form OF subsidy that will bring its
net costs down to a competitive level.
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The Literary Guidepost

professional dares do less than be
reverent.
1 said once before that the
Joseph saga appealed to me as =
crashing bore, and still think
so. This has nothing to do with
MIR. Mann's abilities; some of these
are transcendent. He carries the
teutonic ability to make much OF
little to a tremendous length. writ
ing over and under and around .
subject so skillfully that Gas in the
writings of hundred Germans) il
seems sacrilegious to doubt the use
OF it all. But for this reader. a
dialogue in which for one ex
ampie) two successive speeches in
first meeting between a prisoner
and his jailer each run better
than page and a half is not lit
erary triumph but sheer nonsense
This in spite Of the fact that both
the speeches have amusing lines
There is one other matter. which
is the question of taste. The Lord
only knows how many times writ
ers have popped tiny kernel of
corn into a lovely, big, white. TASTY
mouthful. Mr.. Mann is quite with
in his rights to repeat the process
But it is pretentious to 9ild >
lily. The Joseph story III the Bible
IS nearly perfect ana everybody
mas Bible in the house.
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By JOHN SELBY
"JOSEPH THE PROvIDER," by
Thomas Mann (KnOpf; $3).

In the year 1884, seven years
after "The Magic Mountain" Tho
mas Mann published the first Of
a tetrology on the life of the Bib
lical Joseph. 1t was called 80
seph and His Brothers. Next year
Young Joseph appeared; in 1885
Joseph in Egypt" and today
Joseph the Provider," which
Mann promises will be the last OF
the series. It seems to be time
to arrive at some sort of judgment
on the Joseph saga, particularly
since the current example has been
chosen by the Book Of the Month
Club, and therefore is assured a
large circulation among a vast
group of people who will at least
read part of it because they have
heard that the author is genius.
Similarly, the Literary supple
ments will beat the drums proba-
bly, on their front pages. This is
because Mr.. Mann writes In such
a manner that he must be taken
seriously by literary man; ne is
so astonishingly confident OF his
powers, and so amazingly auto
cratic in the use Of them, that
very few of his audience, lay or
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An Ickes Balloon Bursts

Remember that 1,250-nnile pipeline across
the Arabian desert and how the government
proposed to put the project over as further
evidence Of its intention to 60 into business
on its own? Well it has changed its mind.
Secretary Ickes' scheme is set aside in favor
Of private construction.
Chalk up one run for private enterprise.
Instead Of running the show, the federal
government will offer loans to oil companies
to help pay the cost Of construction, which is
a very different matter, for the loans will be
repaid and it is fair to assume the private
companies will operate at profit, or at least
without deficit which usually accompanies
governmental adventures into business. Even
tually, by this means, the taxpayers money
involved il the loans will come back to the
treasury and another burden be lifted from
their shoulders.
As the Middle East oil fields which will be
served by the pipeline contain an estimated
reserve Of 2eooO,oOo. oco barrels, the petroleum
shortage appears to be in a fair way for solu
ton, even though the line may not be con
structed until the war has been ended.
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Our Chief Ain,
Reconversion Problem

While there can now be no general consid-
Grafton of reconversion Of industry to peace
time production some preliminary steps evil
IDENTIFY have been taken in that direction.
Permission is being granted, to such firms
as are not too submerged in war work, to
obtain materials and go ahead with the manu-
facture of prototype products-models, speci-
mems, experimental items-so that, when the
time comes, they can swing faster into actual
production for use.
This appears to assume that one OF the most
difficult of all our reconversion decisions has
been made. That was whether each factory,
as it terminated war work, should be per-
mitted to shift over to civilian production or
whether plants should stand idle waiting for
whole industries to become free, in order that
none should be given opportunity to seize the
others markets.
Such a decision, it it has been made, I'M
doubtedly will arouse great deal Of bitter
criticism, which will have some merit
Often it will be the least efficient plants
which will first be erased from the war pro-
duction rolls. The most efficient-the ones
whose genius, initiative, know-how have con-
tributed heaviest to our amazing record-will
be kept making war goods while their less
competent rivals are free to establish them
selves in the civilian field without effective
competition.
That is unfortunate and should be avoided
as much as possible. But it would be more
unfortunate to have plants idle men loafing
primary materials unused while. the public
continues to 60 short on important consumer
items.
There is one method by which the worst
effects of the mixup can be avoided-a method
used by Great Britain in connection with the
conversion to war production and used in this
country in at least one instance.
When it was found necessary to have alarm
clocks made so that war workers would get
to work on time, they were put out without any
manufacturer mark. The public got its clocks,
but no manufacturer was permitted to bene-
fit by having his product on the market, under
his name while his competitors were shut off.
Extension of this scheme might be very de-
sirable when some factories are permitted to
return to civilian production in the near future
while others are kept on war work.
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Looks Like Dewey

With the Republican National Convention now
opened, and despite Governor Bricker's decla-
ration that he will fight for the presidential
nomination as long as there is vote to be
cast for him and will not accept the vice
presidential nomination under any conditions,
it appears very probable that Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey Of New York will head the party's
ticket
Hints that Dewey will consent to be draft
ed increase but the gentleman himself con.
tinues silent on the subject, so far as any
public announcement is concerned We may
be sure his friends know where he stands
and it probably would not be far wrong te
assume that he has made some secret com.
mitment to them. Else they would hardly
now be raising heaven and earth to build ur
sentiment for his nomination on the first OF
second ballot at Chicago.
| There is one circumstance IA connection with
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OutwOrn

The current uproar over suggestions that
certain southern electoral states run as Demo
Gratis, but then vote for some presidential
candidate, other than the 2arty's nominee, en-
phasizes the wisdom Of the constitutional
amendment which former Senator George Nor
ris tried so hard to get through Congress.
The electoral college is, Of course. an an.
achronism with very dangerous potentialities
It should be abolished. It is high time that
ed out to assure that the popular will shall
not be defeated by political trickery. Elimina-
ton of the electoral college probably would
result, quite quickly, in less one-sided dis.
tributions Of the vote.
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Indignation

Because of his long service as member
of the Committee On Interstate Commerce, the
opinions of Harry S. Truman of Missouri on
transportation, are highly regarded. In re.
marks to the Traffic Club Of Baltimore on a
proposed program OF Indignation Of all trans.
portation systems, he had this to say:
"A great variety Of proposals for modifying
in the postwar period have been and will be
made. There are those who advocate com.
plete naturalization of all forms of transpor.
tation and there are others who propose int.
grafton under private control :. When we
speak of Indignation, think we should be
clear about exactly what that means. 1ntegra-
ton of operation or coordination between var.
ious modes of transport, through such relatively
undeveloped methods as standardized and unit
packaging and mechanical transshipment, is
one thing, but indignation of ownership is an
other Because improved Indignation and CO
ordination Of modes Of transport will result
in improved service and reduced cost to the
shipper and is, therefore, desirable it does
not follow that such indignation can be achiev.
ed only through integrated ownership Our en-.
tire history runs contrary to such a PROPOSE.
ton.
I'VE want Indignation Of our operation, but
we certainly do not want 4. indignation Of
ownership. To add trucks, busses barges
and airlines to such an integrated system would
only multiply abuses and increase the damage
to the public welfare.
THE question is, How limited should the
number of these so-called competitive trans.
portation systems be? If we limit the nunbe,
to one, we have glorified cartel beyond the
widest dreams of the most rabid advocates Of
monopoly in history. It probably would be only
temporary transition to complete nationalist
ton. If we limit the number to say four ma
tio2al systems or one system for each rail
road territory, or two or three for each ter
ritory-we still have cartel-monopolies onl,
differing in size. -.
1.-THE governments function should be, no
| to direct and operate transportation systems
either itself or through cartels, but rather t.
police and curb manifestations Of self interes
which are harmful to growth and progress"
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Daily Prayer
FOR THE EXEMPT

Multitudes of men and women,
who yearn to be in active war
service, are kept at home by as
abilities or by essential tasks anu
we pray to Thee o Father In Heal
ven, that the glow of Loyalty aHa
patriotism may not grow dlni II II
their hearts. May they realize Ii. 10"
he who tolls behind the lines SHARES
in the victories of the fighting l ,,
While their bodies are free Hun a
the perils Of battle, may they w
watchful against the foes OF IHo ,
soul. Forbid that they should ]ol"
the evil ranks of war pro1l'eels'
Quicken them to vigilance IN lo NY
atty to our war aims; and TO Ille o
faithful exertion of every ou ~
OF energy for the prosecution OF 'li ir
work of the home front. May lne.-
tasks to them be splrltuai ~ ~
perience, ever overshadoWed W
an awareness of responsibility ~ ~
Thee, our God. Preserve the un; ;t5
Of those who work at home "I Wv
those who fight abroad. So haS.ea a
the day when, with single eye, "" W
shall all inherit new Woriu "
justice, liberty and brotherho00'
Amen.-W.T.E.
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Interpreting
'TheWar
BY ELTON c. FAY
Associated Press War Avail,

MI ess war Analyst
Inc savage fighting at the ~.
ish-manned southeast corner ~ t, III
Normandy front has develoned '-'s
sentially, from two basic +ao.. ss'
That area represents the Dots ,,
OF farthest advance into Frano.
and can become the snrir rba
for major offensive direcf sn9a I.
ward the Seine and Paris e0 10
1t is there that the All;o.,
flank exists and flanks are t 9S'
favored attacking point for t Hls
opposition. 10l me
How essential the Nazis consis.
this area is attested by the teus
cious manne-- in which thew lena ba,4.
maintained their grip On the nave ai.
of Caen. They hope that by bo oIy
ing there they can keep shut t-o ~,
door to the seine estuary and III tie
coast between the Orne and nd t ss
seine rlvers-and to the rail a1d l
highway lines that lead to psr ;,0
Marshal Won Rundstedt @ b..
thrown perhaps the greatest vei -as
OF his armor and infantry on AN 5ha
Normandy front into the re, G,s
of the Orne, Caen and Tjllv.s vl
Seulles. SUI
Until the last 4s hours, tber.
has been little evidence that eitbas
side had succeeded in building IN
effective superiority. But hy
early yesterday morning Geaer.,
Montgomery's British staff apnar'
emily believed they were ready
and drive was opened which ad.
vanced the British past Tillv.sr.
Seulles, west of Caen, and set of,
fierce fighting to the northeast
Primarily, this British operatio,
is part of the whole aggressive
warfare being conducted BY the
Allied expeditionary force. 1t does
however, suggest an offensive-de.
fensive move. The spearhead ex.
tending south past the eastern side
of Caen represents the Allies left
flank. Moreover, one of the shall.
lowest points of the Allied beach.
head exists there. The British oh.
viously desire greater depth so as
to be prepared to absorb and repel
enemy penetrations without them.
selves being pushed back to the
coast. It is a matter of providing
flexibility,
Such terrifically fought contests
for position emphasize the fact
the Allied foothold on the Europ.
can west coast still must be view
ed as beachhead in progress Of
development.
The time when military men will
speak of it as true "invasior
area" however, should be has.
tened by the American capture O.
the port of Cherbourg, expediting
the landing Of still more soldier;
and munitions, and by the British
offensive.
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Plane Crash
Fatal To Four

NORFOLK, Va, June 25.-(R-
Four Marine corps airmen were
killed and another seriously in
jured when their Navy land plane
crashed yesterday at the Cherry
Point, N. c., Marine corps air sta
ton.
Fifth Naval district headquar
tiers identified the dead as:
Capt. Edward A. Walsh, USMC
the pilot, husband of Mrs. Avs
Gabrielle Walsh, 564 "a" St., Ma
rine Corps Air Station, Cherry
Point, N. c.
Second 1t. Robert Logan
USMCR, son of James Logan, Tot
iowa Boro New Jersey.
Second 1t George William Bang.
hart, USMCR, husband of Mrs
George w. Banghart, 142 Middle
St., New Bern, N. c.
Pfc. Julius Ulaner, USMCR, hus
band of Mrs. Bernice Ulaner
Bronx, N. Y.
Staff Sgt. T. Richard Kozaczka
The injured crew member va.
USMCR, son Of Michael Mozaczka
New Bedford, Mass.
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With Ernie Pyle

and asking us for instructions.
A man who looked as if he might
be the town banker asked what he
was supposed to do with prisoners.
We told him to bring them to the
truck, and asked how many he
had. To our establishment he said
he had 70 in the woods, a couple
of miles away, 120 in a nearby
AS far as I could figure it out
town, and 40 in another town.
he had captured them all him
self.
Another worried-looking French
man came up. He was a doctor.
He said he had 26 badly wounded
Germans down at the railroad
station and desperately needed
medical supplies. He wanted chic
reform and sulfa drugs. We told
him we would have some sent.
One character in the crowu look
ed as if he belonged in a novel
of Bohemian life on the left bank
in Paris. He couldn't possibly have
been anything but a poet. He wore
loose, floppy clothes that made
him look like woman. His glass
es were thick, and hair about
foot long curled around his ears.
I wish you could have seen the ex-
pressions of our tough, dirty SOL
diers when they looked at him.
When we finally started away
from the crowd, a little old fellow
in faded blue overals ran up and
asked us, in sign language, to
come to his cafe for drink. Since
we didn't dare violate the spirit
of hands-across-the-sea. that was
then waiting about the town, we
had to sacrifice ourselves and &C.
cept.
So we sat on wooden benches at
long bare table while the little
Frenchman puttered and sputter-
ed around. He let two policemen
and his own family in. and then
took the handle out Of the front
door so nobody else could get in.
The Germans had drunk up all
his stock except for some wine
and some Eau de Vie. In case you
don't know, Eau de Vie is a saw
age liquid made by boiling barbed
wire, soapsuds, watch springs and
old tent pegs together. The better
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brands have a touch of nitroglycer

brands have touch of nitroglycer-
inc for flavor.
So the little Frenchman filled
our tiny glasses. We raised them
touched glasses all around, ano
Vived la France all over the place
and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES rang out
through the air and tears ran
down our cheeks.
In this case, however, the tears
were largely induced by our VIC
lent efforts to refrain from clutch
ing at our threats and crying out
in anguish. This good will business
is tough life, and / think every
American who connects with a
glass of Eau de Vie should get a
Purple Heart.