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Evening star., 1944-10-30
Me, Too Cumpuiqn

The President, addressing the
largest audience of his political tour
at Chicago's Soldier Field, chided
his Republican opposition for con-
Quoting me, too" campaign.
Mr.. Roosevelt recalled that Re-
publican orators accused "incom-
petent bunglers" in his administra-
ton OF passing many excellent laws,
which they promised not to change
II elected. The Republicans, he
continued, also conceded that the
"quarrelsome, tired old men" had
built the greatest military machine
in the world, and they do not pro-
pose to change that, either, if voted
into office. Finally, he said, the
opposition comedies that the ad-
ministration has begun to lay the
foundations of lasting world peace,
and that, too, they do not propose
to alter. And, on the basis of this
me, too" campaign, said the Presi-
dent, the Republicans are going
about the country crying that lit is
time for a change"
This does considerable violence to
the real Republican position, but it
is effective campaigning and it has
enough substance to be legitimate.
What Mr.. Roosevelt neglected to
say, but of which he undoubtedly
will be reminded by Governor Dewey,
is that there was not little of the
me, too" appeal in his own address.
For instance, the President told
his Chicago audience that Congress
should enact legislation creating a
permanent Fair Employment Prac-
tices Committee. The President did
not say this when his party plat
form, silent on the subject, was
being drafted last July. He did not
say it, or anything like it, when his
administration leaders in the House
several weeks ago were shelving pre-
cisely the legislation that he now
says should be adopted. But Gov
ernor Dewey and the COP platform
did say it-a long time ago.
Mr.. Roosevelt Saturday night set
his sights on postwar goal of 60 OOO,-
600 productive jobs. He advocated a
more favorable depreciation allow
ance on new productive facilities for
tax purposes. He expressed his be-
lief in Exceptional rewards" for in
novation, skill and risk taking by
business. All of these things have
been said by Governor Dewey, too,
and he said them some time ago.
If Mr.. Roosevelt has ever sub
scribed to the belief of some New
Dealers that America has outgrown
its frontiers, no one would have
suspected it from his Soldier Field
address. He spoke glowingly of the
future of America, of an America
which always has been and which
always must be "a land of action
a land of adventurous pioneering-a
Aoilo VI SlOWAllS dIlu UQllulIlS. 1IldL
might have been lifted from any
one of scores of Republican speeches
over the past twelve years, and it
may prompt some to wonder who is
me too-ing" whom.
The answer is that no eleventh.
hour campaign speech, delivered on
the eve of an election, is to be taken
too seriously. No candidate, at such
time, is going to say anything that
might offend any large body of
voters, or neglect to couch his re-
marks in vein that may be ex-
pected to appeal to the important
groups of voters. 1t is still neces-
sary for the people to make their
decision on the basis of the record,
weighing what the 'ins" have done
against what they believe the "outs"
might do.
Evening star., 1944-10-30
This Changing World
BY Constantine BrOWn

In spite of the of1icial recognition OF
Gen. de Gaulle and his provisional gov
eminent, the situation In France shows
little sign Of improvement.
There are strong anti-De Gaulle fac
tions In the industrial suburbs Of Paris.
In Marseille and in southwestern France
his authority does not receive even lip
service. Local chie1tains are supreme
and disregard the authority of the CEN
tral government in spite Of its being
recently recognized by the United States
and other members Of the United
Nations.
It is generally assumed that the
French Communist party is at the bot
tom OF many Of De Gaulles troubles.
This Is, according to American observers,
only partially true. There is no doubt
that Communists are strong in southern
and southwestern France as they are
strong In industrial centers near Paris
and In the north. 1t is equally true that
the Moscow government, after having
recognized De Gaulle, is not particularly
enthusiastic about the French leader.
Last September the United States and
Great Britain proposed introducing a
French member in the European Com
mittee established In London after the
Moscow Conference, but the Russian
representative vetoed the suggestion,
Today, although France Is regarded as
key state in Europe, she is not repre-
sented on that committee whose mis-
sion Is to deal with European political
problems. There was a time when the
USSR had views" on De Gaulle. But
1t soon learned that he was not reliable
from the Russian point Of view and
Moscow decided to maintain only Cor
rect" relations with the Paris govern
ment.
The arrival of Maurice Thorez in the
French capital against the express
wishes of Gen. de Gaulle, who is skep-
tical of that Communist leader, Is likely
further to embroil the French affairs.
France Is considered to be diplo-
matically in the British sphere of in
f1uence. For many reasons, however, the
British are not particularly popular
either in Paris or in the rest of the
country. Gen. de Gaulle, who has been
set up by the British, is bound to play
along with them. This may bring
about complex situation in which
those who know how to fish in trou-
Evening star., 1944-10-30

competitive opportunities in the
postwar era. Assuming that the
economic principles Of the Atlantic
Charter are adequately applied and
that commerce Is conducted on a
fair reciprocal basis, many Of the
fears being expressed in Britain, the
United States and elsewhere are
likely to prove exaggerated.
Evening star., 1944-10-30

An Allied bomber group ranging
far over Germany recently saw just
one Nazi airship on the whole trip.
1t may be that the last of Hitler's
planes will become as elusive as the
last passenger pigeon or heath hen.
Evening star., 1944-10-30

40 tne EultOr OF Inc Star:
OF all the stupid arguments put forth
in favor Of the present administration
the most objectionable is the contention
that the defeat of Franklin Delano
Roosevelt on November would under
mine the morale Of our fighting forces
and have an unhappy effect upon our
relations with foreign countries.
The will to win possessed by our fight
Ing men, most certainly, is not con-
tingent upon who occupies the White
House. There is not, there never has
been. and may God grant that there
never will be any "for king and country"
philosophy inherent in the makeup Of
Americans.
As for what cooperation we can ex-
pect from other nations, it will be forth
coming just 10 long as those peoples
stand to gain anything by it-and no
longer. That is human nature and
neither Mr.. Roosevelt nor any one else
Is going to change 1t.
PHILIP L. WORMELEY w.
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calls for new strategy. You see, love Tim and
I'm going to have him."
'Blitz tactics?" said.
"Blitz tactics"
At the door she said, You'll tell him you've
been here?" l saw fear flicker in her eyes for
an instant
mot me. Tim doesn't even know that
knog But warn you, I've got few tricks
Of my own. You'll have to work fast - and be
smart
Amusement glowed in Myra's eyes, Il forgot
to tell you. Tim won't be home for dinner
tomorrow night"
Well see about that, Miss Pothooks,
thought, and left in high dudgeon or rea-
Sonable facsimile thereof
L KNEW almost at once when Tim began to
tire of Myra. The little things again. He began
to kick when his three minute eggs weren't
runny. Occasionally he looked at me as though
I'D come home after three weeks in the country
In the shower he left off singing Long Ago and
Far Away" and made the towel racks ring with
Love, Love. Love. The overtime conferences
dwindled to nothing
AT the end of six weeks, the lamb told me all
about Myra and what COON he had been
Evening star., 1944-08-27
ANnN7T

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A blow w-by- blow account oi
how one wife won out over
her husbands 8 secretary -.
r KNEW almost at once when Tim went over
board for his secretary. He had just passed
the birthday which 50 many men seem to cele-
brate by doing just that; and besides, a vile
can tell. 1t shows up in the little things, II I'm
Evening star., 1944-05-19

To the Editor OF The Star.
Edmund K. Goldsborough states the
poll tax situation in Maine very well,
but he does not give the whole story
Not only is one obliged to pay his
taxes before being issued a license for
his car, but citizen can be, and has
been, thrown into Jail for not paying
his poll tax. What do you think of
that? -@"
I was in Portland, Me-, in the winter
of 1889. During that time a man
was serving Jail sentence in the city
jail for not paying his poll tax. Dis
franchisement did not satisfy the tax
collector. He wanted his pound of flesh
besides-and he was within the law in
Maine.
Representative Fellows of Maine said
recently In radio broadcast that pay
ing poll tax is not prerequisite to
voting in Maine. When a citizen of
Maine was asked for verif1cation of this
statement the reply was: "I never heard
of anybody having the gall to try to vote
without paying his poll tax"
When any one says that paying poll
tax is not required for voting in Maine
he is beating the devil around the bush.
It may not be on the statute books,
probably isn't. But when a man goes
to the polls to vote his name is looked
up In the register, and, If one Is brash
enough to attempt to vote without pay
ing his tax his vote is challenged-which
means he does not vote.
Yet Maine is called a free state
ELIZABETH ALLEN.
Evening star., 1944-05-19

have employed wide range of
materials. Some of their volumes
are incased in wooden boards;
others are covered with snakeskin.
The Phillips display is instructive
IN that it illustrates their belief
that a book worth preserving is
worth dressing" in harmony with
its character, value and significance.
They stress the term hand binding"
in differentiation from mere case
binding" Books bound with loving
care, they argue, will last longer and
be better appreciated on that ac-
count. Some of the greatest book
people who ever have lived-Jean
Groder, Jacques Auguste de Thou,
the Eve family, Samuel Mearne,
Roger Payne, John Edwards of Hall
fax and John Whitaker among them
have held the same faith.
Evening star., 1944-05-19
On the Record
By Dorothy Thompson

Henry Kaisers speech last week on
the future of aviation and the pro-
visions of the soldier-aid bill as outlined
before the House by Representative Paul
Cunningham RepublicaD are both
very American. Both proposals concern
opportunity rather than security,
Two concepts of the future of aviation
within our borders contend for prtmacy.
There Is the conventional attitude that
thinks OF passenger planes In terms,
analogous to railroads or autobuses-as
collective conveyances.
But MIR. Kaiser-who thinks in these
terms, too-believes apparently that the
real future Of the airplane inside the
United States corresponds to the history.
Of the private automobile. He wants to
see an air terminal in every town OF
more than $500 people, total Of from
three to five thousand, he foresees a
private plane that will cost no more
than car, he sees people taking to the
air with the same nonchalance with
which they slip behind the automobile
wheel. ~
OF course, If he is right. the squirt
that would be given to the American
economy would be comparable to the
great upswing which came with the
development Of the motor car as an
ordinary convenience and necessity.
Mr.. Kaiser sees no reason why, in
mass production, planes should cost
more than cars. It is not harder to fly
a plane than run car. The creation
Of the airports and their maintenance
with repair and service station would
create thousands of new jobs; the pro-
duction end would create many more;
places now out Of reach for commuta-
ton would spring into easy accessibility.
X X
The private enterprise system depends
upon continual expansion. That is at
once its weakness and the secret of its
prodigious creative power. Mr.. Kaiser
thinks there are vast possibilities for
expansion inside the United States.
He mentioned also mass production
housing and immense opportunities in
collective, but not State controlled, hos
pital and clinic systems, created by in
dustries and supported by mutual in
Surances.
Evening star., 1944-05-19

It is good to hear Mr.. Kaiser speak,
because Americans are an, adventurous
Nation who have called ours "The Land
Of Opportunity"-never "The Land OF
Safety First" We invented the safety
first movement as check on popula-
ton moving on wheels up to 10 miles, an
hour. But the adventure preceded the
safety.
The soldier-aid bill is another move in
the direction of opportunity. The pre-
poea Is to let our young men, home from
war, borrow money underwritten by
Government, for new start In life.
The concept Is not that we. owe othem
charity but opportunity. A lot Of these
Eoung men viii be avfators,s ground
crews, plane servicersa and mechanics.
II the Government or the governments
OF the States, would build such net
work OF airports as Nj. Kaiser has pro-
posed, or veterans might take their
loans to buy in comparatively on air.
port service stations, and set themselves
up In what would become a thriving
business.
q. g~r.sn ;,s
There IS no question, in my mind,
that turn is coming toward greater
and more imaginative private enter
prise. Like it or not, the New Deal has
had a great deal to do with this. No
where In the world today are men will
Ing to stand idle and go without the
abundance that the modern economy is
capable Of producing. If private enter
prise cannot keep the wheels going
round, the masses of the people, who
cannot make them moye themselves,
since they neither owl nor control
them, will turn to Government and
demand it do the job.
On the other hand, this country does
not like bureaucratic administration.
The consumer doesn't like it. The as
sumption of private industry is that the
client is right, and that his wishes must
be considered. The assumption of bu-
reaucracy Is that he is an object to be
administered
Private enterprise, in this country,
always holds the better hand. The ques-
ton is how it plays it.
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Evening star., 1944-05-19

watch are the two towns mentioned,
especially Pontecorvo, which is now
menaced from the south Cat Esperia) as
well as from the east. It is quite pos
sible that this is switch" position
only, and that the Germans may be
planning to fall back on a straight
north-south line from Pico to Ceprano.
But should this be the case, it will
involve relocation of their positions
north of Casino.
We might further note the Importance
Of Pico in the above estimate. It may
be the hinge" where the German
switch position joins the main position.
1t is road center of some Importance,
and should it fall the Germans would
be deprived of the only lateral road
connecting the Via Appia and the Via
Casil1na for some 20 miles along those
twin roads to Rome. Remember that
motor transport is now all important to
the Germans, not only for the ability
to move men and supplies by truck from
the north to the south, but also for the
ability to distribute these loads by
lateral highways behind any front
which they may seek. to hold.
X x X
Finally, attention may be invited to
the German report that the Allied troops
in the Anzio beachhead are attacking in
the vicinity of Cisterna on the Via
Appia. This is interesting, but at the
moment the situation is obscure. The
natural direction of attack from the
beachhead would not be northeast to-
ward Cisterna, but northwest toward
Rome, which is the bottleneck for the
roads and railways serving the German
Army in the south. The strong position
of the Alban Hills, commanding these
lines of communication would seem to
be the outstanding objective for an
Allied advance. Hence the attack to-
ward Cisterna may be a feint to draw
German troops in that direction or it
may be move to interrupt German
forces withdrawing from the southern
front, which would be an explanation
of why the Casino position was not re-
inforced
For when all is said and done, the
fact that the Germans did not use their
reserves may we'll mean that they have
decided on general withdrawal, which
has been covered by the last-ditch re-
sistance Of the troops in the front-line
positions.
Evening star., 1944-05-19

Liege is easier to say than 'Luik."
The traditional Sebastopol with the
accent on the second syllable un-
doubtedly sounds more congenial
than the modern "Sevastopor' with
the emphasis on the third portion
of the word.
DR.. Greet consulted more than a
hundred contemporary authorities
in the preparation of his lexicon.
He says that common sense was
his guide in cases of conflict. Ameri-
cans, he confesses, have a militant
tendency to wish to be their own
masters in their speech. They
rhyme tomato with potato" and
insist on the first syllable of ration
rhyming with rash" and not with
cray" Also, regrettably, they "per-
duce" rather than produce.
Yet DR.. Greet and his colleagues
have not labored in vain. A practi-
cal guide to world Words" in this
hectic era of strife has been needed
and now at last is available.
Evening star., 1944-05-19
Bookbindinqs

Washington booklovers currently
have an exceptional opportunity to
see the modern art of bookbinding
demonstrated most convincingly.
The exhibition of covers by Edward
Mclean at the Phillips Gallery is
well worth inspection, if only be-
cause it proves what can be done
in the way of suiting a jacket to a
distinctive work of literature.
Mr.. Mclean and Hazel Dreis, his
partner, operate studio bindery in
the New Mexico desert, near Santa
Fe. Many of their finest achieve
ments are interpretations of the
Southwest. They have created
frames" for the sand paintings of
Mary Cabot Wheelright as well as for
Cushing's "Zuni Folk Tales" New
combs Navajo Omens and Taboos"
and Bauman's "Frijoles Canyon
Photographs" Such designs, natu-
rally, carry forward the esthetic
Ideals of the American Indians.
But when Mr.. Mclean and his
colleague repair, restore or entirely
recover European book of the
seventeenth or eighteen century for
the Folger Shakespeare Library or
some other famous photographic
Institution, they equally are mindful
OF the good manners Of accommo-
dating the binding to the text.
Their philosophy, briefly, is that a
book should not be denied its natural
environment Of time and place.
Yet they are creative artists in
the full meaning Of that phrase. In
their bindings for Western Amer
cana, Mr.. Mclean and Miss Dreis
Evening star., 1944-05-19
This Changing World
By Constantine Bro,yn

French as unwelcome guests. in North
Africa.
The situation in continental France,
which we hope to liberate, is likely to
be even more complicated. The policy
Of the American Government is to give
every opportunity to the liberated
French people to choose government
OF their own liking.
Gen. de Gaulle, from all the utter
ances he has made so far, believes he Is
the logical man to head the "tem-
porary" government Of France and in
sists that his administrators would take
over in the wake Of the Allied troops.
Gen. Koenig. an able French officer
and faithful follower of Gen. de Gaulle,
Is now in London. He will lead the
relatively small French expeditionary
force across the Channel. In the last
lew days he has had important discus
sions with Prime Minister Churchill
about the civil role he will play when
the first section of French territory is
liberated. His chief at Algiers has ap-
pointed two deputies to assist him in
the civil task. One Is the head of his
secret service, the much feared Mai.
Passy, the son Of a wealthy industrialist
in the north OF France who had much
to do with the underground and earned
for himself a reputation OF emulating
Hitler's Gestapo chief, Heinrich Hmm
Ter.
Frenchpen who have returned from
London In the last IL months tell some
terrifying stories about the Duke street
headquarters of the chief of the De
Gaulle secret service. Even allowing for
certain amount Of exaggeration, the
stories are not particularly savory.
The other deputy is M de Bois-
Lambert, who is said to be a former
member of the famous prewar French
terroristic organization, the Cagoulards
the hooded mem. Gen Koenig is said
ritories be placed under the exclusive
command of his force, and these two
devoted followers of Gen. de Gaulle will
begin to apply the political "heat" in
the same manner it has been exercised
recently at Algiers.
The underground political wire pull
ing which. already. is going on in Lon
don is likely to create many headaches
for the Allied commander in chief. The
military problem ahead OF him is greater
than that Of any general in the history
OF this country. Unless be, Is able to
devote all his time and energy to purely
military matters, without having the
political troubles he encountered in
North Africa, Gen. Eisenhower will face
an unbearable job.
The appointment Of Mr.. Phillips is
intended to remove all such unneces-
sary burdens.
Evening star., 1944-05-19
Empire Council Adiourns

The British Imperial Conference
has ended after more than a fort
night Of intensive deliberations be-
tween the Prime Ministers of Britain
and the dominions. Upon their ad-
journment, the conferees issued a
joint communique which is essen
TALLY a statement of principles
rather than declaration of specific
decisions and policies. Stressing
imperial unity and solidarity, the
statement makes the affirmation
that latter the war a world organ
ization to maintain peace and secu-
rity should be set up and endowed
with the necessary power and au-
thority to prevent aggression and
violence" That is the most concrete
of the generalizations embodied in
the cor1munique.
This absence of concreteness, how
ever, was to be expected. The con-
ference was called primarily as an
intimate family council of the en-
pire during which minds might meet
and exploratory discussions take
place. Those intellectual and fac
tual accords could form the basis of
what may be described as an empire
attitude in subsequent conferences
between the British Commonwealth
of Nations and it's other partners in
the war against the Axis powers.
The text of the communique indi-
Gates that this objective measurably
has been attained. And that, in it
self, is much. More hardly could
have been expected at this crucial
moment, when the war in Europe is
reaching its climax and political
decisions, in large measure, must
wait upon the outcome OF the su-
preme test in arms.
Evening star., 1944-05-19
World Words

Persons interested in the prob
lens Of pronunciation involved in
even casual effort to discuss the
news of the day should welcome
study of "World Words" compiled
by DR.. w. Cabell Greet, speech con-
sultant Of the Columbia Broadcast
ing System as we'll as associate
professor of English in Barnard Col
lege, and published by the Columbia
University Press. The book contains
material derived from twenty-seven
different foreign languages. 1t rep
resents what the editor regards as
a trend toward foreign pronuncia-
tion of foreign words and names"
Such movement away from An
glicizing," he believes, may be traced
to greater awareness of foreign
culture"
But DR.. Greet appreciates the diff
f1culties inherent in any thoroughly
logical endeavor on the part of
Americans to speak alien tongues
exactly as the native possessors of
those idioms do. He understands
that there are names of recent
origin which from the viewpoint
of universal custom ought not to
be adopted. The Japanese, for ex-
ample, want the Kurue Islands
called "Chishima." If their wish
were granted, they would have ev-
cry reason to expect that the people
of the United States would agree
to Chosen" for Korea and Man
chukuo" for Manchuria - conces-
sions which thus far Americans are
in no mood to make.
Less resistance probably would
attend a campaign to persuade the
average English speaking individ-
ual to say "Firenze" for Florence,
"Praha" for Prague or "Moskva"
for Moscow However, when there
are variations within a country
concerning the pronunciation Of
community designations, confusion
would be increased rather than
lessened by trying to do as the
Romans do when in Rome. Ant
werp is to be preferred to "An-
vers," 1t would seem. Certainly.