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The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-11-06
DENIES BISHOP WRIGHT
CENSORED BY COUNCIL

CHICAGO, Nov. 6 (ANP)-Rev
V. M. Townsend, of Little Rock,
treasurer of the Fraternal Council
of Negro churches, visiting Chicago,
took sharp issue with recently pub
lished reports to the effect that
Bishop R. R. Wright Jr., executive
secretary of the organization, had
been censured by it's executive COM
mittee for engaging in political ac-
tivities.
Rev. Townsend said there had
been no official meeting Of the ex-
ecutive board. He stated that under
the constitution, for meeting to be
official, it would have to be called
by the president. He explained that
DR.. Jernagin Of Washington, DC,
who is chairman of the executive
board, called a meeting at Louis
vile but that less than half dozen
members of the duly elected board
attended. Rev. Townsend said that
assuming the president had called
the meeting, he went to Louisville
but that wen he discovered the er-
ror and that the meeting had been
packed with Baptist ministers serv-
ing as proxies for elected board
members, he walked out. He said
that certain forces had sought con-
stantly to inject denominationalism
into the organization, an effort
which it's officers had fought.
"The Fraternal Council of Negro
churches is too big to be plagued
with petty UNCONVENTIONAL politics. y
said Rev. Townsend. "The organi-
zation is growing in prestige, in in
/uence and usefulness. Our officers
are above reproach. Bishop Wright
as one of the founders and as ex-
ecutive secretary, would never seek
to harm the Fraternal council"
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1944-04-01
Escaped Engineer from Philippines
Has Vital Information for Quezon

Chester M. Peters, mining engi-
neer in the Philippines for ten years
and who recently arrived in this
country after a thrilling escape
from the Japanese controlled is
lands, has valuable information and
an important message for President
Quezon, he told the Forum editor in
an interview.
Peters belives he is the first civil
ian ever to escape from the Philip
pines and what he wants to tell
Philippine government officials
could not be told to the press.
THE Filipinos, especially the COM
mon people, are very loyal to Amer
lea. They took care of us in the
hills" Peters told the Forum editor.
Asked about the pro-Japanese
people in the islands, Peters said
those few opportunists working for
the Japs are not necessarily pro-
Axis; they are pro-Filipino.
In March of Time broadcast in
Seattle, March %, Mr. Peters spoke
of the endurance and ingenuity of
the Filipinos that could not be told
now THE Filipinos' esista nc e
grows because of their faith in the
United States"
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1944-04-01
Help Speed the Day Of Our Victory
Quezon Advises Fellow-Countrymen

On the second anniversary of the fall of Bataan April
1914 President Manuel Quezon of the Philippine Govern
mentnE Exile in telegram to the editor of the Filipino For
enoins his ellowcountrymen to continue eXertng their
best efforts to help speed the day of our victory
Following is the Presidents message:
COUNTRYMEN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST:
APRIL DAY so FULL OF
FIIPINOS BATAAN AS A MILITARY Bull
RESISTANCE AGAINST
INVADER SPIRIT THAT GAVE
HEROES BATAAN EVERY FILIPINO
1 REASON ENJON CONTINUE
ExERTING YOUR EFFORTS OUR
MANUEL L. OUEZON
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1944-04-01

This bill is an improvement of
the Randolph Bill introduced in jan
uary, which limits the privilege of
citizenship to those Filipinos who
arrived here before May, 1884. The
Sheppard Bill, known as H.R. 1929,
does not set date of entry into
this country as requirement for
qualification in applying for citizen
ship. All it specifies is that native
born Filipino may be naturalized
upon compliance with all the re-
quirements of the naturalization
laws" and shall not be required
neither declaration of intention"
nor certificate of arrival"
Section 2 of the Sheppard Bill
reads as follows:
SEC. 2-Section 303 of the Nation
atty Act, as amended, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 303-The right to become a
naturalized citizen under the pro-
visions of this Act shall extend only
to white persons, persons of African
nativity or descent, descendants of
races indigenous to the Western
Hemisphere, and Chinese persons or
persons of Chinese descent Pro-
vided, that nothing in this section
shall prevent the naturalization of
Filipinos or persons of Filipino des-
cent as specified in sections 323B
and 324, nor of former citizens of
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1944-04-01
Quezon Awards
DSS to Romulo

WASHINGTON, March 13-Presi-
dent Manuel L. r1ezon of the Phil
ippines, in his first public cere-
mony since his arrival in Miami
Beach last December, decorated Col.
Carlos P. Romulo with the Distin-
guished Service Star of the Philip
pines, on March 8, in recognition
of the Colonels work in Bataan,
Corregidor and later in America.
The President, now convalescing
in Miami Beach, also administered
to Col. Rumulo his oath of office
as Secretary of Information and
Public Relations. Col. Romulo was
appointed to the Presidents War
Cabinet last November, but due to
the Presidents illness, was unable
to take his oath of office before
this time.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1944-04-01

with a bleeding heart, l
am resigned to the decision
that the war against Germany
demands prior consideration.
But has not the time arrived
to drive the Japanese out of
the Philippines? Remember,
that only in the Philippines
the American flag has been
Inundated. Let us avenge Ba-
taan NOWv-President Man
uel l.. QuezOn of the Philip
pine GOvernment-in-Exile.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1944-04-01
$500 Cannery Workers
Needed This Summer

Cannery Workers and Farm La
borers Union Local 7, UCAPAWA,
CLIO, needs $500 cannery workers
this summer, according to T. A.
Rojo, president of the local union.
This is about 800 more than was
dispatched last year.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1944-04-01
New Bill Introduced to Congress To
Open Citizenship TO U. S. Pinoys

bill authorizing the naturalization of native-born Fill
pnos who residents of the United States and
Fpnos who served in the military naval forces of the
United States during World War introduced in the House
of Representatives February 8 by Congressman Harry R.
Chonrna e. rnia
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1944-04-01

There are still many Americans
free in the hills of the Philippines,
Peters said.
Mr.. Peters is married to a Tagala
who is related to Senator Ramon
Fernandez of Manila.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1944-04-01

the United States who are otherwise
eligible to naturalization under the
provisions of section BIZ"
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1944-04-01

CONGRESSMAN HARRY r. SHEP-
PARD, of California, who authored
H.R. 1929, a bill introduced in the
U. S. Congress authorizing the ma
turalizatiOn of native-bOrn FilipinOs
who are permanent residents of the
United States.
Evening star., 1944-04-17
Price of Peace
Prom the Three Rivers Le Nouvellists.

Prom the Three Rivers Le Nouvelliste.
A study group in London recently has
given in broad lines Europe's needs in
raw materials and food products In the
six months that will follow the end Of
hostilities. These frightening figures
leave us with our mouths hanging open.
Let us judge by the following, which is
only one aspect of the problem: Europe
will need at least 1880, 600 tons of mer-
chandise the transportation of which will
necessitate %, 3,485, 900 tons of cargo space:
that is to say, 400 freighters of average
size. Belgium, Luxembourg and Czecho-
slovakia, will need 1882 900 tons Of food.
II, 10000 tons of coal and coke, 9,462, 900
tons of base metals and $4,000 tons of
medicaments and hospital furniture"
The task Of the victors will be formida-
BILE. The United Nations will have to
nourish a starving Europe and furnish
it with raw materials for the restoration
Of its industrial and economic life. AL
that will not be done without sacrifice.
We will have paid to win the victory and
the peace; we shall have to pay again in
order that it shall be real and durable.
That is why We need not hope that life
after the war will be easy.
Evening star., 1944-04-17

knowledged violation Of an act Of
Congress itself"
This reference Of the majority was
to the Sterilization Act, but the rea-
soning presumably would apply to
other pertinent statutes, such as the
Smith -Connally Act To put it an
other way. the NLRB apparently is
prepared to hold that workers who
strike for a purpose that is incon-
sistent with the declared policy of
Congress forfeit the protection that
is otherwise extended to them by
the Wagner Act. This is important,
not so much IN its immediate effects
as in its implications for the future.
II it is ever desired to require organ
lied labor to assume responsibilities
commensurate with the special leg
islative treatment 1t has received,
this decision points the way.
Evening star., 1944-04-17
Movies Are Fifty

There is no opportunity in the
midst Of the most destructive of
global wars to pause for a proper
celebration of the golden jubilee of
the motion picture industry, but the
anniversary last Friday is worthy of
of a backward glance in passing If
only because OF the part which cine
matography is playing in the pre-
vailing struggle.
A storeroom at 1155 Broadway in
midtown New York was the place of
the first commercial exhibition OF
movies" April IA, 1894. The story
is told by Alfred O. Tate in his book,
THE Open Door" Plans to demon
strate the most recent invention OF
Thomas A. Edison at the Worlds
Fair at Chicago had been frustrated
by the fact that the Wizard OF
Menlo Park was too busy with other
work to build a machine efficient
enough to justify his own approval.
Months passed before he completed
ten "kinetoscopes' and delivered
them to Thomas r. Lombard for
installation on the premises leased
for "the pioneer film parlor."
Mr.. Tate describes the scene in
the words:
Here the ten machines were placed
in the center of the room in two rows
of five each, inclosed by metal rail-
ing for the spectators to lean against
when viewing the animated pictures.
One ticket, at the price of twenty-five
cents, entitled the holder to view one
row of five machines. If he wanted
to see both rows he bought two tick
cts. On the right OF the entrance
door ticket booth was erected At
the back of the exhibition room was
smaller room for use as an Office
and for repairing the films
On the grand opening night" Mr..
Lombard, Mr.. Tate and the latter's
brother unlocked the door, sold
tickets and operated the peephole
machines" Receipts were one hun
Evening star., 1944-04-17
On the Record
BY Dorothy THOMPSON

Gen. Macarthur, however, Is not ad-
vised to relinquish his command in the
midst Of the war. merely to become q
better commander in chief. He must
stop fighting the japanese in order to
return and save the country from the
New Deal. That New Deal that has
been so quietly shelved, with the most
responsible of1ices Of the Nation In the
hands of Republicans!
Gen. Macarthur is not indignant
upon reading this invitation to engage
in plot He "unreservedly agrees" with
the complete wisdom and statesman-
ship Of your comments"
So Mr.. Miller, encouraged, writes
again. He tells the general that Tin the
midst Of the war; there is "a tremen-
dous revolution going on in this coun-
try'-which the general should come
home to abet. "It Is more than q po-
litical revolution" says Mr.. Miller; 1T
Is = mass movement by the citizens"
And the general must come home and
be willing ito make political sacrifices
in order to cut out the underbrush and
help destroy this monstrosity in the
form Of bureaucracy which is engulf-
ing the Nation and destroying free en-
terprise."
What is up? If there Is q mass move-
ment, why should the general have to
make political sacrifices? What steps
is he to take that will be unpopular?
What bureaucracy is he to liquidate?
The WPB, the OPA, the WLB? How
shall they be replaced? BY executive
decree-made by the Commander in
Chief?
Again Gen. Macarthur replies. "Your
description of conditions is -
sobering . and calculated to arouse
the thoughtful consideration of every
true patriot" This is in answer to the
letter in which Mr.. Miller describes our
administration as "monarchy"i And
in this answer Gen. Macarthur suggests
that the people are not hearing the
truth. "The great point Is to bring
before them the real facts"
What facts are there that Gen. Mac
Arthur knows better than others? Mill
tary facts? Then, in this innuendo, he
Is attacking his own chief of staff. How
do the American people get at the facts?
Through an uncenSored free press If
Gen. Macarthur is dissatisfied with the
facts as they are disseminated by part
of the press, is he going to suppress that
part of it? Or what?
Gen. Macarthur has been mentioned
many times for President. So has 1t.
Comdr Stassen, who is in the same
difilcult position as Gen. Macarthur
But Comdr. Stassen has not lent himself
to this sort of conspiracy, this prob
ably this letter will be censored" guer-
rilla movement, but throughout has
maintained q straightforward attitude.
To reduce everything to the utmost un-
reinstatement, the exchange of letters
Is very irregular.
Released by the Bell Syndicate Inc)
Evening star., 1944-04-17
April Showers

Euen the showers OF April haze ,Day
OF seeming artless, innocent and gay:
They send one scurrying to,Ddrd a shell
tering roof,
But, as he turns his face in dark reproof,
Annoyance alters into blank surprise
At finding sunlight laughing in his eyes.
ApriPs disarming penitence beguiles;:
Who can resist the culprit Uhen, NTH
smiles
Glistening through tears-d child in
contrite mood
She looks at you and says she Will be
good?
Oh, neuer trust herl Though the sky
be blue,
Black clouds toill soon be April toolino
you.
The minr tDiu shake sweet petals doDn
like chat
And through the rain Wiu float her
teasing laugh.
INEz BARCLAY KIRBY.
Evening star., 1944-04-17
Balkan Front Moves
By Mai. George FieIdins Eliot

Judging from the Russian report
of the final cleanup of the Odessa area,
the Germans must have been able to
carry out a reasonably successful with
drawal of their troops by sea.
This was the unknown factor, as al
ready pointed out in these articles. 1t
was apparent that the Germans could
not get away across the Dnestr by the
precarious means available to them, and
under heavy Russian pressure, even be-
fore the fall OF Tiraspol closed the one
major gateway remaining to them. The
steam ferry at Ovidiopol amounted to
very little as an escape route.
But the great port OF Odessa itself,
with it's ample wharfage, remained
providing the Germans could get to-
gether sufficient shipping They seem
to have been quite successful in doing
so, for Gen. Malinovsky reports only
10000 German prisoners (though he
does not say how many RomanianS).
Considering that he reports the cap
ture of more than 5000 guns of all types,
and more than II, 900 trucks, we have a
pretty clear picture of the escape of a
large number of German troops, leaving
their heavy equipment behind them.
SlltSC VilSlC dlC lloI HldAy &c SlCdlIlCIS
left afioat in the Black Sea, no doubt
the Germans used launches, barges,
fishing vessels, anything that could float
and move.
That means they did not go far by
sea, probably no farther than Cetatea
Alba (Akkerman) at the mouth of the
Dnestr, where railway leads to other
Romanian points, or perhaps to some of
the Danube ports such as Galatz or
Braila.
How does this affect the existing sit
uation? 1t certainly means that the
German forces now Withdrawing from
the Dnestr toward the Galatz- -Focsani
gap are pretty weak in guns and other
heavy equipment which probably ac-
counts for the speed with which tas al
ready admitted by the Germans) the
Russians have established bridgeheads
on the west bank of the lower Dnestr.
1t also suggests very strongly that these
forces. the remnants Of the German 9Th
and 9th Armies, will hardly be in posi-
ton to put up much of fight until
they have been reorganized and re-
equipped, which means that other Ger
man troops must hold the Focsani-
Galats gap or its approaches until these
retreatins elements can pass through.
Evening star., 1944-04-17

In q most critical moment Of the war
4 congressman has released an exchange
of letters with 4 general, which is all but
mutinous. It Is = shocking performance.
Gen. Macarthur Is Allied commander
in chief in the Southwest Pacific. As
an of1icer who once said, However sub
ordinate may be my role, hope to play
1t mAnfully. will hold the horse II
ordered" he is subordinate to two supe-
riors, the chief of stan, Gen. Marshall,
and the Commander in Chief, the Presi-
dent.
On September IS, 1s43, Representa-
tive Miller, Republican, Of Nebraska
wrote the general attacking the Govern
ment, and giving the general humble"
advice as to how he should manage to
get nomination for the presidency
without declaring himself q candidate.
The general was not to accept candi-
dacy for political leadership, but say,
II accept the nomination Is = candi-
date for the commander in chief Of all
our armed forces" This is remarkable
inference. The American Constitution,
like every other democratic constitution,
puts the political power above the mill
tary. The people never elect q COM
mander in chief. They elect President
who, in order always to establish the
superiority Of democratically elected po-
litical leadership over the military, is,
constitutionally, commander in chief.
What Mr. Miller suggests Is that we
elect q commander in chief who would
subordinate the political leadership to
the military ONCE, thereby establishing
a military dictatorship. In order that
the shock should not be too great, Mr..
Miller urges him to accept office for only
four years, ito eliminate the fear OF q
military dictatorship in the years to
come"
And Mr.. Miller thinks this can be put
over because the people Of the country
vote their emotions"
So there Is to be highly emotional
lied campaign to sweep the American
people OF their feet-and . campaign
in which they will not use their heads.
Evidently Mr.. Miller thinks that Gen.
Macarthur has none to use in political
affairs because he says, "You should an
nounce that you will depend upon Con-
gress and the best minds of the coun-
try to guide you in the four years in
which you will be President" That,
again, Is against the Constitution, which
puts one. set of duties and privileges
upon the President and one upon Con-
gress. The President cannot delegate
his powers and responsibilities to Con-
gress. AS for the best minds? Whose
are they?
Mr.. Miller gives his letter the air of
conspiracy by warning the general that
the letter undoubtedly will be CEN
sored." If so, by whom? BY the mill
tary authorities-namely, Gen. Mac
Arthurs military superiors?
Evening star., 1944-04-17

So far, the Germans appear to be do
ing this, but when the pressure of Gen.
Malinovsky's men pushing across the
Dnestr Is added to the pressure which
Gen. Konev is exercising from the
north. in the Jassy region, the situation
may again verge on the disastrous for
the Germans. It is the Focsani- -Galatz
position which is of vital importance,
not only as a shield to the retreating
Germans from the Ukraine, but also as
the gateway to the great Wallachian
Plain, wherein lies the Romanian cap
ital, Bucharest, and the Ploesti oil fields.
Should the Russians break through
this gap, moreover, they would cut off
the port of ConstanZa, thus gaining
themselves a new route of entry into
Romania; and they would be directly
upon the fontiers of Bulgarian which
case 1t is as certain as anything can be
in Balkan politics that the Bulgarians
would switch over to the Allies. These
with; we may, therefore, confidently ex-
forth to hold the Focsani-G -Galatz posi-
ton.
IL may seem Tar cry from this area
to the town of Tarnopol, where Ger
man garrison has just been overwhelmed
after most determined resistance last
ing over month. Yet the fall of Tar
nopol may have grave effect on the
German chances of successful defense
in Eastern Romania. AS long as the
Germans held 1t, it was thorn in the
side of Marshal Zhukov; it impeded his
communications and weakened his ef-
forts to the westward, with the result
that the Germans were able to carry out
successful local countermoves in which
they retook the town of Bucsacz, the
rail junction Of Delatyn, and apparently
rescued some of their encircled troops
in the Skala pocket.
Now Marshal Zhukov is free to strike,
and to judge from the Hungarian COM
munique (the first of the war; it is ex-
pected that he will strike in force
against the passes of the Carpathains,
with view to forcing his way into the
plain of Hungary. If he did that sue
cessfully, he would menace all the COM
munications between Germany and Ro-
mania, which run through Budapest now
that the direct routes have been inter-
rupted by the Russian capture of Kolo-
mea and Cernauti. But no doubt the
Hungarians are little overanxious.
Evening star., 1944-04-17
Important Precedent

The National Labor Relations
Board has announced an interpre-
tation Of the Wagner Act, which is
sharply limited in its present prac-
tical application, but which may
nevertheless serve as an important
precedent for the regulation of
labor practices that run contrary to
the national interest.
The decision was handed down in
case involving a strike last year
by a small group of mailers and
deliverers employed by the American
News Co. Of Paterson, N. j. These
workers and their employer had
agreed on certain wage increases,
but the employees went on strike to
force the employer to put the in
creases into effect prior to approval
by the War Labor Board. In other
: words, the strike was designed to
compel the employer to do some
|. thing that was unlawful, and for
: this reason he refused to re-employ
: the strikers.
! The strikers appealed to the NLRB,
{ complaining that their discharge
4 was an unfair labor practice. In
Z Its majority ruling, however, the
: board rejected this contention,
{ asserting that the employers action
was not a violation of the labor act.
Certainly" the decision declared,
80 Congress did not intend us to ig-
more the character OF a strike know
Z sfngly prosecuted to compel an ac-
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Evening star., 1944-04-17

kept in the interior waters either for an
offensive In the Indian Ocean or for
defense in case the Allies bring q sum-
ciently large force to the Indian Ocean
next fall after monsoon season Is over.
The Japs obviously intend to take ad-
vantage Of the forced inactivity Of the
Allies in that area in order to give the
final blow to China's resistance.
Considering the limited facilities on
hand, 1t. Gen. Joseph Stilwell has done
q first-class job In training Chinese
troops who are now being used against
the japanese The lack Of an adequate
supply line makes his job extremely difi-
cult. II the enemy succeeds in cutting
of the Assam railway he will have to
rely exclusively on such supplies as can
be sent by air. And nothing but very
few essentials can reach Chungking in
this manner.
China Is essential to the Allies at pres
ent, principally Is an important avia-
tion base. Mai. Gen. Clair Chennault
has been very successful in harassing
Japan's cuastwise shipping from his
present airfields. II China we're to be
knocked out Of the war because she cam
not obtain needed supplies, the Allies
offensive against Japan may be more
dif1icult than was anticipated.
Chang has been very outspoken on
this subject. The decisions reached last
August at Quebec on the start Of major
operations from the Indian Ocean were
an answer to his pressing requests that
something be done during the fine
weather season of 1943 and 1914. Other
wise, he warned us bluntly, China may
be forced out Of the war.
Should the reports from Chungking
that the Japanese are moving large
forces UP the Yangtze River and the un-
oficial reports that the Kwantung Army
is moving to the south prove true,
Chinas predicament might become ex-
tremely dangerous.