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they brought the war right to our
door, II that were necessary. God
became man once that we might
never think of Him as one aloof.
Our religion can become cold and
formal thing and lack the warmth
that goes with personality. We
might break law from time to time,
for laws are cold, when we would
never think Of hurting a personality.
We cannot go too far in stressing
Christ's humanity and His interest
IN our problems. He wishes to be in
innate with all the humdrum things
of our daily lives. The dear SCARED
hand Of Christ is ever on our shoul-
der. From time to time an act OF
faith In His divinity is. recommended,
but never should we let a wall arise
between ourselves and Christ. He
worked miracle once at Cana to re-
leve human embarrassment. Wash
ington and Cana may be many miles
apart but Christ and we should not
be so separated. They say that men
bit by bit can create a wall between
themselves and Christ. Nor can they
look across the wall it is so high.
And each one wishes he had for such
a wall some magic thing to say. We
might then build bridge of faith
between His life and ours, bridge
OF tenderness and understanding til
we have formed SO many lovely ties
with Christ there never could be
room for other walls to rise.
Evening star., 1944-11-05
The Italian Cumpuiqn

General Sir Harold Alexander's
admirably frank press conference
on the Italian campaign has thrown
considerable light on a situation
which in many respects has been
both puzzling and disappointing. 1t
is clear now that sort Of stalemate
exists and that there is no near
prospect of breaking it and achiev-
ing a quick decision over Field Mar
shall Kesselring.
The commander in chief of the
Allied armies in Italy openly admits
that the battle has not worked out
as he had once hoped it would. But
there are good solid reasons for
this. When the march northward
through the peninsula began last
May at Casino, the plan was to trap
the Nazis by blocking their retreat
with forces striking from the Anzio
beachhead across the escape route.
Kesselring, however, moved too fast
and got away with the bulk of his
troops for tenacious stand we'll
above Rome. Further. prior to
Rome's liberation, very substantial
numbers of fighting men were with
drawn from Alexander's command
to take part in the invasion of Nor
mandy, and later-in August, just
before the effort began to smash
the so-called Gothic Line - addi-
tional Withdrawals were made for
the landings in Southern France.
AS a result there was never quite
enough manpower and equipment
to step up the tempo of the Italian
campaign. Above all, although the
original idea had been to drive the
enemy out of the country with the
utmost speed, Allied grand strategy
was revised after the taking of
Naples and the main purpose then
becar.e to draw into italy as many
German divisions as possible in
order to have them there, instead of
in Western Europe, when the time
came for the great Normandy oper-
alton.
AL these factors have had a direct
bearing on the italian timetable. In
addition there is the factor of ter
rain. Italy does not lend itself to
lighting war. It is made up Of
one mountain range after another
stretching from sea to sea, and for
14s months our Allied armies have
had to battle this cruel natural
obstacle as well rs q strong and able
foe. Making allowances for such
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Campaign Slogans

There is very little chance that
"Clear Everything Cor IT. With Sid
ney" will achieve the place in our
political vocabulary that is enjoyed
by such well-preserved slogans as
"Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" which,
after more than 100 years, still is
known to every American school
boy. But the clear everything"
slogan is by all odds the most
familiar and probably the most
effective catoh-phrase of this cam
paign.
Whether this is the result of some
inherent popular appeal in the
slogan itself or whether it may be
attributed to the advertising it has
received from outraged Democrats
is a debatable question. There can
be no debate, however, on the prop
osition that the Republicans have
used it to good advantage.
AS almost every one knows, the
"clear everything" instruction sup
posedly was given by the President
to Democratic Chairman Robert E.
Hannegan when they met in the
Chicago railroad yards during the
party convention, the implication
being that Mr.. Hannegan was to
consult Sidney Hillman, head of the
CIO Political Action Committee, on
all important matters.
After this alleged conversation
had been reported by Arthur Krock
Of the New York Times, Mr.. Han
negan denied that such an instruc-
ton had been given him. In support
of his denial he called Mr.. Krock as
witness, pointing out that the lat
ter had said the Republicans were
distorting his version of the Incl
dent. According to Mr.. Krock, he
had not said that the President told
Mr.. Hannegan to clear everything
with Sidney" but rather to clear
only the vice presidential nomina-
ton with him.
Whether Mr.. Hannegan intended
to concede this much when he cited
Mr.. Krock's statement in support of
his own has not been made clear.
Nor is this very important. The
significant thing is that every one
who follows politics knows that Mr..
Hillman played q yery influential
part in the Democratic convention,
and the "Clear Everything with
Sidney" slogan was convenient
means which the Republicans seized
upon to broadcast that fact.
OF itself, it will not decide the
election, and 1t may not live long
after the votes have been counted,
but for some three months 1t has
been a sharp thorn in many a DEM
ocratic side.
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Privilege, Responsibility

The word election" according to
the Century Dictionary, means "a
deliberate act of choice, particularly
a choice of means for accomplishing
given end" also "the choice Of a
person or persons for Office of any
kind by the voting of a body of
qualified or authorized electors" :"
Both definitions are important. One
deals with motives and purposes;
the other with procedures or
methods. A decision between can
didates is an acceptance OF RESPONSE
bility. The voter registers his pref
erence of causes as we'll as nominees.
Thus Professor F. P. Brewer in the
transactions of the American Philo-
sophical Association argues: "Elec-
ton, in a political sense, was for
merly limited to the act of choosing
a person to fill an Office or employ
ment'" but "the new sense is
a voting at the polls to ratify or
reject a proposed measure"
What this signifies in its effect
upon the national community of the
United States is indicated by DR..
Robert c. Brooks in the Dictionary of
American History where he calls at
tention to the fact that in the
Federal Government there are only
five hundred and thirty-three places
filled by popular vote, viz, the
presidency, the vice presidency,
ninety-six seats in the Senate and
four hundred and thirty-five in the
House of Representatives. The
number of appointive positions, the
same authority says, was eight hun
dred and twenty-four thousand in
1886. It must be at least a million
and a half now, not counting Army
and Navy personnel The choice
made by the people, then, is less
directly choice of men and women
to do public work than a choice of
the philosophers or policies of gov
ernment which they promise to
abide by in that work.
Professor Brooks explains that:
Following old English tradition,
many of the earlier elections in the
United States were viva voce affairs"
very much in the manner of ancient
their responsibility as Americans to
Athens or in the fashion of the "bar-
barian" nations of Northern Europe
during and Immediately after the
decline of the Roman Empire. The
American town meeting" device,
however, became infeasible with the
growth of population and the grad
ual expansion Of the republic west
ward, so that: "Since the Civil War
the use of election papers or ballots
has been universal" with voting
machines now rapidly being in
stalled in the larger cities.
But the individualistic aspects Of
national elections do not tend to
disappear. It still is the obligation
Of citizen to share In the choice
OF the essential doctrines Of execu-
tive and legislative enterprise. The
voter casts his ballot for list Of
persons, yet 1t is for what the candi-
dates stand-the conception Of life
which they symbolic that the
Evening star., 1944-11-05
BeIeuguered Budapest

xsdPAO PAO6ICc0 VI IIlC NuSSlAIl
armies to the very outskirts of
Budapest probably foreshadows
supreme struggle for possession OF
the Hungarian capital which may
involve the destruction of that great
and beautiful city. Unless the Hun
garians themselves stage a quick
revolt against the Germans, Buda-
pest Is bound to become an embit-
tered battlefield, because its stra-
tegic Importance is such that the
Germans are logically impelled to
defend it to the utmost.
AS its name implies, Budapest is
twin city, lying on both banks of
the broad river Danube, which here
runs due north and south. Buda,
the eastern section, is built on steep
hills rising almost sheer from the
Danube, those hills being the last
eutcrop Of the rugged country to
the northward before subsiding into
the broad Hungarian plains. This
it was which made Buda natural
fortress and the chosen seat of the
Magyar tribes who settled the coun-
try more than thousand years ago.
Those steep heights are crowned by
palaces, churches and other monu-
ments which make it a collective
national shrine. Pest, by contrast,
is low and fiat, containing the bulk
of the capitals population, which
normally exceeds million people.
The present Russian advance is
coming up from the southwark over
the open and somewhat marshy
country lying between the Danube
and Tisza Rivers on an approx
mately f1fty-mile front. The current
penetration to the capitals suburbs
Is a spearhead which must be wild
ened before a genuine assault is
possible, though Budapest is already
under heavy artillery fire. The Ger
mans are repeatedly rushing up re-
serves for its defense, and it should
be remembered that the Austrian
border is less than one hundred
miles from Budapest, with Vienna
itself only an additional forty miles
behind. Rail, road and river COM
munications from Austria are so
abundant and good that German
concentration is easy, whereas the
Russians are at the end of long
communication lines. Thus, vigor-
GUS German counterattacks can be
expected, provided they are able to
keep down Hungarian disaffection.
1t will be recalled that the former
Hungarian government, headed by
Regent Horthy, made peace over
lures to Moscow nearly month ago,
but was promptly overthrown by
the Germans and their native Parti-
sans, a pro-Nazi regime being in
stalled in its place. If the German
high command has the troops to
spare, it is difficult to see how their
grip can be broken from within.
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Winter Offensive?

With the battle for Antwerp at an
end, Allied forces all along the Ger
man front appear to be stepping up
their activity. This is especially true
of the American First Army, which
has smashed forward three or four
miles in a strong local action"
southeast of Aachen. The Berlin
radio interprets the situation as the
prelude to gigantic new offensive
by General Eisenhower, and this
judgment may well prove to be cor
rect, there being some reason to as
sumo that the past weeks of relative
quiet have been devoted to the
massing Of men and supplies for Just
such drive.
From the standpoint of logistics,
the possession of the great port of
Antwerp makes big offensive much
more feasible now than a few weeks
ago. Without Antwerp the flow of
supplies to the front would be
strictly limited, but with it the prob
lem OF giving constant and adequate
support to the movement of our
Allied armies is markedly simplified.
1t would be mistake, however,
to suppose that our forces. once
they start rolling, will surely be
able to sweep across Germany as
fast as they did across France.
Aided by overwhelming Allied su-
periority in the air, they possibly
may do so-and will almost GER
tainly do so-if the people of the
Reich, despite the Gestapo, sud-
denly decide that they have had
enough OF war and will obey their
leaders no longer. But the eff"
here is very big one, and we shall
be wise not to build our hopes too
high upon it, for the only safe as
sumption to make at this time is
that our armies will encounter the
bitterest kind of resistance and that
they will have to struggle, in addi-
ton, with all the rigors and i'm
mense difficulties that winter can
impose upon military campaign.
The Russians have demonstrated,
Of course, that a winter offensive
can be as successful and decisive as
an offensive in the autumn, spring
or summer. But this they have done
against armies which had been
poorly prepared for action in the
snow and icy wind. The same lack
OF preparation is unlikely now, be-
cause the Wehrmacht must surely
have learned an unforgettable les
son In front of Moscow and at
Stalingrad. In the circumstances,
II a great Allied offensive is to be
launched in this season, we can be
fairly certain that our desperate
enemy will be ready for it. There
Is no justification for the over
optimistic assumption that he will
be quickly smashed. We can only
hope and pray for that. Meanwhile.
with complete confidence in the
outcome, we must be prepared for
what may develop into the most
savage battle of the war to date
the last and final battle to liouidate
the trapped, and therefore doubly
vicious, forces of Nazidom.
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intellectual Teamwork
From the New York Herald Tribune


The intensive study of contemporary
Russian civilization, which has just been
concluded at Cornell, illustrates an in
teresting curricular trend in higher edu-
cation. Instead Of the usual vertical
arrangement of college course, by
which the student pursues several sub
jects, each under its appropriate de-
partment, the civilization" program
follows horizontal plan. Attention is
focused on a single culture, to be studied
from every available angle. As each
university department contributes from
its specialized aeld, there Is q tendency
for departmental walls to break down.
The professors concerned find profit
both In effective teamwork and In In
tellectual perspective.
Evening star., 1944-11-05

ballot actually Is voted. Residents
sof the District Of Columbia who
have no other homes perhaps under
stand these matters better than
their more fortunate neighbors in
the States. Their arbitrary banish-
ment from the electorate is not just
denial Of a privilege. It likewise
is denial of a proper portion of
their responsibility as Americans.
Evening star., 1944-11-05

difficulties, the forces under Gem
eral Alexander. experiencing some
OF the bitterest and bloodiest hight
ing in the whole war, have unques-
tionably achieved a great measure
of success.
Evening star., 1944-11-05
Scrambled Wur

From the Omaha world-Herald.
At last accounts, Finland, Romania
and Bulgaria were fighting Germany.
There win now be . brief pause for
nation Identification.
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cerity and Misrepresentation" Of 1915
without consulting the aging nles Of the
newspapers, and there Is every reason
to believe that the excesses OF this cam
paign viii also have been forgotten be-
fore many years have passed.
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We Must Not Be AlOOf
81 the Req. John J. r,

Dy NeU JOIN J KeHy
Director National Shrine Conceptton Catholic
Of Anert
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variety of fraud"
If the President should lose this elec-
ton, that speech will go down as his
cardinal blunder. 1t brought Mr.. Roose-
velt into the arena of rough-and-
tumble politics. 1t gave Gov. Dewey
the opening that he had not had before.
Coming into Oklahoma City, the COP
nominee tore up his prepared speech
and wrote new one. Mr.. Roosevelt,
he said had asked for 1t" and he was
going to give it to him" That speech
heralded the appearance Of the new
Mr.. Dewey" the fighting candidate for
whom the crowds turned out, and who
has never permitted Mr.. Roosevelt to re-
capture the favorable position that he
formerly had as wartime President and
Commander in Chief.
That Gov. Dewey has made effective
use OF the opportunity that was handed
to him is best evidenced by the presi-
dents belated campaigning tours Of the
States to which he must look for re-
election-the open-car ride through
New York City in chilling rain. the
vote-recruiting trip through Philadel-
phia, the hurried visit to Chicago and.
finally, the journey into New England,
which wound up in Boston last night.
1t is safe to say that the last six weeks
OF this campaign have at least equaled
anything that might have provoked Mr..
Messengers protest Of 20 years ago.
Except for the matter Of postwar foreien
policy, which, happily, has been largely
segregated from partisan debate, the
rule book has been thrown out the win
dow and no holds have been barred.
But as we come down to election day
1t Is worth remembering that this coun-
try has habit Of burying It's campaign
excesses once the votes have been
counted. There are very few among u
who could recall the "buncombe, insin-
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We hope that candidates will
bear in mind that clothing is not as
staunch as it used to be, and try
to avoid rending the garment as
they grasp our coat lapel.
Tip to the Gabby: Remember
that Willkie talked, and Dewey
didn't.
Oscar Hassenpfeffer, candidate
for the US. Senate, hopes to be
the first man to carry his own
state and Sicily, Kiska, New
Guinea and Guadalcanal.
It is probable that this fall, by
using the radio, the two candidates
will SIT for the presidency, in
stead of running, as usual.
The men in service are lucky.
They can vote in November with
out having to listen to the cam
paign speeches.
Definition: Gasoline Substitute
Street car or bus ticket.
The airplane of tomorrow Will
travel faster than sound, the tech
nicians tell us. In that case the
pilot will have to back up to hear
the co-pilot's last remark.
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A recent motion picture showed
a bevy of shapely girls getting
ready for plunge in the old
swimming hole. They had taken
off coats, shoes and stockings when
a freight train passed by cutting
off the cameraman and the next
view Of the girls showed them in
the water when the train had
passed. An old railroader sat
through several performances of
the show for he knew from ex-
perience that sooner or later that
train was bound to be late!
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American fathers away from home
and family and by hundreds Of
thousands in uniforms Of the Armed
Services Of our country. Many ia
Tiers are overseas.
So this years Fathers Day Is
Americas Salute to our Fighting
Dads. The National Fathers Day
Committee, in conjunction with the
United States Treasury, is conduct
ing a gigantic Father Bond Drive.
There is an earnest and all.abiding
awareness to push on to victory In
the observance of this years Fa-
theirs Day. And every move being
planned for the event is keyed 70
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Correspondents Wanted

Each little nsighborhood In
this region should b represent.
Cd In the local paper each week
with news items concerning
residents. Interesting job. with
MI materials. postage. etc. fur
nishod. II sat all interested. call
Ill on the phone or come to the
office for details.
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The Strongest Of Bonds Your Dad
and Your Country, Is the Slogan Of
Fathers Day, June l8-Bw Bonds

WASHINGTON, D. C.-June o.
Fathers Day which falls on June
18th, 1914, will be different kind
Of celebration Of this event than In
days before the war. This year finds
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that one underlying motivation. The
battle cry for the Father Bond
Drive and for the observance con-
nected with Fathers Day this year
Is 'The Strongest of BondS-Your
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Definition

Definition
COMPROMISE = When a man
agrees to buy what his wife wants
if she will just stop crying.
Rule for successful speakers: Be
interesting. Be brief. Be seated.
Maybe there's nothing q fellow
can't do if he puts his mind to it,
as the philosophers tell US, but
try scratching a match on cake of
soap!
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Then thare was the lady who
couldn't GET along with her has'
band. and took her troubles to REV.
-..---.. ..-....--...s -.
Try hsaping Goals OF tire on ms
head" the minister sug9o1teo.
I'll Try IL" she said. Tive ussc
boiling water. and il didn't do any
good"
Lena Genster married Oscar
Hassenpfeffer for better or worse,
but she can't understand why ne
gets worser and worSer.
"And what did mammals little
baby learn at school today?
81 learned two guys not to call
me mammals little baby.
The Bride knew that biennials
don't bloom until the second year,
but she solved that problem by
buying last years seeds.
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81 may say I'm regarded as quite
smart" announced the applicant
for the senographeris position.
"I've won several prizes in cross
word and jigsaw puzzles, and word
picture competition lately"
eyes, but I want someone who
can be smart during office hours"
"Oh, this was during office
hours" ..
ss$k
Sandy: snow then, son, double
up your fist tight like this"
Mac: $50 you're teaching your
boy how to fight?"
Sandy: mo, I'm teaching him
how to carry a penny to Sunday
Schools" ..-.
US. casualties in the war topped
the 100000 mark at the end of
April. The POI, 450 total included
156,676 army and 44,778 navy
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Dad and Your Country. Buy 2 Bond
for Fathers Day." Father, himself,
needs no reminding and will take
note Of the holiday created in his
honor by himself buying bonds Tor
Fathers Day. The family 10 be
War Bonds. The nation IS being
asked to wear the Father Rosette, q
floral decoration made Of War
Stamps-a gentle reminder to all
that there is only one idea In any
ones mind for this years Fathers
Day and that is the winning Of the
war as quickly as possible and that
means War Bonds and More War
Bonds.
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RabS Sued
For Child

LOS ANGELES, May rs GNS)
When Barbara Hutton. the
WooIWOrth hctreSS. took her g.
year-old son, Lance home with her
1p-llIe-ior the SIX months allowed
by the court, the following things
ailegcdly happened:
. There was coarse language
and misconduct in the boys
presence.
He was permitted 10 swim In
icy waters IN the dead OF winter.
He wasn't sent 10 school.
Has teeth weren't kept in
shape.
The charges we're made today
in suit filed hN Barhara's for
mer husband the eN-Count Court
Observation-Disclosures. who went 10
court 20 ask that IA California he
he granted complete charge of the
boys upbrinGlng and education.
Lance now stays with his
m other and Stepfather Cary
Grant for SIX months in Beverly
Hills and then returns 10 Pasa-
dcna for SIX months under MS
father supervision