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News of FLINT
Nv C. w. IOWFRY

By {. W. LOWERY
First Lieut.. James r. Johnson was
home last week on furlough He
did not say. but it is believed by
many OF his friends that he will
soon see active duty. 1t. Johnson
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1t. Murgers0n
high school and
also South Caro-
lima State coll
lege. He was in
Quoted in l94l.
At Fl. Riley he
was promoted to
corporal in a
very short time
and caryad in
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Evening star., 1944-07-29
Letters to The Star
Traveller Opposes Super State
As "Menacin9 Force"
To the Editor Of The star:

TO the Editor Of The star:
As Travelled through the Middle and
Southern States recently, I found
strong sentiment everywhere that the
United States should not again meddle
In Europe's quarrels.
Mixing in every dog-fght in Europe
Is costly affair, and seeking to prevent
every dog-nght in Europe by meddling
In the internal affairs Of the divergent
nationalities and governments of Eu-
rope is not going to promote halcyon
days either for the United States or for
the nations Of Europe.
What Americans fear most of all is
the creation Of q super government
with sufdcient military strength to
strike terror into conquered and recall
citrant nations, with the United States
bearing the brunt of the responsibility
in maintaining and supporting such q
world program.
The liberty-loving republic of Rome
was turned into world empire gov.
erned by tyrants who enslaved con-
quered nations. Americans do not see
how they can avoid similar conse-
quences, II they proceed along the same
course. Like causes produce like re-
suits. Statesmen who ignore these
unerring lessons from history are not
considered wise statesmen.
A super-government backed by a
super-military force is thing which
all liberty loving people dread. Such
a menacing force would promote trouble
instead Of fostering peace in the world.
c. 8. LONGACRE.
Evening star., 1944-07-29
Fish Reputation

In denouncing Representative
Hamilton Fish for injecting a racial
issue into the campaign, Governor
Dewey has spiked the guns of those
New Deal supporters who have been
trying to create the impression that
the Republican nominee, for narrow
political reasons. was willing to for
get the past and welcome the sup
port of the New York Congressman.
Representative Fish had said that
"the Jews are more or less for the
New Deal, unfortunately" and that
lit would be much better for them
If they split their votes between the
two major parties" He defends this
rs being statement of fact, which
1t probably is, and Governor Dewey
might easily have avoided taking
issue with it on this ground. But
he preferred to face the implications
of the Fish statement, as well as
dts literal content, and to declare
his own position on the propriety of
bringing racial or religious issues
into a political campaign.
ANY one who injects racial or
religious issue into a political cam
paign is guilty of a disgraceful, un-
American act" he declared. Il
have fought that kind of thing all
my life and I always will, regardless
of partisan considerations. I have
never accepted support of any such
individual and I never shall"
In May of 1912 Mr.. Fish threat
ened to run as an independent
candidate in the New York guber-
material race unless Mr.. Dewey
abandoned his opposition to him.
Mr.. Dewey thereupon publicly stated
that no personal considerations
could alter his view that Mr.. Fish
should not be a candidate for re-
election to the House, and that he
was "unalterably opposed" to him.
These statements are entirely
lacking in evasion or equivocation,
and they are in striking contrast to
the deviousness of some recent DO
1itical developments. Mr.. Dewey is
no pussyfooter, and that is apt to
prove more and more embarrassing
to those who have been trying to
misrepresent his views on supposedly
controversial issues.
Evening star., 1944-07-29
Another Complaint
To the Editor Of The Star:

10 the EoltOI OF Inc star.
Your lads" in the buses and street.
cars display the words accuracy, fair
ness, truth" and having read your paper
regularly for several years I am sure
that you endeavor to have the contents
of your paper measure up to that de-
scription.
"On the other hand" you recently
have allowed the page adjoining your
editorial page to be smeared with the
writings of one Lowell Mellett. I know
that you state that you are not respon-
sible for the opinions expressed by such
writer's In your columns. but absolute
misstatements are made by him to boil
ster his arguments as to the virtues of
the New Deal and the New Dealers
His recent weak defense Of the
slaughtering and burning of hogs and
little pigs was based on his incorrect
statement that little pigs were not
burned by Mr.. Wallace and his star
gazing gang, and he also tried to give
the matter the form Of decency by mem
tioning the Red Cross which had MOTH
ing to do with the nasty mess.
I saw great piles of pigs being burned
at that time when people were hungry
and am sure you know that pigs were
burned and destroyed in the Middle
West. A. LITTLE BEHINDHAND.
Evening star., 1944-07-29
The Political Mill
By Gould Lincoln

states open to membership by all such
states, large and small, for the preven-
tion OF aggression and the maintenance
Of international peace and security.
To make all necessary and effective
agreement and arrangements through
which the nations would maintain ade-
quate forces to meet the needs of pre-
venting war and Of making impossible
the preparation for war which would
have such forces available for joint ac-
ton when necessary"
There is more of both the Republican
and Democratic foreign planks but
these are the main pledges. They both
call for organization among the "sov-
ereign" nations for the maintenance Of
peace and promise the United States
will play its part in such organization
They both call for the use Of force If
necessary to repel or prevent aggres-
sion and to maintain peace.
The Democratic plank in specific Ian
guage calls for the establishment of an
international court Of justice of which
the United States shall be a member.
1t says I'VE favor the maintenance Of
an international court of justice of
which the United States shall be a
member and the employment of diplo-
macy. conciliation. arbitration and
other like methods where appropriate in
the settlement Of international dis
putes"
The Republican platform for its part
says the international organization
proposed should promote world opin-
ion to influence the nations to conduct,
develop international law and maintain
an international tribunal to deal with
justiciable disputes"
President Roosevelt and Gov. Dewey
Of New York, respective candidates of
the two parties, will interpret these for
eign affairs planks. During the course
OF the campaign they will strengthen
or amend these pledges as they see fit
this is the present prerogative of presi-
dental candidates. OF one thing the
voters can be reasonably sure: Neither
will demand the United States enter a
superstate and both will proclaim that
the rights Of the American people will
be fully protected.
Evening star., 1944-07-29
Time Now for q Test

The Republican platform declares
that "all channels of news must be
kept open with equality of access to
information at the>source. If agree
ment can be achieved with foreign
nations to establish the same prin-
ciples, it will be valuable con-
tribution to future peace" The
Democratic platform contains the
same thought: I'VE believe in the
world rights of all men to write, send
and publish news at uniform COM
munication rates and without inter-
ference of governmental or private
monopoly and that right should
be protected by treaty"
There is an opportunity now for our
Government to test the applicable
ity of these excellent principles in
our relations with the French Com
mittee of National Liberation. Gen.
eral de Gaulle recently announced
that Agence Francois de Press,
government agency, will be given
the exclusive rights to distribution
of news in liberated French territory
and will be directly responsible to
the Ministry OF. Information, headed
by Henry Bonnet. M. Bonnet's later
explanation that the agency will
have exclusive news privileges in
France only until a real free press
can be established by the people OF
France, is not reassuring.
What the whole business amounts
to is that the French Committee OF
National Liberation is going to be
the sole judge of what news is dis
tributed or obtained in France until
it chooses to surrender that monopo-
listic control in some indefinite
future. That is directly contrary to
the very fundamentals of free
press, in France, or the free flow OF
news between France and the out
side world. It is the very condition
which should be Stunned at the
outset by any government which is
working for secure peace.
Our State Department could with
propriety strongly protest any ar
Evening star., 1944-07-29
Argentina Indicted

The State Departments indict-
ment of Argentina, upon which is
based our appeal for nonrecognition
Of the government of General
Farrell, is couched in unexpectedly
strong language.
At this most critical moment" in
the history of the American Repub-
lies, according to the State Depart
ment, the Argentine government has
taken two steps which have resulted
IN tremendous injury" to the Allied
cause. Cd 1t has deliberately
violated" the pledge taken jointly
with its sister republics to cooper
ate in support of the war against the
Axis powers, and in thus "deserting
the Allied cause" has struck
powerful blow at the whole system
of hemisphere cooperation. t2)
Argentina has openly and notori-
ously been giving affirmative assist
ance to the declared enemies of the
United Nations"
This is a far cry from the familiar
language of diplomacy Instead of
the courteous circumlocutions ordi-
narily employed to avoid offense to
supposedly friendly power, Secretary
Hull has used words that are harsh
and blunt, and whose meaning is
unmiStakable. There can be no
objection to this if the facts justify
our position, as would seem to be the
case, and If we have anticipated and
are prepared to deal with the pos
sible consequences of the policy
which has been adopted But it
ought to be made perfectly clear
that we are burning our diplomatic
bridges and are taking a position
from which it will be extremely diff
cult to retreat.
For the present the State Depart
meat is staying within the policy of
nonrecognition. We will not recog-
nize the Farrell regime until it gives
convincing evidence of change of
heart with respect to its relations
with the Axis. and we have reason
to believe that most if not all of the
other Latin American republics are
now willing to follow the same
course. In response to questions, a
State Department spokesman said
that such possibilities as the with
drawal of all our embassy staff from
Buenos Aires and the application of
economic sanctions had not yet been
reached in deliberations here.
This is not altogether reassuring.
In the past we have had unhappy
experiences when we sought to rely
exclusively on the weapon of non
recognition to attain diplomatic
ends. If the Farrell regime can
remain in power, and if it is CONF
posed of men as unprincipled as the
State Departments indictment i'm
plies, we may find this policy OF
nonrecognition to be as ineffective
Evening star., 1944-07-29

AS nearly as possible, without using
identical language, the foreign affairs
planks in the Republican and Demo-
cratic party platforms appear to remove
the issue of international collaboration
by the United States from the coming
presidential campaign.
Neither side, in all probability, will
admit this. The candidates and SPELL
binders of both parties will undertake to
convince the American voters that they
are committed to the best method of
preventing war in the future.
When the Republican platform was
adopted. the Democratic charge immed-
lately went up that it contained merely
weasel words" Yet the Republican
foreign affairs plank and the Democratic
plank agree that this country and the
for peace, shall act as sovereign
nations" Both are against the creation
of an international superstate.
If the so-called internationalists had
the idea that President Roosevelt and
the Democratic party would go beyond
such stand, they have been mistaken.
They have not done so because the
American people are not prepared for
such step. They are willing to COL
laborate with other nations for the
maintenance of world peace, but they
want to see what kind of world it is to
be after the war. Here is what the
Republican platform says:
I'VE favor responsible participation by
the United States in postwar cooper
ative organization among the sovereign
nations to prevent military aggression
and to attain permanent peace with
organized justice in free world. Such
organization should develop effective
cooperative means to direct peace
forces to prevent or repel military ag-
gression. Pending this, we pledge con-
tinuing collaboration with the United
Nations to assure these ultimate OBJ
jectives."
The pledge given in the Democratic
foreign affairs plank is:
ITO join with the other United Nations
in the establishment of an international
organization based on the principles of
sovereign equality of all loving
Evening star., 1944-07-29
Flower Sono

Prodding the earth to eloquence, I ply
My quick, versatile hoe, my singing
trotDel
Kno,Dtng the elements DiH gloritp
Each perfect blossom like a bright,
netD uoDel
! codred the ipaking bulbs and drousy
Dines,
! shook seed-syllables into the earth,
Waited for Time to coach them on their
lines
That poiced the proclamation OF their
birth.
So noto behold the lovely, pelpet throats
OF my petunids and morning -glories,
MY hollyhocks like tall, erotic notes,
And nloonfoaDers n,outhing soft, noe.
turndl stories.
Then listen :. understand each petaled
MY fotoers hdve language OF their
otDn,
cO6ETTE MIDDLETON.
Evening star., 1944-07-29

now as 1t was in It's application to
Japan, Germany and Italy. We may
discover that General Farrell, in
stead OF coming to terms. will use
our indictment of his regime and
our refusal to recognize his govern
ment as instruments to cultivate i'll
will toward the United States in
Argentine and possibly elsewhere in
South America. Meanwhile, the
Axis countries may very we'll profit
from the widening Of the breach.
These are some of the possibilities
which may confront us, and we
ought to ask ourselves whether we
intend to acquiesce in them or
whether we will be prepared to
resort to stronger measures than
nonrecognition as time and circum-
stances may dictate.
Evening star., 1944-07-29
Eastern Front Advance
BY Maj. George Fielding Eliot

Of Estonia, the Finns might give up
the war in despair
But certainly this is a temporary
measure only, as Lindemann cannot
hope to maintain his isolated position
for any great length Of time. His army
group, or that part of 1t which is heing
backed up against the coast, becomes
one more eventual sacrifice to Hitlerian
strategy, and it remains to be seen how
the morale of his men will stand up
once they find that their land COM
munications with Germany have been
cut.
Moving southwark it would seem al
most certain that Bialystck was evac-
uated by the Germans, drawing back
toward the fortress OF Osowiec and the
line of the River Narew As to Brest-
Litovsk, which has been virtually sur
rounded for, some days, it was prob
ably carried by storm No line of re-
treat seems to have been left open to
its garrison.
The garrison Of Lwow could have
been withdrawn south toward the Car
pathians, where the Germans still hold
the road center of Stryj and the roads
connecting it with Lwow. At Stanis.
lawow, also a German withdrawal to-
ward the Carpathians seems indicated,
and that applies to Przemysl as well,
no strong German defense being re-
ported. Jaroslaw was probably held
only as delaying position.
From all this, what conclusions are
to be drawn?
First, German determination, per-
haps almost an obsession that East
Prussia must be defended at all costs
X y X
Second, the Germans have at last,
apparently, decided to cut their losses
In the north, with the Tallinn bridge
head apparently forced on the high
command by political necessity.
Third, for the rest of the front the
Germans seem to have determined on
trying to hold the strong Narew River
front between East Prussia and the
great bend Of the Vistula at Warsaw
an area where penetration would be
very dangerous for the Russians as long
as both East Prussia and Warsaw were
in German hands-and the line of the
Upper Vistula south of Warsaw to the
Carpathians, thence the mountain
frontier itself southeastward to the
Galathe-Focsani Gap.
(copyrisht 1914, New Yerk Tribune. nns)
Evening star., 1944-07-29
This Changing World
By C0NsfaNfiNs Rroaen

The fate OF the "Dumbarton" confer
ence, . parley among the Big Four for
the postwar organization Of the world,
depends to . large extent on the result
Of talks held In Moscow this week be-
tween Premier Stain and Stanislaw
Mikolajczyk, premier Of the Polish gov
ernment in exile.
Warsaw is expected to be liberated by
the Russian forces this week.
The Russian government created q
Moscow-sponsored Polish government
with heterogeneous list Of subservient
men and women as soon as It became
convinced that the defeat Of the Ger
mans in Poland was only q question Of
days
The British and American govern
ments realized that the creation Of q
100 per cent Moscow-sponsored admin
istration was q definite challenge to
everything we are fighting for. Prime
Minister Churchill decided to take the
matter in his own hands and has had
several direct communications with
Premier Stain since last Sunday. He
insisted that Stain receive the Polish
premier and discuss with him the ques-
ton OF forming q new government in
Poland composed partly Of members Of
the government in exile and partly of
members of the new Moscow creation.
Mr.. Churchill won his point and last
Wednesday the Kremlin informed
London that Premier Mikolajczyk would
be received In Moscow.
The Polish premier lost no time and
boarded a plane for Moscow in an en-
deavor to save whatever he could of
Poland's sovereignty.
According to reliable information
available in Washington, Mr. Mikola jczyk
hopes to strike a bargain whereby the
face Of the Polish government in exile
might be saved. The basis of the ar
rangement he hopes to reach in Moscow
Is that Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz, the
president OF the Polish Republic, dismiss
the cabinet and appoint another which
would include some members of the
present administration such as Mikola- -
jcyzk, who is said to be persona grata
with Stain, and several others who are
acceptable to the Kremlin. The rest Of
the government would be composed of
some leaders of the Polish underground
and some Poles who belong to the
Moscow-sponsored organization.
The American and British govern
ments feel 1t is vitally important that
there be at least an outward appearance
Of legality in the formation Of the gov
ernment of the first eastern liberated
country. If Stain accepts the com-
promise that the President of Poland
shall dismiss the present cabinet and
Evening star., 1944-07-29
Approves Protest

To the Editor OF The Star:
May I saw Amen" to every word by
r. Millican in his letter headed Com
plant About Commercials?
Now that have a brief vacation and
can enjoy my radio I find the COM
mercials drowning out the entertainment
features. There is so little broadcasting
that one with creative mind can con-
slider entertaining or educational. We
have to take liquor commercials with our
news broadcasts. Why can't the news
casts be news without commercials or at
least uplifting commercials. I, too, abhor
the sickly insipid jingles, the meaning
less jazz and nightclub crooners.
We all need something to boost our
morale. Does anyone think these pro-
grams supply us with that boost?
F. A. JOHNSON.
Evening star., 1944-07-29
Boys of BOYS Town

Private Charles r. Malley, some
where In England on the eve Of
D-day, wrote to Father Edward
Joseph Flanagan, his mentor and
guide at Boys Town: I'VE stand now
on the threshold of the biggest
adventure in Nations history.
''' We are going to write a page
in that history =" page for the
freedom Of all people"
The author of the words here
quoted spoke for five thousand
American lads to whom Father
Flanagan has been a friend. Six
hundred Of them are in the uniforms
of their country, one hundred are
on active fighting fronts, twenty-one
have been reported killed in action.
The sponsor Of the miniature de-
mocracy" at Boys Town explains:
They knew what they are fighting
for, and they will fight on for victory
and peace"
And their comrades are equally
sure, equally determined. The boys
OF Boys Town and the boys of all the
other towns-and the girls also
have been educated to their respon-
sibility for liberty and progress as
no other generation Of young people
{. ever was. 1t seems that they were
born to their ordeal. The distance
Is far and the number of years is
many, but Father Flanagan's young
sters, dead for the world to come,
are brothers to the Athenian heroes
Of Artemisium of whom Simonides
wrote:
For youth is sweet,
And youth we gave, nor turned
away,
Though sharp the storm of
battle beat
That darkened all our .day.