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Evening star., 1944-08-02

1880 and, following the restoration
Of King Charles II, once more re-
viSed In 1862.
An important distinction between
the Prayer Book OF the American
branch Of the church and those from
which 1t derives is that 1t was demo-
cratically accepted. It's ratification"
was by the laity as well as the clergy
and the bishops in general conven-
tion assembled, October l6. 1850.
Very few changes have been made
since that date. The standard copy
which DR.. Suter has in his care Is
the historic copy in theory II not In
terms of actual eighteenth century
printing.
Evening star., 1944-08-02
Second Battle of France
By Maj Georee Fieldins EI;ot

Tfet0fnG Eliot
advance on both sides Of villedieu, plus
the deep armored penetration to Breezy.
threaten complete development Of the
Germans from the south, but the Brit
Ism forces from Caumont, driving out
from the Allied center in perfect CO.
ordination with the American attack,
nave stabbed ten miles south in the
course OF "a hours and are now in lie
Beny Bocage and the Foret TEveque.
This puts them well behind the right
nank Of the Germans Withdrawing from
the Tessy area. Another seven miles
will take them into the town of Wire,
a road center. through which the whole
OF the German forces in the Tessy-
Percy-Villedieu area must withdraw If
they are ever to rejoin the remainder
OF the German Army on the Caen front.
Thus Wire now becomes the focal
point of the battle, whereas the focal
point only "a hours before was ville-
dieu-a shift to the eastward of 1e
miles in q single day. This, as much
as anything. tells the almost incred-
ible rapidity of the Allied progress,
and suggests the insoluble problems fac
Ing the Germans as the Allied armies
break the bonds Of the CONSTRUCTED
Normandy bridgehead and emerge into
open country.
Meanwhile along the rest OF the front
there are hints of British and Cana
dian onensives in the neutrality-suspicious.
only holding attacks now, pinning down
the remaining enemy troops, but with
the possibility Of becoming powerful Of
fensives OF major caliber as the cnemy's
situation progressively detsrtorates.
Victory-de>isive victory-is now al
most within the grasp Of the Allied
forces In the battle Of Normandy. The
destruction Of a considerable part of
the German Seventh Army appears in
evitable, barring the arrival within .
very few hours Of much larger German
reinforcements than there u any reason
to suppose are at hand.
Future historians Of this war win re-
cord the fact that on August !, 1894,
the battle Of Normandy came to an end
and the second battle o Frames began,
tcopyfisht 1914. MsE911k 81 e Sne.f y
Evening star., 1944-08-02
President Quezon

Manuel Luis QuezOn, dying in the
midst of global war, must await the
appraisal of later and more peaceful
times. It is possible that he will be
remembered as "the George Wash
ington" Of his country. But no
opinion now expressed to that-or
any other-effect can be Anal. The
first President of the Philippine
Commonwealth government set up
at Manila under the Tydings-Mc-
Duffle Act in 1885 was not an un-
qualified success in that position.
His labors in the campaign to gain
practical independence for the
islands were much more notably
effective than anything he was able
to do after the Congress of the
United States had conceded the
theory Of freedom for his people.
Much of Mr.. Quezon's difficulty
traced back to a number OF differ
ences among Filipinos themselves.
With thirty factions opposing him,
he never could speak for the whole
community of the islands. The
power that he welded was small as
compared with that which he be-
lieved he needed. Never endowed
with unlimited faith in democratic
processes, he favored and strove to
achieve benign dictatorship. Such
an objective, however intended,
was infeasible of attainment under
conditions prevailing during the era
of transition from American control
to complete autonomy. It probably
could not be accomplished under any
circumstances.
But Mr.. QN4son nevertheless is
entitled to the gratitude of the gem
orality Of Filipinos. He frankly was.
Evening star., 1944-08-02

The attempt on the life Of Der Fueh-
rer was staged. encouraged. or used, to
avert . real intention of high ofhcers
of the Wehrmacht to sue for peace.
and overthrow Hitler. Count Clunt Won
Stauffenberg may have made fanatic
and hopeless attempt out of sheer de-
spair, but 1t was not part OF an organ
lied plot in the sense DR.. Joseph Goeb-
bels described it. There was only q
Wehrmacht plot in the making. which
the Nazis anticipated.
Goebbels also gave that away. In
their speeches both Hitler and Goeb-
bels said, They can't play Badoglio
with u.s." High-ranking members of the
ofncers' corps, desperately caught be-
tween Scylla and Charybdis were un-
doubtedly seeking q way out that might
spare Germany from utter chaos and
Europe and themselves from what Is
now coming. The Scylla was defeat
The Charybdis was what the Nazis
would do to Germany and Europe be-
fore the final collapse. The assassina-
tion OF Hitler would not help unless 1t
brought immediate peace, on terms
that would exclude the humiliation Of
the German State. and give the Ger
man anti Hitler forces some shred Of
authority. As everyone who carefully
reads the papers has observed, ennis
saries Of Wehrmacht officers have been
secretly approaching the Allies, both
Russian and Anglo american. trying to
create q situation in which they could
liquidate Naziism and end the war.
From Stockholm we were informed
that conservative German circles" had
approached the Russian Ambassador,
Nine. Alexandra Kollontai.
At the same time. there have un-
doubtedly been overtures to the British
Ambassador. Sir Samuel Hoare, in Ma
drid, British circles in Switzerland. and
through the Vatican to Anglo Amer
leans in Rome.
Heinrich Himmler acted before the
Wehrmacht could. The Wehrmacht
was impotent because It could get moth
ing from US except unconditional sur
render"
History will Judge whether we have
been wise In our political conduct OF
the war and in the unconditional sur
render formula. But the result Of this
counterstroke OF the Nazis can already
be foreseen. Under the pressure Of dra-
matte events 1t is almost forgotten that
Goebbels announced weeks ago the con-
Ndered intention Of the Nazis to bring
about In defeat the destruction of Eu-
rope. At that time 1t was argued:
Evening star., 1944-08-02
Mr.. Fish Wins Aqoin

The denomination of Representa- :
tive Hamilton Fish by the Repub-
lican voters of New York's twenty
ninth congressional district demon
strates once again that the path OF
the political purger is not an easy
one.
President Roosevelt discovered this
in 1898, and it should now be evident
to Governor Dewey and Wendell
Willkie, both of whom sought the
defeat OF Mr.. Fish. On the basis
OF unofficial returns, Mr.. Fish has
won handily, though not by the
wide margin that he once enjoyed.
Several factors probably entered into
his reduced majority. The recent
reapportionment in New York re-
moved counties from his old district
that had been Fish strongholds. His
opponent, Augustus w. Bennet, has
undoubtedly grown in stature since
he ran against the incumbent in
1912. And 1t may be that the de-
clared opposition of Governor Dewey
and Mr.. Willkie cost him some votes.
But 1t does not seem likely that
this last was an important factor.
Traditionally, American voters resent
outside interference in local elec-
tions, or are at least Indifferent to
1t. BY currently popular standards,
Mr.. Fish, because of his prewar
isolationist stand and some of his
Washington associations, should
have had hard going with a war
conscious electorate. But the voters
in his district seem not to have been
much disturbed by these considera-
tions, and this suggests the possibil-
ity, at least, that the rank and file
OF voters are not as concerned with
international issues as some national
spokesmen seem to believe.
Perhaps the November election
will furnish a more accurate test of
this. Backers Of Mr.. Bennet had
conceded privately that they would
be satisfied II their candidate got
IS to 40 per cent Of the Republican
primary vote. He did better than
that, and he will have Democratic
support when he runs against Mr..
Fish in November on a Good Gov
ernment Party" ticket. Hence, II
he can hold his COP primary vote,
Mr.. Bennett ought to win, but the
III" is q big one.
Evening star., 1944-08-02
Full Employment
BY Dapid laurence
Prom the Halifax HERALD.

1t seems to US, II We have any appreci-
alton Of the problem, that unemploy-
ment can only be banished from this
land when there is the will and de-
termination on the part Of every one 20
to Danish It. In other words, We must
look not only to governments and par
liaments and Legislatures and ali public
agencies, but to every form of activity
that creates employment and to every
citizen Of good will and understanding
who desires to create employment There
II In Great Britain ut this moment A
movement that very greatly merits our
attention and emulation. In small com.
munities in the United Kingdem they
are not waiting for action from London.
but are planning now and moving now
to md Job for every person within the
community who will need . Job when
the war Is over. No. 1t is not on the
blackboards Of economies that these
problems viii be solved-they mast Be-
srappled with and solved by the com.
bined efforts Of the Canadian people.
Evening star., 1944-08-02
Windrows

TrI1nt heart, be still.
The n,otDer's ,oork Is done:
They are tDaiting for the sun
TO rise upon this htll.
This fragrance takes me back
Through timothy and cloUeS
To the days toreper oper
When a small boy rode the rack.
The slopes are green betpeem
Those dear yesteryears and nom.
Oh! the clean scent of the moU.
Oh! the fields the heart must CLEAN.
The dead DiH not he dcson--
They must fork the j6ckstraiDed hay.
sCish that they fpoIld stay
Where ,Ce left them IN the toton,
DHt they wfll not b. denied
Yhev hare empty lofts to fu-
De 4Nief, heart. HntH
/ ThA tCin9sUlr6d erass u dried.
- S HARRY ELMCRE HUND.
Evening star., 1944-08-02

The Allied effort to destroy the left
wing Of the German Army in Nor
mandy is continuing. and appears very
near success.
On the extreme Allied right, Amer
lean armored troops are rapidly ex-
panding and strengthening their posi-
They have pushed southwark across the
Seiune River at Pontaubault and
Ducey -possibly to establish fianking
position protecting their main effort
from any German counterattack COM
Ing from Brittany, possibly merely as a
strong reconnaissance.
The main effort Of these American
armored units appears to be directed
eastward along the Avranches- -Falaise
road, and they have reached Breezy, 10
miles east of Avranches and about the
same distance southeast Of Villedieu-
les-Poeles.
Thus the German left flank now def
nitely has been torn from its anchor
on the coast of the Normandy penin-
sula and has become not only an open
flank. but one which Is actually in
course Of being enveloped.
The German attempt to counter this
move has. apparently. only made mat
ters worse for the Germans. All day
Monday the Germans were increasing
their pressure in q northwesterly direc-
ton on the front between Tessy- Sur.
Wire and Percy. Both towns were re.
taken from American advanced ele-
ments. But late Monday and on Tues
day morning, In the stin wording of
the oficial communique, "An advance
on broad front toward the main
Percy y-Avranches road brought our
troops close to villedieu."
M
At last report American forces were
Across this road mile north and .
mile south OF villedieu and there is
possibility that the town is In our
hands. Street fighting is going on In
Percy and the Germans are reported
Withdrawing from Tessy-sur-vire
But 1t is now question whether any
Of the German troops which engaged
In this counterattack can be with
drawn. Not only does the. American
Evening star., 1944-08-02

We know, however, that in spite of the
tremendous efforts of the Allied air
force to destroy the robot-launching
bases their activity has Increased rather
thar decreased in the last 10 days.
Mcte and heavier robots have been
penetrating into London and some Of
the important Allied invading bases in
Southeastern England. Only sketchy
details about the damage inflicted by
them Is being given to the public
abroad. II appears that the Germans
themselves have no definite idea of the
havoc brought about. The robots which
are intercepted In their fight across
the channel can do no damage. But
once they have crossed that narrow
stretch Of water, even II they are shot
down, they cause severe damage.
It ID possible that robots soon may
be used against the Allied armies in
France What these weapons may be
nobody knows. Many observers who
had been aware Of the existence of a
very destructive new German gun" long
before our landings in Normandy gave
sigh Of relief when our forces landed
without the interference from that
gun" which was supposed to be able
w ACACAl tAlC AASo0AOh pOiSo AAOaA 0OI1C
special emplacements on the western
European wall" We soon discovered
that the emplacements reported to the
British intelligence services were actu-
ally launching bases for the robots.
4
During the last few days the Ger
mans have been talking again about
another secret weapon" For the time
being, wo do not know whether this
talk Is a mere morale booster OF Hit
ler's in order to keep up the fighting
spirit OF his men in Normandy or
whether he actually means what he
says. But the American high command
Is fully expecting some new destructive
machine. It cannot of course. change
the course Of the war The corrosion
inside Germany is too far advanced to
make any major changes in the war.
But We may still be faced with some
unpleasant and costly surprises In
some military quarters 1t is feared that
In despair Hitler may use on both fronts
some new type of chemicals which
would give him a temporary success.
He does not seem to have any fear
of retaliation. The Fuehrer is reported
to have favored the use of chemicals,
but has been prevented by his generals.
Many OF them have now been purged
or have ceased to have any influence
In the direction Of military operations.
Evening star., 1944-08-02
A JumbIed Picture

~ uttle more IMAM year ago
In June OF 1943-Undersecretary of
War Patterson said that industry
had failed by Ave and one-half per
cent during the preceding month to
meet the production needs of the
Army ground forces. He blamed
"overconfldence and complacency"
for this lag, and warned that it
threatened to endanger the war ef-
fort and upset the Allied timetable.
If the trend should continue, he
said. "the Army will not even have
its basic equipment by the end of
the year"
Three months later-in septem-
berthe effect Of this warning was
pretty well Cancelled out by the
Presidents glowing report to Con-
gress on war production. Mr..
Roosevelt was defending his admin
istration against its critics, and,
while conceding that few mistakes
had been made, he recited an i'm
pressive list of war materials and
weapons that had already been pro-
duced.
And then he added What have
said Is not IN any way an apology
1t Is an assertion and a boast that
the American people and their Gov
ernment are doing an amazingly
good job in carrying out vast pro-
gram which two years ago was said
to be impossible of fulfllment.
Luckily the American people have
a sense Of proportion u and a
memory"
We now learn from General Bre-
hon Somervell, chief of the Army
Service Forces, that production
began to lag within a few weeks
after this assertion and boast"
The peak for the Army Service
Forces was reached in November,
l943, when the production total in
dollars stood at $2,112,Oo0,o0o. BY
June of this year it had dropped to
s1.ss2, 100000
In General Somervells opinion
this lag Is. so critical and so ex-
tenSive in most Of the major items
needed overseas that our prospects
OF an early victory are being put in
Jeopardy. He blames lack of man.
power, resulting in substantial part
from the drift away from essential
industries to nonessential work, for
this condition. And he says that we
must have "a greater sense of
urgency to reverse this trend.
Without attempting in any way
to gloss over the seriousness of the
picture which General Somervell
presents, however, it may be said
that we are not apt to get that
sense of urgency from official state
ments that swing from one extreme
to the other. When responsible
officials, in the span of fourteen
months, tell the people, hrst, that
they are falling down on the Job of
war productions; second, that they
are doing a magnificent job, and,
third, that they are slackening off
to such an extent that our hopes of
early victory are imperiled, it is
difficult to know what to believe. In
this situation, most people will pre-
fer to accept the optimistic view and
ease up bit in their own efforts.
leaving it to some one else to carry
the load That, at least, is what
seems to have been happening.
Evening star., 1944-08-02
Breaking Out of Normandy

The American offensive begun a
week ago on the extreme western
end of the Allied invasion strip has
completed Its first tactical phase
with the taking of Avranches. This
small port marks the point where
the French coast, which runs due
south down the Cotentin Peninsula,
turns due west along the northern
face Of the much larger peninsula
OF Brittany. Just around the corner
from Avranches lies the fair sized
port Of st. Malo, which could serve
as a secondary landing base for
Allied troops and equipment. It is,
therefore. quite likely that a further
advance will be attempted around
the coastal bend to St. Malo.
However, it is probably premature
to envision an immediate stroke
southwark across the base of the
Brittany Peninsula to the estuary of
the Loire River and the big port of
st. Nazaire, 100 miles away from
Avranches. This Is because the
southernmost projection of the
American advance Is little more
than a spearhead which must be
widened eastward through the diff
ficult Norman bocage country that
extends clear to the eastern extrem-
ity of the Allied invasion strip at
Caen. This widening process is
being jointly undertaken by Amer
lean forces striking southwark from
st. Lo and the British in the ad-
jacent sector south of Caumont.
But progress is thus far slow in the
face of difficult terrain and stiff
German resistance. Meanwhile, the
main British forces are still stopped
cold by the immensely strong Ger
man bolt positions" around Caen.
A survey Of the entire Allied front
reveals the general pattern of Ger
man strategy. From the very first,
the Germans have concentrated
their strength In the Caen area,
holding to that at all costs, but
yielding ground when necessary
further to the westward. The result
has been an Allied advance like the
opening OF giant door, hinging on
Caen. From the German viewpoint,
Allied gains in the extreme west,
even should this eventually include
Brittany, are less dangerous than
deep penetrations south and east
from Caen, which would menace the
really vital German positions along
the valley of the Seine, from the
great port of LIE Havre to Paris itself.
This is borne out by the quality of
the defending troops at various
points. The prisoners taken by the
Americans in their current Of
fenSive. like those taken in the
Cherbourg campaign, are mostly
second-string formations including
large numbers of impressed for
eigners. The bulk of German elite
troops and armor continue to be
massed toward the eastern end of
the line, while the channel coast
from LIE Havre to Dunkirk is still
defended at full strength to forestall
another major Allied landing from
Britain. Until the German bolt
positions" in the Caen region are
smashed. Allied gains to the west
ward will have more tactical than
strategic significance. The decisive
battle for Northern France is still
to be fought.
Evening star., 1944-08-02
This Changing World
By Comsfanfins BrosCn

The Allied army command in Western
Europe Is less optimistic about an early
end Of the war than the civilians or
some military observers at home.
American and British high-ranking
ofhcers look at the situation strictly
from the technical point of view, Just
as Marshal Foch did In the summer Of
1913. Then even more than now the
first and the second line enemy forces
were holding and fighting with the usual
stubbornness. In the last months OF
the World War the Germans had the
additional advantage OF fighting on only
one big front; now. however, they are
confronted with bitter major battles on
the Eastern and Western fronts while 4
number Of their troops must be main
tained In italy and the Balkans.
In spite Of this obvious disadvantage,
the Allied command in Western Europe
figures that many months Of heavy
fighting are ahead. II during this time
the internal situation In the Reich de-
teriorAtes t0 such an extent that the
armies In the West may be compelled to
give In or II the Russians invade Ger
many 20 much the better.
But for the time being the job Of Gen.
0aAoCtuiOWCE AHu CIc Objects ana men
under his command Is still tough one.
The dificulties in our path are not
being overlooked. although the more fay
orable terrain will afford Us better use
Of our tank forces and our overwhelming
Air superiority also can be used to
greater advantage in the fiatlands which
lead to Paris.
The German armored force Is still
very strong and there Ii no question that
20 long A. the enemy Is determined to
continue to fight he can use 1t very sue
cessfully. According to American ofYicial
reports. the German tanks are at least
as good ~ our own and the personnel,
unless 1t becomes disafYected by the oc-
currences In the Reich, Is expert at
handling them
The Luftwa6e has become only 4
skeleton Of what 1t once was. But the
Germans recently have started using 4
jet-propelled pursuit plane which is
about 100 miles faster than any Amer
ican or British plane and has . greater
firing power While 1t is true that this
new machine is less maneuverable than
the ordinary type, it may prove q severe
handicap to our bombers and fighters
Finally, the action of the German
robots Is not to be discounted. We do
not know yet whether the Nazis have
used all the aces they have up their
sleeve with this new type OF missile.
Evening star., 1944-08-02
Could Be, Yes

From the Topeka Capital
When . Chinese boy makes moe
money Is a servant on sl1ipboard than
IN ofncer Of the United States Navy
than. = -somethtue vruns.
Evening star., 1944-08-02
Remembered Baptist Leaders

SAAOSASA DdPllSt LCdOGTS
To the Editor Of The Star:
I was greatly interested in your re-
cent editorial about the part the Bap-
lists had in the founding OF Columbian
College, now George Washington Uni
versity. 1t probably will be of interest
t. you and to your readers to know
that Luther Rice was for many years
a member of the First Baptist Church
OF this city, and that the educational
building Of this church now bears his
name. We also have In the city a grow
ing new church-the Luther Rice Me-
mortal Baptist Church-whose pastors
first name also Is Luther, Luther J.
Holcomb.
The Rev. Obadiah Brown, who is
mentioned in your editorial as the
first president Of the board OF Colum-
bian College, was likewise the first
pastor OF the First Baptist Church here
in Washington. and 4 member of the
church recently presented to the con-
gregation . photograph OF an oil paint
ing OF Dr.. Brown which Is in the possess
sion Of one Of his descendants living in
this city. EDWARD II. PRUDEN
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