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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-14

Il CfUciCSt WqfdtitudC the rOj
That was written by Ensign Viii.
liam R. Evans Jr Of Torpedo Squad
ron s, in letter to friend in the
United States shortly before he was
reported missing in action at the
battle of Midway on June 4, 1912.
1t is published, with other letters
from our fighters, both living and
dead, by the industrial incentive divi-
sion of the navy department
AS these letters, to friends,
mothers and wives, were never in
tended for the public eye they have
a patriotic and emotional value.
They are heroic.
They are appealing.
They say to Congress:
Here lUe are, the living and dead
OF our BELOVED country.
We, the dead, appeal TO you to
poSs the American Legions Bill of
Rights.
Those OF US Uho surUiUe merely
ask that in return for our york the
Congress of the United States shall
see that Ue are not part of the I'm
Uarted Battalion.
we do not ask charity
We ash Justice
we ask for square deal for
those at our comrades lUho are not
capable of caring for themselves.
Ensign Evans never returned
from the valiant attack in which
Torpedo Squadron 8. IN the face Of
terrible ODDS broke the back Of the
japanese offensive against Midway
LIS last letter contains these heroic
II words f"oo1 the deep heart Of
America itself.
"Nory of my friends ave. noe
deod To a man, each died Nth
nonchaiance that each Would haze
denied tUas courage but simply called
lack Of fear and forgot the triumph.
an anytime coed or great has
been born of this toor, It should not
be ualued in The colonies zoe may loin
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-14

ices 1rfb indifference It rW be the
1 hos crer kHoWH.'
nor in the pages that historians r0ill
attempt to Write, but rather in the
youth of our country Who Were neUer
trained for Uar and Who almost
neUer believed in war, but Dho haze,
from some hidden source, brought
forth a gaIIantry Which is homespun
il is so real"
That is Che essence of the Veter-
ans Bill of Rights now before Con-
gress
In asking for postwar care, physi-
cal, financial and mental for our vet
Grams the Legion's Bill of Rights
does not lay stress on our conquests.
1t does not lay stress on fame.
1t is pivoted on the man himself,
on the American, on the personal
needs and wants of the individual
soldier.
And from a practical standpoint,
too the Legions Bill of Rights
should be passed as soon as possible.
d EP. LEMKE of North Dakota
~ pointed this out in recent
speech in the House when he said
Let us nolO get busy and pass a
real rehabilitation bill. The time to
do that is notO. Let us pass bill that
tUiH preUent another unemployment
catastrophe.
when this Uor is ended there
lUiiL be $1,000, 900 ciuilians that Uill
haze TO seek employment elsewhere
than in maE and munitions factories.
Then there UiH be H,OOO,O 900
soldiers returning.
The Bill of Rights is that real
rehabilitation bill -
Let Congress and the nation re.
member the words of Ensign Evans
III our country takes these socri-
fees toith indifference it tOiil be the
crueiest ingratitude the worid has
\eUer knownH
Let-hot EGruelest ingratltude be
branded on the shield of the Ameri-
can republics
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-14
knowledge lest
BY DIR. SABINA CONNOLLY

Is Bavaria in ta) southern
AUSTRIA tbl southern Ger
-mAnA--- Lcl- southern Saxan4
Uncle Toms Cabin has a
most amusing character
named fa) Uncle Tom: tb)
TopSy; (c) Eva
3-Defsdrated foods are: (a)
free Of water, Cbl free of
fat (cl free Of starch
In The Bible. the Levites
were tat the begging class
In Jerusalem lbl the Roman
rulers tcl the teachers Of
The Law.
I'm masonry. the spreading Of
mortar on the edges Of
brick is called va gold
hrlckinC bl huttering (c)
mOrtlSung
s Match 4 he Sc columns cor
fectit fheSe ate- A9fAeS-ef
navy men
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-14

DEGARDLESS of the success
~ Mr. Willkie may achieve in
New Hampshire. the victory
would be purely psychological.
New HAMPSHIRE will have but
IL delegates In the Republican
convention at Chicago, seven at
large and two each from the
two congressional districts. Gov.
Bricker already is assured OF
virtually all of Dhio's 30. which
represents m ore convention
strength at this particular time
than has been attained by any
asplrant for the presidential
nomination.
Mr. Willkie visited three or
four New England states while
on his delegate-seeking tour
hereaboutS but politicians doubt
that ne affected his standing
here in any way, good OF III.
AH-Reptfbffcan political tead-
=nrs have conceded that Mr Viii
kie'S greatest strength lies in
New England
II is the section of The coun-
Try lying nearest 10 Europe. has
a population largely European
minded. and It's commercial and
banking interests tend 10 make
II more strongly international
lst than any other part Of The
United States
Gov Leverett Saltonstall Of
Massachusetts stated only A
trulsm when he said in Phila-
delphia the other day-on the
eve OF Gov Brokers arrival in
Boston-that Bay State Repub-
leans ARE leaning toward Wen
dell L. Willkie" That is true
they are
But New England Will cut
very little ice al Chicago next
June. as compared with the
great Middle West, the Rocky
Mountain states and the West
Coast states Of which California
VIII be the most important.
I'VE chief unknown factor in
the WItkTe equation j. lie
success he may have had whilst
urUwSr1E around 7rr0uC r11a
southern delegates In tho olden
times these used TO be- delivered
Al the convention city (. o. h.,
on the hoof
Today southern Republicans
are looking for A winner. This
sections party leaders and
workers are starved. after II
long years Of wandering in the
New Deal wilderness. Times
have changed. too. and southern
Republicans are determined this
time 10 back the man who prob
ably can defeat Roosevelt.
II what this writer learned
recently in four southern states
IS true. Mr. Willkie IS not re-
garded as being this individual.
The impression that he could
snot defeat the President in 1914
any more than he could in 1910
is too widespread for him 10
overcome the handicap
The leading Republican posi-
bliltleS still remain unchanged
after MIR. Wihkie'S swing
around HE circle which took
him 70 tho Pacific Coast and
into New England
They are Dewey. Broker,
Warren and Macarthur Not
one IS fighting tho other
The prosper OF q deadlocked
convention appears remote
one
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-14

WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST,
McCLOUD, CALIFORNIA.
Washington Bataan Mothers and Wives Club representing
mothers wives and sisters of nearly go held prisoners by
Japs held its first organization meeting today.
N We commend fight of The Hearst Newspapers to have
prisoner of commission headed by Ambassador Grew
Please continue this fight
Everything possible must be done Immediately
We also appreciate newspapers help in organizing
group.
WASHINGTON BATAAN MOTHERS AND WIVES CLUB
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-14
TO THE EDITOR:

TO THE EDITOR:
THIS letter refers 10 a sol
L dler's family right here in
Detroit. Why doesn't the gov
ernmcnt pay her her allotment
before thinking about taking
care Of those bankruptcies.
That soldier had a wife over
here If the WAAt didn't know
n, why didn't she find out first.
SO let England keep them.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-14

the wives and families Of those
who are in service.
Be patient and give them
time they never let the truth
fu veterans down My husband
lad never asked ircfp until
he was unable to provide his
living. He then asked and got
help. They also took HIM INTO
their hospital where he later
died, but they did all in their
power 10 save him.
People have said my husband
was not cared for and they let
him die. That is not true And
If they could see some Of those
men as | did. who had been
there since World War | and
talk to them, they would then
know how grand they are
treated
AGNES 6. r. FOWLER.
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answers on Opposite Page)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-14

esse 8-TOesdsy hsreh - 1874
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-14

r 0t country takes H6So sacrifices nth indifference lrU the
cradeSt rgrotitndc the ~oFd hos hocu."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-14

rJHE DETROIT TIMES
Evening star., 1944-01-28
Samuel Grafton

Tor he Is Hitler. He has merely burned
the love-letters, after obtaining legal
guardianship of the ilegitimate child.
So 1t Is perfectly safe" from the
Fascist point Of view. for Ramirez to
break with the Axis. It is perfectly safe
Tor him to do 1t, because he can't do it.
Fascism cannot break with Fascism.
SO what difference do the words make?
The identical twins announce that they
have nothing in common, except for
the circumstances that they are exact
ly alike.
The only way Ramirez could break
with Fascism would be for him to blow
his brains out. So far, he has only
broken his mirror He shows us the
smashed bits, but while that NAV 1ivs
him a plausible story to tell the more
luiterate Areentinian peasants, 1t ought
not to impress us. Argentina's real
democrats are still in jail, and It is not
Tor fear Of their applause that Raunirex
keeps them there.
He keeps them there because, II hs
Jet them out, they might do exactly what
ne says he is doing. OF course. he
might even let two or three OF them out
now; Just to show; sometimes one has
to DO these things, just as sometimes
one has to break with Hitler to save
Fascism. But let us not be persuaded.
~ Is precisely because Ramirez is NOT
IKE us that he is being forced into in,
CledSlngly clever limitations.
Evening star., 1944-01-28

Once his bill Is through, the New
Dealers argue, there need be no worry
about the success of the fcurth-term
effort. The soldier vote will put It in
the bag. That is their belief and it
must be admitted there is considerable
ground upon which to base 1t. One
extraordinary pro-Roosevelt advantage
Is obvious. Clearly the appeal, Standby
the Commander in Chief" upon which
the fourth termers are seeking to justify
their attempt, will be much stronger
with the men in uniform than with
others.
Inere are two reasons. One is that
between the Army special service and
the Owl foreign service there is no way
to get any political information to the
armed forces abroad which the admin
lstration thinks undesirable for them to
have. The whole business Is bottled up
and no amount Of breast-beating pro-
tests OF how pure the hearts Of the ad-
mlnistrations propagandists and how
nonpartisan they intend to be alters that
situation. 1t Is setup that precludes
anything Like an effective presentation
OF facts unfavorable to q fourth-term
candidacy-and there is no use pretend
ing 1t Is not.
There Is also the consideration that
the Army and Navy are always con-
cerned tn keeping up morale. From their
standpoint, 1t would seem an evidence
OF poor morale for the troops to vote
against the Commander in Chief" while
the war is on. There would be a nat
ural disinclination to do that anyhow.
Furthermore, it is contended, the high
military and naval authorities prefer
to have no change and this feeling is
certain to seep down through the sub
ordinate Officers to the rarks. In brief,
an election conducted among the uni
formed men. as it is proposed to con-
Duct this one, is ne-sided affair and
there Is no way to make it otherwise,
which is why the fourth termers chortle
over the situation. In their view the
Evening star., 1944-01-28
Frank K. Kent

message was q superb political stroke.
Fully aware Of all this, the Repub-
ucans and antifourth-t Democrats
are suffering good deal Of pain. They
dislike intensely having the other side
put them In the position OF opposing
the vote for uniformed men. Every.
body wants the uniformed men to vote,
but that does not make 1t less distaste-
ful to the Roosevelt opposition to know
that wholesale delivery Of the uniformed
vote to Mr.. Roosevelt is being planned.
Conceding the handicaps under which
the bill would put them the Republi-
9 cans have been trying to effect . COM
promise by which, to some degree, these
can be nullifled. But, whatever the
bills final form, there is no way wholly
to offset: d) the advantage Of the
Roosevelt position as Commander in
Chief; CD the inability to get to the
soldiers with an effective presentation
OF the failure Of Mr. Roosevelt's man
agement OF the war on the home front,
and the disastrous effects of his lack
Of labor policy on the whole war pic
ture. However, these things do not Jus
tify refusing the soldiers the vote and,
IN the end, bill viii be passed. About
all the Republicans can do, then, s to
make the best Of 1t. though there tust
will be no way for the Republican can
didate to get his case fully before the
troops.
With Mr.. Roosevelt, of course, there
Is no necessity to advertise his per-
sonality and If the other side Is unable
to campaign his friends think the Com
mander in Chief" argument Is about
all he needs, and that hardly has to
be made. That is the way they reason.
OF. course. q considerable number OF
soldiers are not yet Of voting age: a
considerable number viii not bother
to vote and considerable number. will
vote against Mr.. Roosevelt. But allow
ing for all that the advantage stu will
be with the President. It may not elect
him, but it certainly will help him.
Evening star., 1944-01-28

The left wing has now possessed itself OF
the whole Of the outer belt railway south
OF Leningrad; the last German strong
hold on this line, Tosno, where the belt
line joins the main Leningrad-Moscow
railway, has just fallen after desperate
German defense. The Russians also
have taken Volosovo, on the Leningrad-
Narva railway, which deprives the Ger
mans Of their last possible line of lateral
communications in the Leningrad VIZ
cinity.
Southeast Of Tosno the Russians are
now well astride the Moscow main line
while south of Vladimirskaya they are
pressing on to cut the highway which
Is the only remaining line of retreat for
the Germans In Tosno.
\ \
Meanwhile, from Novgorod, the Volk.
hov army Of Gen. Meretskov Is thrust
ing steadily westward, has reached the
banks of the Luga River. and is now
within striking distance Of Betetskaya,
on the Leningrad-Dno Vitebsk railway.
Betetskaya is. in turn. only about is
miles from Luga, on the Leningrad.
Pskov railway. Should the advancing
Russians cut these two lines within the
Evening star., 1944-01-28

them aware OF their Importance q
nations mixed up in the world turmoil.
But few Of the Latin Americans. with
the exception Of their leaders, realize
that the long delayed action Of the
Argentine government lays the basis
for future defense of the hemisphere.
And this may have far reaching con-
sequences. Everyone hopes that the
world will enjoy long breathing spell
at the end Of the war. No one can
say for certain, however, that this will
be the case. At the end Of the World
War we hoped FOR at least half century
OF peace. Instead, we are now engaged
in a global war from which few ma
tions have escaped SO far. The South
American republics have, from the prac-
tical view. avoided the sacrifices most
OF the other nations have made.
But no one can give them any as
surance that after the war is ended
power politics will disappear and some
OF the countries whose resources have
been drained will not eye them covet-
ously. There Is no assurance that within
a number Of years the Western Hemis-
phere will not become the object Of
greed Of other nations.
At present oficial Washington quar-
ters cannot speak openly about these
matters. Like the rest OF the people in
this country, they all hope that this is
the war to end all wars. But the real
istic military thinkers must take a very
long-range view and start now, in the
midst Of the war, to make the necessary
defensive preparations.
The range of warships and military
planes is being greatly increased. No
one can say what human genius will
invent IN the next quarter of century,
and what new inventions will be applied
Tor destructive purposes. The oceans
today are still a pretty safe barrier
against invasion. Whether they will
have the same strategic importa nee in
Evening star., 1944-01-28
Log huuIer

The logs he hauls OF toalnut, poplar,
oak
Seem now much greater in circur,-
ference
Than U1,en they stood as trees upon the
hills.
But even so, far more than those
immense
And n,Ding boles make UP his lead !.
The might,
That tore the Avalanche OF wind to
shreds,
Tall heights that all but brushed lou
swinging stars
In summer NTH their leaty, nodding
heads.
Yes, more than logs he hauls /.
The green response
Which nns,Dered springs soft, codrtng
fnger-tips,
The brightly colored shaUls and shim-
nteTinQ scarts
That AUTUMN tDore upon her 0vpsv
trips.
This is the end as Of q lovely song
FouosDed By cldngtngs o. the holioiD
gong.
ROSE MYRA PHILLIPS.
Evening star., 1944-01-28
The Crucial Polish Issue

MOSCOW TeJecClOn OF WaSnlngtOn'S
offer of it's good offices" and For
eign Secretary Eden's re-statement
of Britain's refusal to recognize war
time territorial changes made uni
laterally combine to underscore the
growing gravity of the Russo-Polish
problem. This far transcends the
matter of a specific boundary line or
even Of Russo-Polish relations. It
involves the whole principle of CO.
operation between the United Ma
tions and postwar reconstruction.
Indeed, 1t Is fast coming to be an
acid test of the reality and practi-
cability of those supremely desirable
aims.
The British government has made
its position clear. Mr.. Eden stands
squarely on series of official state
ments to the effect that territorial
changes made during the war, and
specifically those effected in Poland
since August. 1899. will not be recog-
nized unless they take place with
the free consent and good will of the
parties concerned" Mr.. Eden fur
ther declared that "His Majesty's
Government, of course, stands on the
principles OF the Atlantic Charter"
Our own Government has not SIM
ilarly clarified it's stand on this issue,
but the entire record of American
diplomacy is along the same line. #
Washington is to be consistent, it
should no more recognize terri
torial changes in Poland effected by
force and against Polish wishes than
it did when it refused to recognize
the japanese seizure of Manchuria
and similar acts of aggression else
where. even though America is not
bound by specific treaty obligations
to Poland as Britain is by the guar
antee treaty, the defiance of which
by Germany precipitated the present
war. Washington and London thus
have the basis for mutual under
standing and a common attitude on
the Polish problem.
However, every official statement
OF Moscow and its every diplomatic
maneuver indicate that the Russian
government regards the territorial
changes made in Poland as a closed
matter, not discussable even by its
uyosterr, AJlies uhi1a i+e ovornd hos
tility to the Polish government in
exile equally indicates that Moscow
will deal only with that regime If
radically transformed according to
its wishes or with another regime Of
It's own choosing. That is a serious
situation. since neither London nor
Washington appears inclined to
coerce the present Polish govern
Evening star., 1944-01-28

Or, to put it another way, the Ramirez
government has broken with the Axis
as way of saving Fascism, after max
ing revolution last summer as a way
OF preventing revolution. Ramirez
smashed the old pro-Axis government
to keep the people from smashing it:
now he has gone a step further, and he
has broken with the Axis to keep the
people from breaking with 1t. 1t is in
credibly neat; the old government is
gone. the tie with the Axis is broken: the
people have won all their objectives. YOU
see; except that, curiously enough, they
have become slaves.
This is the greatest triumph Of form,
over substance in the history of the
Western Hemisphere.
Ramirez is now pursuing the corrupt
and impossible dream which many poli-
tlclans have pursued before him: that
OF being against the people at home,
while being against Hitler abroad. King
Peter OF Yugoslavia and his Gen. Mix
ha1lov1tch have both stubbed their toes
while walking down that particular
dream-path. There is bandage around
Marshal Badoglio's right foot, for, he,
too, Is victim of a similar accident.
But Ramirez has raised the attempt
to classic heights: he has carefully
copied the creation of the enemy, in
every detail. before breaking with the
original. He no longer needs Hitler.
Evening star., 1944-01-28
A Constructive Bill

The bill by Representative Hebert
OF Louisiana, unanimously reported
out by the House District Commit
tee, Is good example Of the sort of
legislation which is capable of elm
mating the source of cumbersome
and sometimes annoying delays in
municipal administration. The bill
Is correctly described as enlarging
the powers OF the Commissioners, for
1t enables them to do by regulation
some OF the things that now require
specific legislation. But as there r.
no tendency in the legislation to
weaken any existing powers OF Con-
gress, the larger purpose is a more
specific delegation Of responsibility,
along with the authority to dis
charge it. AS long as the initiative in
normal administration lay between
the exclusively legislating Congress
and the nonlegislating Board of
Commissioners. many things have
been left undone by the municipal
government which should have been
done as a matter Of ordinary routine.
There are many steps that can be
taken to improve administration
within the framework of the existing
organization OF local government,
without resort to the various schemes
proposed by professional reorgan-
zers. Prompt passage of the Hebert
bill. with its constructive objectives,
does more for the District than a
dozen headline seeking investiga-
tions, dealing principally with mud.
Evening star., 1944-01-28

mendation. which is far more vital, 1t
might easily go through. Stimulated
from the White House, members of his
cabinet are actively urging his particular
soldier vote bill. But, more significant
Is the eagerness Of the White House
political aides and fourth-term strate-
gists. AS result, the Roosevelt House
and Senate leaders, who have been luke
warm to other presidentially recon-
mended measures. are right "up in the
collar on this one.
1t would be pleasant to record that
all this administration concentration is
inspired by the lofty desire that the men
in the armed services should not be
deprived OF their right to vote while
nghting for their country, and that there
Is no political purpose to be served in
the Green-Lucas program But one has
to be gulible, indeed, to believe that.
Privately. the New Deal politicians make
no secret of their expectations from the
sort of bill they are pushing. Some of
them think that the Presidents message
is the best campaign speech he will make
this year. Senator Taft had sound
grounds for his comment on IT,