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Evening star., 1944-01-21

Poland, Just 900 miles away. In a
mere twelvemonth. that is, the Red
Army has smashed forward some 800
miles Where will 1t be in another
twelvemonth? Sometimes, as they
find sleep difficult in the threatening
night, the citizens of the Reich
with their peculiar dread of the Rus
sians-must half wish that the
British and Americans would hurry
up and that the invasion in the west
be welcomed rather than impeded.
Evening star., 1944-01-21
Editorials on Injustices
To Negroes Commended.

To the Editor Of The Star:
1t is heartening to Negroes to read
editorials in a conservative paper like
The Star opposing the fragrant injus-
tices perpetrated upon them through
discriminatory labor union practices.
The inability of the Supreme Court
to set aside the rulings of unions that
1orce Negroes to pay full fees and be-
come Jim Grow members in order to
work is an obvious contravention of the
Constitution.
Despite the suffering that exploited
groups have endured to secure human
rights, it is characteristic of many bene-
f1ciaries of this struggle for freedom to
become selfish and intolerant when once
they have achieved power. The older
LABOR unions are the most intolerant.
AS you have suggested. legislation is
necessary to correct the palpable injus-
tlce done to the Negro railroad workers
VINO must pay full dues and submit to
the regulations OF union which admits
them only to auxiliary membership and
privileges
Editorials of the character that have
appeared in your columns are necessary
to educate the public as to the ineouali-
ties and injustices Of many OF our Amer
lean practices. In other countries yio-
lent class upheavals and civic strife are
the only means by which liberty and
the freedoms come. The press, the
schools and the churches of America
can save us from the revolutionary
struggles that impend when courts and
kings are powerless to correct social
evils E.. HENDERSON
Falls Church, Va.
Evening star., 1944-01-21

the recapture Of the
fortress Of Novgo-
rod.
From east to west,
five mainline rail-
ways fan out from
Leningrad as fol-
lows:
Cd East, to Vo-
logda.
CD Southeast, the
great trunk line to
Moscow.
90 South, to Dno-
Vitebsk = Ors h a =
Zhlobin (this line
W as formerly tn e
Evening star., 1944-01-21

last one arises to
prejudice relations
between the Allies.
Both Russia and the
western Allies watch
to see whether a
familiar pattern will
be repeated.
The western Allies
remember the sepa-
rate peace signed
between q defeated
Russia and a victo-
rious Germany at
Brest-Litovsk, which
they held primar-
ilv rASnopSihle fcr
Evening star., 1944-01-21

question of how me
will get around his
public pledge to serve
his full term as Gov
ernor, his declaration
that he would not be
a candidate for any
other office and his
assertion that no
man was ever draft
ed for the presidency
without conniving in
the draft.
To the ordinary
man, t h es e state
ments would seem to
impose an insuper-
Evening star., 1944-01-21

has abated, the in
cident continues to
worry United Ma
tions diplo m a t s.,
There is no question
that the diplomatic
front needs a good
deal of pointing up
by experie n c e d
masons.
tt ugh hetero-
geneous in its make
up, the United Ma
tions group has one
thing In common--a
determination to de-
feat the Nazis. Po-
Evening star., 1944-01-21

After March it will no longer be
necessary to turn in old toothpaste
tubes when buying new ones. Until
human nature changes, however, the
same old critical squeeze in tin will
continue, to get the last drop out of
the tube.
Evening star., 1944-01-21

There may be difference of opin-
ion about whether or not the United
States has enough men in training,
but any traveller will testify that it
has more than enough in trains.
Evening star., 1944-01-21

The Pentagon Building is said to
have cost twice the amount origi-
nally estimated, but taxpayers get
one break. Just suppose the designs
had called for an Octagon building.
Evening star., 1944-01-21
Russian Northern Thrust Maj George Fieldiug Eliot

The long g-expected Russian northern
offensive seems to be fairly under way.
with the expansion of the Russian DO
sltlons west and south of Leningrad and
Evening star., 1944-01-21
On the Record

History never can be reversed. The past
casts Its influence. beneficent or malign
over long future. Thus, as this war
approaches its climax the specter of the
Evening star., 1944-01-21
The Great Game of Politics

The assumption, now general in politi-
cal circles, that Gov. Thomas E. Dewey
OF New York will be the next Republican
nominee for the presidency raises the
Evening star., 1944-01-21

A newspaper editor gave up his
Job and Joined the Navy. In these
confused days, he is by no means the
only editor completely at sea.
Evening star., 1944-01-21
This Changing World

Although on the surface the rumpus
created by Pravda's publication of the
Cairo rumor" that British citizens had
talked peace terms with the Germans
Evening star., 1944-01-21
Letters to The Star
Replies to Speakers "Attack"
On Cafhnlic Church In italy.

Replies to Speakers "Attack~
On Catholic Church In Italy.
TO the Editor Of The Star:
The Foreign Policy Association, in q
report relating to the Vatican has made
an unfair and uncalled-for attack on
the Catholic Church.
AS Catholic, feel bound to reply.
Through its spokesman, Sherman S.
Hayden, the Foreign Policy Association
began ignobly with the statement that
the future of Vatican influence in world
AFFAIRS rs plainly boun0 up with the
uncertain place of religion" in the post
war world. Let us hope that men who
believe this take no part in the formu-
lation Of the peace treaties OF our post
war policies
Mr.. Hayden further stated that the
Catholic Church faces the possibility Of
a strong opposition In Italy. He con-
tinued, Critics (of the papacy), both
friendly and hostile, have forecast q
period OF unprecedented anticlericalism
in Italy"
In regard to Italy, Mr.. Hayden and
the Foreign Policy Association certainly
have been misinformed. Both Catholics
and nom Catholics will testify that the
Italians have been and will continue
to be fervently religious. Our soldiers
In Italy now will testify to this. Mr..
Hayden, by visit to the Italian pris-
oner of war camp at Fort Meade, Nd,
can witness for himself the fervor and
devotion of the italian soldiers to the
Catholic faith. The Italian people are
devout Catholics. They rushed to Pope
Plus for his blessing during the bomb
ings OF Rome. They still are openly
loyal to their church. Are these the
people who will participate in period
of unprecedented anticlericalism?"
1T is evident that the Foreign Policy
Association and Mr.. Hayden have drawn
conclusions which have no basis in fact.
Let's challenge them to produce facts
before we accept their conclusions.
The association further, through Mr..
Hayden, forecast that the long asso-
ciation of the Vatican with Fascism will
reap its harvest of hatred and even of
persecution" yet later on in the same
report Mr.. Hayden said, 1T (the Cath
ollc church, makes no distinctions
and expresses no preferences for one
political system as against another"
IhlS contradiction Is evident to all
~AO" Spii GilC CIiuiCIl UOJN associate
with Fascism and express no prefer
ences Tor one political system as against
another?
Let us again challenge Mr.. Hayden
to show what and where are the facts
upon which the accusation of the
churchs association with Fascism are
based.
Whatever facts Mr.. Hayden and the
Foreign Policy Association can produce
In support of their criticism will be
verified and checked for their veracity
and authority. If they pass this acid
test. rebuttal will be made.
MERTON L. WHITE,
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-03

manage cold steel rather than compete
with, it. This is the very first lesson,
the AlB-C. Of Americang1sosserity built
lon intelligent work; volume production.
low in cost and good. Nowhere else on
earth can the man who ewings q sledge
enjoy his own automobile and bathtsb.
what velsme Does
Wages for men are figured by the
hour; depreciation on machines by the
iysae. The rssalt 10 interesting. II two
linen work eight hsGfs spices and keep
lone machine running l6 hours q day,
the. owner thus doubles His output but
does . double his eost. So, the owners
margin per unit Of sale is wider and he
an lever his prize without cutting the
quality. Result: Wages up. prices down
Workmen's wages 20 up With produe-
|tion hut that, same volume lie what low
ers the cost Of everything the workman
needs to make his home as comfortable
(his life as abundant) as that Of his
employer or anybody else. But volume
production requires investment in good
tools and training for men to use them.
When investments are unsafe in America
we may we'll start rehearsing with
grandpa's cradle.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-03
1900 People Killed;
~ Million Injured
On American Farms

Figures show that Is, 200 people were
killed and 1900, 900 injured on our farms
'ast year. Accidental deaths increased in
1914 over 1943. The total deaths in 1943
from accidents numbered 81, 500; injur-
les ran up to the staggering total Of
300, 900 with a cost in the loss of mar
hours and man power of over five bill
lion dollars.
The President of the United States
designated the week beginning July %
i944, as National Farm Safety Week.
This specific designation indicates the
Importance Of emphasizing Safety on the
Farm. We know that agriculture is o
hazardous occupation. The increased
use of machinery in the operation of the
average farm has increased correspond
ingly the possibility for accidental in
~juries. At the present time many mex
perienced people are employed on the
farms. Some of these people are young
err and some of these people are older
than normally found and this adds to
the toll of injuries.
Safety in Industry, in the Home, on
n Highway as well as safety on the
Farm must be emphasized. Nearly all
of our activities at home employ people
who are new and inexperienced in their
assignments. Many of them are work
ing under an abnormal tension. This
strain produces conditions out of which
accidents grow. Our school officials are
anxious to do everything in their power
to cooperate with all of the agencies
that work toward the reduction of ac-
eidents. We have a law in our ode that
requires US to teach Safety in the Ele-
mentary School and conditions around
US enjoin us TO do everything possible
TO make our people safety conscious, re-
dnce accidents and thereby reduce in
iuries and deaths.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-03

OOo0 Ioo4D
Men uses 70 nAsyssts wheat with q
thing called . cradle. A cradle. is . mu-
scum piece now, most a~ble-bodied farm
ers never sar on. His . ssythe (blsAe
like Father fine earriese with q wooden
frame attached to catch the straws as
they fell, so the workman can lay them
straight for bundling. Even. I can r.
member seeing farmers cradle patches
too small for m~aneuvering q reaper.
= Swinging q cradle is hard work. There
10 almost none Of it lone these days.
But farmers didn't quit using tho de-
vice for that reason. They still find
plenty Of hard work to do. The cradle
cast aside because it was inefficient,
~extravagant. 1t used to take the profit
out of a wheat crop to pay enough men
81 a day to harvest it. But Mr.. McCor-
mick's reaper changed all that.
Meehanised Farming
Some people complained for q while
about farm machinery putting men out
of work but that's not what happened.
No machine can do a mans work. Ma
chimes serve men, help them carr more
by helping them do a bigger days work.
Today one farmer with good tools pro-
duces as much IS 80 farmers did 100
years ago. In those days two-thirds of
Americas labor worked on farms; now
only 1870, and these can overproduce.
Machinery, American sinyentiveness,
helps working people. There is no hocus-
pocus about it. No straight-thinking
person needs any high-brow economist
to help him read these three ~sign-posts:
a. In the long run, people get paid
for what they produce. (2) With good
tools, which call for investment, they
can produce more. 90 Investments in
machinery raise the workers wages.
Men Va. Machines
It's a fact that employers who work
men on purely mechanical jobs are al
ways faced with a three-cornered prob
lem-men, money and machinery. They
can hire a mans body for wages or buy
machines that will do the same work
without getting tired. If interest and
depreciation for the machine is less per
year than the mans wages, the employ
err is likelv to buy the machine.
Being replaced by a machine may
sting some satisfied laborer's pride but
he is soon benefited by learning to
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-03
What Is A Democrat?
PUBLISHER

l9 what Is . Democrat? That question is reiterated
ten thousand times daily throughout the South. Inc
answef II @4npae. "A .Dernocrat N944 stylel 70 9 MEMBER
Of that ~pp9clitical party now in power which is ruled and
dominated BY the .radicsl-criminal-cQmmunis clements
Of the 1ttbi movement: which, il backed sbY tne mpss
vicious 81 the, northern politics. machines and which nas
the f~anatical. support Of the Eleaner minded negro popu-
lation Of the country. Can any real American call tna1
his party. A4a ~Hae
The South faces the greatest challenge. in its
history since the Civil War. II can vote American next
November, or, by voting New Deal. it can vote itself INTO
slavery under the lash Of labor-racketeers and misguided,
raceconsciOus negroes.
I What is the answer? Dewey? We don't like Re-
publicans particularly and we don't see anything wonder
full 10 Dewey. The strongest point in his favor is has
record a. q successful prosecuting district attorney. And
heaven knows we need such q man to smoke out and
prosecute the tens of thousands Of New Deal crooks who
have despoiled the land and made their millions out Of
the woes and tribulations of a depression humbled people.
No, the answer is not Dewey On. any other kepubli-
can. The answer is an DEMOCRAT,
Jeffersonian, WilsOnian Democrat who. will run indie
~pendently and carry enough of the Southern states to
wreck the New Deals woud-be dictatorship and, at the
same time, demand and command the recognition and
support of the Republican party and get its invitation to
participate with it in the formation of a new and truly
American government.
Let the South beware! It's Democratic party, which
IL has supported Loyalty for more than 80 years, is now
dominated by the worst enemies Of the South. BY creating
q Third party, the South can dominate and control the
policies Of the nation for 100 years. II can be the
balance Of power between the new communist negro con-
trpled Democratic party of the North and the Republi-
can party.
The South is the last stronghold Of true Washington
ian and Jeffersonian Americanism. 1t should be the duty
and privilege of the South to back its sound American
heritage by cutting itself loose from the shackles of the
New Deal.-South Texas Citizen LAREDO, Texas).
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-03
Con We Have A Free Election?

AS long as periodic free elections survive, no set
of people can permanently control Government. In the
maintenance of free elections rests the complete and the
enduring safety of our form of Government. No dictator
in history has ever dared to run the gauntlet of a really
free election"
Franklin d. Roosevelt.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-19
(ountyAids
Vet Council
Eormorks $1,000
to Aid Servicemen

Members of the M a C o m b
county Board of Supervisors on
Monday approved expenditure
of $4,000 to aid in establishment
of a Macomb County Council Of
Veterans Affairs, dedicated to
aiding the rehabilitation of re-
turning servicemen.
Harold Lindsey, chairman of
the boards Defense committee,
pointed out that the appropria-
ton would be sufficient to
cover temporary needs until
Jan. when a fully organized
council will, presumably, be
able to take over the growing
functions of the department.
A meeting of the new council
will be held Thursday night at
3 o'clock in the small court room
on the fifth floor of the county
building in Mount. Clemens,
Chef Kroner, temporary chair
man, said.
1t will be one purpose of the
new council to employ a full
time Officer of Veterans Affairs,
Lindsey told the supervisors.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-19
Danes Fire
on n axis

NEW YORK, Sept. 19-(P-
The German Radio in Denmark
asserted today that sentries out
side the palace in Copenhagen
opened fire on German Marines
late today, several hours after
the Nazis occupied all public
publics and declared a police
state of emergency" throughout
the little kingdom.
The occupation forces Of the
Gestapo preenpted police pow
erS.
The broadcast, recorded by the
Federal Communications Com
mission, reported losses on both
sides as Germans returned the
fire.
King Chistian and Queen
Alexandrine were said to have
resmed residence in the palace
two weeks ago after year and
a half absence.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-19
Russian Army
Grip
on Mid.Ba|tit
Gigantic Five-Doy
Bottle Follows
Moscow Pottern

MOSCOW, Sept. 10 - (PN -
Grinding down German armored
reserves at the rate of nearly
one Panzer Division a day, the
Red Army has frightened a
strangling grip on the enemy's
mid-Baltic communications in
Latvia in a gigantic five-day
battle which may be another full
fillment of Premier Stalin's clas-
sic strategy-surround and de-
stroy!
Front reports today indicated
there still is no pause in the fer
ocious engagement begun Friday
west of Jelgava, where the main
Baltic roads and railways meet.
The Russians claim to have
knocked out 449 tanks and 365
planes on the eastern front in
the past four days. Obviously
most of this punishment has
been inflicted in the Baltic sec
tor.
The fate of the German
Northern Army group, still esti-
mated at more than 20 divisions,
may be decided in the next few
hours or days if the Nazis fail
to keep open the lifeline from
East Prussia through the Jel-
gava area to the forces in East
ern Latvia and Estonia.
A coastal corridor little more
than 20 miles wide now con-
meets the Germans above Riga
with those holding Western Lat
via and Western Lithuania. The
Russians once snapped this life
line by plunging to the sea, but
the Germans reestablished it in
heavy fighting.
At the corridors narrowest
point the enemy is throwing in
continuous heavy infantry and
tank attacks to drive a wedge
into the line held by Gen. Ivan
c. Bagramian's First Baltic Ar
my and attempt to nullify Red
Army plans to cut off and ami
hilate the Gesrman Army group
piecemeal
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-19

AS seen through the eyes of
a 2O-year-old veteran of Quad
alcanal, Tulagi, Tarawa, Saipan,
Guam and Tinian - and who
should know better--the Japa-
nese nation is no 'push-over."
Many long months of bitter
fighting lie ahead before fins
can be written to the might of
the Mikado. The seizure of Pa
lau and the close approach to
the Philippines means little
when the steady advance of the
japanese through China forces
the Allies to blow up and de-
stroy the valuable Kweilin base.
20 MONTHS IN ACTION
These are the considered opin-
ions Of Pfc. Robert j. Thomas, of
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-19
laps Shat ||:!|!;! }.
Own Soldiers
Forced to Fight
Until Killed

ABOARD u. S. FLAGSHIP
OFF PELELIU ISLAND, PA
LAU, Sept. 10 -(Via Navy Ra-
dio) -(P)-The U. S. Marines
fought northward on Peleliu to-
day through tough honeycomb
coral ridge positions where des-
perate japanese commanders
had shackled their own SOL
diers, hand and foot, in obser-
walton posts and small caves.
Falling back on the fifth day
of the battle, under relentless
bombing, Smelling and ground
assault pressure, the callous Nip
ponese made BOBBY traps of the
bodies of their dead officers.
While the First Marine Divi-
sion veterans grimly struggled
in exhausting heat to crack a
ridge in the heart of Peleliu's
defense elements, the 8lst Army
division speeded up its advance
on Angaur Island, six miles
southwark.
The spearhead Of the Army
forces captured the large phos-
phate refinery in Saipan Town
which produced a critically inn
portant part of Japan's raw ma
tterial for explosives.
In the drive for the refinery,
which was wrecked by the Navy
carrier force strike last March
81, the Wildcat Division swept
over the largest railyard in the
islands of Pacific Oceania.
The switching yard is the hub
of narrow gauge lines branch
ing out to the islands phosphate
diggings.
The first American planes
took off today from the Peleliu
airdrome, capture of which was
announced Friday (U. S. time).
They were midget cubs, flying
artillery observation.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-19
Retonversion
Bill Approved
Joint Congressional
Committee Acts

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -
(P)-A joint congressional COM
mittee gave it's final approval to
a postwar reconversion bill to-
day after eliminating Senate
provision to authorize unem-
ployment compensation for g.
100000 Federal employees and
back home travel pay for dis
charged war workers.
Chairman George (D-Ga.) of
the Senate conferees said the
modified proposal would be call
ed up to the Senate during the
day with a view of passing it
and sending it over to the House
by nightfall.
1.-THE House having voted to
insist upon its disagreement, we
were confronted with two al
ternatives - to accept the pro-
visions of the bill upon which
there was agreement, or have
no bill at ALL" George said in
statement.
The agreement removed one
of the major obstacles to a con-
gressional recess this week end
until after the November cleo
tons.
Stripped Of its unemployment
and back home pay provisions,
the reconversion bill sets up an
Office of War Mobilization and
Reconversion to coordinate all
activities OF Federal agencies
dealing with these problems.
1T is believed that such an
office is vitality necessary to the
orderly reconversion from war
to peace" George said.
He added that the modified
measure still retains Senate
provision setting up revolving
loan fund to guarantee the solv-
ency of the State Unemployment
Compensation systems.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-19
Wa|ther Group
Meet a Success
Grand Ropids Host
to as Convention

Exceeding by IA per cent
their attendance at former SINH
lar meetings, members of the
Trinity Church Walther League,
800 strong, gathered from all
sections of lower Michigan Sat-
urday and Sunday to make the
district convention in Mount
Clemens the largest in the his
tory of the organization.
Representatives from all of
the leagues 200 societies in the
Lower Peninsula opened their
convention activities at l0:45
am. Sunday and continued
through an intensive program
of spiritual and organizational
work concluding at 1880 p. m.
Sunday in presentation of a
play at the USO club on Broad
way.
Franklin w. Schmidt, mana
ger of the secretary of states
branch office in Mount Clemens,
was reelected president of the
District of Walther Leagues for
the fourth time; while Fred
Walters, Jr., of Detroit, was
named vice-president; Christine
Freiburg, corresponding secre-
tary; Warrant Officer Glen Sor-
ensen, treasurer; Lawre e
Proksch. executive board mem
Der: Leona Fingel, executive
board member: and Ellen Huser
recording secretary.
See CONyENTI0N-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-19
Supervisors
OK Election
in Van Dyke

Warren township voters on
Nov. 7 will have an opportunity
to ballot upon the proposed in
corporation as a city of a 10
square mile tract embracing
many of the districts largest
manufacturing plants.
Final decision to place the
controversial question upon the
ballot was made by the Macomb
County Board of Supervisors
on Monday in a Is to 8 vote
that followed fruitless appeals
by an attorney, claiming to rep
resent manufacturing interests,
for in official action by the
board.
Glenn Curtis, Detroit lawyer,
who said he represented a num-
Der of war plants in the area,
See VAN DYKE-Page 2