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The Omaha guide., 1945-11-03

food sources, leaving the United States the chief
hope of war-torn countries. Food rationing is be-
ing lifted here in spite Of the fact that U. S.. ship
ments are small in relation to our abundance.
This United States food policy. the abrupt and
~tactless ending of Lend Lease, and the dollar-pinch-
ing Congressional attitude toward UNRRA is rap
idly losing us the goodwill Of Allied countries.
A Congressman recently charged that UNRRA
is shot through and through with foreigners. Of
counrse, UNRRA is an international organization
which happens to have headquarters in Washing
ton and an American head. The charge was only a
screen for cutting full appropriations for this
world cooperative relief program.
This money-first foreign policy shows up at a
time when the balance of political power has shifted
from the White House to Capitol Hill. The two
are related, for Administration policies are becom-
ing more and more limited by what a dominantly
shOrt-sighted Congress is willing to do.
Truman's policy of cooperating with Congress
has brought hi INTO the same lOggerheads with the
lawmakers that ID reached by a different route.
The President seems surprised, hurt and baffled
that his old Congressional pals should have let him
down.
It's doubtful that Truman will get all the key
parts Of his program through Congress. The grant
ing or Withholding of patronage are always the
trump cards of any President in battles with Con-
gress. President Truman has SO far not made use
Of them. Instead he has been polling the State
Democratic chairmn to find what points in his ma
tiOnal program each will endorse. If he sticks to
such tactics he'll come out with a program cut
down to the lowest common denomination Of party
hack intelligence.
Much of the President trouble stems from the
fact that his Administration was unprepared for
peace. This has led to throwing off controls too
fast in a desperate gamble that negative action
would make up for lack Of a positive program.
Meantime, Congress dallies over all the important
items on which action has been requested.
The President is almost hopelessly licked Oh his
iobless pay bill, and the full employment bill got by
the Senate only in emasculated form. Senator
Barley described the measure as finally passed in
these words: "It now guarantees everybody out Of
work the right to seek a job. if he can find one. In
other words, if it is convenient for the Government
to help him, it will do So"
A House group Of 115 representatives under the
leadership Of Congressman Patman and Outland, is
getting ready to make a fight for the original meas
ure.
The President backs OPA's Chester Bowles on
price control, but OWMR's John W. Snyder blows
hot and cold on it. He approved WPB's removal
of restrictions on building materials, which will en-
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OVERTONES
DETROIT MEANS BUSINESS:
AL g.

Even a one-eyed man going to Detroit these days
quickly sees that the people of the Motor City mean
business, as witness these items casually collected
one day last week:
The Booker T.. Washington Trade Association,
which has never missed a weekly meeting during
the fourteen years of its life, other than on holidays
The most beautiful Urban League and the most
attractive Tuskegee Club headquarters in the U. S,
A. (And that statement includes both New York
City and Tuskgee Institute in Alabama.)
A dry-cleaning establishment headed by a woman
whose beauty and charm are such that even the one
suit Willies are twice-a-week customers.
A motor sales agency (Studebaker) employing
seventy-five persons in sales and repair work when
the assembly lines are running.
A young man and his wife smart enough to go
out and find Christmas trees where they are but
not wanted, to bring them where everybody wants
one, and to tuck away a very neat profit on the deal.
A man-wife combination operating a good news
paper, and by their own life giving the entire region
new faith in the institution of marriage, and con-
vincing proof that people ARE human beings.
And more businesses actually owned by Negroes
than any other city in the country. These folks
mean business. They are not softies. They know
how to work together, and they also know how to
fight together if necessary.
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WASHINGTON RID.

Washington, D. Good for Europe isn't just a
matter of supplies or Of shipping, but Of money.
That must come eventually from an economy-mind-
ed Congress with which the President is having diff
%ficulties. This explains why the civic groups who
appealed to Truman for larger food shipments to a
vert European chaos got fair words, little action,
and are now concentrating on Congress.
United States emphasis on the dollar in interna-
tional affairs is building i'll will abroad, and a dollar
isoationism at home. It's a repetition Of the dollar
mindedness that marked American isolationism af-
ter World War ], and paved the way for depression
and World War II.
Our niggardly food policy is resented abroad,
where practically every observer exports danger of
famine and upheaval this winter. Douth in Africa,
Australia and parts Of Europe have dried up those
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of the folks on this side hoped he was right. But
he had to fight so-called (now) Americans as well
as the British, and at times it was hard to tell which
was the more dangerous. The Dutch know, and the
fascists in America know. that the principle Of di-
vide and conquer brings good returns. Get the OPP
position to fighting among themselves, then kill off
both factions when they are too weak to resist.
One of the best current signs among Negroes is
that we are learning to stop fighting each other.
But the big lesson on that score is still unlearned.
Don't waste your ammunition on the other black
man because his methods differ from yours. 1t is
stupid to bicker with your neighbor, when the fell
low across town is planning to blast you and your
neighbor to the high heavens.
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DEMOCRATIC DISCUSSION:

DR.. Van Nook, Dutch representative in Java,
sees mo basis for democratic discussions on the
island. The trouble with the Doctor and many
other millions Of Europeans is that they cannot I'M
derstand why the people Of Java want to manage
their own affairs. Following the usual imperialist
technique, the Dutch insist that Javanese leaders
are rabble rousers and rebels with no real following
On that basis, one George Washington in the ear
ly days was no more and no less than a rebel. He
was fired with the spirit of independence, and most
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EBONY ARRIVES:

Many Negroes who try to get away from the
term ''black'' or anything connected with it won't
like EBONY, new picture magazine now on the
stands. But even these will like the variety Of sub
jects, the excellent photography, and the balanced
composition Of the new publication. The enter
pot again.
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courage construction of $4,000 and over houses.
more profitable to contractors, but beyond the
reach OF half the people. He was also ready to take
price ceilings off building materials. until Truman
bucked him up. Bowles won his point, but there
was a J1ttery week in which the outcome was I'M
certain.
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\ The Greater Omaha Guide Omaha, Nebraska, Saturday November 8 1915
QUU6Es-
OF THE WEEK

~He looked surprisedl"-
WAC Pot. Betty Rising, of Mid
dletown, Conn.,, toho impulsively
kissed Gen. Eisenhower on his
55th birthday.
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WHAT MAKES

Find parents assume that the world wants to
know what their Jimmy said this morning-in the
cutest way?
The Bostonian by recent escape from Mississippi
feel that clash" is spelled ''dosh"?
Strange men and women who look very formal
when they sit next each other on overnight coaches
look so coy the next morning?
Women, who wear skirts too short and too tight
to cover the subject spend so much time trying to
do what can't be done?
The halitosis special take the vacant seat next to
me, when every one can see that I'm too weak to
fight back?
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"Be brave for your lawyers,
and for history."-Pierre Lavaps
ldwyer's last iUords to him before
he Was shot.
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Despite every attack upon it,
the American people still believe
in our system Of free enterprise"
Req. Norman Vincent Peale,
DID.
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as this what I fought and got
wounded for?"-Er-Pvt. d. C..
Stradelld, combat veteran, aOhose
business in New York is picketed
By union.
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"That will make it easier to
keep awake" - New Supreme
Court Justice Burton, picking
out hard-botton chair.
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'sThe luxuries of the Govern
ment come from the bread of the
people" - Congressman Joseph
Martin (Mass.), demanding re-
duced Federal spending.
Evening star., 1945-03-09
Back to MunduIuy

The haunting refrain in what is
probably the best known of Kipling's
Barrack- Room Ballads is naturally
evoked by the news that a British
armored spearhead has smashed into
the outskirts of Mandalay, while
other Anglo-Indian columns have
cut communications between the
Burmese capital and the port me-
tropolis of Rangoon. In addition,
American trained and led Chinese
forces are storming into LaShio rail-
head terminus of the Burma road.
Thus, on every hand, japanese re-
siStance in Central Burma seems to
be collapsing, and at least 10000
enemy troops are shared in the
Mandalay net. AS soon as the capital
is taken, the diverse Allied columns
will be free to unite in a concerted
drive down the central valleys to-
ward Rangoon.
American victories in the Pacific
and sensational air strikes at the
Japanese homeland have somewhat
obscured the Burma front in public
interest, yet it's significance in the
overall strategic picture is worthy
of note. Burma has been the tough
westerly bastion of the Japanese
Empire, not only sealing ,off China
but likewise menacing India with
invasion and. of course, buttressing
the japanese conquests in Malaga,
Thailand and French Indo-China
from direct Allied attack. Once the
Japanese are expelled from Burma,
the way will be open to large-scale
Allied assaults both by sea and by
land on that entire area, including
the Netherlands Indies japanese
sea power has long since vanished
from the Indian Ocean, while the
very rail and road links constructed
by the japanese from Thailand to
Burma will be avenues of invasion
previously nonexistent. With the
sea lanes from Japan under fire
from theNP Philippines, all OF Japan's
Evening star., 1945-03-09

the American policy trainers more COM
plicated than 1t was In 1912. Portions
OF that country such as Cochin China
and Laos are under direct French ad-
ministration and may be considered as
colonies while AMMAN and Cambodia
are French protectorates.
In Tonking, another French protec-
torate, the King Of AMMAN had a rep
resentatiye until 1897 when this viceroy
was suppressed and replaced by 3
French resident. According to some OF
the Washington policy-framers, the
wishes of some of these people will have
to be consulted before the American
Government can decide on a definite
policy to dovetail with the new situation
in the Far East.
The British, French and Dutch gov
ernments are making the necessary
preparations for an intensive military
campaign against the japanese. Lord
Louis Mountbatten, whose activities
since 1943 have been limited to minor
operations because of lack of forces,
is now beginning to hit the Japanese
with more vigor.
A British feet to which the French
have added some of their most power
full units such as the battleship Rich
elieu, is ready to move on the Japanese
in full force. AS soon as the situation
in Europe permits, the British, the
French and the Dutch intend to trans
fer important ground and air forces
Their operations will be synchronized
with those of the American forces un-
der the command of Admiral Nimitz
and Gen. Macarthur.
The American forces are going to
operate in the Pacific and the China
and japanese Seas while the European
Allies will fight in the Indian Ocean
and the Java Sea and will attempt to
force the Malacca Straits. At present, it
is expected that the operations against
Japan will be divided into two units ::
the American-C Chinese sea, air and land
forces on one hand, and the British,
French and Dutch on the other.
Until Japan is finally crushed there
is little likelihood, however, that the
American Government will be disposed
to make definite commitments regard
ing its attitude toward all the territories
held by the British, French and the
Dutch prior to 1912.
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And our experience of military gov
ernment did not begin in Germany.
either. The AMG has been operating
in Italy since autumn, 1943. Condi-
tlons in Italy are not the same as in
Germany, but they certainly are no
more difficult, and the problem facing
us in both cases was basically the same.
We are pledged to the utter extirpa-
ton of Fascism and Naziism To re-
allze that pledge in a foreign country
is, in itself, prodigious responsibility
The Italian experience has taught
us that at least large section of the
population is very eager to participate
IN this process. But, in fact, the real
problems in Italy have arisen from
the desire of the Italian population
to make much more thorough turn
away from Fascism than the military
authorities will permit.
Right now there are riots in Rome di-
rected against the Italian government,
imposed on Italy by ourselves, which is
now accused by the Italians of having
failed to prevent the escape of a lead
ing war criminal, Gen Roatta. Strange
enough, the protests against this escape
did not come from the military govern
ment of the Allies.
Up to now We have no proof that the
same mood prevails in Germany, but
there are some indications that it might.
X
Now there is no reason to believe that
the AMG officers wish to support du-
bious elements. They are relatively
helpless before situation inadequately
foreseen and prepared for 1t is the
normal procedure Of military conquerors
to call together the leading people" the
most responsible citizens" and intrust
them with administration-and to keep
as far as possible, those who are already
in office. But this is incompatible both
with our political pledges and the safety,
in the long run, of our occupying troops.
I know the time is late. Nevertheless,
it must again be recorded-as it has
been in this column repeatedly during
the last two years-that We must or
ganize the German democratic emigres
and their skills and seek counsel and
aid from the widest circles here at home.
Evening star., 1945-03-09
On the Record
By Dorothy THOMPSON

The fall of Cologne, Germany's fourth
largest city and the largest German
city yet to be taken by the Allied armies,
Is one OF the most important military
events in this war. BY reaching Cologne
we have overcome the West Wall at that
point where it was strongest and most
important for the protection of Ger
many's chief industrial region, the
Ruhr Valley. The last protection now
Of the Reich is improvised Notifications
behind the Rhine. With the Russian
advances, the military prospects are
bright.
But as We move into Germany, oc-
cupylng ever wider and more important
stretches of territory, another problem
arises. In the Aachen area, out of
$4,000 population only 10000 remained
But now we are moving - and have
moved-through thickly populated areas
with hundreds of thousands of civilians
still there. The military occupation and
administration of Germany begins in
earnest. And I wish could believe that
we were even fractionally as well pre-
pared for 1t as we have been for the
military campaign.
GFCiy IcpOiL we nave mao from the
Aachen area and the newly occupied
areas, from correspondents with the
Army, reveals an all but total lack of
political preparation, clarity of objec-
tive, standards to govern the choice of
German administrative personnel to-
gether with improvisation, hesitancy
and uncertainty, and apparently even
the absence of central directives or
liaison.
The AMG officers in Muenchen- Glad
bach had not the slightest knowledge
of the experiences of their colleagues
in the Aachen area. Terrible boners
and egregious mistakes were made in
the Aachen area, necessitating even the
presence of the Presidents secretary,
Stephen Early. to order the removal of
Nazi officials and their replacement
by anti-Nazis. But in Muenchen-G Glad
bach the story started all over again.
So, in the absence of any Systematically
conceived plan. We are not even prof.
iting by the results of experience.
Evening star., 1945-03-09
This Changing World
By Constantine Brown

The postwar settlement concerning
British, French and Netherlands pos
sessions in Asia is expected to be dis
cussed behind closed doors at the San
Francisco meeting.
For the time being, the picture is as
follows: The British, French and Meth
erlands governments have reached
preliminary agreement with the view
to maintaining the status quo In that
area. This means that Britain wishes
to resume her full pre-1942 sovereignty
over Burma, Malaga, Singapore and
Hong Kong. The French want to re-
establish full control over Indo- China,
although at one time, before the private
Roosevelt-De Gaulle war" they ap-
peared to be willing to place a naval
base at Cam Ranh Bay at the disposal
OF the United States. The Dutch gov
ernment expects to regain full possess
sion of the Netherlands Indies and
Dutch Borneo.
Whatever changes may have to be
made in the government of these colo-
nies will be decided by the respective
governments. The plans must, of course,
remain purely tentative because the
japanese are still in occupation of all
these territories.
The United States has not yet indi-
Gated officially what its attitude is going
to be. But there have been indications
abroad that the American Government
does not favor complete reestablish-
ment of the prewar status quo. The
French seem particularly concerned
over Washington's attitude All their
discreet efforts to obtain some commit
ment regarding the fate of Indo-Chin
have received only an evasive answer
to the effect that these matters will
have to be discussed after the Japanese
have been expelled from the entire
area
Because the Japs are in full control
OF Indo-China the French represent
atives there are those the Vichy gov
ernment had appointed. And even if
Admiral Decoux, the nominal governor
general, wished to side with the Allies
and take orders from the De Gaulle
government in Paris, he could not do So
SO long as the japanese are still mas
tiers in the South Pacific.
The Indo-China situation appears to
Evening star., 1945-03-09
ShoveIinq Out

Many city folks would guess that
December and January are the
months when shoveling out is a
major operation on the farm. But
folks who live where snow keeps
falling until spring really arrives
know that late February and into
March is the climax. After the &C
cumulation of the first half of the
winter, a good storm means a real
job
When such a storm comes and the
farmer looks out the kitchen win
dow at Suppertime and sees the
snow making fast, there is no ques-
ton what the morrow's task will be.
The paths to the R. F. D. box by the
road, the path to the henhouse, and
the trails to the horse barn, the cow
barn and the pighouSe will have
to be opened. If a man wakens in
the night and hears a rising wind
wailing around the corner, he is en-
titled to a sigh as he turns over and
goes back to sleep. Not only will
he have to contend with the regular
fall of snow. The high-banked paths
will be drifted in-just so much
more white stuff to lift.
In the morning, the countryman
founders through the snow to do the
chores. Animals have to be tended
first. After good breakfast of hot
cereal, fried ham and potatoes, a
couple cups of coffee and perhaps
piece of apple pie as morale
builder, it's time to start shoveling.
If the storm has passed by, it is not
too bad. The world is Whitley beau
tiful beneath a steel-blue sky. But
no matter what you call it, it is still
shoveling olt, and the sides of the
paths are higher than they were
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Legacy

Dusty noto the once bright Delpet OF the
buHlbIebee
Whose shell reposes dead on srtnter
attic toindotD SILL
Silent his summer song these many
frozen months,
But under the dust his toings are
iridescent still.
And In those Dings the suns OF golden
Moons are caught,
The long green dream OF summers
shimmeri1g light,
OF sonpnolent gardens thick Nth bril-
liant phlor,
OF sun dtals clocking the season Of
the bees brief flight.
Now tn the chill OF ,Ddning afternoon
another frost
Spreads fatal traceries of phite fern
dotun the pane;
Darkness tdllsaon the attic sill, the glass,
the bee.
Creature of spitt sunlit hour, In
another hour slain.
FREDERICK EBRIGHT. !.
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Buby Giraffe

1t must have been somebody from
the traditionally skeptical State of
Missouri who could not believe that
there ever was "any such animile"
as giraffe. The young daughter OF
Nageoma, however, is no imaginary
creature. Hundreds of visitors to
the Zoo already have seen for them
selves the first equivalent of the
ancient camelopard born in captivity
in Washington. The little fawn,
barring accident, will be one of the
most popular attractions in DR..
William M. Mann's menagerie for
months to come.
Drawings on the walls of caves in
Spain and France suggest that
giraffes once roamed-and were
hunted-over most of Europe as
we'll as in large areas in Africa.
Nineteenth century naturalists
judged them to be endowed with the
characteristics of both the antelope
and the camel. They are the tallest
of all mammals and constitute a
species all their own. Reaching
height of eighteen and half feet in
maturity, they are strong, fleet,
cleanly and beautiful when running
Wild in the open field. Charles
Darwin discusses them at length In
several of his books, citing the
gradual development Of their necks
as an example of the principal Of
natural selection" Their wonderful
eyes also represent centuries of
evolution toward the power OF sight
which giraffes require for their sur
vival.
Four giraffeS were brought to Lon
don in 1885 by certain M. Thibaut.
A few years later faWn was born to
one of the females in the group.
Approximately hundred others
have been produced in captivity in
the past hundred years, some of the
best of them being those bred by
Ringing Brothers circus. The first
pair in Washington were Dot and
Highboy, brought back from Africa
by the Smithsonian -Chrysler expedi-
ton and named by the readers of
The Star in 1926.
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after the last storm. On farm in
the Northland or Midwest, 1t is not
a matter of clearing a front walk
and a garage driveway. The paths
are long. One good thing is that
they do not have to be wide. An
other is that when thick fall comes
in late February or March. a man
can say to himself that every day
is one nearer to spring. A farm lad
thinks shoveling out is something
like wedding strawberries. 1t is work
that has to be done-and too many
times for comfort.