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Evening star., 1945-07-24

payments. According to this report. Ger
many is to be asked to supply S2o, ,oce,-
100000 In reparations In the next fvs
years. These reparations are to be
split as follows: $4,000, ,000,0 900 to rus
sia $50 per cent Of the totaD, 34,0oO,-
100000 for the United States, $4,000
100000 for Britain, and $4,000, 900 900
to be divided among the lesser mem-
bers OF the Allied Nations. There will
be arguments raised against the lions
share, under this agreement, to be
awarded Russia. Devastation In Russia,
1t will be contended, is far greater than
in Britain or Its possessions, and there
fore Russia Is entitled to more. On the
other hand, 1t will be pointed out that
this country has contributed billions
of dollars more for the conduct OF the
war against the Axis powers-in this
case particularly against Germany,
than all the other United Nations COM
bined.
The fact that this reported agree
ment on reparations was kept secret for
so long after the Yalta conference.
that 1t was a secret agreement" will
quite naturally lead to adverse COM
ment. Americans do not like secret in
ternational agreements. That was
manifest when from the same news
paper source 1t was revealed months ago
that Russia was to have three votes in
the General Assembly of the newly
organized United Nations through an
agreement also made at Yalta. What
effect, il any, the agreement on repair
ations would have had at the San Fran
cisco United Nations Conference, had 1t
been published, is a mere matter Of con-
lecture. 1t probably will have no effect
on the vote which the Senate will take
soon on the United Nations Charter, al
though 1t may lead to adverse comment.
President Truman is now engaged in
Big Three parley at Potsdam. So far
nothing has been revealed as to the
details of agreements being made there.
1t is not likely, however, that President
Truman will agree to withhold from the
American people and the world the
terms Of these agreements He already
has made record for frank discussion
OF important matters affecting the
country. The situation, it is true, is
vastly different from that which ex-
listed during the Yalta Conference.
Germany has been defeated. and the
United Nations Charter has been
drafted, for example. The American
people will certainly expect q full and
frank report from their Chief Executive.
Evening star., 1945-07-24
Liqht on YuqosIoviu

Despite the news piackoutS I'M
posed on Yugoslavia, first by the
Axis invaders and subsequently by
the victorious Partisans headed by
Marshal Tito, first-hand reports on
conditions there are gradually COM
ing out. A few American corre-
spondents, including one from The
Star, have managed to get to Bel
grade, and though handicapped
there by the rigid censorship, they
have written freely after they left
the country. They all gained the
impression that, despite much off,
cial talk about liberty and democ-
racy. the Tito regime is an iron
dictatorship on a totalitarian One
Party model with communistic aims
and methods.
A confirmation of these journal
istic impressions has now reached
US in the shape Of an interview
given by DR.. Vladimir Matchek,
leader of the Croatian Peasant
party, who fed Yugoslavia to avoid
arrest by the Partisans and is now
in exile at Paris. DR.. Matchek has
been for many years a well-known
figure in Yugoslav political life. He
personifled the program for lib
eral. democratic Yugoslavia run on
federal lines. This program has en-
countered a series of obstacles. It's
first opponents were the Belgrade
politicians who wanted to make
Yugoslavia a strongly centralized
nation-state dominated by the Serb
element. That policy prevailed dur
ing the reign of the late King Alex
ander and engendered opposition
and unrest among the Croats, Slo-
venes and other non-Serb elements
which did much to weaken the
country's effective unity and thus
paved the way for its quick collapse
under the impact Of the Axis inva-
sion in 194l.
However, Matchek and his Peas
ant party did not believe in disrupt
ing Yugoslav national unity; so they
opposed the idea of an independent
Croatia and would have no dealings
with the Axis invaders. For that,
Matchek and his colleagues were
thrown into concentration camp
by the Germans and kept there four
years. But they likewise opposed
Tito's Partisan movement because
of it's dictatorial and communistic
character: so they were denounced
by the Partisans as "Fascists," and
Matchek barely escaped in the con-
fusion following the collapse of Axis
rule.
1t is against this consistent liberal
background that DR.. Matchek's
words should be evaluated He said
in part: Il see things this way:
Tito's government is trying to in
troduce complete Communist die
tatorship. One thing is certain--it
is just contrary to democracy. The
Croatian Peasant party is being
considered as Enemy Number One
in Croatia. - 1t Is a certainty
however, that Tito's Communist
movement can never be popular in
Croatia. A peasant can never will
lingly be Communist. He wants to
hang on to what he has got"
Evening star., 1945-07-24
Poison Gas for Kamikazes
By Col. Frederick Palmer

Shall we use poison gas against the
Japsp Strong proponents of so doing
see in 1t the best answer to the suicide
plane, which is the most serious threat
han6icapping our invasion Of Japan.
Legal and ethical objections are raised
to its use. Our representatives signed
the international agreement outlawing
it. but this was not ratified by the United
States Senate. Ethically, is 1t any
worse to loose gas on an enemy than
the flame which Is shot into cave
burning It's Jap defenders to crisp? Or
phosphorus, which eats into the flesh
to cause an agonizing death? Or shell
or bomb which tears of mans face,
leaving him unable to see, hear or speak,
but able to survive by being fed through
an artificial tube?
The scattering of incendiary bombs
which we dropped on the vast area Of
the tinderbox houses Of Tokyo must have
caught countless thousands of Japanese
women and children in enveloping In
fernos from which there was no escape.
Our new rlepaum mixture spreads
flame much harder to extinguish than
that from the old incendiary bomb.
T. %*
Credit for both the fame shot from
a tank gun and for nepaum Is due ex-
perts of the Chemical Warfare Service,
whose insistence that gas Is more hu.
name than either, or than any bomb. Is
backed by the record of only 1,441 deaths
out Of 70,552 American gas cases in
World War I.
These casualties were caused by mus
tard gas, lingering type which sticks
to the earth and irritates or blisters the
skin on contact. Mustard, or lewisite.
which is of the same nature, puts more
men out Of action, but its permanent
effect is far less than that Of chlorine
or phosgene, which Is breathed into the
lungs and may be blown back into the
faces of the soldiers employing 1t. 1t
is the kind with which its proponents
would drench the suicide-plAne airfields
and ali their installations as military
targets, without gassing civil popula-
ticns. The planes would be hlmed with
the gas, the clothing Of the kamikazes
would be saturated with It and 1t would
be on everything they touched and
Evening star., 1945-07-24
Personnel Center

You saio a pale boy going of to uar,
Shambltng along and wondering; but he
Never returned. Bronsed men detratn:.
I see
Parposeful. knotrtno faces, searchtn,
for
Something they cannot find, tiu more
and more
! realize that they hape learned to be
Reticent shdrers OF some secret pe
Shall neuer knop. Its shadow soes
before
Them as they stride the street; THAR
boots, but noD
Spdttered ,Dith blood, beat steady TINA.
They 90
By straight lines, unafrnid;: nor do theY
lean.
Boys left for i1ar, grim men returned;
somehow,
! feel loss: To me 10 seems as though
Their generation died or has not been.
CULLEN JONES.
Evening star., 1945-07-24
Ballet International

Leonide Massine's "Highlights" at
the National Theater have reminded
Washington lovers of the art of
dancing that the ballet is inter-
national and progressive in charac-
ter. The tremendous impetus given
it in Europe and in America by Anna
Pavlova and her disciples from 1909
onward brought the adjective Rus
. sian" into common use, but the word
never has been accurate in the
limited application sometimes sug-
gested. 1t was in Italy that modern
choreographic patterns initially we're
established. Catherine de Medici
introduced them to France. For her
Baltasarini in 1881 composed an
entertainment known as the Ballet
Comique de la Reyne." The Britain
MICA says: 'This marks an era in
the history of the opera and ballet,
for we find here for the first time
dance and music arranged for the
display of coherent dramatic ideas"
Three French Kings-Henry w
Louis XIII and Louis xIv-actually
performed" in such spectacles. Jean
Baptiste Lully is credited with
originating music especially for the
ballet and with insisting upon
women being admitted as dancers,
feminine characters having hitherto
been assumed by men dressed as
women"
1t is to Jean Georges Noverre, how
ever, that the ballet as seen at its
best today is most indebted. His
writings. published in 1850, set up
standards which still prevail A
perfectionist to his fingertips, he
brought painting into the service Of
dance art and thus gave 1t back
ground" and an environment"
which 1t never before had had. His
pilots" were truly dramatic, his in
terpretations of them mathematical
in their adherence to classic prin-
ciple. The French Revolution de-
stroyed most Of his elegant work, but
it did not cease to be q model
for subsequent choreographers. In
Vienna, Copenhagen, Naples, Moscow
and particularly In st. Petersburg
"the great tradition" fingered. To
1t Isadora Duncan, an American girl,
Evening star., 1945-07-24
A Juster Social Order
,m the Halifax Herald.

Religious leaders cannot be dictato-
rial about detailed changes in economic
organization. That is the function Of
industry. labor and government. But
they are insisting, and rightly so, that
a far juster social order progressively
be devised. 1t may we'll be that q re-
ligious awakening following the war
may take this practical humanitarian
form.
Evening star., 1945-07-24
Sees Propaganda in Reply

Sees Propa2anda IN heply
To the Editor OF The Star;
The Star July 90. Haskin) states that
American troops returned on the Queen
Mary "as the guests of the British gov.
ernment under reverse lease-lerd'-
possibly continental meaning for
guests"
But the United States paid we'll for
the ride, also in advance and many
times over. To some, England has the
permanent role OF generous host and
the United States that of Uncle Shylock,
Such coloring in an American news
paper which on the same day reports
that by legal bubble England is
collecting tolls on American soldiers
passing through its Suez Canal to fight
for its colonies in Asia while its ships
pass through our Panama Canal free,
suggests propaganda.
JUNIUs B. WOOD.
Expresses Teachers Appreciation
To the Editor of The Star:
The High School Teachers Associa-
ton is grateful to The Star for the
interest 1t has shown in the cause OF
the District teachers throughout the
movement to increase our salaries.
We all are glad to have new salary
scale. though the high school teachers
are in the unhappy position of having
to continue our already wo-years-old
effort to obtain a satisfactory position
in it. The increases for our classifica-
tion, the first in 81 years, though about
IL years ago a masters degree was
added to our scholastic requirements,
is only $500. That is the lowest In
crease in the scale-nobody receives
less; yet we are required to meet the
top scholastic qualifications imposed for
any group of regular classroom teach
ers, or for officers. In this statement
I wish to except the presidents of the
two teachers colleges, and the % pro-
fessors. l have never seen statement
of their qualification requirements, but
I have no doubt they are higher than
ours.) One large classification of teach
ers with scholastic requirements less
than ours receives $700 increase. Our
officers receive $1,000 up for their in
creases. We feel confident, however.
that, with more time to study the mat
ter next session, Congress will adjust
this inequity for us.
The generous concern for our welfare
so frequently expressed by the press, by
the public and also by the Congress
encourages us teachers to make a still
more strenuous effort to do good job.
Our sincere thanks are extended to all
the friends. SUE M. BRETT,
President
Evening star., 1945-07-24
With Strauss Music?

From the st. Louis Post Dispatch.
Now that the Big Four are about to
agree on 4 plan for controlling the
capital OF Austria. It's time to revive
that play, Reunion In Vienna"
Evening star., 1945-07-24

Wonder II they found in the ruins
OF Berlin that dinosaur from Utah
that Andrew Carnegie presented to
Kaiser Bill long about forty years
ago?
Evening star., 1945-07-24

Japan. notorious in other years
for making gimcracks that lasted
only a few days, will eventually
make something that will last for
ever-an unconditional surrender.
Evening star., 1945-07-24

Gen Eisenhower attracts crowds
when he goes to his bank. Just
imagine what would happen II he
went to dime store on F street.!
Evening star., 1945-07-24
And Longer Perhaps
From the Topeka Capital.

From the Topeka Capital
Apparently we are going to have
enough oil to last until they devise
motors to utilize rocket powder for fuel.
Evening star., 1945-07-24
Rush to the Orient

To the Editor OF The Star:
1t Is said that our soldiers en- route
to the Pacific now are using Pullman
cars on a three-shift basis, with two
soldiers packed into each lower berth.
Why the rush? The Army faces the
alternatives: Cd a possible surrender,
in which event the soldiers will not be
needed, or (2) war of determination
against millions of Jap fanatics. in
which event 1t is long time job.
1t is amazing that after the war with
Japan has been won so far as our Sc
curity is concerned, our country must
be turned upside down to pour many
millions of American soldiers into the
Orient. The present stampede -psychol-
ogy can be compared only to that Of
the Crusades during the Middle Ages.
The people, long drenched with machine
propaganda, seem to have lost their
power Of independent thought. Brass"
rules.
Chang Kai-shek has said that no
American invasion OF China is needed.
and with our blockade Of Japan the
japanese people will starve. That being
the case, 1t seems the main idea of
shipping millions of soldiers to the
Orient is to take them there so that
they can be shipped back here when
they arrive. A CITIZEN.
Evening star., 1945-07-24
Annuitants Agree With Reader

Annuitants Agree With Reader
To the Editor OF The Star:
I read with great interest the letter
from "A Daily Reader" titled Govern
ment Annuitants" in The Star OF July
40 and as one Of the retired Govern
ment workers referred to, agree fully
with his statements.
have been told that bill is in Con-
gress (HR. 2948) to provide some meas
ure of relief to these retired employees
by exempting sl,44o Of their annuity
from income tax.
In view of the fact that Social Sc
curity and Railroad Retirement annui-
tants have been exempt from income
taxes since 1885 and 1886 respectively.
it seems only just to other Federal
annuitants to extend the same relief to
them. ]. c. LET'S.
To the Editor OF The star;
I was interested in reading the letter
published in your paper July 20 signed
"A Daily Reader" Federal annuitants
are not the forgotten men; they are
the forsaken men. do not ask for an
increase in annuities nor do I expect
that. but 1 do think 1t is unfair to not
allow more than $500 tax free for those
who have so little to live on.
A READER FOR So YEARS
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-03-29

Navy Dead
Lamb, Arthur Isaac--S pringport
Army Dead-European Regions
Altman, Paul A.-Kalamazoo.
Alyea, Harry j., Jr.-Detroit
Ambrose, Raymond C.-Hillsdale.
Bacon, James L.-Detroit.
Bannick, Ronald C.-Bad Axe.
Briggs, William B.-Lowell.
Budner, Frank M.--Detroit.
Carncross. Ronald L.-Morienci
Chmielewski, Irenesta-Detroit.
Chyatal, John-St Charles.
Cook, Norman G.-Detroit.
De Vowe. Eugene C.-Merriweath
er.
Dorsch, Harold J.-Elkton.
Esch, Ronald A-Blanchard
Faber, Jean d. Highland Park.
Fagnon, Emil A.-Dearborn.
Fasko. Frank-Detroit.
Farley, John A.-Grosse Pointe.
French, Robert dearborn
Friedberg, Jacob W.-Detroit.
Gawel, Edward J.-Detroit.
Griep, Adrian Holland.
Hammers, Henry A.--Willow VII
lage.
Harbert. Joseph L.-Pontiac.
Hatalsky, -Hamtramck.
Hillard, Darwin D.-Cadillac.
Janquart, Edward F.-Menominee
Jennings. Patrick A.-Detroit.
Jurkiewicz, Henry J.-Detroit.
Kezetti, Raymond J.-Escanaba.
Kinzer, Don S-Detroit
Konyndyk, Willard J.--Grand Rap
ids.
KosinskI, Clarence A.-Monroe.
La Belle, Edward E.-Saginaw
Lampart, Andrew J.-lronwood.
Luebbers, Jerome H-Centerline.
Matras, Leonard f. Detroit.
Mattila, Elmer F.-Muskegon.
Mcclure, Donald Lansing
McGillivray, Frank W.--Detroit
Mead. Harry Merritt
Misslitz. Robert F.--Chassell.
Monk. John j., Jr.-Highland Park.
Morningstar. Clifford Saginaw.
Muirhead, John A--Detroit.
Mukrdiehian, Henry-Detroit.
ihiliSdht IAiihilFlN lJFllulLs
Narsted. Norman Flint.
Neuman, Russell V.-Hudsonville
Olsavick, John M-Detroit 81.
Fertile, Victor-DetrOit
Peterson, Carroll A.-Grand Rap
ids
Rademacher, Martin J.--Westpha-
liza.
Roberts, Kenneth E-Detroit .
Sherd, Marshall Sheridan
Smith, Claude E.-Lincoln Park
Spala, Thomas J-Detroit
Stanich. Frank dorchester.
Sternberg, Harold E.--Elkton.
Theobald, John A.-Lincoln Park
INLAND, Frances F-Detroit
Walk, John W.-Grand Rapids
Van Camp. Forest-Flint.
Waldron, Aubrey f., Jr.-Detroit.
Weigant. Robert
Very, Julius J.-Detroit
Wirkkala. Niilo-Greenland
Wisniewsk, Henry-Richmond.
Wright, Warren M-Lansing
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-03-29
sToRK WINS RACE

Plalnwell-AP-An ll-mile race
with the stork was lost by Mrs
Martin Reschner Thursday when
her four-pound oaby boy was born
in a passenger automobile while
en- route TO the Crispe Memorial
Hospital Both mother and son were
reported doing well. but the family
physician was undecided whether
10 record the birth in Kalamazoo
or Allegan County.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-03-29
CASHIER DIES

Jackson-AP-Frank c. Freeman,
50. former cashier at the State Saw
ings Bank In owosso. died Wed
nesday in the hospital at Southern
Michigan Prison. where he was
serving a sentence OF to 20 years
for embezZlement.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-03-29

were sunday dinner guests OF Mrs
Jessie Clymer Milan. helping her
celebrate her birthday other
guests were Mrs Webster Smith.
Detroit, Miss Doris Smith. Plym-
outh and Miss Ruby Hin, Wyan.
dotty
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-03-29

Sharon and Mrs Otto schrock, sr.
Whitaker spent Friday evening in
Lincoln Park with Mr. and Mrs.
= HoOt
There will be supper Monday At
the Whitaker Evangelical Church
at $50 p m, given BY the Ladies'
Aid.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-03-29

Miss Ruby Hin Wyandotte. re.
turned 10 her home sunday after
spending several weeks with her
sister. Mrs Herbert Smith
Mrs ElWood Powers and Dallas.
Milan. visited Mrs Herbert smith
Wednesday evening
Mrs. Otto SChrOck Jr. and
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-03-29

Two thousand Coast Guardsmen
from the New York area are man
ming transports converted from
the transatlantic merchant feet.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-03-29

"A pint Of blood can save a
NE. Call Red Cross NOW for
your appointment"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-03-29
S. Z. Augusta

BIRTHDAY DINNER GUESTS
Southeast Augusta Mich Mr.,
and Mrs Herbert Smith and son
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-01-18

his duties as battalion mainten-
ance officer, Capt. Mccoy showed
unusual foresight and initiative
during combat operations, direct
ing repairs on tanks of his bat
talon which normally required
the work of an ordnance company
located in the rear elements, and
thereby enabled the tanks to re-
turn to combat days ahead OF
schedule. At no time was it
necessary for his battalion to be
held up by lack of adequate sup
plies and spare parts, due to the
efficient cooperation which he de-
veloped and maintained between
the supply units and his own. His
technical skill was responsible for
the excellent combat efficiency of
his unit"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-01-18

Finley Auxiliary-Held regular
meeting in January with an all
day meeting and pot-luck dinner
planned for entertaining Pomona
and will later make a quilt fol
sale.
There were 81 present for the
afternoon meeting and 140 TO,
the noon meal. All Oranges were
represented except Rattlesnake.
County Agent Walter Click
thanked the Pomona for All pins
given for meritorious work.
Mrs. Bolon gave dates for DEM
onstration meetings and exhibited
aprons giving ideas for the Grange
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-01-18
Pomona Grange
Hears Reports
And Resolutions
Continued from Page u

Continued from Page -
ular meeting all the newly elected
officers were present and mos
of the work given without the
ritual, a pot holder contest was
held and all potholders donated
to the kitchen. At the second
meeting the first and second de.
grees were given to three candi-
dates, three were reinstated ano
have three applications.
Horse Heaven-Held a Christ
mas party with an open meeting,
all new officers were present, have
one new member and had $500
attendance. -,
Locust Grove-At the last meet
ing of the year had the best at
tendance of the year, county agent
talked on noxious weed control,
had community Christmas party
with the Juveniles giving the pro-
gram, as none of the officers were
at the annual meeting for installs-
ton, Ruth Simmelink and daugh-
ter, Leona, installed the officers;
the new lady master is making
plans for her years work but
is handicapped by poor attend
ance as two-thirds of the men,
bers live in town and do not at
tend; are making plans for a de-
gree team and have two candi-
dates. "'.-.
Kiona-Benton-Held two regu-
lar meetings; bouth a T.B. bond;
sent contribution to the Children's
Home; held an open meeting; in
stalled officers not at the annual
meeting, had a Christmas pro-
gram, at the first meeting in Feb
ruary. Mr.. Vandelinder will be
present and talk on soils and soil
fertilizers, later expect Richard
Hedges, chairman of the state ag-
ricultural committee. Finley lad
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-01-18

contest. Bulletin 1868 may be
obtained at her office.
/. M. Hartman announced tina,
the county commissioners would
meet in Prosser at the court house
every Monday at 10 am.
H. E. c. Nellie Sherry an
nounced a cookie contest at Po-
mona at the next meeting at Fin
ley; cookies to be made with
Grange flour and glucose. A white
elephant sale was given to pro-
vide money for the prizes.
Committees for the next year:
Postwar, M. G. Clark with sub
ordinate committeeman; resolu-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-01-18

les degree team will confer the
first and second degrees at the
meeting Jan. Is; have taken in
two by demit and have lost one
by death.
Kennewick Valley - Held a
Christmas party, pot-luck supper
followed by cards; officers were
installed before Grange and took
their offices at once; attendance
fari had a good program, lecturer
started attendance contest to last
six weeks.
Finley-Held a pot-luck supper,
installed officers not at annual
meeting; bought a T.B. bond.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-01-18

tons, J. r. Ayers, Harr, !.
Willard Campbell; power, p, go
Roger, Robert Johanson' n ,es
Clodfelter; legislative. ey Su1i
committee; women's, Maud ~
man, Mrs. jenkins, Gertr,S. q, :
Der. We
Twenty-Five from Buens D.
were initiated in the fifth de.. ~
A rising vote of thanks u,.. ~
en- Buena Vista for its spl.' y
meal and hospitality.
The next meeung will be =.
10 at 2 pm. with Finley. s.
Program - community SIM,
and Buena Vista baby shou