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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-04-18

tues, and distributed loot all over
the Mediterranean.
So much currency was released
by Alexander that a boom started
to exploit for hundreds of years.
Then gold began to pile up again,
and when Rome disintegrated the
currency supply was n eigth OF
what it had been.
The world didn't really get
started again until the discovery
of America released a new supply.
1t didn't take much at first.
The German gold reserve, which
weighs a hundred tons, would have
sunk the Santa Maria, the Biggest
of Columbus three ships. 1t Is a
hundred times as much gold as the
Spaniards stole from Montezuma.
And yet, by modern standards,
it is nothing at all. 1t is half of l
per cent of the gold we have
buried at Fort Knox. 1t would not
finance III part of the war for
than eight hours.
AS a matter of fact, we couldn't
use it. We have SO much gold we
have to "sterilize" it-pretend it
isn't there. We have almost all the
gold in the world.
1t would be demeaning for us to
accept any part of Germany's gold
reserve It's SO pitiful that by
rights she has no business fighting
a wal at all.-Kenesaw M. Lands
II in The Chicago Sun.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-04-18
SCAPEGOATS

The young men die in battle,
The old men sleep in bed.
The tortured earth of Europe
It furrowed deep with red.
The old men sat comforting
With smile and scheme and lie.
The old men made the plumbers
Today the young men die.
in The Christian Century
Eleanor d. Breed.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-04-18
MORE SYNTHETIC RUBBER

Synthetic rubber production will
be boosted this year about a nil
lion tons, the Rubber Reserve Cor
poration discloseS. Most of the in
crease will go to the armed forces.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-04-18
UNDERTAKEN SAYS
HIS BUSINESS IS AN
ORGANIZED RACKET
Washington Mortician Turns
Estates Evidence" and Re-
veals Some Startling Facts

Here is another case of an in
slider turning States evidence
and disclosing facts not generally
known or only dimly suspected.
Thirty-seven years ago w. w.
Chambers, a leading Washington
undertaken, enbalmed his first
body in a livery stable. Today he
is reputed to be a millionaire and
is called a ''mortician."
Testifying before a committee. OF
the Maryland legislature, which is
considering legislation tightening
restrictions on the undertaking
business, Chambers pronounced
his profession the most highly
specialized racket in the world
and added:
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-04-18
RIGHT TO a JOE
IAN ABSURD FALACY"

WASHINGTON. = Leveling a
broad side at the Henry Wallacean
ideas of go million postwar jobs,
Rep. Roy 0. Woodruff (R., Mich
recently read into the Congress-
ional Record an attack on full en-
ployment by John w. ScoviIle
economist for the Chrysler Corpo-
ration.
The Chrysler expert stated that
zone of the most absurd of our
current fallacies is the idea of a
man being insured the right to a
job. The guaranteed right to a job
in private industry is a promise
the government cannot meet a
right the govt cannot grant-with-
out replacing freedom with Com
munism.
Repeal Wage Laws
Can the govt create greater
prosperity and help the people to
produce and exchange?" Scoville
asks? Yes" he answers, "by re-
pealing every law to regulate
trade, wages, prices, and employ
ment, and by restoring economic
freedom"
Union officials here pointed out
that S%coville's statement must be
taken as the official attitude of the
Chrysler Corporation. Other
wise" they pointed out, sit would
have been quickly repudiated by
the company, which has union
contracts covering its workers."
Back to Dark Ages Z
These proposals." said one CLIO
official, would throw industrial
relations back to the Dark Ages.
Scoville's program would destroy
the Wagner Act, the NLRB, the
Railway Labor Act, and every
other piece of labor legislation.
What Scoville, and apparently
Chrysler, want" he concluded, lis
a United States ruled by a Sewell
Avery philosophy. What would
happen to the war effort if-as
Scoville demands - all laws gov
erning prices and wages were sud-
denly abolished?"
Evening star., 1945-07-25
Charter
Continued From First Page.)

to settle international disputes by
pacific measures, pointing out that
this Is the first duty of the agency,
and the duty of all members Of the
organization.
Will Have Strong Force.
AS an agency to enforce peace. If
that becomes necessary, the Ohio
Senator said the Council would have
available strong armed forces. While
any one of the Big Five, permanent
members Of the Council, has the
power to veto the use of force or
sanctions, even against itself, Sem
ator Burton maintained that, In
case of an international dispute that
threatened world peace, these big
powers could be relied upon to do
the right thing.
If any one of them broke faith, 1t
would mean war, he admitted.
Senator Burton's argument came
after a stormy debate late yesterday
revolving around Senator Wheeler
who told the Senate he would vott
reluctantly for ratification OF thu
Charter.
Senator Wheeler then made thu
claim that an agreement allocatini
armed forces to the Security Coun
Gil would have to be ratified by I
two-thirds vote of the Senate.
Senator Vandenberg, Republican
of Michigan, a member of tn,
American delegation at San Fran
cisco, said he believed joint actor
by the two houses would be in &C
cordance with the constitutions
Evening star., 1945-07-25
Quick TobuIotion
OF Votes Expected

LONDON, July 25 [P.-Britaip
awaited today without visible signs
of excitement announcement of the
results of the July parliamentary
elections, which will determine
whether Price Minister Churchill is
to remain at the head of the gov
ernment on whose shoulders will
fall the task of prosecuting the war
against Japan.
1t is expected that the first re-
turns will start trickling in from
the nations $40 districts about noon
tomorrow q am. Eastern war time)
and that the bulk of the votes will
be tabulated within the next five
hours.
The British Press Association and
Exchange Telegraph have combined
their news gathering services to OBJ
tain and tabulate the results quickly
There is an outside chance that
tomorrow's count may not decide
control of the House of Commons
if the race between the Conservative
and Labor parties is close. The
votes in ii university seats will not
be tabulated until August l and the
ballots in one district in Hull will
not be added until a week later.
May Hold Election Key.
1t is conceivable that the balance
of power in the House-which will
determine whether Mr.. Churchill is
to continue as Prime Minister
might hinge on the outcome in
these II districts.
A potentially important factor in
attempting to predict the outcome
is the Liberal party vote.
Should the Conservatives and La
boriteS win an almost equal number
of seats, the question of which group
would be called on to form the new
government might depend upon the
direction in which the Liberals
swing.
Both Conservatives and Liberals
have toned down their prediction
predictions of easy victory, and
there is now a general belief the
final results will show swing to
the left-how much is a matter OF
speculation.
Evening star., 1945-07-25

Continued From First Page)
miral Halsey's carrier strikes yes
terday showed American pilots
heavily damaged the battleships
Ise and Hyuga, left the heavy
cruiser Tone and light cruiser Oyodo
in flames, and damaged the heavy
cruiser Aoba and large aircraft
carrier. British airmen damaged
a Kobe-type escort carrier.
The two old Ise class battleships,
recently converted into Semi-car-
riers by the addition of small flight
decks astern, are 32,000-ton ships,
heavily armed.
Two Other Old Batleships.
Rear Admiral Forrest P. Sherman,
Admiral Nimitz's chief of staff, an
nounced recently in Washington
that Japan has two other old battle
ships not now fit for service, a few
carriers including two or three fairly
large ones, few cruisers and about
80 destroyers. The battleship Har-
una may be seaworthy at present,
and the battleship Nygato, hit in
the current carrier strikes, may be
repairable.
These remnants Of the imperial
navy, which once commanded most
of the Pacific, have been tied up
at docks under camouflage, avoid
ing fight, Admiral Sherman said.
Carrier planes have been seeking
them out at their concealed moor
ingS
Flares from the carrier based
night fighters hit Kure and Kobe
at intervals through the night as
the search continued, Associated
Press Correspondent James Lindsey
reported from the feet. The con-
tinuous sweeps of the night flyers
gave the enemy no moment of re-
lief.
Japan risked a score or so of COM
bat planes to oppose yesterdays car
rier strikes, and lost eight of them
to the guns of the American flyers.
The Americans destroyer or damaged
81 others aground, and the British
25 aground. There was no report
Evening star., 1945-07-25
One-ArmedGIWins GoIfMutch
Five Weeks After Operation
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TEMPLE, Tex, July 25.-Five
weeks ago Capt. Ray Richeson COM
pleted amputating the left arm of
Pfc. Larry Bird at McCloskey Gen.
eral Hospital.
Today Capt. Richeson was la
menting the fact that Pvt Bird had
beaten him II strokes in an 18-hole
golf match.
Not that the captain wasn't
pleased with the private's progress,
but he couldn't be happy about the
golf situation.
Pvt. Bird on the first nine WASH t
quite getting the ball right and
had 46 to Capt. Richeson's 48.
But on the second nine the one
armed private was hot as 81
pistol. He had a 40, four over par,
on the trouble-packed course. Capt.
Richeson, no doubt stunned by what
he was seeing, had a so.
Pvt. Bird was happy, right enough.
but like all golfers, not completely
SO. IF I hadn't missed that lousy
Evening star., 1945-07-25
Objectors Weary
On Third Day of
Stoy-Awoke Test
the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
PASADENA, Calf. July 25.-A
dozen sleepy conscientious objectors
today yawned, worked and played
through the third day of a sched-
uled ll2-hour no-sleep test.
California Institute Of Technology
is conducting the experiment for
the armed forces to study fatigue's
effect on the human system.
The volunteer subjects spend their
days chopping wood, gardening, do
ing janitorial work and playing vol
ley ball and basket ball. BY night
they stroll Pasadena streets in a
group.
A medical attendant supervises
their activity. The stay-awake grind
began at 5:45 am. Monday and
will end at 10 pm. Friday.
Evening star., 1945-07-25
Argentine Police Probe
Attack on Bruden
BY the Associated Press.

Dg blc AooOCldbeh
BUENOS AIRES, July 25.-For-
eign Minister Cesar Ameghino sale
yesterday that the police have beer
asked to determine identity of per-
sons responsible for distribution oi
leaflets attacking American Ambas.
sador Spruille Braden.
Before Ameghino's announcement
the Argentine press had ignored
reports of a propaganda cam
paign" directed at Mr.. Braden, ano
had given much space to the Am
bassador's reception here following
his return from a speaking tour OF
Santa Fe Province.
Evening star., 1945-07-25
THE EVENING STAR Washington, D. C+*K As
AY,

processes" of this Government, al
though in San Francisco he had ex-
pected that the agreement would be
made by treaty. Whether the agree
ment were made by joint resolution
or by treaty, he expressed entire
confidence that 1t would be ap-
proved. 1t was unthinkable, he said,
that the Senate, having ratified the
Charter, would decline to carry out
its provisions.
Senator Hatch of New Mexico
challenged Senator Wheeler to make
his reservations now, If he had any,
and Senators Connally of Texas and
Barkley of Kentucky declared that
to ratify the Charter and refuse
to back it up with armed forces to
enforce peace would be to welsh"
on the agreement.
In another exchange, Senator
Pepper, Democrat, of Florida said
that Senator Wheeler reached the
conclusion to vote for the Charter
to get on record before the next
election" Senator Wheeler is up for
reelection in 1916.
The Montana Senator retorted
that Senator Pepper was a member
of IAN internationalist crowd" to
which Senator Pepper replied: 81
shudder to think where we would be
today If the people had followed
J you."
i Senator Wheeler made the point
that in the Senate hearings Senator
}, Connally had agreed with Mr.. Dulles
, that ratification of the troop agree
ment with the Security Council
! would be by two-thirds vote of the
Senate
! Senator Connally insisted he hao
, been expressing only his individual
view and added: when the agree
/ ments come back we can decide
: whether ratification is by the SEN
ate alone or by both houses"
Evening star., 1945-07-25
Preparations for Passion Play
Hammered by War Loss of $50

Eastern Germany who nave nocked
here to get away from Russian-oc-
cupied territory. Some have come
because they have relatives here
More have come because they look
on Oberammergau as sort OF
sanctuary which is not likely to be
molested by anybody.
Another factor in the increase OF
population has been the removal OF
many German scientific laboratories
from the Berlin area in recent
months. Laboratories of all sorts
are scattered through the Alpine
towns. The Messerschmitt labora-
tory here was the forerunner OF
these, but despite their presence
only a few Allied planes penetrated
these deep Bavarian mountains and
they passed over without dropping
any bombs.
Although the people of Oberam-
mergau suffered deeply in the loss
of relatives, Mr.. Lang told me that
the town itself has seen very little
of the war and most of the chief
actors IN the last Passion Play are
still here. However, Willie Bierling,
who had the role of John, is now
a prisoner of war in the United
States.
Hans Twink, a painter who took
the role of Judas, was too old for
the Army and has been left undis-
turbed. Thirty-eight-year-old Amy
Rutz, who had the role of Mary, was
secretary to the last burgomeister
She has lost her job since the new
burgomeister, Tidda Lang's father
in-law, was installed by the Amer
lean Military Government. Hubert
Mayr, the Peter of the Passion Play
operates dairy.
Not Concerned With Politics.
BY and large, Mr.. Lang said, the
people of Oberammergau have not
been much concerned with German
politics and have sought only to be
let alone. At least rs per cent of the
men are wood carvers, engaged
mostly in carving religious images
Their trade was at a low ebb until
the Americans came, but now they
cannot keep up with the flood OF
orders.
Ten per cent more are farmers
and the rest small tradeSmen Very
few were Nazis, Mr.. Lang said, al
though it always was possible for
the party to find enough willing to
subscribe to its principles to fill the
town offices. The town is approx
mately 80 per cent Catholic and
naturally resented Nazi interference
with religion.
Food is scarce here and the large
increase in population naturally
has made conditions difficult fol-
the inhabitants. The Americans
have been received with enthusi-
asm.
Aside from their other problems
the townspeople primarily are anx-
ious to get at work on the next
Passion Play. All the apostles
have kept their boards, always con-
fdent that the interruption was
only temporary.
Anton Lang, jr., whose father
was the most celebrated Christus
in the Passion Plays 300-yeal
history, has been since 1882 pro-
fessor of modern languages al
Georgetown University. Married
shortly after the 1884 Passion
Play, he lives with his wife anc
five children at 2027 HuidekopeI
place NV.
Evening star., 1945-07-25

little putt on No. 8, I'd had anyway
a 80 d" =" he said
Usually the 10th hole scoring"
draws jeers and hoots. Not this
time.
Pvt. Bird, 10, is from Fayetteville,
Ark. He lost his arm at Temple
France, when German shrapnel
caught him. After disqualification
in England, he was brought to Nc
Closkey Hospital where Capt. Richie
son, a Kansas City surgeon, had to
take off a little more of the arm.
Evening star., 1945-07-25
5,OOO-Ton Air Raids
On Japan S Homeland
Predicted by.Kenney
By. the Associated Press.

os Ine AsoOCldscu FItsS.
MANILA, P. I. July 25.-Japan
was warned today by Gen.
George C. Kenney that the
American Air Forces are about
ready to hit the Japanese home
land with 5,000-ton raids.
This size sis a cinch," said the
commander of the Far East Air
Forces. I'm being conservative
when say we could hit them with
5000 tons in a single attack-some-
thing the world never dreamed Of"
"In the very near future" he
added, more than 5000 planes will
be available for the concentrated
aerial smash at Japan"
OF these, at least 1000 are capable
of carrying bombs and more than
half are capable of straflng.
(Alrady nearly 1000 tons of
bombs have been dropped on jap
anese targets in a single attack
by Super FortressesD
Opposition to Be Erased.
Gen. Kenny, who has seen his air
force grow in three years from a
few overworked bombers and fight
ers to its present potent force con-
fidently predicted:
We'll have enough stuff so that
the Japs won't have a bridge or a
sizeable road that will help them
for future operations. They'll be
completely immobilized as regards
any mass movement"
II confidently expect that when
we go ashore anywhere we want
We'll find almost a total lack of op-
position on the beaches, the same as
we've found it all through New
Guinea and the Philippines.
Gen. Kenney asserted that the
Japanese Air Force is unable and
unwilling to contest the American
supremacy of the air over the home
land.
They are short of trained pilots
as they have been for three years
and they are short of fuel"
The general said that some Jap
anese may be attempting to hide
and hoard their air strength in the
hope of using it against an in
vaSion force or any other major
threat. But it won't do them any
good, because if they won't come
and fight in the air We'll go down
and pick them off on the ground" "
No Targets Barred.
This will be "the greatest mass
ing of air power the world has ever
heard Of" Gen. Kenney said.
'We1l be able to control it like
water through a hose-turn it on
and off and from target to target
as we want to-" Gen. Kenney as
serted. There's no place in the
entire Japanese empire that can't
be reached by Allied air power and
there's nothing out of bounds for
American airmen. And that goes
for the Emperor's palace as far as
I'm concerned"
Evening star., 1945-07-25
Newman Develops PIeurisy

FORT WORTH, Texas, July 25
R-Corpl. James Newman has de-
veloped a case of pleurisy to add to
the tuberculosis and other diseases
contracted in a Japanese prison
camp. Members of his family said,
however, that he appeared to be
holding his own.
Evening star., 1945-07-25
BY THOMAS r. HENRY,
Star War Correspondent.

OBERAMMERGAU, Bavaria CBy
MaiD-While the people of Ober-
ammergau hope to be able to stage
within two years special presenta-
ton of the Passion Play which has
made this little mountain town
world famous, there are many OBJ
stacles in their path-among them
the fact that at least $50 members
of the 1884 cast were killed during
the war.
Alois Lang, the bearded wood
carver who was the Christus of the
last production IL year ago, is as
sisting in the task of assembling
the 1900 actors needed for the great
drama. He said that about 450
members of the 1884 cast were
called for service in the German
Army and that they are now widely
scattered, some being prisoners of
war in the United States. Most of
the $50 killed died in action on the
Russian front, he said.
The 1884 ChriStus is distant
relative of Prof. Anton Lang, jr.,
of Georgetown University, whose
own father, the late Anton Lang
played the same role in the Pas
sion Plays of 1900, 1910 and 1922.
(Prof. Lang, whose wife, the
former Klara Mayr. played the
role Of Mary Magdalene in the
last production, said here today
he doubted that there would be
any full-scale presentation of the
drama until 1850. He explained
that due to the war there would
be great difficulties involved in
such problems as transportation
and feeding, and pointed out that
after the World War ended in
1918 there was no Passion Play
until 1922, although it was
scheduled for 1920
80 Family Groups of Langs.
Staging of the Passion PLAY
every 10 years was pledged by the
towns inhabitants in 1888 in thanks
giving after they escaped the Black
Death which swept Europe that year
The first production was in 1884.
Later the dates were changed so as
to fall in decimal years. 1t was
staged in 1884 because of the ter
centenary.
Nearly everybody in Oberammer-
gau, by the way, is Lang. There were
80 Lang family groups here, deriving
from two distinct sets of ancestors.
Relationship between the two lines
is quite distant, since a Lang never
marries Lang.
Alois Lang discussed the family
at some length with me and said
that all are quite we'll Prof. Lang's
mother still operates a small hotel
which at present is occupied by
American troops. His brother, Karl
was seriously wounded in the first
year of the war in France and spent
year in army hospitals. But he is
entirely recovered now and doing
we'll at his trade of ceramic model
ing. His sister, Tidda, has married
the son of the present burgomeister
Until the war ended he was a radio
officer in the German Army
The town normally has a popu.
lation of about 5000. However, its
present population is much larger
aside from the two small detach-
ments of American troops billeteo
here. Part of the increase is due
to the number Of workers brought
here by Prof. Willy Messerschmitt
when he set up an experimental
aircraft plant here.
Many Refugees From Berlin.
But the chief reason for the pop
ulation increase is the great num-
ber of refugees from Berlin and
Evening star., 1945-07-25
H. H. Kune Quits Bonk

CHUNGKING, July 25 OH. H
Kung, brother -in-law of Generals
simo Chang Kai-shek, resigned to-
day as governor of the Central Bank
of China and was replaced by Min
lister of Finance o. K. Yui, who re-
tanned his cabinet post.
Evening star., 1945-07-25
Big Three
Continued From First Page.>

in on the conference at Mr. Church
ills invitation.
A change in British leadership is
not expected here to result in any
marked setback to the PotSdam
negotiations. No sharp differences
on foreign policy were raised be-
tween Mr.. Churchill and Mr.. Attlee
during the election campaign.
Mr. Truman, Premier Stain and
the British leaders held their eighth
meeting yesterday. There was no
indication, however, of the direction
the talks we're taking.
A Paris dispatch last night said
United States Ambassador Jefferson
Caffery and Soviet Ambassador
Alexander z. Bogomolov had been
summoned to Potsdam, suggesting
that the conference had reached a
point where expert assistance on
problems involving France was
needed.
Evening star., 1945-07-25

lof any enemy aircraft attempting
to reach the powerful Allied feet.
Bombardment cruisers and de-
stroyers sank one small vessel by
gunfire, and British carrier pilots
sank or damaged 10 others.
Evening star., 1945-07-25
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Many Refugees From Berlin.

But the chief reason for the pop
ulation increase is the great num-
Der of refugees from Berlin and
Evening star., 1945-07-25
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