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Evening star., 1945-03-04

is so emphatic; It's issues so far
reaching, that the words arrest our
attention. Here Christ claims to
dominate the world: "If be lifted
up, will draw all men," Also: "Ex-
cept a grain of wheat fall into the
ground and die, 1t abideth by itself
alone" Jesus shows how the life that
Is lived for self always must be alone.
1t is the selfless life, the life that
pours itself out, that gives itself
away, that offers itself up, that yields
the harvest Of richest blessing.
IF be lifted up" if 1 60 to the
cross, II will draw all men. Have
we learned the lesson? Have the
nations Of the world made this teach
ing the center of their political, eco
nomic and social life? In the sixth
century the Emperor Julian, who
had striven long to turn back the tide
of Christianity in the Roman EN-
pire, dying, allegedly said: Thou has
conquered, Galilean; yet still do I
renounce Thee!"
Since then the history of the West
ern World has been in large meas
ure the story of that conquest, and
we have come to think of our civili-
zation as Christian civilization. 1t
may be objected that we say this
with our lips more than with our
hearts. Have we not embraced the
trappings of Christianity rather than
its essence? We have wrought elab-
crate hierarchies, theologies, creeds,
sects we have formed ceremonies,
liturgies, phylacteries, outward forms.
but the real inwardness of the Chris
tian evangel, what of it? Indeed, it
has been said that Christianity is
the only remedy for our human and
social ills that never has been tried.
This is bit of rhetoric. 1t is
way of saying that the Christian
victory over the hearts of men is
sadly incomplete. The Christian
ideal so far as its fulflllment is con-
cerned, lies not two thousand years
behind us, but perhaps many CEN
turies ahead. Yet that ideal, OBJ
scured at times and lost sight of by
its votaries, has ever been a lamp
Lit in surrounding darkness.
IF I be lifted up" What does 1t
mean? Let us put it in this Ian
guage: "If I go to the cross, will
hold inviolate the sacredness of the
human personality, the worth and
dignity of man; and that cross will
draw. I will give title and right for
every man to develop the best that
is in him, SO long as he does not
trespass upon the equal rights of
other men. I will influence govern
ments and institutions, made for
man, and make them useful in the
process Of human regeneration.
will declare that sacrifice, loss and
tears are but omens of a yet more
glorious soul, burned in disaster
but to rise to higher things through
faith in God"
This value Is the soul of Chris
tianity. 1t must be also the soul Of
democracy.
Evening star., 1945-03-04

NOW God be thanked who has matched US
with this hour.
And caught our youth. and wakened US from
sleeping"
So spoke Rupert Brooke as he
contemplated the sacrifice SO many
men would be called upon to make
in the First World War, in which
he gave his life. 1t was the soul cry
of one to whom had come the vision
of that which lies back of every altar
erected in the name Of great cause,
for sacrifice is always self-revealing.
Jesus of Nazareth has given us the
secret of all sacrifice in his own
divine passion: "If be lifted up" If
go to the cross, II will draw all men,"
Here we have the index of spiritual
passion for the redemption of our
times.
Is this the dream of a village car
penter, building his castles in the
air? Is this the language of a de-
luded man? On the contrary, it is
the essence of spiritual truth that
men and governments, priests and
churches, have proclaimed as but a
half truth. What the world needs
today is a reaffirmation of the faith
of the Christian religion built on
this unfading Gospel. IF I be lifted
up: There is magnetism in these
words radiating from sacrificial
personality which will draw all hu-
manity to common center, given
the opportunity. If this spiritual
value were realized, the whole earth
would be bound in a new kinship,
and all fragments of our scattered
and antagonistic humanity would be
united in an indissoluble unity. II
men everywhere were yielding ale
glance to one throne and scepter,
living in obedience to one law, cher
ishing the peaceful hopes and aspira-
tions of this spiritual creed, the world
would become a commonwealth in
which all mems good would be each
mans care.
In the militant imagination of the
conqueror, the goal of universal mon
archy always has been sought
through the ruthless subjugation of
war. From Alexander to Napoleon,
and on to the Nazis and the Japs,
endeavors have been made to weld
the nations into one by the rude
blows Of battle. But military force
signally has failed to achieve the
federation of the world. In every
scheme of conquest, personal ambi-
ton has been the master motive and
has proved the fatal weakness of
mere brute strength. The conqueror
has marched on his way until an
other mightier than himself has
thrust him from power. All great
military empires of the past have
come to naught.
In sharp antithesis to every scheme
OF conquest and every method of So
cial revolution, stands the startling
declaration Of the Nazarene. It Is
the most tremendous declaration the
world ever has heard. Its assertion
Evening star., 1945-03-04
Night Visit to Barn

There is something about a good
farmer and his feeling for his live
stock that is difficult to express in
words. 1t has been said that the
eye of the true husbandman is an
important yardstick when it comes
to keeping the cattle in good bloom.
Perhaps that is why many men~fol-
low traditional ritual OF a night
visit to the barn.
The average countryman likes to
60 to bed early. The winter eve
nings follow more or less standard
pattern. The family gathers around
the table and stove in the kitchen
or else pulls the chairs in a half
circle around the base burner in
the living room. While the young
folks do their homework, read mag
azines or look through the mail Or
der catalogues, father goes through
the daily papers, reads the farm
journals or, during the late winter
evenings, goes through the seed
catalogues. Maybe there is popcorn,
and likely father wants a dish of
cold, juicy, crunchy Northern Spies.
But when it gets around nine
O'Clock, he puts on his overshoes,
cap, sheep-lined jacket, lights the
kerosene lantern and goes out for
his night visit to the barn. g
To a man who likes livestock,
there is nothing else in the days
routine to compare to this last look
around before going to bed. The
work of the day is done. "A man
knows that the chances are ninety
nine to one that everything is safe
and secure, but he could not go to
bed easy in his mind unless he had
this last inspection. 1t is good to
see the mixers in the tie-up. Most
of them are lying down, chewing
their cuds. They are we'll bedded
in crisp straw or fresh, tangy saw
dust. The horses, crunching on
good clover and timothy turn their
heads to look at their master as he
glances in the stalls to see that
halters are not twisted. The calves
and young stock crowd to the gates
of their pens for the caressing rub
behind ears they have come to ex-
pect.
ALI is calm and safe. AS the
farmer closes the barn door and
goes across the snowy yard, the
Evening star., 1945-03-04
The Foot Soldier

In his new role as commander of
the Army Ground Forces, General
Stilwell has just paid a well-earned
and timely tribute to the relatively
non -glamorous foot soldier. The op-
Grafton of our naval and air arms
can be readily dramatized in song,
play, movie and story, but what the
infantry does is so often such a slow,
drab and untidy business that it
grips the imagination much less
than fighting at sea or in the sky.
Yet, as General Stilwell says-and
he ought to know, having been a dis
tinguished one himself only a short
time ago in Burma-it is the in
fantrymen who win the final decis-
ions. For mo matter how a war
starts, it ends in the mud. It has
to be slugged out-there are no trick
solutions or cheap shortcuts" Naval
and air battles will break off abrupt
ly, but the battle on the ground goes
on constantly, day and night, in
every kind of weather, and "the 10
cation of the man on foot, strug-
Cling forward with the help of ar
tillery, tanks, air, his own supporting
weapons and all the services. is still
the gauge by which we measure sue
cess or failure. If he gets forward,
we win; if he is forced back, we lose.
All our inventions, all our machines,
all our weapons, all our efforts, are
centered on getting the man on foot
forward. The reason is simple
enough: He is the only agency that
can hold the ground"
General Stilwell does not know how
words can glamorize "a muddy and
dilapidated G. I. with two weeks
whiskers and a barnyard aroma"
but his own remarks are trenchant
enough to remind any one-in case
the fact has been overlooked that
the begrimed and bone-weary foot
soldier, plodding painfully ahead in
tropic heat or sub-zero cold against
the most violent fire of the enemy,
is indisputably one of the wars
greatest heroes, however much he
may remain unsung. From the
Rhine to Two Jima, from Italy to
Burma, it is always the same: He
is the indispensable man, without
whom no victory can be conclusive
ly won.
Evening star., 1945-03-04
Lonq Rood Ahead

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Although Germany may be de-
feated in the relatively near future,
there is no justification for wishful
thinking about Japan. President
Roosevelt made that point very clear
in his report to Congress on the
Crimea Conference, and William l..
Bait, vice chairman of the War Pro-
duction Board, has elaborated upon
the warning with facts and figures
that should sober any one who sup
poses otherwise.
Speaking in New York on Thurs
day, Mr.. Bait called emphatic atten-
ton to a stern reality we may tend
to overlook in the excitement gen.
Grated by the great victories won in
recent weeks by the land, sea and
air forces under General Macarthur
and Admiral Nimitz. This reality is
that the japanese Army still is on
the Asiatic mainland and is about
as large as the German Army was at
its peak; which means, as Mr.. Bait
says, that American achievements in
the Pacific up to now, though bril-
liant and far-reaching, have been
merely incidents, not fnalities," :"
and that Japan remains "a desper-
ately dangerous enemy with COM
pletely unknown powers OF resist
ance."
In the circumstances, victory in
Europe will not permit any major
relaxation In our war effort. At
present the United States is turning
out arms at rate approximately
equal to the total output of all our
Allies and enemies combined, but
such is the magnitude of the task
still to be carried out against the
japanese that the WPB-which once
thought in terms of a 40 per cent
reconversion to peacetime produc-
ton after We day-now considers
20 per cent an optimistic figure. The
main reason for this, in addition to
the fact that we have merely bitten
at the edges Of Japan's immense
land strength, is that our European
weapons and equipment will prob
ably be Of little use to us In the
Pacific Asiatic theater. Secretary
Stimson has said that as much as
possible of this materiel will be
tranSshipped, but Mr.. Bait reminds
us that the requirements of our
forces in the Orient differ consider
ably from those of our forces fight
ing in Germany and that any large
scale transshipment would involve
such appalling physical problems
that the project might prove i'm
practicable. In his opinion. this
means that our Army and air forces
will have to be pretty completely
re-equipped" for the coming all-out
offensive in Asia.
1t Is always possible that something
will happen in Japan to discourage
the japanese from protracted re-
sistance and thus hasten their de-
feat. But it would be foolhardy to
bank on that, particularly when all
our past experience-the latest on
Two Jima-indicates that this enemy
is disposed to fight on fanatically to
the death even when his position is
hopeless.
Evening star., 1945-03-04

kerosene lantern throws long shad-
ows on the dim whiteness. As he
goes through the woodshed, the
light picks glances at the ordered
tiers of oak, maple, beech and ash.
Back in the cozy kitchen, he blows
out the lantern and sets it on the
shelf above the sink. The night
visit to the barn is over. Now the
farmstead can settle to rest.
Evening star., 1945-03-04
Forced Labor

FTeSlQeuC hOOSeVelC6 remark dt
the first White House press confer
ence since his return from Yalta
that he did not think it bad idea
to get some German soldiers or ex-
soldiers to go to the Crimea and
clean up the devastation committed
there by the Nazis high lights the
controversial issue of forced labor
after the war.
The issue was first raised about a
year ago by leading Russian econ
omist who proposed in Moscow
publication that 100000 Germans
be drafted for ten years to repair
the colossal devastation inflicted by
the German invaders over most of
Western and Southern Russia from
the Baltic to the Black Sea. The
proposal was vigorously supported
by other Russian writers and was
likewise Endorsed by Spokesmen for
several nations which had suffered
similar damage under Nazi domina-
ton. However, it was no less Wig
orously opposed in America and
Britain, notably in this country by
the American Federation of Labor,
which contended that there would
be danger to free labor everywhere
in the Inauguration of what would
amount to a new form of slavery.
Mr.. Roosevelt's remarks tend to-
confirm the impression that the
matter of forced labor was brought
up at the Yalta Conference, but was
left in allegiance by not being spe-
officially included in the scope of
Preparations" to be exacted from
Germany in the accepted sense of
raw materials, machinery and other
payments "in kind" There may
also be distinction between work
done by prisoners of war and the
drafting of ex-soldiers in Germany
after its capitulation for labor serv-
ice abroad. In this connection it
should be remembered that the
Soviet Union is not a signatory to
the Geneva Convention regarding
the treatment of war captiveS, and
so is free to compel the labor of
those German prisoners which are
in its hands. But, conversely, Amer
lea and Britain, being signatories,
are thus bound and would presum-
ably be indisposed to see the pris-
oners in their hands drafted for
labor service in Russia or elsewhere
after their return to Germany.
Behind this entire issue lies a pro-
found difference in attitudes. The
Soviet Union adopted from the first
the idea of forced labor and prac-
tices it for it's own citizens on a
large scale. The numbers of po-
litical prisoners thus employed have
always been very great and are even
today estimated at several millions.
The drafting of Germans for post
war service in the devastated dis
tricts of Russia is thus, in Russian
eyes, form of reparations Sin kind"
which is entirely logical. But in
America, Britain and some other
countries there is opposition to
forced labor, grounded in both
idealistic and practical reasons.
Whether this opposition will be
overcome by the fact that a labor
draft on conquered Germany would
be richly deserved, and finds ample
precedent in the practices of the
Nazis themselves, remains to be
seen.
Evening star., 1945-03-04
Yes, Everybody Knows

From the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
Who Is chief Of staff to President
Roosevelt?-Knowledge test. Go on with
you. You know full well what her name
Is.
Evening star., 1945-03-04
Civilization at the Crossroads

By John Edoard Bentley Professor of Psychology American
University Acting Community Church
Evening star., 1945-03-04

Eight sons and two sons-in-law In the
armed services and daughter and her
husband in defense plants, from one
family Of his constituents-Mr. and Mrs.
w. D. Ward Of Gotebo, Okla .-is proudly
boasted by Representative Victor Wick
ersharn Of Oklahoma, and every one
Of them volunteered; there were no
deferments."
Evening star., 1945-03-04

IuSu-WdISI uldTk lIldt 81 loils ildu
been accepted. Instead, it meant the
Virginia shore of the Potomac and
shore" meant the area between high
and low water marks. From such rea-
soning, arising over fishing rights dis
putes, it was but a short step to de-
clare, as some authorities have, that the
boundary was at the low-water mark.
Such views were not unanimous and
Government officials have been relying
on later decisions by the Supreme Court
which they say upholds the high-water
mark.
Whether or not the bill recently REIN
troduced by Representative Randolph
of West Virginia proves the final an
swer, he is doing service by again
placing the question before Congress
And, in opposing this bill because it
would cede the airport to Virginia,
which he thinks is mistake, Repre-
sentative Stefan of Nebraska also is
performing service, especially since he
has given extensive reasons why he op-
poses that plan. A frank joining Of the
issues in Congress and between spokes-
men for Congress and Virginia might
lead to something constructive.
AS Mr.. Stefan told the House:
How can we hope to engage in the
settlement of vital boundary disputes
between the great nations of the world
when we are unable to settle one SO
simple as this between the National
Government, Virginia and the local
municipality?"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-21
GOOD COMMITTEE

The annual report of Senator Harry F Byrds Joint Committee on Nonessentia Federal Expendi- tures entitled Economy Progress Report of 1945" shows that the committee has been busy
 Economy is an almost forgotten subject in the busy wartime center of Washington-or so it would seem But along with the rapidly spiraling war ex- penditures and Federal debt there has been plishment along the line of economy in military expenditures Senator Byrd's committee details of this saving and claims credit directly and in- directly for aggregate saving of $3000 900 during the three years that the committee has been in operation The committee cites its overall expendi lures of s45el3 pretty good investment in economy.
 In the main, agree The Byrd Committee does not overly modest in assuming the lions share of credit for all reductions posponements that have taken place in expenditures, with only bow in the direction of the various bureaus and appro prations committees said interested themselves in trimming the budget But unquestionably the com mittee has been instrumental in pruning Federal spending; it has been rather directly responsible for substantial savings far out of proportion its own cost of maintenance.
 Beyond that, doubt not that the Byrd Con- mittee has been wholesome deterrent to those who would have spent with more open hand had they not been unwilling to risk the limelight the joint committee has focused upon unwarraned expenditures
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-21

One very tangible accomplishment of the committee two years ago it's investigation of the Federal Governments mania for questionnares, with re- sultant sharp reduction in aimless question asking and report-filng- out requirements by the govern ment. This saving both in time and money. Other practices brought into the lmelght by the committee with consequent remedial action included the abuse of travel expense allowances by government departments and persona, ,mapractices, such as top heavy pay rolls unusual pay raises and skip-grade promotions
 Both in practice and potentially the Byrd group is of the most useful congressional committees.
 It's only too bad that the committee is so busy in Washington. It could find some work up here in nonessental Federal expenditures.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-21
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Washington Post
 Since the tide of fortune turned against him Adolf Hitler has promised his people again and again that there would never be another 1918, Tn way events have proved him right The present situation of the German armies and of the German people bears no great resemblance to that of 27 years ago Ther the collapse came suddenly. Germany was not de-
 eated though the probability of ultimate defeat was growing certainty; her armies, though depleted by battle and disease and demorazed by warsckness were still 'n being" her soil uninvaded. In short the Germans asked making Thus professional soldiers and critics inclined to find military anaogies not much in the spring and early autumn of 1918 in the late summer and early autumn of 1913, when the great power of Napoleon was finally crushed.
 Like Hitler Napoleon had wasted the flower of his armies in grandose effort to conquer Russia, and like Hitler he had very to success. But as in the of Hitler it evident that he was far from beaten, even after the disastrous retreat. He organized and equipped another grande armee. He even organized kind of Vokssturm for home defense and instituted for the suppress sion of domestic disaffection. He regained the mi- tary offensive, beat the Russians at Luetzen, gained time for further preparation by armisice and then defeated the Austrans and Russians in his last great victory of Dresden Most military critics consider this phase of the campaign the most brilliant of all Of Napoleon's military operations Certainly it was far more brilliant and promising than Marshal von Run stedts slight successes in Belgium and Luxembourg last December
 Then began the operations about Leipzig and the socalled Battle of the Nations Here catastrophe overwhelmed the Emperor in what, until the Battle of the Marne was remembered the bloodiest conflict in all history Part of Napoeons troops were trapped on the far bank of the Elbe, when the bridge was blown up in panic Part of them deserted to the enemy and what remained were forced to fight their way through their own Bavarian allies to Malnz and across the Rhine.
 The analogy is by no means perfect. The recent decisive events the Western Front have of course, been teescoped into much briefer compass of time. It is also apparent that the great catastrophe which overlook Napolean at Leipzig was, if anything, less than that which overlook the German armies in the Saar For when. early in 1914, the allied armies crossed the Rhine carried the to French soil the French were still able to offer bitter resistance as for example, at Brienne and Montmirall
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-21

squeeze you in"
 Truman and Biffie both laughed. They then worked out a list of men who were to be at the luncheon. Truman insisted on in- yiting ranking Republicans in the Senate plus leaders of both parties in the House.
 And that was President Truman's first phone call from the Executive Mansion after taking the oath of office.
 Note-After Biffle started to ar range the luncheon, he ran into ration trouble. Finally a menu was arranged from leftover Puget Sound sa on. Truman had lunched on the same salmon the day before at birthday party in honor Of Seattle's Senator Warren Magnuson, the salmon having been brought to Truman by It. Robert Kilgore, son of the West Virginia Senator, both of whom were also present. Thus Truman's last lunch as President was on salmon, and his first lunch as President was on salmon scraps.
 tCopyright l9is. by Bell Syndicate. Inc.)
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Washington Merry
 6o-Round

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RIGHT OR LEFT TRUMAN?

Biggst political problem faced by Harry Truman is to keep the sup port of the huge segment of liberals which, rain or shine, for better or for worse, always followed Franklin Roosevelt.
 F'DR knew they could never leave him. During the first eight years of his administration, he was their idol. And during the last four years, when he swung to the right, the liberals had no place else to go. Roosevelt knew it and some times treated them like step-chil- .dren. But they had to take it.
 Since Roosevelt's death last week, however, some of his old liberal friends, among them labor leaders controlling huge blocs of votes, have been putting their heads together. Some have decided that if Truman swings to the right, they will bolt.
 They figure that they have much greater political bargaining power if they are independent. In the old days the Republican Party was often more progressive than the Democrats Today Stassen of Min nesota, Warren of California and Dewey of New York are putting