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Evening star., 1945-06-15

convinced they could not even fight
defensive war.
Gen. Eisenhower said that Allied
soldiers in Europe had won a peace
they earnestly hoped would be
preserved.
He stressed that there was no
such thing as separate sea war.
separate ground war or separate
air war"
When you put sea. ground and
air together, you multiply rather
than add their power" he said.
Germans Lack Sense of Guilt.
These were the high points in the
hour-long conference during which
Gen. Eisenhower invited the CORE
Spondents to ask about anything
which had been bothering them
during his three-year stay in Europe
1.-The continued application of
the ronfraternization rule in the
Reich depends upon the attitude of
the German people themselves and
upon how soon Nazi elements are
wiped out.
2-The German nation as whole
has mo sense of war guilt and
while many Germans closed their
eyes to atrocities, many others did
not"
3-Field Marshal Won Runstedt
was the greatest general the Allies
faced; the late Field Marshal Rom
mel was bold, but unskilled; Ger.
man military men did not respect
Hitler's strategic planning. but ir
1943, particularly, Hitler ran his
campaigns almost alone.
4. The Allied armies were the best
equipped in the world, but German
Tiger and Panther tanks were su-
perior in head-on slugging matches
until the Pershings came into the
field, and German rocket projectors
all-purpose 88-mm. guns and JET
planes were outstanding weapons.
Nazis Hoped to Split Allies.
5. The German general staff knew
the war was over on the third day
Of the Ardennes offensive last De-
cember, when it failed to take pri-
mary objectives. and that Germany
lost the ability to continue the fight
when Gen. Pattons sweep south
through the Saar to meet 1t. Gen
Alexander M. Patch's 7th Army
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Eisenhower
fContinued From First Page. J

day. This unification of action, Gen.
Eisenhower said, was fully as i'm
portant as the integration of the
Allied Armies comprising the inva-
sion force.
The Germans finally knew the
zig was up" in Europe on the third
day of Field Marshal Won Rund-
stedt's December counteroffensive in
the Ardennes, when the German
commander realized he couldn't 90
where he wanted to co." Gen. Eisen-
hover added.
When they found themselves
whipped in the Eifel Mountains and
the Saar, he said, the Germans were
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Agricultural Engineers
Elect Wickord Member

Secretary OF Agriculture Wickard
has been named to honorary MEM
bership in the American Society OF
Agricultural Engineers for his con-
tribution to agricultural engineer
ing as q farmer and as Secretary.
Presentation of the membership
was made at a meeting Of ths
Washington Chapter here yester-
day.
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Of tickets will begin tomorrow morn
ing, Mr.. McGarraghy said.
| A 10-foot square portrait of Gen.
Eisenhower will be one of the princi-
pal decorations for the luncheon.
| There also will be a cluster of
United Nations flags near the
speakers table.
Army Orchestra to Play.
Music for the occasion will be pro-
vided by Staff Sergt. Glenn Darwin,
former Metropolitan Opera Co. BARI
tone now stationed at Boiling Field,
and the Army Band Orchestra.
Responding to the District Com
missioners appeal for a display of
flags and bunting to mark Gen.
Eisenhower's triumphal march
through Washington. Maj. Gen.
Philip B. Fleming, Federal Works
administrator, last night directed
the fullest possible display of flags
from all Federal buildings along the
parade route. The Public Buildings
Administration is making arrange
ments for the Federal display and
the Commissioners have expressed
the hope that merchants and man.
ayers of Office buildings on the
parade line will follow suit.
| Three classmates of Gen. EiSen-
hover at West Point will view the
parade from the District Building
or Capitol stands. Col. Joseph D.
Arthur. jr., Assistant Engineer Com
missioner, will watch the parade
from the stand near the District
Building, and Maj. Gen. John B
Wogan, wounded while leading a
division cleaning up a Ruhr pocket
in the German resistance, and Brig
Gen. c. H. Tenney will be in the
Capitol stand set aside for veterans
Both generals are now patients at
Walter Reed Hospital.
Meeting Will Study Plans.
A meeting to review plans for the
reception to Gen. Eisenhower was
to be held at pm. today in the
Office of Commissioner John Russell
Young, general chairman of the
District committee for the ceremony
The Commissioners last night
made public the names of the men,
bership on the Executive Committee
CO. o-ordinating details of the Wash
ington celebration. The committee,
headed by William E. Leahy, in
cludes:
/ John A. Reilly, Floyd D. Akers, 1t.
Clearance Arata, Bruce Baird, Carter
Barron, Jack Blank, c. j. Bourg
Carl Burkland, James E. Collifiower
Maj. Omer Clark, Brig. Gen. Albert
L. Cox, Paul Cromelin.
Edward M. Curran, William Dolph
jr.; Mrs Henry Grattan Doyle
Bishop Angus Dun, j. H. Ferry, Viii
ber S. Finch, James H. Flanagan
Robert V. Fleming. Bishop Charlie
w. Flint, William Floyd. Rabbi Nor
man Gerstenfeld, DR.. E. F. Harris
Robert L. Haycock, Lawrence Heller
F. C. Hendrick, J. M. Heiser, Col
Campbell johnson, Harvey Jones
Richmond B. Keech, Col. Edward J
Kelly, c. j. Mack, A. G. Neal, L. H
Neville Thompson, Maj. Gen. C. F
Thompson, Col. William F. Rehm
Col Arthur.
T. o. Kraabel, G. Bennett Larsen
John Locher, Mr.. McGarraghy
Watson B. Miller, Louis Mirman, E
D. Merrill. Eugene Meyer, Edgar
Morris, Frank B. Noyes, Johr
ORourke, Mrs. Eleanor Patterson
John j. Payette.
i Lee Pennington, Allen Petrov
Claud L. Pickens, Henry I. Quinn
Bryson Rash, l. j. Roberts, Leo "A
Rover, Msgr. Fulton j. Sheen
Carleton D. Smith, NJ L. Sperry
Mrs Corcoran Thorn, Wii"ei q
Waller.
Capt H. C. Whitenurst, Mrs. Jos,
eph wilmer, Lloyd B. Wilson, Pau
Wooton, B. M. Mckei"ay, Freo a
smith. JohnG. Bell, Herbert G
Davis Col. Paul H. Griffith.
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through the greeting ceremony
twice.
The Allied leaders we're welcomed
by 1t. Gen. Joseph Pierre Koenig,
military governor Of Paris. From
the time OF his arrival, Gen. Eisen-
hover and his party were In the
center of huge crowds of cheering
French. Thousands lining the cob
blestoned roads threw flowers as the
20-car convoy sped into the capital
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HOPKINS Will Be Missed

When Harry Hopkins entered the public
service in 1885 as Public Works Administra-
tor and later when he was Secretary of Com
merce and Lend-Lease administrator, he was
probably the most dislked and generally low
rated member of President Roosevelt's ad-
nnistration.
Living much of the time at the White House
and having the ear of the Chief Executive
as no other person did, he was Familiarity
ton and publicly blamed for many admins
trative decisions with which, it may be, he
h. d no connection.
Jealousy. possibly, had something to dc
with his unpopIlarity. But most of all it would
seem that, President Roosevelt being his own
mouthpiece and disposed personally to take
credit for everything, except the worst blum
ders of his aides, the public had no chance
accurately to appraise Hopkins talents.
1t is only of late and particularly since
his recent trip to Moscow, where he opened
Premier Stalin's eyes to certain faults OF his
Soviets regime, that we have had an oppor-
tunity to learn he possesses valuable attrib-
change since then For this we are indebted
to President Truman who was quick to let
it be known that Hopkins achievement in
Moscow was of the highest order.
Now, just when he is accepted as a COM
petent, efficient steward of the national inter-
est, he feels he must resign from the gov
eminent because of tagging health, which has
been poor throughout the nine years of his
service, and will not accompany President
Truman to the Big Three session at Potsdam
Because of his intimate knowledge of world
affairs and particularly because of his recent
conferences with Stain, upon whom he obvi-
ously made a deep and favorable impression,
his absence will be keenly felt. The only thing
to offset his absence is that Secretary Of State
Byrnes, who also has wide knowledge Of. the
problems the Big Three must solve, will be
II Mr.. Humans coterie.
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Change Of Jobs

Noting that Mr.. Stettnius' resignation as
Secretary of State and his appointment to the
Security Council were not unexpected, the
Christian Science Monitor analyses his posi-
ton in public life and fitness for the new
task he is to take up with fine clarity, say
ing:
&c. though he was the type of Secretary
of State President Roosevelt needed, he is
not the type needed by President Truman. AS
his mark on the State Department, and dis
tinguished himself at Dumbarton Oaks and
San Francisco But it is obvious that he has
never imagined himself playing a creative
role in foreign policy, such as that played
by Cordel Hull and more strenuously by Pres
ident Roosevelt.
IF there is any impression OF haste in
changing Secretaries so soon after the Con-
ference, this should not be construed as re-
Election on Mr.. Stettniuss services In nam
ing him as the American member of the Sc
curity Council and chairman of the American
delegation in the General Assembly of the
new world organization, President Truman ap-
ears 10 nave peen Influenced by more I'M
portant considerations.
Zone was that the move would place at
the head of the American section of the world
agency man direct from the highest diplo-
matte post in the United States, and one
familiar with the organization from its very
beginnings. Another doubtless was that the
plans for the imminent Big Three meeting
call for the presence of the American Secre-
tary of State and that the official decks had
to be cleared as swiftly as possible
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Postwar Commerce

IN addition to some 2,700 Liberty ships, GAL
tankers and approximately 300 cargo carriers
assigned to the military, the United States
will have fleet of 1,l0O fast, modern mer-
chant vessels to dispose of through the Mari
time Commission, when Congress enacts legis
lation proposed by the House Merchant Ma
rine Committee.
Explaining the shipping situation, Admiral
Emory S. Land, chairman of the Maritime
Commission, told the House committee the
present program provides for over $4,000. 900
dead weight tons of modern, new, fast ships
valued at $4,000, 00OO 00
The recommended legislation would place
al available ships at the disposition of Amer
leans first and aliens only in event citizens
of tbs country could not take them over,
one and all.
1t is obvious that the United States has the
finest of opportunities for taking leadership
in commerce, the world over when sea lanes
are again open. AS the greatest producing ma
ton and with SO large part Of the world
needing our products, there will be no lack
of cargoes for many years. The need is to
see. that the ships bearing the major cargo
burden are under United States registry and
not W dely scattered among other nations. We
have sadly neglected our national shipping op-
portunity ever since the clipper days. Now we
will have chance to resume leadership.
And while we as a nation, are doing that,
Nor. Cardinals ports will face a challenge
from other south Atlantic ports they cannot
afford to pass up The new State Ports Au-
thority has been set up just in time. With
public support and cooperation from all at
fliated interests, the Old North State can
come into it's own in postwar commerce.
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Jan Prisoners Increase

What percentage of Japanese will surrender
when the next big land push is Under way?
The question is being studied by our com.
mand On Okina> a, where ten thousand enc
my soldiers chose to be captured rather than
die This is the largest number taken in any
engagement, and may indicate the enemy is
losing it's faith in victory.
$50 prisoners, the Marshalls 500, Tinian 400
the Palars 49,. On the other islands the num-
Der was proportionately the same. Saipan
yielded 2,1OO. On Guam more than 500 sur
rendered, on Two Jima 1000.
Some observers incline to believe that the
greater number on Okinawa was chiefly due
to the greater number Of troops engaged. But
the argument is not borne out. Whereas only
one in from thirty to fifty surrendered on
Guam, on Oknawa the percentage was ap-
proximately one in ten. This is taken by other
observers as indicating that japanese soldiers
realize the tide of war has turned against
Japan and are more ready to surrender when
cornered.
Will this slow awakening of the Japanese
troops to the real situation result in an even
higher percentage of surrenders as the war
Teaches greater intensity? If the answer could
be found, and If it were affirmative, the end
of the conflict in the Pacific obviously would
be much nearer than generally supposed
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DailyPrayer
For Patience With News

Confessing that we are. slaves OF
the moment, instead OF steadfa st
servants OF the deep today and the
long tomorrow, we come to Thee,
0 Eternal God, with the plea that
Thou wilt stabilize our spirits. We
acknowledge our Inconsistency and
mercuriainess. One days news
sends our spirits soaring in blind
optimism and the next days news
plunges us into deep depression. Be
stow upon us new constancy and
conviction and purpose Make us
strong enough to endure the bitter
and not to be overwhelmed by the
sweet. In maturity Of purpose,
may we pursue diligently the path
of loyalty and duty, assured that
the Judge Of all the earth will do
right. We crave the perfect peace
that is promised to those whose
mind is stayed upon Thee. May we
even enter into somewhat of the
vastness of Thy will, to whom a
thousand years are as a day. Thus,
with fixed hearts. we would be ef-
ficient soldiers in the worlds great
war for the establishment Of right.
eousness. Our prayer is before
Thee. in the name Of the unfalter-
ing Christ. Amen.-W.T.E.
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out OF their wits overnight. May General Brad
ley have equal success

out OF their wits overnight. May General Brad
ley have equal success.
He is accustomed to issuing sharp orders
and being obeyed. 1t is probable that he will
bring to his new task his great facility for
directing armies, and require the same in
slant obedience he received when leading VIC
torioLs military forces The Veterans Admin
lstration will be the better for bit of Brad
ley discipline.
In the meantime General Bradley is draft
ing his plans, which include thorough reor-
ganization and simplification of operation Be.
cause Of the tremendous volume of veterans
which must be cared for in one way or an
other when the war is ended, this is essential
Some eighteen million will be eligible for Vet
Grams bureau consideration when the f. ghting
has ceased. Without shearing away red tape
they cannot be served as they deserve.
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Inuasion Of Britain Pledged,
But Hitler Could Not Deliver

what form? We know nothing. The
Germans keep us in the dark just
as they die W h e n we were
neutrals."
AUG. II THE German dir
force has requested that we send
planes to join in action against
Great Britain. A month ago, when
we offered them, they were refused
quickly. Why? am not very favor
able"
Editors note: The aerial blitz on
Great Britain began about mid Au-
gust and the all-out assault on
London Sept. 81. BY early October
it had failed, although London was
to suffer heavily in the future.
War On Britain Gets IA Priority
AUG. II - "Alfieri has had an
interesting conference with Won
Ribbentrop. These are the results:
l. The German government does
not want us to improve our re-
lations with Russia too much.
2. It is necessary to set aside
any plan to attack Yugoslavia.
3. Eventual &C on against
Greece is not at all welcome in
Berlin.
According to Won Ribbentrop
we must concentrate every effort
against Great Britain, because it
and it alone, is a question of life
and death. Naturally we &C.
cept the Berlin view.
Il see Mollier, the press attache
of the German embassy, who says
something more than the ambas-
sador. He says that the landing is
imminent, that thousands of land.
ing craft are ready in the Channel
ports, that the operation will be
bold, difficult and costly, but Ger.
tain in its results. Mollier speaks
of peace by the end of September"
AUG. 10 THE order is to
march against Egypt as soon as
German patrol lands in England"
AUG. q - "Mussolini gives me
copy of orders postponing any
action against Yugoslavia. and
Greece indefinitely. 1t appears
that the Germans have renewed
their pressure for this. An
CONTINUED on Page Four)
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QUOTATIONS

Within the next 10 years you will see the
face of American poetry, and English, change
completely j. Donald Adams, New York
City.
Jails at best, are schools of crime for
juveniles. - Grace Matheson, secretary W. c.
T. u.
The general trade attitude is strongly op-
posed to any cancellation, even temporarily,
of butter ration point values. - Gordon Urner
independent market reporter.
The Charter by itself is nothing if it fails
to rally the loyalty of the major powers who
alone can give it body and life - London
Times.
If a murder were to be committed in the
area (southern shore of Potomac between Vir-
gina and District of Columbia) tomorrow,
there would be grave doubt that the guilty
person would even be brought to trial because
Of the uncertainty over jurisdiction Rep.
Howard W. Smith Virginia.
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Bradley To Cut Red Tape

General Omar N. Bradley, who hopes to be
relieved of his post in Europe within a
month, when he can actually take over the
Veterans Administration, has set for himself
the praise-worthy objective of cutting the red
tape that has handicapped the administration
for many years.
Many ambitious men have tried to cut gov
eminent red tape with Indifferent success One
notable exception was Charles Gell and
the bulge; and all but scared the politicians
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JULY 7 - Berlin. Warm re.
ception. Hitler has been very
kind, almost too much,so. He is
inclined to continue the struggle
and to unleash storm of wrath
and steel on England. But the final
decision has not been reached, and
for this he is delaying his speech
to weigh every word"
Hitler Spurns Aid From Italys'
Army
JULY 1S-"Hitler has sent long
letter to II Duce. 1t speaks of the
attack on Gleat Britain as some
thing already decided, and, in the
same definite and courteous fash
ion, declines our offer to send an
Italian expeditionary force. He ex
plains III a t logistic difficulties
would arise in supplying tw o
armies. Goering said. that
Italian aviation has too important
task in the Mediterranean 70
scatter its forces. II Duce is very
much annoyed. .. Even from
German sources we receive infor'
nation that the damage inflicted
on the British navy by the italian
navy is nothing, or almost moth
ing"
JULY 10 - II arrive in Berlin.
Hitler's speech will be a last ap-
peal to Great Britain. Without their
saying so, 1 understand they (the
Germans) hope and desire that the
appeal will not be rejected. =.
Late in the ev ening, when the first
cold British reactions arrive. an
illconcealed sense of disappoint-
ment spreads among the Ger.
JULY 20-"Conference with the
Fuehrer. He would like an
understanding with Great Britain.
He knows lha, war with the Brit
ish will be difficult and bloody"
AUG. 3 Gen. Soddu (under-
secretary of war; says that Gen.
GRAHAM Commander in North
Africa, after emptying Italy to
supply Libya, does not feel he is
to attack Egypt, especi-
ally because Of the heat.
-Four of GU, agents from the
military intelligence service were
tonight in the Yugoslavia
legation. We must encourage a
rumor that they are only common
burglars"
Aug. 4 = From Berlin, Am
bassador Alfieri reports the sudden
return Of Hitler and the highest
Nazi official, suggesting the i'm.
minent beginning of operations
about which we, as usual, have
been told nothing"
AUG. ST. Duce is dissatisfied
because Gen. GraZiarli. does
not want to attack in Egypt i
uneasiness will Il
crease if HITLER Launches his often
sive against the British Isles soon''
11O1s <1111Cl4 llOW reports
an unexplained pause in German
activity. Is there anything to the
rumor about separate peace
through the King of Sweden? Mus
'olini talks very much about an at
;ack against Yugoslavia during the
second half of September. 1
10 not believe that Hitler will per-
nit the status quo in the Balkans
% be disturbed"
AUG. 8 - "Alfieri says the Of.
ensive has been delayed be-
cause of bad weather in the Eng
ish Channel. Gen. Marras (mili-
airy attache in Berlin) says the de.
ay is the result Of secret CONVEX
ations now under way"
AUG. 10 News of further
lelay in the offensive comes Hom
'srlin. Will il occur4 When? In
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CIANO'S DIARY
JuIv 2-Sept. Fl. 1910

July H-oCpt' HSS 104V
r. Hitler didn't invade Great Britain
in -le40 for the simple reason that
.he.eouldn't, ard blamed it on bad
weather, according to the diary OF
Count Ciano, Mussolini's son-in-law
and Italian foreign minister.
Repeatedly the Germans reas.
sured the Italians that the attack
would begin, if only the skies over
the English Channel would clear.
But Ciano's account pictures Hitler
and Rlbbentroo both as worried
and uneasy. By the end of Septem-
Der, it indicates, the grsndiose plan
for invasion was scrapped.
Italy and Spain each wanted a
share in the glory Of defeating
Great BIZ + a IN. Hitler turned
Franco down because it would cost
ne said, more than it was worth to
have his aid. II Italians were ask
ed only for aircraft to join in the
blitz.
Ciano wrote:
JULY Q The ambassador (Al-
fieri, in Berlin) has reported on
his conference with Hitler. I am
convinced their is something new
in the mind IF that man. and tn 1t
no new decisions have been reach
ed. There is no longer the certainly
which was SO impressive when Hit
Ter spoke Of the break through Of
the Maginot Line.
lie does no. answer Mussolini' S
offer to send men and planes to
participate in an attack on the is
land Great Britain) Instead, he
offers us aerial assistance to bomb
the Suez Canal. Evidently his turst
in us is not too great"
Hitler Grows Wary of U. S.,
Russia
JULY 81 ask Phillips GU. S.
ambassador the meaning of the
Republican candidacy (Wendell
Willkie for president) and if the
United States is ready to enter the
war.
"He replies. In the field of for
eign policy, Democrats and Re-
publicans are almost entirely in
agreement. At the moment we
don't intend to enter the conflict.
We are arming on a large scale,
and are helping the British in
every way. Some new event, such
as the bombing of London with
h eavy casualties among the
civilian population, might decide
our entry
This is the reason Hitler is care
full and thoughtful about launching
his final adventure. Even more so,
we gather from many quarters, the
Russians are approaching a more
hostile attitude toward The Axis
JULY e adm. Cavagnari con-
firms the fact hat we have lost 10
submarines. Ambassador Bas
tianini, home from London. says
that. everyone, aristocracy,
middle class and common people,
is mad. stubborn and proud. Air
and anti-aircra+t preparations are
undertaken on large scale to
check and throw back an enemy
offensive Thus is Hitler's indecis.
ion explained"
JULY 5-'1l Duce gives me in
for my trip to Germany.
He wants absolutely to participate
in the attack on Great Britain If
It occurs, and he is concerned that
France is trying to slip gradually
into the anti-E4 itish camp. He fears
this may cheat us of our booty. He
instructs me to tell Hitler that he
to land on the Ionian
(Greek) islands and to stress the
importance Of dealing with Yugo-
,lavea."
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Despite its infirmites, the San Francisco
nh rter is a sound peace. - Senator Arthur
Vandenburg, Michigan.
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Because of it's very immensely was con
WINGED in 1910 that Germany's victory was de
finitive so became collaboration - Georg'
C1.1de rs. on trial in Paris on charge O
Intelligence with enemy.
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American employers have neither the de-
Giro nor the intention to deny returning veter-
ans all possible consideration. - U. S. Chamber
If commerce report.