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Attlee Normal Product
Of Upper Middle Class
Tempers intellectually With Practical
Approach to Problems Which He Now
Faces as Prime Minister
By Barbara Wace

lament followed the end Of the war.
In 1920 ne married Violet Miller,
whom he had met on trip to Italy.
Since then their family life has been
a quiet one in an outer London sub
urb They have four children, three
girls and boy.
Their son. Martin Attlee, 17-year-
old midshipman aboard the British
colliery ship Menelaus, showed little
emotion when he was told yesterday
of MS fathers election. At Halifax,
where his ship was in port, the
youth was described by crew men,
bers as a quiet sort of chap-tak-
ing everything in his stride"
At the triumphal moment of his
life last Thursday the new Prime
Minister lunched quietly with Mrs.
Attlee and his three daughters. For
relaxation he prefers carpentering,
although he likes little golf or ten
mis- or an afternoon of watching
cricket.
Attlee first was elected to Parlia-
ment in 1922, and he soon was given
responsibility in the House of Com
mons. A few days after taking a
seat on the opposition bench he
made an impromptu maiden speech
on unemployment at the request Of
the party whip. who caught him
as he entered the chamber of the
House and told him the Speaker
was tired of listening to Scotsmen.
Later he was appointed parliament-
I airy private secretary to Ramsay
Macdonald, then leader of the
Labor party.
Varied Experience.
! The next day. with Labor holding
small majority, he was UNDER
secretary of state for war. After
defeat of his party he became
member of an Indian statutory COM
mission which visited India and
Burma to study Indian life from
the vice regal parties to the remote
frontiers.
1 Later he held a sinecure post as
chancellor of the Duchy of Lam
caster, was postmaster general and
became leader of the Labor party
after the retirement of George
Lansbury at a time when the job
was especially difficult and the
party was the smallest opposition
group in British history.
Though a history scholar and
well read, Attlee seldom f1aunts his
knowledge in speeches. Gibbon.
Meredith and Shakespeare are said
to be his favorite authors. When
he writes his speeches he drafts
them on a typewriter himself, then
usually passes them to some one
for criticism, which he often ac-
cepts
! nis.rihmted hv the Associated Press
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|. .PiccoIo

By Helen La Penta. (Har-
per'S; ST.
The effort of the author Of this
ShorC novel has been to re-create
for her readers the world of a child
She gives us Piccola, little girl,
at first hardly more than toddler
and carries us on nearly to the end
of the youngsters childhood. The
result is a work of varying quality
The first part, which deals alto
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fate-escapist reading, pure and
simple. 1t is illustrated by the
author with sketches as amusing as
the story.
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Mr.. Wilmer
By Robert LaWSon. little
Bro1On; ST.

reviewed Dy DODAlH ~ NElLb.
A thoroughly charming novel is
"Mr. Wilmer" 1t is the story of a
meek little man who discovers in
himself an amazing talent, that of
conversing with animals. From
being a minor clerk in a large cor
poration he becomes special animal
consultant for the ZOO, a celebrity
of great dimension, and a very
wealthy man. A touch of romance
is added by Miss Sweeney, a crinkly
nosed, blue-eyed secretary who first
puts his Office in order and then
straightens out his private life
Through all the sudden fame, the
adulation of the crowd and the
gratitude of his furry friends, Mr.
Wilmer remains shy, self-effacing
and lovable.
mfr. Wilmer" is not Historically
funny; 1t is humorous. It is free
from the horrors of war, the ad-
yersities Of life, the perversities Of
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A Guide on Alcoholism for Social
Workers, by Robert v. Seliger, M. D.
alcoholism Publications. Alcohol
ism viewed as a public health prob
lem. Intelligent.
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gether with the sights, sounds and
questions of Piccolas world, is
first rate. The world is an Italian
convent where the child has been
left by her widowed father. The
convent walls are literally the
boundaries of her universe. Miss
La Penta makes sensitive and
realistic picture of Piccola's reac-
tions to this quiet and peaceful en-
vironment. When, however, she has
the little girl removed by her father
to an American small town, she is
not so convincing. Neither Piccola
nor her companions in the new en-
vironment seem real. From begin
ming as serious and we'll executed
piece of realism, the work slips into
about the genre of magazine fiction.
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There Goes an Actor

By Alexander Grdndch. (Dou-
bledny, Doran, $2.75.J
Evening star., 1945-07-29
Reviewing The New Books
Revolt of the Munich
Students Against
The Nozi Regime
SIX OF THEM.

SIX OF THEM.
Bu Alfred Neumann. (Macmtl'
Ian; S2.75.J
By Mary-Crter Roberts
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more bonds, more power-mOre
strength to Eisenhower"
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Canadian Meat Rotioning
To Hinoe on Conference

OTTAWA. April 4 (Py.-The out
come of conferences to be held in
Washington, at which Canada will
be represented. is expected to govern
any action which may be taken on
the resumption of meat rationing In
the Dominion, 1t Is understood here
Under agreements signed yester-
day by Col. ]. j. Llewellin, British
Minister of Food, and Canadian Ag-
riculture Minister Gardiner, Britain
will take all the beef, bacon, ham and
eggs Canada can supply to the end
of 1916.
Meat rationing ended in Canada
February 20, 1914. The action taken
then was described as Temporary
and attributed primarily to short
ages in shipping space which limited
overseas exports.
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would work out a basis for a pro-
visional government which would
include all democratic elements.
Confident Of Solution.
This Government is doing its ut
most to implement those decisions
fully and promptly" Secretary Stet-
tinius said. Because OF the COM
plexity OF the problem and the many
interests involved, however, progress
has not been as rapid as we had
hoped for but am still confident
that fair solution will be reached.
II can assure you that the Ameri-
can member of the commission now
meeting in Moscow is consistently
and steadfastly working for the re-
establishment of Polish govern
ment that will be broadly repre-
sentative OF the Polish people and
the creation of conditions in Poland
that will permit the holding Of a
free and fair election"
The American representative on
the commission is Ambassador w.
Averell Hartman.
Evening star., 1945-04-04
Western Front
Continued From First Page.)

and the Waal Rhine and stood fac
ing Arnhem across the Rhine.
Showers drenched the front, CIV
Ing the Germans in Holland third
successive day in which to flee with
out the maximum lashing of Allied
air power. The Germans were do
ing just that they had massed
barges on shores of the Zuider Zee,
perhaps for an attempted water es-
cape
Bitter house fighting continued in
Kassel. 165 miles southwest of Ber-
lin. where masses of German planes
and tanks and locomotives have
helped power German armies for
the whole war. The 80th Division
Of the Sd Army won most of the
southern half of the city and fought
down the Wilhelmoehoe, Kassels
main street, through the heart of
the city from the west and east.
This cut KaSsel in two.
Gotha was the easternmost pene-
tration of the Sd Army. Associated
Press Correspondent Edward D. Ball
reported. On the left, the 9Th Ar
mored Division speared to Diedorf,
Is miles north of by-passed Eisen-
aCh, miles from Mulhausen and
l45 miles from Berlin. The Sd Army
liquidated 1000 Elite SIS troops in a
pocket northeast of Frankfurt on
the-Main, long since passed.
This was the Booth day after the
first invasion boats touched the
beaches of Normandy, and Gen.
Eisenhower declared in another de-
mand for German surrender:
The end is not far off"
Menace Increasing Hourly.
British tanks were more than
halfway from the Rhine to the Ger
man North Sea ports and hourly in
creasing the menace to such naval
bases as Bremen, about so miles
away; Wilhelmshaven and Ham
burg.
A partial news blackout was again
clamped on in the north by Field
Marshal Montgomery, portending
victorious developments
Gen. Patton'S Sd Army also en-
countered more resolute opposition
All the Allied armies, scores of miles
beyond the Rhine, had supply prob
lens.
The 7th Army's capture of Aschaf-
fenburg and the entry into Wuers-
burg. capital of Lower Franconia,
opened the path to Nuremberg.
Nazis Lose $50 Airports.
Since the Rhine crossing March 7,
The Germans have lost $50 airports,
Associated Press Correspondent Tom
Yarbrough reported from Gen.
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Bardley's headquarters. The Rus.
SionS have taken 80, Gen. Eisen.
lhower's armies 70.
German rail traffic yesterday wa:
almost at a standstill, rejecting the
cumulative results of persistent
bombings of bridges, rails, loco
motives and freight cars the dis
patch added.
The encircled Germans in the
Ruhr are estOated at between Ii
to 81 divisions. some in fairly good
strength but with few tanks. The
Germans still have not concentrated
anywhere on the rim of the trar
for a major breakthrough attempt
Mr.. Yarbrough said. The increased
estimate showed that a great num-
ber of the trapped men were the ILL
trained Volksturm
Fleets of CAT transport planes
were easing the Sd Army's supply
problem, now that the Sd Is 215 miles
inside Germany. Yesterday. for in
stance, the transports brought in al
Gen. Patton's gasoline requirements
and rations for one meal for his
whole army.
One column of the 9th Armoreo
Division pushed along the west bank
of the Frieda River to Heldra, Il
miles northwest of Eisenach. i'm
portant road and chemical city In
Thuringia. Eisenach, 16 miles west
of Gotha, was bypassed.
10-Mile Advance.
The 65th Division. identified fol
the first time in battles cas-. of the
Rhine. advanced 10 miles to a point
IA northwest of Eisenach. The 4th
Armored (Breakthrough) Division
gained 7 miles eastward to near
Oberhof. 16 miles south of Gotha.
Pressure from the Germans
trapped in the Ruhr eased along
the 1staArmy's left flank. The 9th
Division advanced miles northWard
to Oberkirchen, miles southwest
of Winterberg, where the enemy
offered his only strong overnight
attack. a,
While formal resistance decreased
on the 1st Army sector, there was
an annoying increase of sniping by
civilians.
The 1st Army widened its Sieg
River bridehead at the southeast
corner of the Ruhr pocket to IA
miles, capturing Siegen. The troops
moved miles northWard to Klafeld
Other villages cleared included
Nepthen. Benfe and Mudersbach.
Another link was forged with the
9Th Army at Westereiden. miles
southeast of Lippstadt Some 3.77l
prisoners surrendered to 1t. Gen
Courtney H Hodges troops in the
last "a hours.
The 18th Division of the 9Th Army
crossed the Dortmund-Em Canal
and reached Waltrop in the Muens-
ter district.
Battle Through Forest.
The 9th Army's I'd Armored Hell
on Wheels Division fought clear
through the Teutoberger Wald in
six places and moved toward the
Weser to join the 5th Armored
Division.
The French Army captured the
important rail town of Bruchsal, IL
mills northeast of Karlsruhe before
entering the larger city. The French
took 200 prisoners, liberated several
hundred Allied captives and de-
stroyed so antitank guns in single
action
The Americans captured KEELING
hansen and Ostereiben, II miles
southwest of Paderborn, in squeez-
ing down the Ruhr pocket At
Blankenrode, near Paderborn, a
four-man American patrol captured
81 German soldiers, mostly boys of
Is or II who had fought as long as
any SIS troops stayed to keep an eye
on them.
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of early victory in Europe holds little
hope" for a cut in its needs.
Mr.. Patterson asserted the prob
lem of feeding liberated and occu-
pied areas will increase tremen-
dously" and that troops In Europe
will require increasing quantities of
such perishable foods as meats and
fresh dairy products.
Declaring the Army has altered
its claims to avoid serious impact
on civilian supplies. Mr.. Patterson
said it does not subscribe to the
theory that military requirements
must invariably be given first pri-
ority.'
Sow Slaughter Debated.
The question Of diverting sows into
slaughter pens to help satisfy cur
rent needs is figuring prominently
in a debate within the War Food
Administration over future livestock
production programs.
Some oficials within VIA are
urging a fall pig production goal of
100000 head, 20 per cent in
crease over last falls small crop
These pigs. however, would not be
ready for market before the spring
of 1916.
Such an increase would have an
adverse effect on pork supplies this
summer, because sows which other
wise could be sold for slaughter
during the next few months would
have to be held for breeding pur-
poses.
Final decision on the fall pig pro-
duction goal may hinge in part on
the outcome of current discussions
among the United Nations. These
are seeking to determine whether
available supplies are being so used
as to meet military requirements
and to provide a fair distribution
among civilian groups.
High-ranking British food officials
are among those taking part in the
closed-door talks.
Black Market Apprehension.
Senator Wherry. Republican. OF
Nebraska voiced the black market
apprehension, particularly regard
ing meat, saying:
1T is obvious that the scarcer the
product, the more chance for the
black market"
The Nebraskan commented on
testimony received by the Senate
committee yesterday from Col
Olmstead that minimum lease lend
and relief food requirements cannot
be met without further reduction
of civilian consumption in the
United States and Cana&a.
Col. Olmstead indicated his own
concern over possible increase in
black marketing, saying the feasibil-
ity of further reductions Is largely
a matter of whether means can be
devised for "a sufficiently equitable
distribution Of the reduced supply"
Senator Wherry told reporters
that, as he understands Col Ohm
stead's testimony, there is no cer-
tainty that civilians now are get
ting the amounts OF meat estimated
for them.
Another development yesterday
was a Canadian statement that the
United States had made no oficial
request "for the importation of
meat from Canada to the United
States" except for dressed poultry.
The Canadian official who brought
up the matter was G. r. Patterson,
member of the United States-Brit-
ish-C Canadian food board.
Col. Olmstead read letter in
which Mr.. Paterson called very
misleading" an earlier statement by
Col Olmstead that the United
States had been unable to obtain
meat from Canada.
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London Porley to Discuss
Empire Economic Solidarity

LONDON, April P.-Britain
mustered diplomatic representatives
from her dominions for an explora-
tory meeting opening today to weld
empire solidarity-particularly on
economic problems-in preparation
for the San Francisco Conference.
The meeting, with no public dis
cussions planned, will begin in an
atmosphere. of uncertainty over
whether possible war developments
may delay the April Is world secu-
rity assembly.
Talk that We day might come
before April's end was increased by
the presence mere of White House
advisors Bernard Baruch and Ed
ward j. Flynn, both on secret mis-
sionS. London police were known to
have been placed on one-hour call
for victory celebration work and an
authoritative British source said
its only common sense to realize
that things may happen which will
necessitate its (the world confer
enceS) poStponement."
Evening star., 1945-04-04
Big Three 10 Evolve
Fair Polish Solution,
Stettinius Tells Taft
Py the Associated Press.

Ry the Associated Press.
Secretary of State Stettinius to-
day wrote Senator Taft, Republican,
of Ohio that he is confident "a fair
solution will be reached by a three
nation commission on composition
of a provisional Polish government.
Senator Taft had written the Sec
retary urging that this Government
refuse approval to any provisional
government which is predominantly
under the influence of the Russian
government or Is not proportionate-
ly representative OF the Polish
people"
1T seems to me-" Senator Taft
SAID in his letter, that the test Of
that government can be found in
its treatment OF the underground
army and the Polish armies fighting
with the United Nations in Italy
and elsewhere"
Shares Concern.
He said that stories now are COM
ing out of Poland telling of the
arrest of members OF the Polish
underground and their shipment to
Russian concentration camps"
1T would be tragic error" he
stated, "for the United States to
recognize any government under
whose rule the existing Polish
armies would be unable or afraid
to return to Poland"
Replying that he shared the con-
cern which Senator Taft had ex-
pressed about the Polish situation,
Mr.. Stettinius said he was satisfied
that the decisions reached at the
.Crimea Conference among Presi-
dent Roosevelt, Prime Minister
Churchill and Premier Stain were
sound"
At that meeting the Big Three
agreed that their representatives
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Robbery
Continued From First Page.)

to his Investigations, Skrezcowski
had been living in Philadelphia be-
fore Easter The mans car, which
Newark police now hold, has Penn
sylyaria license plates. Also found
in the car were two coils Of radar
wire.
The robbery here of the bank en-
ployes, Arthur L. Phillips, Al, and
T. Gray Goode, A, took place As
they were transferring change funds
from the bank at Seventh and C
streets NV. to S. Kann Sons Co.
department store
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Continued From First Page.)

now and less next year or less now
and more in 1916.
Slaughter of Breeding Hogs.
The possibility that this country
may have to slaughter breeding hogs
in order to meet current needs was
disclosed as:
l One Senator investigating food
shortages expressed concern that
any further cut in civilian supplies
might spur black market operations;
2. The Army said it needs 20 per
cent more food this year than last
and that it will take IL per cent of
the available supply, estimated at
280, 600, ,000, 900 pounds. and
3. United Nations representatives
discussed ways of better sharing
their food.
European Peace No Help.
The Army's food estimate figures
were given by Undersecretary of War
Patterson. who said the possibility
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THE EVENING STAR, Washington D. C.'*' A
4.

to her room and found it locked.
Smelling gas, he notified police.
Policemen Lester Park and G. 8.
Price of the sixth precinct kicked
down the door and found Mrs. Moody
unconscious near an open gas Jet.
They applied artificial respiration
Immediately and revived her.
Removed to Gallinger Hospital,
her condition was reported fair.
Evening star., 1945-04-04
Yanks Take Tawitawi,
Japs' Base in Su|us,
80 Miles Off Borneo
By the Associated Press.

MANILA, April 4-Borneo and
its great petroleum and rubber re-
sources lay only 80 miles south of
jungle-wise veterans of the Ameri-
can 9th Army today They won
strategic control of the japanese
naval base of Tawitawi at the south
ern tip of the Sulu Archipelago with
hardly a fight Monday
Elements of Maj. Gen. Jens A.
Does 4lst tSunSeD Division, aided
by guerrillaS, also captured two air.
fields on Sangasanga Island and
took possession of neighboring Bon
gao Island with virtually no oppoSi-
ton, Gen. Macarthur reported to-
day.
Warships of the 7th Fleet, boldly
courSing through waters which once
provided the Japanese with a major
feet anchorage and refueling depot,
laid down a heavy bombardment be-
fore the landing, while Navy planes
provided close support to the land
ing force.
jap Position JeOpardized.
The daring thrust carried invad-
ing Doughboys 200 miles southwest
of Mindanao. Gen. Macarthur said
the strike seriously jeopardizes the
enemy's main position in the Sulu
Archipelago at Jolo."
American losses were reported as
small.
Gen. Does infantrymen, veterans
OF Biak. Wakde, New Guinea and
the rapid-fire Zamboanga cam
paign. lost no time in taking possess
sion of the Sanga Sanga airfields.
One runway was 1000 feet long, suit
able for fighter planes and trans
ports.
On Luzon, 14th Corps troops
cleaning out the southern part of
the island captured San Pablo
provincial capital of Laguna and
rich coconut producing and proc
eSSing center
With San Pablo's capture only
two large Philippine cities remain
in Japanese hands-Bavao on East
ern Mindanao and Baguio in North
LuzOn.
The 158th Regimentaf Combat
Team, which landed at Legaspi on
Bicol Peninsula Sunday, pushed pa
trolls Is miles north and 81 miles
northwest in two concentric move
ments. Some machinegun and rifle
fire was encountered in cleaning out
a band of Japs southwest of Legaspi
town.
Mopping Up Continues.
Throughout the Visayas American
invasion forces were rapidly mop
ping up the enemy. On Cebu troops
of the American division destroyed
So pillboxes in high ground near
Lahog airdrome. Gen Macarthur
claimed control of all of the island
except the foothills northwest of
Cebu city. Likewise all of Negros
Island was claimed except the
northwestern tip from Silay to
Fabrica and the isolated port town
of Dumaguete on the southeast
coast.
The island of Panay practically
was cleared of the enemy, Gen.
Macarthur reported.
Fifth Air Force bombers attacking
Formosas eastern coast pounded
three airdromes, hitting fuel dumps
and destroying some parked planes.
Fighter bombers belabored rail-
roads. factories and power plants
Navy search planes destroyed or
damaged three small freighters and
river boat in the China Sea.
Navy patrol bombers bombed and
left dead in the water Japanese
destroyer escort off Southwest For
mosa and sank a 10000-ton tanker
off Hong Kong The 18th Air Force
smashed anew at Borneo airfield
and fired a 7,000-ton freighter in
Brunei BAY.
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Housekeeper Rescued
From C5us-EiIled Room

Quick action by two policemen in
applying artificial respiration today
probably saved the life of Mrs. Mae
Moody, 30, housekeeper for Joseph
w. Shipley, retired policeman, of SOB
Kennedy street NV.
When Mrs Moody did not appear
for breakfast, Mr.. Shipley went up