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Evening star., 1945-01-30

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Whether Henry A. Wallace is con-
firmed as Secretary of Commerce or
not, it is apparent he has lost his fight
to handle the vast RFC funds. And by
the same token, Jesse H. Jones, whom
President Roosevelt sidetracked to pay
Mr.. Wallace political debt, has won
his fight to keep Mr.. Wallace's hands
off these funds
1t was against placing Mr.. Wallace
in control of the Governments lending
agency that Mr.. Jones protested in his
now famous letter to the President. His
contention was that Mr.. Wallace is not
fitted by business experience to have
charge of these financial operations, or
to deal with the great Government
manufacturing plant holdings after the
war
The Senate Commerce Committee,
having heard both Mr.. Jones and Mr..
Wallace, came to the conclusion that
Mr.. Jones was right Further, it has
been ascertained that a majority of
the Senate feels the same way. So
the Wallace supporters are seeking
desperately to have the George bill,
stripping the Commerce Department Of
the lending agencies, passed in the
belief that the Senate will then agree
to let Mr.. Wallace serve as Secretary
Of Commerce.
Mr.. Wallace sought to convince the
committee and the Senate that he was
qualified by experience to handle this
financial business. He went further
and pleaded that II he were put In
charge, he would see to 1t that loans,
particularly in the postwar period, were
made to millions of small business con-
cerns-charging that the RFC, under
Jones' direction, had been run for the
benefit of big business alone. He made
much of the fact that while he was
Secretary of Agriculture agencies under
that department made 5000, 900 900 or
more loans-of which he said he was
very proud. His friends, among them
Mrs. Roosevelt In her newspaper column,
have pictured Mr.. Wallace as man of
considerable business experience based
on these loans, made by agencies under
his general supervision. The record
shows, however, that neither the Farm
Credit Administration, the Federal Farm
Mortgage Corporation, the Commodity
Credit Corporation nor the Rural Elec-
trification Administration was under
Evening star., 1945-01-30
General Leur's New Job

There have been several versions
Of the duties to be taken over by
Lieutenant General Ben Lear in his
new post as deputy commander OF
American forces under General
Eisenhower. ALI OF them probably
are correct.
Some have it that he is to relieve
General Eisenhower of his present
administrative load, which invari-
ably tends to tie the hands and
exhaust the energies of military
commander. According to other re-
ports, General Lear will be expected
to take up the slack in Army disci-
pline. and. more particularly. to
straighten out the serious problems
posed by soldiers going AWOL or
venturing into Europe's thriving
black market. A third, and probably
most significant, version is that he
will be given the task of revamping
the Army organization to help satisfy
the tremendous need" for infantry
requirements.
It seems clearly evident that the
infantry's role in this war was un-
derestimated. and that the Army
now Is paying the price of that mis-
take. Until quite recently the major
emphasis was put on channeling the
cream of this country's young men
into the air forces or the Navy. The
infantry, apparently, was supposed
to fight its battles with the men who
were left after the supply of youthful
volunteers had been virtually ex-
hausted, but experience has shown
that to have been highly erroneous
conception.
Hard ground fighting like that on
the western front requires the best
men. The older men and those who
are not the best physical specimens
cannot stand up under the rigors of
winter warfare. as is evidenced by
the fact that our infantry casualties
OF a noncombat nature have been
extremely heavy. When to these are
added our battle casualties also
heavy-the urgency of the call for
infantry requirements is readily un-
derstandable.
The solution of this problem, with
the others. calls for a man who is
able, aggressive and experienced.
Fortunately, General Lear has all of
these qualifications.
Evening star., 1945-01-30

The German defense plan in the east,
undoubtedly hastily revised In order to
meet the changing conditions brought
about by Russian successes, continues to
be based on COMPRISING the Russian
advance In the center by holding areas
to the fianks.
The Russians, therefore. must still
direct their main efforts, not straight
west toward Berlin, but northwest and
southwest against the German thanking
defenses. To advance straight west with
out pushing back these defenses would
mean a narrowing of their front until
the danger point was reached, when Ger
man flank attacks could cut on the Rus
sian spearheads.
This was the German experience In
the Ardennes. They could not break
down the Allied defenses on the Ho-
hevenn and along the Meuse and they
could not take Bastogne and fan out to
the southwest. So long as this was so
the extent of their westward advance In
the center did not matter very much;
indeed the farther they went the greater
their peril. A great part of the German
loss in the Ardennes battle was due to
inability to extricate the troops which
had gone too far west between the firmly
held flanks.
The immediate shape of the German
defense plan brings into the picture
the old fortress plan of Imperial Ger
many before 1914. The Germans Of that
day fully recognized that East Prussia
formed military salient which it might
be impossible to defend against con-
centric Russian attacks. Their second
line of defense, therefore, was formed
on the lower Vistula. 1t depended on
the fortresses Of Danzig, Dirschau
(Tzcew), Graudenz and Thorn (Torun),
with certain special defenses for the
other river crossings. It was to this
line that Gen. Won Prittwitz proposed
to withdraw the German 9th Army
late in August, 1914, after his defeat
at Gumbinnen- this was prevented
by Hindenburg, who relieved him.
Southwest of Graudenz, the new Ger
man defense line is apparently based
on improvised defense Of two major
rail and road centers, Chojnice and
Schneidemuhl, the latter of which Is
reported under siege by the Russians.
These two positions prolong the Ger
man defense zone toward the middle
Oder.
In this area the Russian objective is
apparently to bypass Torun and
Graudenz and drive north toward Dam
zig through the old Polish Corridor, west
Of the Vistula, while extending the
area Of break-through By attacking
Evening star., 1945-01-30
Season

NoD IN the thin strained homer OF
dutumndl sun
While tridescent pigeons nutter sottly
on the ,Ddlk,
The old men on park bencheA under
the leafess trees
Warm their thin hands n,ontentnrtlv
tn quiet talk.
Whatever they say has been said q
thousand times;
The Dords do not matter notD, only
the act OF speech,
Only the mind that seeks ,DGrm embers
of another mind,
The reaching OF cold hands briefly,
each to each.
And In midatternoon they sIoply rise
to 90 their tDdys,
Leaning In silence, sensing an epentn1
chill in aging bones;
NotD only the strident laughter OF
children cuts the air,
Only the hedrtless scream OF roller
skates on stones.
FREDERICK EBRIGHT.
Evening star., 1945-01-30
An Experiment Works

The annual meeting tonight of the
Health Security Administration will
mark the tenth anniversary of a
highly successful experiment in
practical, organized philanthropy.
First known as the Central Ad-
m1ttlng Bureau for Hospitals, the
experiment was undertaken in the
depression year of 1884 in an attempt
to find solution of triple problem
in connection with disqualification of
underprivileged citizens. Lump sums
allocated for this purpose by the
Community Chest were inadequate
to meet the demand; physicians were
administering clinical and hospital
care to many patients, as indigents,
who should have been able to pay at
least portion of the cost, and the
hospitals were rendering a service
far in excess of the amount they
received from the Community Chest,
thus increasing their deficits.
Establishment of a Central Ad-
mitting Bureau Immediately elimi-
mated much waste resulting from
duplicated and sometimes quadru-
pllcate preparation of case histories
and diagnoses. 1t was also shown
that, given a method of doing it.
many patients hitherto accepted as
indigents were ready and willing to
pay some part of the cost of hospital
and medical expense. And it soon
was recognized that a Central Ad-
mitting Bureau was better equipped
than the individual hospitals to de-
eide a patients ability and willing
ness to pay.
After ten years, collections from
the patients are more than sufficient
to maintain operating costs of
the Health Security Administration.
Funds received from the Community
Chest are thus going further than
ever before to meet the actual costs
Of disqualification. The hospitals are
benefting by reduced Aloss (al-
though the loss is yet to be elini-
nated for charity patients" and
physicians are not being imposed
upon by unwarranted demand for
volunteer services. One indirect re-
suit has been the practical demon
stration that most people would
rather help themselves than receive
that help free. The whole undertak-
ing is unique in that it is essentially
a postpayment, rather than prepay
ment, plan for medical care.
We are passing through a period of
revolutionary thought as to ways
and means of improving medical and
hospital care of all the people, and
the postwar years will see many de-
velopments in this field. The Health
Security Administration, organized
as nonprofit, philanthropic organ
ization under representative board
OF citizens, has contributed some
thing of value by its own progress
toward partial solution of the
problem OF meeting legitimate costs
OF medical and hospital care, pre-
serving, meanwhile. the individuals
choice of his own physician, the
character of our voluntary hospitals
and the self-respect of patients in
need Of outside help.
Evening star., 1945-01-30

matte circles in London and else
where interpret the announcement
as an indication that the Norwegian
"Quislings" are about to be either
left with only a minimum of German
support or fatty abandoned to a fate
which will come swiftly from their
enraged countrymen. The chances
are. therefore, that the five-year
servitude of the Norwegian people is
drawing rapidly to a close.
Evening star., 1945-01-30
Powerful Trio
ON the st. Louis Post-Dispatch,

From the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
It's high time for coherent Allied
policy to be worked out by the Big
Three. We refer. Of course, to Pravda,
Readers Digest and the Army and Navy
journal.
Evening star., 1945-01-30
The Germons in Moscow

The Germans in Moscow
It is a plausible speculation that at
their next meeting President Roose-
velt. Prime Minister Churchill and
Premier Marshal Stain may not
only call upon Germany to surrender
Immediately but may also recognize
the so-called League of German
Generals in Moscow as kind of de
facto authority with which to do
business.
The league, known also as the Free
Germany Committee, has been ac-
lively working for the overthrow of
Hitler and for the capitulation of the
Reich ever since the Red Army's
great and far-reaching victory at
Stalingrad two years ago. Made up
chiefly of numerous high officers
captured by the Russians, its most
prominent spokesman at first was
General Walther Won Seydlitz, but
within recent months Field Marshal
Frederick Won Paulus-the COM
mander at Stalingrad and a man
whose name must impress the Ger
man masses-seems to have become
top leader. At any rate, it is he who
is now being mentioned as a likely
candidate to head provisional Ger
man government in East Prussia.
regime whose functions could pre-
sumably be expanded to cover the
whole of Germany after the fall of
Berlin.
Though still in the realm of rumor
and surmise, the possibility of such
development makes sense on at
least three grounds: First, because
there is good reason to believe Hitler
when he says that the Nazis will
never capitulate and because group
of outstanding anti-Hitler generals
might therefore be an essential
mechanism in working out surren-
der; second, because some form of
German authority will be needed to
cooperate with our Allied occupying
forces, and third, because it is doubt
full that the Won Paulus-Von Seydlitz
committee, after having been so we'll
organized and after having been
active for so many months, will
vanish into thin air at this crucial
point
The Russians. we can be reason
ably sure, have not permitted these
high officers to band together and
take the action they have taken-in-
cluding possibly direct underground
negotiation with other German COM
manders still with the Wehrmacht-
merely to put them on the shelf now,
at a moment when they might con-
ceivably be of great service in pre-
cipitating the final military collapse
OF the Reich. 1t is quite possible, of
course. that American and British
policy may rule out a Big Three
agreement on giving the organiza-
ton some special and extraordinary
status, but the idea-superflcially at
least-seems to be inviting enough
to figure Importantly on the agenda
OF the impending Roosevelt Church.
ill-Stalin conference.
History has reached a point where
almost anything can happen. With
the Nazi press gloomily saying that
the next eight days will be decisive,
with Harry Hopkins on a mysterious
mission taking him to London, Paris,
Vatican City and probably Moscow,
and with the current spate OF rumors
about the dissident German gen.
erals, the international atmosphere
seems so charged with electrifying
potentialities that although there is
no ground for excessive optimism,
there is certainly reason to feel that
some of the wars most dramatic
events may even now be in the max
ing and that they may break upon
us suddenly and soon.
Evening star., 1945-01-30

Many 2-Bs face reclassification to
LAS. 1t is up to their draft boards
to provide the answer to an old
shakespearean question--2-B or not
2-B
Evening star., 1945-01-30
Wants Industry Socialized

WantS lnQuStTy oOC1dl1ZeQ
To the Editor Of The Star:
Labor CONSUMPTION evidently is going
to be too hard a problem for Congress
to solve. It would be easy, If the war
industries were owned publicly, for
then the conscripts would be serving
their country at first hand, like soldiers.
Forcing them to work for the profit
of private employers Is too much like
slavery, and it will be hard to manage
1t in democratic way.
But force need not be used. Private
business has to be wasteful of labor
power, for the habit is inveterate and
only Government management can
change 1t. Some unemployment and
some waste labor are necessary to
business for profit, so we might as well
make the best of 1t.
Priorities can convert useless workers
into war workers. Shut of supplies to
firms making luxury articles, and their
employees will be glad to get war jobs.
No new laws and no CONSUMPTION are
necessary. A. CRAIG.
Evening star., 1945-01-30

Of immortality In the increasing
folklore Of the American Nation. He
will be cited and quoted long years
from now.
Evening star., 1945-01-30

To the Editor of The star:
1t is to be regretted that Represents
tive Bolton did not get the facts at
Walter Reed.
These are not Army nurses, but
civilian nurses, who are required by the
authorities at the hospital for the first
"A to 48 hours, or longer for serious
cases, after an operation when q patient
needs constant watching for adverse re-
actions which might mean her life, If
not checked in time.
There could have been only few
nurses involved as there are only q
few beds available for Army officers
and soldiers families.
If the Army is desperately in need
Of nurses, it would stand to reason that
an Army hospital would be the last
place where any waste of nurses could
take place. I'm.
Evening star., 1945-01-30

To the Editor Of The Star:
A great many people, on reading the
interview with Representative Bolton.
to which you gave so prominent place
In The Star, viii infer that the abund-
ance OF nurses she speaks of are Army
nurses who have been assigned to GER
tain woman patients as special nurses.
Such, of course, Is not the case. Any
patient in Walter Reed Hospital, who,
in the opinion Of her doctor, requires
a special nurse engages one in the same
manner and az the same fee that a
patient in any other hospital in the
city would have to.
Just why the wives of Army men
should be deprived of such nursing,
Representative Bolton does not make
clear, nor has she, I imagine, figured
out just how much luxury" nursing
the average Army wife could indulge in.
I never have been patient in Walter
Reed Hospital, but I have spent q good
deal Of time there, and I think that If
Representative Bolton had had the
time (or inclination) to give as much
volunteer service there as many of us
have, she would be more able to under
stand conditions. ARMY WIFE.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-11-22
Survivors of the Big Boom

DR.. Einstein says that two-thirds of
the human race may be wiped out
some day by atomic bombs, but that
there will always be. enough think
ing men and books left to start all
over again" Nice talk! And, any
how, we will bet the professor a box
of cigars against a fifty-word explain
alton of the theory of relatively that
the thinking men" who survive will
be left with their thinking apparatus
too twisted to do anything.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-11-22
BY VIRGINIA VALE
Released by Western Newspaper Un

BY VIRGINIA VALE
DAIRY FITZGERALD, re-
~ hearsing for his role of
Judge Fitz'' in ellis Honor
the Barber" remarked eff
I'd known how much work
radio is I'd never have gone
into it." Guest appearances
hadn't prepared him for all
that toll. Incidentally, they
had a deal of trouble finding
the right microphone for that brogue
of his-fnally found an old one that
filters some of it out. But the brogue
comes in handy in Third Avenue"
the Paramount picture he's working
in with Sonny Tufts and Diana Lynn.
3
It was only after a long, long
search that William S. Keighley was
chosen to succeed Cecil B. DeMille
as producer of that radio theater
program. Keighley did some fine
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-11-22
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80 BY H. J. PHHLLPSA6 d
RADIO TREATS FOR G.I.s

(Servicemen frequently ask for spe.
cifc radio br0adcdSts. One man asked
for Lana Turner and the sounds of
steak sizzIing.-NetUs item.
Out in the tough routine of war
Out where we're cooking con one
burner"
This of the airwaves 1 implore-
Gimme steak and Lana Turner!
Out where the Japs now shed their
tears,
Out where the Krauts discern their
betters,
Know what will get my Ioudest
cheers? -.
Filet mignon-and certain sweat
ers!
What do 1 pine for on the air?
Opera, forums, night club mites?
Solos and talks on falling hair?
Pep talks by people in their fifties?
Plugs for physic or q beer?
Songs by some dOg-track Myrt or
MdDCls
Gimme the sound of br0iling steak,
Simmering spuds and Betty
Cradle!
Market reports and q campaign
talk?
Uplifting stuff by great musicians?
Quizzes? Away from all I walk!
Phooey on facts and statisticians!
News from the game the Dodgers
cop?
Okay with me, but I'd rather take,
kid,
Sizzling sounds from red-hot chop
Likewise the same from Veronica
Lake, kid!
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-11-22

pictures-"G George Washington Slept
Here" ''The Man Who Came to
Dinner" etc.-before he went into
the army. He's working now on II
Love You Truly" based on the life
of Carrie Jacobs Bond.
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Maureen O'Hara's sister makes
her film debut in RKO's forthcom-
ing British production, "Hote1 Re-
serve Her names Clare Hamilton,
and like her famous sister, she at
tended the Abbey Dramatic school.
Maureen's next is "The Spanish
Main"
Dinah Shores trying something
different - the singing hostess of
''Dinah Shores Open House," over
NBC, will star in Sinclair Lewis
''Bongo" for Walt Disney. She'll act
as narrator, sing several songs, and
appear before the cameras.
3
Olga San Juan has an odd claim
to fame-she's Fred Astaire's last
screen dancing partner, as he's re-
firing from picture-making after
'Blue Skies" But Gene Kelly, whose
dancing is as inspired as Astaire's,
saves the day for movie-goers. Both
the "Alter Ego" number in "Cover
Girl" in which he danced with him
self, and the sequence in Anchors
Aweigh' in which he dances with an
animated cartoon character, were
conceived, staged and directed by
Kelly. Furthermore, the lad can act
who can ask for anything more?
An animated cartoon character,
Mike" steals Columbia's "She
Wouldn't Say Yes" right out from
under the noses of Rosalind Russell,
Lee Bowman and Adele Jergens.
People are saying it's the best one
since Mickey Mouse was born.
ODDS AND ENDS-Comes t0ord
that Bling Crosby will probably return
to The air the first OF the year. -. Ac-
cording to the latest reports, art Link
letters CHS blouse Party" hos the high
est sponsor Identification OF any day.
time shoU on the air. :. Leo Cotcher,
called the morlds champion square
dance caller, and his wife, Winnie. dp-
pear in RKO's "Bddn1an's Territory"
Carol StesOart, .pocalist on Marlin
Hurts ~Beuloh" shqp, tDas a sound et-
tects girl only fve mouths ago; she's re.
Gently signed 10th Century Foa con.
tract. ;. /. Those ,ptossve seen "Tars and
Spars" say Aired brakes better in it
than he was in "OksQh0mQ,'
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-11-22
REVIEW OF A NEW
AUTOMOBILE

The first 1916 model-automobile
has been unveiled to the public.
Thousands visited the showroom,
and shouts of joy went up as the
American buying public saw the
many new features. These included
tenders on both sides, bumpers in
the proper position and brakes that
really worked.
Departures from the trend of the
last four years were numerous,
marked leaning toward having the
chassis directly in line with the body,
instead of partly askew being spe-
cially noteworthy.
Further sensations included ex-
haust pipes that were not dangling,
and a tendency to have all shackles
and bolts in the proper position.
Nothing like this had been seen on
automobiles since Pearl Harbor, and
the reception was terrific.
Outstanding innovations, too, were
windshields with the glass intact,
wipers that really worked by press
ing little gadget, as directed, and
a dashboard clock that did not reg
lister 8:15 permanently.
-
The first view of the new wonder
car made it plain that score of
surprises were in store for the man
who has been driving what has
passed as an automobile since 1941.
For one thing-and this is impOr-
tant-doors are back! Definitely!
Much comment was caused by the
discovery that after closing the door
windows you can no longer stick
your hand out without lowering 1t
again. The public is expected to get
used to this after a while. The idea
of having one or more panes of glass
missing has been completely
dropped.
Statesmen explained, however, that
if customers through habit wished
to have a door with the glass miss
ing, they could arrange it.
Nineteen forty-six models will
have paint on all parts, much Of it
with a gloss. Steering gears will be
quite firm, it being no longer neces-
sary to give them four or five COM
plete turns to control the wheels.
General approval of the new cars
was expressed; but there was one
sigh of disappointment. 1t was dis
covered that the companies would
make no departure from the 35-
year rule of never providing jack
or kit of tools adequate for even
a minor repair.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-11-22

Gene Tunney says that he thinks the
Louis.Conn fight will be a fasco, due
to the fact the boys soiL meet after four
years a,Uay from real competition. Mr..
Tunney has the quaint idea that a fight
promoter today ,Uorries over details like
these.