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Evening star., 1945-02-26
On the Record
By Dorothy Thompson

War and the Working Glass" continu-
ing the Soviet press campaign against
American journalists, has accused sew
eral journalists, including myself, of
spreading poisonous rumors," "struc-
ture of lies" and myth" about the
Free German Committee and Union
Of German Officers in Moscow by sug-
gesting that these groups might form
the basis for a post-Hitler German gov
ernment.
Now what does War and the Working
Class want? Shall I recant? Shall I
say:
l. There never was a Free German
Committee headed by Eric Weinert,
and Soviet neWsreels released here
showing him surrounded by his collab-
orators are fiction?
2. There never was d Union of Ger
man Oficers headed by Gen. Won Seid-
htz, broadcasting regularly to Ger
many as recorded by the FEC, appeal
ing to German officers and soldiers to
overthrow Hitler and help recreate
new German republic?
g. Shall say that Miss Ella Winter,
well-known apologist for the Soviets,
never brought from Moscow accounts
of the activities of these committees and
her articles in the New York Post on
the eve of Yalta were Pigments OF
imagination?
4. Marshal Stain never spoke the
following words on November 6, 1912:
>"It is not our aim to destroy Ger
many, just as it would be impossible to
destroy Russia, but the Hitlerite state
can and should be destroyed. That
cannibal Hitler said, We shall continue
the war until Russia ceases to have an
organized military force That would
appear clear but illiterate. It is not our
aim to destroy all military force in
Germany, for every literate person will
understand that this is not only i'm
possible in regard to Germany as it is
in regard to Russia, but it is also inad-
visable from the viewpoint of the flu
ture. But Hitler's army can and should
be destroyed"
S. The manifesto of the Free German
Committee of July, 1943, as printed in
the Soviet press, was an optical illusion.
and did not contain the following
words:
''The formation of a genuine national
German government Is the most urgent
task of the people. Only such govern
ment can bring peace. This government
must be strong, and possess the neces-
Evening star., 1945-02-26
This Changing World
By Constantine Rrown

Dispatches from Greece report that
the entire population is suffering in
tensely from the lack Of food and other
essential supplies ranging from medi-
cine to clothing.
The situation In certain sections Of
France Is equally as bad and real
famine threatens Southern France.
The situation in other liberated
countries is no better. All available re-
ports indicate the suffering Of the rank
and file of the population is undergoing
the worst privations known in modern
history
Nevertheless, in applying for assist
ance In Washing N the French and
Greek governm, Its are placing the
sending of arms and ammunitions as
the No. priority.
Last week q dispatch from Athens
reported that the new Greek govern
ment was asking for leaSe-lend as soon
as possible but was stressing the i'm
portance of receiving military equip
ment ahead of anything else.
The French have Just signed q lease
lend agreement with the United States
for a sum approximating $2,50O, ,OO0. 900.
This represents about twice the amount
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ty the republic possesses In this coun-
try.
From the previous statements of the
leaders of the French government, a
large part OF this amount will have to
be spent on arming at least 10 and
probably more new French divisions.
The European war is drawing to an
end. No one can say how much longer
the German resistance. will continue.
The situation, however, Us entirely diff
ferent from what it was last summer
and fall. Allied armies are on German
soil in the east and the west. Hence
forth, the German forces must rely on
the reserve supplies they have been
able to gather in Germany and cannot
count on any oil and food from the
former satellites who are now in the
Allied camp.
Within the next two months the
United Nations will gather at San
Francisco to afflx their signatures to an
agreement for a new world security Or
ganization. This Is intended to pre-
vent wars for many years to come.
The burden of responsibility for pre-
venting further aggression will be on
Evening star., 1945-02-26

sonably near they still find 1t nee
essary to broaden the scope of in
ductions, and they are unanimously
agreed that such things as the
nursing requirements Of our armed
forces can no longer be met on a
volunteer basis and that firm man
power controls on the home front
are needed now more than ever.
Their testimony is the testimony Of
experts-impressive and convincing
enough to sober any one who sup
poses that the prospective defeat OF
Germany means that we shall be
able to relax all along the line and
fight japan with half measures.
Evening star., 1945-02-26
lndiun Potter

She walks among tall reeds along the
. riper;.
Her moccasins leare pictures in the
sand,
The gathered shells as pale as yucca
lilies
Look all the ,Dhiter In her dark bro,on
hand.
How scintillating is the white-sheu
potoder!
Into moist clay she pours the starry
dust.
Deity her Indian fingers moue They
fashion
Thc,gredt. smooth botul Her thumb
nail marks the crust
OF clay ,Uith lightning. arrop. and uith
antler;
She marks thereon the Daterfun. the
And prayers whispered By her heart are
spoken
By the hand made, hcort-made not.
terry aloud.
ROSE MYRA PHILIPPE.
Evening star., 1945-02-26
Letters to The Star

Pvt. Kaplan in Holland Wants
Home Front Support of War
To the Editor Of The Star:
Attached, please find q clipping that,
after eight consecutive months of COM
bat duty, finally has knocked the moral
props out from under me. Editors
note: The clipping referred to deals
with delay In Senate consideration Of
limited national service legislation.)
In those eight months I have been
a member of almost every conceivable
type of ground force unit. ! hold the
Purple Heart and Oak Leaf Cluster.
However, not single day OF duty has
been lost, by me, due to illness or in
jury. Although am proud of that rec
ord, 1t isn't rare. I've stated 1t to show
my interest in this case.
The reaction of the average man
here is very resentful regarding that
article. It makes men here feel un-
fortunate that they were mentally and
physically At to represent their coun-
try. Laxity of that type on the home
front sewers many Of the bonds which
we have with home We hope the
people at home enjoy themselves as
much as they can, but since they won't
back us to the extremes demanded by
this war, make it compulsory. Our
interest is to get done and go home.
Is this the soldiers private war or
is America behind us? We are rationed
on many things. Some are commodities
about which we don't complain. We
know there's war on. However, when
that rationing includes to the point of
want such items as shells, bullets,
X-ray film, penicillin and grenades,
I stop and wonder Is there anyone at
home who will pioneer the fight on the
home front as the boys here are cru
Sading for America?
have seen the aforementioned short
ages myself. I think that bill should
be passed, and fast. If you see things
as I do, start a crusade and let's get
this war done with.
PVT. H. r. KAPLAN,
Med. Department, U. s. Army.
Holland.
Evening star., 1945-02-26
No Time for Half Measures

1t is possible that the war in Eu-
rope will be over in late spring or
early summer, or even before then
but there will still be a tremendous
war to be waged against Japan, and
the Army and Navy will need men in
vast numbers for many months to
come. The new Selective Service
directive on draft registrants in the
30-through-33 age bracket is a real
istic recognition of that fact. The
arithmetic of the situation demands
it. With an additional 100000 to be
inducted in the first half of this
year, and with the 18-to-25 group
almost exhausted and the 26- -to-29
group extremely limited, men in
their thirties must be called to keep
the armed forces up to necessary
strength.
Under the new directive, men from
30 to 33, inclusive, will be ineligible
for deferment unless they are both
necessary to and regularly engaged
in" war production or some war
supporting activity. Heretofore the
regularity of their employment has
been the sole test, but now their
essentially will be judged as well.
This means that a considerable per-
centage of them will be drafted; it
means, also, that replacing them in
industry will be serious problem
unless we have manpower legislation
far more effective than the weak
and muddled Senate substitute for
the House-approved May-Bailey bill.
There is disposition in some quar-
ters, in and out of Congress, to bank
heavily on the possibility that Ger
many may be defeated soon and to
assume, therefore, that urgent mat
tiers like limited national service and
the proposed nurses draft are not
really urgent. The assumption is
dangerous one, and the latest Selec-
tive Service order should serve to
emphasize that point.
Our military leaders-the men
charged with the heavy response
bility of waging and winning the
war-know better than anybody else
what to expect in Europe, and even
though victory there may seem rea-
Evening star., 1945-02-26
Deplores Partisanism

To the Editor of The Star:
For my part do not attach today
much significance to the fight on Henry
Wallace's confirmation by the Senate
AS I see it, the Wallace and the anti
Wallace sides are playing politics with
equal vigor.
was strong for Mr.. Wallace for the
second place on the Democratic ma
tional ticket last summer But in the
national election that followed both
sides - Democratic and Republican -
played such small partisan politics
against the lurid background of this
global war that I, for one, came to have
decided distaste for the whole thing
Instead of being masters of our fate"
1t seems that we, as nation, are being
mastered by partisan politics for our
destruction. We do not have the Ger
mans and japanese, as great menaces as
they are, to fear so much on the outside
as we have small partisan politics to
fear from within.
WILLIAM H. HARGROVE.
California, Mo.
Evening star., 1945-02-26
Dams and Lakes

The ultimate decision on con-
Struction of Potomac River dams
presumably will rest on the actual
need for that type of flood control,
the actual demand for and the cost
of resulting electric power, the po-
tential protection of Washington s
drinking water supply and other like
factors. Against such considerations
will be the desirability of preserv-
ing Great Falls and the Potomac
Valley as beautiful natural park,
of greater intrinsic worth to future
generations than the by-products of
engineering development. One argu-
ment already heard in connection
with the Great Falls dam, however,
is based on the dreamlike lake
which would result, with glorious
fishing, boating and bathing. The
naturalist and cartoonist, j. N.
Darling, recently offered some point
ed comment on the lake mirage.
Such artificial lakes, he said, do not
support natural wildlife. The silt
kills the vegetation and the fish die.
1t forms bottom of Shiny mud,
unfit for bathing beaches, and when
the water level is reduced the lake
shores are ringed with the same
unpleasant substance. Mr.. Darling Is
a distinguished authority and has
made a particular study of the effect
OF dams on wildlife and natural
beauty. When this particular aspect
OF Potomac River dam construction
comes up for examination at hear
ings on the engineers proposals, he
would qualify as an expert witness.
Evening star., 1945-02-26
Assassination in Egypt

AltIlOuSll GIlc pIcCloc ulUOlNdtlOIl
for the shooting of the Egyptian
Premier, Ahmed Maher Pasha, has
not yet been established, enough is
known to form some idea of what
was the background of this deplor-
able act.
To begin with, the assassination
was clearly political crime rather
than the act of an individual either
deranged or embittered by personal
resentment against his victim. The
assassin, 28-year-old lawyer named
MuStafa EsSawy, is understood to
belong to a semisecret organization
known as young Egypt" Composed
mainly of youthful "intellectuals," i"
young Egypt" processes the most
extreme nationalism and advocates
the abolition of all existing treaties
or international conventions which
in any way limit Egypt's sovereignty.
In this attitude they do not stand
alone, because the powerful nation
aliSt party known as the WAFD
stands for the same program. The
difference is that, whereas the WAFD
works for specific objectives by legal
methods with sense of Egypt's dip
lomatic limitations, Young Egypt"
would get what it wants at once, not
hesitating to defy foreign powers,
and not shrinking from violence and
terrorism employed against domestic
opponents. In all this there is
curious parallel between Young
Egypt" and the "Sternist" assasSinS
who came from Palestine recently to
kill a high British official on Egyp-
tian soil. Both are examples of how
the heady wine of nationalism in
flames half = educated brains and
kindles reckless fanaticism among
peoples who have imperfectly assim-
Hated western ideas and methods.
While the assassin's political affil-
iationS may explain what lawyers
term the "proximate" cause of the
crime, the larger background should
also be understood. Young Egypt"
is obviously the "lunatic fringe" of
the wider nationalist trend politi-
caly represented by the WAFD. Now
the WAFD has been out of power
ever since last October, when King
Farouk, invoking his royal preroga-
tive. removed Mustafa Nahas Pasha,
leader of the WAFD. as Premier,
Ahmed Maher Pasha being installed
IN his place as the head of cabinet
representing coalition of conserva-
tive elements. Ever since then the
Egyptian Parliament has been the
scene of bitter debates on foreign
policy, and Premier Ahmed Maher
has been compelled to defend his
program of waiting until the close
OF the war before pressing national
istic demands such as revision of the
Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1896, the
status of the Suez Canal, and the
Anglo-Egyptian Condominium over
the Sudan. Although other nations
are involved in Egyptian nationalist
claims like those to the turning over
OF airf1elds constructed by the United
States during the war. Britain is the
major target of Egyptian nationalist
agitation. During the earlier stages
OF the war, this tended to make some
Egyptian nationalists pro-Axis. How
ever, Germany's impending collapse
has probably quenched such senti-
ments; SO Egypt's declaration of war
against the Axis, which the Premier
had read to Parliament just before
his assassination, presumably had
nothing to do with the crime itself.
Internal politics are an adequate
explanation.
Evening star., 1945-02-26

which America and her allies now
are engaged must go on perhaps
for hundreds Of years. But there is
no grander goal, no nobler objective.
The scrap of paper" which Mr..
Balaban has contributed to the
Library of Congress Is a portion Of
the theological pattern Of civiliza-
ton. It defies tyranny, greed, arro-
gance, hatred of every sort: it
represents the hope and aspiration
of world worth living in.
Evening star., 1945-02-26
Mr.. Williams Criticized

NlI. VlllldInS AT1t1C1ZeQ
To the Editor Of The Star:
Aubrey Williams reason for not en-
tering the ministry after the Presby-
terian church had paid for his education
is his own affair.
But the fact that he felt no obliga-
ton to repay the money because they
didn't ask for it" is significant Of his
attitude towards other peoples money.
Since he had to struggle" to get an
education, 1t is very nice of him to be
interested in helping young people
tNYA get an education with other
peoples money.
Does the world owe him living?
No; and he should not have the op-
portunity Of disbursing public funds.
A BOND-BUYING TAXPAYER.
Evening star., 1945-02-26

Pleads for Small Businessmen
To the Editor Of The Star:
1t seems to me the Cocoanut Grove
fire in Boston and the circus fire in
Hartford would not have happened If
the duly appointed or elected fire in
spectors were active and were required
to make inspections. Why were they
not imprisoned also?
Capital is coerced, directed, regulated
and jailed; and those elected or ap-
pointed to the duty and responsibility
of safety supervision go free. Capital
should carry heavier share of the
financial burden, but it seems such a
penalty is put upon private initiative
that many brave men fall by the way
side, unwilling to chance the risk with
their capital. These men should be
punished. if they were guilty of willful
crime; the men whose duty it is to in
spect and issue permits also are re-
sponsible.
Let's stop looking for a scapegoat
Our country will soon need a lot of
little business men who are being driven
out of the field by laws and regulations
which are far more painful than q
hangman's moose.
A LITTLE BUSINESS MAN.
Evening star., 1945-02-26

Coke Is available as a substitute
for coal. Now, if some one will only
invent a convenient substitute for
money with which to pay for the
coke, all will be well.
Evening star., 1945-02-26

Box cars are either welcome or
unWelcome addition to the army's
rolling stock. It all depends on
whether the stock rolls on rails or
on blanket in a crap game.
Evening star., 1945-02-26
Thirteen Too Many Years

From the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
That old superstition about unlucky
numbers Is sure to get big indorse-
ment from the fate that befalls Hitler
In his 18th wear Of power.
Evening star., 1945-02-26

Church leaders have denounced
the popular pictures of "pinup girls"
as being half -draped." Few an
swering that f1fty-flfty description
come readily to mind.
Evening star., 1945-02-26

Condemns Germany as Merciless
To the Editor of The Star:
All signs point to the war criminals,
taken as mass, getting by with mini
mum punishment. Not that some won't
be punished. There will be enough
token" punishment to enable anybody
to say that this time the criminals did
, not escape justice. And certainly, the
Russians are determined to see that
those who made them suffer will pay
the price, as far as possible.
But the task of proving war guilt
won't be easy, even for the Russians.
(Consider how few they have ex-
ecutedD For, no confusion is greater
than that of war. The work of hunting
down and convicting war criminals can
not be accomplished in a short time,
but will require years We need to
think of it as requiring at least as
much time as the rebuilding of the
devastated countries.
All OF this is to say that we need to
guard against the tendency to become
soft and overly forgiving at the joyful
to an end. If we want world peace to
last, We must act sternly Kindness at
the proper time and place is among the
greatest virtues; but at the improper
time and place, it is one of the most
trouble-breeding things on earth.
Germany never forgave the world for
being so amazingly merciful after the
First World War. Indeed, Germany
could not have acted more ferociously,
If the world had treated her after the
manner in which she treated little
Belgium. Germany, even though whin-
ing for mercy, never forgives the merci-
full, but marks all such as being soft"
and therefore legitimate prey for some
terrible future treachery.
BOILING SOMERVILLE.
Evening star., 1945-02-26

Pvt. Kaplan in Holland Wants
Home Front Support of War
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-10-11

A FTER using the public phone system to
"A issue the necessary orders to my field
commanders | left my headquarters and
went over to my house to direct the boxing
and storing of personal effects and to start
packing my field equipment. By 1870 I
was ready. | walked out on my porch,
headed for my headquarters.
Suddenly the thunder of a flight of
approaching planes hit my ears. | ran
down on the lawn just as they roared over
the backdrop of the Zambales Mountains.
There were about so of them, bombers
mainly, but also dive bombers and fight
-ers. They swept over Stotsenburg, shaking
the ground, and let their bombs go on
Clark Field-most of whose bombers were
on the ground
The Jap came to Clark Field with his
biggest bombs. The very air of Stotsen-
burg ratified with conclusion In the midst
of the almost uncontested raid my Filipino
boy, Felemon San Pedro, ran startled from
the house, his eyes like big black marbles.
In his frenzy he had put on my steel
helmet.
Mother of God, General, what shall
do?" he shouted
go get me bottle of beer" Iyelled.
1t seemed to help him. know the beer
helped me.
DRAINED it, handed him the bottle and
walked over to my headquarters. The
No. l gun Of the battery protecting the
parade grounds stood quite close to my
headquarters went over and stood near
it, watching the black bursts Of our modest
anti-aircraft fire trying to follow the Jap
bombers.
And Twas standing there when heard
the moist impact Of metal against flesh
and bone. ! turned and saw one Of No. Is
gunners falling near me. His face was a
bloody blob.
A bomb splinter had streaked all the
way over from Clark Field, whose edge was
100 yards from us, and hit him in the
lower forehead, just below his helmet
Capt. Fitch, the battery commander.
and | leaned over the boy. His face was
sight.
Get this man to the DOCTOR"
ordered.
Fitch and some one else put their
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direction in which he came he must have
driven right past Clark Field.
tom, you damned fool, you didn't
drive past Clark during this bombing,
did yOu?" | shouted at him angrily.
Sure, sir" he said. "YOu sent me
orders to report to you as fast as / could,
and was worse afraid of you than was
of those bombs
stalked inside my headquarters, with
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international Photo

Tom at my heels, and quickly wrote out the
order which gave him and the young gun
ner Silver Stars. guess they were the first
decorations of the Pacific war.
We were in a war for which we we're
no more prepared than child is prepared
to fight cruel and seasoned professional
pugilist.
TOmOrrOw-The Jap Horde Arrives on LuzOn.
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hands Under the lad, but the boy then
stirred opened his eyes and wiped dirty
hand across his face.
NO" the boy said, sharply. "Stay
by my gun -. stay by my gum"
w HILE this was happening, Tom Dooley
W drove up with a screeching Of brakes
and jumped out of his car / saw from the
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so they would be able to rake the parade
ground if necessary.
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I8-C 1SL DETROIT TIMES
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-22
Japan Orders 

Washington, Jan. 22 - tU.P0 -- Japan announced today that all workers in essential industries, along with students, retired workers and the jobless, would be required to register for war work as the first step toward total mobilization
 The move followed Premier Gen eral Kuniaki Koisos admission at the reconvening of the 96th Imperial Diet yesterday that reverses i'll the Philippines and increasing air at tacks had brought Japan to the "di- viding line between survival and death"
 The new labor registration law. designed to bolster Japan's tagging war industries, has been approved by the Koiso government and will supplant all existing ordinances, Tokyo broadcasts recorded by the EGG said.
 Koiso appealed in his speech be- fore the diet for national unity so that Japan may be able better to fight mo matter when or where the enemy may attempt to invade our land.'
 Though Koiso conceded the Paci- fic situation docs not warrant opti- mism" and Japan faces it's gravest period Of the war. he ridculed AL lied demands for unconditional Sur- render and postwar planning.
 
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