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Attitude Toward Peace

Some people will probably take a dismal
view of the latest findings of the University
Of Denver's National Opinion Research Cen
ter. Throughout the nation pollsters asked this
question: DO you expect the United States
to fight in anoher war within the next SO
years?" And 81 per cent of the replies were
in the affirmative.
Two wears ago the Research Center asked
the same question, and got yes answers
from SO per cent. In both polls per cent
said, 1T depends on the peace and Is per
cent answered mo- But in the present poll
the undecided group has jumped from II to
II per cent.
healthy Missouri-type skepticism. In two
years, if the poll is accurate and typical, 5
per cent more Americans have at least come
to believe peace in our time is not i'm
possible In those same two years a long
forward step has been made toward world
peace organization But there have been a
couple of side steps which make indecision
or reserve understandable.
After the last war soaring hope gradually
gave way to complacency. Today the ordinary
citizen is more wary He is watching his own
government and its allies more carefully. He
wants too be sure that he does not confuse
desire for lasting peace with blind trust
that it is coming to pass. And vigilance no
less than hope is part of the American peo-
pies role in helping to shape "a peoples
peace"
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interpreting
The War y
BY KIRKE L. S,,,pso,
Associated Press W. wv

Even before Genera, myst
thurs columns have dri,,o MacA,.
last |; japanese sniper from M M..1 The
it is a reasonable guess tb wanna,
American commanders n ,t,a. h.
in his triumphant t, campsi ..T@, !. Step
claim the Philippines. win Il 70 re-
reopening of Manila Bsv. ,- 0S II.
That is the potential ,n,
ward base for Americs ,,''! Il lor'
which will relatively so r,, FORCES
itself. U-'-'' Japan
Who holds Luzon and MAJ,
Bay dominates the south sn wanna
emma seas. Japan's ,rr wv ea9
dream of Asiatic conoue @teeasd
wounded on that military sxioro was Is
the Pacific. 1t expIair SN'J III Of
Harbor. rear
Only hopelessly trapped 1,
nese garrisons on Bataan and 'G q
,esluol remain TO deny Use 4,
Manila Bay and all west cer,,,I
Luzon as the mastering nIac n'' -!
the fleets of sea and skv and AND W. W.
armies to finish off Japan. "'F
In the flood of jubilant ror,...
from Manila telling OF its drio s
seizure, except for mopnin 9I S
operations, and OF the ljbarat;aap
of hundreds of American and 1 NV
er internees long under Jansr un'
ruthless rule, the fact that M"
Arthur's heavy bombers aIra. a
were at work on Corregidor ~.
only passing mention. Tho s ..
blasting, however, must be ns r1
ly a preliminary to the thing IN,
American commander has neyt "" ~
mind. IL
1t was not japanese air.borb,
that finally broke the back of Am
erlcan resistance on Corregido,
three years ago, but the lunpin,
fire of Nipponese guns massed nS
the heights of Bataan. Corregjdor
was doomed when Bataan fell
Now it seems certain that tbs
clearing of the Bataan peninsula
very possibly in less time than i
took the foe to break the Amer.
can and Filipino stand there *
the task Macarthur has next SET
for himself.
There has been no definite in.
dication of the size of japanese
forces which may have sought
refuge on Bataan, The virtually
unopposed landing of the Amer.
can divisions put ashore on the
west coast of Luzon just above
the base of the Peninsula strong.
ly suggests, however, that only a
handful of the enemy may be on
Bataan. If that is true, the fall
of Corregidor will not be long
delayed.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-06
Washington Calling
By Marquis Childs

LONDON-How nearly group
of men sitting around a confer
ence table can come to solving
the problems that sorely trouble
the world today is the question
just now in the minds of those
here on whom responsibility must
ultimately rest.
Britishers 1 have talked to, both
in and out of high office, are fear
full that the people both here and
in America, but particularly in
America, will get the idea that it
can all be neatly tied up in some
package and marked "Solved ;"
They are most anxious to dispel
any such illusion
They know very well that, what
ever Stain. Churchill and Roose-
welt may decide, the painful in
tricacies of Poland, Yugoslavia,
Greece and Italy must be worked
out in the coming months and
years. The fear here is that ex-
pectation of magic formula is
almost certain to end in disappoint-
ment with the results of the great
conclave.
There is, however, a strong de-
termination here to gain at least
one lasting objective. That is the
creation of a consultative council
perhaps at the foreign minister
level empowered to pass or polit-
ical and economic questions as
thew arise.
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Flight From Reality

| Adolf Hitler has twice addressed the Ger
man people bv radio since the alleged attempt
on his life last July On the first occasion there
was some doubt as to whether 1t was really
Hitler who spoke But there has been no differ
ence on the occasion of the 18th anniversary
Of the Nazis accession to power.
Those familiar with Hitler's accent and in
Elections say that it was undoubtedly he who
spoke. Thus the rumor seems to be demolished
that Hitler is dead or speeches. or out OF
power. But there remain the runor that Kilt
Ter is demented And that rurnor is strengthen
ed rather than demolished by his latest speech
It was obviously hurried patchwork of the
limited and familiar material of Hitlers mind.
In its separate ingredients it differed little
from many of his other speeches. But the
sum of its part and the circumstances under
which it was delivered combine to offer evil
dence of disordered mind which is apparent
even to the layman.
The dictionary defines schizophrenia as "a
type OF psychosis characterized by loss of
contact with environment" and paranoia as
"systematized decisions of grandeur" There
seems to be indication in the anniversary
speech that Hitler is suffering from both types
of insanity.
Certainly his words showed that he has lost
contact with environment and is in headlong
flight from reality. He spoke on a dav when
the Russian guns almost literally drowned out
his voice. He spoke on a day when party
and government records and even his own head
quarters were being moved from Berlin, and
the beleaguered capital was being evacuated
for a street-to-street defense.
And on that cay he devoted more than half
his speech to the glories of his party and him
self He made a proud apology for National
Socialism, extolling the accomplishments of
system which has brought the German people
to the very brink of defeat and national dis
solution. He glored in the past
And he told his people again of how God
has appointed him to the mission of saving
Germany and Europe, how He had spared his
life in July, how He would continue to protect
him.
The speech was full of confusion that even
topped Hitler's hysterical TRADES of the past.
He spoke of ''the horrid fate that is now taking
shape in the East and he promised victory.
He made the impossible prediction that Eng
land and all Europe would be swallowed up
b. communism, and that Germany would alone
escape.
In short it was a mad solloquy which
may provide rich material for some future
dramatist But it must have offered cold COM
tort to Germany on Jan. 30, 1945.
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A month ago. Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden in the House of Com
mons proposed quarterly meetings
of the foreign secretaries of the
three powers. In effect, what he
said was an earnest appeal for
the kind of machinery that could
thresh out problems from day to
day instead of letting them &C.
cumulate in a vast, untidy pile
until the three harassed and over
worked heads of state can get to-
gether.
In Washington some time ago.
a similar proposal had important
behind-the scenes sponsorship.
When the idea was batted up to
him in a press conference, how
ever, Roosevelt treated it with
|scorn as the product of column
lists fancy. There is every evil
dence that the British mean to
try, at the coming conference, to
get approval for a more or less
permanent council to pass on po-
litical and economic questions as
the Joint Chiefs of Staff now pass
on military matters of mutual in
terest.
If council of foreign ministers
is formed, they would necessarily
have to be given powers sufficient
to act in their own right without
the need for lengthy, delaying con-
situations with their respective
home governments. AS originally
conceived, the European Advisory
Commission was to have had the
power to settle issues arising from
day to soday.
In practice it has no. worked
out that way. More and more at
least as the British see it, the Ad-
visory commission has been 4 con-
venient corner in which to sweep |
problems no one was ready to de-
eide. Undoubtedly it has performed |
some useful work in FL pairing the
way for joint occupation OF Ger
many.
One great difficulty, however.
has been in getting clear formu-
lation of the American position on
issues. 1t was only after
soul searching and !
much discussion within the cabinet
that Churchill, in his pre-Christ-
mas speech dealing with Poland,
confessed his inability to discover
now the ~. S. stood on this vital
problem.
Now, presumably, the answers
will be forthcoming at the Big
Three meeting. The President,
by the staff he will take
With him, is surely prepared to
ay down the American line on vex-
atlous issues so that Stain and
Churchill will unequivocally Snow
lis mind.
But plainly such irregular meet
ngs between the three principals
ire not enough. To begin with,
hey are too difficult to arrange.
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WITH THE AEF:
BY LOUIS p. LOCHNER
Substituting for Kenneth L. Dixon

AACHEN, Germany. F e b. l.
Delayed Up Amid the wreck
of this city that once was the
flourishing abode of Charlemagne,
one would not suspect that it's
bombed-out citizens still possessed
at least one and one-half million
reichsmarks (the pre-War value OF
the reichsmark was about 40
cents).
Yet Aachen's only bank, open
ed under Allied Military Govern
ment supervision, boasts deposits
in that amount made by Aachen
residents since American occupa-
ton. The bank has reserves total
ing approximately tn e S m e
amount.
Supervising the city's finances is
Mai. William P. Clark of West
port, Conn.
"Aachen evidently was an un-
usually rich German CITY," Clark
said. Bank deposits at the time
of the evacuation totalled 100000
900 marks, but all currency as
well as bank records were taken
into the interior of Germany ex-
cept that l 10000 900 marks were for
gotten With this as a starter we
opened the bank last November q.
The acting mayor appealed to the
people to entrust their funds to
this venture. They did so.
THE city administration was
without funds. So 100000 marks
credit was extended, of which $780,
900 marks have been used.
But the people who elected to
remain in Aachen or who have re-
turned since the occupation a e
chiefly merchants, artisans and
laborers 1t took long time to
find someone versed in taxation.
This man worked up a group
of taxes. From those levies, 100,-
900 reichsmarks flowed into the CT
ty Golfers during January. The
taxes are levied on business turn
over, rents, incomes, beer and real
estate. The income from rent is
the most important Evacuated,
ownerless properties, if at all liv-
able, are rented to returning citi-
zens whose own homes were de-
stroyed.
The income tax amounts to 6
per cent on all wages in excess
of 100 reichsmarks per month.
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Aachen Still Had Money

"As two Aachen breweries still
function, there's sizeable reve-
nue. from beer.
"a further source of income is
the city's sale of salvaged proper
ty. The city administration gath
cred from destroyed and abandon
ed houses whatever was disable.
The AMG Commission on Arts and
Monuments sees to it that really
valuable items of art are safe
guarded. But ordinary furniture
and household goods can be bought
from the city by Aachen residents
whose dwellings were destroyed.
The city credits the actual owner,
if that is determinable, with
monies thus realized"
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Clark said that income from
rented houses and flats is credit
ed to the owners.
"All this is makeshift'' Clark
added. The real problem arises
when these temporary measures
are exhausted. 1t will not be easy
to solve because out of Aachen' S
present population of $4,000 to A.
600, only 1000 are men between
81 and IS. The rest are old folks,
women and children. We must try
to find some way to enable the
women to earn money, but pres
emily it is impossible to lend
money to any plant unless it is
essential to the American Army or
for food, clothing and shelter of
civilians"
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The time and place are matters
requiring the exchange OF all ~
finite number of kilograms ". w.,
ting three figures of such sla',, ~,
to a conference, insurlns tAeA ~
curity while they are mere, a.. ,s
getting them home AGAIN ID '
small task in itself.
Quarterly for even more requs.,
meetings of the secretaries Oh S,' =,
would be Comparatively slInP' d.
arrange. Such meetings woolq a.
ternate, presumably, between L Nv.
don. Washington and Moscow t ~.
world would not wait WIN
same breathless expectancy N- ~,
ing that by making DAY " ~,
decisions the council OF secfe'o ..-.
would solve many problems Ds- w,
they reached the critical he'''
stage n
course. that the PresldeA1 WIN, "'
have 10 delegate more au..i,- Is
10 Secretary of State o'e'..n .on.
than he has delegated 70 any ~,
in the past. 1t would mean re-
the Russian delegate Wou4a 'e .,r.
leved of the necessity Of CUM l i,
ly cabling back to Mosco" III -
structions on all points, 4
Maybe, stated that way M
like an impossloIe u \
But surely it is wort tfy,.s ,-r
the conference soon to be Ae-1 ..rs
duces nothing more than -on5 VII
consulta tive machinery, IT
have been worthwhile
Copyright 1915 by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc
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Secretariat, Institute of Pacific
Relations, distributed by Mac
MILAN; S3).
This book has to do with aide
memoire, protocol, note and
treaty, with exports and imports,
with sugar, coconut oil, tobacco
and rice. 1t never waves the flag,
has no backstairs gossip, hardly
mentions a battle by way of relief.
It's about as heavy-going as the
war itself has been; you'd think
the author didn't care whether
we read it or not.
Many thoughtful, authoritative,
timely studies like this are being
published nowadays. Specialists
will ponder them late into the
night, but the lay reader is apt
to shrug them off, shrug them off
probably into the bundle of dis
carded books to be given to the
boys in uniform.
We certainly do a lot for those
boys. We support the Red Cross,
buy bonds, give a pint of blood,
roll bandages and knit. We give
the boys themselves which is
generous of us; we sorrow at their
absence and when they die.
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u. S. Tanker Reported
Lost In Indian Ocean

WASHINGTON, Feb. s. - tR =
The loss of an American tanker
the Fort Lee, in the Indian Ocean
last November from an enemy tor
pedo was announced today by the
Navy.
The brief announcement sad
only:
"The SIS Fort Lee, medium
sized U. S. tanker, was torpedoea
and sunk in the Indian ocean ea'9
in November, 1914.
Survivors have landed IN l'
United States"
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Daily Prayer
A SOLDIERS PRAYER

Lord, Thou seest how | am a
soldier for my country and for
Thee. Thou art thyself a soldier
and a captain, the Captain Of Sal
walton. l, a soldier, come to Thee,
the Soldier, praying for help TO be
the soldier l ought to be- Help
me, my Captain, to be Gallant,
chaste, considerate, humane, man
ly, a son not ashamed when he
meets his mother and his father
when the battle is done, and
soldier not ashamed to meet his
God. Bless my dear native land,
and help me to fight with valor
for it's safety, its health, its per-
petuity; and if I die fighting, bring
me, by Thy grace, to Thyself N
heaven; 1 pray in Christ, my
Savious. Amen.-The late Bishop
William A. Quayle.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-06

When this war ends we must Immediately
prepare to defend ourselves, particularly to
make sure that our enemies realize that if
they dare to strike again, they'll lose again.
Harry Hopkins. pres dental adviser.
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Fair Enough

Editors note-The Star accepts no re-
sponsbility for the personal views of Mr..
Pegler, and often disagrees with them as
much as many of his readers. His articles
serve the good purpose of making people
think.)
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DANCER BEARS son

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 5.-3-A
son was born early today to Dan
Ger Eleanor Powell and Glenn
Ford. Ford has returned 10 u'
screen since his medical dlscAaE
from the Marine Corps,
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THOUGHT FOR TODAY

It is not the ship in the water but the
water in the ship that sinks 1t. SO 1t IS not
the Christian in the world out the world II
the Christian that constitutes danger.
HARACE BUSHNELL.
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BY w. G. ROGERS

"America's Far Eastern Policy"
by T. A. Bison international
Secretariat, Institute of Pacific
Relations, distributed by Mac
MILAN; So.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-04
Horse Cruelty
Count Denied

A 30-year-old Warren riding
academy operator charged with
cruelty to animals today plead
ed not guilty before Justice
Frank E. Jeanette, and was re-
leased on $500 property bond to
appear for trial Jan. 10 at 10
a m.
The defendant is John Hearn,
Jr., of 284l 14-Mile road, who
with a partner operates the Bar
X riding establishment at that
address. Hearn was accused by
County Humane Officer Walter
G.. Fenton with underfceding and
not taking proper care of his ami
mails.
Fcnton said that the horses did
not receive proper bedding eth
er, and added that on visit TO
the academy last spring he saw
six horses that were kept in
sings. unable to stand up al
legedly because Of malnutrition.
Fenton also stated that there
have been several complaints
against the academy. A similar
charge faces Hern's partner. A.
Barwell, of 284l l4-Mile road.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-04
4ekyo'Ra:slie'
indicates New
Landings Near
Jops Soy U. S.
Trying for Quick
Philippine Decision
BY LEONARD MILLIMAN
Associated Press War Editor

Hundreds of carrier planes
Nud Sugsrforts smashed for the
rnasG,g tcessfve cay 4e <or-
mosa arid Okinawa Islands
Thursday. Japanese broadcasts
reported. while a new US.
transport convoy and task force
cut through Philippine waters
seemingly to effect new land
ings."
Tokyo reported 900 Sorties in
two days against Formosa on
the heels of blazing BIO raid
on homeland industries and ex-
tension of the American spear
head in the Philippines by a
double landing on Mindoro. po-
tential springboard for the next
Yank invasion.
Domei News Agency said the
appearance of the convoy in the
Sulu Sea of the Western Philip
pines-the third reported within
a week combined with the
daring foray against Formosa
sis a clear manifestation" of the
"enemy's designs for a quick
decision in the Philippines by .
succession of daring offensives."
B-29'S JOIN RAIDS
Domei reported about 40 Su-
perforts from China joined near
ly 500 third fleet carrier planes
Wednesday in the Formosa at
tack. Another 400 aircraft
struck today, Formosa Army
communique said. Both raids
lasted approximately seve
hours, from dawn until early
afternoon
Japanese announcements In
Dictated land-based planes from
either China or the Philippines
perhaps both Joined the
strike by the u S. Third fleet
which has paved the way for
most American invasions of the
See PACIFIC-Page 2
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Supreme Court
Rejects Bankers
Contempt Appeal

LANSING, Jan. 4 - (R -
The State Supreme Court unan-
imously today declined to dis
miss contempt of court sem
tence imposed on Francis p.
Slattery, assistant vice-presi-
dent of the Michigan National
Bank at Grand Rapids, by the
Carr grand jury.
The Court denied Slattery's
petition for write of habeas
corpus and certioari. It ordered
him remanded TO the 1ngham
County sheriff to complete a 60
day sentence for contempt un-
See CONTEMPLATE 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-04
pow 5quabbIe
Closes Plant
Use of Prisoners
Bosis for WoIkout

GRAND RAPIDS, Jan. 4-(P)
Paper mills at the American
Box Board Co., here were closed
down today as the result OF a
walkout of more than 100 en-
ployes yesterday over continued
employment or about 80 prison
ers of war.
Carroll Slocum, president OF
local WOO, International Broth
erhood of Papermakers (AFL)
said today employees would re-
turn to work if a conciliator is
appointed. The Union has dis
claimed responsibility for the
walkout, according to Slocum
who said it was not an official
strike"
Meantime Walter S. Good
speed, vice-president of the firm,
said production at the plant
would be cut by 10000 con-
tanners each day the men are
out.
Slocum said today that wage
demands are also involved in
the dispute. saying the men feel
il unfair TO use prisoner labor
to maintain production while
other plants offer wage increas-
cs to induce employment.
Asserting that the Army had
requested a Is per cent increase
in production of boxes, COM
pany spokesman said output
would 60 down $4,000 to $4,000
boxes a day without the aid Of
prisoner labor.
For about six months, Slocum
said, prisoners have been work
See POW-Page ;
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Neale Addresses
St. Clair COP

Following election of Macomb
county delegates to the State
Republican convention in Grand
Rapids, Jan. II, Hugh II. Neale,
chairman of the Macomb county
COP Committee, on Wednesday
night served as keynote speaker
at the St. Clair County Republi-
can convention in Port Huron.
In addressing the st. Clair
county Republican leaders Neale
stressed the need for Republican
leaders to participate in the pat
tern of international affairs and
their acceptance of responsible
ity in such negotiations. r.~-
Wescott Smith served as
chairman of the st. Clair County
convention, which was held in
the Port Huron county building.