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Evening star., 1945-12-18
Funeral Rites Held
For Mrs. L. S. ChumbIin

Funeral services for Mrs. Lillian
C. Chamblin, SO widow of DR.
Luther S. Chamblin. physician
of Loudoun County, Va, were held
at 10 am. today at Hines funeral
home, 1901 Fourteenth street NV
Burial was to be in Ebenezer Church
Cemetery. near Bluemont, Va.
Mrs. Chamblin, who had made
her home in Washington for many
years, died Saturday at the home
Of her daughter. Mrs. James Kee-
Han, 1853 Columbia road NV.
Besides her daughter, she is sur
vived by a son. Luther S. Chamblin,
jr.; a granddaughter and great
grandson - p u. -
Evening star., 1945-12-18
jap Disarmament Seen
Tokinq 6 Months More

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1S.-Brig
Gen. Merritt A. Edison, Marine raider
commander of many Pacific battles,
estimated today it would take about
six months more to disarm the re-
naming japanese troops in China
and ship them home.
The general, who has just COM
pleted an inspection of all Marine
supply installations in China. Japan
and elsewhere in the Pacific, arrived
by plane, en- route to Washington
to become senior Marine officer in
the Office of chief of naval opera
tions.
Evening star., 1945-12-18
Pickets at GM Plant
Hold Line Against
Office Workers
Ey The Associated Press


DETROIT, Dec. l8.-About 500
pickets of the CIO United
Automobile Workers. circling
close to three main gates, today
prevented Office employees from
entering the plant of the AC
Spark Plug Division of General
Motors in Flint, Mich.
The white collar workers,
numbering about $50. stood
across the street from the gates
and Police Chief James T.
Byars said no effort would be
made to attempt to break the
picket line.
There were no reports of any
violence.
Evening star., 1945-12-18
Tittmon Leuves Votieon

- VATICAN CITY, Dec. 18 R.-
Harold H. Tittman, jr.. counselor OF
the American representation at the
Holy See. left by plane today for
the United States. Myron c. Taylor,
President Truman's special envoy,
will handle those duties as well as
his own during Mr.. Tittmans
absence.
Evening star., 1945-12-18

work Interruptions in violation OF
contract further deadlocked the
General Motors strike, now conclud-
ing it's fourth week, and crept into
the JAWS first relations with
Kaiser-Frazer Corp, the industry S
newcomer.
A demand for appropriate pen
alties" against wildcat strikers, in
Guiding loss of seniority, was voiced
by General Motors yesterday. 1t
was one of more than a dozen de-
Evening star., 1945-12-18
Congressional Cor Stolen

Representative Byrnes, Republic
an, Of Wisconsin yesterday told po-
lice thief stole his 1910 gray sedan
while it was parked in the 200 block
of First street Sc. The car bore
congressional tags 443.
Evening star., 1945-12-18

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China
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tween the peoples and armed forces
of the United States and China.
Avoiding any direct reference to
President Trumans statement OF
American policy toward China, the
generalissimo said the close rela-
tionships of the two countries would
continue and thereby help preserve
world peace.
Evening star., 1945-12-18
|Gen. Hart Named Head
|0f Information Office

Brig. Gen. Franklin A. Hart,
who commanded an infantry regi-
ment Of the 4th Marine Division
through the battles for Kwajalein,
Evening star., 1945-12-18
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Evening star., 1945-10-21
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Evening star., 1945-08-22

co-operate-any false move by IA
natics would merely mean their sui
eide. The surrender government has
its orders, we have clear picture of
the power still available in Japan,
and when our forces move in to
occupy they will move in with over
whelming sea, air and land strength.
At the moment. though Tokyo
Harbor and the battleship Missouri
have been suggested, we have no
official American word as to Just
when and where the surrender will
be signed, but indications are that
the act will take place in matter
of days and Tokyo says our troops
will begin to land on Saturday. And
when they do, they will be so power
fully armed that only lunatics would
dare to offer resistance. The possi-
bility of disorders may, therefore, be
contemplated with calm.
Evening star., 1945-08-22
Prepared for Trouble

The japanese press and radio
strongly suggest that the surrender
government in Tokyo is genuinely
fearful that disorders may greet the
arrival of our occupation forces. This
is a distinct possibility. Some of
Japan's more fanatical military hot
heads may precipitate trouble here
and there, but it seems safe to as
sumo that General Macarthur will
be fully prepared to cope with any
contingency.
Actually, there may be no extraor-
dinary incidents whatever. At the
conclusion of the surrender confer
ence at Manila, General Macarthur
himself expressed it as his earnest
hope that everything would be car
ried out bloodlessly. The informa-
tion handed over by Hirohito's en-
issaries unquestionably will go far
toward making this possible. We
may take it for granted, for example,
that the conference revealed to us
precise details dealing with where
and to what extent the japanese
have planted mine fields, how their
troops are distributed, the condition
and location of their air power, the
disposition of their remaining naval
strength, the sites of their munitions
and fuel dumps, the state of their
supplies and equipment on all fronts,
and similar matters.
With this information now in our
hands-and we can be reasonably
certain of its accuracy, since Hiro-
hito'S ENJOYS to MacArthur,s head
quarters apparently were anxious to
Evening star., 1945-08-22

tribution as part Of the nonreturn-
able outlays Of war. It will get
something from the international
sale of accumulated inventories or
stockpiles and from all uncompleted
contracts which other members of
the United Nations may wish to
carry through on paying basis, but
beyond that and the settlements to
be worked out on 1ease-lend items
that have peacetime value, not much
can be expected in the way of col
lection. A weapon-and this project
was weapons an expenditure;
1t does not make or conserve money.
Completely sound though it was
as a war measure, however, lease
lend has no place in the peace. More
orthodox economic practices are re-
quired now to get the world back
on its feet.
Evening star., 1945-08-22
Should We Suppress the Facts ?

onould we OuppresS the Facts!
To the Editor Of The Star:
This continuous talk about the i'm
pending wave of unemployment seems
to be the wrong approach to the prob
lens of our immediate postwar period.
Suppose it is inevitable that many peo-
pie will find themselves temporarily out
OF jobs during the reconversion period.
is that justif1able reason for the panic
talk?
Death is inevitable, too, but it does not
prevent our making preparations to live
Full employment is a possibility in this
magnificent land of ours, so why not
conceptrate on the bright rather than
the gloomy side?
Lest we forget, permit me to direct
attention to the dark days Of the early
"thirties," specifically to day in the
late and never-to-be-forgotten winter
OF 1928 when, on March 4, there rang
across this Nation voice which brought
hope, voice that inspired confidence.
voice that put this Nation back on
its feet. That voice said that: aAll we
need to fear is fear ITSELF
Let such voice speak to us now
and dispel again any doubts that we
may have that we cannot rise to any
emergency. Let us 60 forward without
fear. CHARLES H. FLAGG.
Evening star., 1945-08-22
The End of Leuse-Lend

No member of the United Nations
will be surprised that lease lend has
at last come to an end. When its
life was extended early this year,
the Senate and House specifically
provided that it was to become in
operable with the cessation of
hostilities. The same point was
periodically emphasized, in and out
of Congress, from the time the meas
ure first came into being four and
half years ago: This was mill
tary weapon, to be cast aside as soon
as the shooting stopped.
And it was an indispensable weap-
on. Radar and the atomic bomb
were decisive in giving the Allies
total victory, but in its own fashion
lease-lend was decisive, too. For
this historic project, enacted orig
inally to promote the defense Of
the United States, made possible
that immense and unprecedented
pooling Of resources, without which
the United Nations could scarcely
have won the war. The American
share in the undertaking, totaling
more than $3s ,0OO, 900 900, was by far
the greatest from the cash stand
point, but the operation was not
all one-Way proposition. In food,
goods, services, ETC., we received
reciprocal aid running into about
five billions of dollars. And there
were other intangibles which are not
calculated in bookkeeping terms.
In now putting an official finis to
the program except for such phases
as may be continued in the interest
OF the countryside United States
must write OF most Of It's con-
Evening star., 1945-08-22
Letters to The Star
Urges Blood for Civilian Use
AS Peacetime Service

To the Editor Of The Star:
Our Red Cross Blood Donor Center
for the District Of Columbia once stated
that 81 per cent OF its contributors were
repeat donors. Now that this worth
while function OF the Red Cross has
stopped collecting in this locality, many
thousands of donors who have become
accustomed to giving blood or times
a year no longer will have the oppor-
tunity to do so.
For this reason, think that now
would be good time to inaugurate the
wholesale collecting of human blood for
civilian use by hospitals OF the Wash
ington area. Plasma and whole blood
stored in District of Columbia hospitals
would be kept in readiness for emer-
gency use in combating shock in cases
OF workingmen or motorists gravely
injured, mothers in labor or newborn
babies fighting for life. Any citizen
should be glad to give his blood SO that
no man, woman or child would have to
die because plasma Is too expensive or
Is not available.
Such system was backed by the
Governor and State legislature in Mich
igan and now is operating quite sue
cessfully.
More complete information on the
many new uses Of plasma discovered
by ingenious scientists can be found in
the article "The Unfolding Miracle Of
Blood" in the July Readers Digest.
BRUCE H. BURNSIDE.
Evening star., 1945-08-22

Before we have time to digest the
facts of the atomic bomb, Gen. Arnold
reveals to us that this is not all. Now
we learn (a) that we have spent more
on radar than on atomic disintegration;
(b) that other nations will probably
discover the atomic bomb In three years;
(c) that the combination of atomic
bombs, a new super fortress and v
weapons is not of the future but here
or imminent, and Cd that defense
weapons against these missiles that
search their own targets are probable
almost to the point of inevitability.'
Gen. Arnold's conclusion from all this
is, first, that the world will "be safe
for Americans; second, we must con-
tinue to keep our head start; third,
that vie are enabled ito strike down
any aggressor nation before it becomes
dangerous" and fourth, that these
horror weapons are so terrible that there
may be no more wars"
At least one side of the picture seems
reassuring: The world will be safe
for Americans.
Yet apparently even Gen. Arnold
doesn't feel comfortable. He wants to
lie under an oak tree and shoot down
any airplaneS he sees. This man OF
aviation doesn't like it. Why not?
Suppose you have beautiful house
full of valuables. There have been a
number of successful burglaries nearby
and you decide to protect it. There are
ordinary means, that never prove wholly
satisfactory, but you could also employ
high technology. You could so wire it
that by pulling switches any one passing
certain points on the floors would be
electrocuted. You could mine the roads
leading to the house so that at the pull
of switch they would explode.
Then you would have the perfectly
protected home-but would you want to
live in it +?
You would lose your friends. No one
would want to come to dinner. You
would be afraid of every employe, and
of your own children. The gardener
might get drunk or go crazy and the
baby be electrocuted.
So you would prefer, as we all do. to
rely chiefly on the law and the con-
stabulary.
Let us be lucid: Rockets, jet propul-
sion. robots and uranium are not dam
Evening star., 1945-08-22
A Force for Peuce

Now that the war Is over, 1t ap-
pears that the efforts of those who
opposed the use of the atomic bomb
against Japan will be directed to an
attempt to dissuade this Govern
ment from further development of
this most powerful Of all weapons.
This, at least, is the impression one
gets from the statement issued by
a group of educational and religious
leaders who have urged President
Truman to stop production of the
bomb and seek commitments by all
nations outlawing its use.
No one questions the sincerity or
the humane instincts of those who
advocate this course. The atomic
bomb is terrible weapon, and all of
us shudder at the consequences of
its use. But in modern war all
weapons are terrible weapons. The
difference between them Is one of
degree, and wars are lost by those
nations which have the less ef1ec-
tive weapons, or, having better ones,
fail to develop and use them.
For the future, so far as we can
read 1t now, the atomic bomb gives
us our greatest hope of security and
promises most for peace. We will
never use it, except as a means of
self-preservation. But now that we
have the secret of this weapon, it
would be unwise to the point of
rashness not to continue our expert
mentation and development of it.
We may be sure that other nations.
once they learn the secret of the
bomb-and they will learn twill
develop it with every means at their
disposal. The United States cannot
afford to lag behind in that process.
and, in the present state of world
relations, we cannot afford to gam
BILE our future existence on interna-
tional commitments.
Evening star., 1945-08-22
On the Record
By Dorothy Thompson


gerous. They don't hate or fear any
body. They only become weapons when
human beings want to use them as such.
1t is human beings who are dangerous.
Therefore, there are certain weapons
that should be PER- tied to no man.
We recognize that In the organization
of our own police. Police carry weapons,
but they are not allowed Super For
tresses to suppress, for instance, riots.
If they were allowed them-arn1ed with
atomic bombs-we should cease to fear
the evil-doer, but the best of us would
be terrified of the police.
If we admit the possibility Of future
war, waged with these new weapons,
even the certainty that we were suf1l-
ciently ahead of the game to assure that
we would win it, would be no comfort.
Who wants to be victor in hell?
Even without war, to live in states
possessing such weapons, to live under
the threat of the possible use of them
is to end freedom, striving for justice,
criticism and democracy. Not 1872 200 900
Americans would have access to such
weapons; only a few hundred or thou
sands would have it-and they would be
masters.
Such weapons must not exist Those
who have found them first can use
them for only one purpose of security:
To abolish them universally, under uni
versal control. We cannot eternally
keep them for ourselves. We must not
universalize them by giving them to the
United Nations as instruments against
aggression" Gen, Arnold himself dis
solved the meaning of aggression" when
he said. I'VE mustn't fail to strike down
any future aggressor nation before it
gets dangerous" and "a country's major
cities might be destroyed overnight by
an 'ostensibly' friendly power"
The logical deduction from this is that
since aggression must never be allowed
to start, and an "ostensibly friendly
power may be potential aggressor,
security consists in striking down all
our friends.
This brings the new weapons ad ab-
surdum. and ad absurdum they are
The manufacture of them and of many
of the weapons already widely used
must be universally abolished, that
human beings can live again, in dignity
and freedom, as men, and not as crawl
ers in exploding anthills.
Evening star., 1945-08-22
Old Town Cemetery

The cemetery at the edge OF totcn
Had fragrant ,oinds.s and held the
1Destern sun
Like goldenrod after the sun scus doapn,
After the totonsn,en's sunlit day ,pds
done.
The gentle palleys and the soft green
We're patched NTH ferns and common
Diudge fotDers,
The pines abloom Uith golden orioles.
The dead had birds and blossoms just
like ours;
And it ,oas neat ,Dith casual unmarked
labor.
4 passcr-by spould pull a struggling
1Deed
As one soonld lend hand to any neigh
It ,Oas not strange for t,Oo Of common
creed
TO say. iohtls pointing out marker
near,
sMtss Hdttie,s phlor are doing sOen ttte
year" YETzA GILLESPIE.
Evening star., 1945-08-22
Looking Forward
ON the London Daily Mail.

from tne London Daily Mail
The tasks before us will be onerous.
Six years of conflict have left Europe
disrupted and devastated The social,
moral, material and political problems
left in their wake are appalling in their
magnitude, but they must be tackled and
solved, and we must take foremost part
in their solution. At home, too, tre-
mendous reforms confront us. In min
Cling the old with the new there will
be many trials and not few errors.
There will be controversies and disagree
'ments-perhaps hard times. But we can,
If we will, make a better and more
prosperous Britain than any we have
known If We stand together. As ma.
tions and as individuals we have put
aside differences so that with our united
strength we could overthrow the COM
mon enemy. BY union alone we have
won through to great deliverance.
If we can perpetuate in peace the COM
radeship Of war, then war will be ban.
tshed. Twice within 80 years we have
learned that truth. We must not again
forget 1t.
Evening star., 1945-08-22
Root of Japanese Delay
By Maj. George Fielding Eliot

with the concurrence Of some of the
more far-sighted army leaders. but that
it has not been possible to produce a
sudden about-face on the part of the
more fanatical elements in the corps
of officers.
We may well imagine that throughout
many of the army units there Is run
ming already the furious tide of resent
ment and resistance, with reckless
charges that those who have advised
the Emperor to surrender are traitors
who are misusing the imperial name.
How far this may go, and what the
results may be, are yet to be determined.
1t is however, fairly certain that none
of this trouble is due to Allied misman-
agement of the surrender preliminaries.
There has been a great deal of quite
ill-informed and hasty criticism, for
which there appears to be no foundation
whatever. The japanese were told very
plainly, in the three-power Potsdam
declaration, the terms on which they
could surrender Under the terrific inn
pact of subsequent events, the advocates
of accepting these terms established
themselves in power at Tokyo, and
SOuSIlt UClOIc dCCCp9lliS tllCil1 w SdkfdSC
the imperial prerogatives, which the
Allied powers declined to guarantee, but
did agree to use the Emperor as an
instrument in obtaining the execution
of the Potsdam terms-as, indeed, they
were compelled to do, since it is now
abundantly plain that no other author
ity would have had the slightest chance
Of controlling the Japanese military.
Considerable progress is evident to-
ward a final accomplishment of the
surrender. In Manchuria, China, New
Guinea and Bougainyille the Japanese
troops are giving up. In Southeast Asia
and the Southwest Pacific, where one of
the most hard d-headed old line Japanese
militarists-Field Marshal Count Terra
uchi-is in command, there is no sign
as yet Of yielding; we do not know what
Terauchi will say to the imperial mes
Senger.
Our Immediate interest, however.
lies in the Japanese main islands, and
the real test will come when our troops
begin to land there, which apparently
they are going to do in great force and
with every possible precaution against
treachery Or fanaticism.
(Copyright. 1o4D1
Evening star., 1945-08-22

AS we watch, somewhat nervously
and impatiently, the progress of the ne
gotiationS for the surrender of the jap
anese empire, it becomes palmer and
palmer that the Japanese authorities
who are dealing with us are having
trouble convincing their own army that
it must obey the surrender order.
The last thing that the very far-see-
ing gentry who Immediately surround
the throne desire is that there should
be such outright treachery as should
make certain that they will never again
be trusted; such treachery as might well
sweep away the throne itself and the
last shreds of imperial prestige in q
holocaust of blood and fire.
They have been at some pains to
save what they could of the imperial
institution as future rallying point
for the nation, under conditions which
would permit themselves to hang on
to the powers they have exercised ever
since the abolition of the Shogunate.
These are the men who have, in some
cases, opposed the military hotheads in
the past-not because they disagreed
with the idea of world dominating
Japan, but because they wanted to pro-
ceed more slowly and surely toward
the realization Of that idea. Now I
think we can be reasonably certain that
they will do all they can to keep tight
rein on the army as 1t Is asked to lay
down its arms in surrender.
Whether they will succeed or not is.
OF course, another question.
We may take note of the rather sig
nif1cant fact that the new Prime Min
lister, Prince Naruhiko- -Kuni, has found
himself compelled to assume the office
of War Minister in addition to the pre-
miership
Prince Higashi, a general on active
duty. Is himself entitled to be War
Minister, but the fact that he has taken
over this heavy task suggests that he
could not find another general for the
job whom he could trust.
We are beginning to realize that in
the great crisis brought about by the
atomic bomb, by the Russian declara-
tion Of war, and by the cutting on Of
the Japanese islands from direct con-
tact with Asia, the more moderate ele-
meuts around the throne found the
opportunity to seize power, probably