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Evening star., 1945-05-19

cabinet. Blum, who is sick and old, has
not yet answered definitely whether he
was willing to join De Gaulle's admins
tration. He has been out of touch with
active politics in France and is for the
time being taking stock Of the general
situation. But his many political friends,
who look to him in spite OF his physical
disabilities as potential standard
bearer, are reported to have advised him
to wait, because 1t Is by no means GER
tain that De Gaulles political acrobatics
will keep him in Office.
The same thing applies to former
Premier and popular leader Edouard
Herriot, who was liberated recently from
prison camp near Potsdam by the
Red Army. Herriot was flown to Moscow
in military plane and was received
with the utmost regard by the Soviet
authorities. De Gaulle is reported to
have sent him, soon after his release,
most cordial telegram of congratula-
tion and urged him to return to France
as soon as possible. Soon after Herriots
release the people of Lyon, his home
town, had elected him mayor, in alb
sentia. Herriot replied with emotion
and warmly thanked the French people
and their present leader but has decided
not to return to Paris in too great haste.
He left Moscow about 10 days ago and
Is coming back in slow stages. The last
reports of his whereabouts were that he
was enjoying the sights of Teheran and
that he intends to return to France
slowly in order to recuperate on a sea
voyage from the hardships of the last
five years. In this lack of haste politi-
cal observers read more than a desire
to enjoy freedom after five years of
persecution at the hands of the Ger
mans and Pierre Laval's Gestapo. He
knows that his return to- France will be
an occasion for national celebrations
But he also realizes that De Gaulle will
Immediately offer him an important
post in the cabinet
Herriot is reported not to have made
up his mind which way the French
politics - national and International
should be oriented. France must choose
between the two great powers of the
east and west-Russia and Britain. He
also realizes that France must choose
between maintaining the old democratic
theology of the west and the new de-
mocracy" of the U. S. S. R. And both will
demand drastic internal changes in
France because international and ma
tional politics are linked more closely
than in the past.
Evening star., 1945-05-19

the end for Napoleon after the retreat
from Moscow, as was the end for the
Confederacy as Pickett's division reeled
back down the slopes of Cemetery Ridge,
as was the end for the Third Empire
after Sedan, as was the end for Hohen-
zollern Germany after the collapse of
Ludendorffs summer offensive in 1913,
as was the end for Hitlers Germany
after Stalingrad.
1t is just question of how long the
defeated nation will continue to pay an
increasingly heavy price for the con-
tinuance of hopeless struggle.
X X X
There is let us note we'll, another
lesson to be drawn from this exami-
nation of the war of the past. 1t is
the folly of the defensive idea in mill
tary policy as well as in war itself.
There are still those who, in the face
of all experience, would continue to
urge the American people to seek safety
in 'impregnable defense" There are
still those who say-let us be strong to
defend the Western Hemisphere and
stay out of the eternal quarrels of
Europe.
There are still those who seem to
think that We can build wall around
the Americas and shelter ourselves from
the storms of future wars behind it.
It might be well for some of those
who still think in these terms to take
an educational tour through Germany,
and see the price the Germans have
paid for fighting a defensive war on
their own SOIL It might be we'll, when
the Japanese have surrendered, for this
tour to be extended to Tokyo, Nagoya
and Osaka.
Twice during this century the Amer
ican people have had to go to war.
Twice they have used their sea-power
and the opportunities afforded them
by geographic position and by the hard
fighting of their Allies to take the Of
fensive, to carry the war to the enemy.
In both cases, being given time to pre-
pare their offensive strength, they have
been victorious.
It should be so plain as to require no
argument that the future safety of
America lies in an active, and not
passive policy, both political and mill
tary; that there can be no security in
a defensive role; that the time Is far
past when we can say we have no con-
Germ with the quarrels of Europe, for
they are afar of. We can still sit tight
and wait for the next war to come
to us, as come it surely will, but II we
do, our fate will be the fate of every
nation which has assumed. or has been
reduced. to the defensive.
(copyrisht. 194b)
Evening star., 1945-05-19

Join the Army in 1918. Much OF his
experience as a chaplain in the field
was gained in the Philippines. His
present duty is as inspector general
in all matters relating to chaplain
activity. On June IL he will be
eligible to retire at the statutory age
of sixty-four.
But General Arnold could not
really quit. BY temperament and
by training he is a tireless worker.
August l has been set as the date
of his entrance into the new phase
of his career which Pope Plus has
opened for him. The opportunity is
one which the bishop-elect will not
fail.
Evening star., 1945-05-19
Song for d Mountain Bow

He Diu not change; this much / kno,p
for sure
No matter ,ohere he goes nor ,pl,at he
sees,
For mountain lope is love that aiu IN.
dure
And he Is strong as mountain rocks
and trees,
Yet gentle as q sour,pood blossom.
breeze.
He piH remember all the paths spe
kneD
And these green hills Dhere an our
youth tDds spent,
He utl remember skies of stargrcss blue:
And misty rainbo,Ds ouer the ridges
bent,
And remembering he ,Diu be content.
No matter what the odds he wiu be
strong,
For ,ohen it needs be. he is hard and
grim
And yet his lips are curped to mountain
His cabin stands beloD the rock cliffs
rim
And I am proud that I can pait for
him.
ALMA ROBSON HIGBEE.
Evening star., 1945-05-19
Bombus

The humble bee Is Strikingly
handsome chap but he also has
other attributes that are highly
commendable. Bombus americana
rum is persistent, hardworking in
dividual with a single-track mind.
There are those who do not care to
spend time in close association with
him, and candor compels admission
that Bombus. like the skunk. has
adequate protection for most emer-
gency situations.
But Bombus lives up to the tenets
OF democracy. He believes in rug
ged individualism. He is willing to
live and let live. Therefore If one
bends over him as he works gather
ing pollen from the red clover bios
SONS. he pays no attention. He is
gorgeously outfitted in dark furry
coat with sashes of bronze-yellow
across his rump and round his neck.
The two pairs of wings. one big, one
small, are rich brown with dark
veins. His mouth. which can bite
as well as suck. is protected by two
stubby antennae. His hind legs
have two swollen joints and on
these spots he heaps the pollen as
he loads up for trip to the nest.
For such sturdy, substantial
citizen Bombus is peculiarly careless
about his housekeeping. Only few
queens live over the winter and in
the spring these ladies accept an
old mouse nest or opening in log
for the base of summer operations.
The queen gathers nectar and pol
len, makes a small loaf, and lays
few eggs upon it. Mrs. Bombus
broods the eggs like a mother hen,
and thus begins another cycle. Bum
BILE bees deserve more recognition
than they have received. They are
hardworking, yet they do not worry
about the future. They are good
looking but not vain. They serve
the cause of man by fertilizing flow
ers and plants. AS Bombus goes
winging his way slowly and heavily
over the flower-dotted field he re-
minds one of the sturdy B-2es. He
carries a big load, fulfills his mis-
sion and, in spite of obstacles, gets
back to base
Evening star., 1945-05-19
Not q Party Issue

Although the House Ways and
Means Committee has voted IA to
II in favor of renewing the Trade
Agreements Act. this all-important
measure-amended to provide addi-
tional bargaining leeway-still faces
hard going in Congress. The Senate
Finance Committee has yet to ap-
prove it, and beyond that there are
the hurdles of special interests and
of the traditional Republican policy
on tariffs.
In the House committee action,
the Republican members voted SOL
idly in the negative, and the one
Democratic dissident was reported
to have joined them only because of
protests from cattle raisers. Thus.
If the vote in Congress as a whole
follows the pattern of the committee
vote, the fate of the reciprocal trade
program may be decided along party
lines and in accordance with what
ever pressures certain blocs may
exercise on wavering Democrats.
Yet the issue is much too impor-
tant to be considered on any other
grounds than the real merits of the
Trade Agreements Act. 1t transcendS
political parties and special interests.
1t bears directly on our own internal
economy and is related significantly
to the economic foundations of the
next peace. It is something to be
divorced from partisan viewpoints.
It can be judged soundly only on the
basis of past performance and its
relationship to the well-being of this
country and the world.
AS for past performance, the pro-
gram has been renewed three times
since it was first enacted in 1884.
Before it was ever put into opera
ton, there were those who predicted
that it would create unemployment
by flooding this country with goods
made by cheap foreign labor. 1t has
done no such thing, of course. On
the contrary-and supporting sta
tistics are available-it has contrib
uted to our own prosperity and to
the prosperity of all countries par
ticipating. As for its bearing on the
peace and well-being of the world,
that is clear enough: Nations must
trade; trade is a two-way PROPOSE
ton; unreasonable tariff barriers in
one land provoke retaliatory bar
riers in other lands. and everybody
suffers until finally we have the in
ternational frictions that breed war.
Since 1884, under reciprocal trade,
this country has fought good fight
against the menace of frozen world
commerce by Offering to reduce its
tariffs against any country doing
the same for us. The fight must go
on, and the Trade Agreements Act
Evening star., 1945-05-19
Jap Psychology
By David Laurence
From the Topeka Capital.

FTom rne Topeka Capital.
Not yet have the japanese people be-
come convinced that theirs is a lost
cause, that defeat is inevitable, and that
continued fighting is senseless But how
long can this mental attitude be main
tanned? Nobody knows. The Japanese
mentality is difficult to understand.
AS an example Of the type Of propa-
ganda which seems to work, consider
statement by DR.. Hiroshi Shimomura
reported by the Domei news agency. He
talked to 10 Japs who had lost their
homes through bombing, he stated, and
found all concerned happy because "a
heavy burden had been lifted from their
minds" Each said, he reported, that he
was worrying no more about property
because he no longer possessed property.
Simple, isn't it?s
Evening star., 1945-05-19
This Changing World
By Constantine BroiOn

The French government Is reliably re-
ported to have decided to spend very
large slice of the 1946 budget on con-
struction Of gigantic and ultramodern
submarine base at Brest, the foremost
military post of France in the Atlantic
No further information is available at
this time to explain why the government
of Gen. de Gaulle intends to do this
remarkable rearming work at time
when France is in desperate straits
economically and financially and is in
sisting on obtaining from this country
$2,500 ,000,0 900 lease-lend support.
The political situation in France is
becoming so complex that Gen. de Gaulle
is compelled to do daily political tight
rope dance.
Soon after he scored a diplomatic sue
cess by signing 20-year offensive and
defensive alliance with the U. S. S. R. he
became personally dissatisfied with the
Moscow government This dissatisfac-
ton further increased when Premier
Stain did not insist that he should be
included at the Yalta Conference. His
coolness toward his new ally was fur
ther increased when his intelligence
services reported that the country as a
whole, was veering away from commu-
nism.
Under these circumstances he warmed
up toward the United States and Great
Britain in the international field and
leaned toward the specialists and the
Right in the field of internal politics.
He was not, however, certain about
the trends in his own country. This ex-
plains his personal instructions to the
French delegation at the San Francisco
Conference to lean back and not COM
init itself to any definite steps, but
rather wait and see how things shape up.
Because of these instructions the
French delegation, composed of able
men, was unobtrusive and did not be-
come the spokesman of the small ma
tions which were looking to the resur-
rected France for leadership.
The recent election for city councils
In France showed an unexpected trend
toward the Communist party which sur
prised the French leader. He decided
Immediately to point up his shaky po-
htical edifice and make new overtures
to the U. S. S. R., where for some time
he had been considered as unreliable.
Soon after the return of former Pre-
mier Leon Blum from interment in Ger
many, De Gaulle approached him and
offered him an important position in the
Evening star., 1945-05-19
The Book of War
By Maj. George Fielding Eliot

A nation reduced to the defensive in
war is already beaten.
That is a fact so we'll attested by
history as to be virtually automatic.
A review of the wars of the last CEN
tury and of this shows the universal
application of this axiom.
When Napoleon's invasion of Russia
was defeated, at such heavy cost as to
deprive the Emperor of his offensive
power, his star declined rapidly. Not
all the brilliance of his campaign in
France in 1914 could retrieve the basic
disadvantages of the defensive situation.
Gettysburg was well called the high
tide of the Confederacy because it was
the last opportunity for Confederate
war turned against the South.
When the loss of Bazaine's army in
Metz and of MacMahons army at Sedan
deprived the French of further offensive
possibilities, the war of 1901 was lost.
In the Russo Japanese war, the Japa-
nese were constantly on the offensive,
by land and by sea. The Russians never
were able to get the initiative. They
lost the war.
In the war of 1914-1918 the German
high command knew itself to be de-
feated when it was unable to gain de-
cisive success with its concentrated Of
fensive power in the spring and summer
of 1918. That was the last hope; after
that there was increasing pressure from
the military for a negotiated peace on
the best terms obtainable.
In the present war the high tides of
German offensive power reached their
limits at Stalingrad and Ell Alamein. In
both cases there was an approach to
decisive success; in both cases the Ger
mans fell short, of that success, and
thereafter there were no major German
offensives because they were not posi-
BILE. Minor efforts to seize the initiative
locally-such as Kasserine Pass, Kursk
and the Ardennes-proved Of no avail.
The war was lost when the initiative
was lost. The rest was but question
of time, of a price to be paid for con-
tinuing the struggle, and as always the
price paid by the victor was far less
than the price paid by the vanquished
for continuing to fight after hope was
gone.
The high tide of Japanese offensive
QOWCA Wdo ACdSiiCA az VIC 1oVeAo "a MAN
way. Since that time there have been
no major Japanese offensives. There
have been attempts here and there to
wrest the initiative from the Allies
locally, of which the attack on Imphal
and last years operations in South
China are examples but there has been
no serious Japanese bid for victory be-
cause Japan has been progressively de-
prived Of the power to make such bid.
The end, for Japan, Is just Is plain
" written In the book Of war as was
Evening star., 1945-05-19

is vital to it. The Republicans voted
heavily against it in 1884. 1887 and
1910, but in 1943 they voted for it.
If they vote for it now as they did
then, the biggest hurdle of all-the
traditional party line-will be sur
mounted, and the next peace will be
well served.
Evening star., 1945-05-19

Probably not one reader in a hun
dred would be able to name the
source of the common and some
what unscientific expression "the
skin of my teeth" But anybody
who glances over the Book of Job
will find it large as life and twice
as natural. The saying dates back
to about 325 BIC, which is plenty
long time ago.
Evening star., 1945-05-19

Beer for Armies Deplored
To the Editor Of The Star:
While millions of people are hungry
and little children are starving in
devastated Europe, the world is anxious
to see what industries most quickly can
be rebuilt to alleviate this terrible suf-
fering Against such a background a
news item in The Star of May IA brings
us this information: "A British beer
mission leaves today to reopen German
breweries. The plants will produce beer
for the men in the occupation army and
will build up Britains depleted stocks.
"'' The mission will visit Heidelberg
plant first. This may be put in opera
ton in few months, with barley bor-
rowed, If necessary, from the United
States"
With real famine threatening Europe,
British barley, or some borrowed from
us, is to be used to relieve the beer
famine" in Britain and to cultivate the
beer thirst in the army of occupation.
Is this an example of the liberty and
justice for which we are supposed to be
fighting, and for which we have given
our billions in treasure and the best of
our youth? Eff. w.
Evening star., 1945-05-19
Not q Bit!

From the st. Louis Star Times.
So far we haven't missed not having
q vice President.
Evening star., 1945-05-19
Fears Government Control

4'SoA )oVSA NfOAAA va
To the Editor Of The Star:
Testimony, including advice that
Should give us pause" has been heard
before Senate banking and currency
subcommittee in favor of bill to bring
all Government corporations under the
financial control of Congress. The
change was recommended recently by
Controller General Lindsay Warren,
who said:
"If the present trend Of creating Gev-
ernment corporations continues or is
not curbed, we will soon have Govern
ment by Government corporations"
Germane to the above, at least relat-
ed, is the manpower control measure
which recently was debated in the Unit
ed States Senate. Senators opposing its
passage saw in the measure purpose
not clearly revealed, and the purpose was
the setting up Of mechanism for con-
tinuing control Of workers and employers
after the war ends. The charge openly
is made that pattern "is developing in
this country which gives. more and more
power to some administrative agency"
without adequate check to prevent the
exercise OF arbitrary and capricious
powers"
The bill now slumbers In committee;
nevertheless It served the purpose to
indicate trend in Government.
WALTER I. PRIEST.
Bluemont, Va.
Evening star., 1945-05-19
Desires Employment Provided

DcSlTeS EH1plOyIuSHt IIONloSA
To the Editor Of The Star:
Before the war we had not solved
unemployment; but it is most impor-
tant that we also, in addition to WIN
ming the war on both fronts. win vic
tory on the home front.
Full employment on the home front
is as necessary to the welfare of this
Nation as feuhrer is to corporate
state.
If our country is not to become a
communist or fascist state, but re-
main hourishing political democracy,
then something must be done now to
prevent conditions like those Of the
great depression. HARRY DANIELS.
Evening star., 1945-02-20
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