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Evening star., 1945-08-22

President Truman is said to be open
minded. He has no personal antipathy
toward the French general. But at the
same time those close to the White
White believe that he will not 60 out of
his way to fulfill the large order Gen.
de Gaulle is to present to him. Mr..
Truman is anxious to see political sta
bility In France as well as the rest of the
world. But he Is said to be skeptical
about any man being indispensable" in
any country.
There is no question that Frances re-
quest for assistance to heal its war scars,
particularly as far as the reconstruction
of the communications system and essen
tial factories are concerned, will receive
the most sympathetic consideration
from the Chief Executive.
But Gen. de Gaulle's request for the
annexation to France of large slices of
Germany such as the Ruhr Valley can
not be answered af6rmatively because
Mr. Truman does not believe in terri
torial annexations and moreover the
Ruhr Valley is in the British zone of
occupation. There can be no bilateral
agreements on such matter which con-
Germs the United Nations as whole.
1t will be equally difficult to comply with
any request that the United States help
France create for herself large army
with American war materials. There is
some modern equipment which the
American Army in Europe can spare to
France, but this is considered by the
French military as mere drop in the
bucket
One of the most important problems
Gen. de Gaulle wishes to discuss in
Washington is the return of French
authority over the whole of Indo-C China.
Before leaving France. Gen. de Gaulle
appointed the picturesque Admiral
Thierry d'Argenlieu, a naval officer in
wartime and Carmelite monk in peace
time, as governor general of Indo-C China.
But there is a great question whether
all of Indo-China wishes to return to
the French fold. There are indications,
for instance, that the King of Anam de-
sires to renounce the French protectorate
and recover his full independence.
In some quarters it is said that the
other nominal rulers would want to see
an independent confederation of states
formed in Indo-C China free Of any west
ern interference. How correct these re-
ports are is difficult to ascertain at this
time. The fact, however, is that France
does not now possess either the neces-
sary military force nor the required
shipping to send large enough force
to Indo-China to re-establish the prestige
of the country with the natives of that
vast territory.
Evening star., 1945-08-22
This Changing World
By Constantine Bro,yn

Gen. Charles de Gaulle, who is paying
his second visit to Washington within
a little more than year, Is aware that
his political future depends to a great
extent on the results of his CONVERSE
tions with President Truman and the
extent of political and economic assist
ance he can obtain from this country
for France.
The relations between Gen. de Gaulle
and the American government have
had many ups and downs-moStly
downs-because Gen. de Gaulle, in the
early days of his appearance on the
world political scene, failed to realize
the Importance of Americas part in
the recovery of France. He believed
some il-advised counsellors that by
bucking the United States he would
stand high in the esteem of his people
and would win the applause of some
of the important European nations.
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This relationship, which many
ascribed to a personal antipathy "at
first sight" between President Roose-
velt and Gen. de Gaulle continued, how
dent. Until recently the French leader
COIlWiluc0 Ilio puChilS PoAiCy.
Because Of the high-handed methods
ordered by the French authorities in
connection with the redeployment of
American forces over French railways
last June the relations between the two
governments became SO tense that an
ultimatum which would have had a
serious effect on Gen. de Gaulle'S posi-
tion in France was prepared in Wash
ington. This ultimatum was not sent,
however, because the French govern
ment rescinded the arbitrary orders it
had issued.
The atmosphere is now clearer, Gen.
de Iaulle now realizes that Frances
future-and particularly his own-de-
pends largely on the results of his visit
to the White House.
The agenda which the French leader
ranges from requests for vast credits in
money and supplies to support for
France in the recovery Of her Asiatic
possessions.
If Gen. de Gaulle fails to obtain most
Of the requests he will present to Mr..
Truman, his friends say he may lose
the elections in France and the coun-
try will veer toward the extreme left.
These friends say that In such an
event Maurice ThoreZ, the leader Of the
French Communists, will inevitably be-
come the head of the government, and
the political direction Of France-and,
by implication, the rest of Western
Europe-will turn toward the U. S. S. r.
Evening star., 1945-08-22
Density of Water

To the Editor of The Star
In The Star of August l3, a corre-
spondent questions the statement of
H. L. Blakslee, science correspondent
for the Associated Press, that water IS
more dense where it is deeper"
But it happens that the statement is
correct. Water is not "incompressible"
as popularly is imagined but Is about
100 times more compressible than mild
steel.
In calculations dealing with the ef-
fects of stress and strain on materials
subjected to loading, engineers make
use of quantity called the modulus of
elasticity. This quantity is defined as
the quotient obtained by dividing the
load per square unit of area by the
elongation Cor compression) of the
material per unit of length. The only
proviso is that the material must not
be stressed beyond its elastic limit.
After this permanent distortion takes
place.
In the case of mild steel, the value of
the modulus of elasticity is 10000 900
in pound-inch units; in the case of water
the value is 100000.
Evidently, as the depth Of water in
creases each strata underlying those
above it is subjected to a compressive
loading which increases its density. The
increase in loading due to depth is not
just proportional to the depth but in
creases at greater rate because the
weight of the water per cubic unit in
creases progressively.
The calculation is too involved for
demonstration here; but it may be re-
marked that if water, at atmospheric
pressure, weighs 62.5 pounds per cubic
foot at depth of "a feet and 62.53
pounds per cubic foot at a depth of
$40 feet. At the depth of a mile its
increase in weight over that at the
surface will be in the order of "a per
cent. In addition to increase in weight
due merely to loading, water increases
also in weight as the temperature de-
creases until 40 degrees F. is reached.
Granted that the increases are small
and important only to physicists, still
Mr.. Blakelee is correct.
CHAS. j. SEIBERT.
Evening star., 1945-08-22
British Foreign Policy

policy delivered by Ernest Bevin be-
fore the House of Commons may be
surprising to many persons in Ameri-
ca. This surprise will be due chiefly
to certain widely publicized state
ments made by Harold Laski, head
of the Executive Committee of the
Labor party.
The implications of those state
ments were that the Attlee cabinet
might be expected to initiate sub
stantial changes in direction of sew
eral policies. notably toward Spain
and in regard to Palestine and
India. Mr.. Laski's remarks moved
Winston Churchill, leader of the
Conservative opposition. to ask the
new Prime Minister whether they
reflected the views of the Labor
government, to which Mr.. Attlee
replied that Mr.. Laski spoke pri-
marily as an individual and pos
sibly as voicing the views of other
committee members, but that for
eign policy would be formulated by
the government itself and would be
expounded by its official spokes-
men.
The address of Foreign Secretary
Bevin substantiates the Prime Min
ister's thesis. 1t certainly does not
coincide with Mr.. Laski's implica-
tions, for it is thoroughgoing con-
tinuation of the foreign policies
adopted and followed by the coali-
tion government during the war,
which were thus the joint products
of Tory and Labor views. This
means continuity in foreign policy
backed by the enthusiastic support
of the loyal opposition. which
hailed Mr.. Bevin's speech with
cheers and Endorsed him on every
point. Instead of debate" on the
address, there was a veritable love
feast, Conservatives gleefully re-
marking that, if Winnie" had made
the speech, he would have said
practically the same things.
For Americans, the most gratify-
ing aspect of Mr. Bevin's survey will
probably be the British govern
ment's support of our own official
disapproval of the present Bulgari-
an regime. Indeed, the new Foreign
Secretary specifically included the
regimes installed in Romania and
Hungary among those which "do
not in our view represent the ma
jority of the people and the impress
sion we get from recent develop
ments Is that one kind of totali-
tarianism is being replaced by an
other" In Greece the policy fol-
lowed by the coalition government
was upheld and Yugoslav charges
of persecution of the Slav minority
in Greek Macedonia were refuted.
Regarding Spain. Mr.. Bevin dep
recated foreign intervention as
likely to strengthen the Franco
regime. Though giving assurance
that internal changes effected by
the Spanish people would be favored
by Britain. he stated that the cabi-
net "is not prepared to take any step
which would permit or encourage
civil war in that country" Other
high lights in Mr.. Bevin's address
were emphasis on the vital impor-
tance of the Mediterranean and the
Middle East to the British Empire;
the fiat statement that Britain, not
China, is taking the Japanese sur
render of Hong Kong, and the i'm
portance of economic factors in
postwar reconstruction. The Pol
ish and Turkish issues were ad-
journed for later consideration,
while neither India nor Palestine
was mentioned. Obviously, Britain's
diplomatic course remains basically
the same.
Evening star., 1945-08-22
All Over But the Shouting

Between the surrender OF Ger
many and Japan the War Depart,
ment sent a group of officers to
General Macarthur to discuss re-
duction of the eighty-five points
necessary for discharge. At that
time General Macarthur was pre-
pairing for an invasion of Japan.
The decision of the conference was
that reduction of the discharge
score would so disrupt MacArthur's
combat divisions and service forces
that it would leave him handi-
capped. The reduction was post
sponed indefinitely. While it would
have been possible for men return
ing from the European theater, it
would be inequitable unless applied
to all theaterS.
On Saturday the War Department
announced new screening Of the
Ninety-f1fth Division, back from Eu-
rope after $50 days of combat and
on its way to the Pacific, which
would remove some 1,100 men
thirty-eight years old or over and
others who had considerably less"
than eighty-five discharge points.
Today the War Department an
nounced that no enlisted men of
seventy-flve points or more would
go overseas, and the announcement
comes at time when there is a
rising protest, from the Ninety-f1fth
and other divisions, against sending
men to the Pacific who have served
in combat in Europe.
Whether these protests had any
thing to do with today's announce
ment is not known. But it IS evi-
dent that there is flooding tide of
protest, from soldiers, their parents
and their Congressman, based on
the assumption that the Army al
ready has more men than it knows
what to do with and must speed
up the release of those whom it does
not need. The resignation of draft
board is further evidence of this
protest. And ironically enough, the
Navy, which has announced a dis
charge policy not nearly. SO liberal
as the Army's, SHE'D away from the
Army scheme because of the Army's
difficulties and still manages to
escape all but nominal criticism.
The war is not over for the selec-
tees, of course, until Congress ends
the draft and directs change-over
from conScripted to a volunteer
force. In the meantime, the Army
must furnish armies of occupation
while speeding up demobilization.
Yet some members of Congress are
already warning that newly in
Quoted youngsters are too inexperi-
enced for that job. The Army is
thus caught between the devil and
the deep-blue sea. One way out of
its difficulty, impossible for security
reasons while the war was on, is to
make public numerical break
down of the disposition of all Army
forces noW-where they are, what
they are doing and what remains
to be done. The breakdown should
include some accounting of the &C
tivitieS of the tens Of thousands of
youngsters in the Air Corps, who
were high-pressured into enlistment
with visions of wings before their
eyes, and who have been repeating
the same course, or loafing in train
ing camps ever since because there
is nothing else for them to do.
In other words, the quickest way
for the Army to escape mounting
public criticism-which is highly
injurious to the morale of the SOL
dier-is to explain convincingly
what it is doing, and what it has to
do with the men now in uniform,
Evening star., 1945-08-22
Declares Injustice Is Historic

Declares Injustice Is Historic
To the Editor of The STAR
Referring to the recent protest of
Robert w. Kennedy, president of the
National Lawyers Guild, denouncing
the Orphan Annie" trial as depicted
In the comic strips as "a pointless and
vicious Misrepresentation of the entire
profession" may I take the liberty,
please, Of calling Mr.. Kennedy's atten-
ton to the fact that the misuse of power
and influence, the exclusion of important
evidence, the purchase of immunity, the
hagrant violations Of judicial procedure,
the placing Of personal ambition above
Justice to the accused, and the utter
disregard Of constitutional safeguards,
which have marked Annie's legal battle
for life, have not been unknown in legal
annals, even in this land of the free?
We should like to believe that the
legal procedure depicted in Harold
Grays sequence was all based on his
fertile imagination, but there are many
OF us who can remember such cases as
those of Sacco and Vanzetti and Leo
Frank in the East, Mooney and Billings
in the West, the Haymarket rioters
(some Of whom were proved to be out
side the State when the bomb was
thrown) in Chicago, and countless
lynchings in the South, many of whose
victims had but the mockery of a trial,
If any, and without benefit of Warbucks
or Punjab.
In the light Of such travesties on Jus
tice, some of us cannot help feeling, with
Cicero, that: THE more law. the less
justice"
MRS. GERTRUDE E. MACKENZIE,
Evening star., 1945-08-22
Wives Coming
From the Topeka Capital.

from the Topeka Capital.
From England, Australia and numer-
GUS other places where Yanks have gone
to fight in this war, romance has
bloomed. A London dispatch gives a
hint Of what is going on by stating: cat
eight airdromes in Northamptonshir
l,l50 American airmen have married
English girls"
So many brides from only eight air.
drome stations indicates that, when CT
Joes come home from all parts of the
world they will be accompanied by q
large scale invasion Of brides,
Evening star., 1945-08-22
Just a MYTH

From the Montreal Star.
There may be 5 Hitler legend, be he
dead or alive, hut like all legends eventu-
ally It VIII be treated no more seriously
than any other fairy tale,
Evening star., 1945-01-10
ACTRESS Joan Sullivan
|Weds Veteran Of st. Lo

BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 10.-Friends
learned today Of the marriage Of
Joan Sullivan, film actress, and
Army 1t. Joseph Grensebeck in Las
Vegas, New, last Thursday.
They are honeymooning here dur
ing 1t. Grensebeck's leave from an
Army hospital where he has been re-
cuperating from a wound received In
the st. Lo fighting.
Evening star., 1945-01-10

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The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-07

TIE war 3 ovoS:
But for this G. l., another battle has begun.
Now-and for long time to come-he must battle pain,
disusionment and despair He must learn to live again.
Handicapped, he must fight for his place in tough COM
petitive world.
He needs your help
Over a million Americans have been casualties in
this war.
These men sfuered for us-for all Of US.
Some died for us. They have left widows and chill
dren who need help
Some ived-though pieces of them died They need
your help
Sympathy and gratitude are not enough.
you really want to help-buy Bonds Bonds Bonds The
Victory Loan Your money is needed For the
disqualification of wounded To give them the finest
medical in the world To buy artificial and legs
and teach them to them To give them the special train
ing they'll need and help them find real place in the
America they fought to save.
For those who died before victory won-hep for
their children, their families.
You not asked to give Only lend your money-at
generous interest Interest that will pay you back four
dollars for every three, at maturity you build nest
egg for security and prosperity
This is the last time you will be asked to buy extra
bonds+ Resolve make every small sacrifice for those
who have sacrificed much Give your uxures for the
greater luxury of clear conscence-buy extra bonds
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-07

*FoIovins shs Victory Lean. the sole 81 T. p end u
Savlnss Sends will continue through rssvsr svsherzaton
aseneies and through the PoyroI SavInss Plan.
Evening star., 1945-11-04
By James Y. Ne,0fon

A few weeks ago the Navy was called
upon by the President to operate the
strike-bound oil ref1neries and pipe
lines. It was big job involving q
third of the Nations multi billion dollar
refining industry and one bit out
of the Navy's line.
The admirals scratched their collec-
tive heads for solution to the guam
Diary. Finally, some one said: "Give 'em
to Ben Moreell. He can do anything"
Any one can recount the deeds of
Nimitz, Halsey and Mitscher who went
out and shot up the Jap feet and blasted
him on land. But few know anything
about Vice Admiral Ben Moreen, who
played an equally important If not so
glamorous role, in winning the war
for us. Any of the big combat heroes
will declare the shooting would not have
been so good If it had not been for the
brain and energy Of Admiral Moreell.
AS chief of the Bureau of Yards and
Docks and chief of the Nays civil en-
gineers, Admiral Moreell carried out a
$12,000, 100000 construction program
during the war. He supervised the
building Of hundreds Of naval irstalla-
tions, including 800 advance bases. Many
of the latter are thousands of miles from
our shores and some are as large as
Peoria, ILL.,, or Columbia, s. c.
In addition, he organized and directed
the training and operation Of the Sea-
bees the Nays work force, who many
times showed they knew how to fight
as well as build. The Seabees we're
something new to warfare and Admiral
Evening star., 1945-11-04
DETERMINED MOREELL SEEKS OIL PACT

Moreell is prouder of them than any,
thing else in his naval career.
The man who was given a major
segment of the oil industry to operate
with his left hand looks, at So, as
though he could step onto a pro foot
ball field and give good account of
himself. He is big, strapping 900
FOUNDER who actually was a football
hero and captain of the track team at
Washington University in st. Louis.
Fellow officers say Admiral Moreell
possesses terrific driving energy and a
great capacity for work and that he
thrives on it. He Shouldered great re-
sponsibility in the war and came through
with flying colors. He is friendly, lik-
able and easy-going.
Admiral Moreell is not an Annapolis
man and that's unusual for vice ad-
nliral. He insists it has been no handi-
cap to him. About half of the officers
OF his Civil Engineer Corps received
their education outside OF the Naval
Avademy. He was born in Salt Lake
City. The family moved to st. Louis
when Ben was and he received all of
his schooling there.
He entered the Navy by competitive
examination In June, 1917. After serv-
ing in various positions in the Navy's
public works system, he was named to
his present job by President Roosevelt
late In 1887 with the rank of rear ad-
miral. Mr.. Roosevelt made him vice
admiral in February, 1914.
On the way up,. Admiral Moreell
served from 1920 to 1924 as executive
officer to the engineer in chief Of the
Haitian Department Of Public Works.
Evening star., 1945-11-04

This was during American occupation Of
Haiti and he and his fellow officers did
much to improve public facilities and
modernize the island republic. Admiral
Moreell was lieutenant then. He says
his group down there did all right, for
three others also are now adniralS.
These are L. B. Combs, G. H. Cotter and
G. A. Trexel, all of the CEC.
The admiral is invaluable to the Navy
for reasons other than unusual ability to
plan and boss huge construction prof.
ects. In the first place he knows his
way around Capital Hill and is highly
regarded in Congress. Then, he proba-
bly, Is the best liked Of all top Navy Of
ficers by organized labor. For years he
has worked in harmony with the AFL
building trades and usually his name Is
high on the list Of speakers at AFL con-
ventions.
This quality of understanding labor
probably was influential In his selection
for the job Of operating oil properties
during the period Of Federal seizure.
CIO OIL Workers Union members
went back to work for the Navy al
though there still has been no settle-
ment Of their wage demands. Admiral
Moreell makes no secret Of the fact that
he wants to get out of the oil business"
as quickly as possible He probably
could retreat during the current lull In
oil industry strife and without criticism
have the Government return the prop
critics to their owners.
But that Is not the admirals way Of
doing business. He knows there win be
new trouble unless the basic cause for
the dispute is removed. So, with that In