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Evening star., 1945-03-08
Letters to The Star
How Detroit Strike Looks to a
Soldier Overseas
To the Editor Of The star:

ooAAASA ONSioVdS
To the Editor Of The Star:
Through you, I wish to express my
reaction to an item in the Stars and
Stripes-an item headed: III 900
Workers Strike in Detroit"
I'm just CT Joe, doing job-but
do I walk out because some of my
buddies are laid off? No, sir-because
when my fellow workers are laid
of" those words can be taken only too
literally. Do we quit our jobs because
some joker is laid of" for any reason,
whether it's because OF inability to
handle his job or merely inefficiency.
Why don't we have those II 900 men,
If they care to call themselves men,
relieve that many men sweating out
88s, and mortars, Tiger Royals and
mud and muck and missing buddies-
what in hells the matter with those
people? Are they living so we'll without
their brothers, their husbands, their
sons; are they wanton murderers?
Let's write new caption-"11 900
Front Line Troops Strike in the .ETO"
and go on: approximately 1000 en-
ployes Of the United States Armys
front line fighting men struck yester-
day following dismissal of several fel-
low workers.
"They ignored back to work order
from executive officers of the U. s. A.
THE strike virtually halted the ad-
vances of the armies on all fronts.
And the Krauts, quickly becoming
aware Of the situation, launched an
all-out offensive which portends push
ing the od-stained, sweat-soaked, GI
Joes from the ETO."
Only when we do that, it's mutiny;
and the AIRS say that the penalty for
mutiny is death!
We're not asking for the lives of those
II 900 men. All we want is the B-29
engines and the Bofors and other wea-
pons that give us at least an even
chance of seeing home again! Is that
asking too much of those essential
workers?"
l have long been aggravated by re-
ports of strikes and walkouts, but when
IL 900 workers in one essential plant
feel that it is too much loss of prestige
to continue our chance of living simply
because several have been dismissed,
that's too much for me to take without
blowing my top"
met Joe" the other day who saved
a lot of lives. He's an antiaircraft gun
ner. His weapon was Bofors gun He
broke up a flight of Heinie "Squirts"
bent on strafing motor column. What's
he going to be able to do for us, If he
needs new gun? You know one of
the boys in that outfit on the road
might have been the son Of any one of
those II 900!
Mr.. Editor, I've managed to constrain
myself to using printable language.
Therefore this protest will not carry
the disgust that really feel
TECH. SERGT. M. BLAUSTEIN.
Somewhere in France)
Evening star., 1945-03-08
The Stossen Speech

Commander Harold E. Stassen has
stuck to his knitting as naval Of
ficer since he resigned the governor
ship OF Minnesota to 60 to war. His
acceptance of appointment as an
American delegate to the San Fran
cisco Conference marks temporary
return to politics-politics in the
broadest sense and without particu-
lar reference to political parties. But
because he is recognized as a COM
ing leader in the counsels of the
Republican party and in American
public life, an unusual Importance
attaches to what he had to say last
night in connection with his San
Francisco mission. 1t Is indica-
tive OF a point of view expressed
with the authority OF one who has
seen war at first hand and it prob
ably represents the philosophy OF
other fighting men who, lacking the
commanders own facility of express
sion, would let him speak for them.
1t is, moreover, point of view that
offers some tangible foundation for
our hope that the lives of our fight
ing men are not being given in vain
and that finds increasing support
from the people of America. Limi-
tatlons OF space dictate the use of
the text of Commander Stassen's
speech in place of other contribu-
tions usually found on this page
today. 1t is believed that those
who read it will agree that the space
has been well used.
Evening star., 1945-03-08
Cologne: Nine Years Later

At this time nine years ago official
Nazi photographers snapped men,
orable scene showing a column of
young German soldiers proudly
goosestepping down a picturesque
street in Cologne. with Cologne's
celebrated cathedral rising majes-
tically in the background.
The story behind the picture was
that Hitler, in defiance of the Ver-
sailles and Locarno treaties, had
just reoccupied the Rhineland and
taken his first overt step toward war.
The event took place on March 7,
1886, and for a time there was some
debate as to whether France and
Britain should act at once to eject
the brazen intruders. But there was
no action. Instead, public opinion
among the western powers-not
least of all public opinion in the
United States-was disposed to give
Germany a break" feeling that no
very great harm would come of the
development.
Today-almost exactly nine years
to the day later-the photographs
we get from Cologne are photographs
not of goosestepping Nazis but of
the hard-bitten troops of the Amer
lean First Army to whom this great
est of Rhineland cities, the fourth
largest city of the Reich, has just
fallen. Events have thus swung
full circle. and the vast ruin of the
place-with the cathedral happily
spared, however-fittingl symbol
ICES the far vaster overall ruin
that has come upon Germany as a
result of Hitler's wildly vaulting am
bitions.
Militarily, with American and Al
lied armies in full control of the west
bank of the Rhine for all practical
purposes, and with the Russians re-
ported striking anew along the Oder
on the road to Berlin, the fall of
Cologne graphically demonstrates
how the mighty wise of the eastern
and western fronts has completely
smashed the enemy's once "impreg-
nable" outer defense walls and driv-
en-, Nazidom back into its last for
tress. Every Allied blow from now
on, whether by air or on the ground,
will therefore be blow at the heart,
so that Germany's final collapse has
become only a matter of time.
But Cologne today-nine years
after Nazi troops reoccupied it
does more than illustrate the awful
shattering of Hitler's dark dream,
and more than show how our Allied
armies have at last pinned down
Germany for the kill. It serves also
to remind us that if Britain and
France, supported by the other
peace-loving powers of the west
including the United States-had
acted firmly in March of 1885, the
world might never have suffered the
torments it has suffered since 1899.
The lesson should not be forgotten
In the future.
Evening star., 1945-03-08

ration Of the United Nations, ir1volv-
ing a declaration Of war against the
Axis. Argentina will be readmitted
to the inter-American family. If
and when such an offer is made it
will give the Argentine government
chance to extricate itself from its
dangerous isolation without too
great loss Of face to itself and to
the touchy national pride of the Ar
gentine people. Whether the Far
rell regime will take advantage of
the opportunity remains to be seen.
Evening star., 1945-03-08
Fog

The JOG is color blind, and he
IS jealous lest some eye should see
The colors that to him are gray
His malice blots them all a,oay
IN spreading Deils OF mist and dun
Until the glo1Ding tints are one.
AS hueless as a photograph.
He shouts rogue's triumphant laugh
And pakes the sun ftDhose mapping gaze
The Jog his chance to misbehove.I
What's this?" Sun cries. "'Ttpcs neDer
dullerl
Be o1"-nnd turns on technicoloy.
DOROTHY BROWN THOMPSON.
Evening star., 1945-03-08
Mr.. Davis Moves Up

When William H. Davis leaves the
Craftsmanship of the War Labor
Board to take over his new duties
as Director of Economic Stabiliza-
tion he will find himself endowed
with considerably more authority
than he has enjoyed in the past. As
the key figure in the stabilization
Setup. however, he will also be sub
1ected to much greater pressureS,
and 1t is reasonable to assume, there
fore, that the future of the stabiliza-
ton program will largely depend on
both the ability and willingness of
Mr.. Davis to say mo" to all of those
who demand favored treatment.
Since January /, 194l, during most
OF which time Mr.. Davis has been
head OF the WLB, the workers
average weekly earnings have in
creased 1853 per cent. During the
same period the cost of living has
risen 29.5 per cent. On this basis it is
evident that earnings have kept well
ahead of living costs. Since most of
the increase in average weekly earn
ings is represented by overtime, how
ever, fairer basis for measurement
consists of the average straight time
hourly earnings of workers who have
not shifted jobs. This increase has
been 36.7 per cent. which indicates
that the respective rises in wage
rates and living costs have been kept
in balance. and that a reasonably
good job has been done all along the
line in stabilizing both wages and
prices.
The question now is whether the
cost-of-iving line will be held with
as much determination in the fu-
ture as in the past. Mr.. Davis is
unequivocally committed to the
maintenance Of the Little Steel for
mula. at least until the end of the
war in Europe, and there is no rea-
son to suppose that, as stabilization
director, be will change his view in
this respect. But Mr.. Davis. in the
past, has been more disposed to yield
ground on the So-called fringe" in
creases than has his predecessor in
the stabilization post, Judge Vinson.
Until few days ago, at least, Judge
Vlnson had been opposed to any
fringe increases paw. shift
differentials, etc. - which would
necessitate price increases. Mr.. Da-
Wis position was that the WLB
should not be precluded from rec
ommending certain fringe increases
merely because higher prices might
result.
In practical effect, this amounts
to strategic retreat in the face of
high pressure, without abandoning
the main position-the Little Steel
formula. Anything which increases
earnings and prices. under existing
conditions, is undeniably infiation-
ary. But if uninterrupted produc-
ton can be secured in exchange for
strictly limited fringe increases, the
lnf1ationary consequences. in the
larger picture of the war effort, NAV
not be too high price to pay. The
answer, obviously, depends on Mr..
Davis. He is leaving one post which
has been the target of labor criti-
clsm to take another. at which even
greater criticism has been aimed. He
will need great deal of resolution
and the fullest measure of public
support, it he is to stand firm in the
new position.
Evening star., 1945-03-08
A Hero of the Other War

A Hero of the Other War
To the Editor of The Star:
I had the pleasure of reading Gen.
Somervells message to the Nation in
regard to our returning heroes in the
February 25 issue of The Sunday Star.
The message was grand. 1t rang with
strong and noble desire to pave the
way for our returning heroes. I add
few words of encouragement on my own:
Just about 81 years ago I had a
brother in the First World War, Staff
Sergt. w. G. Flack. shall never forget
his return. One sleeve hung empty. A
twisted useless arm was carried in
sling beneath his coat, but the smile was
Just the same. remember the slight
quiver on his lips as mother ran to
meet him. There was a troubled dim
ness in the dark eyes and hard firm
ness about the mouth, but otherwise, it
was BILL
For several months he was treated in
a Government hospital with very little
benefit. Discouraged, he begged the
officer tor a discharge, which they even
tually gave him.
Bill came home. For time he played
like little boy out in the sunshine.
We would see him working with his
withered hand, rubbing, twisting, and
slapping the muscles between the hand
and elbow, with determination that
We felt must win. Once in a while he
would vince, then he would laugh and
say: boy, felt that one all right"
At last we could see that his arm was
getting straighter, and one day he in
formed his loyal wife that he had
loafed around long enough and he was
going to get job, which he did, in a
milk plant at Heuvelton, N Y, lifting
heavy cans, doing regular mans job
1t was surprising how the arm gained
Today, but for the scar where the bullet
hit, just above the elbow, one would
never know.
The boys who are returning to us
now are not less courageous than my
brother. None of our boys should feel
sensitive about accepting anything that
the Government has to offer them, nor
should they feel that they are objects of
pity. They have a right to look at any
scar with feeling of pride, and know
that any scar they carry is certificate
of loyalty to their country and proof
of their worthiness to live under the
Stars and Stripes.
God bless all of our brave soldiers,
MRS. S. M. SOUTHWORTH.
Evening star., 1945-03-08
Wants No Prisoner Slaves

To the Editor Of The Star:
Would that our President had sufici-
ent vision and magnanimity to an
nounce to the world that any German
prisoners captured by our Army and
any German soldiers living in German
territory controlled by the United States
would not be inducted into labor bat
talions to become slaves.
Such an announcement would tend to
shorten the war and save American
lives
We have called the Germans bar
barians for making slaves of the cap
tured populations. Are we to sink to
tNeir level? Has the United States re-
verted to the law of an eye for an eye
and tooth for tooth or is this a
Christian nation?
HENRY C. PARKER.
Evening star., 1945-03-08

beyond his support and cooperation.
He set a helpful example.
Such a personality, departing,
would be missed in any town. The
loss Of Mr.. Heurich to Washington
is even more compelling. A good
citizen is gone. He will be mourned,
yet still more definitely he will be
appreciated.
Evening star., 1945-03-08

Many a Yankee soldier now in
perfect health will be made slightly
Ill by the way lot of his country
men are taking the new curfew reg
ulations
Evening star., 1945-03-08

Congress is now worked up almost
to the point of permitting the first
robin OF spring to warble without
Joining Mr.. Petrillo's union.
Evening star., 1945-03-08

The rising price of coal will en-
able many a householder to make a
really substantial saving out of all
the fuel he should buy but cannot
get.
Evening star., 1945-03-08

Germans are again reeling under
General EisenhoWers assaults. but
IN the European Theater of Opera
tions it is the final reel that counts
Evening star., 1945-03-08

Aggression Began Inside Germany.
1t is very generally agreed that international
organization should be formed and that the United
tions should be the basis of such organization.
not one of those who feel that the organization
must take certain detailed, exact form. believe
there forms that would be definite step for
ward and would make constructive contribution.
hope that it will include some method of developing
basic worldwide law 1t should make possible the
enactment of fundamental code of human rights The
beginning be small But II started with
the enactment of law law that country, in time
of shall execute human being without just trial.
1t would be significant step We sometimes fail to realize
We know full well that Naz aggression actually
started not when Hitler marched his borders
rather when he first ruthless ramped the rights of
within Germany.
From small beginnings, gradually the rights Of free
dom of worship of fair trial. of freedom of and
press the right of the worker organize and the preven
be stated the worldwide laws rules against aggression
for the flight of aircraft for the Of ports and canals
the restriction of armamentS the availability of resources
the advancement of health and education and the pre-
vention OF unjust confiscation OF property.
Obviously II we are to have laws must have a
court to administer these laws Clearly then, United
Nations Court of type with worldwide Jurisdiction
is essential.
1t is equally that police of nature
and justice is to be respected and maintained. This
definitely does not al-powerfu international
police force of superstate
Let us clarity thinking.
If either the United States, Russia Great Britain
decide in the next Is to make then there will
be another world and no organization league
OF these countries will want to make Each knows
the horrors of Each has much to gain by not
making war; Each has great future in the peaceful
development of its and It's standing in the world
They will not always problems alike. They will
not always please each other But in the main
and should work put their differences Of views and find the
way for Joint action. The Yata Conference very
important indication that this can and will be done.
Clearly then. our policies should he based the develop
Evening star., 1945-03-08

policies and tries to make might right &
To those who scof at thoughts like these expressed
tonight abstract idealism simply ask that you look
out upon the worldwide tragedy of today When
terror OF war has reached the scale that today
1t is time for some thinking for peace grand scale
And add that will work with you with Just much
hardsheled realism the emergency of today and with
Of tomorrow Y
But our ideals will determine the al-important ques-
ton OF the basic course that take.
We need no scoffers today. We need men, Men to
assault the plboxes OF lethargythe emplacements Of
preJudlce-the splitting of intolerance Men
willing to fall in the assault that others may carry the
day 1t will take that to build the world. -"
Our fighting men want America to have world policy
Tor peace that is as big definite and successful
has been our strategy for
1t will take time and it will cost
But the alternative makes it worth the cost
They do not want you to surrender before coun-
erattackng assault Of cynicism this best hope of
enduring peace earth.
Some people say that our democracy is not perfect
and that there is discrimination and inequality and
apathy and corruption They right. Some say that
our economic system has not funconed perfectly and
that there maladjustmens suferngs and faulty
distributions They right
But neither Of these facts any reason for waiting
forward to fulfill the world leadership which it manda
tory that exercise. - -
speak not of Utopia. speak not Of a human race
suddenly turned angelic
There will be selfshness and greed and corruption
and narrownesS and intolerance world tomorrow
and tomorrow's tomorrow But pray God we may have
the courage and the wisdom and the vision to raise
definite standard that WIN appeal to the best that In
man, and then strive nightly toward tina goal.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-02
PUBLIC NOTICE

In the District Court for the Terri
 tory of Alaska, Division Number
 One, at Juneau.
 IN THE MATTER OF THE REGU-
 LAR MARCH, 1945 TERM OF
 THE DISTRICT COURT FOR
 THE FIRST DIVISION OF THE
 TERRITORY OF ALASKA, AT
 JUNEAU.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That pursuant to an order of the Court dated February T, 1945, Regu- lar March, 1945 Term of the United States District Court for the First Division of the Territory of Alaska will be held in the Court Room of the Federal Building at Juneau, AL aska, beginning at the hour of 2 o'clock in the afternoon of March 20, 1945
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the above entitled court to be affixed at Juneau, Alaska, this 9th day of February, A. D. 1945. J. w. LEVERS, (SEAD Acting Clerk, U. s. District Court First publication, Feb. 9, 1945. Last publication March 2, 1945.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-02
SURPLUS SCANDALS

Under the chairmanshp of Senator Mead the Special War Investigating Committee is adding fresh laurels to those it won when Vice President Truman was it's head The current probe into the affairs of an auctioneerng firm known Surplus Liquidators, Inc highliehts the need of improved safeguards to protect the public investment in billions of dollars of Government property that eventually will be classified as surplus materials The recent setting up of a Surplus Property Board to formulate disposal policies and exercise supervision agencies doing the actual work of disposal is only first step The agencies delegated to handle surpluses will have to be put on the alert to prevent the Government from being gvpped by sharp and unscruplous private dealers
 The unsavory details brought out by the inquiry into the affairs of Surplus Liquidaors, Inc certainly suggest deplorabe lack of competence and vigilance in administering the disposal program. It is shock to public confidence to that dealer bought at auction for $31 Government owned searchlight that was promptly resod to another Government agency for S235 Another witness confessed to buying eight ship strainers from the Government for S325 each and selling them to a ship repair firm working for the Government for SIP
 These and other instances of petty though out rageous proteering Government expense well as evidence indicating that Surplus Lquidators Inc. had made good use of friends with political influence tc secure auction contracts not in themselves sgnifi cant Abuses of such kind inevitably occur whenever opportunity is afforded the greedy and unscrupulou to benefit at public expense. The moral pointed bl the disclosure of irregularities is plain It is that w
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-02
Rockets
CNew York Times)

(New York Times
 On fighters and medium bombers of the Army their counerpars in the Navy the use ot rockets is becoming more general and effective We know that rocketcarrying planes were highly efficient on D-day in France and know they have brought about swift reduction shore defenses in the islands of the stolen empire of the Japanese. Not much detail, heretofore, has been revealed about them. Now the Navy has permitted some facts of interest to become known. The 5-inch rocket has explosive power roughly equivalent to that of 155-nm. shell Thus when a Navy plane. perhaps hundreds of miles from it's nat-top home, fires rocket it can have the same destructive effect shell from the 5inch gun of destroyer.
 For aircraft, important advantage of rockets over shells fired by is that the former have no recoil and do not require heavy installations. The lack of recoil not only minimizes the shock to the structure but makes it much easier for the at tacking plane to stay the target for recurring shots Some rockets be fired while the plane is at high speed the danger from antiarcraft fire is minimzed. Experience has shown that they are more accurate when launched from plane than from the ground They held to the plane by sreamlned aunchers of light weight do not affect materially the flight of the machine and fired electrically from the cockpit Many Navy planes carry eight rockets in addition to their bomb load. What fighters can do with them was illustrated by recent attack by Hecats on Two Jima and Haha Jima. In a single strike the carrier fighters exploded tanker, com petey disintegraed large warehouse sank six small craft and wrecked buildings and ant-aircraft bat teries Sighting destroyer, they attacked with the result that the crew beached the ship, after which
 second savo of rockets set it afire and it burned 1 to hulk.
 As the intensity of the Pacific war increases, growing tons of the 5-inch high-velocity assault rockets will flow to task forces It the Chinese who first used rockets a weapon against the hordes of Kubla Khan Always initiative. the Japanese love fireworks too. One may hope they will lget bang of those the Navy is bringing them
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-02
IRATE MRS. RANKIN

Then Mrs. Douglas made plea for sticking to facts and not hiding behind prejudice.
 There is no place in our society for hate" she said. We don't get anywhere by hating each other. For instance, if I may be very frank and speak entirely off the record, I think that the kind of thing that happened on the floor of the House today was most re- grettable and is not going to con- tribute to the good of Congress"
 Immediately an ominous buzz buzz rose from the ladies of Con- gress. Mrs. Rankin, whose husband had leaped on Frank Hook, hac several friends present and they gathered around her MT. Hook, tht man who was leaped upon, alsC had feminine friends present anc they gathered into another group.
 Finally Mrs. Rankin. smiling sweetly but with touch of stee in her voice, came over to Mrs Douglas and said:
 Helen, you're much bette, actress than you are diplomat When you've been ill Washington