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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-23
THEY SAY

London-Prime Minister Chur
chill. after criticism in the House
lof Commons of the Big Three" de.
lcision on the postwar boundary Of
Poland: The Atlantic Charter is a
guide not a rule
Washington-Ce Direc-
Tor Byron Price halls the success o.
1.-THE American newsmens voluntary
censorship code Gould there be d
better illustration OF the freedom ~
1.-The press in action
Mexico City-President Manuel
! Avils Camacho, addr ssing Inter
American Conference delegates
1.-THE voice OF America will be a
splendid guarantee OF perfect
balance in the organization OF the
peace to come.
Cincinnati Maj. Gen. Levin H
Campbell. Jr.. Army ordnance
chief. 10 Cincinnati war industry
leaders. we have our biggest JOB
yet 20 do because we must meet
tremendously expanded schedules
in the face Of serious manpower
, and material shortages"
Washington-Co mdr Harold r.
Stassen. accepting political la
bility" appointment as United Ma
lions security conference delegate
81 feel it as much my duty to take
an assignment TO work for Sic
cessful peace as 10 work for
successful war
New York ImpresariQ Billy
Rose, who suspects a "multi-mll-
lion dollar lobby is responsible
for the midnight entertainment
curfew: we will fight those ele-
ments that slipped prohibition over
on us in the last war and are
trying TO do It again
Washington National League
President Ford Frick, after con
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-23
BURNS TO DEATH

Grand Rapids-In the sight 81
neighbors attracted by her screams,
Mrs. Katherine Sloma. 81. burned
to death on the second story porch
OF her home Thursday after her
clothing became ignited by an oil
burner She was dead before nelp
arrived.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-23
Hall Forgotten Days
Twenty Years Ago

Delegates from all Teacher Clubs in the county
together Bethlehem Chur'h Arm
Abor here and the clubs they represent
Mrs ". n Latham Mr. and Mrs W G. Conrad TOT
the JunorSenor Club Central School Mr. and Mrs Heldng
o. Grimes for the Central Grades club; Mr.
and Mrs ba Basse club, Dr. Wesa and
Mr. and Mrs Training School club
Mrs. Mabel J. Stadtmiller for the Prospect club
Birth. 10 Mr. md Vern Hutch a girl. Nora Lee
clifford celebrating their 56th wedding
anniversary. Mr.. Clifford S. and Mrs Clifford. 80.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-23
PASTOR RESIGNS

Charlevolx-Rey Maurice r. Pc
terson has resigned as pastor OF
the Charlevoix Baptist Church to
accept the pastorate OF the Valley
Farms Baptist Church near Ian
sing
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-23
Fifty Years Ago

expected that VIII McAndrew. Brooklyn. y s. viii do
liver lecture In the city THE Northwest
The sappho will with Mrs a. Todd for Rlbens,eIn
evening Mar G. A life given by
best musician furnish
his compositions among Mrs Pea7e Miss
Dickinson, oscar Gariessen and John Dodge
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-23

ference with War Mob.llzer James
+ Byrnes on basebai's wartime
future. We're making every plan
10 carry on Nothing developed
to change my opinion that baseball
can operate in 1915
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-23
FORMER POSTMASTER DIES

Holland Cornelius De Keyzer,
former postmaster and one Of the
organizers of the Holland City roll
Ter mills. died Thursday at the
age of Sc. In recent years he op-
Grated a real estate agency.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-23
Vile Preservers

Eur rugs should be swept daily with a
sun broom TO remove surface soil In adj
axiom they can be swept weekly with a
sucton''ype vacuum cleaner or. if you
remove the brush. with the agita.or type.
Occasionally send them 20 a reliable
cleaner for reconditionlng
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-23

Washington National League
President Ford Friok, after con
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-23

The most authoritative "Michi-
gan in Washington personality
died here a few days ago. HIS
name was James \. Councillor. who
left Marlette for the capital in
1906 As permanent historian OF
the Michigan state society (the
first in Washington. he probably
knew more Michigan folk than any
other man He was the head OF a
firm OF prominent accountants.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-23

a slot machine. seized by Ne
brasks police. was discovered to
be full of ration tokens. The
players, no doubt, thought the
jack pot was a T-bone steak OF
a pound of butter.
Evening star., 1945-09-12
Letters to The Star
Wants Next Parade to Move at
Slower Pace

To the Editor Of The Star:
May be permitted to offer a plain
citizens criticism of modern, stream
lined parades?
Approximately half a million people
came out Monday to welcome Gen.
Wainwright. I happened to be in the
crowd on the north side of Constitution
avenue, just across from the platform
erected on the Washington Monument
Grounds. We saw two wedges of police
men and a few cars rush past We
never even got a look at the general,
and many persons did not even knew
which car he was in. Some, of course,
could tell because there was woman
(Mrs. Wainwright with him.
Please, the next time, let's have a real
parade when we do have one-a good
fashioned parade, that moves about
3 or miles an hour. Somehow I
feel when we ordinary folks are suffi-
ciently interested to stand for hours in
the sun, the man we desire to honor,
or welcome, shouldn't be whisked past
us at such speed that we can't even get
glimpse of his face.
DICK NODAK
Evening star., 1945-09-12
Farms and Employment
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
In a recent moving picture newsreel
on the meat situation in the United
States the commentator jocularly de-
clared: "Of course, no one likes to
raise sheep"
This may have been remark
made in fun, but it seems to me that
many of our young veterans would find
great peace and happiness in the plains
and valleys of our Western States.
Surely, they would enjoy farming as a
career If they mad proper instruction
under the Department of Agriculture
Extension Service.
SO many people have felt vague
fear that there will not be enough en-
ployment opportunities for the veterans
of World War II and the war workers
(men and women who have been en-
plcyed in the airplane factories and mu-
nitionS projects. But there are many
areas in the United States and Alaska
where these young people who have been
faithfully serving their country during
the war could find new careers.
MILDRED U. MICHAELSON.
Evening star., 1945-09-12
Reporting the Peace
From the New York Post.

From the New York Post
With the development of jet propul-
sion and the atomic bomb, the human
race has less and less margin for error.
II We are going to survive, we can never
again sit back smugly as we did during
the rise of Nazi Germany, and wake up
to blitzkrieg. We shall have to keep
our eyes and ears and minds open The
strong support for freedom of the press
officially announced by the President
and the Secretary of State may prove
to be one of the most important recent
developments of American foreign policy,
and the most effective move in our cur
rent diplomatic offensive to extend the
area of democratic freedoms in the
world. For free press is one of the
most deadly weapons against the kind
OF aggressive regimes which keep their
people submissive to militarist tyranny.
Ant If such systems do get started, free
press can act as fire alarm to let world
opinion know about preparations for
aggression. Yet, as we try to remake the
future, there is free access to information
in a very small part of our world.
Evening star., 1945-09-12
A Pacifst Point of View

To the Editor of The Star:
All honor to Admiral Raymond A.
Spruance for his courageous stand
against holding Okinawa, perpetual
menace, not only to Japan, but to the
other Asiatic powers alike.
In the opinion of this writer, the de-
fense Of the United States does not
depend on our holding amy bases either
at the back or front doors Of friendly
or unfriendly nations. Considering the
destructive powers of the atomic bomb
and the almost unlimited distance of
which the newer type Of planes are
capable, no amount of military prepar-
edness can protect nation from al
most complete destruction Large armies
inevitably lead to relationships and die
tatorships lead to war.
The only defense possible against
mass, worldwide suicide is peace and
the only way to get lasting peace is
by organization and cooperation -
all government and court to which all
nations would be subject. just as our
48 States are ruled by Congress and
the Supreme Court. This condition can
not obtain SO long as Russia, Great
Britain or the United States place their
several sovereignties above world SOW
ereignty. No doubt these three great
powers could maintain world peace, but
only SO long as they agree; if each in
sists on maintaining vast military ma
chine, then sooner or later war is bound
to follow. 1t may not come for 10, 20
or so years, but come it will just as GER
tainly as two and two make four. Let
all nations police their own confines and
leave to the United Nations the enforce
ment of international good behavior.
With all the armies and navies scrap
ped, this would not require large force.
International forces then could occupy
such places as Okinawa, Bermuda,
Hawaii and the like without seeming a
menace to adjoining countries. Let con-
scription stop at once. An Army of
10000 900 men and a navy twice as large
as we now possess would not insure our
cities against demolition.
We should spend more in time of
peace to maintain peace than we do
to prepare for war. Prepare for war
and you get war.
r, BENTLEY THOMAS,
Evening star., 1945-09-12

the barren country The then Undersec-
retary of State StettiniuS is reported re-
liably to have worked up a memorandum
for President Roosevelt suggesting that
in the final settlement of the Italian
Empire this country should insist on
obtaining trusteeship over that strip of
land. So far as Is known the matter
was not taken up by Mr.. Roosevelt al
Yalta; neither was it discussed at Pots
dam In the meantime however, Moscow
made it known unofficially to the other
members of the Big Five that it in
tends to raise the matter when the dis
trlbution of Italian colonies comes I'D
for discussion and will insist that African
territory be placed under her trustee
ship.
Diplomatic observers do not take Rus
sla's claim seriously. They are inclined
to thinF that Foreign Commissar MoIo-
tov vii. raise the matter in order to
have more bargaining power in con-
nectlon with the Dodecanese Islands
which control the mouth of the Darda-
nelies
These islands, which passed into
Italian hands after the TurkiSh-Italian
War in 1912, are considered the key to
the defense of the Eastern Mediterran-
can. At present the British intend to
hand them over to Greece, on ethno-
logical grounds. But, according to re-
ports from London, British Foreign
Secretary Ernest Bevin is not quite
sure what would best serve the interests
Of the empire.
The situation in Greece is still obscure
There are many currents in that country
and even if the impending elections
kept the present government in office,
there are strong reasons to believe that
the elections may be followed by an
other revolution engineered by the Com
munist ELIAS groups which might COM
pletely change the situation in the
Eastern Mediterranean, SO far as Britain
is concerned.
Secretary Byrnes and his advisers face
a complex situation in which the old
power politics phantom will appear
France and China have little interest
in the ultimate fate of these islands and
Russia has not indicated how it feels
about the matter But political obSerV-
erS believe Moscow may not oppose the
Greek claims. Russia still has the upper
hand in the Balkans. The present Greek
government is SO weak that a we'll
organized move TO throw it out and re-
place it with an ELIAS organization
would not be difficult.
Evening star., 1945-09-12
The Surface Fused

The site of the atomic bomb
demonstration of July 16 is described
as being between sixty and eight
five miles northwest of Alamogorde
in Otero County, South Central New
Mexico. Until more definite state
ment of the exact location is author
lied, there will be some question,
however, as to whether it is in
Lincoln County or in adjoining
Secorro County. The newspaper cor
respondents who visited the place a
few days ago refer to Mocking Bird
Gap, but available gazeteers do not
list any such feature. Neither do
ordinary maps show it.
1t is not difficult, though, to dis
cover the Oscura Mountains lying to
the. west of the main road leading
from Ell PaSo in Texas to Santa Rosa
and Tucumcari. They are an inde-
pendent ridge, the principal peak of
which rises to S,732 feet. Composed
of rugged granite capped with lime
stone, the whole chain is a stalWart
mass. The western front of it looms
half mile above the desert, defying
the elements through nobody knows
how many sequent ages. From such
a source, the detritus, spread far and
wide over the surrounding terrain,
necessarily would be sternly resistant
material. The same observation ap-
plies to the lava tossed over the high
New Mexican plateau by now extinct
volcanoes millenniums ago.
In other words, the scene of the
birth of the atomic era was no soft
countryside like the marshy valleys
OF Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was.
rather, as tough background as
well could be imagined. Tourists
who have looked down into the
Grand Canyon of the Colorado or
into the basin left by the meteor
near Winslow, Arizona, can guess
what happened when the bomb was
touched off on the top of the hun
dred-foot steel tower on that historic
Evening star., 1945-09-12

large section of public opinion viewed
its use with grave disquietude.
Democratic social changes cannot be
imposed by conquering armies. Some
forms of society can be spread and en-
forced by the sword but not democracy
There is no record of any people having
been democratized by foreign military
governments. These things should be
Self-eyident, but obviously are not. Yet,
in the japanese settlement they are
recognized by both the President and
Gen. Macarthur, and that recognition
will do more to liberalize Japan than
the propositions of the liberals" would
have done, had they been accepted
* X
At home the Presidents New Dealism
is practical rather than theological He
recognizes vast opinion that the New
Deal was fine in aim, but often very
faulty in method. His message shows
every disposition, first. to restore the
prestige and responsibility of Congress
in order to bring about greater unity in
all branches of Government; and, sec
ond, to bridge the sChism that, regard
less of the causes, did exist continually,
before the war, between business and
Government.
President Truman is seeking to
establish postwar prosperity through the
proper and harmonious use of our eco
nomic opportunities. He recognizes the
problem is one of co-ordinating various
interests; and although he wants to
gear them in the direction of the gen.
eral welfare and full employment, he
sees his task as that of a co-ordinator
and reconciler
The message shows consideration of
the various interests and concessions to
all of them. Business is to be aided by
tax reductions, accelerationS of con-
tract settlement, to put it in funds and
llquidate claims against the Govern
ment; improvement of the machinery
governing the disposal of surplus prop
erty Labor is to be aided by generous
unemployment benefits to ease the
transition from war work to peace en-
ployment and by high wage policy.
In short, President Trumans New
Deal is less intellectualized, more
homefy, and T venture to guess, viii
turn out to be more practical and better
planned. His great predecessor has given
him direction, but he has not taken
any blueprints.
Released by the Bell Syndicate, Incl
Evening star., 1945-09-12
Says We Are Not Savages

To the Editor of The Star:
Would it not be better, now that we
have won the war over Germany and
Japan, to become less bloodthirsty in
our demand for revenge? We have a
Statue of Liberty which every American
citizen may see for miles as he enters
or leaves this country. Must the time
come when We feel ashamed to look
at it?
All read about in my evening paper,
just after eating a satisfactory dinner,
or in my morning paper, while the smell
of coffee fills the air, are horrors, atroc-
tiles, executions in all their gruesome
details.
AS if the description of the effects of
the atomic bomb and the hundreds OF
movies and news reels showing flame
throwing and other modern methods of
warfare were not enough, now must
get complete statistics on how many
leaders in Germany are going to be put
to death Ohey haven't yet said drawn
and quartered), the list now beginning
to run into the hundred thousands.
Let us remember that the French
Revolution deteriorated into reign Of
terror. Future generations of Ameri-
cans may not be pleased with what
happened after we won our war and
our vanquished foes lay absolutely at
our mercy.
We are not savages; we had wonder
full beginning with George Washington.
Let us be an example to the rest of the
world. y. S. CITIZEN.
Evening star., 1945-09-12
DemobiIizution and Politics

1t is perhaps inevitable that Con-
gressmen should be raising a kind
of rumpuS now over the alleged
"snail's pace" of Army and Navy de-
mobilization. Nothing could be po-
litically more popular-especially in
view of insistent mail from constit-
uents everywhere-than to take a
firm stand in favor of getting the
boys back home even faster than
possible. In the circumstances,
since this is bound to make the COM
plex mustering-o problem more
complex than ever, the Senate Mill
tary Affairs Committee probably is
serving useful purpose in calling
upon Secretary Stimson, General
Marshall, Secretary Forrestal and
Admiral King to appear before it
personally and explain just why
things are as they are. The sooner
the air is cleared, the better off
everybody will be- Compared to the
speed of discharges and homecom-
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rate this time seems extraordinarily
good, but if some Senators think a
better job can be done, the commit
tee hearings should definitely estab-
lish whether they are right or not.
If they are right, then, of course,
steps must be taken to improve the
situation. By the same token, how
ever, if they are wrong, there should
be an end to all loose talk and ILL
formed allegations on the subject.
The issue ought to be settled one
way or the other without delay.
After that is done, the Army and
Navy should be able to proceed with
their difficult task of demobilizing
without suffering the complicating
and mischievous harassments of
politics.
Evening star., 1945-09-12
The Testimony Is In

Senator Hatch is right in saying
that the hearings on the national
representation amendment, now
scheduled for September 25, should
not require much testimony and
should be brief. The volume of
testimony already taken on this
and comparable amendments would
exceed the digestive capacity of
most men. But if the Senator's
wishes for a brief hearing are to
be complied with and merely few
spokesmen are delegated to present
the case for the amendment, let
not the appearance Of those few be
incorrectly interpreted as lack OF
community interest in the outcome.
The, Star believes there is more
interest than ever before in cor
rection of the intolerable condition
which continues to deny Washing
tonians a voice in their own gov
ernment A part of it springs from
the sorry contrast between what we
preach about democratic aims in
the war and the wholly illogical and
unnecessary diSfranchiSement of
over half million intelligent
Americans by reason of their resi-
dence in the Capital of the United
States. A new emphasis was added
to this contrast by the spectacle of
Washington men in uniform, on
duty all over the world, denied the
right to vote with their comrades
in arms-the only group in the
armed forces who were Knocked by
the doctrine that the right to vote
and the duty to bear arms are in
separable.
1t is we'll that the Senate Judici-
ary Committee is ordering the hear
ings now and that the new form of
the Summers -Capper resolution is
in itself an answer to most of the
objections expressed in the past to
phraseology of the enabling provi-
SlOll. IL ID d Col1CA ouiS'Aoii oiA A''
face to oppose the principle of
representation for Washingtonians
and at the same time avoW loyalty
to the American form of govern
ment.
The Summers = Capper resolution
reads: THE Congress shall have
power to provide that there shall
be in the Congress and among the
electors of President and Vice
President members elected by the
people of the District constituting
the seat of Government OF the
United States, in such numbers and
with such powers as the Congress
shall determine.'
Evening star., 1945-09-12
This Changing World
BY Constantine Bro,Un

Secretary of State Byrnes will have his
first test as Americas No. diplomat in
the next few days when the foreign min
listers of the Big Five discuss various
peace treaties at their conference in
London A peace treaty with Germany
is not likely to come up for several years.
Germany has no government and the
Allies are not in a position to discuss
peace terms while their own representa-
tives are substituting for a national
government in the occupied areas.
But all the other former enemies have
their own governments, regardless OF
whether they express the popular will
according to the principles of the Allan
tic Charter or whether they are puppets
placed in Office by some of the Allies.
There has been definite understand
ing among the American, British and
French Governments to bring up the
matter of peace with Italy. The Rus
sian delegate, Foreign Commissar Molo-
tov will attempt to inject into the dis
cussions the case of Bulgaria, Romania
and Hungary. But 1t is improbable
that these countries will receive more
than scant attention. The problems
involved in the Italian peace are so
complex that the foreign secretaries will
not have time to discuss other matters.
The British Government desire to
reinstate italy as a Mediterranean
power. France. her erstWhile rival, is
said to agree with the British; the Amer
lean Government for reasons of inter-
national and domestic policies favors
the British thesis; China has not even
an academic interest in this matter and
will in all likelihood side with the other
Western powers. Russia alone Is for the
time being dubious about the whole
situation and has not shown her hand
yet.
1t appears from available inforina-
ton that the Western Allies are in
agreement with the U. S. S. R. on one
question: That of the islands in the
Adriatic which they believe should be
handed over to Yugoslavia. The ques-
ton of Mussolinis colonial empire
however, will be a great stumbling block
at the conference, particularly since
Moscow is reported to have pegged a
claim on Eritrea, a former italian COL
ony on the Red Sea. This colony which
in the past was considered inconse-
Quential, except for the Ethiopians who
were uneasy because the Italians had
naval and air base there, has now sprung
into prominence.
Because of air routes and bases, even
the United States took an interest in