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Evening star., 1945-06-25
A Busy Week

This is busy week on Capitol Hill.
Saturday is the end of the fiscal
year, and in his cartoon today Mr..
Bergman has indicated the pro-
portions of the job which Congress
must complete in six working davs,
Absenteeism and the usual restive-
ness of members as the prospect of
a summer recess nears increase the
difficulties of the leaders.
The mere volume of appropriation
bills and the extension of acts
which otherwise would expire at
the end of the fiscal year is more
impressive than it is significant.
Most of the details already have
been examined in committees and
matters of policy, rather than of
apportionment of funds, cause de-
bate. AS demonstrated in the past,
the often ponderous and tedious leg
islative machinery of Congress can
work with surprising speed under
the spur of some emergency.
But the inevitable accumulation
OF legislation now facing Congress
makes the consideration of local
bills extraordinarily difficult and in
such circumstances the District
often suffers.
Chairman Randolph of the House
District Committee, for example, has
seven bills which probably will be
presented to the House today. Yet
any real consideration of this legis-
latlon on its merits by the House
is practically out of the question.
which means that unless there is
virtually unanimous support, or un-
less conflicting viewpoints are quick
ly reconcilable, they must go over.
Sometimes the delay is not of great
Importance. But a condition which
makes adequate consideration of
local legislation dependent on mere
expediency is utterly wrong, in view
of the constitutional requirement
that Congress exercise exclusive leg
islative control over the District of
Columbia. .--., nj
Probably the most vital legislation
threatened by the pressure of other
business this week is the teachers
salary bill. No bill has received more
careful study by the local authori-
ties, but it has been snarled by last
minute attempts to change it's whole
complexion. Mr.. Randolph has
worked hard and long with school
officials to perfect it in time for
action this week. But it is yet to
come out of committee, and unless
there is quick action-or some tenn
porary substitute-the teachers will
receive a reduction instead of an
increase in salary after July /.
That would be an ironical bit of
injustice which should not be per-
mitted to occur.
Evening star., 1945-06-25
New Cabinet in Italy

After nearly two months of politi-
cal jockeying, Italy has new cabi-
net. It's most significant aspect is
the new Premier. Feruccio Parri,
perhaps the most outstanding per-
sonality that wartime Italy has pro-
duced. Parri is of type well known
in all Latin countries-the dynamic.
''intellectuaP' who goes into politics
and gets to the top. A university
professor from Genoa. he opposed
Fascism from the start, spent several
terms in jail, and was the brains be-
hind the underground" movement
in Northern Italy, where his secret
identity was yelled under the pseu-
donym of General Maurizio," who
became the half-legendary hero of
the Partisians.
Feruccio Parri is head of the nu-
merically small but influential Ac-
ton party, an organization which,
though cleft wing" in ideology,
stands apart from both the Social
lists and the Communists, advocating
radical reforms in specifically Italian
terms and thus serving as potential
bridge between the extreme left and
the nationalistic moderates and
conservatives. Parri is. however,
avowedly for the abolition of the
monarchy and the establishment of
a republic. It is one of the anoma-
lies of contemporary Italian politics
that he was compelled to take his
oath of office from Crown Prince
- Umberto, promising among other
things to respect the moratorium on
constitutional changes until the
general election for a Constituent
Assembly which will decide Italy's
future form of government. And
this proviso is, in turn, due to ar
rangements made with the Allies,
who still occupy Italy militarily and,
In the last analysis, control its i'm
mediate destiny. It should be re-
membered that Italy has not yet
made peace with the victors and
cannot be considered an independ-
ent country until deflnitive peace
settlement has been concluded.
Under these circumstances, the
government" of Italy is both provi-
sional and dependent on foreign
control. This anomalous situation
rks most Italians, who frankly de-
sire the end Of Allied occupation.
Yet Italy desperately needs Allied
aid TO reconstruct its shattered eco
nomy aad Allied protection from
Evening star., 1945-06-25
This Changing World
By Constantine BrOwn

80 years. He said the cabinet wanted
to install republic. In speech he
also asserted that Italy expected the
Allies to return all Of her colonies now
In Allied hands. Despite Italy's long
years under Mussolini-during which,
Of course, the King was only puppet-
there are many in Italy who want to
see the monarchy continued. When the
showdown comes there will be the in
evitable clash of theology.
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To this must be added the further
situation OF Northern Italians being
irked at the people of Southern Italy
over their efforts in the war. While
many OF the people in the north were
doing all they could, in underground
fashion, to aid the Allies, many in the
south were doing nothing but living OF
the food sent in by the Allies.
Across the Adriatic, in Yugoslavia
we have picture of people bitterly
aroused over their failure to gain con-
troll of Trieste, which Is Italian terri
tory. Marshal Tito's troops took Trieste
from the enemy and, after much wran-
Cling, Withdrew in favor of the Allies.
An agreement was signed by Tito sur
rendering Trieste. and it has been re-
ported that he gave in only at the behest
of Premier Stain. But while Tito
withdrew-and, on paper, the matter
seems settled-he has not budged one
inch In his desire for the disputed
erritory
AS to the internal troubles of Yugo-
lavia, strict censorship has not revealed
a great deal to the outside world It is
known, however. that Yugoslav Lega-
tions have received instructions from
Belgrade to remove from their titles all
vestige of royalty. The title used by
these diplomatic missions is now "Lega-
ton of the Federated Yugoslav States"
instead Of Royal Yugoslav Legation" I"
The pictures of King Peter, who still
is nominal ruler of the country, have
been removed and replaced by those of
Tito
This has been done, despite the fact
that Yugoslavia has not yet had a pleb-
iscite to decide what form of govern
ment the country shall have and also
despite the repeated assurances of Tito
that free elections would be held How
the Yugoslav people actually feel about
Tito. the meager reports do not say
How they feel about Peter does not
matter, it would appear.
Evening star., 1945-06-25

attempts Of late enemies such as
Yugoslavia, Greece and the De
Gaulle regime in France to annex
slices of it's territory. There is also
the problem of internal order, so
threatening in parts of Italy that
the presence of Allied bayonets may
still be needed to prevent local up
heavalS. Feruccio Parri will need
all his courage, resolution and re-
sourcefulness to sustain himself in
the arduous task he has assumed.
Evening star., 1945-06-25

With the meeting of the Big Three
in Berlin fast approaching, the political
picture Is far from rosy in several OF
the liberated countries - especially in
Italy and Yugoslavia While there has,
of course, been no hint as to the extent
Of the conversations Of President Tru-
man, Prime Minister Churchill and
Premier Stain, it appears fairly certain
that conditions in these two nations will
be on the conference agenda
One Of the causes of recent criticism
of Allied policy arising in both Italy
and Yugoslavia is the reputed lax man.
ner in which war criminals have been
treated. In North Italy, anti-Fascists
have broken into number of jails, and
machine-gunned the prisoners, while in
Yugoslavia. where Marshal Tito is the
present "big boss" there is rising dis
content over what the Tito regime says
is illy-dallying" over steps to arrest
war criminals.
Last week Dr. Radomir Zivkovic, Yu-
goslav representative on the United Ma
tions War Crimes Commission, charged
that many top Italian war criminals
had not been arrested; in fact, DR.. ZiT-
kovic's report asserted, many of ther,
are in state positions.
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All this adds fuel to an Italian-Yugc
slav fire which, though to all appear
ances has been put out, is still smoul-
dering. And, observers say, it coult
flare up at any moment
Back of it all are two basic questions:
as far as Italy is concerned, the con-
tinuance Of the monarchy; and, in
Yusoslavia, the combined problem of
control of Trieste and the return of
King Peter.
Criticism has already sprung up in
Italy over the choice of the new cabi-
net to succeed that headed since 1943
by Premier Ivanoe Bonomi The new
Premier, Ferruccio Parri selected by
Crown Prince Umberto. lieutenant gen.
eral of the realm, is only f1gure-head:
he is no politician, he said in accepting
the appointment. The two strong men
of the cabinet are the Socialist vice
premier, Pietro Nenni. and the Commu-
mist, Palmiro Togliatti
Nenni already has served notice that
the new cabinet-doubtless that is, him.
self and his comrades in the cabinet-is
determined to end the reign of the
House of Savoy, which has served for
Evening star., 1945-06-25

the enemy. On both Two and Saipan
the nght1ng was conducted in one
sustained, intensive operation. almost
without pause. On Okinawa there was
an easy time at first, until we ran into
the japanese main positions; and even
tnen there were operational pauses
here and there, as is inevitable in any
campaign involving an entire army,
with two corps headquarters and seven
divisional headquarters running various
parts of the battle and with divisions
moving in and out of the line.
Moreover 1t should be remembered
that IN the Okinawa campaign, we
were fighting much closer to the main
land OF Japan and therefore to the
sources OF japanese power-especially
air power-than we were either on Two
or Saipan. Saipan is roughly twice as
lar from the Japanese mainland as
Two; Two is roughly twice as far from
the Japanese mainland as Okinawa.
ana by the time we got to Okinawa, the
Japanese were really beginning to get
tneir suicide air attacks going on large
scale. with a practiced technique, while
we were in course of developing our
countermeasures. Hence at Okinawa
we had disproportionately high ratio
OF naval casualties, intensified by the
fact that the length of the operation
dragged out the period when large num-
bers OF naval vessels had to remain In
a single small and easily located area,
where the enemy pilots could hardly
fail to find target.
X +
The point here to be considered is
the fact that the japanese are operat-
ing, as far as air power is concerned,
on basis of diminishing returns. The
closer we come, the more damage they
can do-quite SO. But the closer we
come with our superior air power the
more we can reduce their total air
potential.
It is not as though they are always
going to be able to put as many planes
IN the air as they have over Okinawa.
Very likely they will never be able, in
any future major operation, to do as
well, for one of the main reasons for
our going to Okinawa is to get a base
from which we can direct intensive,
continuous air attacks against the In
dustrial areas where Japanese planes
are manufactured. and against the ports,
shipping and railways by which raw
materials are moved to Japanese fac
tories: to say nothing of increased op-
portunities for attacks against japanese
airflelds and fuel storage. and against
Japanese planes in air combat.
In periods Of future intensive ground
combat with Japanese forces We shall
certainly continue TO suffer heavy cas-
ualties. But these periods of intensive
combat are not contmuous.
Evening star., 1945-06-25


If you look only at the first two
columns, the natural tendency is to say:
Good Lord, it is getting worse as we
go along. At this rate the conquest OF
Japan will cost us millions!"
But if you also look at the second two
columns, you realize that in proportion
to the numbers engaged, the losses on
Okinawa were about the same as on
Two, and not vastly greater than on
Saipan.
X X
But there is still another yardstick
which must be applied to these figures,
and that is the number of days that
the fighting continued. We cleaned up
Saipan in "A days and Two in 26. It
took us 81 days to possess ourselves of
Okinawa. The reason is, OF course, that
Okinawa is q much larger place than
either Two or Saipan, was more heavily
garrisoned, and we used more men.
Two was defended by 1900 japanese,
Saipan by 10000, while on Okinawa,
including . certain number Of local
drsztess, W had TO deal with $1,000 of
Evening star., 1945-06-25
Lonq-Hoorded Radiance

Light in these papes Is not q hsetino
mirror
OF this one moments sunshine on the
sea,
But long g-hoarded radiance, deeper.
clear,-
An essence that the breaking surf sets
free.
ltss beams haze burned upon the ocean
n,eado,Us
From, times beginning;-immemorial
light
OF golden suns by day and, through the
shadows,
Rays OF the animpdssioned moon by
night.
And nou, for my delight, the breakers
crashing
Release their peightless burden on
the shore:
Tinctured NTH rainbotOs, sven the rippls
flashing
Gtres back tts portion Of the sMcisnt
store.
From infinite time snd space. the srlsn.
dor c0me
70 scatter ct my feet t'tese Nososrs ~
lanse. -
nsEz BARcLAY KRB4A
Evening star., 1945-06-25
Mr.. Lawrence Criticized


To the Editor Of The Star:
David Lawrence's attempts to needle
us into demands for an open-air hearing
OF the Okinawa campaign will draw our
pity more than our scorn.
Whether Mr.. Lawrence knows 1t or
not, there never was a perfectly planned
and faultlessly executed battle plan since
the dawn of history. To state that we
make errors reminds me of Oliver Wen
dell Holmes lode to a Katydid," in
which he writes:
Thou mind'st me of gentlefolks,
Old gentlefolks are they;
Thou sayest an undisputed thing
In such a solemn way
This Chinese american girl feels that
We have far more important things to
do before this war ends than to hurl
barbed shafts of criticism at the men
who are doing the fighting in the field.
Assuming our total casualties to be
$4,000 at Okinawa. are we going to be
did not save the lives of at least 145 900
other Americans? 1t comes under the
classification of what a civil court would
term speculative damages"
I'd rather see Mr. Lawrence discuss
whether Hirohito should be hanged or
shot. CHIU CHUN-MUI,
Poor Opinion of Voters
To the Editor of The Star:
Phocian, an ancient Athenian gen.
eral, was so dubious regarding public
approval that when one of his speeches
was interrupted by tremendous ap-
plause he murmred, Gould have said
something stupid?"
Times have not changed! Not so
long ago, when Republicans promised
a chicken in every pot, cheers re-
sounded to the high heavens! Today
the chicken is about as rare as the
dodo bird, but assurances from Secre-
tary Wallace that "Bossy" was pre-
pared to do universal job by furnish
ing milk every morning for everybody
brought thunderous applause! And dur
ing the recent political campaign the
bright-eyed boys brought not only tu-
multuous thanks by promising 10000, 900
jobs when the war ended, but really
lined up" unthinking voters.
One sometimes wonders If reason ever
will supplant stupidity in a moronic
world. If SO, it seems safe to say that
political parties will receive thorough
housekeeping and 1t win no longer be
necessary to dish out "baloney' in order
to appease m emotional populace.
DokU1gD e. 008.De1ORoUa8.
Evening star., 1945-06-25
N the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.

From the St. Louis Post-ptSpatch.
The Tokyo communique Of Q B-7s
raid reported that 'the honorable tea
house In the honorable palace In the
honorable grounds Of the Akasaka De-
tached Palace was destroyed by ire"
Honorable U. 8. fire, mugs!
Evening star., 1945-06-25
From the Sky, Too!

Reproduction RiEhts Reserved.)
Evening star., 1945-07-23
By LARRY LAWRENCE.

The Hyattsyille horse show
rained out week ago. was able te
hold half its program in sunshine
yesterday at Col. Riggs field Chill
lum, Md, until q torrential down.
pour turned the event into an
equine water carnival with young
river bisecting the arena. But
horsey people are hardy folk and
the show went on to the finish, with
w. L. Gary's Tom Tom winning the
hunter championship in impressive
fashion by collecting three blues
and q second for 10 points.
The bay gelding, ridden to excel
lent performances In the fetlock-
deep mud by Carol Curran, won
the novice, open hunter and ladies
working hunter and garnered Sec
ond In the working hunter. George
tD Paula's Rose Valiant took the
reserve with a win of the working
hunter and minor awards for nine
points.
1Allhy ElhtiAy AoeCN ooAeAhoAS Y
horseman, had busy afternoon,
alternately riding Sergt. Hausseler's
spectacular Black Flyer and c. L.
Cresswells big gray, Silver Horn, in
the open classes. So well did Linky
pilot the two outstanding jumpers
that he won top honors with both.
1t was seesaw until the last class
when Black Flyer nosed out Silver
Horn for the jumper title by tax
ing the blue in the modified Olym-
pic for 10. The Creswell entry fin
ished one point back to be awarded
the reserve.
Ta-Bu, a promising 4-year-old by
Double Scotch Carrier Knight, well
ridden by Owner Mrs. Richard
Hume, won a popular victory by
taking the handicap jumper over
some Of the best Capital area horses.
The most exciting event was the
triple-bar stake, an added class,
with $50 prize money. With the
bars at feet, H. B. Parrish rode
Evening star., 1945-07-23
Tom Tom Is Best in Horse Show
That Becomes Water Carnival

his reliable Jeep to victory in the
final jumpoff.
The fans received a real thrill
when 1t. Bill Stevens of .Doolittle's Is
famous 9th Air Force appeared in
competition on Cody, a jumper he
had piloted when a member Of Uni
versity Of Maryland's crack horse
show team before Pearl Harbor
Bill got back from Europe July l
In time for the birth of his son on
July 4. Summary:
spnoB Sones u9se sssond sy PIT Ero
krsi; fourth. dsorse pi "a Psulss Rose aals
Junior iumpsr-,wen by Kristi; second,
Maurice chsney's Happy: fourth. c. L.
Junior hack and hunter-won by Cherry
fourth I,,f,or Gene me TucksE's DIS &Lurline:
ond. Rose Valiant: third, Xii Kristi; s; fourth. ftf
Mrs. Fred Eisler's Limerick Lace.
Junior champion-Party Miss. Reserve
Tom; second. Ben Dayenport's Ipco Boy;
third. Anne Hasner's After Dark; fourth,
Handicap iumper-won by Mrs. Richard
humes Ta-Bu; second, Amy Oars Queen;
third, H. B. Parrish's Jeep; fourth, Silver
working hunter-won BY Rose valiant:
second. Tom Tom: third, Frances crouse's
poipps,ans; apcI ns r fourth Donald Sutherland s
Novice hunter-won by Tom Tom; sec
ond, Carol CurTan,s Could Be, third, Pey-
ton Ballenger's Kesteven; fourth. Christian
Open tumper--Won By Happy; second,
Silver Horn; third. Or. 8. R. Graffar's $
Hack and hunter-Won by After Dark:
second, Maker Of Time; third, Mrs. c.
3. Lyman's Central Drive; fourth, Ipco
Triple-bar stake--won by Jeep.
Handy 1umper-Won by Silver Horn:
second, Mrs. william Hurst's Greylark;
third, Bonne File; fourth, Jeep.
Ladies' working hunter-Won by Tom
Tom; second, Rose Valiant; third, II. o.
Firor's Court Way: fourth, Kristi
Touch and out--Won by Black Flyer:
second, Suitland Stables Hiboy; third,
Happy: fourth. Jeep.
Open hunter-Won by Tom Tom; sec
ond Tradition; third. Rose Valiant; fourth.
Modified olympic-won by Black Flyer;
fourth, H. l. Buckheimer's Cherokee
Ladies' hunter-Won by Kristi; second.
Greylark: third, Kesteven.
Hunter champion-Tom Tom; reserve.
Jumping champion. Black Flyer. Re-
serve, Silver Horn.
Evening star., 1945-07-23
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OF Their Misery

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Evening star., 1945-07-23
Sports Mirror
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associateu PresS,
Today a year ago-Bill Mich
olson, Cubs outfielder, hit four
romers in two games with the
Giants-three in the first con-
test.
Three years ago-Tami Maui
riello stopped Red Burman in the
ninth round of a 10-round
heavyweight bout at Madison
Square Garden.
Five years ago-Welby Van
Horn was eliminated by Isidore
Bells in the second round OF
the Seabright tennis tourney.
Evening star., 1945-07-23
SECOND GAME

Totals 3S 132712 Totals 50 10 81 IL
sBatted for Byerly in second
TBatted for bookings in eighth
IRAN for O'Dea in eighth.
Brooklyn " $40 000 0OO-s
st. Louis --.- $50 600 002-7
Runs batted in-Galan, Walker, Olmo
l2), Bordasaray 80. Adams (2), Bergamo
hits-Adans. Bersamo (2j, Garms, Schoen.
dienst. Three-base hits-Olmo, Walker
Winning pitcher-King. Losing pitcher
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Totals 80 IL "a 10 Totals 3714 427I1

Totals 80 IL "a 10 Totals 81 IA 81 IL
Batted for Voisene in seventh.
Batted for Harrell in eighth.
New York -- OOI 600 400 5
Runs batted in-Lockman, Gardella,
Weintraub, Jurges, Clay. Libke (2), Nc
Gormick. Williams, Unser ~. Heusser.
90. Three-base hit--Libke. Home run
Libke. Winning pitcher-Bowman. Losing
pitcher-Fischer
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Cubs, S6; PhiIIies 5-ll Red Sox, 81; Browns, rs

Totals 80 t25 10 Totals "a 927 22
Batted for Hayworth in seventh.
| Ran for Schultz In seventh.
| ! One out when winning run scored.
Batted for Holm in eighth.
st. Louis - 100 600 1O0-2
Boston ------ 900 101 001-3
Runs batted in-Stephens, Schultz, Fer
riss. Eewsome. Lazor. Two-base hits
Evening star., 1945-07-23
Bel Airs 10-Doy Meet
To Sturt Wednesday :

BY the Associated Press.
BEL AIR, Md, July 23.-Racing
in Maryland Is taking q holiday
today and tomorrow, resuming
Wednesday when Bel Air opens its
To-day summer stand.
Post time at the u mile Hartford
County course will be 2:30 pm. The
meeting will run until August 4.
An eight-race cards will be pre-
sented daily with the third race a
steeplechase If enough Jumpers
enter.
Evening star., 1945-07-23
Dodgers, 3-8; Cards, ~
FIRST GAME

Totals 20 62712 Totals 33 727 o
sBatted for Hart in seventh.
7 Batted for Donnelly in ninth.
Brooklyn - 600 900 210-3
st. Louis ---------- 010 900 O00-1
Runs batted in-Herman, Olmo. Two
>ase hits Sandlock. Stanky, Rosen.
Three-base hit-Olmo. winning pitcher