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More Jenkinses Needed

OF course nobody loves a republican, but
this proposal of Representative jenkins OF
Ohio, chairman of the Republican Congress
sional Food Study Committee, for single
head of the nations food program, instead
Of the half dozen or so now trying to run
the show,'' as he puts it, comes close to pro-
viding a reason for it, especially as he sug-
gets that Marvin Jones would be a good
man for the job.
Jones is already food administrator in
name Obviously jenkins thinks it would be
good idea to let him be food administrator
in fact too, with a little authority and power
to shape the country's food policies, without
having to bow the knee to the half dozen
agencies trying to run the show and max
ing a dismal failure of it.
There is no probability that the jenkins
idea will be adopted. He is still republican.
But the fact that Congress proposes to look
into the food situation, from black markets to
foreign stockpiles, and, hopefully, the general
inefficiency OF many bureau chiefs, gives the
long suffering public some reason to think that
change for the better may be in prospect
And this makes us wonder why the ulti-
mate consumer masse is so willing to take
it lying down? To be sure, conditions are ex-
traordinary. People, by and large, are reluc-
tant to make their complaints more than vo-
cal, lest they interfere with the war effort.
But the bureaucrats have had their way so
long, with such damage to the public good,
that there can be no excuse for the public
and the public's stewards in Congress to con-
tinue to refrain from demanding an account
ing every time it becomes apparent that the
bureaucrats are conducting the pubic's bust
ness and the war effort incompetently.
If members of Congress in the party in
power are reluctant to do this we can only
hope that the tribe of Jenkinses will increase.
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Long Occupation

Now that there is no longer any doubt of an
Allied victory over the Germans in the field it
is interesting to turn back bit and see what
was being thought when the possibility of de-
feating the German Army in battle, but not in
mind was less prevalent than now, and how
long period of occupation of the Reich was
viewed
Among our clippings we find an article by
F. D. Fleming, professor of international re-
lations Of Vanderbilt University, which deals
plainly with these subjects. Says Professor
Fleming:
"Some Generals and Nazis may kill each
other now, but in defeat they will have the
same common purpose that held them to-
gether during the looting and conquest of
Europe. The Nazs, moreover, give us a new
problem of great completely and danger
They have enlisted permanently in the pur-
suit OF power and loot. They have no other
Idea or reason for living. In defeat they will
constitute the most dangerous underground
movement ever invented
ITO understand that this will be true, we
have only to recall what they did before the
big shooting started, how they made every
waking deed an act of War-War by trade,
by propaganda, by furious preparation for
the next grab, with or without shooting. To
them is eternal; it is life itself. Shooting
10 only of the many means of waging
total war. When the present shooting stops
: the real Nazis will simply continue the war
by other means, the means they used be-
fore 1sas-an dnew ones as necessity may
dictate.
"They may take to the hills and give us a
long period of guerrilla fighting. If they do
not, we may be certain that they are busy
o. erwise and elsewhere, working in the in
nocent looking sectors Of German admins
tration and industry, laboring in Spain, Ar
gentina and every other place from which a
Third World War may be prepared. We must
expect too, that both Generals and Nazis
especially those abroad, will be aided by
very large amounts Of stolen and struggled
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WASHINGTON CALLING
by
MARQUIS CHILDS

COLOGNE-When officers Of the
Allied Military Government took
over this ruined city, they had to
start from scratch. There was no
electric light, no water, no heat,
no communications Of any sort.
But there was one task they put
before everything else. That was to
release from the Gestapo prison
the political prisoners abandoned
by the fleeing Germans.
Men and women of every age
and every nationality had been
locked in their cells when their
jailers and torturers escaped
across the Rhine. For five days,
they had had nothing to eat or
drink. Those most enfeebled by the
horrors of the Gestapo lay uncon-
scious in fifth and slime on the
floors of the cells. Seven Wers
found dead. In several instances,
the living were locked up with the
dead.
The sight OF these people as they
stepped for the first time into the
light of day was something I shall
never forget. In their starved, bony
faces was a look of wonder and
unbeief. They had dreamed of this
for so long. They had abandoned
hope, now they could not believe
it was true.
Many wept - men as well as
women. Others laughed. Almost
without exception, they looked up
at the dark red bulk OF the pris-
on, which now, for the first time
since they had entered it, they saw
from the outside. Again a look OF
unbelief was in their eyes.
Some could scarcely walk, more
than 20 had already been taken to
a hospital. They wore gray prison
blankets over their stopped, bony
shoulders. They clutched rem
nants of pathetic possessions.
Each story of the reasons for
their imprisonment was different
but in each story was some hero
ism, great or small. A Frenchman
forced to work in Cologne res
taurant had given food to Russian
slave laborers. A Belgian woman OF
~ had refused to do espionage. A
young Dutcnman had listened to
BIC breakfasts and had report
ed news to friends.
Seeing these people, you could
begin to comprehend what the Ma
ri system meant. This was only
one of many such prisons. Here
lives were shattered by terrible,
organized cruelty.
One of the last to come out OF
the prison was a young girl who
walked with a cane and was sup
ported by an older man. She was
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By w. G. ROGERS
Report From Red China"
by Harrison Forman Holt;

ny A~t1'eVA COFman (dON;
So.
AS one of the first outside news.
men to penetrate Communist
China in six years, Forman brings
back an account which NAV
change considerably the general
opinion Of Chinese Communism,
Japanese power in Asia, Chung
king and the Kuomintang.
He travelled to Sian, Yennan and
on into the heart Of the area ia.
pan pretends to occupy. He found
a form of Communism which in
principle. and performance resem.
bles Soviet Russia very little.
democratic America very much;
evidences Of Japanese weakness
where strength was expected; and
signs that Generalissimo Chang
Kai-shk and his associates at
tempted to sabotage the war
against Japan on the Red front
while not prosecuting it ably in
their own region.
The people whom he saw on this
trip, made in the summer and fall
Of 1914, included Communist Par
ty Chairman Mao Tze-tung, Red
army leaders Chu Teh, Mich
Yung-chen, Chen vi and others
guerrilla Ger. Ho Lung, Japanese
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anymore. Every man has a bed.
1t is called a rack" It's merely
tubular framework, with wire
springs stretched across it. It is
attached to the wall by hinges,
and is folded up against the wall
in the daytime.
The tracks" aren't let down till
about 7 in the evening Except for
men standing regular watch who
must sleep in the daytime.) Hence
sailor has no regular place to
sit or lie down during the day If
he does nab a few spare minutes.
'~
A light carrier, such as mine,
has only about a third as many
planes as the big carriers in the
Navy, ours has the narrowest flight
deck OF all. It's so narrow that
when planes take off they use the
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Your War; With Ernie Pyle

left side of the deck, in order that
their right wingtip won't come toe
close to the island" as they pass.
Our pilots and crew are quite
proud that we have the narroWest
flight deck in existence. They're
proud they can even hit the damn
thing. Thy enjoy telling this story,
as an illustration
One day one Of our planes had
engine trouble or something and
couldn't make it back to our ship,
and had to land on the nearest car
rier, which happened to be big
one.
The pilot circled around it and
radioed in, asking permission to
land. When the permission came
back, he sent another message,
facetiously inquiring:
(Which runWay?"
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beautiful, but in no ordinary sense
In her face, particularly in he1
large eyes, was an indefinable look
that was courage and somehow tri
umph, too.
This was Odette, 10 years old
who had spent nearly twenty
mo h in prison for helping
French prisoners to escape from
Paris, where she was living wher
the Gestapo seized her. Her home
was in CharIeroi, Belgium.
Yes, they beat her many times.
She said it quietly. Tears were in
her eyes. She smiled. In her face
was a conflict Of emotions and YET
again a sense Of the triumph Of
the human spirit was suffering and
despair.
American doctors did not know
what was wrong with her crippled
leg. 1t might be tuberculosis OF
the bone.
The youngest of the prisoners
was a French boy of is, who had
been seized for slave labor when
he was IA and later imprisoned for
attempted escape and suspicion OF
Continued m Pare Eive\
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case and former retreats is that, with splen-
did flying weather, Allied air forces nave
killed so many thousands and destroyed SO
much rolling Stock that what is gong on
verges on actual rout. German troops are
said to be fleeing in confusion, under attack
from the air and from both flanks.
The 80 900 men trying to withdraw will lose
a large percentage of their total without
reaching the eastern banks of the Rhine.
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Daily Prayer
FOR KNOWLEDGE OF GOD

We worship and adore Thee .
living God, Ruler OF the ages ana
of the universe. The wonder and
majesty of Thine eternal greatness
overwhelrns us with awe; anu
with the angels, we bow low ana 4;
cry, "Holy, Holy, Holy" We shan
never understand Thee fully Vi
fathom Thy ways, until we stano
for a fuller knowledge Of Inee,
and for a greater faith IN my
loving providences. The red m .ls1
of war blinds our eyes; and we
are baffled by the mysterious
movements of our time. behinu
all. do Thou enable us to perceive
Thy sovereign power and Ihlne
infinite wisdom. We leave ou-.
selves and our dear ones, ana our
country's Cause, in Thy hands, az
sured that, beyond all our con-,
prehension, Thou art working lAs
purposes out. Amen.-W.T,E'
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interpreting
| The War
By klRKE L. SIMPSON
Associated Press W., .oN

war Analyst
Tagging advices from the r,'.,
and Seventh Army fronts ~ "..'
saar-Palatinate box west n ne
Rhine make it difficult to apor.i. ~.
the Nazi collapse fully: But -
black enough for the foe .vs, -
German accounts. "" oy
They picture the American H.
Army striking heavily southn naS
along the Rhine from the pSs.
gen bridgehead east Of the ri'
in an operation obviously ]inEs es
with the Thirds left flank ~ G H
blenz on the west bank. II bols. w.
potentialities OF new Rhine c ro.a'
ings that would start cavins ~
east bank defenses even be % III
what is left of the German ar-. ;.s
west Of the river can reach # ~
escape. :"
The German account said Fire.
Army elements had bored sevs.
miles up river TO the vicin;tr
opposite the west bank town =,
Andernach. That would mean tb..
the northern end of the Rim,
valley plain between Coblenz AND
Andernach had been reached II !,
across that limited flat land M
both sides of the Rhine that ths
east-West stem of the six lane mil.
tary Autobahn highway runs IA
cross the river and Third Armv
forces already are lined up on tbs
west bank ready to spring across
There was partial Allied contjr.
nation of the First Army push In
river to pave the way for a Third
Army crossing below Coblenz. II
is a logical development, and one
filled with gravest possibilities
for the enemy.
With the count far from com.
plete, front line dispatches put the
aggragrate Of Nazi casualties in
the Saar-P alatinate operation in
excess of $4,000, half or more Of
them taken prisoner by the Third
and Seventh Armies. That repres,
ents substantially two-thirds Of the
total estimated German force west
of the Rhine when the two-army
squeeze started. Even such Of those
as do escape will reach the east
bank badly disorganized and short
of fighting equipment.
The fall of such vital Nazi hubs
as Worms and Kaiserlautern and
a score other key points to fast
charging Third Army while the
Seventh plowed through the Seg.
fried Line on the south unchecked
came with breath-taking speed.
Nothing short of complete and Ut
ter confusion and a spreading
sense of impending total defeat
within Nazi ranks could account for
it.
It is at least possible that the
decisive crisis for Nazi Germany
is shaping up rapidly along that
critical Coblenz-Karlsruhe sector
Of the Rhine under circumstances
that could make the river Itself
relatively unpotent to hold back
the flood tide OF power approach
ing it from the west and the north
With the Rhine line already pune
tured in the center at Remagen'
days, even hours, may tell wheth.
err it cannot be already written on
as a serious obstavle to delay
complete German collapse IN me
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Flee In Confusion

When German forces began their retreat
west of the Rhine they were reported to num-
Der no less than 200, 900. The latest figure on
this withdrawing army is 10000.
Here is one more example Of the talent OF
Germans for escape. They exhibited it time
and again in Russia. They have shown it
before as they sought refuge east of the
Rhine.
The great difference between the present
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ny ERNIE PYLE

IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC
(delayed) The men aboard an
aircraft carrier could be divided,
for purposes of clarity, into three
groups.
There are the filters, both officer
pilots and enlisted radiomen and
gunners, who actually fly in com
bat. They do nothing but fly, and
study, and prepare to fly.
Then there are the men who
maintain the fliers. The air Off
GERS. and the mechanics and the
myriads of plane handlers who
shift and push and manhandle the
planes a dozen times a day around
the deck.
These mer are ordinarily known
as "Airedales, but the term isn't
much used on our ship. Usually
they just call themselves plane
pushers.
And the third is the ships crew
the deck hands, engineers, signal
men, cooks, plumbers and BARRIERS.
They run the ship, just as though
it were any ship in the Navy.
The fliers aren't looked upon as
Gods by the rest of the crew, but
they are respected. Hardly man
on the crew would trade places
with them. They've seen enough
crash-landings on deck to know
what the filters 60 through.
But there is a feeling-a slight
one-between the ships regular
crew. The fling is on the part Of
the ships crew. They feel that the
plane-handlers think they're pri-
ma donnas.
They say to you Them Aire-
dales is the ones that gets all the
glory. Nobody ever hears about us.
All we do is keep the damn ship
going"
But as far as l can see, the Aire-
dales haven't had an awful lot OF
glory. And their job is often a mis-
cradle one Their hours are ungod-
ly, and in the pinches they work
like fiends. I think the Airedale
deserves what little credit he gets.
1t is these 'plane-pushers" who
make the flightdeck OF an air
craft carrier look as gay and wild
ly colorful as a Walt Disney car
toon. For they dress in bright col
OrS.
They wear cloth helmets and
sweaters that are blue, green, red,
yellow white or brown. They make
the flight deck look like flower
garden in June.
This colorful gear isn't just a
whim. Each color Identifies spe-
cial type of workman, so they can
be picked out quickly and sent on
hurried tasks.
Red is the gasoline and fire.
fighting detail. Blue is for the guys
who just push the planes around.
Brown is for plane captains and
mechanics. White stands for radio
| men and the engineering bosses.
Yellow is for the plane directors.
Yellow is what pilot looks for
the moment he gets on deck. For
the plane directors guide him as
though they were leading a blind
man. They use a sign language
with their hands that is the same
all over the Navy. and by obeying
their signs explicitly, the pilot can
taxi his plane within two inches of
another one without ever looking
at it.
ALI the pilots and ships officers
live in Officers country in the
forward part OF the ship. They live
in comfortable cabins, housing
from one to four men.
~ inc crew ilves in compartments.
e Iney are OF all shapes and sizes.
800 s,, 49, ,,eA a. as little as half a doz-
hundred men anu 'Aoo0e
The Navy doesn,+
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PROMOTION DELAYED

WASHINGTON, March 20.-'R~
The Senate Military Committee nc.
ferred action today on prorlouo4'
of nine lieutenant generals "
four-star rank pending testimony
of General George C. Marsna4
chief of staff.
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THOUGHT FOR TODAY

No one of my fellows can do that speclaI
work for me which I have come into the
world to do; he may do higher work,
greater work, but he cannot do my work.
I can not hand my work over to him, any
more than L can hand over my response
bilities or my gifts.
JOHN RUSKIN.
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Fair Enough

editors note-The Star and the News
accept no responsibility for the personal
views of Mr.. Pegler, and often disagree
with them as much as many OF his read
ers. His articles serve the good purpose
of making people thinko
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Broadway reports a cracked ice +hsw
Looks like they've had heavy spfins
there, too.
Evening star., 1945-06-27
|5,27S Hospital Beds
For Veterans Added in
Year Under GI Bill

In the year since the CT Bill OF
Rights has been a law, the Veterans
Administration has added 5,278 hos
pital beds in veterans hospitals, has
buildings providing 1885 more un-
der construction and has authorized
an additional 16,442, it was shown in
a summary made public today.
In addition, the agency has rec
commended another 1912 beds to
the Federal Board Of Hospitaliza-
ton, Veterans Administrator Frank
T. Hines reported.
Since enactment of the CT bill,
the number of employees in the Vet
erans' Administration has grown
from $1,000 to about SIS, 900, with 60
900 jobs authorized. A Nation wide
recruiting program gained S,34s en-
ployes.
Open Mental Clinic.
The medical program, in addition
to hospital expansion, has included
the opening of a mental hygiene
clinic In Los Angeles and specialized
centers IN various places in surgery
amputation. cancer and spinal cord
injuries. Out-patient treatment has
been expanded especially for serv-
ice-connected neuropsycniatric pa
tlents, though this program has
Evening star., 1945-06-27

been curtailed by Z shortage Of
psychiatrists.
The Veterans Administration had
adjudicated 476,212 pension claims
during the year, all stemming from
the present war. This work has been
speeded up by decentralization, with
nine area onices established.
Gen. Hines said the education
and training programs under the GI
Bill Of Rights had been retarded by
the taking Of war production jobs
by many discharged servicemen. A
total Of 23,552 veterans enrolled for
vocational training.
Unemployment pay to veterans
amounting to more than $4,000. 900
was allowed during the year. There
were Isl, ,785 individuals who re-
ceived benefits for a week or more
each.
Twenty-six specialized offices were
Evening star., 1945-06-27
By THE HASKIN SERVICE

ny lHE HASh1N SEhtICE.
Q. How large is San Francisco
Bays. D. R.
A. The bay is almost 40 miles lonf
and from to IL miles wide. There
are at least 40 ports on the bay.
@. What portion of the Ameri-
can dollar has been spent for lease
lend?-E. L. H.
A. According to the latest report
on lease-lend operations, IS cents
of each dollar spent for war has
been for lease-lend IS cents has
been spent for the armed forces and
the home front.
@. What are the requirements for
entrance into the Navy School of
Music?-B. D. B.
A. The Navy Department says
that after a man is accepted by the
Navy, he is interviewed by a selec-
ton officer and he may at that time
request assignment to the Navy
School of Music. If he is qualified,
his application is sent to the School
of Music and If there Is a need for
a musician with his speciality, he
will be given tryout. If he meets
the requirements, he will be ac-
cepted by the school.
Evening star., 1945-06-27

established In centers Of population
TO handle loans for the purchase OF
homes, farms and businesses. The
Government guaranteed 10,640 such
loans, totaling $l7,24l ,457.43.
OF the loans, 9,798 were for homes,
233 for farms and 500 for business
purposes,
Evening star., 1945-06-27
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Evening star., 1945-06-27

House the fuil
facts about the
Elliott Roosevelt
$200. 900 an,
which, it h a S
been stated, was
settled through
the intervention
Of Mr.. J e S S e
jones, at the re-
quest of Presi-
dent Roosevelt,
for D cents on
the dollar.
A day or SO
later still an
other Congress
Evening star., 1945-06-27
The Great GameofPolitics|
Writer Urges Friends of Late President
To Investigate That 100000 Loan

President by doing these things and
his friends would be better en-
ployed at least in trying to do them
than by calling names-and trying
to ignore the whole business as
though it were trivial or trumped up.
Evening star., 1945-06-27
ANSWERS to
Questions

A reaoer can get tne answer /" any
question of fact by writing Th' we
ming Star Information Bureau. 316 !
street N E., Washinsto ton 2. D, C. Please
inclose 3 cents for return postage.
Evening star., 1945-06-27
By Frank X. Kent

Last week another Congressman
jumped up and wanted to know
when the Ways and Means Com
mittee was going to present to the
Evening star., 1945-06-27

@. Is there a money award for a
man who has won the Medal of
Honor?-U. S. E.
A. The Medal Of Honor carries
with 1t a 81 monthly increase in pay
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Chaplains Celebrate
Anniversary Of Corps

WASHINGTON, July % Up =.
Army chaplains remembered to.
day as the 10th anniversary OF
their organization.
On July % ITS, the Continental
Congress granted the first formal
recognition to chaplains in the
Army. It was small organization
in small Army in a small war.
Today the chaplain corps has
approximately 3.400 men serving
overseas. More than score have
been killed in battles in the Euro
pean and Pacific theaters. These
clergymen of the Army, who bear
no arms, have won a variety Of
decorations for heroism under fire
Distinguished Service Crosses,
Leglons of Merit, Silver Stars,
Bronze Stars and the Purple Heart
for wounds.