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Bread Upon The Waters

In the early days of nations history,
city. state and federal governments, on nu-
merous occasions. subscribed money and took
stock in some of our pioneer railroad ventures
In order to encourage their development. When
public money was subscribed to railroads, it
was done as community investment in in
dustry, with the hope OF earning the same
return as other investors in a property which
was privately owned and operated. There was
no thought of socialzing the railroad industry
build up private enterprise and taxpaying
assets.
"A the result Of such helpful government
policy there developed in our country the
greatest railroad system in the world which,
since Pearl Harbor, has turned into the United
States Treasury the tremendous sum of 3d.
ON nm mn in taxes. Today the railroads are
n.y;no some 81. $50, 900 in Federal taxes every
"a ho,,-s in addition to paying state and local
+.xes at the rate Of 100000 per day. Bread
..s+ unon the waters in the shape of encour-
.oeroent to railroads, has returned thousand
fold to government.
Blu today there is a political drive in the
Voted states for government ownership of in
dustry rather than encouragement OF private
enterprise. This policy is just the reverse ane
,;r,;+s individual opportunity and destroys tax
able assets.
rha on,v wav war taxes will ever be lowered
is bv more private business to pay taxes in
stead OF more government business to be ex
.,t.d from taxes, The railroad tax payment
~ government offer graphic proof OF this TACT
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The Fourth Term

Once a precedent is broken nobody gets very
excited over the subsequent breaking of one OF
its pieces. So perhaps the least remarkable
thing about the beginning Of President Roose-
velt's fourth term is the fourth term itself. But
this does not mean that his becomingly brief
and simple Inauguration is not an important
milestone
For one thing it serves as good place to
pause for look at what has happened since
Mr.. Roosevelt's third reelection. Momentous
events have taken place in those ten weeks
the German offensive in Belgium, the man.
power and production crisis at home, and the
outspoken differences OF Allied policy
These events have served to quiet the high
emotions of the November election and to
disheartening reality. Their very seriousness
has resolved many of our domestic differences
They have brought some hotheaded proposals
of solution, of curse, but their general effect
has been to unity.
promise of unity has been seen in Wash
was evident in the Presidents concilatory
message to Congress and in his new appoint
ments to the State Department. 1t was further
evident in Senator Vandenburg's speech on for
eign policy, which gave hope Of greater CO.
operation between Congress and the White
House in the future.
Mr.. Roosevelt's State Department selections
distressed some Of the New Deal press and
public but they seem to have found favor
with a bipartisan majority of Americans. It
was apparent that domestic politics and pol
icies We're not uppermost in the Presidents
mind when he made them. And in making them
it was obvious that he had eased toward the
middle from his self-styled course "a little
left Of center"
This move of the Presidents was matched by
the influential Republican leader, Senator Van
denberg, whose foreign policy program swung
him very close to Mr.. Roosevelts.
The promise of these events, together with
the good news from the Philippines and the
eastern and western European fronts, permit
ted Mr.. Roosevelts third term to end at a
hopeful moment, That hope did not, however,
translate itself into last summers national
mood of fatuous optimism.
Mr. Roosevelt occupies the spotlight of pub
lie attention today not because he is our first
fourth-term President. The public attention is
directed beyond the Inauguration to Mr. Roose-
velts imminent and crucial meeting with Mr.
Churchill and Mr.. Stain
He carries to this meeting a more direct
mandate than any he has taken to the pre-
vious conferences of national leaders 1t seems
safe to say that it was Mr.. Roosevelts expe-
rience and wisdom in former meetings which
played a large part in his reelection. But it is
also clear that while he takes with him again
the American peoples confidence and trust
he also carries their demand for action and
solution, and candid accounting of decisions
reached.
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render, admittedly inadequate,
cannot be made adequate by a
mere declaration. of our intentions.
But it does not follow that we can
do nothing, that it is impossible
for us to take measures as a re-
suit Of which we could in good
faith with ourselves begin to ex-
hibit our true intentions, and begin
to dissolve the German fear of the
unknown and the arbitrary.
These would be, I believe, meas
ures to organize Europe strongly
and firmly around Germany. This
would mean, in the first instance,
to unite all the neighbors of Ger
many by pacts of mutual assist
ance, reinforced and co-ordinated
by the kind of pact which Senator
Vandenberg has proposed. To do
this would go very long way to
! relieve the Allies of the need, the
temptation, and the opportunity to
follow separate and arbitrary pol
icies in respect to Germany. For
a sense of security against a re-
!neWal of aggression is the one and
only basis on which constructive
and magnanimous policy can be
formed.
But no less important, the one
thing most likely to convince the
Germans that the Allies mean
what they say is to present them
with the, accomplished fact that
their enemies are securely organ
lied. The Germans, who are a mil
itary people, will nderstand-per-
haps better than some Americans
that they can escape arbitrary
treatment from some of their pres
ent enemies only if all Of their en-
emies are firmly bound together.
The Germans whom we can hope
to convince-that is to say the un-
known Germans who will rise to
/ be the successors of the Nazis-
will not be convinced that they
can have a tolerable future by
agitation that tends to break up
| the grand alliance, or by hesita-
'tion on our part to approve the
lpacts of mutual assistance and cap
them with the kind of treaty which
Senator Vandenberg has suggest
! ed. That offers hope to the Nazis
,, to fight on, not to those who might
follow the Nazis. For the Germans
who will follow the Nazis the unity
OF the Allies in enforcing disarma-
ment is indispensable. For if this
unity does not exist, they can
never hope to quell the Nazi I'M
derground, and they know quite
well that, however disinterested
America may be or become, their
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WITH THE AEF:
Bv KENNETH L. DIXON

ON THE BELGIAN FRONT, Jan.
18.-(Delayed)-tRHIt took nearly
six years and transfers through
six outfits for Capt. James v.
Johnston to reach combat but once
he did the pint-sized ball of fire
from Portland, Ore, became a
literal legend on the Western
Front in less than six weeks.
Weighing 1877 pounds with
equipment) and standing five feet,
five inches tall, he so distinguish
ed himself in his first action that
on the third day he was given
temporary command of his bat
talon when the commander was
wounded.
In the last two months he has
commanded an infantry battalion
four times-a job which calls nor
mally for at least lieutenant
colonel.
He has led half a dozen march
fire. assaults which consist of
firing from the hip on the run as
the Doughboys break out of cover
to attack.
Also, he has killed countless
Germans with various weapons
three by thumb-fanning his old As
while riding in jeep and others
with implements varying from
hand grenades to a borrowed tank.
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The Literary Guidepost

that it is part of Raj pilots o- x,
that it was an important 1000 ~ ~
long-distance swimmers and n.
pine climbers, that it was II. =.
in big quantities to the divers % W..
worked perilously on the sum-. :.
Lusitania. Even pro%nl'J
money may have beneficial enc. :.
for beekeepers are reputed 70 ~ :"
among the most alert and me- NO.,
gent persons in their commune. ..
and beekeeper became N"'
of Poland.
is an ancient drink popular aI ,1
Britons as mead, among Mecca
gen heroes as metheglin. Inc W. ".
bee" is said to be the root Oh ~ -,
work beer" which however i"
nc honey in it. The classical ns, oo,
of Malta is traced to mel. NV M,
of honey" There are IN I'D N,
country Honeycreek, Honey. n,
and plain Honey. And as slang =.
word may be used most acc"-''
ly as follows:
This book is honey. o..
It's a revised and enlarged II
sion of Beck's original BOOB 4
will start you eating money M
once and may even persuade wv
to buy bees for a hive Of
own.
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Going Well

The war apparently goes we'll In the Pacl1lc.
There is singleness Of purpose that is help
full The aim is simple-cut off Japan from her
stolen empire to the South and then crush
her. The Navy blasts a beach for landing,
MacArthur's soldiers land from transports, and
airfieds are cleared for use for bombers.
There is mop-up, consolidation and prepare
ton for another similar step, always nearer
Tokyo.
Leadership in the Pacific has been superb.
Macarthur and Kreuger with the Army; MINI
itz, Halsey Kincad and the other admirals
with the Navy and the air force, with the
big B-29s dealing powerful blows, make a
powerful three-way combination, intent upon
victory Plans seem to be carefully laid with
as little gambling as possible; forces are
marshaled for the blows, and then the strike,
with Japs giving way before that dreadful
storm.
There is talk of Allies later getting into the
fight to help us. Maybe we do better by
ourselves. There are no political considerations
in the Pacific war-it is all fighting, pure and
simple. Nobody's consent has to be obtained
concerning an operation; there is no ally to
be Modified or equipped or fed. 1t is our
individual war and we are doing rather well
with it.
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BY w. G. ROGERS
Honey And Your Health" by
BodOg F. Beck and Doree Smed-
ley Mcbride: S2l.

oo6 n . oSSh Civ DoASc 0iASu-
ley Mcbride; S3).
This book ranges from prehis-
toric times to this mornings
breakfast table, and wanders all
around the world. 1t delves into
history, mythology. religion;
comes up with an anecdote,
recipes, rules for agriculture.
Bees, it seems, originated vari-
ously in Egypt, India, Greece. The
honeybee came to North America
only In the 18th century, and its
advance across the country in
swarms marked the push of the
white man to the Pacific. Bees get
very angry at halitosis, a tobacco
breath, the smell of sweat Some
OF them don't sting, but don't
count on it.
Honey is one of the oldest foods.
1t mas been regarded as an aphro-
dlslac and a way to prolong life;
it anoints the lips of brides, i S
buried with the dead, has helped
to preserve corpses, and has been
used to pay government taxes and
church tithes.
That it has some super special
values seems proven in the fact
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TODAY and TOMORROW
BY WALTER LIPPMANN-

The question is whether the for
mula of unconditional surrender
can be supplemented by a public
declaration saying what the Ger
mans may expect when they sur
render their arms. 1t would not
be impossibly difficult to do this
if the Allies could foresee what
they may expect of the Germans.
Because they cannot foresee 1t,
something more than declaration
is needed.
The crux of the problem is
whether, when Germany is dis
armed and at their mercy, the Al
lies will impose specific terms
severe but nevertheless definite
and limited-or whether they will
retain the right to formulate new
demands for an indefinite period
Of time. There is little doubt that
the fear of prolonged, indefinite
and arbitrary demands acts as a
powerful factor in enabling n e
Nazis to retain their grip upon the
German nation.
The unknown is always more I'M
acceptable than the known. F o
men can resign themselves to what
is known. In the case of the Ger
mans their own knowledge of the
crimes they have committed I'm
doubtedly causes them to believe
that once in the power of the Al
lies, they will be treated as they
have treated those who were de-
fenseless under them.
A declaration promising them
good treatment could resolve this
difficulty only if, when it was is
sued, more and more Germans be-
gan to believe in it. But it will not
be easy to convince them that we
are in fact stating a policy and
not conducting propaganda ma
neuver. For twenty years they
were indoctrinated with the belief
that President Wilson's Fourteen
Points were propaganda designed
| to undermine their will to fight.
They themselves know only to o
well how Hitler and Goebbels have
made fair promises for the delib-
crate purpose of destroying h e
will to resist among their intend
ed victims.
Any one who is disposed to think
it would be easy to convince the
Germans that they were about to
study how the German propagan-
da has used the Atlantic Charter,
ever since 1941, to convince the
Germans that they we're about t
be tricked and swindled.
The conclusion we are bound to
come to is, it seems to me, that
the formula of unconditional sur
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The War
By k1RKE L, SIMPSON
Associated Press Wa XIV N

Caution born of hard experi.r,.
leads high placed British
American military circles IN VIII.
the stunning progress Of Bn.. view
armies in Poland as due n
sweeping German retreat in =.
East rather than as rout,
Shattered and overwheImed
the German armies on tba+ d
appear to be, they yet NAV -, ~,
sess the power and the st;,I w"
stand again in defense of tha ~ %
ern gateways to Berlin. It has b s''
pened before, military lead css,
point out, in Russia, in 1talv Is
France and in Hungary. The vs. :.
pessimism reflected by Nazi rrn,
uganda broadcasts playing I'M p ~
force and power of the vast Br'
sian onslaught is viewed with M,
|picion. S'''
An excerpt from the comma.
by the British official war inf,
prefer in Washington, Brig, e..
Horace S Sewell, is very much ' !.
point. He noted this Nazi pror -
ganda attitude and added:
"The Germans are making eva,,
effort to encourage optimism !,
Allied countries lover Russian Sc
cesses) and in the face Of this if !,
wise to refrain from committing
the Soviet armies to too much"
Despite this burnt-child reacto,
in Allied military quarters as IL.
Red Army attack plows on, tbe
situation for the foe could becom.
graver within a matter of weeks
forecasting the end of organized
opposition in Germany within A
few months.
No Allied political or military
leader yet has elected to put that
into words but the undercurrent !,
detachable even in formal warnings
against overoptimism, such as
General SeWell's.
1t seems incredible that the Ger.
mans could have effected the with.
draWal of their major forces in
Poland leaving only rear-guards to
meet the Russian attack without
the Russians knowing. Reports Of
utter Nezi confusion in some sec.
tors discount the notion that a
wholly orderly retirement to the
borders of the Reich has been or
is being carried out.
1t is now clear, with official Rus
sian announcement Of the capture
of Krakow, Nazi bastion, and Of
Schlossberg, that both the flank.
ing buIgas above and below Poland
are in ever-increasing danger.
Southwest of Krakow, the Russians
are perilously close to northwest
ern escape routes for Nazi forces
still in the Carpathian bulge. Nazi
intimations of general retreat
from al Slovakia and Czechoslo.
vakia seem fully warranted.
In spite of his own cautious doubt
that a total Nazi rout in the East
yet has been achieved, General
Sewell finds it difficult to explain
the astonlshingly ineffective Ga.
man resistance in Poland except
on the theory that previous Rus
sian hammering on the Balkan and
Baltic flanks had forced thin.
ming out of the defense deploy'
ment il the center. He notes that
an estimated six German PanzeF
divisions were thrown into the
futile an6 costly effort to rescue
the Budapest garrison in Hungary
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Daily Prayer
FOR STEADY MINDS

Lord, why are we so UnSta0s'
driven and tossed by every pass
ing wind of emotion. when We
have Thee, the Eternal Realty
for our refuge? All Of the ages
bear witness to Thy power anu
faithfulness; yet we arc restless
and uncertain in our hearts ana
in our lives, behaving as though
Thou were not. Fears overWheAH
us; indecision marks our cnal'
acter and our conduct We grow
panicky for our loved ones IA
service, and dread Of tonoffo"
mars our peace. We do not De-
have as those whose times are n
the keeping of an omnipotent anu
loving Father. Our CONSCIOUSNESS
of convictions concerning the wa
fluctuates from day to day Wv
forgive us. Grant us steady minus
and unshakeable trust. May w
be of the constant ones UpuA
whom our Nation may surely w
pend. Amen.-W.T.E.
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divided we fall in CnristlanlV'
May God speed church unity,
Frederick J. Pam
Carolina Beach, N. c.
Jan. 10, 1945
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-15
DalrympIes Home

Pvt. Gerrold II. Keyworth has
received his medical discharge
following 20 months service in
northern Italy and is home with
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Elgin
r. Keyworth of SALISBURY road.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. =. Dalrymple
Of Stahelin road have arrived
home from Fort Lauderdale
and Daytona Beach. Fla,
where they visited their nephew.
Pfc. Eugene Dalrymple. who is
recuperating from injuries re-
Ccived while in battle in the
European area. En- route home
they stopped in Amory, Miss
10 visit relatives and another
nephew, Pvt Arch Dalrymplc,
who was home on furlough.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick l..
Eilke of East Outer drive. an
nounce the marriage of their
daughter. Catherine, 10 AS
Irwin r. Dedow Jr. The we'd
ding. attended by both the
brides and bridegroom's moth
crs. took place March II in
San Marcos, Tex.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-15
Benefit Tea
ToAid Nuns

MRS. JOHN A. Nancy and
WI Mrs. Leo +. Joliat will be
chairmen for the annual dona-
tion tea and staple shower for
the Carmelite Sisters. This tea
will be sponsored by the Catho-
llc Daughters of America and
will take place on April % at
the convent on Webb avenue,
from 2:30 TO 4:30.
The chairmen will be assisted
by Mesdames Harry w. Sheri-
dan, Frank j. Murphy. Frank
A. McNally. John J. Shada.
Jesse j. Bomya, Samuel M.
iiennesSy, N. f. Sinclair, Robert
G. West, r. f. Castle. Joseph
Powers, Clifton Johnson and
the Misses Anne Creeda, Helen
J. Miller, Evalyn A. Miller,
Agnes M. Burns and Mary p.
llagerman.
Mrs. Samuel HenneSsy was
general chairman of the men,
herShip drive which resulted in
the reception of 100 new men,
bers to Court Detroit, 1902.
Catholic Daughters OF America.
at the April meeting.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-15

Buy Sea-Goinq Piano

A LPHA XI DELTA was the
"A first women's sorority to
announce after Pearl Harbor a
national project for its mem
bers. Since 1912, on each April
IL, founders day of the sorority.
gift of needed automotive
equipment have been given 10
the American Red Cross.
To the five ambulances for
various purposes which have
been given by Alpha XII Delta
will be added a gift designated
for use in the hospitals and
rehabilitation program.
Ten pianos on wheels for hos
pital ships now operating in the
Pacific and Atlantic is the goal
for the group this year.
The Detroit alumnae will
purchase one of the pianos for
the project. Mrs. Earl r. Per-
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-15
Catholic Study Club
Will Meet Monday

THE CATHOLIC STUDY
CLUB Of Detroit will have its
annual spring luncheon Monday
AT the Statler. The party, open
10 members and guests. Is
scheduled TO start at 1890
o'clock.
Miss Gertrude McDcrmott is
10 be toaStmaStor and Miss
Mary Hutchinson will present a
dramatic program.
The luncheon is being ar
ranged by the special affairs
committee Of which Mrs. II. s.
Oderman is chairman and Mrs.
Clement Pennell is vice chair
man.
Committee members include
MeSdameS a. J. Rooney. j. W.
Kennedy. b. p. Costello, J. j.
Hickey and A. NJ. GabrielS.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-15
Sergeant Sees Son

s &c Calvin y. Rix has re-
turned to Spokane. Wash, after
a visit with his wife and baby
son, Calvin j. Jr., horn March
27 Mrs. RiX is the former
Beryl White. and he is the son
Of the George w. ThompSons of
Glastonbury road.
ALC Jack Radcliffe is home
on a 20-day furlough from Per-
rim Field, Sherman, Tex, with
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. p. l..
Radcliffe of Grandville road.
Mr.. and Mrs. David J. Crit
fifth of Artesian road have re-
turned from Fort Lauderdale,
Fla, where they visited their
nephew, Sgt. Richard Campbell.
stationed at the naval air sta
tion at Vero Beach.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-15

DEACH and orchid gladioll
will decorate tho Tea table
when Mr. and Mrs Emil Gair-
ing of Warwick road, RoSedalc
Park. hold open house this
Sunday to honor their daughter
and Son-in-law. 1t. and Mrs.
Richard Bristow. 1t. BriStow
has completed his flying mis-
SlonS over Italy and Mrs.
Bristow, a pharmacist mate in
the Waves, is home on a 30-day
leave from Miami. Fla.
Mrs. BriStow will receive in a
peach crepe gown embclllShed
with shoulder bouquet of
gladioli in orchid shade.
This Saturday the Judge w.
BeardonS arc entertaining at a
dinner party in their home.
Their guests viii include:
MESsRS. AND MEsDAMEs
Paul Cooley Holland Weir
Charles Gray Hubert Patterson
Dr-Aad Mrs John sisSon and Mrs
Roland Cooley
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-15

kins of Grand Marais road in
Crosse Pointe is in charge of
contributions.
The final results of the drive
will be announced at tea April
II in the home OF Mrs. w. F.
Vignoe in Glastonbury road.
Mrs. c. F. Minneker and Mrs.
Homer l.. Buckley are in charge
of the arrangement for the tea.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-15
Institute TO Give
Charter PROGRAM

THE INTERNATIONAL IN
STITUTE will present a
Charter Night Sunday at the
institute in +. Grand boulevard.
There will be exhibits and a
program Of folk dancing during
the coffee hour from 5 to z
o'clock and from z TO 9 o'clock
there will be a program of ma
tionality songs and dances.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-15
Fr. Hu+tinq to Lecture

THE SIGNIFICANCE of the
mass wiil-be explained by the
Rev. Fr. Albert Hutting in an
illustrated lecture before men,
hers of the BrownSon Guild at
their meeting this Sunday at
the Convent OF the Sacred
Heart on Lawrence avenue.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-15
Heads Host Group

Mrs. J. Leslie Barry Is chair
man OF the house committee
and hosts and hosteSScs for the
evening VIII nc.
MESSRs AND NEsDAMES
" Crlhurn Sfsndish James Later
Phuta y Watson Lauren - Hart
ana MFS Kathleen snow StringeT
and J Leslie Barry
The technical staff includes
Miss Elizabeth Campau, scenic
chairman, with the Misses Ann
Brown and Betty Mack assist
ing. Howard Snyder is stage
manager. and assisting will be:
Jean Gearing George True
Francs Roach Paul Gard
Eaznk lt-,GtsAS-.f, ,-
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-15
Fine Arts
Offers Play

EINE ARTS SOCIETY Of De-
Il troit VIII give IT'S spring per-
formanCc at $50 p. m. on April
II IN me PLAYERS Playhouse.
The play Yes, My Darling
Daughter hy Mark Reed, Will
be- directed by katheryn Vim
cent Mayer
Members Of the cast will in
CludC
lane Mcclure rNIfp Flanders
Warrlpffs ~afe f' & PARCELS ~
Pauline Seit1 Glars 7 NCiis
Betty Wells
The annual Art exhibit that
evening will be under the chair
manshlp Of Mrs. Waltcr X.
MCiCr and assisting her will be;
MESDAMEs
A sufffr Robert Kerr
John Goodman John Pear
and Dr. Pear
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-15
NV TO Hold
Bridqe Luncheon

THE NORTH ESTER
WOMEN'S CLUB will hold It's
annual bridge luncheon at the
Wardell-Sheraton on Wednes-
day al 1890 pm. Mrs. l.. o.
Geib will be assisted by Mrs.
a. A. Hughes, Mrs. Walter
Hafke. Mrs. F. NJ. Logan and
Mrs. j. l.. McGee.