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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-12-26
LOUIS ADAMIC

tuatlon, upon the nature of our
foreign affairs, upon the rise and
fall of prejudice. 1t depends, basic
ally, on how much good will we
have for what kind of people.
Just now in America disintegra-
ton seems to be in the lead. Anti
Semltlsm, racism, anti-Negroism.
anti-alienism are sharply ~increas-
ing. Along with the waves Of
strikes, our sharpening attitudes
on racial and religious grounds are
signs of the psychological battle
for postwar control now raging in
the country-and also for decisions
in u foreign policy.
If disintegration is in the lead
now in VI American life, if Fas-
cistic racism and tensions among
religious groups are on the increase
only a few months after we have
defeated Fascism on the battle
field, why is this so?
In Yugoslavia, l am informed,
there is a tendency for people to
love II another because they are
c~onsecrated to the same cause or
causes. What are our causes here?
To get a new car, a new refriger-
atCr as soon as possible? To see
hat someone doesn't get the best
Of us? We are Christians (some of
u.s. and anti-Semitic at the same
time. We are committed to the
idea of brOtherly love, but we hate
men because they are dark. The
contradition is found not only in
our individual attitudes. Our Sec
rotary of State protested to Bull
garla over her elections and made
himself vulnerable to ridicule be-
cause he comes from So. Carolina,
where election practices are worse
than they have v e been anywhere
in the Balkans. We live in a fog of
confusion, perplexity, bewilder-
ment, sporadic ill-will, sentiment
atty, tinged at times with hope
lessnesS.
Why is this SO? 1t is largely be-
cause few of US understand what
makes America unique, what
America is, how she was built, how
her institutions and way of life
came into being, and what they
rest on.
Who and what is to blame for
this? In general, l should say the
blame rests on our leadership and
in our education. Our entire ma
tional atmosphere is in the grip of
a tremendous and complicated fall
lacy which has been perpetrated
and spread by our history-Writers
n educators and leaders general
ly who have no eral idea of what
America is and what her role in
the world could be.
1t has long been customary for
many Americans, including history
writer's, to regard the United States
as an "Anglo-Saxon'' country with
a White-Protestant-A CT
~vIlization struggling to preserve it.
self against infiltration and adul-
iteration by other civilizations and
cultures brought here by Negroes
and foreigners of all kinds, in
Guiding Indians.
say this is a fallacy-a fallacy
causing much mischief in our
domestic and foreign affairs.
| This f~allacy is the basis of much
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-12-26
FOR MAILING OF PARCELS
TO EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

Postmaster Ernest j. Kruetgen in
Chicago calls attention to postal
requirements for mailing of par
cells to European countries, it hav-
ing been observed with resump-
ton of limited mail service to
countries Of Europe that mailers
generally are not familiar with
conditions governing the accpet-
ance Of parcels.
Articles must be packed secur-
ely in strong dOuble-faced CORFU
gated fiber board containers or con-
tainers of equal strength. Contain
ers should be tied with strong cord.
Parcels r limited to II pounds,
3 feet 6 inches long and 6 feet in
lenght and girth combined
Only one parcel may be sent in
any one week from the same sender
to the same addressee, with the ex-
ception of to Greece, and to Great
Britain and Northern Ireland, to
which countries parcels are limited
to n each 2 weeks and n each
80 days respectively.
The name and address of both
sender and addreSsee must be COM
plete and should be written or
printed with ink directly on the
parcel if possible, or if on a label
the directions may be typewriter.
The name and address of sender
and addressee should also be on a
card or slip of paper placed inside
Of the parcel.
Parcel post packages to foreign
countries must be accompanied by
certain forms, as follows:
A sticker-FOrm 2922-must be
glued to every parcel. On this form
must be shown the disposition to be
made of the parcel if it cannot be
delivered to the original addressee.
Custom Declaration-Form 1866
(card form. One or more of this
fern, depending on the country to
which the parcel is sent, is re-
CURED on every parcel. On n side
of this form must be shown sigma
ture and address of the sender and
the name and address of the ad-
dressee and the disposition to be
made of the parcel if it cannot be
delivered to the original addressee.
On the other side of the form an
ltem1zed description showing exact
quantity and value of each item in
the parcel must be given. 1t is not
enough to state "Foodstuffs", 'Mer-
chandise", "Clothing"' or such gen.
eral terms. If the parcel contains
toodstuffs, state the quantity and
kind. If it contains articles of cloth
ing, state whether coat, dress,
stockings, underwear, etc., and the
kind of material the article is made
OF whether wool, SIX, rayon, cot
ton, etc. Form 1906, when in card
form, must be tied to the package.
Custom Declaration-Form 1867
lis to be used only on parcels to
France and France Colonies.
Dispatch nOte-Form 1911 (card
form. On one side must be shown
the disposition to be made of the
parcel if it cannot be delivered to
original addressed, and the name
and address of the addreSsee, and
on the other side must be shown
the number of customs declarations
accompanying the parcel, the
weight of the parcel and the
amount of postage paid. Form 1912,
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-12-26
IN ERSITY

The following is an excerpt Of an
address deIiUered BY Mr.. Adamic
before the Manhattan Women'S
DiUiSiOn Of the American Jewish
Congress. $500
Today we are a victorious power,
with opportunities for leadership
such as history has never before
offered to any nation. Are we going
to be able to take advantage of
them?
In the military crisis just behind
us, u material power was ire
mendous, but spiritually-politicaIly
we were weak. Despite the ire
mendOus sacrifices and heroism
that marked our war effort, few
of our men knew what they were
fighting for. Even the late Franklin
Roosevelt, a truly great leader,
failed to give the country a vivid,
clear idea of the real significance
of this period. We INDUCED in Oar
lanism; we used Badoglio; we sup
ported Mikhailovich In Yugoslavia
long after he had been exposed as
a collaboration with the enemy.
During the. war the cry was for
unity. Roosevelt was a great master
at manipulating our imperfections,
of maxine nc connO onG hn hAft0y-
than we were, and for the duration
we did have a sort of unity. All
kinds Of people paid lip service to
that unity, and here and there the
process of Indignation in our popu-
lation was really advanced. In the
foxholes gentiles and Jews, whites
and Negroes saw one another as
men and came to respect the
groups to which they belonged.
But looking at the country TO-
day, a few months after victory,
1t is doubtful if the process of unity,
of indignation was decisively and
definitely strengthened by the war
period. Many of our soldiers, to
say nothing Of the civilian popula-
ton, are as inti-Semitic or anti
Negro today as they ever we're;
some more so. Some of them now
in Germany appear to be little
better in their approach to racial
mad religious matters than were the
Nazis. While the old Jew-baiter and
war criminal Ley, just before COM
hitting suicide, confessed that the
biggest mistake and crime of the
Nazi party was anti emitism, some
OF our officers and soldiers behave
toward Negro troops in Germany
with an attitude that would have
delighted Goebbels.
Ours is a Heterogeneous, multi
national, multi-religious country. 1
think this is the most important
fact about it. 1t is the central point
of u American history, although
as yet not acknowledged as such
by our historians. Our phenomenal
industrial development hinges on
that point. So does our political
development.
AS such, this country works in
two directions at once - splitting
up into racial, national, religious
minorities, and on the other hand
weaving unity from the strands OF
diversity. Whether the forces OF
indignation or of disintegration pre-
dominate at any given moment de.
ponds upon the general temper OF
the people, upon our economic 81.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-12-26
FAMILIES" HIT

General de Gaulle has moved to
nationalize the Bank of France and
four other large banks. For genera
tions, the Bank of France has been
controlled by the 200 great families
which possessed practically all of
the good things in France.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-12-26
HOLINESS

King David and King Solomon
Lived various kinds of lives;
They cut up various didoes
With various kinds of wives:
But when they saw death coming
With various kinds of qualms,
King Solomon wrote the Proverbs,
And King David wrote the
Psalms.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-12-26
G. |. Joe Discovers His Real Friends
Service Pepper Printed in japan EditorioIIy Insists
Thot Fighting Lads Are Penetrating Anti-Lobor
PROPAGANDA

Where'er they go around the globe, our soldier boys set up news
papers. In the main, they refuse to permit the "brass hats" II anyone
to dictate editorial policies. OF course, that is as it should be.
A few days ago w e received a copy of the "Honshu Pioneer" 1t is
printed in UraWa, Japan, and its editors proudly boast that it is "the
ist G. l. daily in Japan" With the paper came a letter from a young
ter from California.
Read the editorial" he urged. "It shows that all the service men
r e not antiIabor, even though some people would like everyone to
mink to the contrary"
Here is the editorial, and a very good one it is:
During the war years, a high proportion of the American press
Ook every possible opportunity to attack labor unions and thereby
iscredit the entire labor movement.
This propaganda campain paid off, in letters from service men
IL over the world. Basing their opinions n what they read and heard
1y tended to be not only bitter, but at times very unfair.
Now, however, they are changing their tune.
Men stranded in every part of the world, waiting for the ghost
hips that never arrive, are finding out who their real friends are.
1t seems that labor is the only organized group in the country
which is able to see through the rehabilitation fog and is making a
}efnie stand on the subject.
Labor is turning its big guns on both Congress and the service
in an attempt to get us home."-Labor, Washington. D. C.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-04
Col. Ruth Streeter
Guest Speaker at
99rs Dinner Meet

Col. Ruth Streeter, commanding
officer, United States Marine Corps
Women's Reserve, will be guest
speaker at a dinner meeting of the
Washington Chapter of the Ninety
Miners at $3.50 pm. Wednesday at
the Blackstone Hotel.
Col. Streeter is member of the
Ninety Miners, an organization
composed of qualified women pilots,
having held her pilots license since
1910. She few extensively in her
own plane before entering the serv-
ice. making frequent trips from her
home in New Jersey to Florida,
New England and as far west as
Omaha.
Asked why she took up flying Col.
Streeter explained she hoped to
qualify for the WASPs, but after
receiving her pilots license found
she was just II years too late"
She was commissioned in the Ma
rine Corps and made its Women's
Reserve commanding officer with
the rank of major, but was rapidly
promoted to her present rank of
colonel.
Sharing honors with Col. Streeter
will be Mrs. Mary Calcauna Wheel
Ter. Ninety miner who flew at one
time for Piper Aircraft Corp. in
Venezuela.
1t. Ruth Heller, U. S. N r., chair
man of the Washington Chapter,
will preside at the meeting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-04
Chevy Chase Group
To Hear Mrs. Briefs

"Highlights of the Life of Victor
Hugo" will be given by Mrs G. A.
Briefs at meeting of the French
section, Woman's Club of Chevy
Chase, at lis pm. Thursday.
Born in Brussels, Belgium, Mrs.
Briefs, who received degrees in Ber-
lin and at oxford, later teaching
French in both Germany and
France, will deliver her lecture in
French.
The program will include an aria
from Chapentier's opera Louise, !. by
Miss Bernyce Pope. Selections of
Chopin win be played BY Mrs. G. ".
Inlay.
A truly cosmopolitan group, the
section Is composed of American
women, who, in addition to their in
terest in learning French and be-
coming acquainted with the customs
of that nation, are equally interested
in the women of every part of the
world. Once a month they gather
and relax at a luncheon meeting
which features book reviews, games
and variety of other activities, all
with French theme.
Mrs. F. A. Spur, chairman of the
section, urges all other club members
to take advantage of the opportu-
nifty to join.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-04
Peace and Security Program
Democratic Women to Discuss
International affairs March Is

conner, delegate to the United Ma
tions Monetary and Financial Con-
ference held at Breton Woods; Sec
rotary of Labor Frances Perkins,
who will report on the Interna-
tional Labor Organization Confer
ence to which she was delegate;
and Mrs. Thomas F. McAllister, who
will discuss the International Civil
Aviation Conference held recently
in Chicago.
Mrs. McAllister, who is a leader
in the Free World Association and
the American Association of Uni
versity Women, is one of the best
informed women on aviation in the
country.
Mrs. Woodward is a member of
the Social Security Board, DR.. New
conner is professor and chairman of
economics at Vassar, Miss Schain is
former national chairman of the
National Committee on the Cause
and Cure of War and at present is
chairman of international relations
for the National Federation of Bust
ness and Professional Women and
DR.. Elliott was the only woman
member of the Presidents Advisory
Commission to the Council of Ma
tional Defense in 1910 and until
recently was the head of the wom-
ems division for the War Loan
drives.
A dinner will be given by the
Woman's National Democratic Club
the evening of March Is for speakers
at the afternoon meeting, and for
Undersecretary of State Joseph C.
Grew and Assistant Secretaries Of
State Archibald MacLeish and Will
liam L. Clayton. Attendance will be
limited to club members and their
husbands. Mrs. Clayton, the presi-
dent will preside. The dinner will
eliminate program of studies on
the Dumbarton Oaks proposals,
which the club has sponsored on
Monday mornings during the past
few weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-04
Czech Program for
WOman'S Council

A Czechoslovakian program will
be presented to the Womans Coun-
Gil, National City Christian Church
at l pm. Tuesday in the social
hall, 1903 Vermont avenue NV.
DR.. Antonin Obrdlik, secretary OF
the Czechoslovakian Embassy, for
mer professor of sociology and poll
teal science and at present men,
Der of the Executive Committee of
the International Education Assem-
bly,, will be guest speaker. He has
chosen for his subject Educational
and Cultural Reconstruction of Oc-
cupied Countries" Songs of the
Slav country will be sung by Mrs.
w. j. Nolan in native costume.
Mrs. H. B. Rogers, first vice pres
ident, will introduce the speaker
and Mrs. Pearl Couts, president, will
preside.
The program will be preceded by
business meeting at II am. and
by luncheon at noon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-04
Chevy Chase
Social Ne1Us

DR.. and Mrs. E. Flayelle Koss gave
dinner party last evening in COM
pliment to 1t. and Mrs. Paul Hursh
Iof Canton, Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin F. Hipsley will
be hosts this evening at dinner, en-
tertaining 10 guests.
Comdr. and Mrs. Frank Gregg
Kear entertained at dinner Friday
in honor of Capt. and Mrs. Frank
Akers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Byron Ca
nago will give tea today in honor
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mill of
Chicago, who are visiting their son
and daughter -in-law, 1t. and Mrs
Robert Mill, jr.
Mrs. Richard Congdon was hos
tess at luncheon Thursday in
compliment to Mrs. Herbert Pierce
of Cleveland, who is the guest of
her son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Myers.
Mrs. Robert A. Hunt entertained
at luncheon Thursday for Mrs.
Harold Ashton of Hartford. Mrs.
Frederick r. Pitts, wife of Col. Pitts
was another luncheon hostess
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James F. Lynn en-
tertained small group of guests
Wednesday after 6 o'clock.
Mrs. James NJ Gongwer gave a
buffet lunch party Thursday for
her daughter, Miss Jane Gongwer,
who is home from Perdue Univer-
sity for a vacation.
Mrs. August koehler will enter
tain at luncheon and bridge Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Sutton were
hosts at supper party Friday, en-
PERTAINING Is guests who remained
to play bridge.
Mr.. Daniel Raedy entertained at
luncheon at the Mayfiower yester-
day.
Mrs. F. F. Espenschied was hostess
at a bridge luncheon Thursday and
will entertain again Thursday at a
similar party.
Mrs. Ward Scott Miller gave a
supper and shower Friday evening
for Miss Mary o. Shumate. whose
engagement to Mr.. James R, Cum
berpatch, U. S. A., recently was an
nounced.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Bell have as
their guests Mrs. Frank Foster, Miss
Florence Foster and 1t. Comdr
Charles Foster from Corpus Christi,
Tex.
Mr.. and Mrs j. v. Webb have as
their guest their sister in law, Mrs.
Thomas v. Webb, wife of Col. Webb
of Marshall, Tex.
Mrs Robert Fulton Crary of West
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-04
Pen Women Plan
Celebrity Feast
At the Willard

The first of series of celebrity
breakfasts will be given by the Ma
tional League of American Pen
Women at IL am. Friday at the
Willard Hotel
Several talented women, includ-
ing Representative Luce, Republic
an, of Connecticut, will be honored
Others who will share honors with
the playwright Congressional are
Ethel Hueston, author of the recent
novel, Mother Went Mad on Mon
day; Mary Howe, whose compost
tons will be played on the piano
by Theodore Schaefer and sung by
Henrietta Bagger-Plum, and Minnie
Briggs Raul, who will display some
of her etchings and explain the
techniques of her craft which has
resulted in her being called Amer
ica's Woman Whistler"
The speakers table, at which
Grace B. Hedge, national first vice
president, will preside, will include
Blanche S. Ferguson, national pres
ident, and Victoria F. Stevenson,
past national president.
Mrs. Hedge is chairman of the
Breakfast Committee, assisted by
Mrs. Cloyd Heck Marvin, Mrs. Ry-
land C. Bryant, DR.. Margaret H.
Sebree, Mrs. Lydia Freidler, Mrs
George G. Gaydash, Mrs. Merle
Paul Lyon, Nine Marie Seuel-Holst
and Mrs. Augustus o. Thomas.
A large attendance is expected.
Invitations have been extended to
State presidents of New York, Penn
sylvania, Connecticut, Maryland,
Virginia and the District and to
branch presidents within these
States.
Prof. Floyd L. Sparks. director of
drama of George Washington Uni
versity, will be presented as guest
speaker by Mrs. l.. S. Mayer at a
meeting of the leagues local drama
group at 8 pm. tomorrow. Members
of other groups are invited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-04
1irI Clubs to Make
oys for Children

Stuffed dolls and animals will be
''?ade for children at Gallinger and
hildren's Hospitals by Girl Re-
rye Clubs of local high schools.
This work, which has been
unched by the Inter-Senior High
Ichool Council headed by Jean
ialler, will be on display at tea
2larch q when the toys will be
received by Mrs. Prentiss Wilson
for Gallinger Hospital and by Miss
Ashby Taylor for Childrens Hos
pital
Miss Elizabeth Mcfarland, Miss
Elsa Petersen and Mrs. Fred S.
Buschmeyer will award a prize to
the school which contributes the
largest number of playthings and
which expresses in their work both
high standards of originality and
craftsmanship
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-04
Consumer Goods
Discussion Tonic

A Nation wide project, The Con-
sumner Speaks" will be launched by
the District Homemakers' Section,
American Home Economics Associa-
ton, at meeting at 100 pm.
Thursday at the Washington Gas
Light Co.'S auditorium.
The subject discussed will be
Consumer Goods in the Postwar
Era" Mrs. Ruth O'Brien, assistant
chief, Bureau of Human Nutrition
and Home Economics, Department
of Agriculture. and Miss Alice Lund-
quist, national clothing specialist,
Department of Agriculture Extern
sion Service, are in charge of ar
rangements for the meeting which
has been promoted by Mrs. Har-
riet Howe, editor of Consumer Edu-
cation Service" The section chair
man, Mrs. Blanche Oldham, will
preside.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-04
Tbeater GrOHb
Plans Summer
Presentations

Members of society are giving gen.
erous support to the proposed Wash
ington Municipal Theater, and this
was evidenced by the large attend
ance at the meeting Thursday at the
Willard Hotel to discuss plans for the
new local project.
The chairman of the District
Commissioners, Mr.. John Russell
Young, received the guests and pre-
sided over the meeting. Mr.. Jay
Carmody, drama critic of The Star,
was the master of ceremonies and
introduced Mr.. Young as president
ct the organization and Father Gill
bert v. Hartke of Catholic University
as executive director. The aims and
plans OF the theater group for the
summer season were announced by
these two officers. Also presented by
Mr.. Carmody were Mrs. Emil Hurja,
campaign chairman, and Mr.. John
r. Hillyard, campaign adviser.
AT the meeting the Sponsors Com
mittee launched a drive to raise
100000 to assure the presentation
of two original musical productions
this summer and to provide the basis
of fund for the building of thea
ter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-04
By Gretchen Smith
Women.s Club Editor.

Approximately 1000 women from
various civic groups and organiza-
tons have been invited to attend
a program on international affairs
to be sponsored by the Women S
Division of the Democratic National
Committee and the Woman's Ma
tional Democratic Club at 2:30 pm,
March Is, at the Mayfower Hotel
The subject of the program is to
be entitled Steps to Peace and Sc
curity" and will represent the first
in a series of 'Dumbarton Oaks
Day" programs to be given through
out the country under the auspices
of Democratic women's organiza-
tons.
A panel discussion, at which Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt will preside
will be used as pattern for many
of the later meetings. most of which
will be held on April 4. This has
been designated National Dunbar
ton Oaks Day" by Mrs. Charles w
Tillett, vice chairman of the DEM
ocratic National Committee.
Women, prominent in the Demo-
cratic party as we'll as authorities on
many national and international
subjects will participate in the
panel discussion. These will include
Dean Harriet Elliott of Woman's
College. University of North Caro-
lima, who will report on the Dunn
barton Oaks Conference: Dean C.
Mildred Thompson of Vassar Col
lege, who was a delegate to the
Conference of Allied Ministers of
Education and who will report on
that conference: Miss Josephine
Scha1n, the only woman delegate TO
the United Nations Conference on
Food and Agriculture, held at Hot
Springs, Va; Mrs. Ellen S. Wood
ward. who was adviser to the United
Nations Conference on Relief and
Rehabilitation: DR.. Mabel New