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Evening star., 1945-02-08

power covering all major transac-
tions and the Bank will not
make loans which can be made rea-
sonably through private channels. "
The three bankers associations do
not entirely reject the sterilization
fund, but they would retain only
certain features of 1t and would
merge them with the functions OF
the international bank. Taken as
a whole, their recommendations
which include suggestions to in
crease the lending capacity of the
EXport-Import Bank and to repeal
the Johnson Act and any analogous
provisions inhibiting private loans to
foreign countries-seem most per-
suasive, and unless the authors of
the Breton Woods program can
point to fallacies In them, they
should offer sound guidance to
Congress.
Evening star., 1945-02-08
Deserved Promotion

Senate Democrats made the logical
choice when they picked Leslie L.
Biff1e to succeed the late Edwin A.
Halsey as secretary Of the Senate.
Those who know him, on Capitol
Hill and throughout the Gov
ernment, are confident he will serve
the entire Senate with that same
energy and efficiency he has dis
played as secretary to the Demo-
cratic membership during the past
twelve years.
To see him hurrying about the
Senate chamber, conferring first
with one and then another member
always alert to see that the days
proceedings are going according to
schedule-one would never suspect
that Mr.. Biff1e is a veteran of thirty
six years of service in various capac-
tiles in the halls of Congress. His
youthful appearance springs in part
from an even manner and friendly
disposition. He treats old friend and
stranger with courtesy. He never
seeks the limelight, but is content
to do well the tasks assigned to him.
He is one OF the men to be found in
every organization who get things
done without fuss or feathers.
Colonel Halsey, who also devoted
lifetime to serving Congress, filled
the Office of Senate secretary with
dignity. Mr.. Biffle will be a worthy
successor.
Evening star., 1945-02-08
Toxed to Death
By David Laurence
From the Quebec LEvenement-Journal.

From the Quebec LEvenement-Journal
The committee Of inquiry into building
recommends building code which will
serve as base for the municipalities Of
the country, and the federal authorities
hold to the same opinion. Building
regulations which offer such wide varia.
tions between one city and another are
not the smallest contributors to building
costs and handicap the building indus
try. And If we add the burden Of taxa
ton. which throws upon the proprietor
all the weight of its administration, we
need not be much astonished at the
slowing up which the construction Of
houses and lodgings has undergone In
recent years. The assessment of proper
ties and the tax rate comprise the first
obstacles to the plans of future builders.
Investigators recognize 1t explicitly when
they affirm that the tax rate has become
retarding tax against property. since
the major part Of this revenue is used
to meet the expenses Of municipal gov
ernment. The rents that working people
pay contribute only small part Of the
cost and maintenance Of the building.
Evening star., 1945-02-08
A Slick Compromise

The spirit of compromise Is a
beautiful thing. But when it COM
promises the taxpayer to pull some
body's chestnuts out of the fire, it
requires examination with a coldly
skeptical eye
Star readers may remember the
Sixteenth and Shepherd street zon-
Ing row. Property there was zoned
to permit apartment houses until an
unsuspecting builder contracted to
buy it and build one The Zoning
Commission then rezoned the prop
erty leaving the builder holding the
bag. He sued and the District Court
reversed the Zoning Commission and
criticized it for a capricious and
arbitrary decision. Citizens of the
neighborhood, fighting the apart
ment house, were upheld in the
Court of Appeals in their contention
that they were not given proper
opportunity, as intervenors, to fight
the case. The case is still in the
courts.
In the meantime, bill fatty pro-
hibiting an apartment house on the
site was introduced "by request" in
Congress and might have become law
had not Senator Tydings, whose
constituent was the one left holding
the bag, stopped it. He expressed
the hope that the matter might be
compromised.
The compromise is about as fol-
lows: The neighborhood citizens
would put up $4,000. The owner
would reduce his original price. The
lawyers would forgo some of their
fees. And, most touching of all,
Congress would appropriate $72,5OO
of public funds and the Park and
Planning Commission would receive
the land as park. The Park and
Planning Commissions attitude, as
indicated by the bills provisions,
seems to be that it never sought the
land as park, would not spend any
Of it's own park-purchase money to
buy it, but if Congress appropriates
the funds, a park will have been
created
Senator Tydings' constituent
might have Jared worse. The land
owners would not do so badly. An
apartment house, obnoxious to the
neighbors, would not be built The
taxpayers might enjoy their $72,500
park (but they ought to go out and
look it over first). The greatest loss
would be to the principle that zoning
should be left to the Zoning Com
mission and the courts. If Congress
bypasses the zonir1g laws by special
legislation Of this type, a vicious
precedent is established. And if
Congress buys parks to bail out un-
lucky investors-well, The Star does
not believe Congress will do anything
of the sort and probably will kill the
bill deader than doornail and leave
the dispute where it belongs and
where it now is, In the courts.
Evening star., 1945-02-08
The Political Mill
BY Gould Lincoln

The limited national service bill,
work-hght-or- Jail measure, recently
passed by the House at the insistence
OF the administration, has run into
serious opposition in the Senate Mill
tary Affairs Committee and the Senate
itself. Doubts have arisen that such a
labor-draft measure is necessary-par-
ticularly In view Of the great gains
made on the eastern front and of ma
terial Improvement on the western
front in the European war theater.
Just as effective opposition arises, how
ever. from those Senators who believe
that more production can be obtained
under the voluntary system which has
been IN vogue since the beginning Of
the war.
Down underneath is a reluctance to
place IN the hands of the Government
power to force men to work where they
do not want to work and for employers
not Of their own choosing There is q
fear that this well be just one more
and very wide-step toward govern
mental control of the private lives Of
American citizens.
Offsetting all this is the need for press
ing the war to q successful end-uwith
a maximum production Of weapons and
munitions to do the job. For years the
administration was wishy -washy on the
issue Of national service legislation It
was only early in the winter, when
the Germans had counterattacked and
driven forward into the now-defunct
Belgian bulge on the western front and
before the Russian offensive on the east
ern front had started rolling, that the
President made his demand for such
legislation.
Members Of Congress who are opposed
to the legislation point out that had
the demand been made soon after Pearl
Harbor it would have been justified.
But in the intervening years this coun-
try has performed marvels Of war pro-
duction-outdistancing in production
both Germany and Japan combined
and the countries they overran. Such
Evening star., 1945-02-08

Eastern Kwangtung if we wish to do so.
But our purpose in coming in force to
China Is not just to occupy Chinese
territory; it is to link up with Chung
king, to bring supplies and help to the
Chinese government, to establish our air
power firmly on the continent Of Asia
and to advance northward toward the
Yangtze Valley, from which we can
strike directly at Japan In great force
To do that, eventually we must get
possession Of the Canton Hong Kong
area and of the railway which leads
northward to the Yangtze.
Hence any landing on the Fukien-
Eastern Kwangtung coast Is but means
to an end, means toward bringing
about, under conditions favorable to
ourselves, a decisive battle in the plain
around Canton or, in the alternative, TO
force the Japanese to abandon this
great gateway area and let us into China
In real strength.
The Japanese have refused us battle
on the plains Of Central Luzon. They
may continue to refuse us battle on the
coastal plains of South China, but If
they do, where will they make stand?
AS we advance into the interior our
lines Of communication will grow longer,
the flow Of supplies will be less and less
able to maintain powerful forces at full
efficiency, but also the Japanese COM
munications will become more pre-
carious, for with every mile of progress
we shall be little better able to make
contact with the Chinese inhabitants,
to arm and supply guerrilla forces and
to establish airflelds from which to
Afk rk Tai v4l
cations.
The problem Of the defense of South
China against an American landing
force based on Luzon Is not q particu-
larry attractive one from the Japanese
point Of view, considering japanese in
ability to interrupt our sea routes and
the Japanese qualitative inferiority both
In the air and In ground fighting as far
- large-scale, open-field warfare Is con-
cerned.
It is really In North China and in
MAnchuria that the japanese are
strongly entrenched. In Central and
South China they have long held only
the railways and inland water routes.
These will now be useful to them for
the supply Of their forces, but they
seem likely, In the end, to be Of even
greater value for gradual Withdrawals
toward the centers Of their power in the
north.
AL this, of course, Is q discussion of
considerations whose practical applicar
ton may lie far In the future. How
far we shall 60 In China depends very
largely on the view which our high
command takes Of the vnlnerability Of
Japan itself to direct attack. . view
which must b constantly revised at
evesy phase q tho operations.
t6oeyrisht. 1e4S. 4. z. Tribune. lne)
Evening star., 1945-02-08

slacken1ng OF production as came last
year was due in part to lessening Of or
ders for munitions and to the belief that
was fostered time and again by officials
Of the Government, civilian and mill
tary, that the war in Europe was all
but won.
However, SO much has been said and
written In recent weeks about the need
for increased manpower in this country
that Senators are pondering what effect
defeat OF this proposed legislation will
have on the soldiers on the various
fronts. The prediction has been made
that it will lower the morale of the
men in the front lines. But that seems
incredible. What it might do, however,
is to anger these potential voters and
provide an issue against the legislators
who vote down the bill when they come
up for reelection.
There is clash, too. between those
who wish to have the proposed act
administered through the selective
service and its draft boards or through
an agency yet to be designated by War
Mobilization Director Byrnes-with the
expectation that 1t will be the War
Manpower Commission.
4
Senator Revercomb Of West vir-
ginia and Senator Taft Of Ohio, both
Republicans, have tossed another OBJ
struction into the hopper in the shape
Of the Barrett continuing
the so-caled voluntary system. but
giving legislative authority to the op-
erAtions Of the War Manpower Com
mission already under Way. This meas
ure, offered as substitute for the labor
draft bill in the House, was defeated
in that body by only 10 votes.
1t is tough problem for those who
have to make the decision. One argu-
nent brought up against the labor draft
is that thousands of men who have
been released from the armed forces
would be under compulsion to work in
plants not of their choosing-men who
already have done their stint,
Evening star., 1945-02-08

Roosevelt's departure, his destination,
the name Of his companions. the mode
Of travel and the approximate date Of
his arrival at "Shangri-La"
Besides these newspapermen there
was an even larger number Of Army and
Navy officials, navy yard workers, COM
municatton officers, airmen, mechanics,
painters and others who have known
all along that the big Boss" was away.
1t is current story in Washington
about the quantity Of solid and liquid
supplies which were carried along to
supplement the fare which the conferees
will be offered by the host In the far
country.
The only thing no serious minded
political observer in Washington yen-
lures to predict is what devices Presi-
dent Roosevelt will adopt to reconcile
the conflicting interests Of Russia and
Great Britain and how much the smaller
nations will have to pay.
From conversations between the Chief
Executive and political leaders in Con-
gress 1t became apparent that Mr.. Roose-
velt had placed his hopes In the creation
Of . peace machinery as provided in
the Dumbarton Oaks near" agreement.
Territorial questions, zones of influence
Of the Russians and the British, the
fate Of the Reich and other such matters
are said to have been considered by him
as being Of only secondary Importance. I
They could not impede the peace plans
once Great Britain and Russia could be
persuaded to indorse the international
peace machinery unequivocally. The
fact that some "compensations" and
concessions to set the machinery itself
In motion were necessary appeared to
our foreign policy trainers to be of little
consequence. They were of the opinion
that ideals must have precedence over
practical matters. But since many of
these concessions might stir up public
opinion, a great propaganda drive was
devised to make the American people
realize that boundaries are elastic while
an idea such as lasting peace can be
permanent once everybody agrees to its
terms.
Whether President Roosevelt has been
able to reach compromise with his twol
realistic associates, at least to give the
impression to the world that something
Of our ideologies has been salvaged, viii
not be known for some time.
Evening star., 1945-02-08
Momentous Conference

The official cOmmunlQue confirm
ing the long-rumored meeting of the
Big Three is unique in that it has
been issued as a sort of interim re-
port instead of as general declara-
ton like that marking the end of
discussions at Casablanca, Teheran
and Cairo. The joint statement is
sued in Moscow, London and at the
White House declares that the con-
ference is still continuing, with only
the military phase concluded and
with the much more difficult prob
lens of the peace now under con-
sideration.
AS far as the war itself is con-
cerned, according to the communi-
que, President Roosevelt, Premier
Stain, Prime Minister Churchill and
their military stats have reached
complete agreement" on the oper-
ations to be carried out for the final
liquidation of Nazi Germany. In all
probability this part of the agenda
has been disposed of with relative
ease, but the remaining part-the
part having to do with establishing
a secure peace-involves a great
number of highly complex and con-
tentious matters, summed up by the
conferees as "joint plans for the oc-
cupation and control of Germany,
the political and economic problems
Of liberated Europe and proposals
for the earliest possible establish
ment of permanent international
organization to maintain peace"
Up to now it has been possible to
hold these problems in abeyance,
but with the European war at last
in its final phase, they demand i'm
mediate attention. It seems too
much to hope, of course, that the
current Roosevelt-Stalin Churchill
conference will be able to solve them
all or do anything more than work
out some broad formula for COM
mon Allied approach to them. Yet
if the meeting succeeds in accom-
plishing even this much, the next
peace will have hopeful basis.
Certainly. If basic agreement on
Germany is reached and if unilat-
eral action is ruled out as regards
liberated countries, the outlook for
a sound international system Of col
lectve security viii be promising.
Evening star., 1945-02-08
Our Future in China
By Maj. Georfe Fieldins Eliot

Abandonment by the United States
14th Air Force Of the last two Of its
Eastern bases-at Namyung and Kan
chow-is the inevitable aftermath of
Japanese success in consolidating con-
troll over the whole stretch Of the Can
ton-Hankow Railway, thus, in effect,
cutting OF the coastal area Of South
eastern China from the western region
where the Chungking government holds
sway.
From the captured railway, Japanese
columns are moving east into the noun
tains which divide the broken country
along the coast from the interior, and
it is no longer possible for the bases to
be defended by the local Chinese ground
forces
It should not be supposed that the
japanese have thus, as one report has
erroneously stated, sealed Oh the en-
tire coastal area and blocked any pos
sible American landing" If we consider
only the two coastal provinces Of Fukien
and Kwangtung, which are handiest to
reach from Luzon, we ind that we are
dealing with an area about the size Of
New York, Jew Jersey, Pennsylvania and
Ohio: something over 100000 square
miles.
In Fukien and Eastern Kwangtung
there are very few roads. Those which
exist mostly lead from the mountainous
interior down the river valleys to the
seaports. The coast is low, but inland the
country becomes, first. rolling upland
and then rises into mountains Of con-
siderable height, though heights above
5000 feet are rarely encountered. The
mountains are, for the most part, heavily
wooded.
The focal point of the whole area,
however, and, indeed, Of all South
China. Is the deltaic plain around the
mouths Of the Si-kiang River, where the
great seaports Of Canton and Hong
Kong are found From time immemoriAl,
the trade of South China has flowed
through this plain to the sea. Here, also.
the overland route, the railway to Han
kow, leads northward behind the coastal
mountains to the Yangtze Valley.
It is in this area that the Japanese
can concentrate and supply large num-
bers of troops But they cannot e6ec-
lively occupy the whole Of Fukien and
Kwangtung Provinces. They can hold
the main seaports northeast Of Hong
Kong-Amoy. Swatow and Foochow. But
they cannot move quickly by land from
one to another, for there are no lateral
roads.
But they cannot defend this coast by
the time -honored method Of holding
their main forces In reserve until they
see where we are going to land. and then
concentrating to meet u, for the ex-
cellent reason that their interior COM
munications are 20 bad q to b almost
nonexstspt.
We can. thsssfors. land iu FuIisn o.
Evening star., 1945-02-08
Letters to The Star
Bishop Hurley's Courage Praised
by Mother of Three Soldiers

To the Editor Of The Star:
Last week Bishop Hurley of Florida,
in sermon at the Catholic Family Con-
ference, condemned the military au-
thorities for paying SO little attention to
the religious welfare OF our boys in
service. and, although am not a
Catholic, am in sympathy with his
every word.
lam the mother of three sons In serv-
ice, two of whom have been home on
leave after months of service overseas,
and have observed with breaking heart
how they have cast their religious home
training to the four winds
My boys never were "sissies" in any
sense Of the word. They were just good
boys. They, never missed religious serv-
ices on Sunday, after which they were
permitted to attend ball games or mo-
ton pictures.
But now they are completely changed
They scof at the thought of going to
church and prayers are entirely for
gotten.
pray each day that they will soon
return for good. Then will start all
over again to teach them the love of
God.
American mothers should be grateful
to Bishop Hurley for the courage he dis
played In bringing these terrible con-
ditions out into the open.
THREE-STAR MOTHER
Evening star., 1945-02-08
This Changing World
By Constantine Br0,On

The first ofi1cial "communique" on the
meeting Of the Big Three somewhere
In the Black Sea area will be given out
at the close Of the conference. It Is Diff
ficult to say what 1t will contain and
how much information will be released
on the world-shaking decisions reached
at the conference. But the White House
announcement yesterday indicated that
part Of it will deal with the inter-
national peace organization known at
present as the Dumbarton Oaks agree
ment.
already are volunteering to Washington
reporters the information that some
thing really important" concerning world
peace will come out Of the meeting.
Walter Disney Is preparing one Of his
famous cartoons to impress those mil
lions Of Americans who react better to
what they see than what they read or
hear OF the tremendous benefits of the
Dumbarton Oaks
Some movie producers are said to be
busy preparing shorts dealing with his
tory from the destruction OF Rome by
the barbarian hordes to the present
World War, emphasizing the meaning
Va CAS OaWA VI t1iC IcW era u0Qer the
protecting wing OF the world powers
linked together to preserve q permanent
peace.
Directives for the use Of those oficials
In contact with the press and radio are
being drafted in order to smother any
opposition from the diehards in the
Senate who still oppose the international
peace agreement because they fear that
this country may undertake obligations
which might prove too costly in the end.
\
There is an atmosphere Of preparatory
activity as has never existed before.
Before departing from Washington,
Secretary Of State Stettinius left instruc-
tions to his team" in the State Depart
ment to get ready for tremendous dip
lomatic offensive and indicated that D
day will come sometime in the middle of
this month.
The trip abroad of President Roose-
velt and his escort OF military, naval,
diplomatic, economic and legal advisers
has been well-kept secret, although at
least twoscore Of newspapermen, their
editors, relatives and friends have
known for some time the date Of Mr..
Evening star., 1945-02-08
: She Will Escape

Something nntamed lies In her quiet
Uetns;
Something as pild and suitt as scud-
ding clouds,
Flying before the needle pointed rains
That ,crop the earth In slanttng, stlper
shrOuds.
Somethsno that soalss on pelret feet at
Bearing the cashet OF eternity
Shines n her eyes; a match flames tiny
light,
When all the people sleep and she Z
Wrap her In gingham. bind her slender
With tasks that forge her chains to
mundane fears.
Tut up the glass and match the sitting
Filter the ledden hours into pears.
She tDtu escape, for she % q pagan stiu,
No one has held her-s0 one eUer tDill1
LUCILLE s. JACKSON.
Evening star., 1945-02-08
DOGS Have An Advocate

To the Editor Of The Star:
OF course one thing leads to another,
but may I say word for those who can
not speak for themselves? I refer to
the dogs of Washington and vicinity.
The last "jab" appeared in The Sts
In letter by Corpl. Plumber. He e. |.
We'd the pup who got hamburger sor E
place or other, while he was on de-
hydrated food and *" ration. After
all the dog in question could not help
it, If he was given hamburger.
Let's not forget there is the 'K-s"
Corps, and they in their own way are
giving their all to the war effort.
Aren't members of this great family
entitled to some reward even though
they may not be engaged actually in
the war?
Please don't let all this discussion re !:
Dogs VS.. Humans bias any one against
dogs or taking care of their pets.
Neither let it keep any one from acquir-
ing dog and giving it a good home.
H. s. M.