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Evening star., 1945-05-28
On Censorship in Europe
By Mai. George Fielding Eliot

They are entitled to know If mistakes
are made, for such mistakes may be
serious and should not be protected from
the corrective influence Of public criti-
cism. They are entitled to know, for
example. if German generals are allowed
too much authority, or are treated other
than strictly as prisoners of war. They
are entitled to know if there is policy
in such matters, or lack of policy; and
they are entitled to know why.
They are entitled to know just how
the military government of occupied
Germany is being carried out, and what
Nazi officials have been taken into Gus
tody, and what has been done with them,
and how the German people are behav-
ing, and whether any German bankers
or industrialists with important financial
connections are getting preferential
treatment Il can hear the indignant
denials, gentlemen, but you see the
point?
We have a war on, but it is with Japan,
in the Far East. No one wants to pub
lish a single fact about military move
ments which will help the Japanese. But
that should now be the only criterion of
censorship. A good lead has been given
in this matter by the Office of Censor
ship in Washington, headed by Mr.
Byron Price, who has commanded the
respect of the entire news fraternity of
the country throughout the war and con-
tinues to command it. His recent state
ment on the relaxation Of voluntary
censorship, exercised at his request by
editors in this country as to matters
affecting the war in Europe, should be
required reading for every military OFF,
Ger whose authority extends in any way
to censoring news from the European
theater.
The American people must be fully
informed Of what is going on in Europe,
especially in the areas occupied by
American forces. Theirs is the respon-
sibility for the future; theirs is the
right to have the fullest possible infor-
nation in order that they may exercise
that responsibility Alright. Nor can we
press our Russian allies for relaxation
Of their own very alright news blackout,
extending over all of Eastern Europe,
while We set them so poor an example in
our own area Of occupation. That's of
vital Importance, too, gentlemen.
The war In Europe Is over and there
Is no military officer who Is entitled to
say what is or Is not good for the
American people to know. they are en-
titled to the facts; and such criticism
as may result from this or that news
report is as nothing to the storm Of
criticism which will fall upon your heads,
gentlemen, II you continue the present
stupid policy Of censorship and secrecy.
tcopyrisht le45J
Evening star., 1945-05-28
In Southeast Asia

Coming directly on the heels OF
their defeat at Chihkiang, and
coupled with the new blows being
struck against them in the interior,
their loss of the port of Foochow
lends substance to the pleasant
suspicion that the Japanese are be-
ginning to experience serious diff
culties in holding on to their far
flung positions in China.
Reports from Chungking indicate
that, although they have thrown in
fresh troops in an effort to stem the
retreat some 80 miles above Foo
chow, the Japanese may also give
up Wenchow, moving northward
along the coast toward Shanghai.
Similarly, there have been signs
that they may be preparing to get
out of Annoy and Swatow to concen-
trate in Hong Kong.
The ports OF Foochow, Wenchow,
Annoy and Swatow are all pretty
much isolated from Japan and are
highly vulnerable to our air power.
Moreover, their garrisons are said to
be relatively small-too small either
for offensive operations of their own
or for prolonged defensive against
a combination of determined Chi
nese pressure and American land
ings.
Indeed. the japanese position in
these ports is more or less typical
of the overall japanese position
throughout Southeast Asia. All the
way down the mainland. from
Shanghai to Hong Kong and from
Hong Kong to 1ndo- China and the
Malayan Peninsula, the enemy is cut
off from his home islands. from his
main sources of supply. Beaten in
Burma and feeling ever-increasing
pressure from the Chinese both in
the interior and along the coast Of
China, he is at the same time so
blockaded by our submarines. sur
face ships and planes that he seems
capable of doing little more than to
try to hold on or pull back as far
northward as he can.
Chungking observers suggest the
latter possibility. They suggest that
the japanese, step by step. may at
tempt slow withdrawal from the
whole of Southeast Asia to reform
far to the north above the YangtZe
River, perhaps along the Yellow
River. Such a movement. however,
would be an extremely difficult one,
with Chinese ground forces and our
China-based planes in a position to
strike all along the land route and
with our naval-air power waiting to
block transit by sea.
AL things considered. 1t is easy to
Evening star., 1945-05-28
Observations Desired

Eye-witneSSeS of the fall of the
bolide of May 4 are wanted. The
June number of Sky and Telescope
magazine contains an appeal to all
persons who actually saw the burst
or explosion" to communicate with
Dr. Charles P. Olivier, president of
the American Meteor Society, Flower
Observatory, Upper Darby, Pennsyl-
vania, and it is hoped that from
answers to this plea considerable
evidence may be gathered.
Admittedly, the whole incident is
mysterious. What happened appears
to have been that an object known
to scientists as a brilliant meteoritic
fragment, trailing streams of sparks,
"collided" with the earth in the gen.
eral neighborhood of Philadelphia
at approximately 1885 o'clock on the
morning indicated. DR.. Olivier
writes that it lit up the whole
heavens and "the explosion was
accompanied by seven seconds of
lesser reverberations." Many thou
sands of families were awakened by
the terrific blast" Among the
members of those groups it is be-
lieved at least a few reliable OBJ
servers may be discovered. One of
the details to be checked is that
concerning the exact location of the
explosion. Authoritative opinion at
the moment tends to hold that it
occurred between Wilmington and
Philadelphia at height of the order
of five miles," but nobody as yet has
been found to confirm the theory so
expressed.
Reports of the "fireball." however,
have been received from places as
distant as Martinsville, Virginia;
Gerrardstown, West Virginia, and
Naples, New York. Seemingly, the
path of its descent was from west
to east bearing south. DR.. Olivier
especially desires to trace "the fight
Of this dynamic intruder" and will
be glad to hear from any citizen
Evening star., 1945-05-28
Excellent Pottern'

From the Memphis Commercial Appeal
Great Britain wasted no time what
ever in acting to restore full civil lib
critics when it was oficially announced
that the German menace had been re-
moved and the war in Europe ended.
Home Secretary Herbert Morrison rose
in the House Of Commons on Wednes-
day, May 8, to announce that the gov
ernments right to imprison persons
without trial had been rescinded, and
that the privileges OF the individual
under the laws had been put back into
force. 1t was a move that gained force
and value because it was made so
speedily and spontaneously, for it came
on the governments own initiative one
day after We day, and while the people
of the British Isles were still on holiday
IN celebration of that victory. It Is an
excellent pattern.
Evening star., 1945-05-28

1t is high time the press Of this Nation
began to talk very firmly indeed to the
War Department or whoever it is that is
primarily responsible for the censor
ship of press and radio in the areas
of American military activity in Europe.
If I had the job of doing the telling,
I would say:
Gentlemen, you cannot use military
security as an excuse for avoiding
criticism.
Freedom Of news is an essential and
integral part of all freedom, and that
is truer today than it ever has been.
Freedom may be temporarily held in
check by military necessity. No one
desires to make public anything which
may be of aid to the enemies of the
United Nations during the progress of
a war 1t is right and proper that
military authorities should decide what
may and may not be made public under
such conditions. It is right and proper
that correspondents and editors should
be subjected to military censorship and
regulations for that purpose. You can
not complain of any lack of loyal CO.
operation to that end on the part of the
American press and radio.
X
But. gentlemen, the war in Europe is
over. Germany has surrendered. The
German armed forces are prisoners of
the Allies. The task in Europe now is
in part military, in part political, in
part economic, but it is not war task.
It is task restoring peace under favor
able conditions and it is task which
must be done and we'll done if the free
peoples of this world are to enjoy the
fruits of the victory which so many
of their sons have died to win.
The American people, gentlemen,
have tremendous responsibility in this
matter of building an enduring peace,
and they have a tremendous stake in
seeing it successfully accomplished.
They are, therefore, entitled to know
what is being done about it, right from
the start They are entitled to discuss
and examine and criticize.
1t is partly military task, true, but
it is by no means altogether a military
task-and there Is no reason to suppose
that military men know better than
anyone else how it ought to be done.
You can say of war, military judgment
must prevail, because It is the judgment
Of men who have spent their lives In
learning how to do this thing. You
cannot say that about the building of an
enduring peace. That Is what we are
now beginning to do in Europe, and
the American people have q right to
know just how you and your civilian
associates and every one concerned Is
going to work at 1t. and what you are
doing.
Evening star., 1945-05-28

who really glimpsed the passage OF
the bolide and can give the attitudes
and azimuths or "slants" of its be-
ginning and ending points.
1t is not improbable that other
fragments OF flying cosmic matter
may hit the earth or explode near
1t shortly. The visitor" of May 4
might be only one of many. No
great danger threatens from such
contacts. There have been hun
dreds, If not thousands, of them in
the historic past, but it is important
to communicate to scientific watch
ers any data about them that
amateurs may collect.
Evening star., 1945-05-28
Shadows

This sea has thundered here uncounted
years
Oblipious to man NTH clocked impds-
siDe roar;
1t will be so ,uhen we haze gone, and all
unchanged ,
Identical ,ohite guHs Wiu scream abope
a D1cant shore. 50
Tomorrous tide Uill smooth our toot.~
marks from the beach, ~
The gulls tDill not remember Us phen
this briet day is done: $50
We haze less claim here than the strdn4
OF dried sedtDeed, 80
Less pern,anence than our otpn shad-s
otns in the sun. - -
What can ,oe say, then, this hour each
to each;
How crystallze this moment that it
Uiu not pass?
But there are no tDords to say, and Moth
ing ntedningfuL
Beyond the tineless song OF Uind In
harsh sea grass.
FREDERICK EBRIGHT.
Evening star., 1945-05-28
A Success for Nearly All

From, the Baltimore Sun.
Well, the racing season is upon us
again, just as though there isn't any
war to bother about. On the opening
day all the parking space and parking
lots in the neighborhood OF Pimlico
were filled by automobiles hours before
the first race. A reporter came back
with the news that "autos bearing Ii
cense plates from Virginia. West vir-
ginia, Rhode Island, District Of Co.
lumbia, Delaware, New Jersey, Mary
land, Minnesota and Florida were seen
and nearly all the cars bore B and c
stickers." The day was great success
for everybody concerned except those
who have charge of gasoline rationing.
Evening star., 1945-05-28

understand why the commander OF
the Japanese fleet in China waters
has just made the glum observation
that the end of the war in Europe
and heavy fighting in the Pacific
have complicated" the situation in
Southeast China. Complicated" is
a mild word for it.
Evening star., 1945-05-28

In order that Mrs. Rau may enjoy
the limited privileges of Army person.
mel may I suggest that she serve her
country by enlisting in the Womens
Army Corps? Through that patriotic
organization, she will receive the two
most outstanding privileges of the Army
"a conmissary card and the honor of
a military funeral. MRS. F. G. B.
To the Editor of The Star:
I would like to say few words in
defense Of Army wives, in reply to your
reporter Helen Rau's article.
I am an Army wife. My husband is
stationed at Fort Meade. We live in
Maryland, just outside of the District.
Many of the stores in this neighbor-
hood save what meat and other scarce
things they do have for their old Gus
toners. The distance to any commissary
is too great to go, except rarely. When
I do go I load up, believe me. That
is the only way trip so far would pay.
The commissary absolutely does not
accept loose stamps. They tear them
right out of our books.
Even though we Army wives should
get all the meat and chocolate bars
we asked for, 1t would not compensate
us for what We gave up that the civilian
wives still have.
When our husbands entered this war,
we made up our minds to follow them
from post to post, to be with them as
long as possible. We decided before we
started to accept whatever living con-
ditions are available, and we endure
plenty; but We think It worth 1t, until
some dazed reporter pops OF.
MRS. J. p. DAUGHERTY.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-06
NOTICE

I'VE, the undersigned, will not be
responsible for any debts contracted
against the Victory Coffee Shop"
from this date, Nov 5, 1915.
(1O,1O9-t4) CARL e. ANNA HOLM.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-06
GREEN RETURNS
FROM west; ON
INSPECTION TRIP

Upon his return Sunday from a
three weeks inspection trip through
westward vicinities, including Cor
/ dova, Valdez and Anchorage, Rich
ard S. Green, Director, Division of
Public Health Engineering, Terri
torial Department of Health, said
that a study of public water sys-
TENS in these three cities had been
the main concern of his trip
In Cordova data was collected
toward preparation of detailed
recommendations concerning the
proper protection of various water
supplies in that city, he said. Sew
eral meetings took place, during
which Green, various persons re-
sponsible for the water systems
and the local Health Council dis
cussed the situation and made
plans for protective measures.
While in Cordova, Green said he
spent considerable time in bringing
| out the salient features of a pros
pective rat control program soon
to be inaguurated there. He re-
ported that the plan is being met
with interest and approval by most
OF the persons concerned. Also dis
cussed and studied in that city
were various items of a miscel-
laneous nature involving dairy
sanitation and related matters.
Green's visit to Valdez was de-
voted primarily to a study of the
existing water supply and sewage
disposal facilities there with the
idea of probable improvements in
the future. Miscellaneous santa
ton problems were also handled
at Valdez.
The City of Anchorage and the
Alaska Railroad area near that
city both need additional supplies
OF water for domestic use, the
Health Director said. At the present
| time, the Alaska Railroad and the
city officials are carrying out in
vestigations which they hope will
provide the extra water needed.
During his stay in Anchorage, he
consulted with engineers working
on these Investigations and with
various members of the Territorial
Department of Health staff in the
! Anchorage office.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-06
BETA SIGMA PHI TO
HOLD FORMAL DANCE
SATURDAY, NOV. 10

Invitations are being mailed this
week for one of the first large
social events of Juneau's winter
season, a formal dance to be held
in the Scottish Rite Temple Satur-
day evening, Nov. TO- by Beta
Sigma Phi sorority.
Irma Purington and Irene Ras-
mussen are in charge of the affair,
which promises to highlight a busy
postwar season.
Many pre-dance dinner and
cocktail parties are already being
planned by members of the sorority
and their friends.
Dancing will begin at 10 o'clock
in the Temple and a refreshment
table, in keeping with the season,
is being arranged by the commit
tee
Although the dance is formal it
is expected that the wartime
custom of business suits for the
men will continue to be followed
Patrons and Patronesses for the
affair will be announced following
the regular meeting of the sorority
this evening
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-11-06
NEW ANGOONIANS

Two recent births at Angoon
have been recorded here with the
U. S. Commissioners office. A son,
Kenneth Edward, was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Frank on Oct. 81.
On Oct Is, a daughter, Josephine
Ann, was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
George johnson.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-31
Trumon Hears Of
EquoI Pay

WASHINGTON QPA)-Pres-
ident Truman learned first-hand
about the Pepper-Morse bill,
which would require equal pay
for men and women doing the
same work, from a delegation
which visited him last week.
Seeing the President on the 25th
anniversary of the Constitutional
amendment giving women the
right to vote were II women and
one man. Frank Fenton, repre-
senting the AFL, was the lone
man: other labor spokesmen
were Katherine p. Ellickson of
the CIO, Faye Stevenson of the
Congress of Women's Auxiliar-
les, and Elizabeth ChriStman.
National Women's Trade Union
League.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-31
School Kids Insured

NEW YORK (LPA) - For a
dime each, per year, approxi-
mately 100000 of Wisconsin's
$4,000 eligible school children,
from kindergarten on, will be
insured against all injuries (from
stumbles to sightlessness) re-
ceived on school property. Bene-
fits range from loss of sight Zone
eye), $500, to broken nose, SIS,
and will go far TO ease the bur-
den of medical care for active,
bone-cracking youngsters. The
plan, sponsored by the Wiscon-
sin Interscholastic Athletic AS
sociation, has already spread to
q other states.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-31
UAW-CIO
Gives Thanks
Continued from Page 1

continued from Page 1
Eriksen's Inc, Dainty Beauty
Shop, Hoffman Furniture Co.,
Quality Tire Co., Capital Tire
g. Rubber Co., Freeborn Furni-
ture Co., John K. Jordanoff
Auto Service, Toledo Auto Glass
Co.
Ben's Clothing Store, Rogers
Cigar Store, Eastern Dry Clean
ing, Reliable Tire Co., Lee Mo-
tors, Inc, 0. l.. Mears, Milt Tire
Co., Dixon Motor Sales, Mel
S | a mon Mite Club, Tony
Packo's Mite Club, Gypsy Camp
Mite Club, Juhasz Super Market,
Nagy's Mite Club, Monoky's
Care, Pizza's Garment Cleaning
Co., Bob Eddy Buick, Auto
Service, Inc, Wearley Motor
Sales, Toledo Radiator and Body
Co.
Jim White Chevrolet, Auburn
dale Restaurant, Giha's Clothing
Store, Parkdell Restaurant,
Moore's Apparel, Charlie Marks,
Ideal Furniture, Save Way Sup
er Markets, Rheingold Cafe,
New Miami Inn, Buddy's Box
Lunch, Sunnyside Inn, Green
light Inn, DeVeaux Mite Club,
Brady's Bar. Twin Oaks Recreas
tion, Abood Food Market, Jeep
Bar Mite Club, Victory Club,
Annabelle's Cafe, Steve's Tav-
ern, Bouton's Cafe, Belegrin
Bros. Hi-Speed Service, Joe
Schultz Bar, Doc Wolfe's Cafe,
Unique Cleaners.
Moneys Bar, Lenk's Cafe.
Harry's Clothes, Bowl l-O-Drome
Bowling Alleys, Haddad Gro
cery, Parker Home Bakery, F.
F. Bolster, Shell Station Gaiety
Mite Club, Ell Pinto Grill, Hi.
Speed Station, Bancroft and
Fulton; Circle Cafe, Herzberg
Decorating Studios, Successful
Sales Co., Buckeye Cafe, Jim
my's AZ nd st. Cafe, Joseph's
Cafe, Edward L a m b, Para
mount, Princess, Valentine, Es-
quire and Rivoli Theatres.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-31
Continued from Page ]

marchers are urged to be on
hand at 1000 a. m. so the pa
rade can move promptly with
out loss of time. Led by Local
12's band under direction OF
Carmen Broderick, the process
sion will begin at Monroe and
22nd and march east to Summit
ST. to Jefferson Ave; west on
Jefferson to 18th st. where it
will counter march and disband.
Marchers are requested by
the parade committee to join
their Locals and Units which
will form according to the fol-
lowing schedule:
MONROE & 22nd ST.
South side - Color guard,
band, TIUC executive board,
URWDSEA = Toledo Joint
Council, Local 35, Local 1868,
Local 81, FTAAW-CIO, Local
179, Local 297.
21st ST.
North side = Local II, UAW-
CIO, band, Willys-Overland
drill tie m, Willys-Overland
Unit.
South side = Local IL Units
as follows: Lakeside, Auto-Lite,
Fort Pitt, Hall Mfg, Her
man Fuel, Swartzbaugh, Hertz,
Welever, Ayling R e C h r t,
Sheets Elevator, Champion.
North side - Local IL Units
as follows: Bingham, Toledo
Steel Tube, Toledo Metal Fur
niture, Tillotson, Usona, Keller
Pen, S. M. Jones, A. c. Klop-
ping, Laclede- Christy, Peters
Stamping, Phoenix Box, Toledo
Pipe Threa a d ing, Dupont,
Toledo Standard Commutator
Toledo Porcelain Enamel, To
ledo Scale, Peerless Plastics.
goth ST.
Local II Units as follows:
American Can, Acklin Stamp
ing, Toledo Steel Products,
Rathbun-Jones, Toledo Pressed
Steel, Ensign Foundry, Airway
Electric, Commercial Metals.
City Forge, Etna, Formed Steel,
Industrial Heat Treat, Industrial
Rubber, Ransom and Randolph,
American Propeller, c e n tr
Brass, Daney Foundry, Victor
Screw and Superior Spinning.
MONROE & 10Th ST.
South sidee - Local IL Units
as follows: DeVilbiss, Gordon
Bumper, Acme Speciality, Am
erican Brake Shoe, Buckeye
Paint, Banting, Darling, City
Machine and Tool
North side - Band, Spicer
Unit.
18th ST. -
Local IL Units as follows
National Supply, Mather Spring
Burt Foundry. Surface Com
bustion.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-31
Laws
Jam mConsress
Continued on Page 2

ized labor is appearing in sup
port of the 'Kilgore-Forand bill,
which would not only raise state
iobless benefits to a level of SIS
maximum for 26 weeks, but
would include in its coverage
many more workers, and would
provide funds to transport war
workers back to their peacetime
homes. A high-powered, we'll
financed campaign is being con-
Quoted by the state governors
and by many state unemploy-
ment compensation directors to
kill any such legislation.
No hearings are yet scheduled
on the Pepper-Hook bill which
would lift minimum wages on
Jobs in industries in interstate
commerce" to IS cents, and at
the end of three years to rs
cents a desperately needed
measure to check the wage
slashes already taking place, la
Dor men say. A Gallup Poll this
week found 56 per cent of those
who were familiar with the term
minimum wage" were for the
provisions of this measure.
Wagner Bill Supported
A sympathetic hearing is ex-
pected on one of labor's postwar
must" measures-the Wagner
housing bill. This has the sup
port not only of the millions of
construction workers, but the
equally large number of workers
who want to see their families
decently housed at rates which
they can pay.
The Wagner Murray Dingell
bill, which will have to wait its
turn before the not-too-friendly
committees to which it has been
assigned, is still part of labor's
urgent legislative program. 1t is
being bitterly fought by the
American Medical Associations
top leadership, and a bitter bat
tie is expected before any action
will be taken. November is now
the earliest time that hearings
may be scheduled.
FEPC To Continue
The Fair Employment Practice
Committee, its staff drastically
cut by the last-minute reprieve
granted it two months ago, will
continue. Legislative attention
is focused on making the FEPC
permanent institution, and put
ting into law a declaration that
it is United States policy not to
discriminate in hiring because of
race, creed, color or national or
igin.
A jammed list of needed bills,
but not a jammed calendar of
bills that have had committee
going-over and are ready for de-
bate and vote, confronts the
House and Senate. To what ex-
tent the floodgates are opened
and quick action is taken de-
pends, capitol observers say now,
on the pressure exerted by con-
stituents on the legislators. -