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Evening star., 1945-01-13
Letters to The Star
Differs with Mr.. Lawrence
On Leadership Issue

To the Editor Of The Star:
have the greatest respect for David
Lawrence's intellect, but think he
slipped cog or two in his mental ma
chinery when he asked for world lead
ership other than that of Messrs.
Churchill. Roosevelt and Stain.
Mr.. Lawrence knows that we cannot
change the President; what man would
he suggest for Mr.. Churchill's place, Mr..
Churchill the greatest orator, leader and
statesman since Gladstone; and who
would dare to try for Mr.. Stalin's place?
Who would dare to say Nay to Mr..
Stain about anything? Did Mr.. Roose-
velt and Mr.. Churchill have the power
to stop Mr. Stain in the Baltic and the
Balkan States? We must be practical:
Is there any nation ready to fight the
Russians for Poland or for any other
country?
admire Poland and think she has
been the most ill-treated country in his
tory except the Jewish nation, but what
can our idealism do for that unhappy
land? Let us do the very best we can
for her, and above all let us make a
decent battle for her to retain as much
as possible of her original territory.
Mr.. Lawrence seems to. think that
Clemenceau and Lloyd George helped to
destroy the League of Nations by fight
ing the idealism of Mr.. Wilson. Does
Mr.. Lawrence believe for one moment
that Lodge, johnson, Jim Reed and Mrs.
Longworth would have fought the
League less fiercely If Clemenceau and
Lloyd George had been as great ideal
lists as Mr.. Wilson?
Again Mr.. Lawrence speaks of men in
the British Parliament and in our Con-
gress who might work toward idealism
for the present day. I am astounded
Does he know of any men in these par
hamentary bodies who are ready to give
Germany all the territory she has gained
In this brutal war? We hear much now
of Hitlerism and little of Prussianism.
Hitler could never have accomplished
all that he has without the Prussian
army and the skill OF the Prussian gen.
erals. Shall the Allies make a peace
so soft that Prussia will continue to
dominate all Germany and eventually
all of Europe? Shall the Poles be forced
to stay in the poorer sections of their
country, while the Prussians hold
Gdynia, Danzig and all the Corridor?
If the Atlantic Charter means anything
like this, and I do not know the exact
meaning of the Atlantic Charter, we
should study it carefully and demand a
thorough explanation.
1t seems to me in my little corner that
just peace would never be one in
which the Germans, filled with the
Prussian spirit, should be allowed to do
again what Bismarck, the Kaiser and
Hitler have accomplished by falsehood
and cruelty. Three times within the
span of my life the Germans have run
amuck. Shall we be so gentle, SO ideal
istic. so impractical, as to leave them
with the power to do this all over again
in one generation?
MRS. META FOLGER TOWNSEND,
Lenoir, N. c.
Evening star., 1945-01-13
Lesson in LANGUAGE

Supreme Court Justice Frankfurter
seems to have made a profound i'm
preston on our local Court of Appeals
when he observed in a dissenting
opinion that "the notion that be-
cause the words of a statute are
plain, its meaning is also plain, is
merely pernicious oversimplifica-
ton"
Last July the Court of Appeals,
quoting Justice Frankfurter, held
that the words "in the District of
Columbia" as used in the Mann Act,
did not mean in the District of
Columbia.
Now, and this time without even
quoting Justice Frankfurter. the ap-
pellate court has held that language
in the Workmen's Compensation Act
does not mean what it appears to
mean.
The case involved a man who had
fractured his right kneecap and had
lost his left leg and left arm in acci-
dents not related to his employment.
Despite these disabilities, the man
secured employment as an elevator
operator. Then he fell in the course
of his work and again broke his right
kneecap, becoming totally and per-
manently disabled. The only ques-
ton was whether he was entitled to
compensation from his employer for
total or partial disability.
In the statute, this language is
found: "If an employe receives an
injury which of itself would only
cause permanent partial disability
but which, combined with previous
disability, does in fact cause perma-
nent total disability. the employer
shall provide compensation only for
the disability caused by the subse-
quent injury" Those words would
seem to mean that the employer was
liable only for the partial disability
Eaceable to the last injury. But the
court held otherwise and affirmed q
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that we should wait until President
Roosevelt has had his projected meeting
with Churchill and Stain. But certain
ly speeches, such as the Vandenbere
speech. should strengthen the Presi-
dents hand at that meeting.
Mr.. Vandenberg's proposals should
go FAR toward removing fears of our
European Allies that this country will
go back into its shell after this war
as 1T did after the last The MICHIGAN
Senator halls from the Midwest, a sec
ton regarded as traditionally isola-
ZIONIST. Further, he exerts a powerful
influence among Republican members
OF the Senate, which must in the end
pass upon our treaties with foreign
powers
He made no bones about admitting
that every nation is governed by self
interest. Indeed, the United States.
he said, should be so governed. To
him. however, it is clear that the self
interest of all nations today lies in a
world at peace. It is his hope that the
European Allies will come to such a
conclusion and agree to let the little
nations govern themselves, in the full
knowledge that the United States will
be vigilant and ready to use its full
strength along with its present Allies
to prevent the rise of an aggressive,
military power, bent on world domi-
nation.
Nor was Mr.. Vandenberg dogmatic in
opposition to temporary arrangements
for governmental control in liberated
countries. His contention is that when
the Dumbarton Oaks agreements have
been finally ratified, the new inter-
national organization should have the
right to review and to pass upon these
temporary arrangements. Certainly
this is not too great a price for the
European nations to pay for assurance
of world security in the future-includ-
ing their own security.
What is needed. especially to uphold
the hands of the President in all future
negotiations, is united front in this
country. 1t would be folly to assert
that all isolationist sentiment in this
country has been wiped out. Mr. Van-
denberg has done much to check its
rise at time when it needed checking.
Evening star., 1945-01-13
South China Sea
By Maj. George Fielding Eliot

The news that American naval forces
are operating in strength in the South
China Sea is of tremendous significance.
It Is the very fact that they are there,
quite regardless of the nature of their
immediate mission, which is SO impor-
tant.
The South China Sea is one of the
three great connecting seas of the world
the seas which link together the major
oceans. The Caribbean Sea, by way of
the Panama Canal, links the Atlantic
and Pacific Oceans; the Mediterranean
Sea links the Atlantic and the Indian
Oceans, and the South China Sea links
the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Through it, in time of peace, passes
almost all the traffic between these two
vast maritime areas. The Straits OF
MalaccA and the Straits of Sunda are
the chief passages between the Indian
Ocean and the South China Sea, while
Luzon Strait and San Bernardino Strait
are the principal passages between the
South China Sea and the Pacific.
More important than any Of these
passages in the immediate strategy Of
the Pacific war, however, is the Strait Of
Formosa, between that island and the
Chinese coast, through which now passes
virtually all Japanese shipping going to
and fro between Japan proper and the
South China coast, Indo- China, Malaga,
the Netherlands East Indies, Thailand,
Burma and the Philippines.
+ = =
japanese shipping can no longer pass
freely, or indeed at all save by rare good
luck, outside Formosa. The open Pacific
is virtually an American lake save for
japanese coastal waters. But the South
China Sea has been Japanese lake up
to the present time. with the Japanese
able to move fairly safely south Of
Formosa to and from any Of the ports
of their conquered empire.
Their only danger in this inclosed sea
has been from American submarines.
This danger has been increasing, has
caused them severe losses, but 1t has not
been prohibitive. The submarines have
taken their toll of passing ships, but
certain number of ships continued to
pass. The appearance of American sur
face ships and aircraft in the South
China Sea is very different matter.
It means that already the Japanese
are beginning to feel the strategic effect
Of the American advance to the Philip
pines. It means that the maritime high
way which has been vital to their war
effort in all the southern part Of their
far-ffung area Of conquest has been, OF
Is about to be. severed altogether. It
Evening star., 1945-01-13
Future of Labor
From the Topeka Capital.

After the war, with millions return
ing from the armed forces in search Of
jobs, it seems likely the power of labor
will begin to wane, and that war vet
Grams will upset some of the carefully
laid plans of labor leaders who have
been too grasping at a time of national
emergency. Out of it all, it is hoped,
will come situation in which labor Is
given the protection it deserves, in which
no one group will be allowed to domi-
nate the affairs of the country, in which
employers will be prevented from ex-
plotting labor, and in which the Nation
as whole can go forward in q man
ner bringing the greatest benefit to
the greatest number
Evening star., 1945-01-13
Recalls Wilson's Opinion

To the Editor Of The Star:
Nowhere in the discussion of the pro-
posed "work-or-fght" legislation have
seen reference to President Woodrow
Wilson's comment about similar pro-
posal in 1917. He said at that time that
he was opposed to drafting men to work
in business institutions operated for pri-
vate profit.
That clear statement of a clear-cut
principle seems to rule out the fire.
quently heard inane comparisons be-
tween sacrifices asked of the boys at the
front and the comparatively minor bur-
dens asked to be borne here on the
home front.
Truth, as ever, is to be found at the
bottom Of the barrel, where few find it,
JAMES j. GRIFFITH.
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judgment awarding compensation
for total disability.
To further confuse this already
confused lesson in language, it might
be mentioned that Chief Justice
Groner delivered the opinion in the
Mann Act case, with Justice Edger-
ton dissenting, while Justice Edger-
ton delivered the opinion in the
compensation case, with Chief Jus
tice Groner dissenting.
Evening star., 1945-01-13
A Problem for "Three"

.
To the Editor Of The Star:
What lies behind the amazing soliditv
Of the German home front? Surely all
Germans now recognize the certainty
Of defeat. The long retreats toward
their borders cannot be concealed. Ex-
cept for few fanatics who glory in a
suicidal last-ditch defense, the great
mass of war workers are said to be
impelled by only two factors-the Ges-
tapo and the horrors anticipated from
surrender.
The Gestapo scarcely can be the chief
factor. Their numbers must be severely
limited by the shortage of reserves.
Given the will to revolt, it is incon-
ceivable that the many millions of
workmen could not overwhelm them.
Fear of surrender largely must be the
answer. based on incessant warnings OF
"annihilation" and "enslavement." True.
BIC and ABSIE refute this propaganda.
General Eisenhower has announced the
treatment to be accorded the part of
Germany conquered from the west.
But are such refutations and an
nouncements enough? Could ANYTHING
possibly be adequate except an unequiv-
ocal joint declaration straight from the
big three? Stern as is the future in
tended for Germans, it should appear
only alluring by contrast with the vague
horrors they associate with "uncondi-
tional surrender" Three hold the fate
Of millions. Should they leave any stone
unturned that conceivably might safely
shorten the war and save lives?
ROBERT s. FIELD,
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Kinqpin Of Empire

1LcIc SeculS no reason TO QOuDL
the Tokyo report that the general
stats of all japanese theaters of
war" are now in urgent conference
with Premier Koiso. Like a great
blow striking at a nerve center and
sending forth shock in every direc-
ton, the return of our American
forces to Luzon is an event whose
effects must be felt not merely in the
Philippines but in the Dutch East
Indies, in Burma, in Thailand, in
Malaga, in Indo-China, in China, in
Formosa and wherever else the
enemy has extended his far-flung
empire
For with the battle of Luzon, and
with Admiral Halsey's Third Fleet
already striking in the China Sea,
Japan is Immediately threatened
with losing control of all of the
waters linking the homeland with
the active and potential fronts to the
south. The only possible exception
is the Chinese theater, where there
is a rail link, but even that is of
doubtful value, since much of the
movement of troops and goods back
and forth from there must be carried
out by shipping. AS for do-Chiua,
Burma, Thailand, Malaga and the
Dutch East Indies, there is simply no
other means of transportation. The
traffic north and south must go by
sea, and by sea alone, and it is this
life line that now faces the prospect
Of being severed.
Once Luzon is firmly in our hands,
our air power, our surface fleets and
our submarines will so command the
waters between the Philippines and
the Asistic mainland that the area
will become death gantlet for
japanese warships and merchant
vessels. To all intents and purposes,
all the enemy's southern holdings
will thus be isolated from Japan
proper, depriving the latter of sup
plies and raw materials essential to
its war industries and splitting in
two the chain of military positions
stretching thousands of miles south
ward to Sumatra. And to this pic
ture must be added the very real
possibility that the British will be
able one of these days to strike
across the Bay of Bengal in a sea-
borne drive against Malaga and
Singapore.
The Philippines, in short, consti-
tute the kingpin of the empire Japan
has acquired since 1941, and that
empire - militarily and otherwise -
must slowly but surely fall apart
once the kingpin is lost In the cir
cumstances, since the stakes involved
are thus extremely high, affecting
every Pacific -Asiatic front, it is easy
to see why the general stats of all
Japanese theaterS of war" should be
putting their heads together in a
worried effort to figure out how to
counter what our land, air and sea
forces are doing on and around
Luzon.
Unquestionably the enemy will try
his best to hold on, and the battle is
likely to become the fiercest yet
waged against him, but American
power out there is of such immense
and heroic dimensions that we can
be supremely confident of the out
come. We have come a far way since
Pearl HarbOr and Bataan.
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Turkey has at last broken with the
japanese. following similar action
last August as concerns the Ger
mans. She has had her toe in the
swimming pool a long, long while
now, and it seems about time for
the plunge.
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1t seems dreadful to think of all
the losers that will return to tracks
In America after Americans are win
ners in Europe and Asia.
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The surest way to keep preda-
tory German hands off peaceful ma
tions is to see to it that Germany
has no arms.
Evening star., 1945-01-13

Let's see now-what was the name
OF that cigarette that people used
to light so nonchalantly?
Evening star., 1945-01-13
Godeets

From the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
Judging from the war news, there has
been no shortage in the production Of
pincers whose jaws do not quite meet.
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HOUSES WANTED 70 RENT.


ARMY OFFICERS WIFE. small daughter.
desperately need home before daddy re-
turns from overseas; bedrooms; wash
ington or vicinity. Falls Church 2342,w.
WANTED, 3-hedroom. furnished house in
WaShington or vicinity. or furnished sum
WILL EXCHANGE rental on new 6-rm.
house. suburban Chicago, bedrms.. furn.
Ii 1T popGE, RE s' 4osH. sfter pm. " '
MARINE OFFICER desires house NV. or
yanes rent close n up 10 d
63347 !; mornings. MA. $500, Ext. SIS.
1T. col. AND WIFE would Ike to rent
phone hon ' Gil. a2o5 S''' ~ ''''1' Gu VI 'e'S
ARMY OFFICERS WIFE wishes to rent
h fon IN 5oat Fall
Falls Church 1892.
:. BEDROOMS, furnished or unfurnished;
excellent care guaranteed. RE. 600, Ext.
AWAY FROM MY WIFE and children 2
years, want to bring them here; need j.
unfinished; will furnish refrigerator and
range; handy with tools will do minor
repairs: 2-bedroom cottage. unfinished End
5 i0so sa ats RE. 1920 Elk. 29s5-
!, MOUNT HoLYoKE GRADUATES would
west section. Cali Wi. S247 after 5 pm.
FURN. OR UNFURN., vicinity ne. NV. or
Md, for permanent resident family of 81;
immediate OCCUPANCY. Call UN. 4062.
FURNISHED 3 TO : ROOM HOUSE want
ed by Army officer. preferably in suburbs,
near TRANSPORTATION: adults in family.
Call MRS. MILLS, OR. 1851. s.
GOVT. ENGINEER, permanent. needs A.
bedrm. furn. house, Silver Spring, Takoms,
NV. or College PIX. DE. 8067.
FURNISHED HOUSE, bedrooms. S12n:
or unfinished. to $50. Oliver 3l16. -
NAVAL OFFICER owns 2-bedroom fur
nished house in Coronado. Calf: being
ordered Washington, desires to arrange
with owner or tenant Of 2 or bedroom
furnished house in NV. section or Airing
ton, for mutual exchange Of occupancy.
Telephone OR. 1854.
PARTLY FURNISHED two bedroom Diet.
house have furniture for two bedrooms.
fERMANENT GOVT. EMPLoYE wants to
rent 2 or 3 bedrooms house in or near
d. c. Box 220-G. Star. %
AN UNFURNISHED HOUSE In Cleveland
Park or similar location NV. 4 bedrooms
2 baths and sleeping porch desired: rent
up to Sl15 per month. Call MRS. GRIER,
co. 1928
COLORED-Would like to rent Q lovely
house in upper NV. section. ami, oil
h.-wh.; will accommodate 2 or 3 con-
genial COUPLES girls. Dl, 1OS3
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APARTMENTS WANTEp Cont. !

~ IN tWkHiS VANAG0 NSVutsf
TWO ARMY OFFICES. permanent as
signment, want modern furnished apt. GEN.
trail city, or sc. section. Box 200-G, Star
THREE YOUNG LADIES desire apt, NV,
good care guaranteed. TR. 1906. ask for
UNFINISHED PtRNisnirp liy. rm., bedrm... kitchen.
szYBIAR. RE- s1oS. sas. aH5 Sh BET sls is 3.
AT ONCE! Nice couple wants 3 OF. 4 room
c eet FIR farn osss s nice neishDorcod
E e. Ib!A sgsii.inrnshsd M-room apt.
can CO o 1000. Room a6 Ecisn~es' Seei'0h
EMPLOYED COUPLE. no children, no pets,
desires three-room furnished or unfurnished
Rg Zoo sm Ext y asss
NAVY nav MAN and wife want unturnished or
aaGnshed Al a5 os5s a iP Southeast
EXCHANGE furnished for. furnished or un-
FURNISHED ,rs I1,; for unturnished apt; in Green
s ssh s xi ssh or a s room oass
apt, washington area. to 500: or will
rent rent, a Gall liz or 1911 pm. ma. 254o,
COUPLE desire furnished apartment i'm
mediately, NV. section. Phone Hobart
Three SAILORS" stationed permanently
in Washington desire 4 or 5 room fur
nished apartment in any section of town;
best of references available. am. to 5
Fl nv 1Ep E GIirst aoqi Ext. $3.50 Room 900
f fTiss I Or nSFnRN. APARTMENT. 6 Con-
venient to Library Of Congress. desired by
YOUNG G1i MARINE Ali pe, offTcsK ana and wife de-
sire 4 liv,, rm.. bedrm., K, and bath, fur
dria or NV. section Call Mr.. MCKAY
FRIDAY friday, ; amt 30 pm, BE; 400, Ext.
T fss sIisT A Pan nj Ge!e' or bed
rooms rooms, Sl2o; or unfurnished, to $40
fuRNISHED OR UNFINISHED 1-bed-
PERMANENT nonwar agency employe seeks
small apartment, furnished or unfurnished,
sonysn ;ss os, located nv preferred self
s-RooM uNFURNisHED APT. for Army
ofieer. wife knd son, permanently as
signed sa cal RE. 600, Ext. 1919. between
NAVAL OFFICER, "a months overseas. and
wife wish furnished apartment or light
Ysrd SRs fssRiR
GOVERNMENT GIRL and seryicem ans
apartment by March 5th. CaIi Friday and
SATURDAY, between l and pm, Republic
RESPONSIBLE Government worker. wife
3-year-old, urgently need unfurn. house or
apt, from ! to 4 bedrooms; near transp.;
$50 tops. Box 362-E.. Star.
WRITER, perm. resident, wants unfurn
apt. NV. possibly over store, garage, etc;
make minor renoyations If necessary. DE
1920. 10 m. to noon. Re
YOUNG LADY desires 1-room, kitchen and
bath apartment, unfurnished; NV. section
preferred. Hobart 1865, Ext. $40. A.
WANT APT, furnished; ] bedroom. kitchen.
bath; April /: in District work swing
shift. Mornings, North 006S. 81
SERvfCEMAN. wife. one child. school age.
desire 1 or bedroom apartment, unfur-
nishsd. J.. A. Du Point Elk. 1874. 8
a m to 80 pm ~
SETTLED CoUPLE. or ? bedroom. un-
furn. apt. NV. WASHINGTON; any rent
within reason considered II size and loca-
ion acceptable. Ordwsy 6497 A.
FURN. 2 ROOMS, kitchen, bath, by 3
girls; prefer ne. AT. 1894 between 4
and pm
NAVAL OFFICER, perm. sadly needs apt.
house for wife and daughter. 10, by March
] 5th; refs. prefer furn.. near good school.
RE. 400, Ext. 41e1. 9 to s.. s.
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