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(To BE Continued)

TN A word, when the government con-
l. trolls the industries Of a country 1t
controls all the people in those industries.
Every one who has watched the
growth Of nazism and fascism in Italy or
i'm Germany has been struck by the num-
ber Of leaders from Mussolni downward
(and not excluding Laval and Quisling)
who began as SOCIALISTS and ended
as Fascsts and Nazis.'
That is because each one Of US Is es-
sentlally by nature either state-saFer
or an indivldualist who believes IN state
with limited, constitutional powers only
(the l.. S A. and England, for nstanCe).
Fascism, nazism, socialism and COM
munlsm all compete for the support of
the same type of mind, as Prof Hayek
says.
It's the PARASITIC European
versus the profoundly INDEPENDENT
(Anglo-Americanl type of mind.
The worst oppression is condoned if
il is committed in the name Of socialism
and the creation of a totalitarian system
is openly advocated by people who pre-
tend to speak for the scientists of liberal
countries. Intolerance, too, is openly
eXtOllcd."
(Twentv-six persons are NAMED, AL
most all living IN this category IN Max
Eastman's essay in Morals and Politics"
New Leader Publishing Associatonl.
TNHAT is because these liberals be-
L lieve, like Robespierre, that 1t is right
10 torture, kill and eXterminate masses
IN the name Of the people while it is
wrong TO do it for other reasons.
AS a matter of fact, all communism,
socialism, fasclsm and nazism is based on
the primitive sadistic instincts in man
and their appeal to these hdeous instincts
is direct but cunningly masked
How many American liberals have
YOU ever heard condemn the 27-year-old
wholesale torturing and mass eXtermina-
tons of the Soviet Molocho Their only
answer to these charges is Hitlers
answer Its lie,
Lack of space forbds further quota
tions from The Road to Serfdom, It
is convincing from all angles.
1t should be in the hands Of every
American. 1t should be in our schools
Prof Hayek, Austrian is a better
American, in the fundamental meaning
of that word politically and economically,
than several millions of liberal Ameri-
cans although their ancestors may all
have been born on Plymouth Rock or in
independence Hall.
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THE Nazi u boat menace was re.
L pressed, and huge conveys waited
our troops and supplies to the Brit
ish Isles and delivered enormous
quantities of equipment and NUM-
tions and foodstuffs to the Russian
ports in the White Sea.
Timely possession of Greenland
and Iceland helped to guard our own
seacoast, greatly shortened the
course of the European conflict, and
undoubtedly minimized our losses IN
materiel and in lives.
That experience has demon
strated for all time that possession of
Greenland and Iceland is a strategic
necessity for the United States.
Moreover, as regards the inhabi-
tants of the two islands, their own
welfare-economic as we'll as polit-
ical-demands a union with this
country,
In both world wars, the people of
Greenland and Iceland were rescued
from extreme privation by the
United States.
During the modern centuries,
their commercial relations had ex
listed almost entirely with Scandl-
navian Europe.
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The RaImparfS of the North

PLOCKADES of the high seas by
- submarines and surface vessels
severed their traditional trade routes.
Cut off completely from Europe,
Greenland and Iceland had neither
markets for what they had to sell nor
for what they needed to buy.
In 1915 they sent trade missions
here, and for the duration of the first
world war their commercial relations
were entirely with America.
New York became their fnan-
cial clearing house,; Icelanders and
Greenlanders brought their "big an
nual bill of manufactured supplies
from American factories; and
American importers gladly pur-
chased all the fish, furs, mutton, wool
and other comm dities that the
islands could offer.
Following the peace of Versailles,
old habits recurred and the island
people returned to the Scandinavian
marts, only to have the second world
war isolate them again.
ON THIS second critical occasion,
" Greenland and Iceland not only
look to us again for economic sup
port: realizing the imminent danger
of foreign conquest and oppression,
with Denmark already fallen, they
willingly and formally accepted the
protection of their liberty by Amer
lean arms.
Obviously, in their own interest
this protection should be made per-
manent.
For the fact is that Greenland
and Iceland may, because of their
situation at the top of the world, per-
petually fear aggression from Eu-
rope, but they cannot look to any
power in Europe for defense.
AS long ago as 1916 the far
sighted Adm. Robert E. Peary-dis-
coverer of the North Pole and ex-
plorer of Greenland's Businesses
discerned the truth, and advocated
the acquisition of Greenland
geographically" he said then,
"Greeniand belongs to North Amer
ico and the Western Hemisphere -.
ats possession by us Will be in
line Uith the Munroe Doctrine"
That is equally true of Iceland,
since the two neighboring islands are
a part of the same formation and can
only obtain security together, under
the same puissant sovereignty,
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Eugene. Orc are seats of
vell-known American unNer-
>lties Can You identify five
Of the SIN
Is The Book ,of Proverbs \or
Nhe Book ofNRomahS in Inc
Old Testament Of the BIhle
First fNe ranking American
industries IN dollar value Of
tFeU products include the
steel petroleum ha kerry
producers mcat packing and
automobile industries Can
YOU place these industries IN
the order Of their lmpor-
tanCc
(Answers on opposite pagel
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oil tucuuoH, ana Ni' 'ss""N
writins about Aus. !.
I HAVE long been Patton
fan-even when he was being
prosecuted by the so-called
liberals whose hearts usually
hleat with Joy when someone
slips on banana peel. Al
that time. this column was one
Of the few that stood by Pat
ton inStlnctlVely
was never quite sure that |
understood Eisenhower So
many queer, and lncomprehen-
sibie things happened IN the
political phases of this war.
that | could not help but Won
der whether he had something
to do with them.
But today there can be no
doubt in my mind, Al any rate,
As 10 the nobility of his char
acter and the breadth Of his
vision. He presents A fasclnat-
ing personality that viii be AS
attractive in peace as IN war.
Somehow small things mat
ter Patton burst into tears
at the reception in Boston and
flew TO pray in the church OF
his baptism Eisenhower did
not forget Abilene, Kan, in his
triumph.
MEN who love their mothers,
vi no matter how old or how
old-faShloned, appeal 10 me-. The
heroes OF our war, when they
return. go hack 10 their
mothers, their small town neigh.
borS.
Our is truly democratic
army that recruits not only lis
soldiers hut its generals from
the simple people OF the land.
II Is a relief from the oSten-
taliouSly erudlte gentry who
coming down 10 New York from
Washington. played al being
celebrities IN night clubs and
hoped for mention by the peep
hole ColumnlStS who measured
their worth against movie stars.
Our authentic heroes need no
such publicity Their battle
ribbons tell their merit.
The word celebrity Is foul
II Is generic 10 the breed that
hires press agents 10 make
themselves known.
GangSterS are celebrities as
much As saints; Divorces as
much AS Clergymen. The word
refers mostly 10 those who get
their names before their neigh
bOrs no matter how their do il.
THE word celebrity, deals
with silly people who send
out notices about themselves as
though anyone really is inter-
ested m their private lives, par
ticularly their shameless and
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40 stars VINO hlfe SNooherS ana
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fitiOn through the ocean which separates the
Two hcmiSpheres. ON the hither side Of which
European gum shall ever be heard. nor an
American the other hope no Ameri-
can patriot will ever lose sight Of the essen
tiaI policy of inierdicting i'm the seas and
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ONE OF the wisest proposals yet
" made respecting our national de-
Tense and the maintenance of peace
in the Western Hemisphere has been
suggested to Congress by Rep. Gear.
hardt of California.
He recommends that Greenland
be purchased from the kingdom of
Denmark, which sold us the Virgin
Islands, and that Iceland, now an
independent country, be invited to
become the 49th state IN our Union.
The strategic soundness of the
proposal, from our point of view, IS
manifest.
Even before we entered the
second world war as an active bel
ligerent, our government deemed 1t
necessary to occupy both islands and
the adjacent waters with land, naval
and air forces in order to forestall a
Nazi seizure of the outposts that
would have imperiled our Atlantic
shores and to keep the shipping lines
open to northern Europe.
The consequence was that when
Germany declared war on us, the
north Atlantic was already under
American control
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territories of both Americas the ferOciOus
and sanguinary contests Of Europe.
Our first and fundamental maxim
should he. never tO enlanGle ourselves i'm the
brOiIs Of EurOpe. Our second. to suffer
Europe to int q nm die with cisatlantic
nffairS.'-ThOmHs Jefferson. 4------
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Ell hope Ito see) a cordial fraternizafiOn
among all the American nations. and their
cOaIescing i'm an American system of policy
totally independent Of and uncOnnected with
that Of Europe. The day is not distant when
we may formally require meridian Of par
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-21

Give yourself 10 f0f eatr srrfsft srsvtr
tnroufh ouest0r st 40 sarh Pop fhs fs-
mainlnT tuo questions AM sCrft ss of
hlfhtr IL tEctlsnt
Which move actress played
the lead in NHe ConS'4tt
NNynph n
"A penFo Is the monetary unIt
N Of IA Hungary hI Mexico
r.. SpaJn
3-ln the history NJ fne World
Series 2 pitcher ~ ny %s"
York Giants To.G, 're record
Tor the noef pitching 0cN
forwsnCe .n one series IIc
IHE DETROIT TIMES &C
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-21
THESE
DAYS
By George {.
SokoIsky

Paul Hailon. whoss articles
usually appear IN this column, -
on uaeation. and WiH resume
writine about Aus. !.
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knowledge Test
By DR.. SABINA CONNOLLY

give ,outseif ous FOR each ~ the rfst
ave questions srd htr fnr the last question
score SO. brilliant, ia bright 50.
average. Oh. dull
| The woman who made tho
famous trip around the world
m 1889 was "a Army john
son. tb) Clare Adams, tC)
Nellie Bly.
Fill the blank: Familiarity
breeds --- ca love, tbl
contempt. lc) despair
3-One of our states was almost
named jefferson Was II "a
Colorado, lb) California, tcD
Kansas.
If YOU are Jealous. YOU Nsre
called IA hlaCk-eyedS Cb)~
brown-cyed, CO. green-eXed
) How many fddlerS did old
King Cole Ncall for ? ta)
three. ~ fourgN tcl five
. Match those columns
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China and Chang Kai-shek
By POlAN BANKS

Major on L. : A. Inactive List
Of IN.
The Man from Cook'," "Thers Goe. Lone Hsny.)
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fnE DETROIT TIMES q G
July l945
Evening star., 1945-10-28
Air Travel
.tinued From Page C-6.)

return of the splendid commerce it knew
of old.
Homeward still on the eastward course
the way led through the Marianas, where
mighty B-29s stacked along endless run
ways have all but crowded out the COCO
nut palms, to Kwajalein won at such
bloody cost, and thence to Hawaii.
Big four-engined transports at busy
terminals there are making the longest
jump Of all, the 2,4o0 miles to the Golden
Gate, with the regularity of airliners on
the Washington New York run.
The Biggest Thrill
point that impressed me was that
nowhere around the world were the
planes rode beyond reach OF at least
two, and more often many, adequate air.
ports built, equipped, manned and MAIN
tanned by Americans tied into a COM
munications network that included
round -the-w world weather forecasts.
There was only one stop from San
Francisco to National Airport, and the
biggest thrill I got out of the whole air
voyage was when Washington Monu-
ment loomed up dead ahead. Some day
think I'll climb 1t.
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the time he transferred his field of &C
tivity to the Corcorans the latters sue
cess was assured.
The Autumn Fair
From the first the boys-for many
of them were but Is years old-drllled
with wooden rifles until they could do
better, and this suggested the giving Of
the fair held in the autumn of 1883,
when enough money was made to buy
40 condemned United States Army rifles
of the pattern Of 1865. Another fair
was held the following year in the
Masonic Temple at Ninth and F streets,
and from the proceeds made at this
time the cadet uniforms were pur-
chased, sample of which is still pre-
served as a relic of its earliest days.
It's first public appearance was made
in the parade February 81, 1885, on the
occasion of the dedication of the Wash
ington Monument, their guests at this
time being the St. Johns College cadets
of Alexandria, Va. The following month
they participated in the inaugural cere-
monies of Grover Cleveland.
When Gen. Albert Ordway was COM
missioned commanding general of the
militia of the District of Columbia, in
the spring of 1887, the Corcoran Cadet
Corps signified it's intention of becom-
ing a unit of the guard and was mus
tered in on June 81 of that year, being
the first company to enter, and being
assigned as Company A, 4th Battalion
Subsequently. on the reorganization of
regiments, it was assigned as Company
A, I'd Battalion, 1st Regiment, D. c. N. G.
The present officers of the Corcoran
Cadet Corps Veterans Association are:
Maj Charles A. Meyers, president; Will
liam H. Grovermann, vice president;
William N. Handiboe, secretary; DR..
Frank E. Gibson. treasurer, and A. D.
Langley, Quartermaster.
But as to parades, no doubt the
greatest of these and the most import
ant, was the grand review of May %
and 24.-1865, during which time upward
of 100000 men comprising the Army of
the Potomac and the Army of the
Tennessee and Georgia marched along
Pennsylvania avenue in dense forma-
ton from curb to curb, being reviewed
by thousands of spectators with shouts
of gladness and exultation.
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the, following names: Capt. John Irwin.
Capt. G. E. Edwards. Capt. G. T. DAILY,
Its. Elmer Sothoron, Smith Hawley,
Charles Skerritt, James Watson. B. H.
Monroe, Pvts. Charles Meyer. James
Hilton. George Howe, Fielder Plummer,
William H. Grovermann, w. G. Luce,
A. L. O'Neil, Walter Humphrey, Charles
w. E. Colburn, William Gwynne, S. H.
Gwynne, Charles Turner, VIII Tibbe,
Harvey Eiker, Logan Prosise, William
Morrow, Bert Summers, Harry Bryan,
Matthew Jurdinston, William Taylor,
George Bowie, j. B. K. Lee, H. E. Mock
tave Hartig, Leroy Kellogg, John Endere,
Ralph Given, Gerald Graves, Noble WAL
ker, Charles Boss, Samuel Cotton and
Louis Lindheimer.
The Corcoran Cadets
The Corcoran cadets were very wise
and fortunate in the selection Of their
name, which they took from one Of our
most highly respected citizens Of that
period, and whom we cannot recall
without associating him with acts OF
kindness and philanthropy. He was one
of our most successful financiers, and
has left to us as one of his greatest
monuments the Corcoran Gallery of
Art. His building and endowing of the
Louise Home for the benefit of Southern
gentlewonen will ever cause his memory
to be revered by the women Of the
Southland.
Naturally, soldier companies are usu-
ally composed of young men, but with
the Corcoran Cadets, the ages, If any
thing, averaged slightly less than those
of other local companies.
Their leader for so many years, Capt.
G. Eugene Edwards, was not of the
original members of 1882. but came with
the cadets about six months after the
first organization and set things to 60
ing right. He originally was member
Of the Georgetown zouayes, and from
Evening star., 1945-10-28

In Washington, Mecca to millions of
sight-seers every year. there are places
of great interest seldom seen by the
crowd" One of these, an old red brick
building across the park and beyond
the monument to Daguerre from the
Smithsonian Museum, houses the Army
Medical Library. It is not the type Of
place you would find mentioned in
guidebooks to the Nations Capital.
There are no picture postcards glorify-
ing it. But through the quiet, untiring
efforts of comparatively small group
of men and women working in this Ii
brary, unnumbered lives have been
saved in every corner of the globe.
The Army Medical Library, with the
possible exception of similar one in
Russia, has the greatest collection of
medical literature in the world Jour-
nails and books covering every phase
Of medicine and written in every Ian
guage are in the reference room, at any
doctors disposal.
the Civil War with few books in the
surgeon Generals Once. The library
didn't amount to much until 1865. when
DR.. John c. Billings took it over. DR..
Billings had pet project that he got
under way in 1880-an index catalogue
listing every article he could find that
could possibly be OF interest to doc
tor or medical researcher. He man
aged to get originals or duplicates of
nearly all of these for the hbrary's COL
lection. His successors have carried on
his work and now the catalogue is in
its fourth series. Each volume, about
the size OF small unabridged diction-
airy, takes a year or more to compile
and contains references to the litera-
ture of the subjects included for the
past Is to 20 years. Everything listed
is in the library.
Evening star., 1945-10-28
Alexandrias Water Front Is Rich in Historic Lore

andria, expanding to the old Ford Mo-
tor Co. plant and necessitating the
construction of war housing for its
hundreds of employees.
Tomorrow Alexandrias harbor will
be quiet again, but new future Is al
ready in the making as the city fathers
turn their thoughts to its development
as recreation center for the city.
Plans have been formulated for .
large city recreation area on the water
front, to include municipal yacht
basin and dock for private pleasure
craft.
Restoration of the homes along Lee
street and at the foot of Prince street
was undertaken some years ago by
foresighted residents who had faith
that the river front would again come
into its own as more than an industrial
center
Evening star., 1945-10-28
Bv Helen Rau

The city of Alexandria, whose early
history centered on its water front,
again turns Its eyes to the Potomac
this week end as the residents well
come the U. S. S. Alexandria, Coast
Guard frigate named for the city.
Founded in 1748, Alexandria was laid
out by John West, jr.. surveyor and
clerk Of the citys Board of Trustees,
and his 14-year-old assistant, George
Washington, and two public landings
were included in the plan of the city.
The first wharf built by John Carlyle
and John Dalton In 1850 was located
between King and Cameron streets,
now the site of the Naval Torpedo
Station. In 1852 Thomas Kirkpatrick
built the first vessel constructed in
Alexandria at Point Lumley, wharf
at the foot of Duke street.
From that time on shipping played
an important role in the life of the
city and free wharfage was given to
vessels bringing tobacco to the public
warehouses.
Many Of the city's finest homes on
and around Lee street, overlooking the
Potomac, were built and occupied by
sea captains who made small fortunes
trading from Alexandrias harbor.
Point West, a wharf at the foot of
Princess street, was built by popular
subscription in 1859 and rebuilt in 1772
when it was found to be 'in ruinous
condition
The American Revolution found Alex.
andria focal point in the construction
Of ships for the defense of the Potomac,
with Col. Hugh Mercer empowered in
March, 1776, to Procure proper boats
to be built and kept for the passage
Of troops at Ocoghaun and, in conjunc-
tion with COL Peachy, procure proper
beacons to be erected for communicat-
ing intelligence from the mouth of
the Potowmack to Alexandria"
Also in that year, two galleys were
built in the city and Col George Mason
supervised the building Of 10 other YES
sells to patrol the river. .....
Once Busy Seaport
A statute enacted in 1882 provided for
the taxation of all vessels using the city
wharfs as trade with the Barbados,
Barcelona, Liverpool, St. Kits, Mar
Unique, Balboa, Madeira and New Eng
land increased. The extension of Water
street. now known as Lee street, and
the construction of Union street was
authorized as the city became more and
more of busy seaport town.
Cargoes consisted of flour, bread,
shingles, tar, states, barrel slaves, iron,
cordage, canvas, "plaister of paris" and
smoked herring, and the local news
paper carried daily announcements of
the arrivals of vessels as well as adver-
tisements that they were available 'for
freight or charter"
Trade so increased that in 1876
"searcher" was appointed to help con-
troll smuggling. James Maese McRae,
who held the post in Alexandria, caused
a great scandal when he attempted to
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seize the Dart; arriving from st. Kits,
only to be beaten off by the captain and
crew with the aid of sympathetic towns
people.
Smuggling continued, however, not
only in Alexandria but throughout the
Nations harbors and led to the creation
in 1890 Of the Revenue Marine, the first
of the United States armed services and
the forerunner of the Coast Guard.
The force started with 10 cutters, the
number increasing to % in 1877, and
first saw action In the undeclared war
against the French in 1900.
1t was in this war that young Alex
andria mariner, Bathurst Daingerfeld,
lost his ship the Young Lyon. This
same Daingerfield was appointed sur
veyor OF the port of Alexandria by Presi-
dent Monroe and held the office until his
death in 1927.
1t is noteworthy that the u S. s.
Alexandria was sponsored at its launch
ing in January, 1914, by his great-grand-
daughter, Mrs. John Leslie Hall, jr.,
wife of Rear Admiral Hall and the for
Ships Named Alexandria
In 1907 Alexandria founded it's own
coast guard, the Sea Fencibles, composed
OF ship masters and unemployed seamen,
and it is in connection with this group
that the first mention of ship named
Alexandria is found.
A second ship by that name was COM
missioned in 1868 as part of the Miss
issippi River patrol. A wooden side
wheeler, she was placed out of commits
sion in 1855 and sold at auction.
During the war Of 1912 Alexandria's
harbor became the center of fighting
along the Potomac. Jones Point was
fortified against the English feet while
shore militia maintained cannon in and
around the city.
When, last Friday, Lieut.. Aaron T.
Leopard, skipper Of the U. S. S. Alexan-
dria was escorted to the Office of the
city's Mayor for an official welcome, it
recalled the visit Of another naval officer
to another Alexandria Mayor under less
happy circumstances.
British Invasion Recalled
On August 20. 1914, when two British
frigates, two rocket ships and an armed
schooner drew up at the city harbor and
the commander gave the city an hour to
surrender or fight, Mayor Charles
Simms, believing that discretion was the
better part of valor, surrendered to the
British commander who was escorted
through the city to the Mayors Office
for the Official ceremony.
Alexandria histories pass hurriedly
over the account of the encounter of the
Capts. Porter and Creighton with a
British midshipman whom they seized by
his neckerchief, but who went free when
the kerchief broke, fortunately for the
safety of the city.
This same Capt. Porter with Capt.
later Commodore Perry, attempted
to prevent the escape of the British
fleet after the looting of Washington