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pessimists who appraise every new an nouncement in terms of past failures. As for the physicists, who experiment with X-rays, radium and retroactive salts, they hardly understand what the geneticists and pathologists are talking about These experts in different fields should obviously be brought together, so that they may work as a team. It is precisely this that the American Society for Cancer will undertake, if the meet ing which was held under the auspices of it's director at Bar Harbor last Sep tember means what we think it does.
 Cancer has to be studied not as dis east but as growth. The very problem of life is involved, for which reason a spe- cialist, working as an individualist in narrow field, cannot hope to solve it all by himself.
 When the public realizes that about 6000O0 Americans are now suffering from cancer and that 165,0 ,000 of these will die this year; that one in every seven or eight dies of cancer; and that, if this ratio continues, 17,000,00O Ameri- cans who are now alive will succunb to some abnormal growth, the urgency of systematic research will sink in. Health drives aimed at diseases that cause far fewer deaths than does cancer raised last year $10,000,0 to $12 100000 each. The war campaign against cancer met with response of only $750,000. This discrepancy speaks for itself It means that the public is not yet aware of can- cer's significance. The population is aging, thanks to the lowered mortality in early life, and because it is aging sys- tematic cancer research is more than ever essential.
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in tfe same sense that the law or gravity is a law of God. Such laws were in force long before the first man made statute was ever written, and no natural law was ever repealed by act of parlia- ment. Natural laws can be broken but they all carry within them selves suitable penalties for vio- lation; hard to escape.
 Under natural laws; every pro- ducer earns a profit when he serves the public we'll; takes loss when he serves the public poorly. When manipulators, government planners or any other kind, use artificial price controls, they vio- late natural law. It makes no diff ference whether the aim is greed or to protect "lame ducks" from loss. Price controls encourage in- competence.
 Wheat Price Parity
 Claude R. Wickard Secretary of Agriculture recently told an au- dience of wheat growers in St. Paul that U. s. production last year was HOO million bushels compared to 800 million in typi- cal pre-war year. This is deemed to forecast a postwar over-pro- duction of 160 million bushels or more a year. There is a law com- polling the government to hold up wheat prices for two years after the war.
 Taxpayers may as well brace themselves It is time to start won- dering what it's going to cost per bushel to prop up the wheat price and hold it at parity; or what bonus per acre must be paid to non-growers of wheat for not growing wheat. Another wonder: Can the price support be removed after two years or must the tax. payers continue guaranteeing a wheat price indefinitely?
 Observe Natural Law
 There is an honorable way: Leave each industry's problem for men of that industry to solve Using wheat as an example per- init the Department of Aericul- ture to prepare such data as MT Wickard gave the farmers and make such data available to the whole industry. Let the farmers use their own judgment in the light of the facts. They will do better job than government men. and will not cost the taxpayers anything.
 One advantage is obvious: Men of an industry can consider an in dustrial problem unblinded by aust storm of political considera- tions. Governments proper func- tion is to serve the citizens. Gov eminent can pet S'atiSticc ,,,oro
Evening star., 1945-05-13

aged two others in Kataoka Harbor
Shimushu Island, in the Northern
KurileS. One Mitchell was lost.
Raid Targets Listed.
Other bomb and rocket targets
were radar installations on Minami
Cape, Shimushu Island: Kashiwa
dara OF Paramushiro; Truk and Yap
in the Carolines, Wake and the
Palaus.
"You won't see spectacular ad-
vances, because this isn't that kind
Of fighting" said Gen. Buckner,
commenting on the Okinawa fight
ing. But you'll see many Japs
killed and you will see them gradu-
ally rolled back"
Victory on this southern one
fourth of the 65-mile-long island
will complete the American conquest
of Okinawa, begun with the Yank
landing April /.
Through May 10, the day before
the present Yank offensive began,
80, ,469 Japanese have been killed on
Evening star., 1945-05-13
OkinuWu
Continued From First Page)

Daito were valuable to the Japa-
nese for observation positions.
Street fighting was under way in
Takamotoji as the Marines battled
for entry into Naha itself after AZ
days of the Central Pacific's most
sustained bitter ground campaign.
Tanks Employed.
All four Yank divisions on the
southern line are employing tanks
The 77th Division effectively en-
ployed flame-throwing tanks against
Japanese caves.
There is this disadvantage how
ever to using tanks. After a tank
led advance half a day often is re-
quired to mop up bypassed Japa-
nese to the rear, one officer of the
77th Division explained.
On Thursday, Vice Admiral Marc
A. Mitscher's carriers raided air.
fields and shipping on islands in
the Amami group in the Northern
Ryukyus. 1t was in this strike that
the major fleet unit was damaged.
This action ranged from the North
ern Ryukyus to American forces
lying off Okinawa.
Navy search bombers again
Evening star., 1945-05-13

Okinawa, the American commune
que said.
Japanese strength on the island
at the time of the invasion has been
estimated at around 81, 600 by Amer
ican officers.
Yank ground casualties for the
campaign on Okinawa and neigh
Evening star., 1945-05-13
Reynaud Urges Trials
For Petain, Weygand
10 Establish Truth
BY the Associated Press

! By the Associated Press.
! PARIS, May 12-Paul Reynaud,
last free premier of France, today
demanded that Marshal Henri Phi
lippe Petain and Gen. Maxine Wey-
gand be brought to trial in order to
bring out "the whole truth Of
Frances capitulation" to the Ger
mans.
Reynaud was liberated by Ameri-
can forces recently from a Nazi
prison at liter, Austria, and re-
turned to Paris Wednesday. There
is talk that some day he may be
premier again.
I'VE must have Petain and Wey-
gand brought to trial to get the
whole truth of Frances capitula-
ton in 1940," he said.
Il am here to give witness against
Petain.
Everybody would like to know
the facts of 1940," the former pre-
mier said in an interview, and I
am willing to bring them forth"
Recalls World War.
He asserted the trial would be
valuable because Petain and Wey-
gand were heroes of the World War,
and many people are loyal to them
In defeat" Reynaud asserted, II
was surrounded by the men who
wanted to capitulate, Petain, Wey-
Igand, all the generals and most of
the government leaders"
He said President Albert Lebrun
asked him to remain in office dur
ing the capitulation, but that he
refused.
Why didn't the government of
France move to Britain like the
governments of Holland and Bel
gium?" he was asked.
Il wanted that" Reynaud replied,
but no one else did. Two argu-
ments were brought up against NOV
ing the government to Britain. One
was the total lack of military prep
aration that should have been ar
ranged by Weygand. The other was
that the government of our coun-
try could not have been run from
outside, and all we would have
been doing would have been saving
the ministers heads.
Resigned June Is.
ITO this I gave in on June 16 and
resigned The next day Petain asked
for an armistice.
Il was arrested with Mandel
George Mandel, late minister of
INTERIOR. When they delivered us
to the Germans I morally slapped
Petain's face by saying, Would you
deliver your former chief to the
enemy?'"
Reynaud said he often told his
Nazi captors you won't only lose
the war, but you'll be crushed"
He said in 1943 he told German
SS elite Guard colonel who
boasted that Russia was beaten:
You may have big victories in
Russia but you will never surpass
the Urals. and even if you did beat
Russia, do you think the United
States of America would get down
on her knees and ask forgiveness OF
you?"
Evening star., 1945-05-13

winged to the Korea area, sinking
a coastal cargo ship and setting
three cargo ships aflre.
Aleutians-based Army Mitchells
sank q small cargo ship and dam
Evening star., 1945-05-13

boring islands through May 7 to-
tailed 16,425, with 1884 dead. Amer
ican naval casualties for the entire
Ryukyu campaign, from March 18
through May 9, were 6.853, of which
1,283 were listed as killed.
Evening star., 1945-05-13

Start saving now for your Seventh
War Loan. Boost your payroll de-
ductions for May and June-so that
you can buy more War Bonds and
spread it over more paychecks.
Evening star., 1945-05-13
Haze YOU

i, read h e
OConnOr Speech Institute
advertisement in the School
and College Directory in this
paper? Many have, and have
profited thereby.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-03-19

u. T..
This is the first time text books
by Negroes have been adopted for
Kentucky or for any other southern
state, said Mrs. Lucy Harth Smith,
president of the Kentucky Negro
Educational association and a di-
rector of the Association for the
Study of Negro Life and History.
The adoption of these books is
largely the result of the persistent
efforts of Mrs. Smith who has long
advocated the use of such texts for
the general Improvement of race
relations and who has pushed this
matter through to it's completion.
Throughout Kentucky, indepen-
dent school districts are now select
ing text books from the multiple list
prepared by the commission that
will be purchased by the state for
use in the schools. Mrs. Smith urges
all principals and teachers to inter-
est themselves in these books that
they might be used for all the chill
dren of the state.
''The vast majority of text books
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-03-19
HEARING ON FEp( BILL
BLOCKED BY FILIBU5TER

WASHINGTON, March 10. =
(ANP) = Members of the house
rules committee were charged with
filibustering against the FEPC bill.
The accusation came from Rep.
Mary Norton 3D., N. j., chairman
of the labor committee, and Rep.
Marcantonio (ALP, N. W, when
scheduled hearings on the measure
were postponed for the second time
within week.
Five of the IL members of the
rules committee are known oppo-
nents of the permanent FEPC bill.
They are Reps. Cox d., Ga), Col
mer 3D., Miss.), Smith 3D., Va.),
Clark 3D., N. c. and Slaughter 3D.,
No..
Rep Norton traced evidences of
the filibuster back to a week ago
when she appeared before the rules
committee to ask for a rule that
would permit the bill to be taken up
on the floor at an early date. Oppo-
nents of the bill demanded to be
heard and Chairman SABBATH 3D.,
Ill.) moved that the committee meet
again the next day, but on motion
by Rep. Cox the hearing was post
poned until last week. On the ap-
pointed day, Colmer and Smith
again asked for a delay.
"The Republicans on the commit
tee are in position to get rule
for the bill at any time, if they want
to do So" Mrs. Norton said, "but
they have not yet taken any action.
1--WE are going to get the bill be-
fore the house." she declared. "We
are positive of that. The rules COM
mittee is sitting on this bill about
as it has done in the past with most
other labor bills
A large percentage of Negroes
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-03-19
KENTUCKY WILL BUY SCHOOL
Texts BY NEGRO AUTHORS

FRANKFORT, KY, March 49,
{ (ANP)-Two textbooks written by
Negro authors and dealing specif-
ically with the Negro in a favorable
light were adopted and approved re-
Gently for all the schools Of the Ken
lucky State Textbook commission,
it was learned here.
"a Child's Story Of the Negro"
by Jane Shackelford and NEGRO
Makers Of History" by Carter G.
Woodson were placed on the null
tiple list for social studies for the
fifth and sixth grades respectively.
Both books are published by the AS
sociated Publishers, Washington,
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-03-19

will return to relief roles after the
war if federal legislation is not en-
acted to protect their rights in in
dustry, Malcolm Ross, FEPC chair
man, said. Statements in support of
the Chavez FEPC measure, now in
the senate committee, were filed by
Denis J. Briscoll, trustee of the AS
sociated Gas and Electric Corpora
ton, st. Marys, Pa, and James Co.
rey, secretary-treasurer of the CIO.
Federal legislation barring dis
elimination in employment is both
legal and constitutional" a senate
education and labor subcommittee
was informed by Charles H. Tuttle,
drafter of New York's recently en-
acted FEPC law.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-03-19
Mondoy, Moreh Io, 1945

used in the public schools either ig-
more the Negro or inaccurately COW
er his role in the development of the
nation. In the interests of estab-
fishing firm foundation for racial
good will, all children, white and
colored, should have accurate and
complete information on the truly
worthwhile accomplishments of the
Negro" said Mrs. Smith. ''The plac-
ing of these books by the state text
book commission on the multiple
list from which they may be Sc
lected by the teachers for use as text
books is a great step forward"
Evening star., 1945-11-30

half . block away from the fire.
place, to keep the varnisl1 from
sizzling and bubbling, or draw 1t
up 50 close that to sit In . chair or
on . sofa is to look like Santa Claus
just coming down the chimney for
Q three-point landing.
And what man. no matter how
much I genius, was ever able to tell
just when to light fire in the fre-
place? Some Of the hottest argu-
ments since Lincoln and Douglas
went at 1t have taken place be-
tween husbands and wives trying
to decide whether or not the fire
should be lighted. Mama wants it
lighted. Papa says no. Papa wants
it lighted, and Mama says no, that
the room is just about right with
out any extra heat.
The fireplace is a nuisance when
a family goes out for an evening.
Mama suddenly remembers - or
thinks she remembers that the
screen was not placed before the
fire. She says the sparks will leap
out on the rug and set the place
on fire. Papa says he darned well
knows he did place the screen, and
for Mama to shut up and quit wor-
rying. The result: one of them
always Papa-has to slip away from
the party to see If the screen is
there, and the house Is not on fire.
And the cost Of firewood!,s II 1t
goes up one more cent . cord,
Tiffany will start selling 1t.
Anybody want to buy fireplace?
We have one that handles seven
foot logs. I'll swap it for three
legged depot stove.
distributed by McNaught Syndicate, 4ync. }
Evening star., 1945-11-30


The horse will be riding him, and
quietly biting him in such tender
spots as the juguiar vein, the right
eyebrow, and the left mastoid. In
addition, the horse will be kicking
our hero right in the teeth.
The fireplace is pretty, no doubt
about that. Gay flames leap up the
chimney, and girls can back up to
them, delicately lifting their skirts
so as to toast the calves of their
legs. And when the flames are
low, and Just the embers are left,
old men like to bask before the
cheerful warmth. And when the
logs are cracking merrily, young
men and young women like to sit
before fireplaces, spinning dreams
of what they'll do when their ship
comes in.
Dogs and cats love the fireplace,
too. Dogs always curl sIeepily on
the hearth, occasionally turning to
lick gratefully their masters hand,
and cats purr and buzz as the soft
colors Of the flame play across their
backs.
The above is what you hear about
fireplaces. And read about fire.
places. But the above has nothing
to do with the truth.
The average fireplace smokes 50
darned much that any old man
basking in front of one has to wear
heavy goggles to keep from suffer-
ing from whatever firemen suffer
from when they bravely enter the
fourth floor Of a burning building.
No young couple could spin dreams
near one. They would have to shut
the living room door and retire to
the breakfast nook. And as for cats
and dogs-well. nature has given
animals an instinct to keep away
from danger.
Fireplaces are always too cold
or too warm. No one has ever built
q fire that was just right. Either
you have to move the furniture
Evening star., 1945-11-30
The Great Game of Politics
General Motors Strike Called Climax
OF Struggle Between Industry, Labor

ious to end the strike but II he
yields to CIO solicitations he pub
hcly exhibits q subseryience that
will cost him the respect Of q ma
jority Of the people. II he does not
yield, he will affront the CIO bosses
with whom Democratic Chairman
Hannegan is playing political ball.
The choice, however, may seem a
little less painful II he reflects that
the CIO group cannot leave him
because it has no place else to go.
Evening star., 1945-11-30
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.
@. What proportion Of women In
the United States smokes cigarettes?
p. L. G.
A. Before the war, surveys in
dicated that 40 per cent of American
women smoked. There was a sharp
increase during the war years.
@. What political party used a
raccoon as its emblem?-E. M.
A. From 1888 to 1874, the raccoon
was the emblem of the Wing party
in the United States and members of
that party were popularly termed
"coons."
Q. Does an alloy always consist
of two metals?-C. M. G.
A. According to the Metals and
Alloys Dictionary by NJ. Merlub-
Sobel, an alloy is a mixture of two
or more elements, at least one of
which is a metal, forming an ap-
parently homogeneous mass possess
ing metallic characteristics.
@. Who holds United States pilots
license number one?-D. d.
A. The first airplane pilots license
ever issued was Certificate No. l,
April 6, 1927. to william Mac
Cracken, jr. The license expired
and second No. license was issued
to Eugene L. Vidal, then Director of
Air Commerce, on August 8, 1894.
After this expired, the No. license
was never reissued.
@. Is 1t correct to say, "A number
Of awards were given," or should
number" be followed by singular
verb?-F. o. r.
A. The sentence is correct. Num-
Der is usually regarded as singular
when preceded by "the" and plural
when preceded by "a"
@. What was the date Of the great
Boston f1re?-R. I. E.
A. November 9, 1872. Because the
fire department horses were suf-
fering from disease called epizootic,
the engines were slow in arriving on
the scene. A total of 776 buildings
were burned with an estimated
property loss Of $50, 900 900. Fourteen
persons, including seven f1remen,
lost their lives.
@. Is the pay of Navy radioman
reduced while he is waiting in a
receiving station for a new as
signment after returning from
oversee duty?-J. c. S.
A. The man attached to receiving
station in this, country does not
receive oversee pay. 1t becomes
effective when he is attached to a
ship and sails beyond the three
mile limit and stops when he re.
turns to this country.
Q. What does, the. abbreviatioa
8 2/e mean. in reference to, the
Seabees?-A. s. =. ..,,--,
A. Seaman, second class. At the
conclusion OF boot training enlisted
men of the. Navy are made seamen,
second class.
Evening star., 1945-11-30

Not only is the automobile in
dustry almost completely paralyzed
by the strike but many other indus
tries are affected. including, Of
course, the great steel industry, of
which the automobile factories are
the largest customers, and strike
In which is scheduled to follow this
one. In no other way could recon-
version be more seriously retarded
or the whole program of private
enterprise to resume civilian pro-
duction and provide jobs be more
dangerously interrupted Regardless
of the merits of the controversy,
these facts must be conceded.
Union Demands Reach Peak.
A further incontestable truth is
that in this strike the union de-
mands are greater than in any other
It. not only insists upon a fiat 80
per cent increase in wages but that
the company not increase the price
Of its product.
Thus, 1t proposes not only to fix
the wages of the workers, but the
prices and profits of the corporation.
Further, it wants access to all the
corporations books and records and
demands the negotiations be con-
Quoted in the presence OF the press,
radio representatives and newsreel
operators-an utterly impracticable
proposal.
There is also the fact that the
union has made longer and more
elaborate preparations for this strike
than for any previous one in labor
history 1t not only has accumulated
q strike fund of unprecedented size
but it has spent many months or
ganizing its publicity, preparing its
strategy and marshalling its forces.
Entire CIO Strength is Used.
Clearly, its leaders determined to
strike long time ago and every
ounce of strength In the whole C1O
organization is mustered behind
them. The stake OF both sides Is
very great.
If the union wins, If it forces the
employer to yield to most of its de-
mands, the union power will become
practically irresistible and the hope
of nationally regulating unions will
be very thin, indeed. The heel OF
labor will be definitely on the neck
of business and the march toward
specialization. will be greatly accel-
Grated. =.
On the other hand, should the
company successfully resist, the
blow to the CIO would be very
heavy. It's prestige would be dam
aged, its power diminished and the
whole radical, element in the Nation
badly iolted. 1t would be the first
CIO failure. - ri. =.
GIN in Good Fighting Position.
Congress would be encouraged
in. it's independence and the other
labor. factions would privately re-
joice. Realizing all this. it, is obvi-
ous General Motors win put up its
hardest fight. And 1t is in q par
ticularly good position at the mo-
ment to fight.
1t is interesting to note that after
two weeks the labor spokesmen
have lost some of their turbulence
and are beginning to whine a little.
Through their journalistic, organs
they are pleading with President
Truman to force General Motors
to yield.
They point cut that his admins
tration, through its Departments OF
Labor and Commerce, already has
taken the labor side but that that is
not enough. Mr.. Truman per-
sonally, it is insisted, must espouse
the workers cause and compel the
company to surrender.
That certainly puts Mr.. Truman
on the spot. Of course, he is anx-
Evening star., 1945-11-30

II I can discov-
er who thought
up the fireplace
in the first place,
I will save my
pc n nies and
nickels toward
building him a
monument.
It will be the
first monument
in : reverse in
history.
The monu-
ment will not
show the fire.
place inventor
~>s lS,r~ LA~cA
Evening star., 1945-11-30

against General
Motors. For 1t
Is much more
significant than
any pre- vi o u S
strike. It really
Is the climax.
It is q strike
by the biggest
u nj on against
the greatest cor
poration, a n d
the effect upon
t he economic
and politics al
future of the
country is hard
to eyapperate
Evening star., 1945-11-30
By Frank r. Kent

It seems important that the people
Of the United States should under
stand the full meaning OF this strike
of the United Automobile Workers
Evening star., 1945-11-30
Answers to
Questions

A reader car get the answer to any
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Stsr tnIoImas,on .abinston bureau; sig street
close 3 cents for return postage.
Evening star., 1945-11-30
McLemore
Would Sell fireplace
For Old Depot Stove
BY Henry McLe,n ore

by HEmy MCLemOTC
Who invented the flreplace2
There are millions Of men who
would like to know.
am one OF them,
Evening star., 1945-11-30

Q. What does the. abbreviatioa,
3 2/e mean IN reference TO- the
seabees?-A. s. =. '.,,,.,
A. Seaman, second, class. At the
conclusion OF boot, training enlisted
men OF the. Navy are made seamen,
second class. -,