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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-10-24
Brituin's Second Line?

Before Hitler began to march. one
of the worlds most strongly estab-
lished things seemed to be Britain's
lifeline to the Orient-the great and
historic sea passage stretching from
England eastward past Gibraltar
through the Mediterranean to Suez
and thence southwark through the
Red Sea out into the Indian Ocean
and the Pacific.
The war, however, forcing large
part of Allied shipping to circum-
navigate Africa, showed that the
Mediterranean had become vulner-
able as never before, with land
based aircraft upsetting the tradi-
tional dominance of naval power in
that sea. Moreover. now that an
uneasy peace is here. other factors
are at work to make the old lifeline
a subject of speculation. The British
are withdrawing from Egypt; an ex-
plosive situation obtains in Pales-
tine, and Russia. despite Anglo
Americana Turkish opposition, still is
pressing for special position in the
Dardanelles that could conceivably
transform the crucial Middle East
ern strategical balance.
So with all this, and more besides,
confronting them, the British are
said to be giving serious thought to
establishing a second lifeline to the
Orient, This lifeline, according to
one report, would be a 3,000-mile
superhighway running across Africa
between two gigantic bases-one in
Nigeria on the west coast and the
other in Kenya on the east. On
it's face, considering the deserts,
swamps and jungles that it would
have to cross, such project seems
unlikely. Another factor making it
improbable is that it could never
even with the large transport planes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-10-24
Democratic Ranks Split
By Jay G.. HAYDEN

One result of next months election,
already plainly in sight, is going to be
complete smashup of the union be-
tween old-school Democrats (mainly
Southerners and adherents of Irish
dominated city machines) and leftist
elements, all and sundry, attracted into
the fold by Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Evidences of this dissolution are
clearly visible in every big city of the
North and West, and even more so in
States bordering the Solid South, where
bitter opposition to any sort of Demo-
cratic trafficking with Northern rad
icals' always has existed.
The showing in usually reliable
newspaper straw vote that Gov Thomas
E. Dewey will carry New York City
totally amazing in light of past per-.
formances-is attributed in large part
to a three-way break in Roosevelt
former support.
Before the campaign began Edward
F. Flynn, Democratic leader of Bronx
borough and former Democratic ma
tional chairman, entered into deal
with Republicans, mutually abjuring
all third party ties AS a result there
are three-cornered contests Demo-
cratic Republican and American Labor
Party in all Bronx congressional dis
trictS.
In Brooklyn the new Democratic
leader, John Cashmere, not only re-
jected association with the ALP, but
Joined up with its hated liberal party
rival. And in Manhattan. where Tam
many Hall succumbed almost COM
pletely to ALP dictation In choice of
candidates, rip-roaring revolt OF DEM
oerats Irish, italian, Negro and what
not), is under way s
Coincidentally there has developed
the bitterest sort of battle, even within
the ALP itself. between supporters and
opponents of Russian communism.
One almost certain expectation, de-
irving from this New York mess, is that
any third party group showing even a
tinge of red will be spurned by both
the Republican and Democratic parties
in 1913.
Similarly, in Wisconsin there has
been an open break between the Demo-
cratic party and the CLIO Political
Action Committee, signalized in repudia-.
ton by the Democratic organization OF
Edward v. BobroYicz, Its regular noni-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-10-24
Swords Into PIowshures'
By David Laurence
From L'Action Catholiaue (Quebec).

From LActjon Catholiaue (Quebec).
If the war was the occasion Of new
discoveries, it afforded, above all, the
advantage of releasing the power of
modern machinery and of greatly per-
fecting it. Now that the fighting is over,
it is important to use at the earliest
possible moment these marvellous and
gigantic engines, for fear that, left in-
active, they will soon again dream of
setting out to war. For us French
Canadians the Harvesting of these ma
chimes to the great tasks of construction
is more important than elsewhere. It
Is useful and necessary everywhere and
it is everywhere in demand. But If
there is any point at which, at the pres
ent time. it can be employed with profit
it is in the clearing of our forests
growing on arabic lands. The
Minister of Colonization proposes, for
his part, to set to work vigorously along
this line. When difficulties Of an eco
nomic nature have disappeared and
when great number of these powerful
machines can be put to work. some 20.-
600 young French Canadians can look
to the future with more confidence, and
can set themselves ardently on a carser
which modern technique will have rem
dered more agreeable.
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nee for Congress in the fourth Milwau-
kee district, but subsequently branded
as Communist.
Even more significant in the long run
may be the schisms now showing up
among the Nations top liberal leaders.
Joined in support of Roosevelt were
Henry Wallace, Harold Ickes, Henry
Morgenthau, jr.: Chester Bowles.
Fiorello P. La Guardia, Claude Pepper
and Robert M. La Toilette, all self
professed liberals.
But today, about the only issue these
men agree on is contemptuous disregard
for President Truman. Ickes is reported
about to resign his high-salaried job
with the Independent Citizens Commit
tee of the Arts, Sciences and Professions
because of its support Of Henry WAL
laces pro-Russian policies. BoWles holds
with Ickes ON that count, but Pepper
apologist for the Kremlin. The OPA
still is supported 100 per cent by Bowles
and La Guardia, but Pepper called for
decontrol of meat, even ahead of Presi-
dent Truman. La Toilette blames the
CIO-PAC for defeating him.
Even better known are the feuds
in the ranks of organized labor (AFL VS..
CLIO, Lewis against Murray, Dubinsky
against the late Sidney Hillman in the
garment trades, Whitney against the
great majority of his fellow railroad
brotherhood chiefs, pro and anti-Com-
munists even in the ranks of the CLIO,
and John L. Lewis against almost every
body. Most of the energy Of these
laborites currently seems to be aimed
at cutting each others Threats.
Even the Roosevelts themselves are
divided, as instance the quarrel between
son Jimmy and daughter Anna over the
fitness of Hugh De Lacy, Seattle's Com
munist fellow-t traveller Congressman,
and Elliot's declaration for and Jimmie's
.tbeIatedly) against Wallace's pro-Rus-
sianism.
Maybe this group can reassemble it
self and form a common front in prepa-
ration for the 1948 presidential cam
paign, but at the moment the prospect
for such reunion does not appear bright.
North American Newspaper AliianceJ
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This Changing World
By Constantine Bro,Cn

the nations in the west, such stories
would never be printed and there would
be no war scare which in some Euro
pean countries has reached the point OF
hysteria.
Mr.. Truman reminded the delegates
of the 81 nations gathered in New York
that the people of the United States,
regardless of party politics, support the
United Nations" but he added signifi-
cantly that 1.-The use of force or threat
of force anywhere in the world to break
the peace is of direct concern to the
American people"
There is a worldwide meaning in
these yelled words of our Chief Execu-
tive.
AS things now stand, there is pos
sibility that members of the Slav bloc
may bolt the y. N. in the event there is
a determined opposition to their terri
torial and theological expansion. In
many quarters abroad, fears have been
expressed that in such an eventuality
the entire peace structure as envisaged
in the United Nations Charter may fall
to pieces.
President Truman and his top-rank-
ing advisers are following to the best
of their ability the general line in world
affairs established by Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
The question of Russia desiring to
over-expand herself territorially and
wishing to impose her brand of totali-
tarianism was taken into account as
possibility" by the late President. Those
like Secretary Byrnes who have been
close to him know that he hoped the
u. NJ would be the final solution for the
worlds ills. But in the event that the
Russians proved themselves refractory
to this western theology, he intended to
90 ahead with that world organization
even if the Soviet government decided
to bolt it.
At Paris the Slav bloc showed its hand
more clearly than at any other inter-
national gathering, and during the many
weeks of haggling the conferees pond
cred the possibility that the bloc would
bolt the U. N. If definite opposition to
their aims arose. And those close to
the administration foreign policies say
> that decision to carry on, regardless
of the attitude of the Slavs, has been
given most serious consideration.
Mr.. Trumans speech has now key
noted not only the debates of the Cen
eral Assembly but also the further dis
cussions of the Big Four Foreign Secre-
taries.
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banners to Be Checked

The opinions of DR.. Frank D.
Fackenthal, acting president OF
Columbia University, are entitled to
respect. He is an eminent school
master in an age when man must
be possessed of distinguished quail
ties in order to achieve such a lofty
position in his field. His training
and his experience equip him to
speak for one of the greatest and
most widely famous institutions of
learning in the world And when
he tells the student body on Morn
ingside Heights that it should
'check" its banners at the gate"
he expresses a thought which the
lay public certainly should indorse
and approve.
A university, as DR.. Fackenthal
contends, ought to provide a sane
tuary for calm and undisturbed
thinking, free from "the distractions
and distortions of current happen
ings." The psychological patterns
which a student brings to the
campus at the start of his career
there should be submitted to exam
nation" under the bright light Of
accumulated wisdom. Allegiance
to minor or major pressure groups"
self evidently is out of place in halls
dedicated to eternal verities, class
rooms pledged to the inclusive well
fare of all classes of society. Free
discussion obviously is infeasible in
an atmosphere in which intolerance.
Lxed ideas, prejudices, partisan
purposes prevail.
The business of university educa-
ton. DR.. Fackenthal insists, is ito
inculcate habits of informed think
ing and the formation OF indie
pendent judgments; in other words,
the self-development OF mantle
worlds greatest and maybe only
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-10-24

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 24.-The $64
question in the Buckeye State today Is:
will Taft or will Bricker be Ohios cam
didate for the Republican presidential
nomination in 1892"
The situation at the present moment
seems to be about as follows: Senator
Taft, leader of the Republicans-except
for the Mavericks-in the Senate on do
mestic issues, has considerable strength
for the presidential nomination in
Washington, in Southern States and
among Republicans in some OF the
Northern and Eastern States. Former
Gov. John w. Bricker, who ran on the
national ticket with Thomas E. Dewey
in 1914 and is now the Republican can
didate for the Senate in Ohio, has more
personal following in this State than
has Senator Taft. He has also many
friends among the conservative Repub-
licans in other States, particularly in
the North and East, and In some OF
the Midwestern States.
If there were a showdown vote in an
Ohio primary today. MIR. Bricker would
in all probability be named the favorite
son, and the States delegation at the
Republican National Convention would
be pledged to him. However. Mr..
Bricker has still to be elected Senator
although his victory in the election
November is apparently certain-aIad
he has still to show what he can do in
the Senate of the United States.
Both Senator Taft and Mr.. Bricker
want the nomination-there is no ques-
ton In Ohio minds about that. Also.
Ohio Republicans want one of them
for President. In other words, they want
an Ohio man in the White House, to
continue the tradition that Ohio is the
mother of Presidents They don't want
to be entirely piggish in the matter,
however and they are anxious to pick
the man for the presidential nomina-
ton who carries the most weight with
Republicans throughout the country
and also the man most likely to win.
The present job of Mr.. Bricker-and
of the Republicans in the States to
defeat Senator James w. Huffman,
Democrat, who was appointed by Demo-
cratic Gov. Frank j. Lausche to fill the
vacancy in the upper house when Presi-
dent Truman appointed former Senator
Burton, Republican. to be an associate
justice of the United States Supreme
Court So everybody-on the Republic
can side-is out working for Brother
Bricker. Senator Taft was the speaker
at the Republican State Convention. He
has been out in the State urging the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-10-24

irreplaceable natural resource"
Admittedly, the ideal thus set forth
is difficult to attain. 1t would be
of Scant worth If it were easy to
accomplish. But it cannot be COM
promised without danger to the
whole fabric. of civilization. Twice
within the memory of living genera
tons has the globe been swept by
war because multitudes of people
had been instructed mischievously,
regimented into kind of treason
against the dignity of life itself as
a gift of God and nature to
individuals. The race between edu-
cation and disaster, as H. G. Wells
described it long ago. continues.
If the schools do not win, the grave
yards will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-10-24

Boys will be boys, the saying goes,
and, being boys, they are entitled to
have their fun. But there is a lot of
difference between fun and vandal-
ism of the type which resulted in
the destruction by teen-age youths
of a plane on public exhibition at
Mount Rainier.
The owner of the wrecked plane
is correct in believing that this is
something which can best be han
died by the parents of the young
hoodlums. This is not an isolated
case, either. Police of many cities,
especially the larger ones, have re-
ported an alarming increase in
youthful disreSpect for law and order
during and since World War II.
Noting the rise in number of ar
rests of boys and girls in their teens
during the past year, FBI Director
], Edgar Hoover recently placed a
large share of the blame on parental
laxity-on what he described as a
breakdown in discipline in the home
attributable to the war and it's after
math. He advocated a return to
"old-faShioned" methods of enforc-
ing obedience and instilling respect
for the rights and property of others.
With Halloween only week away,
revival of this sort of parental
guidance, where lacking, would be a
timely and salutary thing. Fun
making on Halloween is a tradition
that no reasonable person would
abolish. When boyish pranks are
forsaken in favor of destructive
hoodlunlism, however, it is time to
call a halt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-10-24

In his welcoming address to the dele
gates attending the United Nations Cen
eral Assembly in New York, Presi-
dent Truman dealt more than he had
been expected to with the "war rumors
in certain places" and with the "ideo-
logical cause which lay at the bottom
of those rumors.
The President took advantage of the
occasion to implement the speech de-
livered last week by Secretary OF State
Byrnes by adding his voice to that OF
our chief foreign policy Trainer
It was evident in Mr.. Trumans speech
that he believes the war rumors which
are seriously hampering the recovery OF
the world are not necessarily caused by
a desire Of the victorious nations to IN
crease their share of the spoils, but,
what is far more important, by diver
gent political philosophers He warned
his listeners that ito permit the United
Nations to be broken into irreconcllable
parts by different political PHILOSOPHERS
would bring disaster to the World."
The President, who has at his disposal
more reliable information on what is
going on in the country than any other
individual, was compelled to take public
cognizance of the worldwide fear OF
another war. OF course, he termed this
''unwarranted and unjustif1ed." But ne
added that unless war rumors In GER
tain places are checked, they are sure
to impede recovery"
X X
Some of Mr. Trumans diplomatic adj
visers believe that his statement about
war rumors in certain places" did not
refer to the many stories published in
the papers in this country about troop
movements and feverish war prepara-
lions behind the iron curtain, but to
these very preparations themselves.
Moscow has repeatedly denounced the
American press as warmongering be-
cause 1t made public in detail the con-
centration of Russian and satellite forces
on various fronts in the Balkans, the
Near and Middle East and Eastern Eu-
rope. These disclosures. in most cases
based on carefully checked information,
are considered by the Slav bloc as,caus-
ing the present war panic in Europe.
If the American reporters, the Slavs say.
were to pass these in silence, there would
be no fear Of war.
The attitude taken by our own officials
is that if the Russians and their puppets
did not mass large forces on the borders
of such weak states as Greece, Turkey
and Iran; if they proceeded with the
same vast program of rehabilitation as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-10-24
Letters to The Star
Three German States Visualized
To Bar "Prussian Menace"

To the Editor OF The Star:
G. /. Kephart's letter In The Star, dis
cussing Franks and Germans" con-
tains basic errors. The term German"
includes all persons Of the German-
speaking races, North, Low and High.
These races are all of the same blood,
with varying non-G German mixtures.
The designation Frank" may cover
the folk OF the Rhine states but that
does not mean that they have anything
in common with France. The only
things Frankish about the true France
are the name and small part of the
blood of the people. Neither the
language nor the customs are Frankish.
The Franks who conquered Gaul were
few in number; the people of France are
only in very small part their descendants.
To put the true Franks the German
speaking, peoples of the Rhine, under
their domination is only to invite more
trouble, such as has been caused by the
French rule of German Alsace-Lorraine.
The solution of the continental Ger
man problem" lies in the creation Of
several great, Independent German
states, Joined in an economic union but
politically separate.
The low German states-England,
Flanders, Holland and Old Saxony
(roughly corresponding to the present
English zone of occupation)- should be
united in greater Saxon state. England
would thus acquire the additional popu-
lation (of similar race and the territory
that it needs to be a stronger influence
in world affairs.
The Upper Rhine states including
Alsace-Lorraine and Burgundy. Bavaria,
Switzerland and Austria might join in
new south German nation.
The area included within the present
Russian zone of occupation should form
a third state.
In this way the Prussian menace
would be removed for all time; all con-
tinental Germans would be living in a
German state and the unnatural strife
between the English Germans and the
continental Germans would be ended.
j. j. BREATNAC.
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Above These Mounds

Wind from the tpest, aboUe these mounds,
Sing of the Unite sea joan,
Sing OF the prdiries and the hills
And friendly streets OF home. 81
Come from the east, 0 mind and sing s.
A prelude as you pass; -
CareSsing as kiss let rain sa
Fall ON the Withered grass. !.
North Wind, be still nor desecrate ~
This spot NTH rough-shod feet;
Here is sacred rendezvous y
Where peace and quiet meet. ~
Wind from the south come near and
sing
OF rivers wrapped in mist,
OF moonlight and OF Ttenlorfcs
That keep a tineless tryst.
INEZ CLARK THORSON.
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Ickes Supporting Communists?
To fhs Editor ~ The 2tar.

To the Editor Of The Star:
How does 1t happen that your COL
umnist Harold L. Ickes, who recently
has taken issue with the Communists
and their w-travelers on number
of important issues, hops on the band
wagon again to indorse the New York
meeting Of the Civil Rights Congress,
which now is defending the rights of the
Communist Party in an action before the
New York State courts (see Daily
Worker. October 8, page 12)?
The speakers at this meeting will be
Dashien Hammett, former chairman of
the Committee on Election Rights, which
defended the rights of the Communist
Party in 1910 and 1871; George Marshall,
chairman of the National Federation for
Constitutional Liberties, Communist
front cited as such by former Attorney
General Biddle-Marshall recently was
cited for contempt by the Congress OF
the United States; and Paul Robson, a
man who has publicly Endorsed the
Communist movement and has hailed
Soviet Russia as his future homeland
tsee Soviet Russia Today, August,
1886.
Can't Mr. Ickes find any other outlet
for the campaign against Senator Bilbo
than a Communist front organization?
Does he not realize that by choosing
this organization as an instrument, he
adds grist to Mr.. Bilbo's mill? would
like to see Mr.. Ickes' answer to this
question HOLLISTER WARDWELL.
Arundel, Md.