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nomically liability but are important
strategically If held by militant power,
should be taken away from the Japs. In
the hands Of a crushed Japan they
could constitute no threat to Americas
strategic positions in the Northwest
Pacific or along the West Coast,
But the Soviet Premier's demand was
SO definite and insistent that Mr.. Roose-
welt felt compelled to yield. He himself
is said not to have been particularly
happy about the agreement, which,
however, he considered unavoidable.
Secretary of State Byrnes' explana-
ton that the agreement had to be
kept top secret" for fear the Japan
csc would attack the Russians in Siberia,
is disputed by some military men.
When the Yalta Conference took
place, the Japanese were already ex-
hausted and had made indirect ap-
proaches to Gen. Macarthur for an
honorable peace" BY this they meant
that the Empire and the dynasty should
be maintained. They had given clear
indications that they were prepared to
evacuate all the territories in the Pa
ciflc and in China which they had occu-
pied by force.
Although the japanese Army was still
at large, Japan was already beaten and
its war lords were not in a mood to
tangle with the Russians.
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Moreover, in the late fall of 1914, the
japanese high command had withdrawn
several divisions of the once-powerful
kWantung Army in desperate effort to
capture Running and Chungking. Al
though a large-scale offensive was
staged in December, 1914, with first-class
troops, it failed completely.
The conditions in Japan were such
that many American military leaders
firmly believed even before the Yalta
Conference that Russias military CO.
operation was no longer an essential
factor for our final victory in the
Pacific. Thus, while up to the summer
OF 1914 Mr.. Roosevelt was being urged
to impress the Russians with the neces-
sity of beginning hostilities against the
Japanese, it had in 1915 become a mat
ter Of Indifference to many American
military leaders whether Russia en-
tered the conflict.
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Our Global Obligations
BY GeOrqe FieId;us EEot

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1t has come as something of shock
to good many Americans to learn from,
their President how desperate is the
food situation in many parts of the
world, and that drastic measures in
this country may be necessary in order
that we may give enough help to pre-
vent or at least mitigate widespread
famine
The administration has been at fault
In not keeping the country better in
formed; not only by telling the country
the facts, but by keeping rationing and
price control measures in effect. No
government can do away with all food
rationing and at the same time convince
its people that there is vital necessity
to make sacrifices in order that neigh
bors may have enough to eat. The
two just do not 60 together.
1t does little good now, of course to
point out this error-save as it empha-
sizes the existence of the great Ameri-
can illusion that somehow we are going
to get back to the good old days. That
illusion has been responsible for many
OF our postwar ills: Our overhasty de-
mobilization, for example. The war is
over-let's get things back the way they
were before. Bring the boys home. Cut
out the rationing. Cut out the price
controls. Business as usual. Haven't
YOU heard? The wars over. That has
been the way we have been thinking.
or rather feeling-and not too many
politicians have had the courage to
stand up against the emotional tide
4
Yet slowly we are coming to realize
that the war is not over, and that the
good old days will never come back
not, at any rate, in the shape to which
we were so long and happily accus-
toned. We are coming to understand,
by successive lessons in the school of
hard knocks, that we are now world
power, with world responsibilities And
we are beginning to get the idea that
unless we shoulder those responsible
ties, we shall never have secure and
hopeful future. All this is not easy for
Americans, especially for those of us
who were born and schooled before 1914.
The world food situation is case in
point. It is the most pressing Of our
immediate world responsibilities. It
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-02-12
Another DeIuy

The only comfort to be derived
from yesterdays refusal by the Sen
ate Judiciary Committee to act on
national representation for the Dis
trict lies in the fact that the door to
action has not been finally closed.
Reports of the committee discus
sions held behind closed doors yes
terday indicate that the majority
of members present had no inten-
ton of acting favorably on the Sum-
newspaper resolution, the OMa-
honey plan or on any other pro-
posal. The wholly irrelevant issue
of Statehood" for the District-an
argument the fallacy of which has
been repeatedly shown-was raised
again and debated. Chairman Nc
Carran, although he is sponsoring
statehood for Alaska, opposed vote
In the House for the District on the
ground that this would result in de-
mands from Alaska and Hawaii for
similar votes. The Nevada Senator
also revived his discredited conten-
ton that If "the status of State"
were conferred on the District the
result would be loss of the 100000
Federal payment since, otherwise,
every State in the Union" would de-
mand similar payments from the
United States.
The utter inapplicability of these
threadbare arguments to the case
for national representation for the
District has been so thoroughly
demonstrated on so many occasions
that it is hardly conceivable that
they were advanced seriously yester-
day. More probably, the opponents
of vote for the District, lacking any
real argument in support of their
position, were simply using these con-
tentionS as talking points to cover
their basic unwillingness to do any,
thing to rectify the injustice that is
inherent in the denial of a vote to
the 100000 Americans residing in the
Capital of the Nation.
Yesterdays motion to postpone &C
ton was carried by vote of 5 to 8.
This means that nine members of
the committee did not participate in
the decision, and it is to them, plus
the three who voted for action, that
the people of Washington must look
when the committee reconvenes,
probably two weeks hence. When
that time comes, despite the disap-
pointing failure of the committee to
do anything at it's past sessions,
there will be reason to hope for
favorable action if two conditions
can be met: First, if the meeting is
sufficiently we'll attended to prevent
domination by the views of the
members who want to kill all plans
for national representation. Second,
If the matter can be considered, not
in the false light of a proposal
which seeks something for the Dis
trict at the expense of Federal au-
thority, but rather as a proposal
which seeks merely to authorize
Congress to extend to the people of
Washington a voice in their Gov
eminent without in anywise inter-
fering with the dominant Federal in
terest in and control of the District
of Columbia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-02-12
The YuItu 'Burquin'

Publication of the text of the
secret Roosevelt Churchill Stain
deal at Yalta skaters with dismay-
ing completeness any past idea that
Russia, like an all-out ally, entered
the war against Japan on an I'M
conditional basis, not merely to serve
its own interests but also to pay back
In Asia some measure of the ire
mendouS aid accorded it in Europe
by Britain and the United States.
Now we know that the agreement
on the Kuriles and Southern SAX
halin, together with the provision
on Outer Mongolia and the Man.
churian arrangements, incorporated
later in the 30-year treaty with
China, was Stains asking price for
what we wanted. Despite past i'm
pressions to the contrary, the under
standing, far from being something
reached after his decision to join us
had been made, was the essential
precondition of that decision. In
word, to put it bluntly, the Soviet
Unions cooperation in this in
stance had to be bought.
If it were not for this fact, the
deal itself, though doing little honor
to the trusteeship principle of the
United Nations, would not now seem
quite so disillusioning and distaste-
full as it is, for case of sorts could
be made for it from the standpoint
of wartime expediency and histori-
cal, geographical and strategical fac
tors. AS drawn up by the big
Three" however, its language is that
of rather crude horse trade, in
which Russia made clear that it
would help us only "on condition
that" it got what it wanted-a "bar-
gain" which in the end appeared to
be nonessential in effecting the col
lapse of Japan
Since the deal was made year
ago yesterday-months before the
first atomic bomb had been pro-
duced and tested, and at a time
when there was great anxiety over
prospective American casualties in
the projected invasion of Japan
the Roosevelt Churchill acquies-
cence may perhaps be viewed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-02-12
The Syriu-Lebunon Case

The complaint filed by the Repub-
lies of Syria and Lebanon against
Britain and France before the Sc
curity Council is so logically con-
nected with the Greek and Iranian
cases as to emphasize the inter
connection of all problems in the
Near and Middle East, thereby I'M
derscoring this much-contested re-
gion as the major trouble-spot in
current world affairs.
The joint argument of Syria and
Lebanon is that French and British
troops are being maintained in those
countries long after the close of the
war, and that a Franco-British
agreement made last December pro-
vides for the retention of those
forces until such time as the UNO
has decided on the organization of
collective security in this zone"
Syria and Lebanon consider this
agreement Inconsistent with the
spirit and the letter of the UNO
Charter" and contend that their
presence infringes Syro Lebanese
sovereignty, may give rise to serious
disputes" and menaces peace and
security.
Although the complaint is brought
equally against France and Britain,
its main aim is undoubtedly against
France, which held both countries
under League of Nations mandate
and most reluctantly recognized
their independence under the stress
of wartime disaster combined with
Anglo-American diplomatic pres
sure in 1914. However, France has
shown itself in practice most re-
luctant to liquidate its influence
there, especially in Lebanon, where
it has political, cultural and religious
interests running back for centuries.
The compliments are careful to ask
for the simultaneous" as well as
the total evacuation of foreign
troops, because they frankly do not
want to see the British go while
any French soldiers remain. The
British, on their part, appear
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-02-12
For Lincoln

Why do ,oe love him so? May 1t not be
His common touch, his ,Dnrna humanity.
His Jokes, his robust pit and hun,or
tDhen
He met and passed the time of day NTH
men;
His rigorous boyhood, bleak and conn.,
FORTRESS,
The dear charm OF his apkpard
lankiness
That always seemed to Overflow q chair.
Leaning so pery much OF Abe to spare,
Ho,o subtly greatness comes. Mems
lOays diuide
And one goes on ahead. His quickenino
stride
Bearing him toward the mountainous
alone
By dangerous paths, to lesser men
nnEnotDn.
Led by piston Which he seeks to share
And leaning always on the staD of
prayer,
He smooths for stumbling feet q
thoroughtdre.
NEz BARCLAY KIRBY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-02-12

'o'NfHS EHOI
may be one of the hardest to face and
carry out because it will mean sacri-
nee on the part of every one of us, Yet
the grim fact is that vast areas of the
World-especially Western and Central
Europe, India and Japan-are face to
race with famine. The shortage of food
IN the world is worse than it has ever
been before in modern times.
India faces famine of catastrophe
dimensions, even for that land of peri
oolc food shortages. Already the rice
ratlon has been cut. Droughts are raw
aging the crops of the usual surplus"
areas. In Burma, Indo-China and
Thalland, export crops of rice have dis
appeared; the peasants have been rails
ing only their own needs Not less than
l00,OO0,0O0 Indians stand in danger of
starvation unless help comes from out
side.
In the Philippines and in Japan, con-
dltions are little less desperate.
There will, of course, be .discordant
voices here and there. We hear them
already: Alfred Landon says that we
are ''raiding our national pantry to
soften the adverse effects of Allied
policy in Europe" which is ridiculously
untrue, and grain interests" in Chi
cago are reported as saying that we
would have no wheat shortage here
IF it were not for large export COM
mitments is true but not very
helpful The American Meat Institute.
however, faces up to the need and says
that with careful planning and good
judgment" we can supply substantial
quantities of meat products for relief
purposes" and Gen. Frank Schwengel
of the Distilled Spirits Institute pledges
full cooperation in meeting the prob
lens outlined by Mr.. Truman.
These are voices of the true American.
The voices of a people who will not
shirk their responsibilities, once they
understand them.
(Copyright, 1867
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-02-12
Lincoln

On the one hundred and thirty
seventh anniversary of his birth,
the fact about Abraham Lincoln
which properly should be stressed is
that he belongs to no single nation,
no single class. no party. The pre-
server of the Union cannot be COM
pretended in strictly contracted
connotations. He is not, nor can he
ever be, the possession of any par
ticular sect. His mind and his heart
were too big to be contained in any
narrow dogma. He was a philoso-
pher, and it is useless to attempt
to discuss him in terms of exclusive
doctrines, restrictive fixations.
But these truths commonly were
not considered while Lincoln lived
nor In the long and troubled period
OF reconstruction" which ended only
recently-if indeed it has ended at
all. One section of the country re-
garded him with fear and hatred,
another with adulation which was
unreasonable, even hysterical in
some OF its manifestations. Mean
while, he was similarly misappre-
hended by different racial commune
ties in both the North and the
South. The gradual development
OF more accurate, more charitable
opinions and sentiments respecting
him was accelerated when American
participation in the World War I
fused millions of citizens of VARYING
origins and types of experience into
an effective solidarity. A proper
realization of his true character
continued to grow through World
War II. OF course, a complete and
perfect appreciation of what he
was and what his life signifies re-
mains unattained at this prevail
ing moment. AS Secretary Stanton
either did or did not say, che be-
longs to the ages" It is natural,
then, that he should represent an
immortal challenge to human ap-
pralsal, increasing illimitably in
value and attraction as the gen.
erations pass.
In other language, Lincoln may
be visioned as the symbol of man
kind in general, personifying the
instincts, the hopes, the struggles.
the sufferings, the failures, the sue
cesses of millions of people. He
shares with other unforgotten
martyrs not merely the glory of
having died for his kind but also
the glory of having lived for them.
And living means learning as well
as striving in all such instances.
Hence it is that not just a por-
ton OF the nation he saved, nor
simply a part of the human family,
but men, women and little children
everywhere celebrate Lincoln on the
day'of the year most notably sacred
to his memory. They pay their tri-
butte with a constantly expanding
devotion as their perception of him
improves. No other figure in mod
ern history has. so much import
of righteousness and mercy, brother
hood and tolerance or so much
poignancy and power. The ideals
of civilized society which he con-
noted will prosper as they faith
fully are served by the heirs of his
genius.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-02-12
This and That
By Charles E. Traceuell.

Templeton Jones has a very large re-
spect for good deeds and for the people
who do them in everyday life.
He believes that now, more than ever
the world needs good deeds.
But at times he wonders if all persons
are fitted to perform them. So MANY
factors enter into the commonplace of
everyday living that not all of us can
do good gracefully.
Grace, good word and a good thing,
is essential Clumsy doing of good,
bungling to a good purpose, lacks the
essence OF the really fine good deed.
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Some persons, moreover, are lust plain
unfortunate.
When they try to do something for
others, they are rebuffed, sometimes, or
made to feel i'll at ease.
Too often, in their own psychology.
they possess an uneasiness in trying
to do good which makes others mis-
take their motives.
They hesitate, when the opportunity
presents itself, because the last time
they tried the role they were misunder-
stood, or even harmed themselves.
Templeton Jones has queer instance
OF the latter to tell.
He was in public vehicle, when a boy
got on with an enormous sheet of thin
metal.
Jones didn't know whether it was
aluminium, or just paper, but he did
know that trying to hold such large
sheet while standing up in the crowd
was not easy.
Kindness overcame the natural Jones'
ian timidity.
Here, let me hold that for you," he
said to the boy, reaching out.
The boy relinquished the big square
eagerly, and it was then that Jones
realized that 1t really was metal, not
paper.
The moment he grasped the square
between thumb and forefinger, he felt a
darling pain as the edge rasped over
the inner side of his hand.
Jones suffers from the modern city
disease, too thin a skin.
Too much bathing takes away from
certain elements in the skin which keep
it from bruising easily.
Dirty people have nice horny skin.
odSh PS2oo1Ao SoA2 P1Sh ny StlCho WltIlOuG
getting splinters in their fingers.
When they walk over beaches, they
never get nails or pieces of glass i'm
bedded.
Probably they never pick up the fungus
which causes athletes foot, SO called.
The great unwashed," as they have
been called, often do not know what
they have missed, in all probability.
Or at least that was the way 1t seemed
to the tender-skinn Mr.. Jones.
Here all he was trying to do was a
good deed, and all he got for his pains
was skinned hand
Such wounds, on the inside of the
hand, he knew, are difficult to heal UP.
They take long time to mend.
Jones pictured horde of angry germs
seeking entrance at his broken skin,
while he sat there without benefit of
soap and water, iodine or mercura-
chrome.
Well, when he got to the office he
would attend to all that.
In the meantime, as he held the large
square of beautiful aluminium, which
the boy informed him was on it's way
to the Woodworking shop, Templeton
Jones meditated on the ways of the
doer Of good, and how some persons
seemed untitled to do good, even in a
small way. without being made to suffer
for II.
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Veterans Insurance

OF the several pending veterans
bills to which Veterans Admins
traitor Bradley is giving active sup
port, none is more important to the
veteran and his dependents than
the proposal to remodel National
Service Life Insurance along con-
ventional life insurance lines. Under
existing policies the insurance is
paid only upon death and there is
no provision for lump sum payment
OF insurance to the beneficiary. Pay
ments are made on a monthly basis
during the life of the beneficiary.
Furthermore, beneficiaries are linn
tied to certain close relatives. The
inflexibility of existing policies is be-
heved by General Bradley to be at
least partly responsible for what he
describes as an alarming increase in
lapsed policies since VI day.
The revised insurance plan would
make National Service Life Insur-
ance much more attractive to the
veteran. Conversion to several kinds
OF policies, including the popular
lump-sum payment type, would be
authorized, and provision also would
be made for insurance payments in
the case Of total disability. If this
plan for broadening and liberaliz-
Ing World War II policies will in
duce veterans to keep their in
surance in force, it will be well worth
early attention by Congress. The
limited plan was justified under
wartime conditions, but reconsidera-
ton is needed now that the risks of
war are no longer a factor in the
Government insurance picture.
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charitably in retrospect. But it is
difficult to feel anything but COM
pletely cold reaction to the picture
of Stain insisting that he had to
have his price before he could agree
to help us in Asia.
The contrast between this attitude
and the attitude of the Western
Allies in Europe is a melancholy one.
Britain and America attached no
land-grabbing conditions to the aid
they gave the Russians against Hit
Ter. 1t was aid of a gigantic kind,
and although Stain in his address
the other night made only. the
slightest reference to it, it spelled
the difference between victory and
defeat for the Red Army. Viewed
against this background, therefore,
the Soviet bargaining at Yalta can
hardly be said to have been in
spring or generous.
Presumably, of course, the Kuriles
and Sakhalin deal will eventually
become part of peace treaty sub
ject to Senate ratification. What
will happen then remains to be
seen. Meanwhile, it can only be
observed that the territory involved
is already firmly held by the
Russians, and that one of the sor-
riest aspects Of the whole business
is that it might never have been
seriously challenged in this country
had it been based on something just
bit higher than a tightfisted Rus
sian quid pro quo.
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Old Dominion Out

From the Blue Ridge Herald, Purceville, Va.
AS E. c. Short writes in the January
Virginia Journal of Education, Virginia
cannot take her rightful place as a
leader in the greater New South now
in the making without a program of
liberal support for public schools. If we
are to make real progress as a State In
the years ahead, we must not be satisfied
with an Old Dominion viewpoint, but
must look forward to a greater New
Dominion in which all boys and girls
Will have an equal and adequate educa-
tional opportunity"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-02-12
Each Sees for Himself

To the Editor of The Star:
Capt. w. S. McClintic's review of The
Stars columnists, February 6, was
amusing to one whose tastes are almost
Numerically the opposite.
Each of us looks out through his own
little peephole and records what is
transpiring in the world Who then is
to be the judge of what columnist is
right or wrong, good or bad? Speaking
for myself, I agree with each of them
at times. even with G. F. Eliot, but I
especially enjoyed Frank Kent on the
public debt because / felt so stupid
when read Raymond Moley on the
same subject, A. 8. II.
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Or Does IT.

From the st. Louis Post-Dspatch.
AS far as the United Nations Organ
ization is concerned, the atomic bomb
belongs to Iran.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-02-12

One generally does not think of
Emerson as being salty sort of
party, yet he wrote that Tennyson
lis a beautiful half of a poet"