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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-10-10
From where | sit 50. by Joe Marsh
Are Returning Veterans
"DiHerenf"?

same. Nothing more exciting than
fishing Stewards creek or pitch
ing horseshoes enjoying m
outdoor barbecue with friendly
wholesome beer and pleasant talk.
II they've changed ut al it's in
the direction Of maturity and toll
erance. 4. q. tolerance for everything
except dictators, and those who
would destroy our democratic
principles Of live and let live. And
from where I sit, that's another
reason to be proud Of them.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-10-10

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Evening star., 1946-02-07

argue that the costs will be infinitesimal
compared to those Of the late war and to
present UNRRA expenses and will be
cheap II the organization can preserve
peace and advance the well-being Of
humanity. Delegates of Russia and her
satellite states object that the UNO set
up would be unnecessarily expensive and
that charges would bear too heavily upon
many of the smaller, poverty y-stricken
states.
Senator Vandenberg has warned the
committee that the information service
might develop into propaganda agency.
The Americans as whole have defended
the proposed budget so far on the
grounds that the objectives are worthy
and it would not be tactful for the
United States, as the biggest contributor,
to complain. But with the proposals to
establish a costly UNO headquarters in
Westchester County and the adjacent
Connecticut area, the American delega-
ton will join with the Russians in an
effort to cut UNO costs.
One delegate said. I'VE must not set
up millionaires' club with dues so high
that poorer nations cannot afford to
belong"
released BY North American Newspaper
Alliance)
Evening star., 1946-02-07
Chile's Labor Troubles

The acute labor troubles which
have broken out in Chile come as
distinct surprise to most foreign
observers. Unlike its neighbor, Ar
gentina, Chile enjoys and prizes its
democratic liberties, and since the
general elections of 1912 It has had
an unusually liberal administrat ton.
To certain extent, current diff
culties seem to be due to the eco
nomic dislocations afflicting all parts
OF Latin America since the close of
the war, especially rising living costs
which make for working class dis
content. Chile has perhaps the
strongest and best-organized labor
movement in South America; so the
workers are in a position to bring
both economic and political pressure
to bear in order to better their lot.
This labor movement is, however,
divided into two main factions, the
Socialists and the Communists, who
have never coalesced politically al
though they both form part of the
Chilean Federation Of Labor.
The current crisis began with a
strike Of nitrate workers in the
northern province of Tarapaca. The
government declared this strike In
contravention of the terms Of labor
regulations and hence illegal. The
strike was, however. indorsed by the
Federation of Labor and mass pro-
test was staged in Santiago, the cap
ital, during which the police fired on
the crowd when it became riotous.
infiicting many casualties. This
precipitated a federation threat of
a general strike, while the govern
ment, on its part, declared 60-day
state Of siege" giving the authori-
ties emergency powers to deal with
what was officially termed "a state
of extremist agitation reigning
throughout the national territory"
At the same time, the Socialist
members Of the coalition cabinet
resigned, thereby provoking a politi-
cal crisis as well.
Then, just when it looked like a
showdown between all organized
labor and the government, truce
was arranged whereby the state Of
siege was rescinded in return for the
calling off of the general strike. This
last the Communists opposed, but
the Socialists accepted the govern
ment's proposal and apparently car
ried the bulk OF the workers with
them, since economic life seems
again normal.
Though the inside story of this
labor crisis has not yet come to
hand, it looks like a Communist at
tempt to use the nitrate strike for
political ends. The plan, however,
miscarried owing to the refusal Of
the Socialists to play the Commu-
nists' game. Thus, in Chile as else
where in the world, the notable dif-
ference between Socialism and Com
munism has been exemplified.
Evening star., 1946-02-07
Recognizing Romonio

It is difficult to be enthusiastic
about the American-British decision
to extend diplomatic recognition to
Romania. The decision, of course,
is technically correct in the sense
that it is in keeping with conditions
laid down for the Groza government
at the meeting of the Big Three
Foreign Ministers in Moscow last
December. Past experience, however
notably in Poland-has shown
that when a regime of this sort is
recognized, the technically correct
thing may prove to work out pretty
poorly in practice.
= At the Moscow meeting, with
Russia's recognition already in force,
Secretary of State Byrnes and
British Foreign Minister Bevin
agreed to recognize the Groza gov
ernment as soon as it satisfied a
special Big Three commission that
1t had met these major require
ments: ID Broadened itself to in
clude one member OF the National
Peasant party and one member of
the Liberal party; (2) declared that
''free and unfettered" elections
would be held as promptly as pos
sible, and 90 gave assurances" on
granting freedom of the press,
speech, religion and association.
These conditions have now been
technically fulfilled, and we and
Britain have acted accordingly, but
the wisdom of the action must re-
main open to question until there
is clearer idea Of just how much
good the broadening OF the regime
will accomplish and whether the
assurances" about elections and In.
Evening star., 1946-02-07

mission. The Secretary personally
selected Mr.. Ethridge because he knew
that he had advanced liberal ideas and
could not be described, by any stretch
OF the imagination, as Red batter"
The report presented by Mr.. Ethridge
described so factually the conditions
in the Balkans that its unexpurgated
release would have placed the State
Department in q bad light when 1t
decided to recognize the Romanian
government. Hence, the Ethridge report
has been carefully filed away and may
serve as an important document for
the edification Of the historians of the
future.
1t is not likely that President Truman
himself Is satisfied with the recogni-
ton Of this new puppet government in
Bucharest.
At a news conference In January he
said he would not agree that recogni-
tion should be extended to governments
which have not fulfilled the demo-
cratic requirements set forth by Presi-
dent Roosevelt and himself at the Yalta
and Potsdam Conferences.
But the policy Of expediency which
started the administration on the road
to concessions to Russia could not, In
the opinion Of tho State Department
policy trainers, be ended abruptly.
The squabbles between Mr.. Vishinsky
and British Foreign Secretary Bevin
have reached such a climax that the
American Government thinks that the
unconditional recognition Of one of Rus
sias satellites in the Balkans might
be like pouring oil on stormy sea.
Advocates Of this policy of appease-
ment say Romania Is distant country
which, whether we like 1t or not, is
already in the pocket of the U. S. S. r.
There is nothing we can do to change
that situation. Consequently, why
strain further an already badly strained
international situation by adopting an
adamant attitude over a minor ques-
tion. The British government is said
to concur with the point Of view of
the State Department. The Romanians
and the Bulgarians will have to work
out eventually their own problems, and
nothing could be gained by q policy of
nonrecognition.
This view is not shared by some of
President Truman's advisers, who claim
that a policy of nonrecognition of any
thing that Russia is doing, contrary
to agreements reached in common,
would ultimately bear fruit. All these
countries, including the U. S. S. R.,
need American assistance in their re-
construction period. And a nonrecog-
milton policy would make it impossible
for them to obtain anything from this
country.
Evening star., 1946-02-07
Plans Instead Of Breed

From the sunday Empire News Gondon).
For weeks the men In the services,
their families ct home, and employers
needing men to get their essential peace
time industries going have urged .
speedup OF demobilization. Steadfastly
the Socialists, represented by the Min
lister of Labor, resisted the appeal. But
public pressure persisted. Slowly the
Government is acceding to the pressure.
The pressure must be kept up. Without
labor, we cannot have bricks, let alone
houses; we cannot have the coal so nec-
essary to drive the wheels Of industry
and to light and warm our homes; we
cannot have more food. We are getting
none Of the things we were promised.
We ask for bread and are given vast
paper plans for future naturalization.
we ask for houses and are hidden to
share With another.
Evening star., 1946-02-07

confinement without trial, scrubbing
floors with cold water in icy weather,
standing in constrained positions for
long periods, being forced to double
time until exhausted and then being
clubbed on the shins for being unable
to continue-these are but a few items
in the long list of horrors to which
witnesses have testified under oath.
And remember, the victims of this
sadistic savagery were, for the most
part, not even charged with criminal
offenses. The vast majority were con-
fined for military offenses-mostly for
absence without leave, being drunk and
disorderly, or things of that sort.
There seems to have been consistent
Army policy to make detention so
dreaded that men would avoid it like
a plague, that combat duty would be
infinitely preferred to falling into
the hands of the guards at q detention
center. That policy is all right, within
decent limits. 1t may well have been
necessary. But it is clear that the policy
has been carried beyond the limits
OF decency and plain ordinary human
ity. A rigorous discipline is one thing;
the deliberate encouragement of cruelty
is quite another. And that cruelty was
encouraged from above is all too clear.
For example, a visiting general is quoted
by the newspaper PM as telling q SER
geant at Lichfield: You're not tough
enough here, sergeant, you're running
a hotel"
There have been a good many de-
mands for an investigation Of the Army's
court-martial system. That may be
required, from the point Of view Of
excessive sentences, though all such
sentences are now under review. But
certainly it is far more necessary that
there should be an investigation Of con-
ditions in every military prison and
detention center in every theater Of
operations, to find out just how far
this virus of cruelty has spread and
to punish both those who have been
guilty of such crimes and the oficers
who permitted and encouraged them.
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Evening star., 1946-02-07
dividual liberty are more than empty

dividual liberty are more than empty
words.
Reservations Of this kind are
wholly in order for two reasons:
First, because there are some In
dications that the Romanian gov
ernment--in which Communists
predominate-is being slow about
putting its assurances" into effect,
and second, because we recognized
the reconstructed Polish government
on much the same sort of conditions
last July, only to find now that we
must officially complain to 1t that
Its secret police appear" to be i'm
plicated in a number OF political
assassinations and a reign OF terror
clearly discouraging to free and un-
fettered" elections and to the idea
OF individual liberty as a whole. To
be sure, the Polish pattern may not
be followed in Romania, but If 1t is
and the signs do not seem too
hopeful-we shall have to ask our
selves whether we were not too
quick in honoring the Groza regime,
or whether -if expediency de-
manded the move-we might not
better have recognized 1t solely on
the ground that such action would
be more useful than no action at all.
We took that kind of course some
weeks ago in recognizing Yugoslavia,
making clear that we had no illu-
sions about the status of freedom
there. When the time comes to de-
eide on Bulgaria-the last of the
Balkans awaiting our recognition
this is a point that may well merit
our Governments full consideration
Evening star., 1946-02-07
George ArIiss

The Anglo-American stage lost
one of its authentic princes when
George Arliss died in his native
London at seventy-seven. He Ger
tainly was the greatest character
actor OF the generation to which he
belonged. But it happened that he
also was a man who easily might
have achieved distinction in any
other field Of endeavor. He might
have been a famous lawyer. When
he was very young he considered
going into the church. Throughout
his whole career he remained pro-
foundly interested in religion. He
likewise wrote well and surely could
have won celebrity with his pen
had he wished.
In the theater, however, Mr.. Arliss
found opportunity for the employ
ment of all his many talents. He
"came up" from mere walk on"
parts at the Elephant and Castle
on the Surrey side of the Thames,
worked for few shillings a week
in the provinces, joined Mrs. Patrick
Campbell at the Royalty in 1900,
crossed to New York with her the
following year, was with Blanche
Bates in "The Darling Of the Gods"
under the direction of David Belasco
and with Mrs. Minnie Maddern Fiske
in repertoire under the management
of her husband. Thus he arrived at
independent stardom "the hard
way" His appearance IN the lead
in Franz Molnar's "The Devil In
1908 presaged the triumphs which
were to follow.
But 1t was through his creation OF
the title role In 'Disraeli" in 1911
that Mr.. Arliss accomplished i'm
mortality Is an interpreter Of
human personality. The manuscript
was the business Of Louis N. Parker,
Evening star., 1946-02-07
Army Prison Dispute
By Maj. George Fielding Eliot

There must be q thorough and sweep
ing investigation of the treatment ac-
corded military prisoners during this
war.
I don't mean German or Japanese
prisoners of war. don't mean American
prisoners Of war in the hands Of the
enemy.
I'm referring to American soldiers
charged with military offenses. or In
some cases criminal offenses, and de-
ters and guardhouses.
In many cases such men have been
subjected to the most brutal mishan-
ding and cruelty by the officers and SOL
diers in whose charge they have been
placed.
In the last war we had the scandal
of "Hard-boiled" Smith, lieutenant
who was in charge Of the military de-
tention barracks in Paris and was later
convicted by court-martial Of sadistic
cruelty toward military prisoners and
sentenced to imprisonment. His example
does not appear to have been taken
much to heart by those placed in similar
positions in this war. Some pretty grim
facts are now coming to light
So far, they center around the United
States Army reinforcement depot at
Lichfield, England, where an investiga-
ton into the death of colored prisoner
last March has resulted in two officers
and eight enlisted men being placed on
trial before a general court-martial on
charges of brutality to prisoners, cover
ing the period from August, 1914, to
March, 1945. According to Newsweek,
the evidence brought out at the trial
has caused the court to direct that
charges of perjury, subordination, con-
spiracy, intimidation of witnesses and
dereliction of duty be filed against Col
James A. Kilian, former commanding
officer at Lichfield
This is all right as far as it goes
But there is strong reason to believe
that Lichfield is only one among many.
There are too many other reports of
similar tenor from other parts Of the
world where American soldiers have
been serving to make 1t possible to
think that the conditions at Lichfield
were exceptional. Bitter stories come
back by various means--stories of the
BLACK Hole" Of LIE Mans, stories of
men staked out naked in the African
sun at the detention center at Casa
blanca, stories Of men "on the rock
pile" in the Pacific theater, stories Of
clubbings, stringing up by the thumbs,
OF worse - and nameless - brutalities
practiced by American soldiers on
American soldiers.
These stories and all that lies behind
them need to be investigated right
down to the bottom. II there has been
another "Eard-boiled Smith" regime In
our military prisons, the facts must be
brought to light and the guilty punished
The Lichneld evidence Is 4 sample Of
what can happen when loW-stAndard
human beings are given fun control Of
the bodies ana lives Of other human
beings. 1eatingS, castor 0dl, solitary
Evening star., 1946-02-07
UNO Site Cost Decried
BY Russell Barnes.

LONDON. Feb. 7 (By Radio).-The
plans for establishment Of headuuar-
ters for the United Nations Organiza-
tion in the neighborhood of Stamford
and Greenwich, Conn, recommended by
the Site Inspection Committee, will meet
opposition within the American dele
cation here. Although the members
so far have not taken a public stand,
their objections will run not in reference
to the selection Of the site, which the
delegates would not consider good taste
on the part of Americans to argue, but
to the cost and the elaborateness of
the proposed general UNO installations
and secretariat
The tentative first annual budget under
committee discussion for submission to
the General Assembly calls for SOS, ,00O, 900
as against the highest League Of Nations
budget Of $1,000 900. The figure does
not include the cost and acquisition
OF between 40 and so square miles for
the proposed site. unoficially reported
to be $1,000 per acre plus that for the
erection Of buildings. The budget also
calls for q stan Of 2726, including 125
ofhcials, for the regional offices and
public information section with a radio
station.
proponenfS of thu s,,ooaefad h,,doat
Evening star., 1946-02-07
This Changing World
By Constantine Bro,cn

Recognition Of the Moscow-sponsored
Romanian government OF Premier Petru
Groza by the United States represents
the last major act OF appeasement OF
Russia, according to those close to Pres
ident Truman.
On the surface, the Romanian Premier
has fulfilled the conditions which the
American and British Governments re-
quired to justify his recognition. He has
added two members Of the opposition
parties in his cabinet, thus giving 1t
democratic flavor"
In fact, however, because Of Ambassa-
dor Harrimans dispatches, President
Truman and Secretary Of State Byrnes
are aware that the addition of two
insignificant members Of the opposition
was only gesture engineered by Soviet
Vice Foreign Commissar Vishinsky dur
ing the visit to Bucharest of the repre-
sentatives Of the Big Three.
The recognition of Romania formed
part of the deal to bring about
better understanding among Russia.
Great Britain and the United States.
A mission composed of Mr.. Vishinsky,
Mr.. Hartman and British Ambassador
Clark Kerr visited Bucharest to arrange
for the enlargement Of the Groza cab
met. The American and British diplo-
mats proposed that the leaders of the
two opposition parties, Constantin Bra
tianu and Ion Mihalache, be included in
the cabinet and given some responsible
portfolios such as the departments of
interior and justice.
Premier Groza, who, according to Mr..
Harriman's dispatches to Washington,
rDrnr fnd hvy iet, clrx
opposed the inclusion of the Romanian
opposition leaders who were described
as having personal Fascist tenden-
cies. In their place two insignificant
members Of the opposition, Emil Har-
tieganu, representing the Peasant party.
and Mihai Romnicianu, representing
the Liberals, were brought into the cab
met as ministers without portfolio 4"
That Is to say, they were appointed as
honorary cabinet ministers without be-
ing given any responsibilities.
*s*4
Mr.. Hartman considered the "vishin-
sky solution" as not keeping faith with
the decisions reached by the Big Three
Foreign Ministers at Moscow. But since
his instructions were to avoid risking
another rift with Moscow he and his
British colleague reluctantly indorsed
the proposition and advised the State
Department that this was the best that
could be obtained in the face of the
Soviet delegates determination not to
weaken" the Groza government by
the addition of militant opposition
members.
Mr.. Byrnes has no Illusions about
the political conditions in the Balkans.
Before his visit to Moscow he sent the
liberal publisher of the Louisville
Courier-Journal, Mark Ethridge, to
Bucharest and Sofia on a fact-finding
Evening star., 1946-02-07
Letters to The Star
Questions About Polio Drive
Submitted for Answers

To the Editor Of The Star:
The campaign for raising money to
fight polio has been waged entirely on
an emotional basis. An appeal to the
intellect would carry far more weight
with intelligent people. To be sure, most
people enjoy seeing movie stars in per-
son and will pay for such privilege.
But 1t is an insult to American mental
ity to assume that we will pay more as
result of the gushing sales talks which
we have been hearing recently on the
radio and as result Of being treated
to sight Of several movie stars in per-
son than as result of being told the
facts involved in the fight on polio.
Have the facts been withheld inten-
tionally, because they would not bear
inspection by thoughtful people?
would like to know the following:
Exactly how is every penny raised in
the polio campaigns spent?
How much was spent last year on re-
search? Exactly what was the nature
OF such research? Exactly what was ac-
complished by such research? II little
or nothing, then exactly what aims are
those engaged in such research working
toward now?
Is most OF the money devoted to run
ming the Georgia sanitarium? Or are
other sanitaria financed by the fund?
Are wards devoted to the treatment of
polio in local hospitals subsidized by the
fund? To what extent? ~
II my child should get polio, what
benefit would he derive from the fund?
Would he be hospitalized, free. at Warm
Springs? Would he be hospitalized, free,
at other similar sanitaria? Would he
be hospitalized, free, in washington
hospital? If we were very poor would
he be hospitalized, free, in any of these
institutions? II We were WELL -to-do, and
had personal contacts with officials in
charge, would he be hospitalized. free.
In any Of these institutions? In view Of
our "middle-class" financial status.
would he be hospitalized, free, in any of
these institutions? Would he receive any
financial aid whatever from the polio
fund? Regardless Of financial consid-
erations, would he be admitted quickly
and without undue "red tape" to Warm
Springs or similar sanitaria? If We had
proper contacts?
What is the cost Of the campaign
Do part Of our dimes go toward paying
labor unions for the privilege of raising
money among their members as In the
case OF Red Cross and Community
Chest campaigns? Specifically, what are
the campaign costs?
The answers to these. and similar
Questions of fact regarding the fund,
would open peoples pocketbooks far
more readily than the sentimental nom
sense which has constituted In toto the
sales talk Of the campaign.
II any one knows the answers to nv
questions, would greatly appreciate
receiving the information.
MRS. LYNN G. LAGERQuIsT.
Evening star., 1946-02-07
For d Young Girl at a Piuno

Sad or merry.
A. you please,
Sing the friendly
Waiting keys.
And the shade iDhere
Old hurt fingers
Melts and brightens
At your fingers.
No one liping
Euer may
Shake the magic
OF this day-
No one eper
HGre the potref
70 take back
This perfect houri
VIRGINIA SCOTT MINER
Evening star., 1946-02-07
More Than Talk
From the Toror TO Telegram.

From the Torortc Telegram.
Public speakers are fond OF referring
to children Is the magnificent wealth Of
the country, yet 1t is odd that they
should be content to place this mag
nificence in charge Of underpaid GUS
todians. The quality Of teachers occa-
sionally comes in for criticism, yet the
possibility Of improving the quality BY
offering better pay and thus making It
practical for suitable men and women
to become and remain teachers appears
10 have BEEN overlooked.