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Evening star., 1947-01-03
Letters to The Star
Blames Congress for Faults of
Occupation Forces
the Editor Of The Star:

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To the Editor Of The Star:
Recently a group of distinguished ex-
perts returned from the American zone
Of occupation in Germany and presented
to the President of the United States a
report which came as surprise to many
people in this country.
1t was less of surprise, however, to
a great many veterans and servicemen
who had served in that theater, and it
met with an equal reception among per-
sons in this country which had oppor-
tunity to watch the progress of the oc-
cupation forces since the termination Of
hostilities.
The above report was followed by a
number of articles and editorials in the
Nations press, the majority of which
came to the conclusion that the present
military government was functioning
well under the circumstances" 1t was
evident, though, that number Of
reasons, which largely were evaded or
overlooked, still prevented the AMG
from exercising its full responsibility.
Strangely enough, this and similar ac-
counts of the Inconsistencies of our mill
tary government emanated from the
same sources that might have antici-
pated such a situation by creating legis-
lation enabling the War Department to
carry out previous plans for the occu-
patton.
Turning the spotlight away from
Capitol Hill, these gentlemen would
place the results of their negligence at
the feet of the various unit commanders
and the Immoral attitude" of our
troops. The latter, in the words of one
such article, today largely consist of
green, ill-trained, teen-age youngsters,
who have been taught little about SOL
diering."
Permit me, however, to say a few
words in defense of those youngsters"
who enlisted rather than face the un-
certain future our representatives in
Congress provided for us by failing to
act on the fate of Selective Service. AS
long as the Army must depend on the
already ebbing enlistments of teen-agers
for the better part of its constabulary,
there can be but little hope for solu-
ton of the occupation problem.
At present we have only host of
criticizers, where sound legislation would
be more appropriate. A modified train
ing program, as outlined by the War
Department, and strongly advocated
among the ranks of all branches of serv-
ice, at present presents the only alterna-
tive to the confusion existant where the
future of our Army is concerned, at the
same time providing this country with
trained and possibly more mature re-
serve.
1t is wrong, therefore, to place the
blame for any major deficiencies in the
occupation on the Army's administra-
ton, and worse to take the men them
selves to task, for as long as Congress
fails to recognize the necessity for peril
nent action, it seems only natural that
this laxity should be noticeable in the
ranks-and finally, rest on the dough-
boy, who since time immemorial has
had to grin and bear it!
CORPL. ERIC. w. LESTER.
Evening star., 1947-01-03
This Changing World
Bv Constanfine BrosUn

Leon Blum'S temporary French gov
ernment is reluctant, for reasons Of
political strategy, to bring out all the
facts of the increasing troubles in
Frances empire.
The situation in Indo- China burst
out with such power that it was i'm
possible to conceal the fact that the
French government is fighting for its
life in its richest colony. But while
placing the blame on Wet Nam ma
tionalists, it was careful not to go
deeper into the causes of this revolu-
tion, which originally was fostered by
Communist agents.
In most parts of the Indian Ocean
ana the South China Sea communism
and nationalism go hand in hand. The
Lenin schools in Moscow and Baku for
a long time have been training native
nationalists from India, Indo-C China. the
Netherlands Indies, Siam and other CO.
lonial areas in Communist fighting tech
nique.
The education of these leaders
thousands of them undergo an exten-
sive training course every year-is such
that they cannot differentiate between
natiorialism and communism. They
fight with just as much fanaticism for
Moscow as they do for the independence
of their own lands. To these men
realization of their independence dreams
is synonymous with establishment Of
Soviet puppet regimes.
Since vi day there have been many
rebellious outbursts in the French colo
nies. They have received little or no
publicity because local authorities have
taken good care to prevent any news
from reaching the outside world.
Serious troubles are reported in Mada-
gascar, the largest and strategically
most important island in the western
Indian Ocean. The island authorities
have concealed news about the upris-
ings against French authority and mas
sacres of natives suspected of being
friendly to the French. At the last
election one of the two Madagascar
members in Frances Parliament was q
man who once had been sentenced to a
life term for attempting the mass
poisoning of French settlers. He was
set free recently and elected to the
French Parliament.
There were troubles last year in AL
geria and in Tunisia. These were more
easily suppressed because the few agi-
tators were not able to enlist the bulk
Evening star., 1947-01-03

ander Barmine. a young Soviet dip
lomat who quit his post in Athens,
Greece. when he was slated for re-
call after learning that his closest
friends at home had been '1iqui-
dated" Barmine's experiences have
been given to the world in his we'll
known book. zone Who Survived"
This series of case histories pro-
vides unique indictment of condi-
tionS in Russia.
Evening star., 1947-01-03
Doqwood in Winter

Full circle nol0 has come
The delicate dog,rood,
Her supple arms outspread
In sleepes OF ponaegraatte red,
Her hair tn a poppy snood.
White, green, then Dern1ilion
Fenthered and plunred her breast,
Her glazed carnelian fruit
Was by the bluejays claimed for loot,
Till ouerborne at last.
Her color she giUes do,on,
To the north t0tnd submits,
Who strips the last red Leaf,
filings at her feet the carnaine sheath,
The flaming epdnlettes.
Sober and pure she stands,
Her beauty nnabrshed,
Each fotDertad sealed and shut
on the blue sky like Chinese nut,
Her limbs NTH silper mashed.
CHRISTINE TURNER CURTIS.
Evening star., 1947-01-03

of the population In fight against
French imperialism" In Indo-C China
they were far more successful.
In the hodge-podge Of present French
policies. a large number OF Communists
have infiltrated into various government
departments, particularly the Ministries
of National Defense and Colonies. The
purge of the officers corps which fol-
lowed the liberation Of France permitted
the Communists to place 5000 to 1000
officers in the army. They had belonged
to the Communist branch Of the re-
sistance movement and in the re-
shuffing of the French Army managed
to obtain commissions through the in
tervention of their leaders, who claimed
to have been the most efficient patriot
fighters during the Nazi occupation.
Many of these men found inches in the
famous colonial infantry (the French
equivalent of our marines) and are doing
good work for Moscow in the colonies
where they were sent with their units.
The same thing happened when the
Ministry of Colonies, which had been
reduced to token organization during
the Nazi occupation. was reorganized.
Although the heads were not Com
munists or even party sympathizers,
Maurice Thorez managed to place his
men in the lower echelons, where, in
effect they have more to do with the
colonies than the high officials.
These men encouraged the nationalist
Communist movements by various
means and could not be removed, even
when they were shown to pe working
against the interests of France. be-
cause of the support they received from
the party leaders.
Thus, while the Communist leaders
for the sake of public opinion-in-
dorsed the governments use of force,
they supported the disintegration of
the empire through the stooges they
placed in the government departments.
Mr.. Thorez is said to have received
instructions from Moscow to refrain
from showdown with the government
at the present time. But by confronting
the present bourgeois regime with the
untenable domestic and colonial situa-
tions, he expects to have France fall
into the Communist lap
The matter Is so controversial that
Mr.. Blum does not wish to have the
facts known, lest it cause France trouble
not only with the Communist majority
in the Chamber Of Deputies but also
with Moscow
Evening star., 1947-01-03
Those Broadcasts to Russians

Those Broadcasts to Russians
To the Editor Of The Star:
The Star reports December 3o) that
the State Department on January Is
expects to institute a series of Russian
language broadcasts from Munich to by
pass Russian censorship and bring
American cultural and political pro-
grams directly to the Russian people.
In view of the recognized reluctance
of Russian leaders to allow any but
government censored information to
reach their constituents, it appears
that State Department leaders are not
so anxious for the U. N. to succeed that
they are willing to forgo adding an
other straw to the back of that already
overloaded camel, United States-U. s.
s. r. relations.
If the State Department wishes to
incite the proletariat to eventual revolu-
tion against Stain, and can think OF
no better reason for this new action,
then 7 say: Let go with both barrels
and do wholesale job of it-don't
prick the Bear with needle, first here,
then there. He will be aroused to
greater anger, with less United States
propaganda having been delivered dur
ing the process.
If the overthrow of Stain is not de-
sired, then leave his iron curtain" in
tact and Molotov may show his graft
tude in future o. N. conferences.
The whole thing sets me wondering
how our State Department would react
II American broadcast bands were filed
with Russian anticapitalist talk by high
powered transmitters right in the
neighborhood of old Liberty's torch.
WILLIAM SCHUBERT.
Evening star., 1947-01-03
Whut Brituin Wants
By David Lawrence
From the London Daily Mail.

From the London Daily Mail.
e. Imitation stares us in the face. The
government fears it-as well it may.
They agree that without more produc-
tion there can be no lasting benefit from
increased wages or profits. That only
to buy prices continue to rise and the
pound becomes worth less. What does
Britain want from life in this postwar
era? 1t wants higher standard of
living. Mr.. Strachey says that people
than in 1889. It wants better social
services. 1t wants shorter hours.
Evening star., 1947-01-03

John L. Lewis habitual get-up
can be described as follows: Hat
jammed down nearly over eyebrows,
cigar in one hand, cane in the other
and the American people between
his teeth. 55A
Evening star., 1947-01-03

Still another definition OF a
gentleman: A man who, when driv-
ing, slows down for pedestrians and
who, when walking, takes the trouble
to speed up just a little for the
benefit of drivers.
Evening star., 1947-01-03
Outlines Sudeten History

Outlines Sudeten History
To the Editor OF The Star:
It seems to me that the letter by w.
Lewis Hauser regarding minorities in
Czechoslovakia requires some clarifca-
tion.
Mr.. Hauser says; 'The Sudetenland
was Austrian territory until 19l9-hence
its Germans were immigrants" But
the fact that the Sudetenland was part
of Austria is no reflection upon its in
habitants. In prehistoric days, Bo-
hemia was inhabited by the Celtic
Boyers, who gave the country its name.
Later, Teutonic tribes inhabited it. They
moved westward during the migration of
the peoples. 1t has been a matter of
contention between European historians
whether all Of them moved westward
or whether part of them stayed behind
IN the densely wooded mountain valleys
of the Sudetenland to become in part
the ancestors Of today's Sudetens. The
Czechs moved in as spearheads of the
Asiatic Avars led by Attila, the Hun.
Two big waves of German-speaking
settlers came to the Sudetenland upon
the invitation Of the Bohemian kings
in the 18th and 18th centuries. There
is no doubt about today's Sudetens
being their descendants, nor is there
any doubt regarding the contribution
the Sudetens have made to the develop
ment of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia.
They cleared the forests, drained the
swamps, built cities and taught their
Czech neighbors their high standards
of mining, building and artisanship. In
short, the Sudetens spell the difference
in living standards of Czechoslovakia
and other European Slavic countries
like Yugoslavia and Bulgaria.
In expropriating and expelling the
Sudetens, thus robbing them of the eff
forts of 700 years of peaceful labor, the
Czechs are committing "a crime against
humanity for which history will exact a
terrible retribution," as Anne O'Hare
Mccormick, who observed the expul-
sion on the spot, put it.
.. H. F. MARCH.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-06-14

was the gayest informal party
ever Lots of everybody was
there. coming all hours Of the
night and after the annual June
Formal OF the Eta Phi Beta soror-
ity at the Labor Temple. There
was nice orchestra on the first
floor but everybody preferred
milling around to the tunes of the
juke box in the rumpus room.
Atty Joseph A. Crsigen is pole
march Of the local Kappa frsters.
The Eta Phi Beta sorority held
its annual formal the same night.
Leroy Smith and his orchestra
PLAYED ever so fine for the beau
tifully gowncd couples gliding
away at the Labor Temple, Pres
idcnt OF the local sorors is indie
fatieueable Miss Nina Garner.
Celebrating birthdays to the
tune Of elaborate dinner parties
were Mrs. Jessie Slaton OF West
Grand Boulevard who entertained
in honor OF Mrs. Percell Jones
and Mrs, Bertha Smith of Hol-
brook who entertained in honor
OF hci husband, Mr. James Smith.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-06-14
couple Ger the weekend.

NNARAN " 81 AlN WG0hGllQs
Friday the Lewis Business Col
lcge, where Mrs. Garner has
served in the capacity Of instruc-
tor Of English and tipping, tend
cred her a faculty farewell dinner
party at tho Oriental Gardens and
presented her with a gift.
Saturday, the Lamplighters.
pledge group Of Phi Gamma Del.
Ia sorority, founded by Mrs. Gar
nor. and Of which she IL the ma
tional president, honored her with
a reception al the Lewis Bust
ness School.
Sunday, in the beautiful manse
Of Dr. and Mrs. c. w Preston.
hosts of friends came to bid the
Carriers farewell at the request
Of the Prestons and their daugh-
ter Helen Beatrice.
Monday. Mrs, Georgia Whis-
entson who has just moved into
her beautiful new Boston Boule-
yard home. entertained with a
formal dinner Dr. and Mrs Car
nor.
Dr. and Mrs, James Brewer Of
gath Avenue, spent the weekend
entertaining for out Of town
guests
Thursday, the Brewers had
formal dinner party honorine
their guests. J w. Stewart. pres
ident OF Benedict college in Co
lumbia South Carolina. Rev. and
Mrs r. Cookscv. Of Oklahoma,
Rev l., Lewis. Of Beaumont. Tex
as: and Mrs, Wellar Pope and
Emma Walters. Of Muskogee Ok
lahoma
Then on Sunday. the Brewers
entertained with 2 Twilight SUP
per party honoring their house
guest laying covers for many
friends for a fun course turkey
dinner
The Benjamin Shocks Of Mack
Ave. were laying covers too. in
their spacious new home unique
with It's carved oak furnishings.
They had as housegucsts Mr.. and
Mrs A w Wright and Rev. Will
lam NJ. Downs Of Cleveland Ohio.
Mr. Herbert Milton and daughter,
Carolyn. OF ConnorSville. Ind. and
Mrs Charles L. Fleming Of Lor-
rainc. Ohio.
AND MORE PARTIES
The Kappa Alpha Psi formal
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-06-14
ETA PHI BETA SORORITY Gives
Annual Formal Dancing Party

Despite Detroits long rainy
,p ne season. members OF Eta
Pm. Beta Sorority remained OPP
rmNlc about the outcome Of
The weather on the night of
then annual June Formal. The
dance which topped off every
thing with a record crowd in
attendance, was the spotlight on
last Week-end's social calendar
az events. Many out-of-town as
we'll as local celebrities danced
Ia Leroy Smiths orchestra Nov
81 match folders in the sorori-
tvs colors Of red and gold were
presented the guests. Those at
tending the dance We're:
Bessie Andrews, Edith Brax-
ton Vivian Broadnax, Ethel
B.oadnax, Laura Carr, Doris
Carter. Earline Carter. Kathleen
Coli, Blanche Culver Frances
Davenport. Edith Davis. Mildred
d May Edwards. Nina Gar
NJ Betty GlaScoe, Billie Green,
Ru Henderson Eunice Hol-
cor Juanita Jackson. Ann
Jouc Helen Lounzie, E. Mad
isor Mary Malone. Joseph
NJ 10 Lila Mae Noble. Sue
Ecn Oglesby, Eunice Palmer,
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-06-14
Baptists
Wind Up
Congress

The S4ndaN School Congress
OF the National Baptist Contc n-
ton Of America reached rs ch.
max on SUNDAY afternoon Al
~ Wlnd-up rally Al Convention
Hal, addressed by the Rev O.
l. Prince president and the
Rev Henry A Botd Secrcta-
The rally wound up a week
Of meetings and training sss
sins. Delegates were present
from "a states.
Thousands ~ Dctgo,t Rsnusts
attended the rails % listen ~
reports on the accomplishments
y the congress. They heard
music b. nassed hands and
chorus Of ESQ voices led ~
Prof Il Y ? Johnson ~ New
Orleans
The rally vas preceded by q
parade
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-06-14

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MITE CAP. Keeps
Hair Neat. Work.
Play or Sleep. Nc
Straps. No Buckles
Washable Adjust.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-06-14
FUNERAL RITES
FOR MRS. SYDES

/ Last rites were neld iOr MIS-.
Blanche Elizabeth Svdcs on
Saturday morning at Bethel
AME Church, Rev Jonathan
DANES. pastor. Mrs Svdes. WI
dow Of Rev. Marion F. SvdcS.
passed. after short illness, IN
Cincinnati Ohio. whore she was
making her home with hcr
daughter. Mrs. Charles Adams
Mourning her loss are her
daughter. Mrs Marian adams:
son. Annette Mcneil Svdcs{
Step-daughter Mrs Ruth Sydes
Penn; granddaughter Charlotte
and Juanita Adams and Iona
Sydes. grandsons. LLOYD Adams
Sand Ferdinand Penn Son-in-lsw.
Charles Adams. and daughter
ln-law. Mrs. Viola SvdeS. JON
ing the family in Bereavement
arc hosts Of friends IN Detroit.
where the deceased was a mem
Der OF Bethel AME Church and
friends in the New ENGLAND
States, where Rev Sydes was
pastor
Mrs. Svdes wsS a graduate "
Wilborforce University IN Ohio.
and 4 public school teacher in
Baltimore. Maryland She was
also on the faculty of Wllber-
force University prior 10 her
marriage
Death occurred in her sixty
sixth year
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-06-14

Ann Porter, Muuol Robinson,
Clara Shelton, Pennie Smith,
Lucy Swain, Lenore Turner,
Lena Walden, Villa Mae Hum
phrcy, and Mary Moore, who
are sorority members.
DR.. and Mrs. Theodore Hughes.
Dr.. and Mrs. c. G.. Constable.
Miss Phyllis Lewis and Odcl
Bradley, Mi. and Mrs Theodore
Sloan, Atty. Joseph A. Craigen,
Atty and Mrs. Chester Smith.
Atty and Mrs Fred Yates. Phi
Robinson and Miss Roberta Me,
Cure. Mr.. and Mrs. William
Blackwell. Mr. and Mrs L.
Mondtrie, Jacob Oglcsby. Stan
Icy Evans, O. L. Lucas, Mrs.
Olive Walters, Baltimore. Md;
j Caution Mays and William
Clardy, Winola Burch and Cla.
renee Brown, Georgia Wilson
taSe and George Sawyer. A.
Ramsey and Johnnie Johnson,
Mr. and Mrs. John l. Miller,
Mr. and Mrs r. Guzman, Mi.
and Mrs. Robert Hall. Nj. T.
Davis, Mr. and Mrs. James
Caldwell. Mr. and Mrs. Emrncr-
son Craig, Mi and Mrs. Otis
Saunders. r. F.. Wyatt, John
Brown. Mrs. Madeline Jones,
MI and Mrs. Hayward Tate,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles F. GRAY
er, Helen T Wilson. Julia Nor
gan, Mr. and Mrs Stanley Lang
ston. Mr. and Mrs Eugene
Simms, Mr.. and Mrs Walter
Godbaldo, Mr. and Mrs Ray
Petty. Nathalie Killebrew, MI.
and Mrs B. T Ellis. Miss M.
Beck. Mr. Albert Law, Miss
Gertrude. Foster. Abbll l. Veal,
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Greene.
Charles Maxwell. Grace West
field, Mr.. and Mrs. Tyler Brown.
Lorentine Butler. Willie Mac
Woodruff and Willie lvev, De-
Morris Solomon, Blanche Lyle,
George Hiel, Mr. and Mrs Ro-
bert Brown. Jr., Grace Brad
lOIut MI. dllQ Nl . oilN 1hN n ~
son. Gloria Lott. MI. and Mrs.
Fred Johnson. MI and Mrs.
jeff Lille. Miss T Henry, Mr.
and Mrs. Karl Hamilton Mr.
and Mrs William Woodruff,
Mr.. and Mrs. WaGman Rivers,
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathaniel Carr.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Nelm. Do
rothy letter. MI and Mrs
James F.. Durantc. Mrs Elsie
Mac Valentine. Miss Jessie Nj
HAYES and Andrew j Brooks,
Anderson Martin. Anne Butler,
Mr. and Mrs. King Callen. Mr.
and Mrs. Curtis Palmer Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph w. Williams,
Miss A. Huston. Nj and Mrs.
Hcrschel Soloman. Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Thomas. Luella HAYDEN,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Ogletree,
Mr.. and Mrs. LaSalle Thorn
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-06-14
eco r S {
BY Milo CASTOR

Last Mondav was ciecuon
day IN the Twin Cities. for the
selection Of school board mem
oerS. Voting was light. as usual
The incumbent in Ecorse had no
opponent They know they must
be doing good job II no OPP
position appears but thcv would
fccl much better II citizens
would come out in lareoi mum
bers 10 show by their votes the
confidence they have in the
handling Of the five schools IN
EcorSe.
POLICE
The police are notifying all
motorists that school Will close
IN Just another week Most ~
the 200 kids IN Ecorse viii be
running loose. Drive carefully
or suffer the consequences.
Business for the department
was rushing as usual, over the
week end There were several
drunk and diSordcrlv cases. sew
oral family fights not serious s.
and two cuttings which equired
The attention Of physicians
VISITING
HAYES r Lewis. n Helena
Arkansas, IS visiting friends and
relatives IN the Twin Cities.
POLITICS
This Is Just a reminder that
our general city election i, a
few months Off Ten posts will
be open and there WIN bc plen-
ty OF competition We wonder
why 30 per cent Of West Side
citizens wait until the last min.
ute before they start blinking
about politics
Reports from the TOW clubs
that do hold meetings once IN
a while mention nothlnc about
the coming election why What
the man on The East Side wants
10 know is whether the West
Side will have candidate
Here's the answer There viii
be candidate Who that can
dIdate will be rs strict sec
ret, but the person IS worthy
OF the vote OF every citizen
We think that Ecorse. espe.
Clally the WcSi Side lcavned
ITS lesson IN The last election.
There will be no more than two
candidates We arc coinC 10 be
satisfied with ono. and arc go
inG 10 elect that one A spe.
clall meeting Of club heads viii
be hold in july "a start tn e
hall rolling
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-06-14
Benevolent
Society Meets

The Ladies Benevolent Socl-
ely met at the Brewster Cen
ter on Tuesday. June 3, with
Mrs. Della Anderson. president,
IN charge Of tho meeting The
business session was interesting
and was filled with important
items,
Following the business meet
ing the group honored NJ S,
Edith Wright and Mrs Jose
phineS Vincent. who have rem
dered service TO the group for
twenty wears. After the honor
able mentions the club adjourn
cd for the summer