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Evening star., 1947-09-18
When Unity Is VituI

With the swearing IN yesterday OF
James v. Forrestal as Secretary of Defense,
the new unified National Military Estab-
liShment authorized by the Eightieth
Congress today begins its official and
fateful existence. 1t comes into being at
ar extremely critical time in the Nations s
history, when there is sore need for mill
tary strength and unity on our part.
The decision to administer the oath of
office to Mr.. Forrestal yesterday was a
sudden one. 1t had previously been indi-
Gated that the ceremony would await the
return to Washington OF President
Truman. Under the merger law, the
dead'ine on establishment of the new
organization was September 26. But as
the President pointed out to reporters on
the u. s. S. Missouri, conditions abroad are
such that there should be no unnecessary
delay in setting up the new agency.
World developments do not defer to the
convenience of nations or men.
1t has been no secret to the world that
our military power has declined sharply
from It's awe-inspiring wartime peak. Nor
is it any secret that, in the midst of
'ilAo oCAAuN1AlldtAOll, VIC 1ldFc OIlucl tdhcI1
a drastic reorganization of our armed
forces reorganization which in its
birth-throes was marked by bitter inter-
service discord and disunity. But out of
the disharmony and debate has emerged
a consolidated defense establishment that
gives promise Of unprecedented unity and
of greater security for the Nation.
To the man who has been chosen as
the first head of the three-armed setup
must go much of the credit for ironing
out the differences which once threatened
to defeat the whole merger program. AS
Secretary of the Navy, Mr.. Forrestal made
an objective and persuasive presentation
of naval objections to certain phases of
the original unif1cation plan and then
presented a modified proposal which
became the basis for the final legislation
He presented his arguments and facts so
effectively as to. win the general respect
and approval Of Army, Air Force and
congressional interests. His appointment
as Secretary of Defense was happy one.
But Defense Secretary Forrestals future
lot cannot be classified as a happy one.
His organization, being new and untried
faces grave period of trial and error
Moreover, it faces. now and in the imme-
diate future, grave tests of It's authority
and effectiveness. How we'll it survives
these initial ordeals will be the determi-
nant Of its permanency.
Evening star., 1947-09-18

himself is to blame for our miserable failure at
Falaise.
1t has long been known to the officers and
men who served in the ETO that Eisenhower
was particularly soft where Britisher Mont
gomery was concerned, but it was considered
at the time, to be a necessary evil 1t now be-
comes evident that Gen. Eisenhower wholly
coddled Montgomery and mishandled Gems.
Bradley and Patton, thereby postponing the
early victory we had hoped and fought so hard
for.
George Patton (for all his faults) was good
general- admittedly not politician nor dip
lomat, but soldier. In the opinion of
many. the greatest general since stonewall
Jackson. 1t is evident to all that his talents
were horribly misused.
Had Patton and Bradley been given half a
chance, Germany would probably have fallen
by Christmas of "A as we had hoped. Is Eisen
hover basking in undeserved glory?
THOMAS L. PRUETT.
Evening star., 1947-09-18

It looks like Senator Taft and his Million
are crowd are getting all the meat now in
the form of continuously larger profits from
our whole economic system.
Private enterprise would do well to pause
in the lopsided accumulation of huge profits
for business to recognize that In our tech
biological system machines can run and profits
be made only when there are ringing cash
registers, not too much unspent reserves.
It's good wages ali the year through in the
pockets of working people that ring those
registers! TED F. SILVEY.
Evening star., 1947-09-18
The Ought to Be Law" State of Min.

The "Ou9ht to Be Law" State of Mind
To the Editor Of The Star:
Mrs. Marsh's letter about the Gayety Theater
amused me. It betrays the greatest weakness
the average American seems to have with
regard to his fellows who do something he
thinks isn't right; namely, there oughta be
a law" should hope We had learned our
lesson on that one in the late prohibition era
Improvement in the morals Of all of us will
never come because of any statute rule, or
regulation. And the lady who criticized bull
fighting ought to turn her attention to our
prize rings, where couple of guys undertake
to beat each other into insensibility for the
enjoyment of the assembled and hysterical
multitude-and some of our other so-called
sports aren't much better when we consider
that we are alleged to be a civilized and
Christian nation.
Do you think Manolete had any more on
his conscience than some of our prize-rin ex-
ponents who have had the unfortunate expert
ence to kill their opponents? And the same
goes for football players-and the promoters
and spectators at the 5Oo-mile auto race at
Indianapolis.
I think we have our share Of spectator sports
where the result is quite apt to be much more
cruel than in bull-fighting.
CARL w. REDNAM.
Evening star., 1947-09-18
Cumoufluqe

With Uhut steady hand pour the tea,
You'd neuer guess my World had stopped
for me. n
/ smile and offer you sandwich tray 4
As though pere an actress In some plav,
The uhile I chatter In an endless reir
OF tea time gossip far ren1ored from pofrs.
Now passing mtnts and sdlted nuts around,
Creating an illusion nicely cotoned.
Only the heart, safe hidden from the crotod,
INDUCES tears. forgetting to be proud.
Whey WILDER.
Evening star., 1947-09-18
Please Pass the Pothotenic Acid

The queen bee lives about twenty times
as long as the humble workers in her hive.
Why? DR.. Thomas S. Gardner, a chemist,
thought 1T might be the food she ate. He
analyzed some royal jelly on which the
,larva that is to become the queen is fed.
He found it contained pathotenic acid, one
of the complex vitamins, and two other
vitamins OF the same family. He fed some
of these ingredients to fruit flies. The
pathotenic acid alone increased the life
span of the flies 27 per cent above normal.
He tried various other components of the
queen bees food and when he fed his
flies on mixture of the same concentra-
tion found in royal jelly, he stretched
their lives 46 per cent.
All this he told the American Chemical
Society, meeting in New York. He did not
say how the bees mix their royal Jelly
for the queen, how they find and measure
the correct proportions of pathotenic acid.
pyridoxin, biotin and nucleic acid. For
this he does not know. But he has a tiny
clue to the secret of longevity and it is
possible that in time to come he and his
patient, curious, skeptical, fact-loving
brethren in their laboratories, feeling
their way along through the darkness
with little light here and little light
there, may come on some great discovery
They may find that pathotenic acid and
the other ingredients of royal jelly, when
mixed in proper proportions, could pro-
long human life by the same proportion
that the queen bee outlives her humble
workers.
And over the land some day there may
be great factories, powered by atomic
energy, turning out tons of pathotenic
acid mixtures and sending them in con-
trolled rockets, neatly packaged, to all the
people in all the far ends of the earth
And gradually the span of human life
might reach 1900 years-which is approx
mately the queen bees life, in human
terms, in relation to the short lives of her
subjects. But suppose all this happened?
What good would 1t do?
That, also, is question that Dr. Gard
ner does not answer. For that too, is
something that nobody knows.
Evening star., 1947-09-18
BY THE HAsKrN SERVICE.


BY THE HAsKN SERVICE.
O. Did Andrew johnson have q middle
name?-T r. G..
A. Andrew johnson was christened Andrew
Jackson johnson.
O. What proportion Of employed persons are
employed by the automobile industry9-M r. G.
A. About one out Of every seven employed
persons In the United States is employed In
connection with the manufacture, sale or use
of automobiles.
@. How can SCOT be removed from pam
used over open fires at picnics2-L. 7. A.
A. If soap Is rubbed on the bottoms of the
pans before they are used, the SCOT may be
easily removed.
O. Is the Chesapeake Bay retriever native to
the United States?-L H. E.
A. The Chesapeake Bay dog has developed
since 1907, when two Newfoundland puppies
brought TO the Maryland coast In disabled
boat were crossed with local retrievers.
Q. How do the different kinds OF loans made
to veterans of World War II with Veterans
Administration guarantee compare In number
and amount?-H. r. G..
A. At the end of July loans to veterans Of
World War II guaranteed by the Veterans Ad-
mlnlStratlon were claSslIled as 1ouows: S3l 900
home ts4,776 100000 face value), $500 farm
($127 100000 face vaue), 73 500 business (s232.-
100000 face value)
O. When and where were postal cards nrst
used?-W. T. s.
A. Postal cards were used in Europe and
Great Britain before they were introduced In
the United States. They were nrst used here
in May, 1873 Over two billion were issued by
the Post ONCE Department In the fiscal year
1896 .#
Evening star., 1947-09-18
Might as Well Be Everybody

To the Editor OF The Star:
note that the director Of traffic wants to
re-examine automobile operators every six years
to see if they should retain their permits. This
Is very good scheme to justify hiring more
clerks and examiners and magnifying the i'm
portance of the directors job SO he can get
more salary
will go him one better-let's have psyche
logical examination of everybody every six years.
If the director will concentrate his efforts on
the trafic violators and let the large percent-
age Of operators who never get tickets severely
alone, he will get somewhere
SENSIBLE DRIVER.
Evening star., 1947-09-18

To the Editor of The Star:
If Robert Aliens charges In Lucky Forward"
are true, then Gen. Eisenhower isn't deserv-
ing of the implicit faith that the American
public has In him.
still have copy Of Gen. "Ike's" message
"To all Allied Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen."
urging them to make every possible effort to
close the Falaise Gap with ali possible haste In
order to complete great victory. II Col
Aliens statements are correct, then Eisenhower
Evening star., 1947-09-18

soup b on e
When she fin
ished she in
quired if there
were any ques-
tions.
A gaunt lady
in the rear
asked: What
I W a n t to
know is, who
got the meat
nF fhof hcnec
Evening star., 1947-09-18

SUulc dTe SIlO I
and chubby
in IA C t, all
k / n d 8 o I
S h a pes, but
still healthy.
o t h ers are
fr IL, rotten,
diseased an d
weak.
Since quite
a few cataS.
Evening star., 1947-09-18
Letters to The Star

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
1Drtter, although it is permissible for d
Driter kno,Dn to The Star to use a
nom de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1947-09-18

Wants Trees Regularly Inspected
To the Editor of The STAR
Washington, like many other cities, has
beautiful trees, of which we are proud
Trees are very much like human beings
Some of them are strong, tall and slender
Evening star., 1947-09-18

Who Is Getting All the Meat?
To the Editor Of The Star:
Senator Taft's Let 'em eat less" reminds
me of the story of the welfare worker who
was instructing a group of low-ncome house
wives how to make nutritious soup from
Evening star., 1947-09-18

trophies happen in cities during winds, and
these gentle and mild-looking trees some
times become vicious enough to destroy prop
erty and even lives, wonder whether it would
not be good idea for cities and counties to
employ tree experts to have our trees in
spected periodically? 1t would give citizens
more protection and relieve some tension Of
the prospects of our trees becoming killers
during the height of storms; besides, 1t would
give more employment to men experienced in
such work, and pave the way for better
community. r. w. KAUCHER.
Evening star., 1947-09-18

To the Editor of The Star:
In The Sunday Star you printed excerpts
from Robert S. Aliens book, Lucky Forward"
wish to call attention to some serious histori-
cal errors printed In this article.
Col. Allen states: Paris fell on August Is.
The day before 18th Corps was snatched from
3rd Army and transferred to 1st Army so
1t could take the city.
First Army and the British entered Paris
in triumph. But it was the I'd French Armored
that obtained the surrender Of the city from
the German commander"
Actually, the 5th Corps, which had been
with the 1st Army from the beginning of the
campaign, was ordered to Paris on August %.
The 5th Corps, composed of the I'd French
Armored division formerly with Sd Army
and the 4th Infantry division 0st Army
entered Paris on August Is. There were no
British troops with the 5th Corps at the time
of the liberation Of Paris.
This example illustrates how difficult it is
for a staff Officer, placed even at the level
which Col. Allen occupied. to report accurately
on the events and motives Of commanders in
higher headquarters and in adjacent armies.
WILLIAM r. KINTNER,
1t. Col Infantry, u 8. A.
Evening star., 1947-09-18

Anyway, the Paris fashion designers
picked the unpsychological moment to
spring their revolutionary surprises
Evening star., 1947-09-18
Questions and Answers

reader can obtain the answer to any auestio
Bureau, 81 street NE, Washington ., D.
Please tnclose cents for return postage
Evening star., 1947-09-18
Fighting the War Over Again
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
Congratulations to The Star and also to
Col Robert S. Allen for the very enlightening
article in Sundays Star on Gen. Patton's
Sd Army and the general bungle of the 1945
summer offensive by SHAEF and the British.
AS former officer in the Sd Army Ga
Section, personally witnessed this mess and
saw Patton's tanks, with the Krauts on the
run ahead Of them, die on the road due to lack
of gas. saw Patton's men have to withdraw
from the line due to the lack of ammunition.
Such was simply deplorable.
SHAEF, commanding all forces of which the
United States had four field armies let the
British sway their decisions with their small
left flank force which was so busy drinking
tea each day that they could not advance be-
yond Caen.
The British offensive up the coast, into Bel
gium and Holland, was purely political. They
wanted the Belgians and the Dutch to know
that 1t was the British that liberated them.
They also wanted the Parisians to think the
same thing but the French armored division
that entered Paris was too proud of their Sd
Army commander to allow such to be thought
The Arnheim offensive was complete tactical
failure and the entire British offensive up the
coast was costly as well as unsound tacticaly
The axis of the Sd Army advance was the
one that should have been exploited; however,
the orders to stop on the Moselle on September
Is until November 8 spelled f1nis to that
offensive. These orders also spelled finis to
many thousands of American boys lost in the
Bulge who otherwise might have returned home
to their families for this battle could have been
avoided completely.
BY not keeping the Sd Army supplied, the
war lasted six months longer than it should
have and God only knows how many boys never
came home because Of It,
The British fight politically whereas the
American CT was fighting to crush the Nazi
and then get back home. These same British
who were so liberal with American blood In
Europe now want to redistribute the American
gold at Fort Knox. Heaven forbid that we ever
give in on that score!
Seems as if the Senate War Investigating
Committee could well spend its time on some
thing of this sort and let Howard Hughes and
Mr.. Meyer alone with their nylon hose for
screen stars and grand parties for Roosevelts.
This Is something real to investigate.
o. U. HASTINGS.
The Arizona post., 1947-04-18
United Iraq Jews
Oppose Zionisn
SAYS Chief Rabbi

BAGHDAD (WNS) - SaSsoon
Khedouri, chief rabbi of Iraq, as
serted here this week that "Iraq
Jews will be forever against
Zionism."
Declaring that 'the Zionist
press has tried to create differ
ences of opinion between Jews
and Arabs" DR.. Khedouri said,
''the Jews do not regard them
selves as a distinctive part of this
nation. Jews and Arabs have en-
joyed the same rights and priv
ileges in Iraq for 1000 years. Iraq
Jews are not Zionists and never
will be-"
The Arizona post., 1947-04-18
DISCRIMINATION DECLINES
IN STATES OUTLAWING BIAS

New York, (JPS)-A definite
decline in discrimination against
Jews in the three states which
have anti-bias laws was reported
by Marvin M. Jager, Chairman OF
the New York Metropolitan Coun-
Gil of Fair Employment Practice,
who summed up reports OF
anti-discrimination commission
ers from New York, New Jersey
and Massachusetts, describing the
effects of the laws. Compliance
VISA greatest in 1916 from large
employers and from publications
which had previously used anti
Semitic resort and employment
advertising matter, Mr.. Jager said.
In the three states, Negroes were
Disseminated against most, with
Jews and Catholics the other chief
sufferers. In New Jersey, Italians
and some Protestants also suffer-
ed in some sections.
The Arizona post., 1947-04-18
Where Was Army
When Oil Burned?

London, Observation-Disclosures
the majority of the British press
angrily condemned the Jewish ex-
tremists who blew up the Shell
oil depot in Haifa the Manchester
Guardian took a note critical OF
the Government, expressing sur
prise that despite the large Brit
ish Army and naval forces in
Palestine, the vital oil tanks were
insufficiently guarded to prevent
the attack. "The strategic argu-
ments about the needs of safe
guard to our Middle East oil sup
plies have slightly hollow ring
at this moment when 100000 tons
of oil are blazing merrily In
Haifa," the Guardian said.
"It is becoming increasingly
plain" the paper continued, "that
British authorities are unable to
stop Jewish terrorism and the
Jews won't, at least not until
some of their demands are con-
ceded."
The Arizona post., 1947-04-18
Mcdowell Sees
.Bund Revival

Washington, D. c., (JPS)-A
full scale investigation into fas-
cist-like organizations in the
United States was ordered last
week by the House Committee on
Un-American Activities as the re-
suit of a personal investigation
by a member, Representative
John Mcdowell, (R. Pa.) who re-
ported a revival of the old Ger
man-American Bund in New
York.
Revival of the German-Amer-
ican Bund was stumbled on ac-
cidentally by Representative Nc
Dowell while reading the per-
sonal column of a small Connec-
ticut newspaper. An item in the
column announced that a certain
individual" identified by the Con-
gresham only as a former Bund-
ist and dangerous citizen" was
at liberty and would be pleased
to meet his old friends and asso-
ciates at a given date in New
York. Representative Mcdowell
attended the gathering, in an East
Side beer hall, composed of about
100 persons of German descent,
half men and half women, rang
ing from young veterans to elder
ly people. The meeting, which
was carried on in mixture of
German and English reviled Pres
ident Truman and Administration
policies and the "hook-nosed"
Jewish majors and colonels in
the military occupation forces in
Germany. The assembly which
frequently referred to the "old
movement" exhorted Americans
of Germanic descent to fight for
a just peace for Germany, assail-
ed the slave laborers in Germany
as thousands who came volun-
tarily while the Germans fought
and who now refuse to leave,
eating up German food and rap
ing German women"
The Arizona post., 1947-04-18
Converts Return
To Jud aism

New York, (JPS)-Seven thou
sand Jewish converts to Christ
ianity in Hungary returned to
the Jewish religion, the World
Jewish Congress stated here, in
a survey of conditions in Hun
gary. Liberation found 240,00O
Jews in Hungary, while an addi-
tional 10000 Hungarian Jews are
still in Soviet Russia. The pre-war
Jewish population of Hungary
was 100000.
DREW Pearson, newspaper col
umnist, had earlier reported that
thousands" of Hungarian Jews
had been saved from death in
Hungary by mass-conversion to
the Catholic faith.)
The Arizona post., 1947-04-18
Local Council Is
Asked To Accept
Late Refugees 8

Last week the Executive Board
and representatives of Welfare
Service of the Tucson Jewish
Community Council heard re-
quest from Julian Stone, to accept
a refugee unit (may be a man,
woman or family) for rehabilita-
ton and adjustment into the
American way of life, and accept
ance by the Tucson Jewish COM
munity. Mr.. Stone is western
regional director for the United
Services for New Americans (the
successor to the National Refugee
Service).
Mr.. Stone explained that num-
bers of Germans fled to Shanghai
where they remained during the
war. They are now being permit
ted to enter the US under the
German quota and are entering
through San Francisco. 1t ap-
pears sound and economical to
make plans where possible, to
have them locate in the West.
There was considerable favor
able discussion. Suggestions were
made about the kind of person
or family for whom opportunities
would be best in Tucson. 1t was
agreed they would recommend
to the Council that responsibility
be assumed for one unit at this
time.
The Arizona post., 1947-04-18
Motives Be in q
Submission To UN
Battles Yis h Nv

NEW YORK, (WNS)-Ameri-
cas- recently announced Greek
Turkish program has caused much
uneasiness among the Jews in the
Holy Land and has elected "con-
siderable speculation as to wheth-
er Americas" program with ref
erence to Greek and Turkey did
not "invo1ve a new American
foreign policy with reference to
the entire Middle East" DR.. Abba
Hillel Silver, declared here upon
his return from Palestine, after
meetings of the Jewish Agency
Executives.
He charged British Foreign Sec
retary Bevin is responsible for
the present crisis in Palestine, is
trying to divide Zionists by in
citing moderates against the So
called extremists and thus liquid
ate the Zionist Movement.
Speaking of the unrest in Pal
estine today, DR.. Silver said Brit
ish officers and soldiers are not
happy over the dirty work of
deporting Jews which has been
assigned to them.
The Jews of Palestine wonder,
DR.. Silver continued, whether
Britain's move to bring the Pal
estine issue before the United
Nations is not another plan to
delay a solution of the Palestine
problem and break the morale
of Jewish displaced persons. Pal
estine Jewry is waiting to see
whether the new Secretary of
Continued on Page 81
The Arizona post., 1947-04-18
Linking Palestine To Greece
Turkey Will Harm ZiOnism

New York, (JPS-Pa1cor)-New
York Times correspondent James
Reston reported from Washington
that attempts by Zionists to in
troduce the Palestine issue into
the Greek-Turkish loan debate is
likely to boomerang against them.
Mr.. Reston, who during last
election alleged that the Palestine
issue effected the New York votes,
says Officials of the State and
War Department who have been
opposed to President Truman's
Palestine policy on grounds that
it was hampering American stra-
tegic, economic and political in
terests throughout the entire Arab
area and of the Near and Middle
East" They are "glad to see the
Palestine issue enter into the
Greek Turkish question. They ar
que now that if U. S. policy in
those countries is designed to
strengthen our political, economic
and strategic position in the Mid
die East, "this country should not
be pursuing in Palestine a policy
that is opposed by most Of the
states in the Near and Middle
East"
The Arizona post., 1947-04-18
Snub Iraq for
Refusing Visas

Jerusalem, (JPS-Palcor)-Two
globe-girdling American airlines,
Pan American and TWA, have re-
fused an Iraqi offer of landing
and refueling facilities because
of an order by that Government
to its Consulate here not to grant
transit visas to Jews, it was learn
ed. The discriminatory order was
contained in a letter from the
Iraqi Foreign Ministry instruct
ing the Consulate to grant visas
to all Palestinian nationals but
none whatsoever to Jews.