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Qubens or Manbaian DESIGNATED OFFICIAL Fo: the County of Messam * For poblicstion of Notices Mil, . @aites Stater Districs Court, MEMMER OP THX ASSOCIATED PRESS For the Incorporated Village The Nessaq Dally Review-StaF is a member Associated Press « Amocia in % entitled. douse for publication news erediud to it ar got otherwise ted paper and alm the local news Dul Monday, December 10, 1945, New World Aiding Oke: \T= THE proposed $4,400,000,000: loan to Great Britain -is not under- stood by many citizens of the United States. They do not understand its bearing on the future prosperity of this country and they are not inter- ested in whether Great Britain is presperous. They maintain that is her problem, not ours. The situation covers much more than can be seen by narrow, nation- alist thinking: Europe and Asiaare virtually bankrupt. Some of the. countries of Europe are in a state bf almost complete: ecoramic collapse, although . presumably\ they 'can dig out in time whether we help glam or not. 1\ us The preval‘h“ opinion | gmong economists of Miis country the United States Must Assist in The eco- nomic rehabilitation of Europe and Asia. - They believe if is Politically necessary to main#fain peage hnd that it is also gogd busines* *. -% We are mbt going to gonfine our lending to Great Britain Russia will probably g&ét as' MuéW»or nore. thar Great while [France, Nor: way, thes NetHeriands, . Belgium, China and many other countries' will get leager amounts. It hak been esti- mated that: the «United ' States \will lend :abput $24,000,000,000 .to other counties im the next two or three years. ~ a at * Nor are we alone in this policy. Canada 'has already. loaned Great Britain $750,000,000 and has made loans to France, Norway, the Nether- lands and the Netheflands© East Indies. Even some of \the Latin- American countries are participating im the New World's succor to the old. This Hemisphere escaped the ravages of war which swept Europe and Asia and thus escaped the colossal expen- diture needed to revive the econo- mies of the prostrate nations. The benefits to the United States are clearly foreseen in our lending policy. We found out during the de- pression that this country cannot be prosperous if there is a world de- pression. We ware about to recover in 1932 when a series of economic collapses in Europe turned the tide and prolonged our depression until the outbreak of the war. World prosperity depends to- & large extent on world trade. Bank- rupt nations canpot engage in world trade. Tariff: barriers hinder world trade and restrict its bénefits, but there are provisions in our new loans. to foreign eountriés Which are ex- pected to help keep the channels of trade open. ; The foremost question in the minds of many persons is whether we will ever be repaid for these loans, There are more doubters than believers. The experts say we will be better off to make the loans, even if they aren't repaid, but it is hard 40 make the ordinary citisen see the logic of this argument. William Philip Simms, foreign editor of the Scripps-Howard News- papers and 'one of the foremost writers on foreign affairs, says there no reason why we should not be paid in goods: \'The British have gold, tin, tung- 4 | Belgium has tin and (cobalt; ' the t JIM“ * ¥overnment hospitalization as ' prescribed * steu, . Mamond$, . manganese, rubber, *% chromium, , graphite, dead, zinc -and other things we need and which wé gould stockpile as against A future emergency,\ says Simms. \Russia is one -of the world's greatest gold pro- ducers. She also has manganese, chromite, quicksilver and other raw materials . which. we could use or store. Ching has tin and tungsten; Netherlands has rubber, bauxite and quinine.\ <.. ~ ap From this point of : view, the chances of getting npmqthhu in re- turn for our money, in addition to participating in whatever world trade is revived; 60,11? appear al-| . together hopeless. | (\.._ . .) . Hospitalization For Veterans | VHIMNI, and' their familien may soon be itted to- subscribe individually. to Blue Cross Plans for the prepayment of hospital bills,. The Blué Cross organizations are .well. known; . They 'have brought . the benefits \of voluntary group hoapital care A resolution passed by the National Blue Cross Conference recommends that all veterans of the armed, forces be per- mitted to join the Blue mm by the areas of their relidence within 80 days of their release from “We?“ , or “at\ any period consistent pain & mnlll’ury rider; -that Mom-mam- be designed to supplement, not reduce, serv- s which a veteran may receive through Federal legislation. P Even though the veteran is entitled to by the rulings of the Veterans Admini- stration, the protection: proposed through Blue Cross is far mote extensive and per- sonal, It would provide protection' for the |; veteran's entire family. It is an established fact that, on' the average, wives and chil- dren use 75-pervcent. of the total benefits as compared to 25 per cent. for the head of the family, -It would permit the veteran and his family to receive necessary hos- pital care in any hospital in their: com- munity, or throughout the United States, with \free choice bf. institutions and pro- fessional attendants. | /%, The. Blue: Cross Commiifiqqihns also recommended to the Veterans Administra- tion thatabkch former member of the armed orees be mnrolled as & gubscriber in a Blue Cross 'Plup with the Subscription 'being paid, on béhaif* of the veteran, through the Plan serviig the area in which lig.tesides. An' extra payment on behalf oféywife and' himbelf, or possibly by 'the Vet&ans Ad- miffistration. \|. ~* £ ”we???” , With the addition of . medjaal service through physician-sponsored plans co- ordinated witha'Elue’ «Cross;... complete medical 'and h fil.c‘l§ch;lld;qzimtely be provided. In 'The vetérans opn4communi- ties, and by the veterans' Shoite. .; ~ a a Nothing bu -of: greater aid\ to, the returning veteran tham the development of & program which would at Jonst pattiglly help to bring Wis. medical problefud within spital ind 'and spBRysicians of hi Al * the scope of the community h ice, & the doctor of 'his , -he gy l - cReal Pe lcgflnd’gébérsm' N endorsement -of Abe principles pro- 2 - * noted by \the Nassau Daily Re- 'view-Star in its Hempstead Town Courtesy and Co-operation campaign which subse- qwnhy swept-the. country. is made by the \Neighbor News,\ monthly: publication of the United Nelghbors Asgociation, Inc., of Hempstead in its Décémber T§sue. In theyrulylenf’q golump there appears an admonition fo the,-'neighbors\ -to be neighborly in & equrteous and co-operative manner, with tactics simildr to those which prevent wary between nations. _ \Internationalists these days .are. often of good nelghbofliness among fations ms & means bf petmanent peace,\ writes the chief officer of the Neighbors. \How often we forget to bring good neighborliness into wur daily lives.as a ally“); of creating com- munity spirit. ° «aat \It's not uncommon in metropolitan cities fom next deor neighbors never to meet. But the pleasantness of surburban communities has flourished by knowing the family next door. \The 'tradition .of Christinas brings out heighborliness during the holiday, season, but we' quickly seem to forget It. Let's garry the plan of neighborliness into every- day activity and get to know our neigh- bors thegughout the year. It's-an example that nations too mag follow so peace will endure and the threatsof conflict may be- come' a thing of the past.\: ° This is # good civic message. It's writ- ten in the same spirit=that inspired the Nassau Daily Review-Btar Courtesy and Co-operation campaign.. We may be very busy people, but it doesn't take much longer to be courteous and considerate, friendly and amiable, We need so badly to get over the idem we blow ourselves up. when we baw! somebody out or try to deflate them in some manner. Actually this is a sure sigh M tute led a - Kath-u out there. _. Then halt .a dozen soldiers in the gall-eta, from private to captain, wrote me let- ah “the destruction policy had really been changed, as far as the needy natives were concerned. A large a h 03.0?“ to bidding for public sale to the lo- cality. luwmlny localities commanding: dfficers \gifts (mostly the latter) of which could hot be returned to the Also an order apparently through 'to send what equipment gould ~not sensibly | be United States on to China for use there. ters telling me allawed sale clothing United States. came ~ Burma: theater might be' made \by th@/veteran 301mm. which would va. nevolent gift to chlrnyfilu bing is one of the useful items. M have al tric wire, cooking utensils, lavatory ment, leather flying clotiies, radio tring ters and equipment, alr .conkpressors) e that after: your. <artigle \ ctased their present and property, we h‘nv; we“? parently most of the fp will be lhlpged to the “in,“ iceable con not ' chinese.\ A ER 10, 1845 “News Behind | The: News «By Pau! Mallon | - Surplus Policy Changed 'After Expose WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. Ms War property commission.\ @BHnouncément said they could buy autos, Mocks if going into the retail busi- t nothing about the watches which bu being destroyed wholesale or clothing 131V”, Or anything on the ground tal slated for destruction, instead « e % The expose thus appeared to have brought : immediate corrections, and belated good. But on November 8, the India- commander, . Major General Thomas A. Terry, issued a de- niat of/\a stétement attributed to the American columnist, Paul Mallon\ about restrictions against leaving things for the natives. The first five paragraphs of the denial sounded con- vincing but the sixth, read like this: \It is a fact that before Our policy was fully understood throughout the theater, some equipment was damaged or destroyed under condmgns whiph appeared dubious.\ a In short what I reported 'had been irue, but Was fo longer $rue; accord- ing to General Térry, s The Terry Denial from Calcutta was sent to me by two sergeants and a pri- vate who dared to names, appreciating. that the top. brass was more diplomatic thah; frank. These fellows said: f Jk: * Your statements are '@bsolutely. cortect & h A' We have witnessed the;d&stryction of geve | age everybody's business. J ust - Ph of serviceable now we ose und@rtaking to man- made a e-\ ate (China's buiii@es, which is ) civil war, That's Been a large part n \of China's bukines# for a long time al thousand dollars destroyed at this base, \They have destroyed orgb \It might interest you to. Jtgow,\ho ar ag\ Wheaveg, ration. \, on qt du ation, } olicy uture Na 0g“ nOWs ition, withe digo th, A Aae et Others reported Wen ts 4nd tarpa; worth hundred of of dollats, piled high, saturated with gasoline'a burned, and unused gas Poured on the ground. . An alert news-iman 0u% west sent my column to the British ¢mbassy, and asked how come? The reply was awe struck, .. . Suoh # thifig could not be; of course we' have- mo information about it; but! the British never de things like that .., .. Several pro«British Anicricans wrote l#iters to my newspapers de- nounting: me, Without offéring the slightest. evidence to contradict my own, for suggesting the trade instinct was still prevalent among the British in hand l their\ natives, Ap whatever influence the Bri 16 gol the army to de stroy tish leave Was moderate as profiptly as the destruction order. This seems to be established new pub- licity technique, both here and aboard -to deny, and @ulétly correct at the same time. Finally, a few days back, a colontl at the war department here called me and said he understood I had written a column sometime or other, he did n>» hav the date, about some destruc« tion of property somewhere and he wanted to know where I got my infor- mation, In Memoriam John J. Olson of Hempstead DIED DECEMBER 9, 1943 DIED DECEMBER 10, 1915 Walter W. Fullager of Freeport DIED DECEMBER 10, 1920 Otto Muhibauer, 83, of Merrick DIED DECEMBER 10, 1925 Elwood C. Henkle of Hempstead DIED DECEMBER 10, 4988 Charles E. Corby, 74, of Freeport IED , DECEMBER: 10, 1980 Mrs. Berths Kolle, 82, 6f Oceanside DIED DECEMBER 10, 1980 Mrs.\ Anna Henscel of Bellmore DIED DECEMBER~10, 1985 NASSAU DAILY REVIEW.-S1AR- MONDAY, DECEMB Y inside story. on “mild dqtructign ol surplus property needed by the desti- Pellvuporpaazted by G, I's in the India«Burma theater -» just because the British wantéd it that way««provoked an eruption and minor tidal wave fore inter- esting than the original expose. 1 lately,: the G. I. newspaper for the grea, \roundup (published in Delhi) car- golumn. one, front page announce- ment from Administrator Symington say- ingt _ \Vets gah buy surplus' goods from the y returned to the 'at, \ they have about the greatest of all civil Ato wars. the greatest in the numbers hus . disease? And dign't we win it; on that is, didn't weiNortherner® win y= it? We certainly @id, And look at fxyz‘he‘ Obstacle Number One n the Other Hand By Lowell Meliett * 7 (Hurley Might Give Chinese Benefit Of His % t 1931 Oklahoma Plan E'RE funby. flks, we Ameri- cans. We kngw how to nan» iand just now 'it shows signs of be- med gen- | coming a big buiness, And there erators, several thousand feat of Rewidec- | we 'm's, right in the-middl¢ of it, tp- | prepated to take @ hand and. show it- the. Chinese how it should be done. We should Didn't we | of \killed wounded' and dead of the results! We've got Blibos and Rankins and MéeKellar® runbing the country, or Punnitig the con= gress, which {un’ the country, * Novel Re@® Program And so, havifig demonstrated our ga pacit yp we will now straighten dut th@ little mess. into which some 400,000,000 Chinese have got them@@ives. We wil} show . them the @emocratic Way. Our greatest exp@rt Has left the field of actual bittle, but the is here with us in Washington and being heard in the halls of con- gress. He is tellimig our lawgivers what should be done for the Chi« nese-what, indé@d, he would be doing this moment himself for the Chinese if an Upstart congress- man Hadn't itrita®ed him into re- signing: how h@ would bestow upon the Chineseithé blessings of democracy, Back in the cold winter of 1081 our hero was, even as now, sac- vifcing himself on the altar of public duty. He was serving as secretary of war. The times were troublous. Spme millions of Amer- lcans w ee ~becoming restless. They wanted to eat, The war see- retary=th@re I# no point if con- cealing. his name; it was Patrick J. Hurley==symipathized with this desire and undertook to do some~ thing about it. He had a plan, It was embodiedvin a letter from a fellow Oklahoman, Mr. John B. Nichols, of the Oklahoma Gas Utilities company og Chickasha Okla. Hurley 'forwarded the Jet- ter, with his endorsement, to Col. Arthur Woods, who was in charge of President Hoover's pacification program. The pla, quoting from the letter, provided: \Sahitary containers of five (5) allons @ack should be secured in large numbers so that four (4) will always.be left in large kitch« ens where the restaurants are serving a large volume business. The container¢ should be labeled 'meat, beans, potatoes, bread ahd other items.\ Someone from the Salvation Army with a truck whould pick up the loaded con- trainers every morning and leave empty ones, The civic clubs, res« taurants, the proprietors and the workers should be asked to c6- operate In order to take care of all surplus food in as sanitary a way as possible. In other words, when a man finishes his meal he could not (after lighting his cigarette ontisnrz‘ leave ashes on the food which he was unable to con- sume. . . . \Baskets or snacks must be Placed in each store and particu» arly those operating meat mar- Wheel Chair Brings Joy To Oceanside Man And Wife Editor, Nassau Dilly Review-Start I pald a visit §@ Mary and Joe over the Thanksflvlnl holidays. You remember Mary and Joe, don't you, Mr. Editor? Well, be« lieve me, thei remember you. You were kind enough to pub« lish the letter I wrot: you about them and the ne@d for a whe@l« Mrs. Elsig Steinbicker of Rockville Centre| Chair for Mary, and a good, kind lady from Hempstead read it and decided to help Mary -and make her Thanksgiving a real one, After a few télephone calls a friend of Joe's leat him his little delivery truck,. drove over to Hempstead, got the wheelchair, and, believe mé, Mr. Editor, that little truck never carried a more precious burden -When he brought the wheelchair heme to his little apartment. The Wheelchair is fine, in perfect condition, the most treasured furnitu®e now in Joe's little three-room (partment; So what did Iisee on Thanks- giving day at 3 o'€lock in the aft» of inferiority On the part of the one who Mra. Henrietta Muhlinghaus .of Rockville|ernoon. Take a guess, Mr. Editor takes the initiative in being rude and dis- agreeable. \a - Real people behave like the of- the United Neighbors admonishes, fot just on Christmas, not just on New Year's eve, but naturally and continuously, except when excessively aggravated. President Truman wants the automobile industry 'to\ absorb wage increases. OPA a president Mrs. Centre DIED DECEMBER 10, 1930 Harriet E. Thirtkeld of East DIED DECEMBER 10, 1989 Alfred Sutcliffe of Valley Stream DIED DECEMBER 10, 1939 Henry O. Smith of Bellmore DIED DECEMBER 9, 1942 Theodore Erkerk of Rockville Centre DIED DECEMBER 8, 1943 «=the weather was fine, the sun Was shining, trying desperately to dry up the rain that came down in the early Mours @f the day, and Mary, wis sitting tp in. the wheel« chair with small pillows all over so as to make Mer comfortable, and Joe with a Big smile on his weatherbeaten fate was pushing the wheelchair around the block so Mary could the balmy air and sunshine, @nd Mary whis- pered to me, \God) bless that good Chiéf Bowles wants automobile dealers to| Charles \H; Crossman of Rockville Centre|lady who sent meithe chair; I am absorb price increases, As for the public, it would merely like to absotb a few, new automgbiles.-Grit. a DIED DECEMBER 8, 1940 George .Dana Morse of Roosevelt DIED DECEMBER 10, 1930 so happy now.\ (@ looked at my- self and my healthy body-and then I looked at Her-and I knew then what a wofderful Thanks» Iving it was, Thank you, Mr. ditor, for your kindness, MEMO, OCEANSIDE GIRL PRAISES POBTAL SERVICE Editor Nassau Daily Review»Star: Nine days ago, 'a letter w as mailed to me. from a friend in Hawaii,\ erroneously addressed. It merely showed my name, and \Carter Ave, New York.\ Inas- much as it lacked town name and house number, any place in the state of New York could have been a potential delivery point. In view of the Christmas rush and the shortage of help, I believe the Post Office Department de- serves endless praise for such fire service. MARILYN BERNDT, Dec. 5, 1948 Merrick; L I. CARELESS HUNTERS REBUKED Editor, Nassau Daily Review-Star: Your editorial on \Snowballing Cars\ was timely and 1 am sorry to say necessary. One wonders if children are be- coming more stupid, or if the home and school contribution to their fund of common sense is di« minishing. However, the showballers are children. ; @ But what tan be done about the hunting enthusiasts who blaze away within two or three hun- dred feet of homes in what might be called fairly populated areas? Most of these morons wear long pants. L. MCRAE, Oceanside, L. I. t Dec. 6, 1945, Review-Btaf 8ta® Cartoonist kets. The proprietor of each Arm together with the clerks will be asked to place whatever food they can spare of cannot sell. Viz, bones, meats of any kind, pota« toes, apples, vegetables that might be used for soup or any other items they see fit to place in the baskets .and sacks. All bakeries should do likewise,\ a But this wasn't to be charity. The unemployed, Mr. Nichols ¢x« plained, were to work for these meals by chopping wood donated by farmers. \We expect a little trouble now! and then,\ said Mr. Nichols, \from those, who are not, worthy 6f the support of the citizens but we must contend with such cases in order to take dare of those who are worthy. God placed them here and it is our duty to see that they: are taken care of in a Christian mantier.\ - Well, God placed the Chinese In China, didn't he, and what does Hurley mean by lettifg one little congressman Interfere with his taking care of them in a Christian manner? He should explain that while he is engaged in telling congress all. In Nassau County 95 VEAE§ AGO (From Bound Files of Nassau Daily Review and Nastau Daily Star) 25 Years Ago A tea will be held at the home of Mrs, Raphael Moolten,. 231 North Village avenue, Rockville Centre, Friday, at 3 p. m. All members of the town teachers' as« sociation are Invited, One hundred licensed hunter# and trappers enjoyed a camp din« ner prepared entirely by men, In the Sunday school roém of: St. Mark's M. E. church, Merrick road and Village avenue, Rock« ville. Centre, Monday: evening. About 60 members of the Fel« lowcraft club of Massapequa Lodge 822, enjoyed a clam pi¢ supper In. the lodge rooms, Sat« urday night, November 27. 10 Years Ago As a followsup on the recent concert sponsored by the music division of the Rockville Centre Recreation league, of which Mrs Marie S. Lewis is chairman, at Bouth Side High school, the di« vision now is organizing a com» munity choral group. Election of officers will feature the meeting of the Baldwin Re» publican club tonight in the Ma« sonlq clubhouse on North Milburn avehue. Edmund T. Cheshire, retirin {resident of the Economy party reeport, will be honored by his associates at a testimonial dinner in the Crystal Lake hotel on South Grove street, tomorrow night. 5 Years Ago An, outdoor Christmas program has been planned for a meeting of the Hempstead Parent-Teacher association at Fulton park, Hemp- stead, hext Monday night at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Theodore A. Goetz was ré« elected president of the Hemp- stead league for Mercy hospital at a figeting at her home, Strit« ford West Hempstead, yes- terday. The Ladies Catholic Benevolent association. of Farmingdale cele» brated its 20th anniversary with a dinner last night at the Wander Bar, Hempstead turnpike, Hemp» stead, WANT ADS-Woodmere: Telephone Franklin 2180 Westbrook P egler Says Reds Trying To Smear Military Leaders NEW YORK, Dec. 9. F 1 WERE confident that they ure above uch things, 1 might not suspect: the hand of our amiable Communists in the propaganda 'to dépict Americain = rals and admirals, so recently vic in war, as a lot of stupid, bloated, un- patriotic bums who (humunfiy enjoyed the outing in conditions of luxurious sifety an Ave selfishly \delayed\ demobilisa- ton to postpone the timé when they must to lower ranks By several respectable accounts, the de- mobilization has procéeded so fast that Geners® George Marshall calleg it \«is~ integration\ and Admiral King suid 'that, Withif a few months after V-J day, the greatest naval fighting force in all Nistory was ho longer fit for battle. Within so thort @ timé, too, the man in uniform has become an uhusual figure in New York and elsewhere, contrary to Governor Tom Dewey's charge in the 1944 compaign that the government was fixing to ktep mil- lions of men overtime in the service be- thuse there would not be jobs for then in givi. life, As to whether mr. Roosevelt. would have done that, we do not know, for de- mobilization came in Président Truman's time and the plan may have been aban- doned in favor of no plan at all except to d'sperse the army and navy and turn men loose to look for jobs in strike-bound in- dustries. We Defeated The Invincibles But ceriainly the wonderfvl army that folded up the invinciole Agents of der Fuehrer's indomitable will have ceased to as a Aghting force and we bear even that the German civilians, beaten, dis- obg@hized and disarmed, might neverthe- to? be strong eno with thelr expeti- ente ii. bat and their desperation, to give the untried American army Of: oc- cupation a serious scuffle in a revolution, Even the M. PJs are rookies. History undoubtedly will decide that the American commanders, from Genetai Eisenhower down to the buck=generais, did beat their share of the most formidable - army that the world had ever seen until it met ith master in Africa, Italy and, finally, France and Germany. It is no fest of memory to rédall the great German parades and reviews of the years leading up to the Attack on Poland in 1989 and the awe in which not only laymen but pro- fessional soldiers held these magnificent troops, In. beautiful physiorl condition, built] with muséle, with a fubatic faith in their Fuehrer, their Own invincibility, their 'national and racial superiority and their mission to gonquer the mongrel races of the world, these men had weapons unknown to other nations, they were marvelously trained om boyhood, their gomm:'nications and 'supply systems bad beet practiced almost to perfection. Trey had the advantage of dash, informality and initiative which suply overwhelmed the French and Brit“? If 1:00. % Accomplished Their tha Inv estimating the Mchlevements of the American generals, therefore, it js only fair to recall how pitifully raw And {li- armed the: American fortes were when these offcers were called upon 10 organ- iz€, teach and equip them, mad to bear ip nind that they did smath Hitler's armiles, who had all the initial advantage. Excep; in Crete, where the Nazis set a lesson, AAd, ona small scale in Holland, no other ma» tion ever had dropped fighting fortes from planes and gliders as the Americans did in Sicily and Frarce sand the American land- ings from the sea in force against shores which a mighty enemy had had plemty of time and manpower :o fortify were some» thing new JA military hiftory,«dIn @ftict truth, few Americkns at hote could imagine the power, sudatity and #u6tess of the Noth@ndy invasion and most of us seriously doubted. that. General Sigen~ hower would even try it and, with Churgh= ill, rather hoped instéad that .he would stike-at the soft under-belly of Europ»: Ant who, in 1940, dreamed that Ameri- cans, most of them «stl would the Siegfried line and @rost the Rhine? Reminiscing again, weren't most Amer- cans resigned to a much longer wir in the Pacific.Wwherd, again, in the Japs, the in- experi¢hced American ¢ivilisn soldier kn# sailor. Was attatking andther battle~ hardened, sulcidal and confident enemy who ranked fiext to the Germans? On results, then, the wthéficen generals and admirals who latély have been the subject of propaganda were the greatest leaders in the whole story of warfare, If we dety them that credit And honor,- then just what does the \big brass\ have to do to win a round of &p- plause from a nation which, to 1940 Bad never even heard of most of them, sot Withstanding their thany years of diligen:, conscientious, applicaton to their studies and duties, much of the time On misefable pay and In squalid quarters? One 'of the objectives of the Com- munists among us is to arouse discontent and mutify in our armiy anc navy, which Are best wrought by ridieu!- Ing the high officers and holding them up to contempt This is done by cartoons, letters to the editors and inspired stories in newspapers. The being zealots, beartily entered the American services after Hitler attacked Stalin and were careful to give ho. disciplinary trouble' but diligent to ant themselves in key positions, par- qularly in headquarters jobs, and in. the army pubhcations in which they cic commit propaganda, Their plan, s ou. high command realised, was to avoid being killed, avoid giving-trouble at the time #nd dig into influential jobs. The service. publications ang publicity Offices were ccawling with them and NOW fics: df them have come back. unhartied to \represent\ the war veterans . im Com- munist front ofganizationas and particu- larly their fabllentiom. Now, great champions of the enlisted people, they are Clamoring for their removal 'from areas where Communism has designs and damn- ing the commanders. # Perhaps OPA has not noticed that very few people wear old clothes. 'The kind they can buy in the store nowadays don't last that long, no matter how much they pay for them.-Washington Evening Star. Secretary ltkes is reported. as declasing that América new is a \have now nation,\ giving one the impression the: cabins: member must have beth oh & shopping tour.-Soux City Journay«Tribune. This country still needs a good S-cent cigar, and is willing *6 pay up to & quarter for it. -Warrensburg (Mo.) Star-Journal.
