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Show She? PROVO. UTAH COUNTY, UTAH. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1944 Editorial.... And there were In the suae country shepherd shep-herd abiding In the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And. lo, the angel of the Lord cane npon them, and jthe (lory of the Lord hone round about them: and they " were sore afraid- Luke 2:S- Shepherds at the grange. Where the babe was born. Sang with many a change, Christmas carols until morn. Longfellow. The Washington Merry-Go-Round By Drew Perton . (Col. Robert Two Birds 'With One Signature When General deGaulle signed the new Franco-Soviet treaty of mutual assistance and security, he accomplished perhaps the most brilliant act of his short political career. ca-reer. ,His signature did much to restore France to her former place among world powers, to take his government out of the 'provisional class, and to enhance his own position and international prestige. But the international importance of his alliance has diverted attention from its potentially po-tentially equal importance within France, where it gives promises of continued political polit-ical stability and orderly recovery. Thus far General de Gaulle's -personal strength and popularity have helped to prevent pre-vent the tragic civil' disturbances that have followed liberation of other occupied countries coun-tries in Europe. But these qualities could not guarantee that such disturbances would not occur. Underlying the bitter feeling between patriots and collaborationists in the liberated liber-ated countries, there has been a lesser but still noticeable resentment by patriots toward to-ward fellow countrymen who escaped the German occupation. This has extended to heads and officials, of government, even those who may have been more useful in the comparative safety of England or Africa Af-rica or North America. Soviet Russia saw the fruits of a similar resentment 20 years ago in the split between Stalin and Trotsky. Jt wasn't the only cause of the split, or even the chief one. But men like Stalin and Molotov could not forget that between the 1905 uprising and the 1917 revolution they had worked inside Russia, living a life of suffering and constant con-stant danger of imprisonment and Siberian exile, while Trotsky and his circle lived and worked abroad, and in comfort. Some European patriots feel the same way today. They had their choice and they chose not to escape or collaborate, but to fight the enemy at the risk of death and torture. Thus they feel that they have earned earn-ed the right to the dominant voice in present and postwar government. This feeling was particularly string in pre-invasion pre-invasion France, even though .it did not break out in violence, as in Belgium and Greece. And in France as elsewhere, Communists Com-munists have had a strong voice in these militant groups. They are not necessarily in the majority, and their motives may be spotlessly spot-lessly patriotic. But with their noted genius for organization, the Communists are considerably con-siderably in evidence. Now General de Gaulle is far from being a Communist, and it is most unlikely that this new treaty will change his views. But the treaty and the atmosphere of reciprocal regard in which it was conducted should have a conciliatory effect on French Communists, Com-munists, especially those within the FFI. It remains to be seen how this treaty will affect Mr. Churchill's hope of strong alliances al-liances in western Europe. The immediate prospect, however, is one of benefit to France, and to the vigorous prosecution of the war against Germany. They've Now Joine d Up With the Eno my VDay For VD Treason and sabotage are probably the two hardest words that can be thrown at any soldier. Yet here, in this state, as in hundreds hun-dreds of towns and cities all over the country coun-try we are helping soldiers to commit acts of treason and sabotage every day. During the last few months there has been as much as a forty percent increase in the venereal disease rate within the army and and the navy, military authorities attribute this in part to the widespread publicity given giv-en the new, "s'ure-cure", wonder-drug, penicillin. peni-cillin. They urge civilian assistance in a nation-wide information on V-D. Some communities will combat such a program. They will, says that talking about VD is to advertise the means of getting it. But more and more communities recognize that to allow VD to persist in fact to increase in-crease is to endanger the immediate health of our fighting men; to stall their training; to delay necessary military offensives. These communities, through their civic organizations organiza-tions their schools, their newspapers, and even their churches are giving their civilians civil-ians the unpleasant but unvarnished truths about venereal disease. Through health clinics clin-ics they are providing for examinations, diagnosis and treatment. It is this kind of civilian help that the Army and Navy needs. But more than that, it is this kind of program that will prevent sickness absenteeism in war production plants, and build for a healthier post-war America. To refuse it. is to perform, in effect, an insidious act of sabotage. Help for Santa A poll of department store Santas discloses dis-closes that the top request on most children's child-ren's Christmas lists is that Santa "send my daddy home from overseas." The purchase pur-chase of an extra war bond by all of us will be a great help to the old gentleman in carrying car-rying out that Christmas mandate. A Daily Picture of What's Going On in National Affairs . c t f v e 3 u tVI WASHINGTON It is no secret that both sides on the western front know pretty much what the other side is doing behind each other's lines. Observation planes fly back and forth, the Nazis having jct-propcllcd planes which go well over 400 miles an hour so fast that no fighter plane can catch them, but not too fast to take pictures of Allied operations below. U. S. observation planes, while not so fast, undoubtedly must have been good enough to note the massing of the German army oDDOsite the First army for what was Drobably about a week ahead of the big Nazi counter-offensive. However, h is aammea mat the First army was taken on guard, so no steps had been taken to nrenare for the German drive. U. S. commanders apparent ly ugurea mat tne uermans were massing to de iciia an mcrican attack. Also U. S. troops noted the weakening of Nazi forces in the Vosges mountains to the south, which meant that the Germans left this rough snowy mountain area relatively undefended and risked everything. It was a desperate gamble similar sim-ilar to the 1918 Marine offensive. Here are some of the reason for the initial success suc-cess of the daring Nazi move: 1. Marshal Von Runstcdt, the ablest German general, is now in complete command. He is the man who argued that the German army should withdraw from France at the time of the Nor-' mandy invasion. Erwin Rommel, close friend of Hitler, opposed and it cost the Nazis about 800,-000 800,-000 men. Rommel's death undoubtedly is a blessing to Germany, for it leaves Von Rundstedt, a disciple of Von Mackenscn in the last war, in complete control. 2. The Nazis have tanks superior to ours their latest Tiger tank being almost impossible to put out of commission. Even their older tanks have been reinforced with a bulkhead in the nose behind which is poured concrete. This makes it almost impossible for shells, fired head on, to knock them out. 3. The Nazis also have developed a new type of mortar, also have been saving their planes and put about 1.200 into battle last week end, also are using more and more robot bombs. 4. The Nazis have brought up a lot of fresh troops, while our men have been fighting for six long montns ever since Normandy. RUSSIANS GO SLOW 5. Most important and inescapable factor, however, how-ever, is the let-up of the Red army on the Polish front, pkis the stalmate of the two British armies. It was known in advance, though officially denied, that the British would furnish only 30 per cent of the western invasion army, with an ever lower percentage of replacement. American troops were to furnish 70 per cent. This is about the ratio followed. However, it was not contemplated that the Red army, after reaching the Vistula river and Warsaw, would stop and detour through Budapest to Vienna. Vi-enna. While the Germans probably haven't been able to shift many troops from the Polish front, they have been able to use far less munitions: in other words, if the Nazis had been fighting heavily on two fronts, their supply and production problems prob-lems would have been terrific. As -it is. they can now concentrate the major portion of their supplies sup-plies on the western front. Last fall when the Red army eased up on the Polish front, highest U. S. war chiefs had their experts make a study of that front and report whether the Russians were casing up on purpose. The report was that the Red army had actually tried to cross the Vistula, that German fortifications fortifica-tions were extremely strong, and that the Red army needed more supplies. At least two months have dragged on since then. Regardless of the factors, it is no secret that U. S. military men are bitterly disappointed at the Russian delay. They have been hopeful recently recent-ly however, that with the ground frozen the Polish Po-lish offensive will soon start. It is the biggest factor to watch In the entire war. BATTLE OF STATE DEPARTMENT Senators Pepper, Guffey, and Chandler had an interesting conversation with the president when they called him on the phone to ask whether Stcttinius-Hopkins state department appointments really represented his own personal choice. They especially mentioned to him James C. Dunn and Brig. Gen. Julius Holmes, the latter known as a strong anti-Roosevelt man. and both of them linked with the pro-Vichy, anti-DeGaulle group which snarled thing up in North Africa. Roosevelt replied that Dunn was Secretary Hull's personal choice as assistant secretary of state, and implied that a request for Dunn's promotion pro-motion had been made when Hull resigned. Regarding Holmes, the president replied that he should be given a trial, and if he didn't work out he would be removed. Roosevelt added that he was glad the liberal senators had made the fight against the state department new executives. "It was a very healthy thing and will put them on guard for the future," he remarked. Note Those who have watched Roosevelt op-perate op-perate over the years all agree that If there it one thing he is famous for it is failure to re move an official who doesn't function. In all his twelve years of office there have been only three known cases where Roosevelt has removed out right a relatively high official. Usually he shifts them to another job or promotes them. CAPITAL CHAFF Inside fact is that it was self-effacing brain-trustcr brain-trustcr Ben Cohen who first sold Senator Joe Ball of Minnesota the idea of having a talk with Roosevelt regarding foreign policy before elections. elec-tions. Cohen met Ball in New York and planted 'the first seeds which led to Ball's famous switch 'to Roosevelt But when Cohen passed word along to Harry Hopkins and the meeting with Roosevelt took place, Ben was left out in the cold. Harry, not Ben, sat in on the conference which made history The only senator who voted against the confirmation of Ed Stettinius as secretary of state was Bill Langcr of North Dakota. Since then seven senators have told him he was absolutely right Senators Pepper of Florida and Guffey of Pennsylvania always have been ahead of their time when it comes to foreign policy, always have been proved right in the end In May. 1940, before France fell. Pepper proposed a resolution by which France 'and Britain could buy U. S. army planes immediately. im-mediately. Other senators snorted, said It was an 'insult to the foreign relations committee, demand-led demand-led it be rejected in 24 hours. It was. .... The only senator who joined witn Pepper In voting for his resolution was Guffey of Pennsylvania. . . . . . . At that time, as now. Pepper got no support from the White House. But a few weeks later, Roosevelt dipped into U. S. arsenals without permission per-mission from congress and rushed all sorts 6i munitions to Britain. This was one factor which probably tipped the scales in England's favor in the .battle of Britain. (Copyright, 1944, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) Vineyard Forum'n Agin'em Letters In the Editor's Mailbag SLACKERS JUST AS BAD AS selves "conscientious objectors." CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS But why should we choose to Editor Herald: single out one particular group The remarks of Mr. Coleman ,and attack them because they are and Mr. Williams have been rath- honest enough to let the whole er interesting to me inasmuch as world know they are C. O's? the represent my own feelings in What about the hundreds of oth-rcgard oth-rcgard to people who call them- ers, some of them in our own town whochoose to call themselves essential bookkeepers assistant managers of their dad's business, or who claim to be in essential business for themselves? In some instances these people are well enough fixed financially so that their families could still live in luxury if they didn't receive re-ceive one dime from the govern ment. Many young men whose day's wages have been the sole support of their families have been called away. Many other young men only 18 years of age barely a child yet are in the thick of the hell with their comrades on all fronts, and many others have made the supreme sacrifice so that these fellows and their families could continue to enjoy their luxury. There are young women in the ron-combat service of our country serving for them too and how can any man with a spark of honor say "let the other fellow do my part. Surely there is a place for them too, and Isn't this one war as much as another? There is only one name for The Sunday school officers and teachers will entertain the children chil-dren of the ward Saturday afternoon after-noon in the ward hall at a Christmas Christ-mas party. Santa will be there in person to give the children a treat. Games and dancing will be featured. Sunday morning the Sunday school members will give a Christmas program at 10:30 in the ward hall, and at 7:30 the M. I. A. arc presenting a Christmas cantata to which every one is cordially invited. John P. Hopkins of Salt Lake City was a Vineyard visitor Tuesday. Tues-day. Mrs. Maud Holdaway entertained entertain-ed her Primary boys of the Trek-ker Trek-ker and Guide group at a party at her home, Refreshments were served. The M. I. A. workers enjoyed a Christmas party Tuesday evc-;mans ning, each group sponsoring their Christmas gifts were and r c f r c shmcnts own party exchanged served. The Primary association held a Christmas social Wednesday i afternoon in the ward hall games ; were played and the children were given a Christmas treat. Mr. and Mrs. John Powell and three sons of Midvale, and Clarence Clar-ence Powell of Butte. Montana visited with Mr. and Mrs. Gcorgj Wells during the week. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Madsen Jr. received word from their son. TSgt.. Wilson Madsen had ar rived in the Philippines. He with the 145th Field Artillery. a coward or a slacker. Mrs. E. H. Smith 89-Year Old Man Hates To Travel HOUSTON, Tex. U.R Robert Windt was born 89 years ago in Houston. YOUR GI RIGHTS Vet Allotment Problem Told By ANN STEVICK NEA Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 Mrs. B. R. of this city, sends in this question, which may be puzzling other service wives: Q. I am married to an Army officer and am expecting a baby in March. My husband refuses to make out an allotment. How can I get one? A. Army commissioner personnel person-nel are assumed to be .officers, gentlemen, and good providers. There is no direct way their wives can force them to hand out tht living-expense money that an enlisted en-listed man's wife gets automatically. Air Set-Up racing Snags By PETER EDSON Daily Herald Washington Correspondent nuvu oeric s convention on Civil Aviation adopted at Chicago after six weeks of conferences with representatives of 50- odd nations seems, headed for trouble in the senate, willy nilly. First, jt will run head-on into Foreign Relations Com mittee opinion that no supplementary international agreements should be made until the Dumbarton Oaks thing is threshed out and a United Nations Organization to maintain peace and security is a little more of a reality. Second, it will be considered a violation of the senate's request, delivered to the President by Sen. Bennett Champ Clark's Commerce subcommittee on aviation, that no postwar flying commitments be made until congress determines policy. Third, it will clash with considerable consid-erable congressional opinion that at Chicago under Berle's leadership leader-ship the United States not only lost its flying shirt but also gave away its flying pants and boots when there was no reason for being be-ing that generous. There are two sides to this story and at this stage of the winged horse swapping it is im possible to make judgment. But behind one side of the story belief be-lief in some aviation circles that the United States delegation gave away more air rights than it had to there is a likely explanation of what led to the forced resigna tion of Adolf Berlc as. assistant secretary of state and an indica tion of what may happen next There Was a "Relative" Anjle The trouble begins from the fact that when Secretary of State Cordell Hull, ill, overworked and primarily interested in his big Dumbarton Oaks con ference. handed the aviation problem to Bene, brilliant New Dealer and Roosevelt appointee. The then Undersecretary of State Ed Stet tinius. being a brother-in-law o President Juan Trippe of Pan American Airlines, insisted that he be kept out of this deal for fear that charges would be made he was permitting family relationships rela-tionships to influence his decisions. de-cisions. This also explains why it was specified in the newly proposed pro-posed state department reorganization reorgan-ization that the international aviation avi-ation question be assigned to Assistant As-sistant Secretary-designate Will L. Clayton, with instructions that he report directly to the president. presi-dent. Anyway, with Hull and Stettinius Stet-tinius out of the picture and the President too busy with the election elec-tion to be bothered, Berlc had a clear track. The Chicago agenda, as drawn Desk Chat PERT AND PERTINENT nnnU mKn like to while away their time on sta- I .... . T. . . mm L ' 1 usucs, ciaim max wnen tne exiw made to strike a typewriter key Is multiplied by thousands of key depressions in a day,' the total ef fort required actually burns up more energy and muscular effort thfin iffht hr,iir mAwm mn. but it requires iar less mental effort to die ditches for eight hours than to think up all the 'interrupting 'interrupt-ing thoughts' necessary, to write a daily newspaper col umn. Aiary naa m inue imo. because she was reducing? "Canadian dairymen increase the milk output by the use of electric elec-tric light" news item it also affects, to a maixea degree, the wild oat crop. "The vocabulary of the average, 1 woman is restricted to about ow words. ..." but think of the turnover. IT SERVES A PURPOSE Free verse.. So-called, Has its uses; But I can't Name them Nor its purpose. Suppose, I wanted to write A biography Of someone Still living To etch the character Of someone Who has no worth Or personality In particular I'd have recourse To this form Of word-porridge. . . . The formless form Too scrambled For plain prose Yet not poignant enough For poetry. Then, you wouldn't know, Nor would I What his good deeds were As recorded on high. Rhet Oric, who used to con tribute many unusual observations observa-tions to this column, before he donned the Marine uniform, sends A in these: Sign in San Antonio: "Hot and cold baths lady barbers." Photographer's sign in Dallas: "Babies reduced to $4.00 per dor-en." You can take your plea to your husband's commanding officer, however, by sending your request to the Adjutant General. U. S. Army, Washington 25, D. C. If the,up by Berle's inter-departmental commanding officer sees fit, andCommjttec was announced by the doesn't have too much other urg- Department of State Sept. 29. but ent unfinished business on ms the full U. S. delegation was not mma. ne can mane it xougn ior an announced until Oct. 27, less than on ice r wno rex uses sucn oDuga- a .WCek before the parley was tions. If you're not past the point scheduled to open on Nov. 1. of persuasion, you can get your Four members of Congress were local Red Cross Home Service named among the 10 delegates United to send the field represen- Senators Bailey of North Carolina tetlve located near, your husband to try to influence him. on a three-day visit to Austin His dearest wish is to live long is enough "to go fishing with my grandson, who is busy right now Arlo Shumway and Dean Han-1 fighting Japs." sen left Sunday morning for San Windt has been married 54 Diego to begin training in the years, and claims his success in navy. They were inducted at tort marriage is because "I just let her he gets back A No. the GI Bill of Rights 50 per cent guaranteed home loans are specifically for veterans dis charged other than dishonorably. You'll have to wait till your husband hus-band is a veteran to get in on it. r :t iAii vr a c : And during those 89 years he's upyr,m' Lvn' "" ol',,w WV VII UUl J i 1 I 1 V V. 1 l J V1UJ viivv and Brewster of Maine, Representatives Repre-sentatives "Bui winkle of North Q. Can I get a home loan under I Carolina and Overton of New husbSd I, 2.525? w HkeTo t muscirti; warintTthe last Most so-called reforms start S,1 rJAJ Pre-Chicago meetings of the Am- from empty pockets. The fellow, have our new home ready htn. n ,,,,,- ,j .Jho holds kings or aces never v I l v u 1 1 UVUKQIIUII, n J laava iv - hand in shaping the policies to be howls ior a ivew ueai. Nnihinff is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. The j world is full of educated dere licts. Therefore, train yourself to master the habit of persistence and of sustained action. It is en thusiasm not ability or education educa-tion that helps men achieve greatness. nOn Boaster: "Yes. when I was in Africa, a lion ran across my path. I had no gun in my hand so I took a pail of water and poured pour-ed it over his head and he ran swav." Bored listener: "I can vouch for that. I was in Africa at the time and the lion ran into me and when I stroked his mane, it was still damp.". Douglas last Friday. have her own way. presented, and they sat down at! the conference table uninformed. The Senators Hit the Ceiling At Chicago Berle first presented the American delegation with his draft of the American proposals pro-posals and let it be known that all the members of the delegation delega-tion would be expected to sign it to show a united front. Sen- About 7000 miles of coaxial ca-:ators Bailey and Brewster, both bles will form a network stretch- iknown to favor the idea of one ing from Boston to Los Angeles to j strong U. S. airline company for be used to carry up to 480 dif-j international flying and both op-ferent op-ferent telephone channels simul- posed to granting too much free- taneously, as well as television dom of the U. S. air. hit the ceil- pictures, after the war. Why Super-Fortresses May Withdraw From China . MONGOLIA V jChino-baMdSuptr-Fortt I (V, s- fMMam1-,' V,-d,rortok JAPAN .rwrjffil-. mint fly to Japan or I J , J " JTi. ' rl 1 vast stretches o i"! r ' ' , x. 1, jr, i w MisLm CHIN K0$' Pacific Ocean Botnbtr Command -vo "- - V V ' jg &f mutt k flown - - rv r.. C ' ,u T iM.'Jl. hightst mountain l J 7 I SSrA J5P fl MARIANAS.. &URMAk Sjr3 a. tank shl. SK?. r -1----V JJV -- i2fc HONG K01I0 I aolnron at much r .""". Yir jrKm . V , J I fi to Saivaa a GUAM . w--f -kJ&i c7haia mvppiM " "t00?!!1":" -flck LUZ0Pl catties evar LU'u"f iii I Himalayas from I I ( ITHAILAND)Qe PHILIMINEsVlf IMiafcilOOO U'5? -1 " "jWrrVl I alrfcaws 1 CAROLINE IS. South Ts 31 i yr r t Awiomo TVAYA S CeeesSw SfrmW" fmse? P NIW GUINEA NEW GUINEA PUTATIVE PUN: You can't ex pect to rise up with the Sun if . you sit up late with the daugh- tcr. Yes. Evelyn, there is a differ- ' ence betwen women and tele-"; phones even though they both repeat re-peat what they hear, but remem- ber. the telephone repeats it ex- : actly. - - . . . At a atl . Modernized provero: v ining-r nf'hautv is annoved forever." A very small boy was taking his first elevator ride to the top of a tall building. When the elevator had shot up 30 stories at breathtaking breath-taking speed, the little lad asked his father, timidly: "Daddy, doesll God know we're coming? ing when they heard Berle's pro posals. They filed long protests and took plenty of exceptions. and in general let it be known they would not go along withi Berle's program. It was simply another case of the executive branch of the government going ahead witnout tuny consulting me uiai n wiey nnvc iv w w hum: legislative branch. Whatever a movie popular is to think up trouble develops will stem from, a naughty title. that Also, it should explain Mr. 0O0 Most of the things that shock Some movie producers think that all they have to do to make Berle's exit from his assistant secretaryship. sec-retaryship. Berle's interim plan, to ruri for not more than three years, will not be affected because it is in the nature of an executive agreement. agree-ment. The long-term "two freedoms" free-doms" convention is a treaty, our modesty would seem harmless it nobody was watching us. however, and must have Senate I ratification. I Also, 26 nations must ratify it before it becomes effective. The success of B-29 Super-Fortresses operating from their new Saipan base poses the questions of whether it is any longer militarily profitable to continue basing these air giants in China. Map above gives some of the reasons why the Saipan base is preferable. Twentieth Air Force flyers say the Marshall Islands base Is within "easy range" of key targets, whereas the Chinese bases are so far irgm Japan that the B-29s cannot carry a maximum bomb load. CHRISTMAS At Penney 's OPEN LATE Thursday - Friday - Saturday nAoMosi?oBio W m. mm |