Show MY WEEK B By Y Eleanor Roosevelt United Features Service WAR VAR GUILT There is a column by Mr which I think is particularly fine He points out that the search for an in individual individual in- in or a group of people on whom to pin possible war guilt is really futile Adolf Hitler has told us that he planned for this war and that he has thought out each move with care before making it Mr tells us that even i if we are drawn into the war it will not be our doing but the prearranged prearranged prearranged pre pre- arranged plan of Mr Hitler He expresses express s it of course much better than I can but the thought seemed to me to be one that it is wise to bring home to all of us because what happens during the next years does not lie entirely in our own hands Our statesmen our congress congress and our people may strive in the sanest and most temperate way to meet each situation as it arises But weare we weare are dealing with people who lay their plans far ahead and we will have to try to be as sighted far-sighted as they are For the time being I think that sightedness far-sightedness lies in stepping up our production in aiding those who believe in the things in which we believe and at the same time in I preparing ourselves in every possible possible possible ble way for future defense Part of this defense it seems to me is a mental defense and is as important for the women and children as the men It lies in building within us a kind of courage which is ready to meet whatever comes and which is willing to prepare to do so SUNNY DAYS' DAYS At Golden Beach Fla our days continued bright and sunny and so I glorious at night that it seemed a pity not to be 18 again and subject to its influence We had some showers but they were over quickly and everything seemed to be greener green green- er afterwards One afternoon Ignace drove down from Palm Beach to call on me He had gone there to attend a concert and evidently had enjoyed his evening It was very kind of him to come to see me but I felt rather guilty that he should take so much trouble The last two years have not been happy ones for him with the storm clouds gathering everywhere and the danger coming closer to his beloved beloved beloved be be- loved Poland I think when you have given as much of yourself as ashe ashe ashe he has to his country it must be bitter indeed to see all your world thrown m away and apparently lost because of the cruel ambitions of one man I do not suppose however that any really good work is ever lost Somewhere the seed remains and the influence is felt in the future But for a time at least all that has done as a a. a statesman statesman statesman states states- man must seem to him wiped out One feels that these years have sapped his strength but his eyes are as keen as ever and they look at you with an expression which is indicative of the same courage we have grown to expect from this gentleman We were interested too in his I young secretary who told us a good deal about his travels in South America I was happy to have this opportunity of seeing once again a avery avery avery very great man and shall take his message to the President when I return to Washington GIRL SCOUTS The Girl Scouts have now celebrated celebrated celebrated cele cele- their twenty-ninth twenty birthday All over this country groups of Girl Scouts are preparing through their various programs to meet the emergencies of the future The points which they emphasize in their training are all points which make for better citizens in any community Through their camps they teach the building of health and the value of outdoor life They develop habits habits habits hab hab- its of self-reliance self and resourcefulness resourceful resourceful- ness which are a safeguard in their everyday lives They learn the value of conservation for the country and for the individual at home Recreation is emphasized as a ai apart apart i part of healthy normal living and above everything else they feel they are a necessary part of any community community community com com- in which they live because they give service They have already already al al- ready offered many hours of work to the nation in the defense program and probably have learned the first and most important lesson that defense defense de de- defense de- de begins at home The better you make your community the better better better bet bet- ter the defense of the nation will be Their contribution to Pan Ameri can friendship through the encampment encampment encampment encamp encamp- ment held last summer where 13 countries of the Western Vestern hemisphere were represented was really a significant significant sig sig- significant sig- sig achievement WM Wl SHIRER IN BERLIN The other day I read in the March Atlantic Monthly the war diary of William M. M Shirer entitled With the German Armies You have doubtless heard him many a morning morning morning morn morn- ing reporting by radio from Berlin As he enters Paris he remarks I have a fec feeding ing that what we are seeing here in Paris is the complete breakdown of French society A collapse of the army of the government government government govern govern- ment of the morale of the people Itis It Itis Itis is almost too tremendous to be be- lieve J Y j j It i c If 3 i. i 1 ff f i d i. i ii w. w b h IJ oJ i |