Show r I little Nations' Nations Skeptical r Of Future Peace Terms Oppressed Countries Fear That Hatred or Indifference to Them Will Dominate Proposals When War Ends By BAUKHAGE Analyst and Commentator Service 1343 D n Street N W Washington D. D C. C Like voices crying in the wilderness wilderness wilderness wilder wilder- ness the little nations of the world are supplicating America They have been searching our declarations of the peace aims of the United Nations to see just how much we have actually promised to the little people And they are not sure at the present writing that it is very much Sooner or later the United States must go on record in black and white in simple straightforward English as to what we can offer besides glory and honor and gratitude gratitude gratitude tude and sympathy for the men and women who have already felt the yoke of war I had that brought home to me methe methe methe the other night It was nearly three o'clock clock o'clock in the morning The slim earnest earnest gentleman gentle gentle- man opposite me with the slightly foreign accent had lost track of time and it seemed as if the ancient clock on the th bookcase was discreetly muffling muffling muffling fling its chimes I was in no hurry for I knew I was hearing the soul of ofa a nation speak speak- You must remember my companion companion companion com com- panion was saying there are just two kinds of nations in the world today the big ones and the little ones And the little ones whose borders borders borders bor bor- ders are arc not now the scene of actual fighting or those that are still battlefields battlefields battlefields battle battle- fields or may soon be all be-all all are filled with fear Most of them have al already already already al- al ready felt the boots of invaders And they fear that the great machine will roll over them again that they will be obliterated and that when the peace comes they will be for for- gotten The big nations will make the peace The next day I read the statement out of the Finnish legation that Finland Finland Finland Fin land wants to stop fighting as soon as the threat to her existence has been averted and guarantees obtained obtained obtained ob ob- for her lasting security At about the same time there was made public in London the proposals proposals proposals pro pro- for revising the constitution of the government of the N Netherlands Netherlands Nether ether lands empire which would advance the autonomy of the Netherlands East and West Vest Indies and other pos pos- sessions I had already heard a Hollander from Java state in most emphatic terms that plans would be carried through to give the Javanese an equal standing with all other citizens citizens citizens citi citi- zens of the Netherlands empire after the war He pointed to the fact that one Javanese had already held the post of foreign minister in The Hau Hague e before the days of the in- in vader The Finnish statement and the Dutch intentions are both evidence of how those two small nations are trying now to assure the big democracies that regardless of present present present pres pres- ent conditions they only seek to maintain maintain maintain main main- tain or where it has to some degree been l lacking to attain the democracy democracy democracy racy which they claim is as sincere as ours whether they are under the oppressors' oppressors heel as Holland is or orare orare orare are maintaining a lopsided precarious ous neutrality like Spain or even fighting against one of the Allies like Finland Finland is not at war with any country but Russia I think it is also evidence of the growing certainty of the part of the small nations even those surrounded surround surround- ed by Nazi bayonets that it is only a question of time until the United Nations will triumph And they are afraid that war hatreds or indifference ence to the fate of the little nations will dominate the p peace ace They are afraid most of all that the United States will withdraw from the scene as we did after the last war leaving only a blueprint for peace the League of Nations and no power to enforce its decisions The Atlantic Charter to I them is not a very specific document Newspaper Man Man Man- And War Hero You have no idea how many farmers farm farm- ers are arc in the aviation corps Neither had 1 T until I talked with a small town boy I have mentioned him in this column before It was an interview I had with Sergt Robert Golay printers printer's devil and hero of the first American unified unified uni uni- fied Red flight over enemy territory in Europe the Europe the now famous raid over Holland on July fourth for which young Golay aerial machine gunner with others was decorated Golay is now instructing other small and large town boys in in theart theart the theart art in which he has become proficient proficient proficient pro pro- technically he is an armor er o or so started on his military career Before he went into the army Golay was a newspaper ma man mana man man- a small town newspaper man which means an around all one Not just justa a reporter reporter reporter-an an around all-around newspaper newspaperman man on the Fredonia Daily Herald Bob was a composer on the floor was getting pretty good with a linotype linotype linotype lino lino- type machine Of course like all newsmen in a town of five thousand he sold a little advertising collected I bills made out statements wrote sports and covered an occasional I wedding He was trying to make himself a newspaper man so that later he could work his way through Kansas university The Background A printer has to be nimble- nimble fingered He has to be precise Bob wasn't thinking of oft t that when he decided to get into th the war What he really was thinking of was all those flights in barnstorming planes that he had taken at the county fair fairand fairand fairand and anywhere he could get when he had the two dollars for a ride He was thinking of the Schneider cup races and the other flights he had followed of Byrds Byrd's trip to the Antarctic and the stories of Lindbergh's Lindbergh's Lindbergh's Lind Lind- berghs bergh's early career But naturally he asked the advice of his boss Ben Hudson who is publisher of the Herald Hudson is isa isa isa a veteran of World War Var I. I He served in the infantry I dont don't know but maybe the air corps is isas isas isas as far as you can get from the infantry infantry infantry in in- fantry among the combatant forces Hudson recommended the former So Bob went to Chanute Field in Illinois and signed up He soon became became became be be- came an and went to England England England Eng Eng- land as part of the aviation ground force Gunners have to know about guns and be able to demonstrate Bob ob could Gunners have to volunteer volunteer volunteer volun volun- teer for the job They arent aren't as as- signed Bob did and was accepted That's how he happened to be in inthe inthe inthe the turret when the U. U S. S air corps unit made its first independent raid over occupied Europe And because of coolness under enemy fire they gave him a medal and a pair of gunners gunner's wings Golay is going to have a tour of duty instructing for a while When he he doesn't know Hell He'll be glad he says to go anywhere in this wonderful world hes he's ordered but and there was a serious look lookin look lookin lookin in his brown eyes in spite of the smile when he said it Im a smalltown small smalltown smalltown town boy and I like it Like being back home said Sergt Robert L. L Golay when he obliged the photographer by returning returning returning return return- ing to the type case he gave up for Cor fora Cora a machine gun WP A Nursery Schools Six million dollars earmarked by congress in the 43 1942 Appropriation Appropriation Appropriation act for extension of VP A nursery schools will make possible the release of more than women women women wom wom- en for vital war work according to Mrs Florence Kerr assistant commissioner In peacetime WP A nursery schools were limited to children of low-income low families who could not afford to pay even a small amount for child care but in response to the more urgent demand emphasis for some months has been placed on service to children in war production production pro pro- areas Mrs Kerr ex ex- ex- ex Without nursery school service it would be impossible to utilize the labor of many women who today are performing tasks essential essential essential es es- es- es to the war effort Parents who are making good wages pay for this service in the WP A nurse nursery schools to their children on a sliding scale commensurate with their ability i The current pr program gram initiated in in 1933 today serves about children children chil chil- dren in 1250 nursery schools Mrs Kerr said Approximately Approximate Y locations locations loca loca- oca- oca in m defense areas where large laree numbers of mothers have entered in industry industry in- in already are being g benefited Mrs Kerf Kerr estimates that some 1200 additional nursery schools will have been established for children of working mothers mothers' by the end of 42 |