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Milestone
In American
Diplomacy
Good-Neighbor Policy
Brings Era cf Trust
And Strong Defense
By DAVID LAWRENCE.
Overshadowed perhaps by the
more spectacular news from the
Far East, the achievement at Rio
de Janeiro, whereby 21 American
republics acted
in unison against
the "Axis can
best b e meas
ured by imagin
ing the state of
affairs the
United States
would be in
today if the
Nazis had bases
In Brazil and in
the countries
immediate
ly aurround
lnf the Panama
Can&l.
David Lawranea.
The return of Sumner Welle*.
Undersecretary7 of State, has not
been heralded as the triumph It
really 1*. Nor has attention been
fiven to the year and a hall of work
done by Nelson Rockefeller and his
Office of Inter-American Affairs in
cultivating the ground on which
the latest evidence of Pan-American
•olidarity could be so firmly based.
Deepdr, however, than the accom
plishments of recent months is the
spirit of the Good-Neighbor policy
itself, which has been persistantly
acclaimed by President Roosevelt
and which will rank as one of the
most constructive policies in the his
tory of America's external relations.
New Era of Trust.
Again ahd again through past ad
ministrations the Presidents and
Secretaries of State have striven to
impress on the Central and South
American countries the sincerity of
purpose of the United States, but it
has remained for the Roosevelt ad
ministration to reach the goal.
Today Latin America trusts the
United States to a greater extent
than ever has been believed possible
among 20 soverign nations of differ
ing aspirations and interests.
The reason for the success of the
policy is that the American govern
ment has at last learned thRt the
nations to the South of us are In
dependent in spirit and can neither
be patronized nor bamboozled and
that concrete measures of friendship
are recognized as such when they
are disinterestedly presented.
While Secretary Hull and the en
tire State Department have given
Latin America a great deal of at- 1
tention in the last several years, It'
is a fact.that economic and cultural
relations inevitably had been neg
lected in the rush of diplomatic
business. Hence President Roose
velt was .wise, in -setting said* a.
separate institution of the Govern
ment here to co-ordinate all com
merical and cultural relations with
Central and South America. In
placing Mr. Rockefeller in charge
of It, he chose a young man who
had already spent considerable time
In Pan-American relationships of a
cultural as well as economic nature
and whose enthusiasm for the na
tions to the South of us was In
fectious.
The co-operation of Jesse Jones.
Federal loan administrator, and
Warren Lee Pierson, the head orthe
Export-Import Bank, and the de
velopment of a system of priorities
and allocations through the Board
of Economic Warfare, of which Vice
President Wallace is the head, were
all factors in laying the foundation
for the progress made at Rio last
month.
Latin America has felt the pinch
Of the world-wide economic situa
tion. Shipping is scarce. Certain!
raw materials and manufactured
goods from the United States are
vital to the preservation of the eco- |
nomic equilibrium of most of the
Pan-American countries. This was
the kind of thing which, if mis-'
handled, could have produced ill
feeling or apathy when it became
necessary to obtain uniform action
In breaking with the Axis.
Score Defense Victory.
Once diplomatic relations are sev
ered. fifth columnists can be weeded
out, shore lines can be patrolled to
prevent submarine bases from being
established and generally America's
defense can be promoted. One needs
only to look at the map to realize
whit Japan could do on the West
Coast and what Germany could do
In the South Atlantic if either na
tion had air or submarine bases in
this hemisphere. Messrs. Welles and
Rockefeller and the entire Washing
ton mechanism which has been spe
cializing in Pan-American relations
had as much to do with national de
fense in what they have painstak
ingly labored to accomplish these
last 18 months as if they had been
part of our military and naval forces
themselves.
What Is more important, however.
Is that a foundation has been laid
on which a permanent policy can
be superimposed. The steps which
the United States have taken, with
the countries to the south of us re
ciprocating, will live long in the
memories of all the peoples In this
hemisphere. It is the kind of con
■tructive relationship that a future
armistice in this war, instead of sus
pending, may well build further be
cause it is a rare example of the
kind of international co-operation
that can be developed through the
processes of reason and mutual trust.
It is a milestone in American history.
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The Private Chauffeurs’ Benevo
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celebrate Its 18th anniversary with,
a dance at the Shorehatn Hotel at
9 p.m. Thursday. There will be a
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public is invited. -r
The Political Mill
Flynn's Call for Democratic Congress Viewed
By G. 0. P. as Invitation to Battle
By GOULD LINCOLN.
Chairman Edward J. Flynn of
the Democratic National Com
mittee last night called for the
election of a Democratic House
in the coming congressional elec
tions. That is entirely natural.
When he added, however, ‘‘I nat
urally feel that no misfortune ex
cept a major military defeat could
■ befall this country to the extent
involved in the election of a Con
gress hostile to the President,”
he went top far, in the opinion of
the Republicans. The G. O. P.
leaders insist they are just as
anxious to win the war—and to
• id the President in the war ef
fort— as the Democrats. They
resent being told that the elec
tion of a "Congress hostile to
the President"—which, they say,
can only mean a Republican Con
gress. when the remainder of Mr.
Flynn's remarks are considered—
would equal a "major military de
feat.” *'
"It's a defeat of the Democratic
party which Mr. Flynn la clearly
thinking about—hot of the Na
tion,” Sena.tr . Austin of Vermont,
assistant Republican leader of
the Senate, suggested.
Wilson Tried It.
Mr. Flynn has thrown down
the gauntlet in a big way to
the political foe—if any needed
throwing. It was Just a little
early In coming. But It may be
taken for granted that as time
progresses the plea for the elec
tion of a Democratic Congress as
a necessary requisite to winning
the war will be shouted louder
and louder by Mr. Flynn and by
other Democrats. The same kind
of plea was made in 1918, during
the last World War, when Presi
dent Woodrow Wilson was in the
White House and a congressional
election was at hand. How much
It had to do with what happened
in that election it is not possible
to estimate closely. The result,
however, was the election of a
Republican House majority.
Chairman Flynn also gave in
his address last night in the Na
tional Radio Forum a good pre
view of the kind of attack which
the Democratic high command
will launch against the Republic
ans. It will seek to crucify the
G. O. P. as the party of isola
tionism, as the party which re
sisted by Its votes in Congress
the various steps which the
Roosevelt administration initi
ated for national defense. Mr.
Flynn's remarks were directed
particularly to Representative
“Joe” Martin, Republican leader
of the House and also chairman
of the Republican National Com
mittee. Mr. Martin previously
had delivered an address in
which he claimed for the G.' O.- Pi
the right to criticize aonstruo*
tively the course of the adminis
tration, even though a war is on.
Mr. Flynn called attention td the
fact" that Lease-Lend Act was
fought by the Republican party,
with Mr. Martin participating;
that when the President some
time ago had asked for an ap
propriation to fortify the Island
of Guam, it had been attacked
by Representative Fish as an at
tempt to start a conflict where
there was no thought of war, and
that Mr. Martin had voted with
him against that appropriation.
And further, that Mr. Martin and
the great bulk of the Republic
ans had voted against the ex
tension of military service act.
Vulnerable as Isolationists.
The Republicans are vulnerable
to this kind of attack. They
played the isolationist game—
with some exceptions—despite
the growing conviction in the
country that the United States
could not remain Isolated. Mr.
Flynn makes the point that if the
Republican leadership had pre
vailed the country would have
been in deplorable state when
war did come.
To this Republicans reply that
the country was in no readiness
for war—despite the fact that
billions of dollars had been ap
propriated last year for national
defense, with their votes going
along. Furthermore, they Insist
that for the Democratic leaders
ship to revert now to the failure
of Republicans in Congress to
vote for' lease-lend and other
measures proposed by the Presi
dent in line with his foreign pol
icy, merely serves to bring to the
fore again the old bitterness be
tween the isolationist groups and
the Interventionist groups. What
is needed now, they say, is unity
of people and purpose to win the
war. If the Democrats wish to •
make that kind of attack, they
add. It is their belief it will react
against them—not the Repub
licans. That Is a question, how
ever. which the elections them
selves alone can answer.
The upshot of the Flynn
speech, following that of Mr.
Martin, is clearly the beginning
of political campaign that, may
become one of the most brisk be
fore it closes. In the course of
his speech, Mr. Flynn remarked
that "it is plain to every one that
the Republican party is not as
much interested in winning the
war as it is interested in con
trolling the House of Representa
tives." That, in the opinion of
Mr. Martin, removes all wraps
from the G. O. P. in the coming
fight.
Brick Bats to Fly.
It is idle to think In any case
that there can be a campaign for
political elections without a fight.
Brick bats will be thrown by both
sides. Both aides will claim that
they wish above all things to win
the war against the Axis power*.
Both sides will claim that they,
and they alone, can really do a
first-class Job at winning the war.
As for their own private and par
ticular war, they will attend to
that, too.
Chairman Flynn also has an
nounced plans for raising some
much-needed cash for the Demo
cratic war coffers. Instead of
holding the usual Jackson Day
dinners at which the Democrats
subscribe anywhere from $100 a
plate to $5, $3 and $2, a series
of dinners will be held February1
23. when George Washington's
birthday will be celebrated, and
President Roosevelt will deliver
another "hreslde chat." He point- ‘ j
»d oat that the Democratic Na- * i
tlonal Committee has a debt of
about $600,000 still on its hands,
igfOWWg!’OQt of the fast campaign.
And he called the coming con
gressional election "perhaps the
mogt Important in our country's/
history.”
Mr. Flynn took occasion in his
address to recall that the Presi
dent in the summer of 1940
had appointed two distinguished
Republicans, Secretary of War
Stimson and Secfetary of the
Navy Knox, to his cabinet, and
that he had appointed others
engaged in the war effort, among
them former Secretary of War
Patrick J. Hurley, now Minister
to New Zealand. "It Is a real
coalition Government,” com
mented Mr. Flvnn. If that is so.
retort the Republicans, "why all
the fuss about electing Repub
licans to Congress?”
CTHE opintona of the writers on this page are their own, not
x necessarily The Star’s. Such opinions are presented in The
Star’s effort to give all sides of questions of interest to its
readers, although such opinions may be contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Star’s.
Navy's Blow at Jap Bases
Skillful Maneuver Executed by U. S.
In Catching Crafty Enemy Napping
By COL. FREDERICK PALMER.
‘‘The-quality of our naval officers
and men has not changed," I wrote
recently. “Let us be patient. We
shall again be cheering our Navy."
E v l dentiy a
special task force
for the mission
was assigned to
the attack on
the Marshall and
one of the Gil
bert Islands.
That on the
Marshalls was
one which had
been anticipated
as one of our
Initial steps in
a war with Ja
pan.
Col. Frt4 trick Ftlmtr.
Lest our neet oe struck in nans
and rear in any movement far west
ward. we had to dig the Japs out
of the 2,000-mile stretch of their
mandated islands, which they had
long been fortifying. We had only
started fortifying Guam as a way
station bp-se in their midst.
The measure of combat results
is in the amount of damage done
in ratio to the costs. We brought
our warships so close that ours guns
were in range of their bases. While
a bomber has only a second over
the target and has a limited supply
of ammunition, a naval gun, once on
the target, pours on a succession of
shells out of the plentiful reserve
in the ship's magazines.
Base* ‘Crippled or Destroyed.
None of ours ships wm seriously
damaged. We crippled or destroyed
the bases, also auxiliary ships which
are vital in supply for bases and
warships.
It was the Jap air force which
was caught this time off the alert.
Eleven of our flyers failed to re
turn. One has only to Itnow our
naval flyers to know the spirit and
skill with which they drove at their
objectives.
We hit the Japanese in a vulner
able spot, and we must have gotten
most important Information about
other weak spots. If the main Jap
battle fleet is in the mandated is
lands, it chose not to come out for
action, or did not get out promptly
enough. But it may be sure it will
have another chance. A skillful
job was done against a crafty enemy
who was caught napping.
Destroying the new base the Japs
were making on an Island of the
Gilbert group, which were captured
after the war, should be further
assurah'ce to the Australians. Our
Navy has pushed the bows of Its
ships half way from Hawaii to
North Australia.
It is not in order,to indulge ip,
undue elation or prophecy as to the
next move. We have ships built!
for long-range cruising In view of j
the Pacific distances. But sure
progress against an enemy who is
sticking out his neck is better than
the delays that might come from
sticking out our own.
A question of tactical naval policy
and timing are involved with the
hot impatience of the Navy to
avenge Pearl Harbor when we are
all praying that it can blast a pas
sage for relief to Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur.
He and his Regulars and Filipinos
still have the honor of having given
the Japs their greatest surprise.
The gun fire of our fortress system
at the entrance to Manila Bay
crushed the barges thick with Jap
2 Held for Grand Jury
In Fatal Shootings
Two men charged by police last
week with fatal shootings were or
dered held for the action of the
grand jury by a coroner’s jury yes
terday.
The men are Thomas Dorsey,
colored, 25, and Robert Butler, col
ored, 31, of the 1100 block of Fifth
street N.W. Dorsey is charged by
police with the fatal shooting of
his wife, Mrs. Maggie Dorsey, 29, on
January 29 in the basement of an
apartment house at.1424 Sixteenth
street N.W. Butler allegedly shot
to death Jesse Brown, colored. 40.
of the 1200 block of Kirby street
N.W. on January 31.
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soldiers about to cross the channel
for a storming operation.
Instead of yielding prisoners, Gen.
MacArthur is taking prisoners. With
gun fire and rifle Are, In aggressive
fighting, at close quarters, he has
shattered crack Jap shock divisions.
Barfei Driven Back.
The wonder of the whole Far
Eastern campaign would be if Batan
and Corregldor should hold out
longer than Singapore. Already the
Japs have massed on the north side
of the mile-wide stretch of water
which makes Singapore an island.
Already, In their haste to finish this
job on schedule when they have
failed in others, they have essayed a
crossing, but gun fire has sunk or
driven back their barges<
They have exposed themselves by
land, sea and air to /lank attack in
their drive down the narrow Malay
Pelnlnsula. An expeditionary force
from Burma could cut their com
munications by landing on the west
coast. Wide open strategic oppor
tunity calls for the effort even as a
stroke of desperation.
Foreseeing this danger, the Japs
have sought to block it by their of
fensive against Rangoon. Sir Arch
ibald P. Wavell may be biding his
time to strike after the Japs are
heavily engaged, suffering big losses,,
and need more men and materiel to
continue the siege of Singapore. But
the British are so hard pressed in
the defense of Rangoon they may
have no forces to spare for such a
venture.
The Singapore garrison has
cleared the field of fire for the
fortress guns. But apparently the
people who occupied It were evac
uated to the south shore. All the
residential population of 1.500,000
and an Immense number of refugees
are still on the island.
They must have food and drinking
water of which there is a shortage,
and this becomes a serious handicap
no matter if the fortress is strong
and has a well supplied garrison.
The magazines and living space for
the soldiers are not sunk in the rock
as are those of Corregidor. and of
Malta, which has withstood bomb
ings since the war began.
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Newipeper Alliance, Ine.)
Money Makes Mules Go,
At $500 Per Pair
By the Ai*ocI»ted Press.
COLUMBIA. Tenn., Feb. 3
Mules sold yesterday at $500 a pair, ■
a price not seen here since the first
World War.. , I
L. B. Robinson sold a pair of mate .
mules for $500 even and Charles
SWllington received $525 for a pair.
Mr. Robinson said his mules were
valued J$st spring ,at between tart4
and $400.' 'u..- s-|
The supply of mules was inade
quate to fill buyers’ needs for the
first time this winter.
This Changing World
Anzacs Want to Doal Directly With U. S.
On All Matters Affecting Pacific Defense
By CONSTANTINE BROWN.
There Is a strong desire on the
part of Australia and New Zea
land to make Washington the
center of strategy of all Allied
operations in the Pacific.
Although It Is believed the
Canadians would not oppose such
a scheme, opposition In the Brit
ish cabinet and House of Com
mons is certain, over fear of
what may happen to the Pacific
dominions after the war if they
become accustomed to looking to
the United States as their prin
cipal pillar of support.
TUe Australian and New Sea*
X
car* much
fca tuii/
land government* are not partic
ularly worried now about post
war problems Their main con
cern is to save their territories
from invasion.
Because the United States has
its hands freer than Great Brit
ain and because this country is
the arsenal of democracy and the
principal source of man power
for the Pacific war, the Canberra
and Auckland governments want
to deal as directly as possible
with Washington in all matters
concerning defense of the Pacific.
It Is obvious to all who know
the state of mind of those two im
portant partners of the British
Empire that there is no question
of severing ties with London. The
desire of Australia and New Zea
land to have Washington as the
strategic center of the Pacific
war is due solely to the fact that
the dominions can't afford de
lays.
Singapore an Eye-Opener.
What is happening at Singa
pore today has been an eye
opener for the dominions. Be
cause the British high command
decided to ehsse wlll-o’-the-wisp
Gen. Erwin Rommel, the newest
and best American and British
bombers and pursuit planes were
concentrated in Libya and only
left-overs were sent to defend
Singapore and the Malay Penin
sula.
This strategy is packed with
more disastrous consequences
than if the British had merely
maintained themselves in de
fensive positions on the Egyptian
Libyan border and had sent an
adequate number of bombers and
other types of planes to the Par
East.
Even today, it is feared in the
Pacific dominions, Great Britain
may decide, or be compelled to
slow down the flow of war mate
rial and men to the threatened
Pacific areas In the event the
Nazis begin an all-out attack In
the Mediterranean and the Near
East or attempt an Invasion of
Great Britain.
There is complete co-ordination
between the Japanese and Nazi
general staffs. Should the Jap
anese encounter stiff opposition
from the United Nations, it is
more than probable that Hitler
will start operations threatening
the vital lines of Great Britain or
the islands themselves. It Is only
natural for the London govern
ment. considering the shirt closer
than the coat, to make every pos
sible effort to stop the direct Nazi
threat to England.
Britain Can't Spare Planes.
Britain Is still relying to a great
extent on war materials and even
man power from the United
State*. For the time being, ahe
can spare a few divisions and a
number of planes for the Pacific
area. But she cannot spare men
of-war or planes In great quan
tities.
When the Nazi attack begins,
and moat military experts believe
it cannot be delayed more than a
few weeks, Britain will need every
man and plane at her disposal.
When this happens — assuming
that the German attack will be
gin before the Japanese are phys
ically exhausted—the dominions
fear they will be told to fend for
themselves In the defense of their
territories.
Australia and New Zealand be
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S~i
lieve the problem facing the
United 8tates is very close to
their own. They are convinced
that America, with its ever-grow
ing industrial power and its huge
potential of man power, will be In
a better position than Britain to
rush to their support in time
of need.
Thus, without prejudice to Brit
ain's position in the war. they
would like to have their own
plenipotentiaries in Washington
to deal directly with the United
States Government and to discuss,
on their own. the Pacific strategy.
Their shouts for help are more
audible in Washington than In
London. '
Englishman Donates
To Manila Raid Victims
By the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 3 -cFrom mufeh
bombed England a 10-shilllng dona
tion has come for the ‘‘Manila air
raid victim*’ fund."
Mayor C. H. Reeder displayed the
British note, worth $1.10, and a
letter, from the donor, w. H. Dear
war of Haddenham. Cambridgeshire,
ashing that the money be placed in
the proper fund for "relieving the
victims of the Japanese blitzkreig of
Manila." -
The Mayor said he would turn
the money over to the Army-Navy
Relief Fund.
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McLemore—
Cute Girl Workers
Upset Plane Plants
By HENRY McLEMORE.
LOS ANGELES. Calif.—Aviation
in California has a new problem.
It's not tricycle landing gears,
pitch propellers, fire power or ra
tloned rubber.
No, Its new
problem Is an
old one, and In
volves what Kip
ling once fool
ishly described
as “a rag.« bone
and a hank of
hair!”
You're right.
folk*, It'* the
gals. Blue-eyed
gals and skinny
gals. Redhead
ed gals and over
•Henry MeLemore.
sized gals. Serious gals and flighty
gals. All sizes and all sorts of gals.
Since the attack on Pearl Harbor
Calif ornla's major airplane factories
have employed thousands and thou
sands of woman workers. There la
scarcely a plant that doesn't have a
powder room or where the rouge
and lipstick doesn’t stand on equal
terms with the cut plug and the
briar pipe.
The girls are doing a magnificent
job. They have proved they are
worth the 60 end 75 cents an hour
that they receive for helping in the
assembling of bombers and fighters
and trainers. On the more monoto
nous Jobs—you know, the kind
where, for hour after liour, you tuck
a little bit of wire hefe, you twist a
bolt here, you pat something down
here—they have show’h themselves
to be more efficient than men.
* * a *
But the girls have produced a few
headaches, Just as girls have alwaya
done since Eve was determined to
keep the doctor away with a bit*
Into that forbidden wlnesap.
Clothes have been a great problem.
When the plants were first opened
to woman workers the gals arrived
on the Job wearing any and every
i thing. They came in voile creations,
dotted swiss jobs, crepe print num
bers. tailored suits. Mother Hub
bards. boudoir aprons, slacks, shorts
and almost everything else that you
j can find in a girl's wardrobe.
Tough foremen threw up their
hands In horror. Hard-bitten ma
■ chinlsts quivered and shook at the
‘ sight. Overalled mechanics mut
| tered oaths that all but started the
motors of nearby planes.
The girls were told that they must
report in slacks; that to allow them
| to frisk around in billowing skirts
would endanger their lives.
No one really knew the variety of
slacks that were worn until the girls
started showing up for work in their
: slacks.
The cute girl workers, the pretty
ones, and the well—well, the well
built ones—took to slacks that were
more appropriate for the first line
of a Broadway chorus than an air
plane factory. Quite a rumpus was
raised when the foremen of one
factory rebelled against a worker
wearing a trousers and halter outfit.
He demanded that she cover up
some of the exposed sections of her
anatomy.
The girl said okay, she would,
but not until the men in the shop
abandoned the habit of working
without their shirts. This developed
into quite a battle. The men said
they had been working without
shirts for years and they would be
blankety-blank if any gal could
come in and dictate how they should
dress.
You know who won, dont you, or
aren't you married?
* * * *
What the airplane factories want
is a standardized girl worker. Ones
that are too pretty upset the place.
As a matter of fact, the ones that
are too lovely and look too well In
a sweater, say, are not employed.
It has been found that this type
upsets the production of a plant.
Some nosey statistician has figured
out that to tatfe a Hollywood
starlet through a factory is magnifi
cent for morale but terrible for pro
duction, and costs dozens of man
hours. It seems that no matter how
patriotic a workman Is, how Inter
ested he is In his work, he simply
can't help being more interested in
a delicious little thing in a sunsult
than he is In a bomber.
The thousands and thousands of
woman workers' are determined not
to lose their feminity. A Los An
geles depaWment store, in polling
them to ascertain a market for their
merchandise, found that the girls
wanted only one kind of clothes—
the frilliest, fluffiest stuff that could
be stitched up by hand or machine.
I'm afraid that, war or no war,
women are not going to be stand
ardized.
What are your views on the sub
ject?
Write me care of the Dead Letter
Office and let me know.
(Distributed by MrNsusht Byndicst*. Ine.)
Freighter Escapes U-Boat
Sighted Off Hatteras
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 3 —Officers and
crew members of the American
freighter Bellingham sighted an
enemy submarine off Cape Hatteras
on the night of January 37, It was
announced officially last night by
the 3d Naval District.
As to whether the submarine
made any attempt to attack the
Bellingham, which Immediately
changed from the course it had
been following, there was a differ
ence of opinion between officers
who were on the bridge and one
member of the crew, said the an
nouncement read by Ensign Norton
Wood of the Public Relations Office.
"No attack was apparent to the
officers who were on the bridge.”
the announcement said, "but a fire*
man who was on the after deck
house, thought afterward that he
had seen a torpedo cut across their
wake.”
The incident, the Announcement
said, was reported by Capt. H. C.
Willis of the Bellingham, a 5.345
ton vessel which carries a crew
at at.