Evening star. [volume], January 26, 1944, Page A-9, Image 9

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Misguided Efforts
Organizations Like ‘Peace Now’ Held
Dangerous to United Nations’ Cause
By DAVID LAWRENCE.
There’s nothing more dangerous to the cause of the United
Nations at this time than such movements as are being sponsored
by the “Peace Now” type of organization.
However well meaning are the individuals who want to see
peace moves made immediately, they must realize that the present
hostilities can come to an end only
. by a demonstration of complete
military su
premacy by the
Allies or by a
collapse of Ger
many with sur
render at once
by her armed
forces.
Every sort of
• n couragement
that can be giv
en by the Allied
spokesmen t o
the German
people to aban
don their rulers
and accept mili
tary surrender D»rid Lawrenc*
to the Allied command is to be wel
comed, but any initiative from the
United States or Britain or Russia
that looks toward a discussion of
terms of peace would imply to all
the world that the German Armies
had not been defeated and were
merely arranging an armistice
based on a draw or stalemate.
The phrase "negotiated peace”
can onlv mean that surrender is
conditioned on terms relating to
postwar settlement. This was not
tolerated in 1918 and cannot be
tolerated now. The procedure fol
lowed irt the World War was to de
mand surrender and then, after the
armistice, the terms of peace were
written by the Allies and handed
to the Germans to sign on the dot
ted line. The German representa
tives were not present at the Paris
Peace Conference and were called
in at Versailles only when the
treaty was finished. Such changes
in the document as were made at
Versailles were minor in nature.
The only kind of peace that the
Allied people want to see at the end
of this war is a "dictated peace,”
which means a peace settlement
that is within the discretion of the
Allied representatives and only after
military surrender of Germany is
an accomplished fact.
The misguided effort of "Peace
Now” is that it gives the German
rulers grounds for fighting on and
holding on, their theory being that
the Allies would negotiate terms
of peace. One reason why this is
Impracticable is that the United
Nations cannot discuss peace with
the representatives of Hitler or his
regime at any time, and the first
condition is that the German
armies surrender and hand over
Hitler and his staff to the custody
of the Allies, after which terms of
peace for the German people will
be fixed.
It would certainly be timely u
the Allies announced that the ar
rest and delivery of the principal
Hitlerites to the Allies must be
made before any surrender by Ger
many will be accepted. Mussolini
slipped out of Allied hands because
this procedure was not followed
last summer when the high com
mand of Italy was trying to capit
ulate.
The mischief in the "Peace Now”
activities is Just the same as that
which "Pravda,” the Russian news
paper, sensed last week—namely,
that rumors of peace must be
scotched at once and the whole
world notified that they are base
less. While the "Pravda” incident
may have caused some dismay at
the time, it has served to make
clear that there are no "separate
peace” maneuvers going on any
where. This was one way to con
vey to the German people that
thev need not put their hopes in
a division of the Allies on the diplo
matic front.
Talk of peace gets to the Allied
soldiers and gives them false hopes
of early return home and tends to
diminish their interest in further
fighting. It is a weapon which is
worth more to the enemy than any
other. That’s why it is vital to
squelch any “Peace Now” activities
at their very inception.
(Reproduction Rlihts Reserved.)
Recruiting Drive Ordered
To Man Alabama Mines
By the Associated Press.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. Jan. 26.—
Declaring the shortage of coal
miners in Alabama has “reached the
critical stage,” James A. Downey,
jr., area director for the War Man
power Commission, today ordered an
intensive recruitment drive for 2,500
additional miners.
Mr. Downey said the supply of
coal above ground is sufficient for
only 10 days, and that some rail
roads in this area are operating with
only a five-day supply.
“It is imperative to supplement
the dangerously low stock piles,” Mr.
Downey said. “These stock piles are
being depleted at a rate which
threatens to slow down the war
effort and severely restrict civilian
use of coal.”
Approximately two-thirds of Ala
bama coal is used by industrial
plants, principally by the iron and
steel manufacturers.
Grant, Lee, Lincoln
Meet at Army Post
By the Associated Pres*.
SAVANNAH, Ga—Capt. R. D.
Grant, quartermaster executive offi
cer at Chatham Field, came into a
base warehouse, met another offi
cer whom introduced himself:
“I’m Lee.”
"I'm Grant,” replied the executive
officer. Then Lee turned, motioned
to a nearby officer, said:
I “Grant, meet Lincoln.”
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Answers to
Questions
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question of fact by writlnt The Eve
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By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
Q. What is the significance of the
use of white crosses on an air
port?— M. B.
A. At Pantelleria white crosses
were used to indicate surrender.
Q. What is the leading copper
producing State?—B. L. M.
A. In 1942, Arizona led with 390,
500 tons.
Q. How is it possible to deter
mine the antiquity of a fossil?—
I. E. K.
A. The Smithsonian Institution
says the age of a fossil is deter
mined from the position of the
layer of rock in which it is em
bedded. The oldest layer would be
the lowest one and the most recent
layer would be at the top of the
series.
Q. How many birds can the mock
ing bird imitate?—E. L. H.
A. Mocking birds vary greatly in'
their powers of mimicry. Some
have been known to imitate the
songs of more than 30 different
birds within a period of 10 minutes.
Q. When was the President’s
house at Hyde Park, N. Y., built?—
R. H.
A. The house was built by Eph
raim Holbrook in 1826 and pur
chased by James Roosevelt 40 years
later.
Q. When did the justices of the
Supreme Court of the United States
begin to wear robes?—E. M.
A. William Allen Butler wrote
that the first Chief Justice, John
Jay, wore an ample robe of black
silk with salmon colored facings. A
contemporary Senator referred to
the "six venerable judges in parti
colored robes.”
Q. Please explain what is meant
by "revival tents.”—E. H. D.
A. These are tents which provide
showers, shaves and change of uni
form for soldiers in Italy upon tem
porary relief from front-line duty.
The tents move as the infantrymen
advance from place to place, keep
ing close behind.
Q. Have the Japanese alwayy
been a warlike people?—J. S.
A. The Japanese are described in
their annals as a nation of soldiers.
In the 7th century, one-fourth to
one-third of their able-bodied men
were in the army.
Q. Is the barometer affected by
winds?—J. T.
A. The Weather Bureau says that
occasionally it may happen that a
strong wind will cause a reduction
in air pressure on the leeward aide
of a building and thereby may re
duce the pressure in a building
and thus affect the barometer. The
reduction in pressure caused by this
means is usually slight and a sensi
tive instrument is needed to show it.
Application of UMW
May Be Reconsidered
Today by AFL Chiefs
By the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 26.—The United
Mine Workers’ application for re
afllliatlon with the American Fed
eration of Labor may be reopened
today as the result of a request by
UMW President John L. Lewis for
a clarification of the AFL’s terms.
The Federation’s Executive Coun
cil proposed Monday that the UMW
return "with the Jurisdiction they
had when they left the AFL.’’
A telegram which Mr. Lewis is
understood to have sent to the
council yesterday called for a clear
cut definition of what the council
understands to be the UMW’s former
jurisdiction. Mr. Lewis’ friends say
the jurisdiction over chemical work
ers, at least so far as coal derivatives
are concerned, was implied if not
expressed in the UMW charter which
the Federation suspended in 1936.
Mr. Lewis, it appeared, wants a
detailed statement of the terms on
which he may be readmitted. It is
obvious that he may return with
members directly connected with the
coal mining industry.
The issue is how far the AFL is
willing to go in recognizing Mr.
Lewis’ organizing rights outside the
actual mining and preparation of
coal and coke.
Reject British Invitation.
The council yesterday refused an
invitation to a world labor confer
ence sponsored by the British
Trades Union Congress in London
next June.
The AFL. in rejecting the invi
tation, objected to the sponsorship.!
the participants and the time of the
conference.
Invitations have been extended to
the CIO, Independent Railroad
Brotherehoods and the United Minej
Workers in this country and to the
labor organizations in 36 other coun
tries, including the Soviet Union,
Spain, many of the occupied coun- ‘
tries and those of Latin America. I
The CIO has announced it will send
a delegation.
Offer Counterproposal.
The council said that at the ap
propriate time a conference should
be called by the International Fed
eration of Trade Unions. Only the
“dominant” labor movements of par
ticipating countries are members of
that organization. The Soviet Union
is not a federation member.
Without mentioning any country,
the council statement said, "The
delegations from some nations in
vited to attend cannot truly repre
sent free and democratic labor be
cause no free and democratic union
movement now exists in those
countries.”
Asked at a news conference how
there could be a representative
world conference without a Soviet
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