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Heffernan Says: National Whirligig RAY TUCKER'S 4 BROOKLYN EAGLE, SATURDAY, Pg5. 10, 1944 Power Politics Is Seen As Obstacle to Peace Poland Offers The Test LETTER President velt's best friends on Capitol Hill will present him with an embarrassing New Year's gift soon after States Senate are beginning to have their doubts. Senate Republican Leader Wallace II. White of Maine is the latest to warn President Roosevelt that the trend toward power politics in Europe may prove a fatal obstacle to Senate approval of the Dumbarton Oaks proposal for a world peace organization and that the prevailing "diplomatic discord" might well result in its complete defeat. Such a fear has a basis injgrowing public uncertainty and even alarm as current political developments in Europe assume forms which are not encouraging to confidence in the sincerity of past professions of unity in support of democratic principles.

Isolationists, biding their time, will not be slow to exploit these fears, documenting their arguments with citations of power politics in practice, when the opportune time comes for them to take their opposition into the open. This danger must be arrested without delay so that when victory is won at a cost of many thousands of young lives the peace may not again be lost. The death of isolationism in the United Slates was accepted quite generally as one of the consequences of the last election. Senator Nye and Representative Fish, together with other leaders of the cause, had been dealt with harshly by the voters. It was believed that others who survived the storm had learned a lesson from the unfolding of history during recent years and from public sentiment, which has been so overwhelming in its support of the enlightened participation of the I'nited States in a union of nations for the preservation of peace.

Less than two months after the election, which produced so many evidences favoring international collaboration, isolationism is showing signs of revival. Isolationists have reason to observe developments with satisfaction. They are designed to raise doubts and suspicions concerning the practicability of a union among nations for even so desirable an end as the maintenance of peace. They are calculated to create an atmosphere similar to that which prevailed in the I'nited States Senate when Woodrow Wilson went to that body with his plan for the translation of a great ideal into reality, only to have it rejected. It is not necessary or even advisable for the isolationists to come out into the open at this stage of the proceedings to carry on their work of sabotage.

World statesmen, all of whom profess to be sincere friends of lasting peace, are preparing the way for a repetition of that earlier tragedy in the history of international relations. The heavy hand of Britain in Greece and Italy and Belgium, the heavy hand of Russia in Poland, ihe Balkans and the Baltic States, the evidences of power politics in full sway before the victory has been won and even while the Allies are struggling desperately against the danger of defeat, provide sustenance for cynicism. Is the peace to be just another wild scramble for territory and for power or is it to be based upon principles designed to bring about a better world order? Some of the most sincere friends of international co-operation in the United Obviously a meeting of tha leaders of the Grand Alliance is necessary if Europe is not to blow up in the face of our victorious armies. And obviously the test of the truth of the professions of ouf national leaders upon which millions of men were drafted and incalculable sacrifices have been made is the Polish problem. There the question of right and wrong is not obscured by the fortunes of war.

There, for the first time in our history, shall face the stark alternative of doing an act of simple justice by opposing Russia's desire for a big strip of eastern Poland or Imposing on a free and heroic people a brutal and unjustifiable foreign despotism. If we acquiesce in another partition of Poland, we shall smirch the history of our own republic, dull our own moral perceptions and profane the sacrifices of our fighting sons. The New York Times, in an editorial on President Wilson's birthday, said something about the necessity of concessions on details. But Poland is no detail. Poland is the very heart of our cause.

To surrender its legitimate rights and 'property because of any pressure is to do what Mr. Wilson did in Paris. To gain the support of Japan for the Covenant of the League, he consented to the allotment of Manchuria, with its rich iron mines and the mandated islands, to the Nipponese, despite the warning then uttered by wiser men that he was arming the beneficiaries of that iniquitous arrangement for war against us. We have felt the consequences of the seed then and thus sown, and have had to fight that war with no appreciable aid from Britain and none at all from Russia, to whom we are now asked to give a section of Poland rich in oil. If Dumbarton Oaks is to moan anything, it is time for our statesmanship to say "No," firmly and definitely, to another partition of Poland, carried out under the name of ALWAYS WITH HIM NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS LETTERS '-TO THE EAGLE By ERNEST UNDLEY Big Problem Is How to Inform Public Without Helping Enemy The navy once again has felt compelled to Contribute to the Y.

M. C. A. Rrooklynites will have a chance to contribute beginning Tuesday to the Brooklyn-Queens Young Men's Christian Association drive for $130,000. The, drive will continue through Feb.

2. For many years the Y. M. C. A.

has served the community faithfully and well through the fourteen branches in Brooklyn and Queens. Transient war workers, soldiers and sailors and seamen, hosts of Brooklynites can testify to the excellent job this organization does quietly and efficiently under stresses as great as those affecting any private enterprise. A contribution to the Brooklyn-Queens Y. M. C.

A. may well be considered as an investment in the future, for it can be relied upon to adjust itself to serve the community in peace as well as in war. Its more than 90-year history of service here is the best proof of this. denounce as false, rumors that It had not an-, nounced all of its losses of combat ships this time in connection with the battle off the Philip- pines in late October. In that battle, as in some' nlhocc lVi nav-v enfferoH Hnmacyo tn chine whlh 1 Congress convenes.

They will pass the postal pay increase bill with such an overwhelming majority as to insure its enactment over a possible veto. The measure, which provides a flat and permanent salary boost of $400 annually, swept through the House at the recent session with only a single negative vote. It would have gone through the Senate, but on the last day it was stymied in a parliamentary maneuver engineered by Senator Bennett C. Clark, a "lame duck" from Missouri. Postmaster General Frank C.

Walker opposed the proposition, but his adverse statement was never included in committee reports or floor debates. House Post Office and Post Roads Chairman Thomas G. Burch of Virginia was also antagonistic. They do not question the need for more pay, since workers begin at only $1,700, but they want a revision which will give greater benefits to veterans In this strenuous service. The economic and political potentialities in the bill, if it becomes law with or without F.

D. signature, are limitless. The increase would furnish an excuse for breaking the Little Steel formula, as demanded by Sidney Hillman's C. I. It might lead to a general lifting of the wage level, at a time when consumers' goods will become even scarcer, and result in terrific price inflation.

The President's final attitude may even give a hint of any designs for a fifth term. If he approves the revision, many will Interpret his action as a sign he still entertains ambitions. For the letter carriers comprise the most effective and formidable lobby in the United States even more so than the war veterans. Mailmen talk with and influence millions in their daily neighborhood walks. Jerry Klutz, who writes a local newspaper column on Government personnel and affairs, reports one of thejriost delightful stories of the war: President Roosevelt decided to promote Maj.

Gen. Brehon B. Somervell, who has done a grand job as an army supply officer, to be a lieutenant general. Somehow the notice of the advancement was sent to a Pvt. B.

B. Somervell serving as a rear-rank doughboy on a South Sea island. When he presented his new credentials to his immediate superior officers, they were mystified but they did nothing about it. Then the B. B.

Somervell on the remote atoll notified his mother of his unexpected promotion. And she wrote to President Roosevelt, thanking him and complimenting him on recognizing her offspring's merits. "I knew he was a good boy," she said in her letter to the White House, "and I knew that you would eventually give him the job he deserves." Unhappily for mother and son, her letter caused an investigation. As a result, her boy still snipes at Japs 6,000 miles away, and General Somervell wears three stars. it did not detail.

Si ml ine reasons xur 1101 cittiaiung uamage aone by the enemy have been explained many times and probably are generally understood. The enemy wants this information. He can seldom get it unless it is announced. If he had it, he could "-timate with greater accuracy whether Russian Constitution Called Scrap of Paper To the Editor of the Eagle: The answer to the reader who objects to describing the Russian Constitution as democratic is very simple. Certainly it is the most democratic constitution in existence in the world today.

The trouble Is that practically no part of the constitution is put In practice. It is just a scrap of paper. In the same respect we find that many of the safeguards against regimentation and fascism in our American Constitution are. not being followed at the present time by our Government. The job for all of us in this country is'to work for the democratic interpretation of our Constitution for the building of a free and just society.

AARON BELANSKY. BCY It. 8. WAR BONDS AND SAVINGS STAMPS 1 From the Eagle 25 Years Ago December 30, 1919 Marie Frugone, leader of the G. O.

P. County Committee Naturalization Committee, will get a $3,000 appointment in the register's office. GRIN AND BEAR IT By Lichty combat. In a few Instances, where this damage was extraordinarily light, the navy has said so. The navy's problem in this instance was simple, of course, in comparison with the army's since the German counteroffen-sive was launched in the west.

It was impossible to be sure at a distance whether the news blackout temporarily imposed by SHAEF was entirely for the purpose of denying to the enemy information valuable to him. Many experienced military men and war correspondents in France thought it was not or, at least, that it was a mistake. The news blackout was lifted and the 48-hour lag in communiques was eventually suspended, or at least modified. But the public does not know yet what our losses in men and material have been, and perhaps cannot be told in full if any one knows exactly without the danger of aiding the enemy. The enemy, however, knows more than the American public about the physical damage he has inflicted.

How to keep the public informed about military operations without helping the enemy is not an easy problem to solve. And it becomes harder when things are not going well for our side and while critical battles are still in progress. damaged ships had been compelled to retire from action and for how long. For similar reasons, the announcement of ship losses gives information to the enemy, if the ships have sunk outside the range of his visual observation. But it had become the practice to announce ship losses in combatsometimes immediately, sometimes when the engagement has been finished.

In winning confidence in Its communiques, the navy has had to overcome the effects of the original announcements about Pearl Harbor and the delay of a year in making public a full account of the extent of that disaster. On a number of occasions during the following year the navy's communiques were so incomplete that they gave the general public an erroneous notion. This was perhaps unavoidable. At tirrles, the navy had so few ships in fighting condition that it was necessary to use every means of deceiving the Japanese. With the series of brilliant victories that began with the invasion of the Gilberts more than a year ago, the navy gradually loosened up its restrictions.

For sound reasons, however, it has clung to the practice of not detailing damage done to our ships, when these ships are not sunk in The Board of Estimate appro-priated $7,000,000 for new schools, including eleven elementary schools in Brooklyn. fy Some Old Tune From the Cleveland Plata Dealer It looks as if postwar Europe is going to dance to the music of the spheres. AT YEAR'S END By EDGAR Au GUEST Did we do as much of good As we had each full day's length for? Everything we knew we could, Having had both time and strength for? There is much we must regret, Now it's come too late to change it, And the record's firmly set. Past our power to rearrange it. "Well, next year we'll harder try!" Men have said it down the ages.

"When another year goes by We'll have fewer blotted pages. "Grow we will, instead of shrink, In the narrowing life that smothers. Less of self we'll vow to think, And a little more of others." "At least my husband doesn't expect to find me fresh, rested end dainty in the evening, like he did when all I had to do all day was wash, cook end clean house BROOKLYN EAGLE Mire ftagie KeglstereOi Founded by Isaac Var An den In 1841 PRE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE FRANK 8CHROTH, President, Publishes W. CROWELL, Secretary. Treasurer Bide 24 Johnson klyn 1.

N. T. TELEPHONE MAln 4-6200 Subscription rate by mall tor the BraokUyB Eacle In the United States, one year, 111.00 Entered at Brooklyn F. O. aa uiau sau aaaxcar TRINITY BAPTIST SPECIAL RITES ON NEW YEAR'S EVE Christian Science Lesson-Sermon CHURCHES PLAN FOR WATCH NIGHT Notable Achievements In Diocese During Year New Year's will be the theme of: at 9 p.m.

with a worship service at sub- "Christian Science" is the ltr.t.lr,V tinu A ryr XSrMiaW tl-ill ha the Under the leadership of Bishop services tomorrow at iT.nity V' Ject of the Lesson-Sermon in all Baptist Church. At the 11 o'clock Hubbard, will preach on "Watch Man, What of the Night?" During the ceremonies from 7.45 pm. until 12 at the BUSHW1CK AVENUE Church the minis er, the Rev. Dr Le-A is Elbert. Christian, will preach and Harry P.

Simpson will make an. address. In the NOSTBAND-DE-! in the Heights section and St. Mel'i in Queens County. Ground was broken for an addition to Mercy Hospital in Rockvllle Centre.

Golden Jubilee or Pastor Monsignor Boleslaus Puchalskl, for the past 49 years pastor of tho Church of Our Lady of Czensto- morning worship tne pastors mes-' tor's meditation will be "On Being! Sunday, Dec. 31. The Golden Text sage will be "Time and Eternity. At 9:45 pm. there will be a js -je prophecv came not in old There will be dedication of children friendly hour with an old-fashioned j' and a service of recognition of thejhvmn sing and a reading by Mrs.

tlme 'm man: but holy newly elected officers of the Bible Joseph J. Dowd. Ronald Osborne men School. Both the Junior and seniorSr. will be the guest artist.

At Ho'y Gnost Petr choirs will present special seasonal there will be refreshments and at; i ,1 music. Ruth Minnerly will be solo- 11:15 there will be a candle-light. references exp lam in thesub- I ff Thomas E. Molloy, the Brooklyn Catholic Diocese made a notable record of religious, civic and patriotic achievements during the past year, the Tablet, diocesan organ, reveals In its current issue. Bishop Molloy, the clergy, religious communities and laity, the report shows, gave enthusiastic support to the blood donors' cam ichowa in 24th will nhserv ist.

at the mornlni? service wnteh-niirht service of consecration1-11 are "inen irom UUKe 0. 0, 1 9, 10: "And it came to pass also on the golden Jubilee of his ordination to the priesthood, on Jan. 6 with a solemn high mass of thanksgiving. A watch-night program has been, led by the pastor. A quartet will arranged by the Rev.

Joseph Irvine I provide the musical setting for this Chapman, pastor, which will begin service. paign, the various salvage and War wiin.il cisnop Molloy will preside. Assisting as deacon will oo Rev. C. S.

E. BiedrmcH another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught; and there was a man whose right hand was withered. And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him. Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing: Is it lawful on the sabbath days to Expert on Adult Education in 1 -v kiirur a irn Loan efforts, In providing entertainment and recreation to members of the service in this country, and sharing in the Red Cross andi similar drives. The clothing drivel for Italy was particularly successful, Moreover, the various parishes and organizations of the Diocese wrote letters and sent gifts to nearly 200.000 Catholic men and women KALB Church, the pastor, the Rev.

Jesse Thomas, at 11 p.m., will deliver a sermon entitled "The Mid-Nieht. Watch." The HANSON PLACE CENTRAL Church will begin the evening with a social hour in 'larding-Kennedy Hall beginning at 9:30 p.m. A Covenant in the Sanctuary at 10.30 p.m. stress Bishop Ralph S. specially written service to emphasize the Crusade for Christ, and the pastor, the Rev.

John Emerson Zciter will preach on "In Tiiis Hour, Christian." Presbyterian In addition to the Watch Nigh' Service, beginning at 11 30 at which the tr.uu.-tfr, tile Rv. Dr Phillips Packer rill pi each the EIRt'T Church will have a 4 pm. gathering at which neighboring clergy will address themselves, for euht minu'es each. the topic, "Looking the New Year." The A I cn muni jrcMrvt I A coi Noman Marshaii'At Neighbor Church Again chier secretary and second in, Dr. Edunrd C.

Ltndeman, profes-lligion. Dr. Lindeman is one of thclnr i.v.,n- mund The comin? of the Now Yrar will be marked by special servirrs in virtually all of Brooklyn's churches. The maiorlty will observe the New Year the form of Watch Night ceremonies bKinr.ini somewhat before and lasting ihrojen the mMr.U'ht. Many will precede the religious sen ices by social hour? or receptions.

Typical services, in the various Protestant denominations are notd below: Baptist EMMANUEL Church have a Watch NiEht at 11 111 after a social gathering at 11 pm The SIXTH AVENUE Church Service will have the Rev C. E. Pont ph special zm speaker. The BAPTIST TEMPLE will becin its Watch Night and Communion Service at 10:30 with Ui Rev Dr Gordon Palmer the Eas'ern Baptist Theol: Sfaiinarv its cuet preacher for clay, preaching on "Entering 194-" Unafraid." Christian The FJDGEWOOD Church hold Wa cn Night semces from 8 pm. until midnight.

Congregational The Watch Night Service at PLYMOUTH Church of the Pilgrims, beginning at 11:30 will culminate at midnight with the serving of Communion. The BUSH-WICK AVENUE Church will besun he "ver.irg wi'h an hwr of praver ard praise from 9 to 11 p.m. This 'ill be followed by a sodal hour from 10 to 11. and Communion and rpp-ion of members from 11 to rr.icr.ight. command of the Solvation sor of social philosophy at the nW university men whose primary about upon tnpm al, he sad unto St.

Isadore's Church, Riverhead. L. and as sub-deacon, Rev. Theodore Wegrowski, assistant at S. Hyacinth's Church, Glen Cove Rev.

William F. Flaskowski will act as master of ceremonies. The Jubilee sermon will be preached by Rev. Francis Domanski, S.J., of Chicago, On the following day, Sunday, Jan. 7, a solemn high mass will be offered for the parishioners.

The 'deacon will be Rev. Stanislaus Dombrowski, O.F.M., and the sub- deacon, the Rev. John L. Janow-ski, c.M. The master of ceremonies Armv eastern lerritorv, will of u- 'interest is one or tne nowfl unlver-'th.

m.n stretch fnrth tinr hand conduct the Watch Night will deliver a third address. His "b-M of the Diocese of Brooklyn in thel service. A large number of priests of the Diocese joined the U. S. Army and Navy Chaplain Corps.

services tomorrow at tne Lita- Kei.gion ana me mea numerous volumes on mat stio-1 References from "Science and hp! 371 AshlnnH Plnrp American Spirit" In this address ject. He is one of the original Hpalm with Kev to tne scriptures" aei, 1 "oniunu nui.e. he wij attempt to indicate the main group which, after the First World DV Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer outlines of what is often called "theWar, called itself "The Inquiry" and ana Founder of Christian Science, Church will have an 11 nm Watch American way of life. and to dem-'did so much work In the develop-lgre as follows: "Christian Science, Jesus, alone Night Service. the extent ic which it has ment of the discussion, method andi8s demonstrated by been derived from the Christian re-conference procedure.

veals the natural, divine Principle Other Services of Science. Gradually this evidence will gather momentum and clearness, until it reaches its cul- ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S Episcopal Church CcmvasJ vice chairman. An enlarged program has been Names Dr. Stauffacher planned which includes promotion mtnation of scientific statement and Church will have a social gathering in its Community House from 9:30 to 11:15 p.m., and at 11 p.m.

will begin a Wa'ch Night Service of uuring tne year the usual outstanding events were celebrated. The Society for the Propagation of the Faith, the Diocesan School System, the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, the Diocesan Union of the Holy Name Society, the Catholic Charities and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul all reported progress, Detailed activities of these and other organizations are told in the report. The Conference on Industrial Relations, the National Catholic Charities Conference and the annual meeting of the Society of St Vincent de Paul were held In Brooklyn. Two new churches were dedirated in 194.

They were Our Lady of Lebanon Church of the Maronites The Rev. Dr. A. D. Stauffacher, of the practical work of the religious, proof.

Christian Science Is minister of the Missions Council of organizations, home and foreign 'dawning upon a material age. The win oe Rev. Anthony Wolosz. Ths sermon for the occasion will preached by Father Domanski, SJ. Many priests from far and near will -pay tribute to the Jubilariart through their presence at the mass.

A banquet will be held in the evening, at Prospect Hall. Prospect Ave. near 5th sponsored by the parishioners. for Father Kennedy A third anniversary mass will be offered for the late Rev. Richard A.

Kennedy at St. Ephrem's Church-Fort Hamilton Parkway and 75th on Tuesday, Jan. 3, at 10 o'clock. Father Kennedy was ths first pastor of St. Enhrem's parish.

vtaiuiue inyillKlt Hirai PlUliini ui liuk, iiac nJ .11.. In tU 4 i-lr nr the Conarega tional-Christian speakers will be the Rev. Dr. L. Wendell Fifield of Plvmouth Con-sregational Church, the Rev.

Dr. John Howland Lathrop of the Unitarian Church of the Saviour, the Rev. William Howard Melish of Trinity Episcopal rhurch and Dr Ei iott. SPFNCER MEMORIAL Church, will have 'lie Rov. Dr.

MacLean of Chili as sperial guest preacher for it.s Watch Service. The HOMECREST Church will have a reception at, 10 pm. and the Watch Nieht Service at, 11:15, p.m. After the Matthews eanta'a, "The Story of Christmas," at 8 p.m., the BEDFORD-CENTRAL mm jtsui.i niiiviiit', ui iigm, 0111411; 111 iuc uniMir.H, 1 though the darkness, comprehending Holy communion, xomorrow nigm nomintttion, is the newly elected the FIRST Reformed Church rhalrman of the United Church will hold its annual Community Canvass which represents 19 rell- Singer at St. Ann's them not, may deny their reality (pp.

272, 546), Car.dle Light Servlre, glous bodies in a national campaignl The opera singer, Fadwa Kurban. to strenethen lovaltv to lora I coloratura vmrsno. will be the spe- BUY churches and synagogues. RobertKlal solotst at the morning services Other Church News Jordon, director of promotion, Na-i tomorrow with the choir of St. Ann's; tional Episcopal Council, is the newhurch.

On Following Page JOHN Church at 8:45 p.r. the pastor, the Rev. Carlton F. S. WAR BONDS ANT) SAVINGS STAMPS.