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BROOKLYN EAGLE. SATURDAY, MARCH 10. 1945 Heffernan Says: Will German People Follow Hitler to National Suicide? A Pole's fjb Picture a Stalin WCtjm. Reports from Germany by 1 way of Stockholm that Adolf Hitler now admits to his close Nazi associates that the war is lost may be given credence In their tone and content the utterances attributed to the Fuehrer suggest authenticity They reflect the desperation of spirit wiih which he must view the frustration of his ambition. It is altogether in character that Hitler should place responsibility for disaster everywhere except where it belongs on his own shoulders.

It is natural that he should consider himself as betrayed, that he should renew his accusations against the "Bolsheviks, the Jews and the plutocrats." that he should even turn against his generals, "the reactionaries in tV command" who prevented him froTh storming Britain after Dunkirk. There are other aspects of Hitler's reputed confession of failure and defeat that are more disturbing th.in his frantic eiforts to attribute to others the responsibility for a disaster of which he is primarily the author His prediction that the peace, when it comes, will a Carthaginian peace, is not to be taken lightly. He is entirelv capable, assuming that the German people continue to be slavishly subservient to his will, of translating into reality his threat that the victors will find only ruins, stone heaps, rats, epidemics, hunger and death." As the crushing of Germany proceeds toward its completion there is increased reason to fear that the end will assume some horrible form fashioned in the Fuehrer's twisted mind. Hitler is reported as still deliberating-' ways and me.ins of dealing with political prisoners, hostages and war prisoners, of whom there are hundreds of thousands in the Reich He is said to be determined that the Reich, when it is taken, shall be a seared and blighted land. With respect to Hitler, of course, this madness is to be accepted It has been a known and recognized element in his regime.

But is it shared by the German people'1 Are they willing to follow in the path of national suicide started for them by their fanatical leader1 Are they so lost to sanity that they are content to be consumed in the holocaust in which they are now engulfed or does a gleam of enlightenment in the national mind still hold the hope that they will try to salvage something from the reckage1 The German people must soon make their decision. They must either reconcile themselves to the fate of being principals in the death of a nation or else rut themselves loose from the domination of an irrational being determined to carry them down to destruction. THE RHINE SUPERMAN OF TODAY Stalin, In his own country, Is known as a man of mystery. He has been scarcely less than that to us of the Western World. As shrewd a European as Winston Churchill said, not long ago, "Russia Is the enigma But Britain's Premier, his nation in the direst peril it.

had known in centuries, as willing to do business with the enigma. He has probably learned bv this time that there's some truth in the old saw "Who sjps with the devil must have a long spoon." I have read an appraisal of Stalin's character by Paul Vesper, in KAP, a weekly review, issued by the Polish Catholic Press Agency. The writer says: Stalin's continuous military as well as diplomatic victories must be explained first of all by the fact that the Western World Is at loss to understand his policies and his personality. Stalin's reputation is that of a man who changes his tactics day by day, cruel in his methods, and having imperialistic aims in view. Sort of a Russian Cromwell.

As a matter of fart, Stalin's mentality is entirely different. Contrary to appearances, Stalin is an idealist ready to sacrifice, to his ends, the life and the welfare of millions of people In order to establish a regime he considers ideal, and which is the negation of twenty centuries old Christian thought and ethics. One may therefore call Stalin the Mohammed or Tor-quemada of communism rather than a Cromwell or Napoleon. This Is his inmost strength which makes him win easy victories over politicians who believe that In exchange for giving up some interests or even principles they might obtain from him some concessions or guarantees. Thus, while Stalin's strength consists in his firm adherence to his guiding idea the weakness of his adversaries results from their lack of faith and lack of readiness to defend their principles.

This is a Polish view, of course, and since Poland is about 75 per cent Catholic, a Catholic view. But in considerinp Yalta, and its consequences, and our future as a member of the Rig Three, it may he well for us to get priority on long spoons in preparation for ultimate postwar decisions. NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS LETTERS -TO THE EAGLE- Notional Whi rligig RAY TUCKER'S jrffc LETTER IMk The woeful i lark of co-ordl- MB dVV nated prepara- SBW (in t0 Care A JHL for the le.u enl Ll healthy KTr a a Hu reached such scandalous proportions that It may bring on an explosion within the immediate family of the Administration. Only I few insiders realize how completely the program for providing jobs, hospitalization. In-surance payments and other necessities has broken down in Washington.

Eleanor Roosevelt has received hundreds of complaints in letters from the mothers, wives and listen of returned service men and has passed these along to her husband every chance she got. She is insistent that conditions be corrected, even if It requires a major operation on the existing inadequate programs and agencies. Bernard Baruch, whose basic recommendations for aiding former fighters in their transition to civilian life have been disregarded wholly, has made a survey of the current situation and concludes that it is extremely critical. In his opinion, the Government has flopped so badly that many heroes will be dependent on charity for postwar assistance and rehabilitatipn. He is especially concerned about the lack of proper personnel and facilities for handling men and women who may need a long period of hospital treatment.

Congress feels that it has done its duty by those in uniform because it has expanded the Veterans Administration in accordance with the periodical requests of Director Frank T. Hines. But the fact is that this agency as now constituted and staffed has become virtually an obsolete institution in so far as solving the present-day problem is concerned. The Veterans Bureau is hopelessly undermanned. Major General Hines admits that, although thousands of important letters are dictated daily in Washington, they have to be sent hundreds of miles away to be transcribed, i'ive thousand GIs are taking the places of nurses, but they cannot substitute for feminine hands nor equal the nurses' devotion to patients.

As of December 31, 1944, the bureau had fallen behind on 26.1-5fiS death, insurance and disability claims. And the number will increase rapidly from now on as a result of the heavy losses on the Rhine and Iwo Jima. It will become impossible to keep even partly up to date. Congress has as yet made no attempt to remedy the inadequacies of the National Life Insurance act, which permits the widows and families of soldiers to obtain only part of the $10,000 policy. It Is the tragic shortage of hospital beds, however, that is provoking immediate concern.

Unless the forthcoming revelations prod the Congress and the Administration into action and a more comprehensive study of this problem, homecoming youngsters and their folks may conclude that their Uncle Sam has let them down, for all his fine promises when they shifted from "civvies" to the uniform. Anti-Bios Bill By ERNEST UNDLEY Even With the War Newt Good There's No Reconversion Talk Now The news from the European battlefronts encourages the belief that the bulk of the fighting against Germany will be over by July 1. Some think that, with good luck, the collapse might be brought about within another four or five weeks. But the effects of good news in Washington also mourn the fact that it has been forced to shut its hospitable doors. Peel Me an Eel It has been brought to our attention by the local Keeper of Significant Archives that Governor Dewey has signed a bill permitting trie unlimited shooting of eels with a bow and arrow.

We are sure that there must be some people who regularly go around shooting eels with a bow and arrow, though we don't number them among our acquaintances. Therefore, we respectfully suggest lhat Governor Dewey do something for the frustrated people who want to shoot butterflies with puttyblowers from a tightrope. A Borough Fuel Casualty Almost at anv hour during the day a stroller near 199 Montague St. may see the disappointment registered in the faces of Brooklynites attempting to enter the barred doors of the old reference library. Closed for the last three weeks because of tke fuel shortage, it is announced that it will probably remain closed until warmer weather sets in, as it burns thrice the amount of coal most of the smaller branches require The reference library fills a very important place in the life of the borough and many business men in the Rorough Hall area have found it a valuable aid.

Others, who enjoyed its peaceful precincts for many years, are different In some respects from what they were last September, when It was generally thought th( Germanv would be over by the end of 1114. and, man nr with bought. by mid-November. There is not much talk now about reconversion and other post-V day changes on the home front. At Vicious Legislation Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle: The writer rather apprehensively read the Eagle editorial indorsing the Ives-Quinn bill.

Like many others. I feel this so-called anti-bias bill to be vicious and trouble brewing legislation. The State has existed many years without this type of legislation. It is unfortunate that we have legislators who align themselves with pressure groups or lobbyists with a hope of enjoying perpetuity In elective office. There should have been a Statewide referendum on so important a piece of legislation.

UN EST V. DOWNEY. Praises Ladies Auxiliary Of Brooklyn V.F.W. Chapter To the Editor of the Eagle: I want to say just a few words about the good work done by the Ladies Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, No. 033, of Brooklyn.

I am a World War I veteran, flat on my back in U. S. Veterans Hospital No. 81: if it were not for the work of these ladies, this would be indeed the place of forgotten men. They are doing a wonderful job.

HARRY GOLDMAN GRIN AND within the ensuing twelve months, to as much as 40 percent. Now, it is estimated that the maximum will be 10 to 20 percent. Many observers suspect that the armed forces are over-ordering along many lines. The same charge was made last year and pressed so hard that the armed services, as it turned out, under-ordered alone; many lines. For this error the opinion of the high command that the European war would bo over before the end of the year was aNo partly responsible.

The armed forces want to avoid repeating their mistake. It is better to have huge surpluses than to be caught short when being caught short means the loss of American lives. After the war captious politicians who had no direct responsibility for the conduct of the war may try to make political capital out of the huge surpluses which will have to be liquidated for a tiny fraction of their cost. It has been done before. But, this time, there should be enough veteran fighting men abound to quash that variety of politics men whose chief curiosity, if there is to be a postwar investigation of war production, will be to find out why they didn't get more sooner.

One reason is, of course, that civilian officials who let their optimism cany them away last Fall seem determined to avoid repeating the mistake. The War and Navy Departments never did like the publicity given last year to reconversion plans. They were afraid it would cause letdown on the home front. They were right. For months now even the mention of the word "reconversion" has been almost forbidden in the WPB.

except to say that there won't be much of it after the defeat of Germany. Industrial management, likewise, appears to have taken to heart the lesson of last Kali. At least, not much talk and agitation about reconversion is heard in Washington from this source. The presumption is that the war industries are keeping their eyes fixed to the fronts more closely than they did last Summer and Fall. The main reason for the difference between now and last Summer and Fall is that it is now coming to be widely understood that the cutbacks in war production after the defeat of Germany will be much smaller, over-all, than were anticipated last Fall.

Then it was estimated that the cutbacks might amount, From the Eagle 25 Years Ago Mareh 10, 1020 The navy's unpreparedness cost the United States many lives and prolonged the war four months, Rear Admiral Sims told a Senate investigating committee. Former Borough President Lewis H. Pounds was elected president of the Flatbush Chamber of Commerce. QUATRAINS By EDGAR A. (J LEST BROOKLYN EAGLE The task that's first to come his way, However simple It may be, Permits a youngster to display If safe for men to trust, is he.

Luck Luck is something he may find Who -to venture is inclined, But 'twill never come to aid Him who sits at home, afraid rHE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE PRANK SCHROTB, President. Publish CROWILL. Secretin. TreMurar one 14 Johnson B'klyn 1. T.

TELEPHONE MAW 4-6200 uoeertptlon rat oj mill for the Brooklr Cade In the United stales. Two Parishes to Have History Professor In Columbus Forum Bishop Oxnam Names New Superintendents Bishop Bromley Oxnam of tne and Union Theological Seminaries. New York area of the Methodist and Columbia University His earllerj Church today announced the ap- pastorates include Orient. Isllp, Port pointmer.t new district supenn-'Washington. L.

Eighteenth Episcopal Visitations Ik i Rishnn Pernet.tn De Wolfe 4 p.m. The second, for business The Rev Francis Gllmm, pro parishes to take advantage of the mission, which is timed, he says, for the Lenten season. Record Mission Work ln Saddle fessor of church history at the Dioc- esan Seminary of the Immaculate Conception, Huntington, L. will will make his annual Episcopal women, will begin at 3 m. Satur-vlsltatlon to St.

Paul's Church, day, ending at 9 p.m. The one for Clinton and Carroll Sts tomorrow! men will be on Sunday beginning evening at 8 o'clock and will preach. at 4 p.m. and ending at 9 p.m. A record of 664 hours ln Ihe tendenu lor the Brooklyn North and Brooklyn, and Waterbury, Conn.

Alter tne service ine nisnop wiu tin uwuup wm mast ai- the New York dtetl New is president of the Nassau County I saddle was made last year by the Rev. John Nolan of Astorli a Maryknoll missioner In Ccc al tne tomorrow evening the Columbus Forum in Colum- Club, 1 Prospect Park West, 1er the ausDices of Columbus Lincll, Knights of Columbus. York Eat copal Church, Marcy of which Come: mi the Rev Horace E. Clute is rector be tendered a reception in the Guild Hall. The Rev.

Francis G. Parker. O.H.C., of Holy Coss Monastery. West Park, will give three America Father Nolan spent Is Protestant Council of ore Bobilin cnaumftn of the Nassau County In-' ter-raclaj Clinic Committee, chalr-d Methodist man of tn(, Hempstead Russian War! was Relief Committee, and is an active; This visitation will take place at 8 D.m on Wednesday and the John J. McArdlc.

chairman of the time on horseback traveling over miles in mountains cii'ie orum committee, will preside. Father Glimm will discuss the there are no roads, no electricity, no mail service and very little con 76 Church member or Klwanis and M. A boards of directors book "Christianity in the Market bert Bee- Tlle new superintendent of the tact with the outside world. He frequently sleeps on the cround. cooks over a campfire and has had Lenten Quiet Days in St.

Paul's on bishop will preach a Lenten mess-Friday, Saturday" and Sunday. The; age. Special music will be offered first will be for women and Willi under the direction of Willam begin at 9:30 a.m., concluding it'Orth, organist -choirmaster HANSON METHODIST PLANS HOMING SUNDAY SERVICES Place, by Michael de Bedoyere. Father Glimm made his preparatory I studies for the priesthood in philosophy at Immaculate Conception Seminary. Huntington, L.

I He studied theology at Collegio Capra-nica and the Gregorian University to learn both Indian and Spanish in order to carrv on his ministry. chosen to admir.is: of the Bt xikhn ceeding the Re i be Dr Beeoe wi Board of Missions J. Creeyer of Ma ecutive secret ar'-Commission for Communities, will the Hempstead cl 61 elected 'Ne YorK district. Di A. Pollard' la Metric rii Kveport.

was a navy chap-! Rev Man an laln WorW War 1 Earlier he had 111 ru studipd 111 Europe on a tellowsnip: "'Christian awarcief1 hlm Boston University and Defense'8011001 of theology, irom which he, ne pastor ol An Ohioan. he To show Vatican Pictures ine moving; picture "The Story of the Vatican" will be shown at a The He ..9 In the cathedral service the three choirs of Hanson Place Central Phi churches, will be supcnlsed bv the Rev. Dr A Pollard Jones tOl 11 the Cheruo. me junior and tne The Rev Mr. Moore Cathedrals Choirs will present in Rome, Italy, from which latter university he received the licentiate in sacred theology.

He is presently la candidate for the doctorate in history at Columbia Universltv. The forum starts promptly at 8:30 There Is no admission charge. Redemptorist Mission A two-week mission will be conducted by Redemptorist Fathers in the Church of trie Visitation. Rich meeting of Thomas Dongan Council, of at the clubhouse, 7601 4th Tuesday evening, March 13. Another picture to be shown will be snapshots of the 1944 Seriea between the two St.

Louis baseball clubs. The entertainment has been arranged by Al Darraugh. lecturer of the council, of which Edward J. Beckley Is grand knight. There is festival music under one direction of James F.

Newcomb, minister of District Executive The Hanson Place Central Methodist Church will observe Homing Sunday tomorrow, with special programs featured throughout the day. Its minister, the Rev. John Emerson Zeiter, has announced in a pastoral letter thai a cathedral service will begin at 11 o'clock and a dinner will be served in the Harding-Kennedy Hall at 12:30 noon. Vespers will be at 7:45 p.m. and a social hour will follow at 9:15 p.m.

years of tne church He will succeed U. Norman Twiddy of who is to become the Chester Hill Church non The Rev. Dr. Hubcr present pastor of the church, will go to Freepoi jl The Rev. Mr.

Hutchins Bishop to Institute Redeemer Rector s': rhe Rev. Prank Hllllard Hutchins. formerly of Philadelphia, will be I music mere win te more tnan 100 singers in the processional. The minister's sermon will be on' the topic, "The Last Church in Brooklyn In the vespers the sermon topic is "The Master at Bethany." Mrs. Russell Mitchell is to1 admission charge.

Will Address Rally ards opening tomorrow. The first week will be for women nnrt Teachers College Mass Thes Jdfolt effect be the evening soloist. met of the Methodist Church, will he the sneaker tomorrow alieni Instituted by Bishop Jamrs Per- on "The Shortsighted Shrewd Trainer. Both missionaries are Brooklyn Pastor Sj at the second of the "Century Hour" Youth Rallies in the Bedford York East Conference meets at Han-son Place Central Church The session, ordinarily requiring nearly a week, has been (d to one day and the numbers cut to skeleton proportions, to comply with Governmental recommendations lo limit travel Dr Bobilin of Hempstead I Is a third generation Method t-t the Throoo Avenue Presbv te'rian1 furceFsfl" mi! ln The annual communion and breakfast of Teachers College of Nursing Education of St. John's University will take place Sunday, March 18.

The mass will be in Perboyre Chapel of the Church of St. John the Baptist, Lewis and Willoughby at 9 a.m., followed by breakfast In De Gray Hall of 8t. John's College. The guest will include the Very Rev. William A.

Mahoney. C. president of the universltv. The celi'Jiant cf the mot will ho tho Rpv nr Carl W. graduate of Methodist Hospital.

Brooklyn; Potsdam State Teachers College and Columbia University, Dr Jones was a member of the Ameri-ran Seminar In Europe in 1925. tsited the Holv Land in 1927 and studied In Mexico in 1928. nette DeWolfe of the Lmscopal Diocese of Long Island, tomorrow, as the rector of the Church of ihe Redeemer. The bishop will also preach Guest in Manhattan 1 The Rev Robert McCail, pastor Special Lenten Recital of the Baptist Tabernacle, will oc- Frank Cedric Smith, recently ap- nantiitiDonted successor of the late Dr Church and community groups. The rl Rev Dr Olin Kendree Jones of the JS2f T' church.

Church. Broadway and 79th St.Jcharles O. Banks as onanist and Manhattan, in the absence of theimaster of the choristers, wi 1 give TPrcnk- the third a series of Lenten Throop Ave. church will preside. Mr.

Moore, a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University and the Union Mark's Methodist Church In Rock-Theoloeical. Seminary, before being ville Center and also served pastor- Mr. HUtcnini a ho succeeds the late Rev. Dr. Thomas Lacey, was educated In the elementary and secondary school.

of frbina. 111. the Univerelti of tlllncli and the Qen- in Willi. m. At.

11 am. Mr. MC- organ recitals tomorrow at 4:10 preacher and has a son preparing! for the ministry He was born in i i Addifnnal Church News reived his education in Baldwin- Wallace College, Bexe, Ohio, Drew, On Following Page asMncu co aucmiiitccaiivcr umcco net's in iwisi yuogue, Gut oeiauitei Call will on the topic. "A p.m. at the Church of St.

Luke and yok Above the Storm," and at Matthew. jGrlndel, C. M. moderator. was lor nine years minister oi oi.

ana Marseilles, onio. lerai Theological Seminary..