The Rock Island Argus from Rock Island, Illinois • 4

i Saturday, Jan. 20, 1045 World Council Plan Violated By Treaties Queer Antics by the So-Called Isolationist Party jVELl Something THE ARGUS AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER ConixM la Um Tw 1851 Entered at the postoffice at Rock Island, as second class matter under the act of March 3, 1879 Publisher TI1X J. W. POTTER CO Member Audit Bureau of Official Paper, City of Circulations. Rock Island Fourth Inaugural.

President Roosevelt 'is inaugurated today with simple ceremonies and at a minimum cost. That much, at least, we can all agree, is very much to the good. I IJut there the agreement ends. It is day for renewal of the old arguments about the New Deal. What place will it have in history? Many of its measures have been definitely accepted by both parties; you heard them endorsed in the recent campaign.

The 2-term tradition seems to have been disposed of by the people themselves. The Roosevelt aims for the world are conceded to 'be fine, if he will only stick to them and put them over. This he today repeated his determination to do in the promise of a real peace during his fourth term. But armies and peace conferences cannot dispose of the main argument over the New Deal. This has to do with spending make-work, or "reflation, which was the original catch-word of the New Deal.

And it involves more than economizing. extravagance, important though it is, does' not account for the, bulk; of our national debt. Much waste could be eliminated, however, and a new administration will do it. "A new broom sweeps clean. i The real spending resulted from the determination to put men to work.

Was it necessary? Only history can tell, Mr. Roosevelts labor backers thought it was. "Free enterprise failed, is their theme. If we had been the only nation to turn to spending, plainly it would have been a crackpot remedy. But others resorted to it.

The whole world got into a jam. Were there crackpots everywhere, or nearly everywhere? Nations have been cited that escaped our heavy unemployment. But the had their depressions and their hardships. In this country the south had practicably no unemployment. Yet it suffered probably more than the north, i There A no use going into all this now, Only time can enlighten us.

There-will be another attempt after the war to let free enterprise do the work. Lets go ahead now with winning the war. Talk Guarded The erry-G o-Round Roosevelt Concentrates On War and Peace BY DREW PEARSON 1 Washington As Franklin D. Roosevelt begins his fourth term as president of the United States, two great problems to the exclusion of almost all others are on his mind: 1. Winning the war as quickly as possible, and 2.

Winning the peace after the war. Many of those close to the president say 'his concentration on these problems is so intense that when are settled he would like to step out and retire to the peace and quiet of Hyde Park, Roosevelts absorption with things military and diplomatic, his veering away from things do-onwrauM. mestic is the most important basic change in the 12 long years since 1933. In the days before the war he met with scores of politicians, economists, business leaders. Evenings after dinner in the early years his brain trust would bat out ideas galore on the economic state of the nation bat them into the air, discuss them, reject many, accept a few.

Those were the relatively carefree days of "picking the rabbit out of the hat, having a new trick for the economic ills of the nation, 1 At that time also, Roosevelt got around among his 'fellowmen, despite his physical handicaps, more than any other president in history even more than William Howard Taft. His travel record formed a restless zig-zag graph across the map of the U. A. When he wasnt traveling, Mrs. Roosevelt was, and her reports came i tp almost daily by private White house wire or telephone.

Today the old Roosevelt brain trust is gone, and the new brain trust which surrounds him is composed of admirals and generals. His concentration at night is not upon economic Ideas tossed up by the Columbia professors, but on the map of the Pacific and the map of Europe, where blue, red, green and yellow tabs indicate the number of divisions Stalin' has thrown into the battle of Poland, the amount of armor von Rundstedt has in reserve in the west, the exact whereabouts of the battleships, cruisers, airplane carriers and destroyers guarding the islands of the Philippines. More than any other one man, Roosevelt helped to build up that armada, and he watches every barnacled bottom knows when it was last scraped, the caliber of its guns, how many hits it 'took in the last engagement almost as if each were one of his children. HOW ROOSEVELT WORK8. But aside from the change in the subject matter of his work, Roosevelts methods of work have changed little during his long years in the White house.

He is awakened every morning about 8:30 by his Negro valet, Arthur Prettyman, has breakfast in bed, brewing his own coffee on a bedside table. Usually while he is still in bed, the personal cabinet drops in his daughter Anna, Henry Mor-genthau, Harry Hopkins, Steve Early, Judge Rosen-man. Pa Watson. They plan strategy and line up the days business. By 9:30 he has read five newspapers, shaved himself, and is in the Lincoln study where he works for an hour before going over to the executive office for, the usual round of callers.

This continues, with luncheon at his desk, until 5 p. m. when a pike of mail and reports occupy his time until around. 7. There was a day when F.

D. R. stopped work a bit early for a plunge in the White house swimming pool, but that rarely happens anymore. Vice Admiral Ross Mclntire, the presidents personal physician, urges him to get more relaxation, and at one time decreed that he was not to have business luncehons at his desk. But between the demands of the war and the demands of health, the latter usually comes second.

THE PRESIDENTS It is no secret that the presidents health has suffered somewhat from the wear and tear of the most relentless, ravaging job in the world. Many others have broken completely under the strain, and the lines on Roosevelts face show he has not tome out unscarred. Yet the rumors about his health have been grossly exaggerated. The chief facts are that after his illness last spring, his doctors advised him to cut down his weight, and he has lost about twenty pounds. This shows in his face, already lined with the worry of watching -an ever-mounting casualty list and a war which has dragged on and on.

to Vandenberg Senator Vandenberg made it plain that he considers the permanent demilitarization of Germany and Japan to be important to the security of the United States. He says, in effect, That when tills war has been won it must be kept won. This represents basic shift in viewpoint since pre-Pearl Harbor days. Wont Violations. What Senator Vandenberg, in effect, does attach strings to is the organization of the peace beyond the permanent demilitarization of Germany and Japan.

His warnings are that the United States will not, if he can prevent it, underwrite a peace which manifestly violates the principles of the Atlantic charter, and that the attitude of the United States toward extending economic and other aid our allies after the war will be greatly influenced by their attitudes toward the problems -which are troubling the American public. Vandenbergs proposed treaty regarding Germany is, as he said, intended to allay Russias fear of the resurrection of Germany as an armed power. He is too well-informed to suppose that a speech or even a treaty will completely remove that fear. Only time will do that. But, as the senator pointed out, the Russians will have to make certain practical choices.

will have to make up their minds to what extent they intend rely on international means of security and to what extent on home-made security. They cannot rely too much on the latter without "affronting the opinions of mankind. Their alternative is "to win the priceless asset of The "Last Roundup. Editor, The Argus: It the "last rouadup." The stoopasbouldered, sickly Hitler sees the hand of providence poised to slap him down. The German people have lost faith l.in the fuehrer, their "field lord their "guide of battles names on the lips of the German people when Hitler paraded the streets of Berlin after the Germans invaded Austria.

Theyll quit before the end of April. Many deluded Germans will have their eyes partly open and will exclaim, "The fuehrer lied to us; we are losing, not winning; down with the betrayer of Germany There will be riots, rebellion, strikes and -disorders in a number of places in Germany. Today Adolf Hitler is sitting on volcano which will blast him to pieces. The German people will not fight to the bitter end. They know tha Amaricana ar fair.

They will agree among themselves that "Unconditional surrender, taking their punishment, will be heaven on earth compared with their miseries uadertha beast. Hitler, and fighting a lost war. The war isnt over, but the, more men and suns we throw at the Germans, the sooner the. Hun will say, Enough! JOSEPH A. FERRIS, 930 Nineteenth street.

Comic Books. The Argus: I see Rock Island is ready another wastepaper drive. I have saved my papers and bundled them as Instructed. But hero is what puzzles me: If there is suoh a great paper shortage," why does every drugstore and magazine stand have such a large supply of the so-called comic books? Are they more important than the better (class magazines or the dailies that seem to be getting smaller on account of the paper shortage? They aren't funny or educational and so far as I can see, I dont think they are the best reading matter In the world for children, who seem to be the largest buy-ers. Of course, I suppose they finally get into the wastepaper bundles, but it seems to me there would be a lot of time saved if they were turnd into a more needed article, in the beginning.

Im not griping, for there are tons and tons of paper wasted in other ways but if the shortage is so severe, I dont see why something isnt done about it at the source. Have any of our readers any ideas? I WONDER. Two Sides to Qaestlons. Editor, The Argusi There are wo sides to every question, and sometimes seven or eight. A small tavern near one of the ri-cities largest industrial plants serves lunches as well as drinks.

One of the shifts quits work at 11 p. m. and another at 11:30. The workers come into the tavern, have a glass of beer or at the most, two, and eat a sandwich or bowl of soup. 1 'About one-third of them buy onljr soft drinks, and one out of 20 takes a drink of whisky-with his beer: I have yet to see one of the men or women take more than two drinks.

Then they go home. Within 20 minutes all have left. There Is ho intoxication, no celebrating; no noise. Tbe worker? look and act tired, and their chief wish is 'to get to bed. Does anyone believe that their brief visit to the tavern causes "absenteeism the next day? If the tavern is to be closed at 11 o'clock! none of these people can visit Will depriving them of a glass of beer, a bottle of pop, or'a bowl of chili add to production in the or make them happier and better workers? Such a tavern is a direct contrast to certain establishments where the customers come for the definite purpose of getting drunk, and succeed uproariously.

But it is one of the- seven or eight sides to the question. GROUCHO. Child Evangelism. Editor, The Argus: I have been wondering how many of the peoples of Rock Island know what is being done for the children of our city. Do they know that the "Child Evangelism council, made up of Some- earnest Christian 4 people, -representing several denominations, have started classes all over the city to teach children about "The Christ, children who have no church affiliation; that splendid women give a couple of hours each week to this -service; that a home is opened and all the children in the neighborhood are invited in; that the story- is told simply and lovingly, using the flannelgraph to illustrate in the most attractive way the story of the Bible? There are 14 classes scattered over the city with as many taachers.

One clasa has an almost perfect attendance, and in all of the classes the average attendance is very high. Throughout the city there are g-oups of people, four a group, who are praying daily for this work, and God has heard and richly blessed this praying. No money has been solicited, but a few church groups subscribe to it monthly, and a few friends have given. Oh, the need is great! In all there are 213 children enrolled, including a large class of colored boys and girls. There should be many more classes.

It is hoped that mare homes will be opened, more will offer themselves as teachers, more will pray and give. The of our city is its children. They must be fitted for the tasks that are before them. A friend of child evangelism, MRS. ZA3.

BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Washington Expediency seems to have won and principle seems to have lost again. Undersecretary of State Grew in a speech declares that the department of state sees noth ing inconsistent between special alliances that have been negotiated recently and the mbar ton Oaks plan. If the United States government, of course, does not wish to see anything inconsistent in those alliances, then probably no other country will raise any objection, but the terms of the Franco-Russian alliance, as well as the Czecho-slovak-Russian alliance appear to be plainly inconsistent with the Dumbarton Oaks plan. The plan provides: "Nothing in the charter should preclude the existence of regional arrangements or agencies for dealing with such matters relating to the maintenance of international peace and security as ate appropriate for regional action provided such arrangements 6r agencies and their activities are consistent with the purposes and principles of the organization.

Great Britain wisely provided in its special treaty with Russia, signed in June, 1942, for exactly the situation that has now arisen. In that treaty, which was to last 20 years. Great Britain undertook to assist Russia in the event of a rebirth of German aggression, but stated that the clauses requiring parties by mutual agreement shall recognize that it is superseded- by the adoption of the proposals contemplated in article 3, which specifically provided that both Great Britain and Russia declared their desire to unite with other states "in adopting proposals for common action to preserve peace and resist aggression in the postwar period. No Such Clause. In other words, pending the establishment of an international organization, Great Britain promised Russia assistance against German aggression, but if an international organization were set up, the pledge of military assistance was to be abrogated by mutual consent of Russia and Great Britain.

Only in event of default irr the adoption of proposals by an international organization was the treaty between Russia and Great Britain promising mutual military to be continued for 20 years. There is no such clause in the Franco-Russian treaty of alliance and mutual assistance, nor is any such clause to be found in the alliance between Czechoslovakia and Russia. Reading the terms of both these alliances, it would appear that France and Czechoslovakia are committed to render aid to Russia, irrespective of whether the latter nation is itself guilty of aggression. Likewise, Russia must come to the aid of Czechoslovakia or France irrespective of what the security council may prescribe. Might Oppose Council.

Under article 5 of the Franco-Russian alliance, Russia and-France "undertake not to conclude any alliance and not to take part in any coalition directed against either of the high contracting parties. This means, of course, that if Russia at any time is accused of aggression and the security council of Dumbarton Oaks, by a majority vote, declares that Russia is an aggressor, irrespective of the verdict of the security council of the new League of Nations. The champions of the Dumbarton Oaks plan have been proclaiming that the srcurlty council alone would order military action and that no nation would be permitted to act of its own accord in preserving the peace of the world unless it' had specific instructions from the security council. When Senator Vandenberg recently proposed that the United States, Russia and Britain enter into a treaty guaranteeing to use Joint forces to prevent the rebirth of aggression in Germany, he added significantly that such an agreement should last only until such time as the larger interna-tiohal organization could take over the military problem envisaged byjhis proposal. He put a limita-tioh on it, just as did the British in their treaty with Russia.

That is why it is so to find the department of state announcing in advance of the completion of the Dumbarton Oaks plan that the United States approves alliances of the nature entered into by both France and Czechoslovakia with Russia. BARBS There are no IN and ands about the cigaret shortage and very few butts. The boy who doesnt want to eat things that make him sick is sick. Reformers likely already are worrying obout what the bathing girls wont wear this coming summer. Tobacco distributors are going to try out cigaret ration cards.

Heres hoping for a square deal! Remember your red points when serving a course dinner dont try to make both ends meat. We are no authority on statistics, but the average run of motorists is too fast per hour. A Feminine Dictator. Bulgaria is notorious for its bad guesses in war. It got in on the German side in both the First and Second World wars.

Maybe it has decided that woman might bring a change of luck. Anyway? its real ruler today is a woman. Miss Tsola Dragoytchova, according to Joseph M. Levy of the New York. Times, who just spent six weeks in this little country.

Miss Dragoytchova, 46, is executive secretary of the National Committee of the Fatherland Front. She was condemned to death several times by the former Bulgarian government. Bulgaria officially is rule4 by a coalition of Agrarians, Zvenos, Socialists and Communists, in equal numbers. They are the Fatherland Front. But everybody whispers that Tsola Dragoytchova is the real power.

And she rules with an iron hand, paying no attention to laws or decrees that stand in her way and having no patience with anyone who is not 100 per cent wtih her. Let's wait and see how this efforts turn out. The male members of the dictator clan have done badly. Some of their economic measures were very nifty, but their oppressions doomed them. Maybe Bulgarias feminine dictator will prove more reasonable.

Her beginning, however, is not too hopeful. I Veterans Agencies Suggested Foreign Reaction BY ERNEST LINDLEY. Washington Published reaction abroad to Senator Vandenbergs Jan. 10 speech on foreign policy has been, on the whole, guarded. This may be due in part to doubt that the speech reflected a genuine change i viewpoint since pre-Pearl Harbor days by either himself or any large group of citizens.

But it may be due in larger part to the warnings and implied conditions in it. The speech was a strong but friendly warning to our major allies not to pursue policies which seriously infringe upon the Atlantic charter and the American conception of a just peace. But he did not say that he would, oppose any form of American participation in international arrangements to preserve peace unless our allies behaved, in every particular, as he or a majority of the American people would like to have them behave. There were no strings attached to his proposal that the major allies pledge themselves by treaty to keep Germany and Japan permanently demilitarized. There was none attached to his proposal that the president should have the authorty to use force to enforce these treaties on the defeated axis nations, without further recourse to congress.

1 Closer Linking BY THOMAS L. STOKES. Washington The manifold affairs of the war veteran, sick and well, are the concern of a number of government agencies. There is the veterans created after the last war, solid, permanent and highly; bureaucratic; the fed-r a 1 security i i s-tration with its state rehabilitation offices; the U. S.

employment service having to do with jobs; the U. S. bureau of education; selective service; and the war and navy departments. There are also outside organizations, such as the various veterans associations, and the American Red Cross. This is as it should be, for the veterans problem is many-sided.

The government interest is specific as well as broad, as is that of the public. But, as with other problems and interests that come within the purview of the government, this can create confusion so that the main objective often gets lost. Those who are experienced with Bob Hope Reporting: Long Beach, Calif. This Is a big shipbuilding center and they paid me a great honor by having me launch a ship. You know how celebrities use champagne to launch a big battleship? Well, I broke bottle of cherry pop on a surfboard.

They really launch the boats in a hurry here at California shipyards one guy parked his car here the other day, had some lunch when he got back, it had been in three campaigns in the south Pacific and was back in drydock for repairs. I' wont say they build them fast but I said to one guy, Ever hear of Henry J. Kaiser? a to of a of to so to go S. world confidence by full and whole-hearted cooperation with and reliance on a vital international organization. The British, likewise, will have to make choices perhaps especially with respect to the Pacific settlement and colonial policy, in general.

Concerned Over Freedom. Tho Russians, of course, have historical and ethnographic cUlms to most if not all of the territory whichthey have incorporated into the Soviet Union, although by small concessions to the Poles (hey could improve their standing elsewhere in the world. What is of deeper concern to American opinion is that the- Poles and other peoples along the Russian border shall enjoy genuine independence and self-government. The president, in his annual message, said that the allies have a duty to see "that no temporary or provisional authorities in the liberated countries block the eventual exercise of the peoples' right to choose the government and the institutions under which as free men they are to live. this with approval, Senator Vandenberg issued an even broader and sharper warning that the United States will not underwrite a series of arrangements to which it was not a party and which violate, or appear to violate, the principles in which most of its people believe.

Beyond agreements to keep Germany and Japan demilitarized, which Vandenberg holds to be important to our own security, the United States has much that it can offer to our allies or withhold from them. more out-patient facilities there he created mobile psychiatric units to visit small towns and rural areas where treatment could not be given locally. Another is that there be a physical, psychological and vocational appraisal of those in the service prior to their discharge, immediately upon cessation of hostilities, with the record to be furnished to rehabilitation agencies, properly restricted of course to protect the Veteran. The theory la that this would cover all servicemen, and might save time and trouble later, as well as being preventive in ture. An inquiry! into the neurq-psychiatric problem also would serve the very useful purpose of broadening public understanding, of removing phobias about it.

It yields to the- proper treatment. Worth quoting is a bit of advice about the neuro-psychiatric patient in a little booklet distributed by the surgeon generals office of the army: 1 In the great maiority of lri stances where a soldier has been discharged from the army for nervous or mental reasons, it has been for psychoneurosis. This is not a form of insanity nor is It likely to becojne insanity. With-proper management, it doesn't interfere with living a normal life and if cured, it is not likely to recur. It is not hereditary.

and, of course, the longer the European conflict lasts, the greater are the abstacles encountered with Supply lines and shipping space. Representative Margaret Chase Smith of Maine, back from the Pacific. In the past we have always had time to raise and train our armed forces. Modem science has abolished that period of grace. Navy Secretary James V.

Forrestal. Our industrialists have done in eight months what normally would have required at least a year. Peak production under the program inaugurated in May will be reached about Feb. 1 Major -General Levin H. Campbell, army ordnance chief.

Measured in terms of effectiveness, the army is under strength. What we need are 7,700,000 highly effective men. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson. Other Editors Say Neighborly 'Sappers7 (Quincy Herald-Whig) An American correspondent in London tells of a visit into an outlying district where robot bombs had done much damage.

There he found American "sappers at work. They were men from labor, construction and engineer battalions who had not been detailed but had volunteered to do the work. There were thousands of Englishmen in other parts of the country doing the same work, but because of the enormous destruction and damage, there were not enough of them. So the Yanks were asked to lend a hand and were doing it cheerfully. Americans, it seems, have little idea of the extent of this robot destruction, but the bombardment was kept up for weeks and months and bombs that found their marks left plenty of rubble to clear away.

It was inspiring, this correspondent said, after reading of the bitterness between the two Etjglish-speaking peoples, and the criticism and recrimination emanating from both sides of the ocean, to see American boys busy at the manual labor clearing away debris and making foundations ready for new British" homes. That was cooperation of a type that is not always found in the chancelleries of the world. Homd Front Casualty. The army and navy have special awards for those who go beyond their duty, to risk live. The home front might adopt the same principle in these times.

By this tejt, special notice is due Henry Johnson, custodian of Black Hawk State park for the last 11 years, who died suddenly this week. Mr. Johnson, who had served under both 'Democratic and Republican administrations, had been warned from Springfield that as the superintendent at Black Hawk he was not supposed to do manual work. But there was a shortage of manpower and he persisted, saying he cduld wear overalls and still be a gentleman. He worked hard nd regujarly at keeping the park in shape, adding improvements here and there and making it better serve the comforts of the community.

How many people are putting as much sincerity nd effort into their wartime roles as he did? the government veteran setup say that what is most needed now is coordinating agency over all these various agencies. This is emphasized particularly by those concerned with a problem that is now beginning to demand attention. This is the treatment and restoring of the neuro-psychiatrics, the veterans who have become maladjusted. troubled with nervous or mental disorders, which has been discussed in two previous articles. Their number is large and atlU growing.

Because of the varied interests the veteran it has been suggested th8t all over-all investigation should be conducted, perhaps by a commission representative of the government, including congress, and the private agencies. Such an inquiry not only could consider this matter of coordination, but could go into the numerous phases of the particular problem with which this and two previous articles have been concerned, the neuro-psychiatric. To be effective, such an investigation should be made soon. Numerous It could go into a major need, the providing of more psychiatrist take hold of this problem. It could also consider numerous other suggestions.

One is that in order to furnish He replied, Whom do you mean, Molasses? The ocean around here is so full of ships there isnt even any room for the fish in fact, its crowded, I saw two fish trying Join a beach club so they could swimming! TURNING BACK THE ARGUS FILES i Who Is Right? Westbrook Pegler and Damon Runyon say the dont like to be referred to as G. I. Joe. W. A.

S. Douglas, just back from a sojourn in France, says, he knows otherwise from personal experience; he heard them so label, each other. But a number of them, out at Santa Barbara, tell the New York Times Weve got names nd we want em used. What do the service men themselves say? Maybe a few would care to write in. Our guess is that, as on many other subjects, they differ greatly on this one.

Being fed up with this war, they are apt to disagree with anybody any proposition. You could call them anything, we imagine, if you would just tell them this: "The war is over; come home. Fifty Years Ago. Harold A. Weld returned from a business trip to Monmouth.

Mrs. Charles K. Mixter is secretary of the Ladies Relief society. The regular meeting will be held in school No. 4.

i Twenty-five Years Ago. Dr. G. S. Youngert gave the Rotarians an eyewitness account of Russian activities as seen by him at Hango.

The Argus was affected by the embargo placed on newsprint shipments by the Canadian government on the Canadian mill 'of the Fort Francis company, an American-controlled concern. Ten Years Ago. Professor Henry F. Staack of Augustana college, speaking to the brotherhood of St. Johns Lutheran church, said that the Saar action was a step to peace.

Justice Warren H. Orr spoke in commemoration of the birthday of Benjamin Franklin on the first in the" series of broadcasts to be presented by the Rock Island County Bar association. When one of our enemies is defeated, then and only then can we lessen our Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes. It is what you are that is important.

If they like you, they like you, and if they dont like you a good address in London is of no help. "Brides Guide to the U. booklet distributed to American soldiers wives in England. I The distances are breath-taking i Pass the Vitamin D. The chief weather bureau meteorologist at St.

Louis says the city is suffering from acute lack of sunshine, which has produced an adverse psychological-effect. Only the sun can cure it What is that thing still around? We thought it had cut loOse, from the universe. If it is coming out again some day, that is mighty good news. Vie feel more cheerful already..