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CONTINUES
Although the recent meeting of three
top-ranking admirals in San Francisco
has not been explained, there has been
much conjecture on its purpose.
Many commentators have pointed out
the significance of the conference, in
that it means further trouble for Tojo,
and the Japanese Empire, and it will
keep the Japanese navy hunting for its
last “foxhole” in the Pacific ocean (at
the bottom).
It is the belief of military observers
that the present lull is just a respite be
fore the final gigantic push on the en
tire world front, not two or three, but
one coordinated, concentrated effort, to
rid the world of tyranny, and aggression,
and to free, in the true sense of the
word, the oppressed peoples of occupied
countries.
The terrific and ever-increasing
pounding of the enemy home bases is
necessary and will come soon to the Pa
cific area of the front, as it is now being
carried t« the enemy in the European
theatre.
We picture, occasionally, the post-war
era as a mammoth problem. It is, but
the present situation is by far the most
important and expensive in the history
of the world.
Freedom and Peace cannot be obtain
ed without a price.
The Japanese government, or rather
its militarist leaders, are having quite
some time with their labor situation, in
that they cannot force the women of the
upper classes to work, and the added
problem of obtaning the necessary sup
plies to keep the present number of
workers busy, because of the lack of
shipping and the allied submarines prey
ing on their lifelines.
The situation for Japan is extremely
critical, although much of equipment
now in use and being manufactured, is
inferior to that with which they started
the war.
Lack of sea and air power has forced
the Japanese to leave behind many
thousands of ground forces, on the ends
•of the severed lifelinesi, to forage for
themselves or starve.
At the outset of the war the Japanese
soldier would not allow himself to be
captured. Rather than surrender he
would blow himself to bits with a gren
ade.
Now times have changed. Grapevine
must have brought the news back to
those still fighting in other sectors that
’tis better to live perhaps to fight an
other day, than to hurry to meet his an
cestors, for they are giving themselves
up in droves.
Although Japan’s condition seems
precarious, we must not be overoptimis
tic in thinking that we can steam right
up to Yokohoma and Tokyo, and ask for
the keys to the country.
A bitter fight is in store for us. The
j enemy is prepared for everything we
have.
i Level-headed planning is our secret
weapon. Allied with clear-thinking
; execution of orders, it makes the out
icome a certaintv.
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WAR AGAINST OPIUM
If the resolution recently introduced
in Congress by Representative Judd is
passed and acted upon, the end of World
War II. may also mark the end of the il
l licit opium traffice. Pointing to the fact
j that for the first time in the 40-year
• fight waged against opium by the United
States, the British and Dutch govern
ments have agreed to abolish nonopolies
in their Far Eastern territories, once they
are freed from Japan, Congressman Judd
persuasively argues that the time is now
ripe for expanding international con
trols. Since the root of the evil lies in
the plant itself, controls, to be really ef
fective, must be established in the re
maining poppy-growing countries.
Among these countries pre-war China
had virtually eliminated illegal opium
cultivation and will presumably take up
the good work again after the defeat of
Japan. There remains, however, the
countries of the Middle and Near East.
Actually Iran is the largest producer.
The resolution, therefore, proposes that
the President urge that the governments
of all poppy-growing countries limit
their production to the demands of the
legitimate medical market. At this
particular time, while the economies of
the opium growing countries are upset
by the war, and while they have been
made financially prosperous through
lend-lease, the United States, it would
seem, can bring considerable pressure
to bear to expedite a changeover from
drug to food crops. “The people of
Iran”, Representative Judd rightly as
serts, “need good food from their land
j more than money from opium.”—(Jun
! eau Empire).
ONE YEAR AGO:—
U. S. planes attacked Kiska today fot
the 221st time since March 1st.
150,000 prisoners were taken in Tu
nisia.
U. S. forces land on Attu May 11th.
Churches Model A World Of Peace
By ZACHARY TAYLOR
AP Features Writer
NEW YORK — A canny Pres
byterian with a soft voiee and a
flair for hard, Biblical fact is at
the bottom of this ground-swell
of church activity , toward peace.
His was the pen of the declara
tion called ‘‘Six Pillars of Peace”
issued by the Federal Council of
Churches. He had started the
job even before »he war.
John Foster Dulles is chairman
of the Council’s peace committee.
There was no comparable effort
in 1918, but today the bulk of 35
million Protestant Americans—
with the blessing of many Cath
olics and Jews—is receiving the
message of the “Six Pillars.”
“Christian people always have
decided this nation’s major poli
cies,” says Dulles.
i Dulles is an international law
yer who has made many diplo
matic sidetrips. He helped write
the Versailles peace His office is
20 floors above Wall street. He is
trustee of his church and of the
Rockefeller Foundation; the son
of a theological professor, the
grandson of a secretary of state.
Sees Fellowship of Nations
1 At 55, he is not a frustrated vet
eran of treaty-making. He nour
ishes a vision of a “fellowship of
nations” 'which would do away
with power politics and which
evolved from many conferences
and ecumenical resolutions since
1937.
There is a steady, tireless vigor
to this man who takes a stroll—
up and down his office—as he
outlines the philosophy of the
“pillars”.
“We have laid down our prin
ciples—international fellowrfiip,
economic co-operation, peaceful
changes in treaties, self-rule ulti
mately for all peoples, control of
arms and religious liberty. •
“And make no mistake, the
church knows whereof it speaks
Even the tiniest parish supports
world missions, in turn is aware
of the seamy side and economic
injustices in the world. Here is
the secret of our love for China
and our attitude toward imperial
ism in India.”
How can the church hope for a
just peace?
“We shall oppose imperialism
policies for a ‘balance of power’
or for a rule of force in which
the affirmative development of
the fellowship of peoples is omit
ted. Force must be harnessed to
justice and equity.”
A Plague On Antagonism
And, in practice, Dulles insists
that all nations must cease know
ing each other by antagonisms.
“We left out Russia at Ver
sailles and spent the next 25
years in thinly-veiled hostilities
toward her. Today Russia seems
terribly atheistic, but the world
needs in its fellowship the con
tributions of these creative peo
ples.
“America is sfale in its free
dom; Russia is dynamic. We have
much for each other.”
How is America to be com
mitted to such a peace?
“Some of our churches—like the
Methodists—are even ringing
doorbells to educate our people.
Some of us speak and write. We
each put forward our plan in the
ways we think best.
“The politicians know—and
are deeply sensitive.
“You see,” says the peace-pro
moter," this is a democracy of
free people, governed from its be
ginning by Christian principles.
We elect our peace-makers and
Christian sentiment can guide
them.”
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Constance Erickson. Deaconess
Pastor
Sunday, May 14th—Mothers’
Day:
11:00 a. m. Church School
2-00 p. m. Translated choir.
3:30 p. m. Intermediate Fellow- ^
ship.
7:00 p. m. Worship Service.
Baptism for infants and children
will be offered. Special music and
recognition of Mothers with the
Golden Heart. Sermon topic:
“Mother of Men”.
8:30 p. m. Social Hour at the
Kazhim.
Everyone is welcome to all ser
vices.
S4. Joseph's Roman Catholic
Church
Edmund A. Anable, S. J„
Pastor
Sunday Masses, 8 and 10 a. m. J
Week-day Mass’ 7:00 a. m.
Religious instruction for the
children: Monday afterneon, pri
mer class; Tuesday afternoon,
advanced class.
FEDERATED CHURCH
Rev. Vernon I,. Booker, Pastor
Calendar of the Week
Sunday, May 14th.
10:45 a. m Sunday school for
all ages
6-30 p. m. Young Peoples’
meeting.
7:45 p. m. Public Worship Ser
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