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VOL. XLIII—
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EISENHOWER, a Texas-Kan
san, executed some of might
iest military operations and
taught the Nazis new lessons.
CHURCHILL was Britain's
sideline prophet of disaster
until war biased; he emerged
as prime minister, savior.
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blitz-master, was the first to
stop the Nazis with inspired
tactics across North Africa.
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MONTGOMERY, Bible
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NIEMOELLER, a German Lu
theran paster, preferred
prison to Nazism. His courage
inspired world sermons.
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DeGAULLE, a minor general
‘in 1940, rallied war-scattered
Frenchmen and grew in stat
ure to be Free France symbol.
ROMMEL won o placo in his
tory as the foe's most brilliant
tactician. Not a heel-popping
Junker, he came up hard way. ,
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KAISER wot a West Coast
contractor; war made him a
mighty driving power and
symbol of America's miracle
in armament production..if?
MOLOTOV, the mHd, method. •
teal statesman, in war be
came Russia's No. 2 man and ;
Russia became No.v I Euro* 4
pean power with his aid..
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BYRNES, the "assistant presi-j
dent" from South Carolina,
directed war mobilization, to
add luster to an already bril
liant career of stqtetmqnship.
TITO (Josip Broz), the myth
shrouded chief of Yugoslav
guerrillas, emerged from the
Balkan confusion to confound
the tottering Nazi supermen, u
Rapture Of Victory Recalls Scenes Of 1918
xmasm
? JUBILANT soldiers and
J ians at the front and in
the capitals of the victorious
Allies shouted a noisy wel
come to Armistice Day and
the end of hostilities on Nov.
11, 1918. The tension of more
than four years of war broke.
Flags waved. Army discipline
was forgotten, men and wo
men cheered, and huge
throngs gathered for monster
parades in the big cities ef
the new and old worlds.
PARIS
THE FRONT
NEW YORK
Peace Was Wonderful Last Time
Too—Then Came The Headaches
By W. G. ROGERS
AP Features Writer
EUROPE; 11 A. M., Greenwich Mean Time; Nov. 11,
1918. Europe’s millions began the joyous job of recapturing
peaceful ways after war-scarred years.
First came wild celebrations . . . Piccadilly . . . Mont
martre . . . Rome . . . Marseille . the glorious frenzy of the
first touch of peace
For the man in the street, his
I wife and child. It. meant incal
culable relief. Unendurable sepa
rations were over. The boys could
take off their uniforms and come
home. Those still alive would stay
alive, death no longer filled the
night air.
Confusion In Austria
To the Belgian the end of the
war brought not merely relief but
delirium. King Albert and Queen
Elizabeth made their official re
entry into Brussels Nov. 22, 1918,
to hysterical cheers. Wine flowed
in rivers, not only down the
throats of citizens mad with joy
but also out over the sills of cafes
which had catered to the occupy
ing boches and on which the popu
lace vented its fury.
Soon, however, Europe's relief
gave way to confusion, to hard
ships uncommon in peace, and to
chaos. In Austra in the month of
the armistice there were serious
disorders; in the following March
food conditions were desperate,
and in April there was a Bolshevist
uprising in Vienna.
English women were made eligi
ble to Parliament in November,
1918, and England had its first
general election since 1910. In
December 100,000 cotton mill work
ers struck; in January there was
a strike in Glasgow so serious
tath soldiers had to be called out;
and in February London was para
lyzed by a transport strike. A coal
strike was averted narrowly by a
boost in wages and a cut in hours.
Food rationing did not end until
January.
Finland won Its independence
In March, 1918, after Russia’s early
release from war in the drastic
treaty of <3rest-Litovsk imposed
by Germany. The year 1919 saw
the battle of allied and White Rus
sian troops under Kolchak against
the Russian Bolshevists.
The Italian were demanding
Flume, food prices were sky high
and labor was restless in the big
industrial cities of the north.
Tuscany suffered a severe earth
quake.
Clemenceau acknowledged strait
ened conditions in France and of
fered government aid in combating
high prices. Thanks to the enor
mous task of reconstruction, there
was added work for labor. Soon
there was a renewal of radical
activity and in Paris one paper re
called admiringly the short-lived
but bloody Commune of 1871. In
January there was a crime wave
in Paris, and a general strike on
the transportation lines; in April
an eight-hour day law was en
acted.
The German had the least cause
to rejoice; though the strain of
war was over, he had been de
feated. Ebert asked the United
States for food in the month of
the armistice. . . . Hoover soon
was to be named to direct foreign
relief in January. Liebknecht’s
extremist followers, the Spartacists
rebelled in Berlin in November,
December and January, and the
deaths of Liebknecht and Rosa
Luxemburg were the principal
check to the spread of these dis
orders. Workers and Soldiers’
Councils proclaimed a republic in
Hamburg in November. A Bol
shevist republic was set up in
Silesia in December, and a Soviet
government for Bavaria was pro
claimed in Munich in April and
overthrown in May.
The German heard his generals
protest that the army had never
been defeated; he could see with
his own eyes that his cities had
not been bombed nor his country
side overrun. It was not long be
fore the man in the streets of the
Rhineland was trying slyly to
divide his conquerors: he was
telling the Frenchman that the
Americans were no good, and whis
pering to the American in the
Army of Occupation that he could
not stand the French.
Leaders In American Life Hail Victory
WOMEN
By MRS. JOHN L. WHITEHURST
President, General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Although the surrender of Germany saves the lives of many of our
boys at this time, it should be definitely understood that a negotiated
jeace based on special privileges will not be welcomed by the women of
this country. The women suffer the most poignant grief during a war,
j and Germany’s leaders should be punished for their aggression.
• • •
By MRS. CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT
Honorary President, National League of Women Voters
Many forward-looking people In Germany have died under the Nazi
regime, and some whom I knew have been hanged. I only hope the Ger
mans haven’t killed off their own race. If they haven’t, there will be
liberal and independent leaders, both men and women, for the Germany
of tomorrow.
• • •
AGRICULTURE
By MILTON S. EISENHOWER
President, Kansas State College
Germany's surrender releases our full power for use against Japan
whose militarists now know their days are numbered. After one more
military victory in this war, millions of us, I hope, are going to be terribly
vigilant and vocal in making certain that this time we do not lose the
peace.
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RELIGION
By STEPHEN S. WISE
Rabbi, Free Synagogue; president, Jewish Institute of Religion and
American Jewish Congress
Ours must first be the spint of reverent thanksgiving for divine
help, with added thankfulness for the high leadership, which with the
heroism of our sons, made victory possible. We must ie Just and firm
just to a people pitifully misguided and tragically tempted, firm with its
criminal leaders. World War II came not because of the Versailles peace
treaty, which was of the essence of forebearance, but because of the un
wisdom of imagining that we coud keep peace within and without our
frontiers by refraining from contact with the nations. We have learned
the lesson: our children must not again pay the price. * *
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LABOR
By DANIEL J. TOBIN
President, International Brotherhood of Teamsters,
Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers (AFL)
The collapse of Germany confirms the brilliant war strategy of our
leaders. We must now demand protection for future generations against
a repetition of two world wars started by Germany. Individual Germans
must pay for their crimes, and the war against Japan must be prosecuted
with renewed determination.
• • •
By JAMES B. CAREY
Secretary-Treasurer, CIO
The real test of our motives and institutions lies ahead. It is no easy
job to create a world free from want and fear, to seek out from Europe’s
underground the true champions of democracy. But we must do so, for
a world built on compromise with reaction holds no promise for a better
tomorrow.
* * *
BUSINESS
By ERIC A. JOHNSTON
President, U. S. Chamber of Commerce
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While our hearts rejoice at this great victory over European despotism,
American Industry will take no time off to celebrate until our epic task
of erasing tyranny elsewhere is complete. The Germans have been twice
taught the grim lesson that “America understands war.’’ We will teach
it with renewed vigor and determination to our Asiatic enemies. It will
be a lesson they shall never forget.
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EDUCATION
By FRANK P. GRAHAM
President, University of North Carolina
Today the surrender of Germany! Yesterday Italy! Tomorrow Japan!
The United Nations which combined so decisively for the overthrow of
the Fascist powers must continue their cooperation for the democratic
inclusion of all peoples in the enforcement of international Justice and
peace.
MUSSOLINI, father of Fas
cism, dictated for 21 years;
was first of dictators to fall
('43) as Italy was invaded.
lilt
HITLER, Nazi dictator since
1933, released Europe's old
est hates, newest death ma
chines; was himself engulfed.
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VON THYSSEN, German steel
tycoon, sponsored Hitler's
rise, then from a jail window
saw war gobble up fortune.
CHAMBERLAIN sowed words
of appeasement, reaped
world war; he died in 1940,
after resigning Empire's reins.
QUISLING betrayed Norway
and became a puppet dic
tator in 1940; "quisling" now -<
is a synonym for betrayer, pi
HESS, Hitler's 'own deputy
Fuehrer, flew to England in"
1941 to propose peace-and
& sank into deep oblivion'.^
CASTILLO, as president held
Argentina aloof from Latin
America's anti-Axis front; got
"putsched out" in June, 1943.
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GAMELIN, French war chief,
fought Worlcs War M as he
did World War I. France wai
blitzed; he was captured.
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| HEYDRICH, the Nazi hang
j man, topped the list of war
i criminals for post-war trial.
But a patriot's bomb got him
1 r in Prague in 1942. ' '
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BORIS III of Bulgaria tried to
do business with Hitler. His
25*year reign ended in a
ysterious death last August,
is nation shied from Axi*.