Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 January 1945 — Page 14

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A People’s Parco

By James Thrasher

Senior Senator By Daniel M. Kidney

HENRY W. MANZ

ROY W. HOWARD WALTER 1ECRRONE. President * Editor :

~ centrated by the United States in its 5300-mile drive back ~BeToss the Pacific. — bong saerifice.in scores of battles, from Pearl Haibor to Pert Moresby to the Philippines, led to Now more hard fighting will avenge Bataan

Lingayen.

Tone of Both Hope and Concern =.

their important task of helping to build what Mr.

HOW THEN should the American people go about |

Third on Agriculfure Commities.

Opinion,” .

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ONE OF THE important committees upon which

© Business Manager 2030 N. Delaw AA SCRIPPS-HOWARD NEWSPAPER) : - Cpl. Roy C. , “PEACE CAN be made and a SHINGTON. Jab 1A | han 8, i ih o kept only by ‘the united 'determi- e 1s & senator § Owned and published v Pie in Merion Ogun nation of fre¢ and peace-loving serving in his second congress, | Belmont aves dally (except Sunday) by 3. by carrier, 30 cents peoples who are willing to work Senator Raymond .E. Willis" (R. Pvt. Philip 1 Times Pub- if ’ together, willing to help one an- Ind) has advanced rapidly on || ington blvd. 1 lishing Co., 214 W. Mary- a w other, willing to respect and various senate committees under { Pfc. «George land st. Postal Zone 9. Mail rates in Indiana, tolerate and try to understand one ie senlority system. Fulton st., ‘in : $5 a year; all other states, another's opinions and feelings.” He also is a member of te Pvt. James Member of United Press, U. S. possessions, Canada That - prescription for peace,’ Republican committee on commit- f Barth ave, in .Scripps-Howard Newspa~ and Mexico; 87 cents a stated by President Roosevelt in tees and thus has something to say | | Pfc. L. John per Alliance, NEA Serv- E .month. > his message to congress on- the | . aboyt where his G. O. P. colleagues | ington blvd, 1 . lee, and Audit Bureau of state of the union, is one with should serve. It was on his Cpl. Charle Circulations. cares -wowann]] «&igPe RILEY 5551 which most of the President's recommendation that the junior sllinois st., on : br : \fellow citizens are in acford.-It is a tremendously senator from Indiana, Homer B. Capehart, was placed Pvt, Lynn Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way difficult and responsible assignment, but the great \ the senate privileges &nd elections committee. Adams st., in | a—— =| majority of Americans will accept it because it. 1s the committee which would try Capehart if a Sgt. Robert coincides with thgir own deep desires, contest was brought growing out of the Indiana elec- Pennsylvania MacARTHUR RETURNS The great difficulty, of course, lies in the fact tion investigation. : i : that even in the freest modern. democracy the “The Democrats made political capital out of that Two years and nine months after the fall of Bataan, | jeiple cannot dictate the detajls of international mvestigalion, Senator Willis told his Republican Lt. Hugh I Gen. MacArthur ‘returned to Luzon as he promised. poliey, Most of fee feral Se prasad 10 She politics pero ho Je Might se wel Son Bi Jute | Holmes ave, With him were the largest army, air forces, and fleets con- De pc and a formation. mittee. He is as clean as a hound's tooth and no contest will ever be brought against him in my Ensign Haro

of Mrs. Helen | | Ave. Schenk, 606.-S¢ | missing In acti | Dec. 29.

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and Corre idor. Roosevelt calls a “people’s peace”? Perhaps we can Senator Willis : - Th gl K the Luzon invasion was coming but take the key of our future actions from the tone rt oy has moved up fast is agriculture and a Sle e enemy Knew ine ’ of the message in which the President assigned this estry. This committee handies all important farm chou Be ign he “couldn't stop it. For more than a week our planes had | ya. wie maneilronninpieig tered the na been pounding his supply and reinforcement lines through That tone was hopeful and at the same time full the minority side. Republicans ahead of him are ber. 1913, aod

Formosa and the Ryukyus islands to the north. By taking * Mindoro and Marinduque, MacArthur had covered southern Luzon by sea and air, and had provided bases to sweep the

of grave concern. It was unswerving in its principles of freedom, self-government and durable peace, yet conciliatory toward the conflicting approaches to the realization of those principles. It was not a challenging or heroic statement of foreign policy, but

Senators Capper of Kansas and Shipstead of Minnesota. There are nine Republicans on the committee, which has a membership of 20. With the opening of the 79th congress, Senator §

ice last Septer

. Cpl. Joseph ( months over:

South China sea approaches and Manila itself. | it was noble, sincere, and at the same time, practical. Willis gave up the minor library committee for thé | . wounded Dec. But, despite the tip-off to the enemy from this essential Thus far America’s popular expression has been major appropriations committee. He did not have to | Feuperasing " jev i rise | less inclined toward a moderate view of some allied start at the bottom on the minority side, however, ance. softening-up process, MacArthur achieved tactical surp because he outranks Senators Ferguson of Michigan Cpl. Cheek i:

and the great advantage that goes with it.

The Japs

thought Lingayen the least likely point because it was

policies than has its government leadership. Perhaps we shall learn that it is wiser to “respect and tolerate” more in trying to weld separate and conflicting de-

and Wherry of Nebraska who were given appropria- | tions assignments at the same timé. They came to |

Dorothy Cheek the son of M

on the northwest side of the island, nearest Japan and | terminations into a united determinaton. he ® po a2 9 Senatar ia in 194, Fucre | Tot comin | are membérs on the appropriations committee. a farthest from our Leyte-Mindoro bases ; and because 3{ ur Course Is ‘Clear Senator Willls ranks eighth among. the 10 Republicans. | training at C landing there would involve the Americans getting around . He wisoss Jum rakilg MEHME* OR navhl Salis | "The soldier’ HIS WILL NOT .he cacy whin.one county's where there are seven Republi¢ans on & committee | The soldier i:

behind the Jap lines.

That is precisely what Mac-

national policy becomes a matter of international

of 18. This has been a special interest of Senator

employed by tl

Arthur did. concern—such as when, recently, many months of Willis, becauié both the naval aviation hase ay Por fe Go He 2 8» 2 =& = politically-inspired quiet on the Polish front seem to Ind, and the ammunition depot at Crane have been son, Joseph. have cost the allies lives and territory in the west. his pet projécts. 4 . OUR NAVY—Kinkaid’s and Halsey’s fleets—made But whatever the doubts and disappointments that. [= Outranking Senator Willis on naval affairs are the | Pfc. Paul Li | inevitably await the American people in their portion venerable Senator Johnson of California and Senator Mrs. W. E. Le

this possible.

Without American command of the seas

west and north of Luzon, our troops could not land at distant Lingayen in force and could not be supplied after securing beachheads. Already our fleets have paid a price

for this in some ships and plane losses.

As a result of MacArthur's surprise tactics and the

of the peace-making task, there is one positive thing | that we can do. We can make known our continuing and unshakable determination for a united Vigtory | and a united peace. The people cannot be expected to applaud or even | accept without comment every excursion from the road toward world peace that other governments may

The Hoosier Forum

I wholly disagree with what you say, but will - defend to the death your right to Say it.—Voltaire.

Tobey of New Hampshire.

Ranking Member of Printing Committee

SENATOR WILLIS is number 3 among the six Republicans on the public lands and survey committee and the ranking minority member on the printing

was wounded has been awar Pvt. Leslie i. the service th overseas in N soldier atten school and fo!

superb operations of his sea and air arms, a 15-mile beach | make. But if we make it clear that neither tolerance [FIGHT FOR RICHY (Times readers are invited |“DEFIANCE OF BASIC Some, EF also it's wembes " he Jour sEnutes by the Allison Kead has been lidated with little nd o sition nor opposition will cause us to abandon these broad | WILL PREVAIL i to. express their views in |PRINCIPLES OF DEMOCRACY” piel DN Som: y Wi as charge of the Motors. cons0lioa wi g LS principles, the American people will at least have |p, yw, students of Manual High School! 4 lai Uv Cpr Paul. 5 Binet Stiwhers 4 . A brother, and “insignificant” Josses among Gen. Kreuger's troops. | made a beginning of the endless and exacting, but | Indianapolis : 558 Toumn,, fe gious con Holland Anetiiunbns at nla. Sensor Willls remain in -the senate until stationed with So the first official reports are far more favorable than | rewarding. fight to make and keep the peace. We are two high school puplls| troversies excluded. Because | muying lived in Indianapolis’ be-| the printing commitice at once. He lo 4 newsouDer Pt. Lewis, Was expected. : who dare you to print this. We of the volume received, let-- tore the war, I am writing this to| publisher from Angola. sk . pap » Though Lingayen was the farthest and hardest to WORLD AFF AIRS have our views, and we, as future] ters should be. limited to 250 [you hoping to help prevent the But he also would have a good chance of becoming Radio Mach

reach, it is much the best invasion spot. From ifs great | gulf, two good harbors and wide beaches, stretches a broad

Reign of Force

citizens of the world, first, and the United States, second, after discussing the matter with many of our

words. Letters must be signed. Opinions. set forth here are those of the writers,

army—under cover of war-—from committing one of the most sordid examples of militaristic government

chairman of either agriculture and forestry or naval. affairs, which-are far more important.”

a radio opera ‘wounded Oct. according to w department to

De ne HS me relies) Je Soath, 8 : frends ave Seo 8 oe and publication in no ways @ democratic nation has ever! |[N WASHING TON— Mn Pan) ) Mani . 1. ofr . of . . . own. * ersey st. e Pacific. our tanks will have full opportunity to operate, | By William Philip Simms senses—but, this neighborhood cam-| implies agreement with those |KTURL L Machinist B

against an enemy that prefers the jungle.

paign will turn into a city campaign, a nation campaign anda a world

opinions by The Times. The Times assumes no” responsi

preserve our democratic freedom,

Things to Come

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® = =» : a8... WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—All +s certain militarists are striving to dier attended ies 0% : signs indicate that the coming |C8mpaign. bility tor the return of manu |..0 i z THERE IS a deadly reverse repetition in this second peace of Europe will rest primarily We wus HATS. Weout scvevament: scripts and cannot enter cor- ing a by | hme By Peter Edson oan battle of Luzon—deadly for the Japs. As they invaded go Bayousiy £ie raged ly mahY | et raise against one PO respondence regarding them.) |military service. Such an action is Heiny Boyd, through Lingayen then, we do now. As they cut our supply Sen that either the congress |We know that if we could talk to ; 2 a, defiance of the basic prin- v NDE mE Marion, Jus s lines then, we cut theirs now. As their advance bombing or the President can do is likely |the youth of this country and of our| . The fegular army tends to de- —Far mote interesting than Aé crippled our air fields then, we knock out theirs now. As to change things materially. enemy countries, they would agree|—and we are determined and there), ,.° , giviqualism and creative mere Agures in the President’ . k €n, ; This grim ‘warning does not (wilh us. We, the youth, are the are many like us. The fight for thinking, as man's évery action 18 2il budge Shit 1o oof Pfc. Hubert they had sea and air control then, we have it now. And come from the little band of isola- | SPirit and the power of the future. right will prevail. We are future| j.o.oro oo none! “ord of annual budget messag ns son of Mrs. Why not fight together ‘against|citizens of the world—not of the y perior, y gress are the hints of things N. Delaware st

as they later made other landings for pincers movements

on Manila, so we probably shall do.

THERE ALSO are differences between the first battle. of Luzon and the one now starting. But these, too, are

in our favor.

Then the Jap invader was opposed by the | when he meets Marshal Stalin and Prime Minister

Filipinos, while today the American liberator is welcomed

tionists, but from the most ardent internationalists—those who not only desire but attach the utmost importance to collective security through united nations co-operation. Thus, they contend, what the country really faces. —and what President Rodkevelt will be up against

Churchill—is not a theory but a condition. Like it or not, it will have to be accepted realistically, or Russia

common enemies—enemies of all of us—such as diseases, and poverty and lack of education? Why fight against our own kind? We, “the growing youth, want and will have one flag that has in it a representation of every flag in the world, one contsitution, modeled of our own United States Constitution (but cor-

United States or of any country. Think of us as that, and perhaps your laughter will turn some day into a nod of recognition. Print this if you dare. Prove what we all hear day after day—that we have freedom of press. j 2 = = “SOMEHOW IT SEEMS

the front line is a soldier allowed some freedom of action, and that rarely applies to a peacetime army.’ A year's general military service will be a detriment to many an American youth, postponing his career and sapping his’ ambition. We. are fighting now bécause our coun=try and freedom have been endangered. When our nation is again

come—the suggestions to congress to be thinking about reforms 4rd post-war planning. “We must-begin- plans to transform an all-out war economy into a full employment peace,” writes the President, and here are some of the things he has in mind to

achieve this end: “The war will not be won unless we accept our

ing action in convalescing 1 west coast. H

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Pvt. Johnsto: since Dec. 8, 1 marines. He e soon,

by the people who will give effective aid to us as they did | certainly, ang Britain maybe, wil have to be counted | rected of its faults)—one court that| vo pe SYMBOLIC” threatened it will be necessary to| share of responsibility for the administration of Marine Pfee on Leyte and Mindoro. out of the picture as framed at Dumbarton Oaks. will contain a representative from a os aren issn. Del. |TMIY all its manpower, but in the| occupied territaries and for relief an Be tion. I —— every country in the world, All|By Mrs. W. . : meantime, let us build and improve| in the liberated areds. Expenditurés foi thése tasks Wand, 965 Dor:

But the biggest difference is that the Japs won the first battle, while we will win the last. And only the last

countries, no matter how large or small, will be eliminated and con-

Yesterday I récelved this letter

our nation as fervently ‘in peacetime as we are now doing in war-

are part of the war budget . . .*

ho

ing the servic November dur

counts in the end. Not that liberation of the Philippines| - POLAND'S IS not an isolated case. It happens to [sidered but as states in the one from my son, Lt. T. G. Karsell, on | ym, for Vets in '46 Saipan and T will end the war. It will isolate the enemy from hi Pe be the most publicized but something similar is hap- | great nation—th® world itself, the European front. It surely must Yes, America must be a nation 20 Per Cent for 3 an the | . y I" | pening all over Europe—in Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, | To build a bridge in Italy will{refiect the thoughts of others. of intelligent and physically fit men. “ALTHOUGH THE FULL impact of the veterans’ Pvt. Savage seas conquest, however, and enable us to take the China | Estonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Hungary. imean but the same as building a| “Christmas Morning—Dear Moth. | Therefore, let us institute an in-| program will not be felt until the years following marines Oct. 5, bases for the final invasion of Japan. : Befveen now and the final roll call others may be brite. in Dtimols We ii ile er~The bells of all the village sendive ana Sous Program a she demobilization, the total estimated requirements ‘for seas in a shor 3 : a = i and the wor want it—and we churches have just started to call |i€HCS an ysical » diversi~ ; moted to co Americans at home proudly salute Gen. MacArthur | 4s Poland's fate Ts how VIFtually sealed, the SIUUA- | who will Iive on Tor TANY-Vears fo. the. villagers. 40 worship, Bells, | 1d enough to apply from the be-| 1946 represent about 20 per cent of the total appro ar and the combined sea, air and ground forces who have | tion thus created is worth study. All along it has |come intend to keep on fighting for | siiperimposed upon the endless|8inning of elementary school | priations for other than war purposes . . . ves at 1001 3

made possible this brilliantly successful landing. Our faith and prayers will be ‘with them in the grim battles ahead.

been widely agreed that she would be the test of the performance of the Big Three at the peace table. Poland will be obliged to cede to Soviet Russia approximately everything up to the Curzon line, or some 46.6 per cent of her territory, along with 34 per

| this one cause—and our allies will

be the youth of the whole world. This, to us, is above even our own country and our own government. If we have to die for a cause, It

rumble of cannonading! Somehow it seems to be symbolic of this Christmas. Man superficially informs the world and the God in whom he says he beliéves, of his de-

through high schools, colleges and universities. Thus, starting in early childhood, the nation’s youth would grow strong physically and mentally. A child with such combined

Incidentally, the peak of veterans’ benefits, according to present estitnates, will be three-and-a-half to four billion dollars a year, maybe more, “Anticipating the needs of returning war veterans and the desirability of providing adequate assist-

EJ Pvt. Hugh missing Dec. 12 many, returne

cent of her population, 55 per cent of her forests, 20 | gh the whol 1a __{training would grow up to be ex- §" Presi- later but was FOR A BETTER CONGRESS per Gent. of her oil and some of Europe's richest potas | not for ons nation who betieves It tying for & moment. 16 Soncedl the | emely more fl, capable, and re- | 40% © SMA. ley I00R TERETE NUR LL His wife, Mr AMES F. BYRNES served 25 years in the house and HU eves, me En oo oust | ® Tien. hate and destruction that is gding on Sioasiole San en Wi wiv Nx authority of the farm security administration be in- 8. Belmont a : + ALLY, Y iil laugh at 1 million - senate before going on to the supreme court and then | be grafted on elsewhere. Russia proposes to take this | cap) us wit Susi wu ol) wm Within Sign} wy church, His In- | ining. Furthermore, he will re- Sled Isom ot Its ry So million datas re Be to his present job as director of war mobilization snd from the réich—part 6f East Prussia and a slice of | gents. the “bobby-socks” and teen-| “Can there ever'bé & time when |'8in his fitness infinitely longer.| ., ~~... 0 rchase program gram that | réconversion. Eastern Germany, perhaps up to the river Oder. Mil- | aoe “kids” that have gained their|man will use his resources toward | The Y. M. C. A. could be utilised) “=, "0 “tire "we must dévelop a program to | husband w it t theort ; , | lions of Germans will be forced to move out of the | fame for being so dopey. Well, | knowledge and love and lasting 8id in fostering physical develop-| .. © .0"0 010 tition and rural poverty. . 80 _ issing - Jar. So it is not as a surat, but as a man-of great experi- | annexed areas to make way for the millions of Poles |yii+e powets turn into big powers|peace?” ment even more than it has been in long as a large number of people have an inadequate “fast Saturd ence, that he writes about how congress should reorganize ho wi be shifted Som the soil annexed by Russia. : (the past. Military schools and R.| ot Oo" 0niot have a true surplus of agricultural she received itself to fulfill its responsibilities as an equal and €O-| gor ana permet resentmente, es Bik i J Gl —B G Ib th_ ©. T. C. units are available for &ll| 1oquction, We can only have too much of the wrong letter dated I ordinate branch of our government. e ances Y albra Granting that the United States Pune: : i) Let there be no more than 10 or 12 committees in | Migration Under Compulsion rn Wil) pli v maintain 3 lakge amy! Another Brand-New Social Program was safe. TH each house, he says. (There are now 33 standing committees | A SIMILAR FORMULA 18 being, or will be, fol- aor he erie i oe] armree: ANOTHER breat-néi sdélal program 1h later that day and 12 special committees in the senate; 47 standing and | lowed 11 & dozen other parts 61 Europe. Not only are made more attractive, and all Who| 4. idale of the war, the Président writes: “I am Jelegram arn igh . : ; boundaries Being shifted but the biggest mass migra- desire to remain in the service fol » from the war eight special committees in the house.) tions in all histor recommending reorganization of the basic structure Tipmore had 1 ] " y are contemplated, All this will také lowing the present conflict should be 1 od This tion will pmore ha ‘Let the chairmen of the committees serve ag a Sort | place under compulsion, for families whose ancestors allowed~in fact encouraged—o do ot ine ann i oll or nk ot In a letter r of congressional cabinet, so that legislative work can be ate. 3 LionBig Ben 2 Fartinles so. Many of them have already| more adequate educational programs with proper jamiiors Yesvesda Wlosated anf Jesponeihiliy concentrated. pick up and start treking to unheard-pf places abroad Fe Po So, Hivush he gupiaigetinplingis 08. on ll. the various aspecis af edu- | _ Pvt. Tipmor vi . . aia.» Zona Tipmore, e each committee with a pérmanent staff of units: Dt Whe 0 5 var svete pater capable of these men-—and other| Tne records Of selective service reveal that we Yas a Ie, Paes 3 career men, to advise and aid the committees on | Lb FELL OC Kewisy forced upon them. Tous Wiiiiing 10 aS carve uy have fallen Tar short of a Suitable standard a ae | Ti peRT i wn While Primé Minister Churchill was trying to main- NG to in examinations mbnary 0 nS be Ry ao ll parts of the | 1943, and overs 2 members of the President’s cabinet onto the oan | Drom i Gtteee jong enough to hy 2 popular and attend highly specialized schools | country, the fedefal government must rendet ald - oors of congress, to answer questions of senators and n, v hg lambasted on sides of to learn the special skills needed by| where it is needed—but only Where it is needed. Pvt. Philip N representatives. the Atlantic for his pains, Russia was quietly imposing thelr partioular”branch of the serv- “I recommend . . . Appropriations for the plan. | Eda Hyman, 2 Increase th ard no less than nine regimes on countries under her ice, and in return the army and| ning of public works Whiclt the congress has already | § 1. e salaries of representatives and senators | domination. navy could better utilize thelr per-| authorized . . . we need a larger shelf of detailed | | Was wounded | to $156,000 a year, and permit each one to pay at least $6000 Most, certainly it is observed, that is not the kind sonnel. Also, the present pay scale| plans in order to be prepared for the post-war '| i has been relea: for an assistant to take care of the needs of titueqt of Europe President Roosevelt and the British prime should be maintained as before the| period, | and is awaitin ‘leaving the Jegisiators time to } constituents— Imtstar had in mind wheh they framed the Atlantic ‘war it was an insult to the nation. ; .H All of these sound like 0 estate: ir a al iy gene, Sain : phon SS of Urges Sound Labor Policy fas fia a they will be considered b me suggestions, and we trust needs for her own security and apparently he Will Ty the home, church, school,| INDICATING THAT the government's present la- | in Magy 1944, y the Maloney-Monroney group |insist on it as a condition without which he won't and Boy Scouts or R, O. T, O. 1f| bor relations machinery now achieves something short Africa and It which is to study ways for the self-improvement of the | Play. : | they prefer, but please do not force| of perfection, the President recommends: “We ss Prance. He hi lawmaking and policy-shaping branch of our government. |. "every trouble-spot left by the first world war, them into the army unless the peace] apply some of our wartime lessons in labor-manage of Dijon and C go ent. | this one bids to leave a dozen. There will be not just is again bungled and our freedom| ment co-operation in working out & sound long-range - Pvt. Hyman . 1 ———— one’ Alsace-Lorraine, but many. And such a Europe endangered. labor policy, implemented by pertias o - odin ated from - Sh AN; can be made to stay put only by superior force. machinery for ‘the adjustment of ot; and Indiana w BANG! J “Before long, thefe may be 60 million men and tering the arm: DAILY THOUGHTS women to be employed. . . . We must attack the |. ice employee. 1 SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY MORGENTHAU And they cried unto the Lord, | employment problem on every front Ror stance, ' A brother, C : thinks up a plan for handling post-war German ith Oo Pc fro and said, We have sinned, be- we must overhaul the wartim e tax structure to stim Is serving in I : y, with- 1) oin . orsaken Lord, | ulate ¢ demand and to promote business out the knowledge of the secretary of state. War Mobilizer | uiss We hae fore po 8 he Lars. inv The elements of such & tax program Byrnes recommends post-war tax proposals without con- MORE IMPORTANT than. what you have to ne of our enemies, and we will serve | should be developed now so that it can be put into Fle. George sulting the secretary of the treasury. thankful for Js what you have to be Juana fur. Ale fg teu : ohn thee.~I Samuel 12:10, effect after victory.” : overseas _ with you buying "wat bonds—giving blood \ SERVICE, NC. T. M. RE. U. § PAT. OFF. ay Lomi] Si “Our program should josiude Beavelon. ir ex~ March, was wo Noth surprises usa more, But th day we're look Th pation ust ahesd of you bra od Vist: dhuhad fe, t COULDN'T live in petce t T| tended oplal or better e y pubic forward to 3 oanMajaiis Buus (dls Con. atin ee bt otra ‘The patien ahead of you she had four cartons |put the shadow of & willful -| and nutfition; for | Jprovement our ing ofi—and then don't ut oft bupiog more war. ovgest hope you're. ibook © tweet myseit and God.—George| cities and, arms; and for the development of tr zi lendst | As. / "because I'm sil ysl’. Bo A An portation fhclitids and river vADYA" ry