Show e OR W ON Washington D C BOMBING OF ROME Pope PIUS XII was completely cooperatIve WIth the AllIes the first time Rome was bombed but not the second t me InsIde fact IS that he h called m in Harold Amen AmenI can charge d affa les Fes to the Vat Vati Vatican I can and protested in 10 the strongest language He gave a scorch scorching ing scold r g gReason Rea Reason on for the Pope s Ire V was as that on August 11 had m informed ormed him that Rome could be recognIzed as an open City by the unilateral terl declara t on of Italy As a result the Pope understood that Rome was an open c ty and apparently so informed Marshal BadoglIo The Pope was acting as ary for the Italian Govern Government Government ment Both he and there therefore therefore fore apparently rested on s assurances and considered Rome Romean Romean an open city That was why the Pope was as so indignant when despite his earl er conversation wIth Rome was bombed again Whether the State Department fa faded ed to communicate T s message to General E senho ver m in order to head oil off the second bomb bombing mg ing was ng on which State Department officials nod ned to comment However one e explanation probably probably ably v was as that a city cannot be declared open by a unilateral declaration Neutral observers must enter the city and definitely ascel tam tain that troops munitions works airfields and government offices have been removed ThIs had not been done following mg s first on with the Pope and that was why hy General Eisenhower er bombed Rome again agam a PRIORITY OF D NGER Behind the closed doors of the OCD m in Wash plans for the civilian defense of the country are being revIsed The new plans take into account the decreasing hood of attack and the growing c indifference to black outs and bomb shelters War ch insist the danger of attack has not passed but they admit there IS no point m in whipping up the public to a frenzy of fear especially in 10 the safer areas They have now dIvided the country roughly into three zones with the following priority of danger danger- danger 1 Pac fic Coast 2 AtlantIc Coast 3 Interior areas The coastal areas are m les deep so that every thing miles inland IS interior and relatively safe The Pacific c coast IS regarded as more dangerous than the Atlant c because the Saps Japs are both uncontrolled uncontrolled trolled and unpredictable When the revision IS finally Ironed out publIc announcements will be made and there will be a general relaxation of defense actIvItIes But OCD will ms ins st that the minimum measures of protection shall be ready for the Siren DecIsion to relax the program v as dIfficult for OCD s nee nce It meant a scaling down of personnel and a loss of Jobs throughout the organization a AIR FORCE DUPLICATION Advocates of a single air force point to the manpower saving that m be accomplished right under the noses of the ChIefs of Staff If I army all air forces and naval on were combined On the edge of Washington sep separated separated only by the Potomac river are the army s Bowling FIeld and the navy s all air base at a Both fields are equipped with many of the same es as and those facIlItIes are manned by forces which duplicate each other Earl geld has Its own radIo tower and radIo staff each has Its sepa separate separate rate communication staff Its o 0 vii cal bureau and staff ItS own medical staff Its own supply depot and a dozen other services required at a bIg air field fieldA A single aIr force combining both army and navy would do away WIth th s a duplIcatIOn both of eqUIpment and personnel ARMY RED TAPE Here IS the type of letter which makes army men see red To Commanding Officer Atlantic Beach Fla 1 The follo following mg enlIsted man manyour manyour your organization has violated tiny form regulations Koval A Private First Class Soldier had his pocket unbuttoned Place Pablo St Jacksonville Beach Time 2125 9 25 pm p in 2 You will Ill take the necessary actIOn to cornett this SituatIOn By order of Colonel Fred L Gassman Int Adjutant CAPITAL CH FF When Elmer DavIs received a cable in Morocco that had spanked OWl s broadcast about the moron c little king of Italy DavIs sent back this telegram Maybe broadcast was a mistake but I st II 11 think the House of Savoy IS a second class hotel Tom Johnson of the Army Jeeps wIll ti II e a new Pan AmerIcan highway through Central Amer ca WIth a jeep he expects to get tt th ough It several months before the road IS sched led for on |