Show ONE FRONT speedy shift despite persistent reports of jap peace feelers america is going full speed ahead for an all out war in the pacific following germanys germanas Germ anys unconditional surrender bringing the european conflict to an end after almost six years of the bitterest fighting in history no sooner had col gen gustav jodl jodi officially thrown in the sponge for germany on orders of fuehrer karl doenitz than the american high command geared itself for a shift to the pacific with plans calling for retention of an army of and navy of 3 the transfer of many air wings to the east to supplement e t super fort raids on japan and the shipment of almost troops from europe within a year at the same time however provision was made for keeping american troops in germany to occupy the southwestern part of the country while the french take over the rhineland the british the northwest and the russians the east way out reading the handwriting on the wall even while germany was still hanging on the I 1 ropes jap businessmen seeing their industries being reduced to rubble even before t the h e U S could throw her full weight into the fray reportedly made indirect approaches pro aches for peace if such is japans pres truman intent despite the rec recent ent announcement of her government officials about a fight to the finish pres harry S truman was seen as offering the japanese an opportunity to give up a and nd still save face by his detailed definition of unconditional surrender in a VE V E day statement then the president said it unconditional surrender means the end of the war it means the termination of the influence of the military leaders who have brought japan to the present brink of disaster it means provision for the return of soldiers and sailors to their families their farms their jobs it means not prolonging the present agony and suffering of the japanese in the vain hope hooe of victory vain hope hooe of victory in shifting U S strength to the pacific the services plan to shi ship P some construction supply and maintenance forces directly from the european theater while moving the bulk over through this country map alap Alove movements ments including some troops w with ith extended combat records who are to be released along with the wounded and averaged ove raged the army will bring men home in the first quarter after VE V E day in the second and in the third those who will be retained for the pacific war will be given a 30 day furlough then reassigned for duty need for staggering the return of troops from europe stems from t the he gigantic task of transferring eq equipment for the pacific war i according to estimates from 60 t to 0 75 per cent of materiel in europe win will be fit for shipment to the pacific theater more goods though war production will continue to dominate U S industry until the japs quit civilian output should increase in proportion to the volume of material and manpower freed from army cutbacks about workers probably will be released by contract cancellations within t the e next six months war mobilization director fred vinson fred vinson estimated with another let out after that but all should find ready employment in 0 expansion and basic industries industry indu es washing machines vacuum clean ers radios and furniture should be available in limited quantities within in a year vinson said and some automobiles should also come off the assembly lines though not enough will be manufactured to meet demands until 1948 with textiles and leather continuing to remain scarce until the pacific war ends the government will push up production of low cost clothing and non rationed footwear with the nations food stocks below requirements rationing will be maintained with meat sugar a and d butter in the tightest supply with civilian gas allotments up to how discharge plan works over men a month are arc to to be discharged under the ardys separation system based on vets credit of 85 points with W ith I 1 point for every month of service since september 1940 I 1 point for every month of overseas overl outside the U S 5 points tor for every combat award such as the distinguished service cross the purple heart or battle participation stars and 12 points for every dependent child under 18 up to a limit of three barrels daily A and ancl corn com mercial card holders may be allowed small smaill ration increases though more tires may become available an acute shortage will persist allied terms having vanquished germany the allies showed no disposition to soften t up in the imposition of terms with extended military occupation aimed at a close supervision of industry finance and government to prevent a rebirth of militarism according to occupation plans the british have taken over the most n ost highly developed industrial territory te ari of germany along with the important north sea ports the russians the heavy wheat and grain growing districts and little ruhr of silesia and the U S the agricultural area of the southwest s t long sought by the french for its military as well as industrial importance I 1 the rhineland was assigned to thern them prize reportedly of this plum territory is ake the coal land which provided the french with one third of their prewar solid fuel POSTWAR af SECURITY region regional al pacts against protests that such ar range ments would narrow the ac tivi ties of a general security organization and eventually displace it south american nations pushed foi fax recognition of regional defense systems at the san francisco confer ence based on the act of chapultepec drawn at the recent pan american convention in mexico city the south american proposal envisions the use of force to repel aggression against any of the latin reau republics blics without awaiting the official sanction of the international security organization any of whose major members might veto such a mo move ve an extension of the monroe doctrine the plan thus preserves primary responsibility for the security of an area in the hands of countries immediately concerned discussion of the regional security proposal came as the U S and britain tried to reconcile their differing views on postwar trusteeships trustee ships over conquered territory terri territories tor les after the war with this country standing for exclusive use of military bases upon strategic islands and the british insisting upon control subject to the security organization meantime sentiment in congress grew for unfettered U S use of any postwar bases in the pacific vital to defense in the area since this country primarily will be responsible for keeping the peace in the pacific senator byrd va declared declai ed it should not be subject to supervision by any other nation or group its little enough for us to ask said the senator SUGAR new problem latest of the food problems confronting the nation is sugar with reports that the 1945 cuban crop will fall tons short of the 1944 harvest pointing up the tight supply expected to persist throughout the year the report of the smaller cuban crop came in the midst of the house food committees investigation of the sugar situation with evidence indicating that manpower shortages importation of twelve million short tons of food will be necessary to improve improte living conditions in liberated nations and to prevent starvation in enemy territory in continental europe this year according to an analysis completed by the office of foreign agricultural gri relations this total would would consist largely of wheat but should also include substantial a adal quantities of fats animal protein n foods and sugar the report says survey of food conditions on the continent indicate the food supply this year will be from 50 to 70 per cent of the prewar energy intake bootlegging and inaccurate a appraisal of existing stocks have all played a hand in the growing shortage though operators inability to secure sufficient help to harvest sugar beets and bootleggers use of illegal supplies of the commodity have contributed tri buted to the tight situation the committee found the indu indication that adequate sto stocks acks existed led to consumption of about tons more last year than originally allotted SUPREME COURT award miners drawn after laborious parley between companies and union representatives senta tives the new soft coal contract was clouded by a supreme court decision holding that miners were entitled to pay for full underground travel time under the wages and hours law thus the high courts ruling upset the new contracts provision that such pay was to be made on the basis of an average of all miners underground travel time and at the same time allow for a reexamination of the pact in line with a previous supreme court verdict covering iron ore miners the latest decision came at a time when negotiations between hard coal miners and operators had bogged over differences in underground travel pay WAR COSTS high toll with the war half won U S casualties total over and military expenditures 27 late reports showed casualties in the european europe an theater with the army lepor reporting ting dead wounded missing and prisoners the navy dead wounded missing and 29 prisoners and the marine corps 34 dead I 1 missing 1 I wounded and 3 prisoners having already spent pent s on the war government expenditures will vill remain high during the japanese war and for some time after to finance veterans care pensions benefits and interest on the public debt presently at |