Show Liberal Ground Swell Sweeping Over Europe Underground Coalesces Democratic Groups In Fight for Popular Government Look to ‘Big Three ByDAUKIIAGE Newt WNU Service Analyit and Commentator Union Trust Building D C Washington As the New Year approaches Is Washington preparing to experience the results ot two titanic struggles which will chart the course followed by this nation and the world in the decades ahead liberation who had such character and personality that he Is universally accepted acclaimed and followed by the entire nation as our leading member of the resistance” The last seven words are the mportant ones — "as our leading In member of the resistance" One contest will be witnessed on other words De Gaulle was able to the floors el congress The other in lead his fellow countrymen into iberatlon without chaos because he tome unnamed spot where President Roosevelt Prime Minister tid the approval of the most acChurchill Marshal Stalin and per- tive and most mllitantly 'democrathaps General De Gaulle will sit down ic elements of the underground and try to agree en details of the New Spirit framework of an international organization for the maintenance of In Greece Papandreou premier ot Greece peace The election was supposed to during the revolt with all his virtues was no De Gaulle in that rehave settled the old issue of versus internationalism" but spect I was reliably Informed that those terns were far too Indefinite to delimit any lasting decisions and Papandreou had expressed firm sentiments that he since November our allies have is as he says a democrat and a of doubt been strewing recalong the way causing many cases socialist that he bad a clean of litters in con- ord through the occupation But— and what a "but" there is Judged gress y such standards as I Imagine There will be debate In the senate would hold up — flavored with remarks the tenor of was selected by the those which criticized the British Papandreou King with British consent The mocourse In Greece tives back of his election may have As to the battle behind closed been honest enough and practical doors you can Imagine that the enough from the standpoint of the American viewpoint will need all old order Here was a man with a the support the President can rally good record who it would seem behind it to overcome the tendency could reconcile the royalists and the of Messrs Churchill Stalin and De But that formula Itself leftists Gaulle to faQ into all the old bad violates the very principles of the habits of their happy power politics new order and when the days began to feel that the cabinet In order to understand the differwas monarchist and ences which have already arisen bewithdrew and their followers tween those who support British they refused to give up their weapons armed Intervention in Greece and All armed groups in Greece not those who support the state departby the army ment's action In protesting against absorbed officially were ordered to turn lh their arms It it is necessary to take a look beThe police of course did not turn hind the scenes and see what these in their arms and they were the forces are which are bound to same police who had helped the preshape the new governments of Eu- war Metaxas dictatorship and later after the rope as they are Germans "keep order" The the period of democratic hibernation sacred battalion" a group comduring occupation or posed chiefly of former Greek offcontrol icers who fought bravely beside the Allies all through the African camU S Favors paign (and were charged with conSelf Ruts a strong monarchist eletaining In the first place there is a powment) was not disbanded but erful ground swell to became a part of the army be discerned everywhere If we look Translate the above into terms of tor It It Is the belief that evenattitude and see how tually this force will dominate the French which has prompted the American lmpofsible acceptance of a Greek "hands-offUncle Sam goverftment such as that could be policy to groups thinking as the French merely says: "Let the people ot the vsrlous countries choose the form of resistance groups think There is every reason to believe government they want Those who want democracy enough will get It that the leftist movement In Greece If there Is no outside Interference” and elsewhere in Europe even That Is one thing to bear In mind where the majority of their leaders Another Is that this ground swell ss may be led by communists (as was not the case in Greece) is actually at I call It is the result of many different factors' — not merely hun- heart a drive against tyranny and toward democracy enor and discontent faith and ger Here again it might be wise to lightenment not only Inspiration or examine some of the opinion exdesperation but aspiration as well aspiration toward the natural his pressed by Frenchmen now backtorical and evolutionary goals of ing the De Gaulle provisional govprogress which are a part ot man's ernment which is a product of the forces similar to those operating in eternal struggle tor liberty other liberated countries The reaction against Nazi tyranny to and the successful resistance The leading editorial in the German control In the form of the December issue of "Free France" certatp that attractive and informative generated underground forces toward freedom and inde- magazine published In New York by pendence The underground made the French provisional government Its own laws gave opportunity for gives the reasons for the change of the coalescence and strengthening attitude toward the French comof all democratic mevementa It was munists as follows: natural when the Germans were 1 The French communist party driven out that these forces re- Joined the resistance movement and fused to bow to representatives ot later gave its allegiance to De any regime no mattter how benefl Gaulle's national committee cent If It had about It even the 2 The comintem was dissolved of sanctified feudal3 The communists rendered inslightest odor ism valuable aid to the resistance It Is necessary to get this premise movement firmly fixed in our minds or else 4 The striking collaboration of all tall Into the error of writing off ev French patriots in the underground cry revolutionary movement as struggle removed many prejudices "communist" including 'some cer- including the suspicion of "comtainly no whit less virtuous than our munists sans patrie" (a political own in 1776 group with loyalty to no fatherland) The editors of Free France cauIt is well to study the France of state that It Is too early to in Interthis connection and tiously today esting to note the comment which answer the important question: appeared In the French press at the Have the French communists actime of the first revolts In Belgium cepted democracy as it Is underand later in Greece where Allied stood by the western democracies? support was given fhe government Nevertheless they note for the recin power The whose ord that so far “the communists name Indicates the "underground" helped to draw up the National Reflavor of Its opinion explains why so sistance council program of March far France has had no such Inter 1944 tacitly accepting the democratic principle" and "the abolition of nal trouble "It has been eur great good for- private property ‘Is net listed among tune" It says "to have a man to the Immediate demands of the comprotect our honor and prepare the munist party" Crochet Scarfs American Women Pilois Helped Deliver Planes Which Enabled Red Armies to Launch Offensive: That May Have Been Turning Point of By ELMO WATSON Released by Waste rn Newspaper Union SCOTT a story THIS issummer of the great offensive of the Red army which historians of the future' may write down as the turning point of n the war It is the story of the contribution of a small group of American women to the success of that drive of the part they played in making it possible for the determined Russians who had stopped the Nazi hordes at the gates of Moscow and Stalingrad to push themback across the plains of White Russia and the mud ot Poland to the very German border itself It is the story of the civilian women ferrying pilots of the Air Transport Command’s division a skilled determined and courageous little group from among the members of the Womens Air Force Service pilots popularly known as WASPs story begins Just about a year ago The "clouds of planes" which President Roosevelt had promised at tiie beginning of the war (and at which our enemies had scoffed) were rolling from American producwas making tion lines these planes especially the fighter planes available to our allies the But it’s a "long long Russians trail" from the factories of America to the Eastern front— it winds from the Bell Aircraft factory in Niagara Falls N Y across the fertile Mississippi valley the great plains of the West the Rocky mountains the wilds ot Canada and Alaska the steppes of Siberia and the Ural mountains to Moscow and then the Eastern flghUng front How to get these fighter planes to the Russian front— and especially to deliver them in time for the great Russian offensive— that was the question To fly them there seemed to be the logical way but fighters with their limited range must avoid long overwater flights An overland route was needed That need had been foreseen long before and the "trail" previously mentioned had already been established by the Air Transport command's ferrying division and its Alaskan division The War department accorded No 1 priority to the movement of American planes to the Russian armies and the problem of getting them there was assigned to the ATC ferrying division1 commanded by Brig Gen Bob E Nowland to its pilots and its groups As a matter of fact planes of many types were moved to the fighting fronts taken there by men pilots both American and Russian But this story deals only with the fighter planes and the Women’s Air Force Servlcejilots The ferrying division's third ferrying group based at Romulus Mich was assigned the mission of ferrying the deadly fast Airacobra from the Bell factory in Niagara Falls to Great Falls Mont where the Seventh Ferrying group took over for the delivery to the Russians at Fairbanks and at Nome Thia Barbara Donahue commanding of the WASP aquadroa of the Third Ferrying Group baaed at Romulua field Mich poses beside one of the nine Bell Alracobras which she delivered aver the "long long traU" from Niagara Falla N Y to Great Falls Mont officer the War lint livery from Niagara to Great Falla Job la considered a two or and you’ll realize that Miss Grey was working to aay the least Three of the seven de"overtime" liveries credited to WASP Mary C Johnson were made over a period— a record of which any pilot man or woman may well be proud when one considers the sheer physical exertion involved But while WASP Grey’s feat of and delivery making a WASP Johnson'! feat of three deliveries in 12 days are outstanding examples of WASP performance they art not really unuauaL The records of the Third Ferrying group WASP detachment show that all of these women pilots are and conscientious There’s Betty Archibald and Pat Dickerson with records of two deliveries in eight daya There are Grace Burge and Virginia Gaire with two dellverlea each in 10 daya And the chances are that It wa a weather which kept aome of these girls from equaling BRIG GEftffeOfe E NOWLAND the record of WASP Johnson When the movement started these Then It became a question of manpower of availability of pilots to women ferry pilots were not trusted on the “long long as keep pace with the output of the proTo meet this emertraiL” They were assigned at duction lines to experienced male pilots fagency the ferrying division decided to utilize the services of its quali- miliar with the route But as they fied and trained civilian women fergained experience through hard work they were graduated to the rying pilots on the domestic section of the "long long trail" fly alone class and now they take Each male pilot released from the their turns flying alone still rushing to the Russians 1 trip from Niagara Falls to planes But the “long long trail" is not Great Fells simply meant one more male pilot for the long dangerous the only place In which the civilian women pilots of the Air Transport bop from Great Falls td Nome These women hadn't been flying Command’s ferrying division have fighter planet light ships had proved their worth in the two years been their assignments in the past since Mrs Nancy Harkness Love but they had long experience formed the first women’s ferrying hours in the sir and with a short period of transition training they were ready for the task It wasn’t a glamorous one The ferry pilot of the Army’s AitJTrans-por- t inCommand is a dividual who lives out of his of stretches time long bag spends away from his homa base flies long hours and encounters little of the glamour the heroics and the recognition that come to the combat pilot These Women’a Air Force Service pilots were going to share that lot with the men So their story can't be one of glamour either It’s merely the record of a Job well done By comparison with the number ot male pilots engaged In the operation the WASPs were a small group But by comparison the job they did equaled the performance of their male partners They delivered from Niagara to Great Falls sufficient planes to completely arm a half dozen Russian squadrons and they did such a workmanlike job that their loss ratio compares favorably with that of the men In fact only three Mrs Lenore Louise McEIroy opleaving Niagara with a erations officer of the WASP squadWASP at the controls failed to ron of the Third Ferrying Group at reach Great Falls Romulus field Mich WASP McEIThe normal flying time from N- roy recently made aviation history iagara to Great Falls is approximatewhen she delivered a big Consolidatly nine hours but the lapsed time on ed "Catalina" flying boat the average delivery probably la by the Navy as PBYs and by three times that great considering the Army as at one of the that the ferrying division demands aviation fielda in this country It almost perfect weather conditions was the first time one of these big for the operation of fighter aircraft ships has ever been flown by a womand that winter through Minnesota an pilot Since then she has flows the Dakotas and Montana and in more thaa 10 hours in this type af the Great Lakes region of the Midship adding the time to her already dle West often is far below the miniimpressive total of more thaa 3001 mum required pilot hours And when a delivery is completed from Niagara Falls to Great squadron at the 2nd Ferrying Group DeL on SeptemFalls the pilot must return to the base Wilmington ber 10 1942 Third Ferrying Group a ride on the special crewlinera proSince that date women pilois asvided by the military air transport signed to the Ferrying Division havs lection of the ferrying division for flown more than 7500000 miles just that purpose planes from factories to desYet despite the ruggedness of the tinations within the United States trip WASPa of the Third Ferrying Originally assigned only to light liaison and training type planes group delivered fightthey ers from Niagara to Great Falla in now are qualified to fly 68 different a single day delivered three planes types of ships ranging from heavy In ten days which la a feat to equal bombers down the beat performance of their male Of their number 18 per cent are coworkers qualified to fly class four planes such Barbara Donahue commanding as the Billy Mitchell and Marauder officer of the Third Ferrying group medium bomber and 98 per cent WASP detachment at Romulus! have made deliveries in class three paced the delivery of planes such as transfor her detachment fighter with ports But in the ferrying division nine to her credit labile WASP emphasis is placed on the ferrying Mary C Johnson of the Third group of lighter type planes and fighter ranked second in the list of individu' plane and it la significant to note al achievement with seven as her that 68 per cent of the women pilots core In this division are now qualified WASP Ellen Grey ia one of the fighter pilot making regular few pilots who can boast ot a of Alracobras Mustangs delivery from Niagara to Great Thunderbolts and Warhawks Falla a flight accomplished in eight Of even greater significance is the hours and 18 minutes of actual time fact that 100 per cent of these pitots in the air and an elapsed time ot hold army instrument ratings and approximately 11 houri Consider art qualified to make cross country that five hours in the air Is considBight under weather conditions ered a day’s work by the average which require the use of fighter pilot and that the usual de- - The Old Sergeant Didn’t Want to Be a ‘Petticoat The sergeant was "Old Army “ Petticoats" the sergeant mumbled Hash faarks Indicating nearly 30 to other male members of the crew Great Britain has found that true years of service adorned his left There Is a new dodge ta Grumbling ht supervised the A black money market which love (even In Greece) doesn't sleeve topped by the stripes of a starting of the engines Grumbling master sergeant he Bellied back in the depths of his cashes big checks thus preventing always run smooth So you can Imagine hie reaction humiliation as the the record of deposits But look out huge plane took when on reporting as crew chief on off bound for The appointment of Archibald some of those cash deposits m? delivery under as assistant secretary of an rmy flying boat he found a bounce as high as a rubber check n the British at Montreal state was opposed by certain sen’ woman civilian pilot of the Ferrying "Women fiyln hi the Army" he the tore and other on the ground that Division Air Transport Command at muttered In disgust adding for emThat great sporting race be was a poet It Is well they the controls another in the co- phasis "and me with 'em lleOP Japs recently organized a But on arrival at Montreal It was race around the Island of didn't have to pass on the confirms pilot’s sesl "After 30 years In the Army herd a different story ’va The natives did the carrying Uon of John liayl fotY Herder From a Blue Serge Suitt Before Morton Downey departed enterfor overseas he wai the only tainer Invited to perform before all chiefs of staff in Washington Gen Tony Hap Arnold threw it Martin the screen sUr thrush Is now a staff sgt with the Army in Barton SiEQeen France natra’s new canary (and so easy on the ears too) is making beautiful an with melodies named Tad Bruce Radio reports a 400 million dollar “take” for 1944 Highest InWendell come In radio history Corey (he plays the lead opposite star Gertrude Lawrence in her new touring show) had a tiny part as a sergeant in "Follow the Girls" Wonderful little Margaret O’Brien is waiting permish from her movie boss to do her own radio program Heading a panel of quiz kldlets According to an OPA bulletin there are 30 billion cigarettes in stores in the U S right now 0N’- J- or ftte butterflies for® The Intelligentsia: John B Kenlovely towels scarf! nedy Is one of the few news analysts cases embroidered i j who can take the teletype’s prosaic motifs j reports and turn them into words He steamarmies like march that in ptneappU rollered American bigots and left la Butterfly no time Patter te 'them flatter than their heads pattern of s motifs CBS reporter Bill Downs’ deft deinches: crochet dlreeUoil scription of captured Nazis: "They tern send 16 cents cJi have the look of men caught stealaddress and the patter J Criticism over the film Due to an unusually wf ing” "The 7th Cross” (alleging it por- Current war condition ftr trayed "good" Germans) astonished la required In min tnh author Helen Deutsch who points the most popular pattern Send your order to out that the action In It takes place In 1938 when the underground Germans were trying to purge the naSewing Circle Neefl Box 1217 saa rnaa tion of the wicked etc The good Enclose Germans she adds included the cent y refuother Manns Einsteins and Ns Pert Lee Carson the gees Name INS girl correspondent covering the Address war in Europe Inherited the spot vacated by the ailing Richard She’s with the 1st Army Richard was invalided home after FAST RELIEF more years of war than most men would care to have any part of DISTi Irving Berlin his own music publisher since Sept 15th has already RELIEF sold 700000 copies of two songs: RELIEF "White Christmas" and "Always" RELIEF The latter Is 18 years old J COLD RELIEF Quotation Wells: Moral with a halo Marksmanship: H G indignation is Jealousy Anon: Snow (lowly laundering the countryside The quote recently credited to H Broun "Experience is what men call their mistakes" should have been credited to O Wilde Then we are Informed that Musset onco penned: “Experience is the name men give to their follies or their Alan Gale: Wai it sorrows” the Atlantic Charter or just so much Atlantic chatter? Bob Burns' advice to speakers: Stand up to be seen speak up to ho heard and shut up to be appreciated! Eggleston: Journalism Is organized gossip The WIkMrWtTiked the reunion with Roy Shields’ show This listener hasn't had an opportunity to enjoy it for some time It remains displaying silky music trimmed with literary lace Ethel Barrymore’s continuity regular spot on the dial proves radio drama has emerged from the s stage despite soft soap operas Amazing how ordinary dialogue glitters when it comes in contact with Ethel’s magical voice Within three hours one station stabs the air with 25 singing commercial imellodies One dose of that and you turn into Marconi’s sworn eneWheeiea about my shortages skidded into deserved oblivion recently but the clggie shortage It If spoiled you recall the cracks about sugar coffee meat et all you know all the cigags The Story Teller: For those wrapped in the illusion that fame comes on a silver platter Pifl mag trace careers of various celebs and proves no one climbs the ladder of success without picking up splintera In the Atlantic Monthly W Lippmann examine th (tumbling blocka that might becom tombstone for the r world You don’t have to wait for tomorrow’s tventa to confirm his warnings—just wad today’s front pages l Ira Wolfert turns in a vivid Job of soldiers’ emotions with his typewriter vis Esquire AGI’sloni- !°! b°T U omethlng so it takea the mind up as with great teeth aad shakes It and bangs it and rakes It with aching” Drew Pearson gets as much out of as Aladdin got from his lamp f“rCMt 10 Com°polltan of Al- Ued diplomatic troubles In 1945 has already come truo L“rl ° A cinematic 'Winged Victory" l looming town loaded with dramatic Tm sorry mum" the sergeant toto grteted his pilot "for what said I d wpMlng emotional dy dum sight ruther “!?’ ride UrrLnS tribute to you than a lot of them c d young fellows" men who ‘V' md That remarked WASP Pitot klcs aafe for II a veteran woman cij! lhey W jmre McEIroy Hollywood Canteen" displays a pitot with 3000 air hours to her credit "was about ring Jamboree fining the diver- the fleit Ion gamut from ah to zing Listing compliment I ever received" You see the sergeant Is Bfht3r frit® U the crowding 50 and U need" any male who (lies They orovlde th of amusement Mtampl "young fellow" in his vernacular! line! 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