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MUSCULAR action, let drv 716 A- - duW fea-ri- . Iheres only one 50c .nsist on it for Soretone resul.7 SORE MUSCL" U,g bottle, only $1. f in. f n-T---- - fihJ MINOR SPRAIN tc . I 111 ions J ana McKesson makes it" IjjJS Anti-Fascis- ts in Italy Lack Uniform Program Immediate Circumstances Necessitate Allied Cooperation With King and Badoglio As Leaders of Only Unified Group. By BAUKHAGE News Analyst and Commentator. i f ( J" S.' I - vt 1 r -- it.4fai I Another point Churchill made should be noted for later comment: "Should we succeed in the present battle and enter Rome as I trust and believe we shall we shall be free to review the whole Italian po-litical position and we shall do so with many advantages which we do not possess, at the present time." One more Churchill quote before I try to present the American view-point: "I should be sorry, however, to see an unsettling change made at a time when the battle is at its cli-max, swaying to and fro. When you have to hold a hot coffee pot, it is better not to break off the handle until you are sure that you can get another equally convenient and serv-iceable, or at least that you will find a dishcloth handy." So much for the shadowy outlines of the defense. Let me give you now, from my notebook, in the order in which I1 took it down, the story as told to me by one "who ought to know." WNU Service, Union Trust Building Washington, D. C. How can the Allied governments, the Allied armies, sworn to defend the cause of democracy, continue to deal with Italy's Fascist king and Marshal Badoglio and refuse to rec-ognize the conference of political parties recently organized at a meeting held in Bari, Italy? The "junta of the Com mittees of Liberation" named fol-lowing the Bari conference, tele-graphed to members of the British house of commons a message which contained this passage: "Here Fascism, at first confused and fearful, has taken courage. It has assumed a mask and has rallied around the crown. Affecting a friendship which is too recent to be sincere, it has attempted to distort the Judgment' of your political and military officials. Once more op-pressing our people as it has al-ways done, it is putting all manner of legal and illegal obstacles in the way of any genuine popular initia-tive which tries to render more eff-icient and serious the contribution of liberated Italy to the war against the Germans." Addressing the Bar! conference, Italian Sen. Benedetto Croce had said: , "It is a fact that the waning pres-tige of the king and the lack of confidence in him prevent the king himself from rallying an Italian army; he himself, fearing the oppo-sition against his person, has pro-hibited the formation of an army of volunteers. Many young men who came to me from German-occupie- d territory full of enthusiasm were forced to disband, disappointment in their hearts, because they did not find anyone to rally them and give thtjm the opportunity to fight." Those statements seem forthright and fair. 'After reading them, I was "not surprised when a fairly impor-tant but not "fairly" informed per-son said to me: "The Allies are lined up with the Fascists in Italy. - Is that what we are fighting for?" That seems to me a typical atti-tude, and one that the average man reflects when he considers the "deals" the American gov-ernment has made, the arrangement with Darlan in North Africa, for in-stance. Think of the abuse heaped upon the state department in that case the deluge of fiery "liberal" criticism at home and in England, the wrath of De Gaulle and the rest of the French Bitter Reaction And then, when on the tenth of last month It was announced that our famed AMG, the carefully trained, objective military govern-ment provided by the Allies, who had taken over the civilian adminis-tration of liberated Italy, had turned over the government in these prov-inces from which the Germans had been driven, to the Badoglio govern-ment, what a deluge of bitter and cynical comment was hurled at the Allied leaders. Is there any explanation? Can there be any excuse for the United States government, loudly and violently against all forms of totalitarian government, playing ball with the little king and his satel-lites who danced to the tune of Mus-solini? Well, there is another side but be-cause of the delicacy of the situation, it cannot be set forth officially. I am permitted to state it without attribution, quoting no source, but assuring you, that to the best of my knowledge and belief, it represents the reasons behind the policy of the Allied leaders. First let me quote from the guard-ed remarks of Winston Churchill be-fore the house of commons in Feb-ruary: "The sanest and safest course for us to follow is to judge all parties and factions dispassionately by the test of their readiness and ability to fight the Germans and thus lighten the burden of Allied troops. This is not a time for ideological prefer-ences for one side or the other, and certainly, we, His Majesty's govern-ment, have not indulged ourselves in this way at all." And he might have added, the American government, the Ameri-can army, is equally uninterested in ideologies. "At the Bari conference, there were a number of parties which seemed to agree, but they failed to offer a concrete program or one that there was any firm guarantee would receive unified support. In war, we cannot guess, we must know. There is no definitely estab-lished leadership among the "We know there is no future foi any leadership under the king and Badoglio. But we must operate in the present, not the future. At pres- - ent, there is but one unified group, small or large, loved or hated as ii may be, and that is the government which surrendered to the Allies, m. der King Victor Emmanuel. Must Be Realists "We have to be realists no, and what is more, military realists. As Churchill said, what the Allies need are Italians ready and able tc fight Germans. Such a group ex-ists. Italians are fighting side bj side with Americans and British Although the Italian fleet has nol been called to action, it surrendered without resistance. The Italian offi cers on duty are still loyal to tht symbol (the king) to which thej made their oath. We are perfectlj willing, we are anxious, that the; choose a new democratic symbol But until they do get a new symbo! to which the majority of Italians car adhere, we are not going to throw away the old." (Churchill's coffee pot.) So much for what seems to b the Allies' viewpoint with my addec unofficial, but none-the-le- I be-lieve, authentic, interpretation. Bui there is something more that no offt cial would dare whisper. It is the problem which the Allies know thej are going to face in every country. Italy is a sample. I is something unpleasant but some thing we must face. I understand that the Italian peo pie in the liberated regions have no been inimical to the Americans. Bu they are resentful. They are nun gry. They cannot understand whj these strong young soldiers, wh have freed them, do not feed them The trucks go by loaded with muni tions and supplies. Some food hai been distributed. Not enough. T feed all the people would mean halt ing military operations while the Germans made hay in the sunshin of our charity. The present Italian governmen has still some discipline - over th people; it is brutal, perhaps, but ef fective. A new government whicl really expressed the people's wil today would have to demand food would increase the pressure on th Allies for supplies that they canno spare while they are fighting foi their lives. That is another real istic, military reason for the polic; of the Allies. And, unfortunately, that is some thing that the Allies can expect tc face as more and. more Europeai territory is liberated. The liberatec people cannot be blamed if resent ment that they do not receive more wipes out the gratitude for the modi cum that military- - men can spare Armies cannot be idealistic. ' And armies or governments a war which support them, canno worry about ideologies. It is toe bad. But it is likewise only too true WEEKLY MEWS ANALYSIS U. S. Bombers Reduce Rabaul Defense; Hitler's Black Sea Bases Periled by Red Armies' Ukraine Break-Throug- h; British Strikers Slow War Production (EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions are expressed In these columns, they are those of Western Newspaper Union s news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.! i Released by Western Newspaper Union. . U. S. SHIPPING: Equals All Others Asserting that the V. S. merchant marine is greater than all of the combined, War Ship-ping Allied shipping Administrator Rear Admiral Emory S. Land called for storage of those vessels not used for world trade after the war. extensive use of In advocating U. S. merchant vessels in the post-war world. Admiral Land said that formerly Japan carried 80 per cent of her exports in its own ships Germany 70 per cent and Italy bu per cent. Declaring that the U. S. is bearing the bulk of Allied shipping in the war, Admiral Land told a congres-sional committee conducting hear-ings on extension of the lend-leas- e act that 42 per cent of the outbound cargo from this nation last year was lend-leas- e material, and of the total less than 2 per cent was lost in com-parison with 5 per cent in 1942. TVA: Control Sought Carrying his bitter feud with Tennessee Valley Authority Chair-man David E. Lilienthal to the sen-ate floor, Sen. Kenneth McKellar (Tenn.) led in the move to amend the 8 billion dollar appropriation bill for independent offices so as to compel TVA to turn all of its reve-nues overvto the treasury and op-erate only on monies allocated to it by congress. Showing that TVA netted almost 54 million dollars from power opera-tions for the period ended June 30, 1943, McKellar claimed that TVA had favored the Aluminum Company of America with lower rates than the Reynolds Metal com-pany, and Lilienthal had used TVA funds for advertising. Taking another slap at govern-ment bureaus, Senator Russell (Ga.) introduced legislation under which all semipermanent federal agencies created by the President would have to go directly to congress for funds if remaining in existence after one year. I , - i s, 'II . r i - I i k f J I ' , ' i' v v ' v. it V L ' . , ! I r t Xf W - 'i I - " V ' i - i --r,, t I Burma U. S. Commander of Chinese troops on Burma front, Joseph Stilwell (at left in raincoat) queries wounded Jap prisoner (seated). Faithful Dog I . t EUROPE: See Zero Hour As the Axis radio dinned that the invasion of Europe could be expect-ed at any day, huge fleets of heavy U. S. and British bombers escorted by fighter planes continued to pour fire and destruction on the enemy's industry and defense installations, with Berlin the No. 1 target. Expecting the grandest amphibi-ous assault in military history, the Nazi high command continued to boast of its steel and concrete coast-al fortifications equipped with long and short range rocket guns", and, declaring the impending hostilities were to determine the future fate of Germany, insisted that they must fight it out in their deep defenses rather than make a wholesale re-treat. In Italy, strong .armored German forces jabbed at stubborn U. S. and British lines on the Anzio beachhead below Rome, while heavy slush and snowfall slowed Allied advances on the bloody Cassino front, where bit-ter house to house fighting again was resumed after a long lulL GREAT BRITAIN: Coal Strikes Laying down their tools In dissat-isfaction over recent national wage adjustments which failed to take ac-count of their work in excessive dust and water, an estimated 87,000 Welsh coal miners walked out of 156 pits and were joined by thousands in other English and Scottish fields as the government pondered taking over the properties. Formerly, the Welsh were paid a weekly bonus of $1.20 or more in addition to their regular wage of $18.07 for working under unfavor-able conditions, but when the gov-ernment recently raised the mini-mum pay of all the nation's miners to $20, no adjustment was made in their compensation. With war industries, railroads and special overseas shipping threat-ened, the government insisted the men return to their jobs before it moved to meet the Welshmen's de-mands, and also strove to iron out complaints of piece-worke- that the new minimum wages gave straight-tim- e miners producing less equal compensation. War Production Fully girded for war since the dec-laration of hostilities, Great Britain's bustling industrial machine has turned out 83,000 tanks, armored cars and gun carriers; more than 115,000 guns of more than 20 mm. caliber; nearly 5,500,000 machine-gun- s, rifles, submachine guns and automatic pistols; more than 1,000,-00- 0 vehicles and almost 90,000 air-craft. With the U. S. producing the ma-jor bulk of the Allies' merchant ship-ping, British yards have concentrat-ed on naval construction, with the result that His Majesty's fleet is greater now than at the beginning of the war. Because of Britain's concentration on the production of heavy bomb-ers, it has been able to supply three-quarte-of the total structural weight of the Royal Air force, with the U. S. providing 18 per cent and British dominions 6 per cent of the remainder. PACIFIC: Big Base Crumbles Once Japan's big nerve-cent- in the South Pacific, Rabaul, had be-come increasingly untenable for the enemy under the heavy fire of U. S. bombers and fighter planes. Formerly a beehive of activity with Jap cargo ships carrying ma-terial into the port for transfer to smaller barges used to supply troops in the battle zones, U. S. fliers returning from raids over the New Britain base reported that big ships no longer could be seen. Further demonstrating U. S. su-periority in the area, American troops battling in the Admiralty is-lands to the north of Rabaul were supplied by cargo vessels sailing right into the fighting zone under protection of warships which en-countered no resistance. U. S. Interests As high U. S. officials prepared for conferenpes with British leaders in London on America's postwar role in the Pacific, congress moved to appoint a committee to look into this country's military and eco-nomic interests in that part of the world In peacetime. The whole question of America's future, position of the Pacific was drawn into sharp focus with Austra-lia's and New Zealand's declaration that these two countries are to be defensive centers for islands to their east and west, and use of any terri-tories during time of war does not entitle a nation to claims or rights on them. Not only is the U. S. concerned in the establishment of military bases in the Pacific for defensive purposes, but it also is anxious to provide equal opportunity for such American interests as airlines. RUSSIA: Race Against Thaw As the Russians and Finns had exchanged peace terms. Red armies ... - ar to the south bit pp deeper into Nazi - 1 lines m e Ukraine. J Inheadlongsmashes I , J designed to beat the fl- - I g spring V I thaws, the Russians W I had scored signif-- J icantbreakthroughs Nv' '' 1 aimed at sVVVViT SaJ1 ne'd Black sea baseg and poised Marshal further threats to Mannerheim the Nazi legions to the Dnieper bend. The Finns represented by Vaino Tanner had earlier insisted on res-toration of the pre- - war borders and de- - T jr" m ""H clared they could I not consider eject-- if, ' ' I ing the Germans If' from the country lb 1 without risking civil rL i strife ' with Nazi ' j sympathizers in the 1 4 . army, commanded by Field Marshal Jr Mannerheim. Instead, the Finns Vaino Tanner had proposed to negotiate with the Germans for restoring, their troops, either through Norway or neutral Sweden. Or if this failed, they had hoped merely to isolate the Nazis in the north. Object of a five-ho- search by 50 schoolboys and townspeople of Wyc-kof- f, N. J., Veronica De Vore was found waist deep in mud of a swamp Vfa miles from her home, with her black cocker spaniel, Tippy, whimpering faithfully by her side. VETS EMPLOYMENT: Company Plan With many of its 15,000 men and women in the services already being discharged, the International Har-vester company announced one ol the first comprehensive vets' re-employment plans in industry for its 21 plants and 187 sales branches. Objective of the plan is to restore vets in their old jobs, or positions of comparable seniority and pay. Spe-cial training programs .are to be established for physically handi-capped, while full use will be made of new skills acquired by vets in the services. Vets' pay during training will be reviewed at least once a month. Handicapped employees will be given lighter work, and mechanical changes will be made to further' ease the labor of the more seriously disabled. U. S. CASUALTIES: Report 162,282 Of America's 162,282 battle casu-alties as of February 23, 37,853 losl their life and 35,565 were missing, either as prisoners of war, dead oi men lost who had not yet made their way back to friendly hands. More than 57,000 were wounded. Of the total, army casualties in-cluded 20,592 dead and 47,318 wound-ed, while the navy reported 17,261 dead and 9,910 wounded. The army suffered its heaviest losses in the Mediterranean region, where up to January 31, 9,271 were dead, 29,278 wounded, 3,141 missing and 7361 prisoners. In London, the army's chiei' psychiatric consultant, Col. Lloyd J. Thompson, reported that 75 per ceni of the mental cases treated have been cured and returned to duty. Another 50 per cent of the more serii ous cases have been cured after spe- cial insulin, shock and sleep therapy and group psychotherapy. AGRICULTURE: To assure farmers of an incentive for production, War Food adminis-tration is engaged in a support pro- gram on 50 separate crops. Unable to dump its produce back on the market, the WFA must make other uses of it, donating some o1 the food to schools or institutions In the case of potatoes, WFA stocks will be dehydrated and made into munitions alcohol or stock feed Some of the dehydrated potatoes will be consigned as food, mostly for lend-leas- LIQUOR TAXES Whisky will cost as much as 7 cents more a quart, and other alcoholic beverages will g0 UD portionately after April 1 when the new increases in excise taxes 7c into effect, the Office of Price Art ministration announces' Th base will be increased by so cent the present levy of $6 per S proof gallon going up to $9. Wines will be raised five cent. laPagneSWiU"Pie; Perhaps It Was the Way That Mr. Smith Said It Smith was discussing his wife's peculiarities with a few friends, who had gathered at his home. "The other day," he said, "my wife put on a new dress which was atrocious beyond words. I daren't say a word about it, and dared hardly look at it, but as she went out I went to the window to have another look and " At this juncture his wife entered the room suddenly. "And," continued Smith, "they found the cat eleven days later on top of the Eiffel Tower!" And Mrs. Smith still does not understand what there was in that ridiculous statement to make them all laugh so uproariously. Women Musicians Of the 1,700 members of Amer-ica's 19 major symphonyvorches-tras-, nearly 200 are now women, Dne even holding the position of ;oncertmaster. BRIEFS by Baukhage Civilians will get more coffee, chocolate and cocoa in 1944 than in 1943, according to the War Food ad-ministration. Because more batteries are need-ed for walkie-talkie- bazookas, sig-nal lights and other war equipment, there is little chance for an in-creased supply for civilians this year, according to the WPB. The WPB will permit limited pro-duction of electric flat irons for civil-ian use but few of the new irons are expected in retail stores before mid-year. Two thousand nurses are needed for the U. S. army nurse corps by April 1 to replace those being sent overseas in connection with plans for a European invasion. The Amer-ican Red Cross, recruiting agency for nurses, reports that the navy nurse corps also needs 500 additional nurses each month during 1944. Ten thousand new passenger auto mobiles and 7,500 new bicycles wil be available under rationing to civil ians in March the same quotas a1 those for February. Nearly 40 per cent of all vegeta bles grown for fresh consumption it the United States last year camt from Victory gardens, the War Foo administration has reported. All Netherlander living in th United States may now send focx packages to occupied Holland. While there are no formally or ganized Chinese WACs, a number o: Chinese generals have agreed to ac cept women as volunteers and hay formed groups into battalions. More doctors and better distribu tion of doctors are needed in thi Union of South Africa, according tc a survey published by the Medica Journal. HIGHLIGHTS .. . in the week' news I ORCHIDS: American soldiers in Italy are showing a decided pref-erence for orchids as Easter flowers for their sweethearts, wives and mothers in the United States. Red Cross workers who are arranging to have the flowers purchased and de-livered, report that these exotic blos-soms are leading the more conven-tional roses, lilies, and gardenias in soldiers' choice. POTATO ALCOHOL: The War Food administration has awarded a contract to a sugar refining com-pany to dehydrate low grade Irish potatoes for use in making alcohol. The plant, located in East Fork, Minn., will process about four mil-lion bushels, it was estimated. IRELAND: Representatives of Eire, the Irish Free State, are seek-ing to buy two old freight ships in the United States to carry wheat and other bulky food products. Eire now has 12 vessels, but now needs more as the Irish wheat crop was short st season. BISHOP: The Rev. Thomas N. Nicholson, retired bishop of the Methodist church, died at 88 in Mount Vernon, Iowa. He was bishop of Chicago from 1916 to 1924, and of Detroit from 1924 to 1932. He served as president of the n league. Before his episcopacy, he held several pastorates and was president of the Methodist college at Mitchell, S. D. G. I. BEER: Around a billion cans of beer will be shipped overseas this year for American soldiers stationed abroad. Cans are used because they don't break as bottles do in rough handling. ICEBOXES: The Victory model icebox has proved so satisfactory that no change in design or other specifications will be made this year, War Production board officials an-nounce. In many cases, it was said the boxes needed filling with ice only twice a week. This year 821,000 iceboxes will be manufactured, com. pared with 188,000 last year. |