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Show i 1 i c t I PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, MONDAY. AUGUST 28, 1944 Editorial . . ; : Bat be that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done; sad there Is bo respect ol persons, coiossiaaa :zo. For every social wrong there must be a rem edy. But the remedy can be nothing: less than the obolluon of the wrong. Henry George. New Tack, Old Tune- Nazi propaganda, off on a new tack, is conceding the inevitable Allied victory. Broadcast quotations from the publication "Berlin-Rome-Tokyo" heard in this country reveal that Dr. Goebbels' writers already are speculating on peace terms and the possibil ity of a third world war. The frank concession is new, but the : thought behind it is a familiar one. Pub- : lished quotations show the article as fore- seeing a certain renewal of hostilities if "participation in free across to the world's - raw materials," which it calls the f unda mental safeguard of peace, is not assured. The article waves aside the question of : harsh or mild peace terms as war-breeders ; but stresses conflicting political issues. ; These, it develops, are the familiar bogey-.' bogey-.' man of a "Bolshevized Europe." "It is absurd to believe that Europe, which : proved unable to bear Naponeon's domina- tion and which denied Germany's claim to ; leadership, will bend its knee to Moscow jfor any length of time," the Nazi propagan-- propagan-- da writer says. He predicts failure of a : "United States-Russian world police force ". and a clash of Soviet and American power in the "so-called Chinese sphere of interest. In other words, Nazi propaganda is build- : ing up the same old case for itself that it .has used in the last decade. The article m--dicates that remnants of the Nazi Party will asrain weep over lack of "lebensraum" and cry for the stolen colonies. So long as these - remnants are alive and articulate they will try to create discord among the "Big Four" of the United Nations. The article's emphasis on "a United ; States-Russian world police force, contain- ing also a few Englishmen and Chinese" f is a childishly obvious attempt to turn Britain against this country while playing : upon Britain's real or fancied fear of a Soviet-dominated Europe, and to frighten : China with the same two countries' "im-. "im-. perialistic" intentions. : The Nazi efforts to win English sympathy sympa-thy while robot bombs unite the English public in favor of strongest reprisals against Germany is downright stupid. In fact, the whole clever, insidious Nazi propaganda machine ma-chine has been looking pretty stupid for i some time now. All the same, we would do well to remem-l remem-l ber the principal themes of Nazi propagan-s propagan-s da for future reference. Ten years ago . Hitler's screaming tirades seemed ridicu-' ridicu-' lous tod, even stupid. Yet many people swallowed them and believed them Britons and Americans and Frenchmen as well as : Germans. Hitler's surviving followers must , not find another audience. The Washington verry-Go-Round A Daily Picture of What's Br Dimrn reanoe IVml. Kober Going On in National Affairs ?. . f-" "d.tT A Not So Socrot Wapon Tough Assignment The soft-annihilated Russian army seems to have overcome the fine fanatic flower of Teutonic manhood and, led by a general of the unspeakably inferior Jewish race, has contaminated the sacred soil ox Germany. That, in Dr. Goebbels' fanciest phraseology, is the fact that somehow has got to be brought home to the German people. And, Oh Doctor! we'd hate to have your job of explaining how come! Final Jackpot Some 18 million citizens will be receiving $400,000,000 in tax refunds during the next "few months for overpayment on their 1943 income tax. Naturally we shall rejoice if , some of it comes our way. But we shall rejoice re-joice even more that for most of us this will be the last of such refunds. We shall think of the headaches, sweat and tears that accompanied ac-companied our too-generous figuring. And ; we shall sing a short hymn of praise to the original inspiration of Beardsley Ruml and ; the work of the congressional tax-masters who banished the Ides of March nightmare for at. least 30 million Americans forever, we hope. Grave Prediction A life insurance company has made the sobering prediction that the first year of peacetime auto travel may produce a warlike war-like toll of 50,000 fatalities. It cites the pont-up desire for travel; the many ex-servicemen, with a contempt for danger, as drivers; and, most important, the bad condition con-dition of many over-age cars that will still be in use. . Suggested remedies are rigid tests and inspections, tightened driver's license requirements, re-quirements, and re-education in traffic safety. safe-ty. Certainly every community should start making all possible preparations to avert such a tragic and very possible future. ; What Shortage? We see where members of the Harvard ' Faculty Club have been eating horse-meat steaks and onions for the last year and a half from choice and with gusto. And yet people complain about wartime restrictions of diet. Why, we can remember back to the days of peace and supposed plenty when there were Harvard undergraduates who didn't know where the next gold fish was ; coming from ! Just about the time you've learned to tell a good, ripe cantaloupe this season will be over. We predict an early fall for a lot of politicians. . Envoy Phillips' report to FDR on India caused ouster from London ; British demanded demand-ed U. S. explain critical letter revealed by Pearson; but state department stalled, refused re-fused to denounce Phillips views ; Eden then requested his recall as rjolitical adviser tn Eisenhower. WASHINGTON TT B an fnrain rfin. lomats have been in a backstage ferment over the OUStinC of A mhluinr William 1hl1!Ta rv London as political adviser to General Eisenhower. rff!Hllv TVi11in. h.. t - i J 1 " f UVUIO AUI JlCfOUJIU reasons." Actually, however, he was asked to leave London because. mmt va - Via a l.f t President Roosevelt criticizing British policy InJ Ti (41 b . 1 1 . . 1 mumnicnoing jjuuan inacpepaence. The Phlllin letter. nnhlishoH In this nlnm. on July 25, has caused the cables to burn up between be-tween Waahine-ton anH T.nnrtnn British first riamnnrforf an nffixlal nl...tiJ the state department Later, Foreign Minister TJ mm . . .... jnuen personally aemanaea rnillips' recall. In addition, the British rimiiiH,H tha i-ooTl of Georere MerreU from Nw Delhi Mrrn career man of long standing, has been acting chief vi uic u. o. mission in inoia during Phillips absence, ab-sence, and was sympathetic toward Indian inde pendence, ne nas resigned ana will return home shortly. Phillips technically is still the Dresiden'ta ene- dal ambassador to India, though for the last few months he has been attached to Eisenhower's personal per-sonal staff, In London to advise on French. Belgian. and other European problems. Since Phillips was on misennowers start, not accredited to the Brit Ish government, his recall is considered highly un usual, almost without precedent. In effect, the British objected to the fact that Phillips made a report to his chief, the president or ine united states, regarding India. Members of the diplomatic corps point out that, in 1888. the United States asked British Ambassador Lionel Sackville-West to leave Washington because he wrote to a private TJ. S. citizen advocating the election or Qrover Cleveland. However, in this case. Ambassador Phillips expressed his views, not to a private citizen, but to his chief In the White House. President Roosevelt had asked him to re port on India, and Phillips carried out instruct- tlons. BRITISH OBJECTIONS What the British are reported to have ob jected to in the Phillips report was his argument that India was of great concern to us on account of the Japanese war. He told FDR that we could not "accept the British point of view that conditions con-ditions in India are none of our business." "It is not right for the British to say this is none of your business when we alone presumably will have the major part to play in the struggle with Japan," Phillips said. He also used plan, hard-boiled language re garding the failure of the Indian Army to fight. The present Indian Army." he told FDR, "is purely mercenary. General Stilwell has expressed his concern over the situation and in particular over the poor morale of the Indian officers. The attitude of the general public toward the war is even worse." He concluded, "It is time for "the British to act. This they can do by a solemn declaration from the king-emperor thai India will achieve her independence inde-pendence at a specific date after the war." PROTEST TO STATE DEPARTMENT Following Washington Merry-Go-Roud publication publica-tion of the Phillips letter. Foreign Minister An thony Eden cabled Sir Ronald Campbell, British charge d'affaires in Washington, stating that he and Prime Minister Churchill were greatly per turbed and instructing the British embassy to approacn me state department wun a lormai demand de-mand for investigation. Sir Ronald then called on Secretary Hull and informed him that the British Brit-ish government view the matter seriously and wanted a full explanation. Secretary Hull informed Sir Ronald that the Phillips letter had undoubtedly leaked out through former Undersecretary Sumner Welles which the British, of course, knew was not the case. Secretary Hull then went on his vacation, and Eden cabled the British embassy ordering Sir Ron ald Campbell to approach the department again and demand a public statement disassociating the Roosevelt administration from the views expressed by Ambassador Phillips. Sir Ronald saw both Acting Secretary Stet-tinius Stet-tinius and Assistant Secretary Berle both of whom stalled, offering no encouragement. Berle said they had a suspicion regarding the news leak but were not prepared to reveal it at that time. DEMANDS FOB CONTRADICTION i Eden then i-sent another cable to the British embassy, expressing surprise that a paper "of the caliber of the Washington Post published the Phillips letter" and suggesting that the Post pub lish an editorial contradicting and criticizing the story. Sir Ronald called on the -Post but was politely informed that such an editorial was not; advisable. nan .aBBaW SSHBSSSf) tv sssffa PSa ftffka atVta fahat AtaSWatatM SSSk SQflOHSB $) JJteutcu JASW&JUfjCUl vim First Biography of America's Great Ganaral Owrriikl, ISM, Ah Waa4ware Millert Dtetrttat, KEA S.nl. toJ FOUR-STAB GSNERAL XIX n ENERAL EISENHOWER at the conference at Casablanca was intrusted with one of the biggest jobs in the war. He was selected by the British and American governments gov-ernments and their combined staffs to drive the Axis out of North Africa. Again President Roosevelt and General Marshall, in full agreement agree-ment with Prime Minister Churchill Church-ill and the great British war lords had said, "This is the man." While they were closeted in conference con-ference Montgomery's British Army was administering heavy punishment to Rommel's forces in retreat across the deserts of North Africa. They captured ancient Tripoli and left the city burning. The Axis fled in panic across the Tunisian border. Rommel was digging in along the MaretA Line for a last desperate desper-ate stand. Tunis and Bizerte were under continuous bombardment by Allied air forces. The Americans were battering at Axis strongholds barring the roads to Tunisia from Algeria. News was now to come which marked the end of Axis power on the African continent. Eisenhower was placed in supreme command at all Allied Forces in North Africa on Feb. 6, 1943. For the first time in history the British and Americans Amer-icans were united into a consolidated consoli-dated fighting force under an American commander. The "Big Four", were announced as General Eisenhower, commander com-mander in chief, "with three great British warriors on his General Staff: General Alexander (direct superior of the indefatigable Montgomery); Mont-gomery); Air Marshal Tedder with is Royal Air Force; and Admiral Cunningham, with his powerful navy. Eisenhower, although out ranked by all three, was their chief. PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL in making this unprecedented announcement, said, "In General Eisenhower and in General Alexander Alex-ander you have two men remarkable remark-able for their unselfishness of character char-acter and their disdain of purely personal advancement. Let them alone, give them a chance, and it is quite probable that one of these fine days the bells will have to be rung again." Admiral Cunningham, with the gallantry for which the British Navy is famous, declared, "I am General Eisenhower's naval commander com-mander and I want to emphasize that I am very content to serve under him. He has welded together some of the most diverse ideas. Our British Staff ideas differ from the American's in various ways, but nevertheless General Eisenhower Eisen-hower has joined the staff into a happy family. It does not really matter whether you are British or American; in fact he never thinks of it that way. Very few men could have done this." President Roosevelt on Feb. 11 proposed General Eisenhower as a "four-star" full general to the Senate. Suspending all rules, they approved the appointment that afternoon. Eisenhower now joined General MacArthur and General Marshall as the third full general in active service. General Eisenhower was advised of his appointment by his wife in a cablegram which she quickly dispatched dis-patched when she heard of it in Washington, but she was anticipated antici-pated by a naval officer who heard the news over a ship's radio. The official confirmation was received by 4he general just as he received an enterprising French jeweler who was delivering 12 handsome silver stars. J7ISENHOWER planned his staff on a "business basis" and called himself "Chairman of the Board. Under him were Admiral Cunning ham (British) as Mediterranean naval chief, with Vice Admiral Henry K. Hewitt (American) as deputy; Air Marshal Tedder (British) (Brit-ish) was chief of strategy with Gen. "Tooey" Spaatz (American) as tactical leader and Ma j .-Gen. "Jimmy" Doolittle (American) as the bomber boss. General Alexander Alex-ander (British) was deputy Allied commander and the leaders in the field were General Montgomery (British), General Clark (American), (Amer-ican), General Anderson (British), and the Gen. George Patton (American). The Allied Headquarters grew to tremendous size, 1200 officers and 16,000 enlisted men, housed in 1500 requisitioned buildings in Algiers. In preparation for the Sicilian invasion General Eisenhower Eisen-hower issued a combat order which exceeded 100,000 words, and yet, despite the huge, preparations, the general had the satisfaction to say, after the attack at Gela, "By golly, we surprised them!" Passing the buck is out with Ike Eisenhower. He assumes all blame for whatever goes wrong. When the Yanks took their greatest great-est licking at Faid Pass, the American Amer-ican and British units became hopelessly entangled. The general issued this statement: "Any blame for the mixing up of units belongs to me. We saw a chance to grab all of Tunisia before the Germans could reinforce. We threw up every combat unit we had, regardless. It was a long gamble, but we almost got away with it. After you mix up your units, even on a good gamble like that, it takes time to sort them out." Another time, when supply lines were particularly long, French troops under Giraud were guarding guard-ing supply routes and DeGau!l chose this critical moment to present pre-sent a demand that all Vichyites be purged from the French army. General Eisenhower settled the matter by explaining the military exigencies and the problem was solved diplomatically. NEXT: Reus African ns. The Library New Books In BOOKS ON THE WAR: "Invasion Diary" by Richard Tregaskis. "Tell the Folks Back Home" by U. S. Senator James -M. Mead. "We Jumped to Fight" by Col. Edsom D. Raff. "War Below Zero" by Col. Bernt Balchen and others. "Artist at War" by George Bid-die. Bid-die. HISTORY AND TRAVEL: "Basic History of the United States' by Charles and Mary Beard. "Wind in the Sahara" by R. V. C. Bodley. "Turkey, Key to the East" by Chester M. Tobln. When Sir Ronald cabled this back to London, Anthony Eden replied asking that the Post correct cor-rect the Phillips statement that the Indian Army was a mercenary army. Sir Ronald assembled various information on the Indian Army and brought it to the publisher of the Post, who prom ised to pass it on to his editor, saying he Him self did not handle such things. In London, meanwhile, both Churchill and Eden had put the heat on U. S. Ambassador John Win-ant, Win-ant, telling him ho bitterly they resented Phillips' Phil-lips' views. They also had a Foreign Office official ask Phillips if he still held the same views he had expressed to the president. i Phillips replied that he most certainly did and was more convinced than ever that he was right. However, he added that he was sorry his letter had been published, and said: "I hope that my other reports, which were even stronger, will not leak out." At this point. Foreign Minister Eden cabled the British embassy to inform the state department depart-ment that Phillips was persona non grata in London. Lon-don. In the cable, he said, "India is more important than a thousand Phillips." Simultaneously, the embassy was instructed to tell the state department that Phillips could never go dsck to inuia as amnassador. Note Phillips has been undersecretary of state, assistant secretary, minister to Canada, ambassador am-bassador to Belgium and Italy. George MerreU. now recanea irom rxew ueini, has held posts in PeiDine. Amoy, Calcutta, Harbin and many other places in uit unem. (Copyright 1944 by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) "Understanding New Zealand," by F. L. W. Wood. POETRY: "The Sound I Listened For" by Robert Francis. " "The Golden Mirror by Marya Zaturenska. BIOGRAPHY: "The American xeonardo" by Charleton Mabee. "The Letters of Alexander Woollcott." MISCELLANEOUS NON-FICTION: "The. Disappearing Daily" by Oswald Garrison Villard. "Rocky Mountain Politics", edited edit-ed by Thomas C. Donnelly. "Living With Children" by Gertrude E. Chittenden. "Psychology in Living" by Wendell Wen-dell White. "Southwest Heritage, a Literary History" by Mabel Major and others. "Meet Mr. Grizzly" by Montague Mon-tague Stevens. A group of books on the Indians, missions, and ancient life of New Mexico. FICTION: "Green Dolphin Street" by Elizabeth Goudge. "Caravan" by Lady Eleanor Smith. "Peter Domanig" by Victor White. The History of Rome Hanks" by Joseph. Stanley Pennell. "Furlough" by Franz Hoeller-ing. Hoeller-ing. 'Most Secret . . . Most Immediate" Immedi-ate" by Howard Swiggett. "Mrs. Applegate's Affair" by Frederick F. Van de Water. "The Outsider" by Irene Clea-ton. Clea-ton. "Give Us This Day" by Gladys Taber. "Challenge to Anne" by Dorothy Dor-othy Quentin. "Beyond the Dark" by Kieran Abbey. "The Fighting Four" by Max Brand. A number of new mysteries. INQUEST ORDERED IN FATAL SHOOTING BUHL, Ida., Aug. 28 (TJX) An inquest will be held this afternoon after-noon into the death of Robert E. Shaddy, 68. who died early Sunday from a bullet wound in his head. Held on open charges are William Wil-liam Graffe and Leroy Woods, both of Buhl. Deputy Sheriff Ed Hall said the two men were in Shaddy's room at time of the shooting. Among the Army's anti-aircraft gun directors is one which not only directs the angle of fire, but also sets fuses so that the shells will explode in the path of an enemy plane. An 'FAO' For Better Food BY PETER EDSON Dally Herald Washington Correspondent Fifteen months after the Hot springs, Va., United Nations Con ference on Food and Agriculture, its interim commission makes its first report to 45 participating governments, it proposes a const! tution for a new international alphabetical agency, FAO, which tanas ror rood and agriculture or ganization of the United Nations an International trade association associa-tion Interested In food production, The proposal will probably be kicked around a good bit, though there is nothing vicious or seriously serious-ly controversial about it, Before FAO can even get officially born. its proposed constitution will have to be ratified by 20 governments which will agree to foot the bills. The proposed cost to the United States would be 25 per cent of the total at first, or an estimated $1,250,000 a year for the first five years. Whatever controversy arises will probably center around the idea that the United States should be asked to foot a fourth of the bills. although it will get only one vote. This is the usual squawk on all these agreements when first pre sented, and in the case of FAO. it will probably be coupled with the notation that the British would be assessed only 15 per cent of the cost, the Russians 8 per cent; and that six units of the British empire em-pire would have six votes, even though together they would be assessed as-sessed with 31 per cent of tlie cosU World-Wide Do-Gooder Just what this food and agriculture agri-culture organization would be em powered to do is a little hard to pin down, as it is still pretty much in the nature of an international do-gooder. It would not be a super state, international department of agriculture, nor would the director direc-tor general of the executive com mittee in any sense be a world food czar. FAO would start out in life on a much more modest basis than that. It would be empowered to conduct research, collect sta tistics and make recommendations, recommenda-tions, and that's about all. It would have no control over world food production or distribu tion. It would have no police pow ers and no authority to dish out punitive orders to nations that did not live up to its recommenda tions. Even its recommendations "conventions" they are called In international parlance would re quire ratification by individual governments before they would become binding on any nation. Fits In World Peace Plans The whole set-up as proposed is therefore perfectly harmless and the potential good that it might do is limited to studying and passing out information to recommend raising the levels of nutrition and living standards, improving im-proving the efficiency of agricultural agricul-tural production, bettering- the conditions of rural life, and thus contributing towards an expand ing world economy. All this is of particular Interest just now as contributory to what ever agreement for maintaining peace and security the British Russian - Chinese - American con ferees are able to work out at Dumbarton Oaks, in Washington Also, the Hot Springs food conference con-ference was the first of the inter national meetings to be called Since then, there have been United Nations conferences on monetary stabilization, and preliminary con ferences on international aviation petroleum and rubber control. There will be others. Fitting them ail into one big international or ganization to end wars fs the gi gantic jig-saw puzzle to be worked out In coming months. Desk Chat Reflections of a Swiss; Shifter: George Bernard Shaw made the headlines for no other reason than to say he advocated a $3400 a year income for every family. What he failed to consider, or at least avoided mentioning, was that It would be O. K. nro- rided the present ceiling level I was maintained at current levels for the next ten wears. Sure, S3400 a year for everyone would be nice, but an increase in wage levels must be paid out of I production, a raise in wagea means It must be earned and high er earnings mean higher prices all the way down the line . . one fact that the theorists always fall to consider. Most of us arc like the letter 3' often in debt when there is no need for it. Nevertheless and nothwfth-standing, nothwfth-standing, it is a fact that there were fewer divorces before bridge playing and twin beds became fashionable. First Vice-President: "To cele- orate our ousiness anniversary, shall we present a S100 war bond to every employe who has been with us five years T Chairman of the board: '"Better say, ten years. It is possible that some or them may have been with us five years. And on the other hand, a good way to judge a man is by the company com-pany that keeps him. oOo IT IS AXIOMATIC THAT the good times we bump Into are better than the ones we plan. The value of a man depends oa two things: , his ability to do a job and his aptitude for doing team work. Many readers will consider it irrelevant and immaterial hut a think it would be interesting if uic inmates of an state penal institutions in-stitutions were permitted to make a straw vote in the comlnsr nresl. dential election. We wonder how manv Inmates would be in favor of a fourth term? And then, there was the who was so hen-pecked, that whei he went in to ask the boss foi a raise in pay, he asked: "May use your phone, air? My wife toll me this morning to ask for a in salary today but she forgot to! tell me how much to ask for. Moving Pictures r V"---aa, Y"h aSXI, I rMIt - i "i i t .J I ...V. ?a V ; -act" 'mm t f .va. vanks cet a kick out of displaying portraits of'Hitler, Goering and nH VT'm: ,ich thev removed from a French hotel. tonSerfc occupied by' German officers. . Q's and A's Q What cities bound the Rivi era, partly In the area of the Allies' latest invasion? A Nice, France and Spezia, Italy. Q What is historically note worthy about St Raphael, where the Allies attacked on the south coast of France? A It was the point of Napo leon's departure for Elba in 1814 Q What was a famous product of Argentant, France, captured recently re-cently in the big American drive? A Lace world famous as point d'Argentan" from the time of Louis XIV to the fall of Na poleon. Q What do our armed service casualties total? A As of July 29: 299.474 ; 68, 156 dead, 131,796 wounded, 51,848 missing. 47,674 prisoners. Q What is LL- Gen. Omar N Bradley's title? A Commander of the 12th Army Group. Q Where did the English lan guage originate? - A. Among the ancient tribes of northern Germany. Q Where is the U. S. 7th Army? ' A Fighting in southern France. Q Of what historical note is Faiaise. France? A Birthplace of William the Conqueror. Q Has the pro-Nazi Argen tine government increased the Ar gentine army since it came into power? A Doubled from 30,oou to 60,- 000. Q Will Hitler 8c Co. be able to find asylum in neutral Switzer land after X-Day? A Likely not. The Swiss Fed eral Cbuacil has stated that the authorities are empowered to ex clude refugees who have made themselves unworthy of asylum. Our famous Sperry bomb sight. called the sight that takes the gtesswork out of bombing, is credited with helping to knock down 541 German fighters in one month. Tm afraid my friend," said UH politician, interrupting his speecn mi puuii bji accusing linger a.1 s little man who was yawning lnj the front seat, that you are not following me closely. "I ain't no friend of yourn," re4 plied the man, truculently, "and rm not here to listen. I am jus waiting for the crowd to go hora so I can put out the lights In th hall." Turn littla cHpIk m ttialr ura"U home from Sunday school were solemnly discussing the lesson, "Do you believe there is devil? asked one. "No," replied the other, prompt ly, it s just like Santa Claus. It's your father." RAINBOWS END They say: "At the rainbow's end Is a pot of gold" Some day. Tou and I will seek And plan And scheme And perhaps We'll find That pot of gold. They say: "The pot of gold At the rainbow's end Is very elusive. But we'll set out When I return And make Our search exclusive. Hand in hand We'll journey on You with your dreams, I with my hopes There's nothing I would deny you As we steadily wend To the rainbow's end I'll always Be beside you. "The pot of gold At the rainbow's end 1 Just a myth, Say learned scholars And I guess they're right . If we figure It contains Just gold doOan; But if My hunch is true I'll be needing you When we follow Its path Thru the sky Because At the rainbow's end There's no pot of gold It's the thrill Of a baby's cry. When our search Is finished Our task Will not be done In fact, I believe Twill be Just begun; If we both Take care Wee'Il find Somewhere There is A baby asleep Beside us. So, When this war Is done Tou and I Shall follow The trail To the rainbow's end And together We'll seek, And plan. And scheme-Not scheme-Not for The pot of gold But for The happiness We'll find Behind it. |