Show fg Washington D. D C. C U. U S. S OBSERVER IN GERMANY GERl Avra M. M Warren chief of the state departments department's visa section uncorked a sensational earful about condi condI- conditions condItions In Germany and its conquered countries when he testified at nt a a. a closed door session of the house ap ap- appropriations appropriations ap- ap committee Warren Worren had returned from a pro pro- prolonged prolonged prolonged longed inspection tour of Germany France Poland Holland and the information he disclosed about their I internal situation was so confidential that a committee stenographer was instructed to leave much of it un- un recorded Highlights of hIs bis testimony were 1 That Germany had enough crucial supplies food gasoline and war materials to continue the war for or some time but was beset with serIous erious internal problems in the na- na na- na nations nations ions she has occupied 2 That France Holland Belgium Poland and Denmark were not co cooperating Cooperating operating with Germany Germany In in fact I civilIans in these nations were at atthe atthe atthe the point of rebellion against the wholesale confiscation of foodstuffs and nd other necessities for the Ger Ger- German German German man army 3 That German prisoners of war on the whole were treated de- de The internal situation in the occupied occupied pied areas Warren reported was becoming graver by the minute Civilians were bitterly resentful of ot German troops quartered among them hem and kept in subjection only by the sternest military discipline Germany has plenty of ot gasoline supplies though of poor grade he heI said but the shortage of lubricating oil is so intense that its use for civilian purposes such as in opera opera- operation operation tion of elevators s is prohibited S S PLAN DEMOCRACY PROPAGANDA The New Deal has hired more publicity men and run off more miles of mimeographed press hand hand- handouts handouts handouts outs than any other administration in history Yet the biggest and most worthwhile job of propaganda today remains completely untouched It ItIs ItIs ItIs Is the Job which George Creel did for Europe during the last World war For it is an on indisputable fact tact that American propaganda and the speeches of Woodrow Wilson percolating percolating lating latIn behind the lines in Germany Germani and Austria helped materially to cause the 1918 collapse of ot the Cen Cen- Central Central thai Powers Today a confidential plan for a similar propaganda agency is some some- somewhere somewhere where in the White House where House where no one knows exactly Drawn Draw up two months ago by certain chiefs of the th war department it was sent to the White House with the recommendation recommendation recommendation that such a plan could do almost as much as airplanes to bring about the defeat of Hitler But nothing happened The idea still is reposing on the desk of ot one of the six White House secretaries U. 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S war w r chiefs are convinced that this country can perform two important propaganda functions 1 Got across to the people of Italy and Germany the disadvantages of Hitler the advantages of democracy and the general idea that there Is J no nn quarrel between the th peoples themselves 2 Bring about greater national unity within the United d States espe espe- especially daily chilly among foreign born natural- natural naturalized naturalized naturalIzed citizens of ot German and Italian extraction It is fa probable that the great ma ma- majority majority of Italians and a d Germans in Inthe inthe the United States Sta tes are anxious to be good American citizens and are all too glad to be out of Europe However national and racial psychology psychology psychology can easily alienate them if U not counteracted To date the only agencies which have attempted to influence German and Italian opinion inside the United States have been the Bund the Fas Fas- Fascist Fascist Fascist cist Black Shirts and similar Nazi Nazi- Fascist organizations There has hns been no active propaganda from the democratic side Furthermore these Italian Ger man groups can bo be the most effective tive spearhead in getting propaganda da into Germany and Italy Leaf Lent Leaflets lets printed in England and dropped from British airplanes have bad had no perceptible influence in Germany But propaganda sent from purely German 0 organizations u in the United tates to fellow Germans under Hit Hit- Hitler ler is bound to carry weight This was what George Creel did under Woodrow Wilson Czech Po Po- Polish lish Austrian and Slav groups from Chicago to Pittsburgh h created such effective organizations that eventually ally they brought about the fall tall of ot the Hungarian Austria empire and the crumbling of ot the entire war front S S S ROUND MERRY Congress has a number of lin lin- linguists ha- ha but only one who can ean speak Japanese He is mannered gentle Sen Elbert Thomas of Utah who learned the language in his youth while serving as a Mormon mis mise In JJ Nippon One of ot his daughters daughter born in Tokyo is named Chiyo which means a thousand years of happiness West Virginias Virginia's working hard Rep J Jennings Randolph receives a lov lov- lovIng ing Jag reminder from his hi mother ev ev- every ery day day day-a a rose r se |