Show i Washington Round Britain Soviet Held Trumps At Conference By Drew Pearson V WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Diplomats who studied the agenda of or the big three conference in advance say that for Franklin Roosevelt it was the most crucial of ot his career Roosevelt's Roosevelt problem was to persuade Stalin and Churchill to go along on broad unselfish peace plans at a time when most of or the trump cards no longer are in his hands Four years ago just dust after France Francc fell Churchill would have havo given anything any kind of broad peace machinery any reasonable reasonable reasonable rea rea- part of at tle thc empire to secure American support Today Today Today To To- day he will not even promise the return of at Hong Kong ong to China Three years a ego go o when Russia was fighting back to the wall at Stalingrad Stalin would have llave given reaching far pledges for fora a broad peace plan Today he will not riot even accept Dumbarton Oaks unless Russia has a veto of the council of the united nations nations nations na na- na- na to block any disciplinary action against an aggressor nation na na- tion F D R had to face the fact that both Stalin and Churchill now have most of what they want and Roosevelt is left with almost no trump cards except the humanitarian appeal that the allies must not abandon the goal of peace for which mankind mankind mankind man man- kind fought plus the threat that the American people if disillusIoned disillusioned will become isolationist as never before Well Fed Arrogant Prisoners Parents of boys who are prisoners prisoners prisoners pris pris- in Germany get Increasingly Increasingly singly s- s burned up at reports showing showing showing show show- ing how badly they are arc fed by bythe bythe bythe the enemy while German prisoners prisoners prisoners pris pris- in the United States are arc eating better than American civilians German prisoners of war many of them arrogant insolent insolent insolent inso inso- lent and considered beyond political political political po po- po- po rehabilitation get rationed rationed rationed ra ra- ra- ra foods denied civilians and andin andin in jn some cases receive scarce foods requiring four times the food stamps now allowed American American American Amer Amer- ican civilians The provost marshal of course is living up to the strict letter of the Geneva convention regarding prisoners which provides provides provides pro pro- vides that they the be fed the samo same rations as United States soldiers Thus at one Florida camp a week one-week menu recently showed that the nazi prisoners' prisoners ration for a single week would have required 45 meat points and 63 processed food points per man Here Is a sample of some of the meals German prisoners of war received at M Mac MacDill a c D i ill 11 field Florida Dinner Turkey Dinner Turkey a la king parsley potatoes cauliflower celery and pickles bread butter chocolate cake coffee At breakfast the next day they received grapefruit dry cereal cereal cereal ce ce- real fresh flesh milk boiled eggs toast butter jam and coffee For luncheon they had veal steak lyonnaise potatoes stewed corn fruit salad bread butter peaches and coffee cottee For supper the P Ws W's had veal loaf gravy escalloped potatoes green peas cabbage and pineapple pineapple pineapple pine pine- apple salad bread butter cinnamon cinnamon cinnamon cinna cinna- mon rolls and coffee The prisoners are served butter butter butter but but- ter three times a day seven days a we week k During other days of the same week they had fried pork chops bacon and eggs beef bee stew spareribs roast veal veal a la king roast beef with gravy baked ham and baked beans with salt pork They were ere also given Boston cream pie for dinner butterscotch butterscotch butterscotch butter butter- scotch pudding pineapple fritters fritters frit frit- marble cake fruit cobbler mince pie peach shortcake and other fancy dishes Meanwhile American boys held by the Germans complain that were it not for Red Cross packages provided them by relatives relatives relatives rela rela- tives they would be bo hungry constan con con- stan Capital Chaff Chaff Behind Behind the tho United Automobile Workers Workers' nationwide nationwide nationwide na na- na- na wide tion-wide r referendum to continue continue continue con con- the no strike no strike pledge was the feeling on the part of some workers that this pledge originally originally originally nally was forced on them by the union bosses Union leaders therefore wanted to give them all a chance to vote An Inside in inside inside in- in side row is being waged over the thc reappoIntment of Al Voll son of A F L labor leader Matthew Matthew Matthew Mat Mat- thew Vall as United States dIstrict district district dis dIs- attorney in Chicago Matt Voll is per cent against Roosevelt and White House advisers advisers advisers ad ad- dont don't see why his son should be bo rewarded by F D R. R However Sen Scott Lucas friend of Jake Arvey is pulling wires for reappointment Those interested in the thc man manpower manpower manpower power shortage might take a 3 alook alook look at Morrow field Charlotte N. N C C. where where around officers would like to do more but where many of them have bec become me specialists specialists specialists in golf and skeet shooting Copyright 1945 Bell Syndicate |