Show l t- t Nation to Be Active Factor f 1 s sIn In Post War PostWar War Peace Plans t Majority of American People Ask tion m International OrganizatIon To Maintain Harmony By I Neu s Analyst and Commentator Service Union Trust Building Washington D C Slowly the pattern of AmerIca s post war plans are taking shape but only the pattern When congress returned it as aas eVIdent that no matter how much I dIsagreement there mIght be as to the details of the role the United States will play in ID the post war world the people have registered one Idea they want to take part In some kind of an International or organization to maintain peace The same turned up m in the conversation of three members of congress of wIdely differing political sentiments WIth whom I talked shortly after they returned Speaker Sam Rayburn told me that the one phrase whIch receIved the most ap- ap applause applause m the speeches he made ill m the Southwest was when he saId that the United States must do a man s job for peace Two leading Republican senators expressed the same Idea namely that the people seem to be of one mind that AmerIca must jo 0 n in some kind of onal effort aft after after er the war ar to maintain peace The dISagreements m in congress are ch efly a dIfference in degree and represent a dIScussIon for the most part over detaIls that nobody expects congress to decIde In ad advance adVance vance anyhow Of course there are t too 0 things whIch make for lack of harmony one is the natural des re of each political party to CrIticIZe the other m in a campaign year the other IS the effort of small groups to get 0 oer o'er er theIr own particular Ideas Secretary of State Hull m in hIs speech of September 12 made It plain that the was in favor fa or of an International organs za tIon whIch v could agree to use force to maintain peace Imply ng that the UnIted States v would offer its armed forces m in collaboratIon with Ith other nat ons to stop aggress s 15 on He went further on the sub subject feet than any officIal so far but there has been a feeling on the part of many members of congress that the people v could support such a polIcy Pooling of Resources Meanwhile e the public has gradually ally aUy come to the real rat on that Winston Churchill as the king s first with plenary po vers and PresIdent Poosevelt as commander in ch of ef and therefore With sImIl similar lr authorIty have agreed that the United States and Britain WIll pool theIr mIl tary resources not only un tin W til the fighting ends but tint 1 the emergency is ended They Will do thus thIs merely by ng the corn com of ch of staff They have made it plain that they cons der the emergency or as an officIal spokesman for the Un ted States described It it a period of transItion wIll not end until the thelast thelast last peace treat es are sIgned In other words the United States and Great Britain intend as long as the emergency ex to take part In an organ zat on to establIsh and main mam tam the peace by means of what amounts to amI a m 1 tary alliance be between between tween the t two 0 nations PrIme Minister ChurchIll was ready to sIgn a WrItten agreement which Include Britain s 15 pledge to remain our ally and continue the war WIth us until Japan vas aas beaten that much he told the newsmen newsmen- and he added the President had saId It aas as not necessary that h s 15 sword word was good enough Presumably Presumably ably the written rItten agreement would have included the continuation of the joint commIttee of the chIefs of staff too But wrItten or unWrItten such sucha a pact now e exists It IS therefore clear that the PresIdent intends If he remains In ff ce to maintain an interim ar arrangement arrangement wh ch will keep thus thIs court coun country try an actIve factor m in world of af affaIrs faIrs to the point where its polIcIes will be supported by milItary action ThIs will be of indefinite length as ChurchIll put It it tint lIt can be shown that a better arrangement including all nat ons can be found to sup supplant supplant plant It ItIn itIn In one sense therefore It is less Important what decISIon the con congress guess gress or the makes T r now as to its foreIgn polIcy s nce there will be plenty of tIme for the people to become fully ac acquainted WIth the whole on during the transIt on period when two of the strongest nations rem remain am I unIted The important thing of course Is to obtain the co operation of the thIrd most powerful nat on RussIa And that is what is on the fire rIght now Until we know mow a lIttle lIttlemore littlemore more about Russ a s 15 Views and m in intentions It will vill be ble to tomake tomake make a derided plan for the post postwar war var world Battle of Italy Beginning of End As I write these lines mes the startled I moon has lust Just slIpped behind a jag jagged jagged ged curtain of clouds l I ke a trans transport transport port sliding under the protecting cloak of a smoke screen That comparison leaps to my mind because all day I have been follow followIng following Ing as you have and as closely as either of us could the progress of the greatest milItary undertakIng whIch an AmerIcan army has at attempted attempted tempted in thIs war the battle of Italy For the battle of Italy IS the storming of the very portals of the ReIch the outer rIm lt it is true but nonetheless the first breast of HItler s Inner fortress Here for the first tIme American soldiers hardened on the harsh sands of AfrIca and the cruel hIlls of S city meet the guardsmen of the NazI c Not a bl bi colored army dIluted by a half hearted ally Italy but dogged German fighters defend defending mg ing the gateway to their own theIr natIve land The end of the beginning has end ended ended ed the ng of the end has be begun begun gun And Ande we e who ho have watched every sIgn and every s 15 final gnal as the curtain between what we ve thought and what we knew was lIfted realIze how lIttle we and the world can guess of the Inner and complIcated work of th s 15 great war ar machine As the armIes of the AllIes attack the enemy the cItadel leaders of the Allies Roosevelt and Churchill plan a new edIfice The invasion of S cIly and the m vas on of Italy sere ere planned at Casablanca v where here for l 24 hours the few newsmen who were permItted to know kept the secret of the meet meeting mg ing Itself BesIde the historic wa waters waters of the St Lawrence m ID the cItadel at Quebec the marching orders were sealed vh Ie we news newsmen newsmen men waIted blinded and deafened to all but the most general ideas What are those march ng orders Some other startled moon will tell Civilian DeFense Proves Its Worth As Germany begins the defense of her inner mner fortress and the once feared has been converted from an offenSIve to a defensive e ma machine chine the problem of keeping up the morale of CIvIlIan Defense m in th s 15 country IS a d ff cult one It would be foolhardy to 1 e do on OI the Job now for hIstory has shown that Ire fre fierce and bItter grow out of vIctOrIeS and tint I 1 the thelast thelast last shot Is fired and after that that It isn t safe to desert the ramparts Recently the value of cIvIlIan de defense tense training was vas proved m in a man manner manner ner which receIved very lIttle rec on outside of the ImmedIate vicinity When the CongressIOnal Limited the crack train that runs between bet New fork lork and Washington was wrecked In Philadelphia when the eth Century LImIted an another another other crack tram train between ChIcago and New York was wrecked and when a hotel burned m in Houston Texas the cIvIlian defense organs proved its mettle On all three ons Invaluable serVIce was rendered by these unselfish men and women who have so long an answered s ered mock alarms and gone on duty for practice dr It was definitely sho shon un n that In the case of the v wreck reck of the Congressional and m in the Houston fire lIves were actually saved by the defense workers In Ph a a group of aIr raId wardens meeting near the scene of the wreck were the first to arrive on the scene In a short t me 7 trained work workers workers ers were at work ass sting police and helping the rescue So effect vely d d they handle the traIT c tha that t in spite of the great crowds lanes were vere open so that all inJured persons not actually p nned In the v reek reck had been removed to hosp talc wIth n 35 or 40 minutes |