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STATUS - - - - - - - - - most . . , . - - Important jiu Lfi mui docu aocuments worKsoon worldSoon ments bearing beanng on the postwar worl world soon will be Britislgovernment Britlstgovernment Britistgovernmon issued by the Britlst Britist government governmon . m in the form of a Wh hi t tPaper Payu- Payu PayuA Paper Papor - A ' " Briba It will - be - - a u urvey survey Avcjr of ui Brl Brib jaril/ jaril : / I jarilI a n s fnancial fnanclal franiadmiss franliadrniss position and a fraI franli admlss adrniss bankruptThe on that she is bankrupt ! dctathow dctalhow The White W1nte Paper111 Paper \ will \\111 111 ull \ tell in dctaE dctat dctal dctaEI how British Bntlsh I investments mvestments througnoultlia througaoulthe througnoufthe the _ i iu , . -u u - - - - througaoul througnouf iorld orld - - - - - - - - - - \ have . . . been I 1Cpay tepay tcpay - - v- v vn - n A qu 4u dated uafcea te tc 1C pay tor for the war and will come t tc te tcthe tehe tThe ! the he conclusion that if s.f sf . the British Britist BritishEmpire BritistEmpire EmpIre tradingshe tradmgshe is to continue free tradmg trading she h.lpThe hc.lpThe must have outside h.lp hlp hl.lp hllp hc.lp hclp . ( . . , The ' alternative to free trade and free andfree Papelwill Papetwill Papeswill competition the White Papet Papes PapetI I will willsay say is a system of birter b1.rter b1rter . re restncted restracted restncted stncted stracted trade and cartels such as at afleithe ateJthe sitesthe that asthat atthat practiced pracllced by Germany ateJ sites . ! the last war International cartels cartelsof cartelsof cartelsof of course have been blasted public ly publicly by PI Piesident eSldent Roosevelt and one Bnllsh British Bnllshcorporation Britishcorporation oneBritish oneBnllsh corporation Imperial Impenal Chern Chem ChernIcal Chemseal Chemleal Ical seal Industries Industnes already has been beenprosecuted beenprosecuted beenprosecuted prosecuted by the ) justice ustice depart department departmont department ment mont Whthe vlththe .vitbthe on a charge , of conspIringvlth conspiring \vlth vlth \ .vitb vitb . the Du Fonts Ponts Pants before the war to con trol control the world production of certal11 certain certal11chemIcals certainchemicals certainchemicals certainchemicalsAccord chemIcals chemIcalsAccord Accord ng to inside mSlde word from Crom the dIplomatic thediplomatic corps the publication 01 of 01Bntam ofBritain olBritain Bntam Britain s a frank survey of her bank bankrupt bankrupt bankrupt rupt financial position will comclde coincide coincidewith coincidewith with \ Ith the secret conferences now tnk tak tnking taking taking ing place here between bet\\een bet een betseen \ Lord Keynes Keynesand Keynesand Keynesand and U S officials regarding regardmg the re renewal renewal renewal newal of lend leaseWIth leaseWith lease leaseWith With the war in Europe nearmg nearing nearmga nearinga a close and with U S forces now nowgettmg nowgetting nowgetting gettmg getting a greater proport on of war warsupplies warsupphes warsupplies supplies supphes direct from the Umted United UmtedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates States Brit Bnt sh war needs for lend lendlease lendlease lendlease lease are dwindling dwmdlmg However the theBntlsh theBritish theBritish Bntlsh British have proposed m In Lord LordKeynes LordKeynes LordKeynes Keynes private pnvate conversations a new newtype newtype newtype type of postwar lend lease whereby wherebythe wherebythe wherebythe the British Bnbsh could resell goods to for forelgn forelgn toreign elgn countries in m order to reestab reestablIsh reestablish reestabbsh lIsh their export tradeKeynes tradeKeynes trade tradeKeynes Keynes Proposal ProposalWord ProposalWord ProposalWord Word leaking lcakmg from Crom the dlplo diplo dlplomalic diplomatic dipiomatic malic matic corps is that Lord Keynes Keynesnow Keynesnow Keynesnow now proposes a total lend lease leaseallotment leaseallotment leaseallotment allotment to Great Britain Bntam of61i of at 61i 61ibillions 6 " ' a abillions abillions billions for Cor 1945 of which ihich hlch 3'Abillions 3Abillions 3 34 34billions ' bllhons billions could be reexported reeported , : In InBritish InBritish inBritish British trade \ Most I\lost I lost of o ( this would wouldbe wouldbe wouldbe be in m on the tbe form Corm of American raw rawmatenals rawmaterials rawmaterials matenals materials which the British Britishwould Britishwould Britishwould would process pro'ess proess proress ( ' into mto finished fiDlshed goods goodsand goodsand goodsand and then sell The British Bntlsh do donot donot donot not propose that finished Amen Amencan Amencan Amencan can products be given them for forree.port forreeport torreexport ree.port reeport . but only that they get getlend getlend getlend lend leased raw materials to re- re revive revive re revive - - vive their crippled IndustrIesOne industriesOne industries industriesOne One proposal is to set up a anew anew anew new postwar lend lease Icase court courtcomposed courtcomposed courtcomposed composed of ot one Britisher Bnhsher and andtwo andtwo andtwo two Americans Amcncans which would eould auld de- de do- do decide dodde de decide - - cide dde wllch wl WI ich goods could be used usedCor usedfor usedfor Cor for Ed British hsh trading purposes purposesThe purposesThe purposesThe The whole plan will be submItted submittedto to congress probably before ChrIstmas Christmas Christ ChristAR'MT mas . . . masAIIMY AR'MT ARMT AR'IY ARIY AIIMY ' ' S PREFABRICATED PREFABRICATEDBRIDGES PREFABRICATEDBRIDGESOne BRIDGES BRIDGESOne BRIDGESOne One of the great but little btUe known knownstones knownstories knownstories stones stories of the Western front tront is the theway theway theway way m In which army engineers engmeers got a agroup agroup agroup group of bridge bndge experts together togethernearly togethernearly togethernearly nearly two years ahead of the Eu Europe European European rope ropean an invasion and designed fabn fabri fabncated fabricated fabncated cated sections of bridges bndges which whichwould whichwould , would exactly exacUy replace specific specificbridges specificbridges specificbridges bridges in m France Holland and Bel BelglUm Belgium Belgium BelgiumThrouj.h glUm gium glUmThrouh giumThroukh Throuj.h Throujh Throuh Throukh ! , . the European under underground underground underground ground army cng eng neers were able ableto ableto ableto to get exact measurements of the thebridges thebridges thebridges bridges which they knew would be bedestroyed bedestroyed bedestroyed destroyed by the retreating retreatmg NazIs NazIsEach NazisEach NazisEach Each part was numbered and spe special special speclal cial assembly crews trained in Eng England England England land rehearsed U-e U e tie tl - e Job lob ] ob of puttmg putting puttmgthem puttingthem puttingthem them in placeWhen placeWhen place placeWhen When the invas on came these thesebridges thesebridges thesebridges bridges traveled so close behind behmd our ouradvancmg ouradvancing ouradvancmg advancmg advancing armies that hat they were fre fcc frequently fccquently trequently quently ahead of the field kJtchens kitchens kJtchensAnd kitchensAnd kitchensAnd And on arrival at a destroyed bndge bridge bndgeItS bridgeits bridgeits ItS replacement was a matter ofbours ofhours of ofhours hoursS hours bours S . S . S . SIJILLMAN HILLMAN IllLLl\IAN IllLLl IAN IJILLMAN \ " ttOULD "OULD OULD WOULD END JND : PACSIdney PACSidney PAC PACSidney Sidney H Uman llman didn dldn t advertise It Itbut itbut Itbut but during the last days of the thecampaign thecampaign thecampaign campaign he took steps to d s sband sband sband band his controversial Political Ac Actlon Action Action tlon tion committee The final decIsIOn decIsIOnwill decisionwill decisionwill for the thewhole thewhole thewhole will not be up to him alone whole thing thmg will be threshed out at atthe atthe atthe Chi Chicago Chicago Chicago the CIO national nahonal convention in cago But not wait walt ng tor for the con convenhon convention convention venhon vention Hillman sent not ce cc to most mostof mostof mostof PAC staft staff staftthat staffthat stafflhatjhey of the 200 members of the that they go off the payroll beforethen before then _ _ n _ _ I ' _ _ n _ _ _ . _ _ _ _ _ u . . . _ ft8 . Originally Ongmally PAC was set up as a apermanent apermanent apermanent permanent organization and there thereare thereare theraare are aeveral several aeverai schools of thought in inaide inside Intide aide side the CIO ClO regarding regardmg Its continua continuation continuaLion conUnuaUon including auto autoworkers autoworkers autoworkers tion Lion One group workers president K R J Thomas Thomaswants Thomaswants Thomaswants wants to keep PAC alive llillman HiUman Hillmanon . , . the other band hand want wants * to shut up upshop upshop upthop on shop concentrate on New York poll polltics polltics polltics tics and also get his health backS back S . . S . SMERRY MEKBY I\IJRRY I IJRRY MERRY \ : GO BOUND ROUND ROUNDcr BOUNDB the war FDR has hasbeen hasbeen haibeen cr . ( B , . All during durmg reader of Carl Sandburg Sandburg Sand been a close . , - ' - continued continuedbIs continuedhis - .41ui 41ui * Lincoln ' and has burg UUAJy w s a . . bIs his hl reading during the campaign who dropped into hIs prl pri prlvate private Someone vate study one day found a copy of ofthe ofthe war days daysDuring daysDuring to Lincoln s a book open the Mc McClellan McClellan 1864 campaign- campaign During the campaigna - -a a Jrj - - followers accused Lincoln Lincolnof Lincolncii /I I / * Clellan ClellanI funds mis mismanagement misageiflent public . squandcrmg squandci _ , _ 01 of cii 0 uu deItroymg detroying , de detroymg management ageiflent of the government , ' civil liberties meddlingwith meddlingwith meddling Itroymg troymg troying and standing standmg sanding out forI foruncondtional forunconditi0fl5l tor for torunconditional 1 frith with the war I [ unconditional uncond\tional uncond tional unconditi0fl5l \ surrender |