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Show 1/fl 1 fl / 4EW0RbuD 1fl4EW0RbuD 4EW0RbuD'OR * 'OR OR ' W EA ON ONA A REPORT ON GERMANYH"Ird GERMANYBird GERMANY GERMANYHird H-ird H ird H"Ird HIrd Bird " - boiled Leon Henderson dId dIdsome didsome didgome some tough talking talkmg to PrcSldent President PrcSldentRoosevclt PresidentRoosevelt PresidentRoosevelt Roosevclt Roosevelt when he arrived back backfrom backfrom backfrom from his hJs economic survey of occu occupled occupied occupled pled pied GermanyHenderson GermanyHenderson Germany GermanyHenderson Henderson was sent by the Wlute White WluteHouse WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House to consultIth consult \ with \\Ith Ith General GeneralEIsenhower GeneralEisenhower GeneralElsenhower EIsenhower regarding regardmg the economIc economIcsetup economicsetup economicsetup setup m in Germany after the Arml Armi ArmlstIce Armistice Armslice ! stIce But wh whie Ie le the former OP OPA OPAadministrator OPAadministrator A Aadmlmstrator admlmstrator administrator has kept hept very mum mumabout mumabout mumabout about it he was quite critical in his hisverbal hisverbal hisverbal verbal report to the Pres dent ra- ra re- re ra'gardlng regarding re regarding - - garding 'gardlng gardlng ' negligence negllgcnce on the part of ofthe ofthe ofthe the army the state department and andthe andthe andtha the Anglo American Russian com corn commIssion cornmission cornmission mIssion plansfor in London regard rcgard ng plans plansfor for running runnmg GermanyHenderson GermanyHenderson Germany GermanyHenderson Henderson told FDR that thatneither thatneither thatneither neither the V U S S military nor the thestate thestate thestate state depirtment deputment department had bad done any- any anythmg anything any anything - thing thmg except e"cept ecept " the sloppiest sort sortof sortof sortof of planning about running the thedIfficult thedifficult thedifficult dIfficult German civilian econo econo- economy econo- econo economy economy - - my after the armistice armlshce U S SAmbassador SAmbassador SAmbassador Ambassador JohnVmant John \ Winant \Vmant Vmant Wmant in inLondon inLondon mLondon London Henderson Indlcatcd indicated Indlcatcdhad indicatedhad Indicatedhad had been sitting on his haunches haunchesas as a member of the tripartite tripartitecommIssion tripartitecommission tripartitecommission commIssion supposed to look lookinto lookinto lookinto into this but dome domg doing " nothing nothingHenderson nothingHenderson nothingHenderson Henderson reported that the plan planfor planfor planfor for cutting Germany up into three threedIfferent threedifferent threedifferent dIfferent sections under the BntIsh British BntIshAmencan BritishAmerican BritishAmerican Amencan American and Rus Russian lan armIes armIessImply armiessimply armiessimply sImply " , would ould not work economIcal economically ly He pointed pomted out that the Ger German German German man raIlroadsere railroads \ were \\ere ere set up to work workas workas workas as a unit urnt umt not m In three d fferent ff'erent ' sec sechons sections sections hons tions Likewise with German mdus Indus mdustnes Industries industries tnes tries Henderson proposed there therefore therefore therefore fore that German civilian civ1l1an economy economybe economybe economybe be run by a civilian clvll1an commISSIOn commISSIOnrepresentmg commissionrepresenting commissionrepresenting representmg representing the Allies Ashes Alliesb \\b b v.h vh wh \ . \ ch would wouldhave wouldhave wouldhave have charge of the ent eat re country countryHe countryHe countryHe He also proposed that the mIlitary mIlitarytake militarytake militarytake take orders from the civilian clvll1an Iugh high IughcommISSIOn highcommission highcommission highcommissionWhat commISSIOn commISSIOnWhat What the President will wall do about aboutthe aboutthe aboutthe the Henderson report remains remams to be beseen beseen beseen seen When he suggested that Henderson Hen Henderson Henderson derson go back to Germany the thehard thehard thehard hard boiled bolled ex OPA CPA admmlstrator administrator admmlstratorrefused administratorrefused administratorrefused refused He said it et was impossIble Impossibleto to l , ork under the present setup In Instead Instead Instead stead he will go to China Chma to tomake tomake tomake make a study of price pnce controls for forChIang forChiang torChiang ChIang Kai Kal shekNote shekNote shek shekNote ( Note - What some Wrute WruteDouse { WhiteHouse { lute luteHouse Douse House advisers fear is that the thesame thesame thesame same chaos and inflation which whichkIlled whichkilled whichkilled kIlled democratic government m mGermany mGermany inGermany Germany after the last war Vlar once onceagam onceagain onceagain agam again will become so rUInous rUInousthat ruinousthat ruinousthat that the German Gcrman people will VIlli well faU fall faUback fallback fallback back on another nitlcr Hitlcr Hitler or orKaiser orKaiser orKaiser Kaiser ) . . . G I JOE AT PEACE TABLEMore TABLEMore TABLE TABLEMore More and more state legislaturesand legIslatures legIslaturesand and members of congress are urg urgIng urging urging Ing that a G I Joe stat s t at the peace peacetable peacetable peacetable table also that he beg n by slttmg sitting slttmgin sittingin sittingIn in at the important San FrancIsco FrancIscoUmted FranciscoUnited FranciscoUnited Umted United Isations 1\ahons 1 ahons Rations \ conference Some Somefurther < ; Somefurther ome omefurther further propose that Sumner Welles Wellesformer Wellesformer Wellesformer former undersecretary of state and andthe andthe andthe the man who ong orlg orig nally planned for forthe forthe forthe the peace machinery machmery attend the San SanFrancIsco SanFrancisco SanFrancisco FrancIsco conference perhaps as ad advlser adviser adviser vlser viser to the sold er delegate or as asan asan asan an unbiased observer \ with Ith no ax to tognnd togrind togrind gnnd grind either for or against agamst anyone anyonepol any one onepol onepol pol tical hcal trcal partyThe partyThe party partyThe The Maryland and Rhode Island Islandleg Islandleg Islandleg leg slatures are the latest to push pushthe pushthe pushthe the idea ot of a G I Joe at the peace peacetable peacetable peacetable table resolut ons be ng Introduced Introducedby introducedby introducedby by Charles M See of Cumberland CumberlandMd CumberlandMd CumberlandMd Md and Joseph M Us lls of War WarwIck Warwick Warwick wIck R I The Texas and South SouthCarolina SouthCarolina SouthCarolina Carolina legislatures have already alreadypassed alreadypassed alreadypassed passed resolutions while whlle Senator SenatorJohnston SenatorJohnston SenatorJohnston Johnston of South Carolina Carohna and Rep Representatve Representative Representative resentatve resentative ! Jackson of Washmgton Washington Washmgtonhave Washingtonhave Washingtonhave have introduced mtroduced resolutions in lD the theU theU theU U S congress urging urgmg that the G I IJoe IJoe IJoe Joe attend the San Francisco con conference conTerence conference ference Terence as a starter to the final finalpeace finalpeace finalpeace peace session They propose that he hebe hebe hebe be no higher than the rank of ser sergeant sergeant sergeant sergeantNote geant geantNote Note - The Iowa poll con conducted conducted conducted ducted by the DcsIomes Dcs Des Monies \Iomes Iomes Moines ' \ Sun Sunday Sunday Sunday day Register found that an over overwhelming overwhelming overwhelming whelming majority m'1Jorlty m1Jorlty ' of Iowans lowans83 83 per pcr cent fa\ fa favored faored fawred \ ored having havmg a amember amember amember member of the armed forces torces at atthe atthe atthe the peace table . . * . DEMOCRATIC DE\IOCRATIC DE IOCRATIC ' \ JOE STILWELLGen STILWELLGen STILWELL STILWELLGen Gen Joe Sl St Iwell lwell has alwas alwajs alwasrated alwajsrated alwaysrated } rated high with his men Now that thathe thathe thathe he s stat oned in Washington Washmgton as aschief aschief aschief chief of the army ground forces torces he hestill hestill hestill still has the reputation of lookmg looking lookmgout lookingout lookingout out for themThe themThe them themThe The other day Washington Washmgton realtor realtorCol realtorCol realtorCol Col Gus Ring who is used to get gett gett t ng phone calls from trom all sorts of o ( 1m Im 1mportant Important important portant apartment hunters was wassurprised wassurprised wassurprised surprised to find General Stll Stilvei Stilveiwalk Stilvellwalk vell vellwalk ) walk in his office and ask for an anI anapartment anapartment anapartment I apartment Stilwell didn dldn t want the theapartment theapartment theapartment apartment tor for himself but had trav tray traveled trayeled traveled eled all the way across Washington Washingtonto to try to get an apartment tor for the thewidow thewidow thewidow widow of one ot of St11\\ St11 Stdw Stilwell St11ell \ ell s junior of ofllcers officers offleers llcers ficers who had been killed in m action actionNoteDe actionNoteHe actionNote Note-De Note De Note-He He - lie got the apartment apartmcnt . . . CAPITOL CHAFF CHAFFQ CHAFFfl l Q < . Henry Wallace and Loan Admmls Admrnis Admmlstrator Admrnistrator Admimstrator trator Fred rred lied Vmson Vinson are getting gettmg to together togather together gether gather to discuss plans tor for coordl coordi coordlnating coordinatiog coordinating nating natiog the 60 000 000 job program programC l 4 < . As Wallace looked around the theroom theroom theroom room In Jesse Jones old loan office officehe officehe officehe he said I justant just \ want \\ant ant to see .here here where wherethe . wherethe .herethe the bodies are buried hurled hurledC hurledO l C < . . Credit Republican Senator Austm Austin Austmof Austinof Austinof of Vermont with do ng one of the thebest thebest thebest best jobs at the recent Mexico Clt Citj Citjconference Citiconference } conference Though Thou"h Thouh " not a traln trained traineddiplomat trained d dI ddIplomat | diplomat Austin Austm was a tower of ofsound ofI I ' 'sound sound of'sound sound advice to the U S delegat on |