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Show 6 UO UOcw cw w a u btJ ubtJ btJWashington : WaahJq1o Washington ITa JagUs . . 0 D 0 0NEW 0NEW CNEW NEW WAV FAR . EATEBN EASTERN DIUVK DRIVE DIUVKIt DRIVEIt It now seems certain that we will willconcentrate wi wiconcentrate wiconcentrate concentrate on the Far East tomuch to tomuch . mucb much greater degree than most pe0- pe0 - pe0ple pee peeple p ppie < pie ple expected . . . U S naval officials omclals had bad been prl prlvately pr prvately privately vately skeptical skepUcal at of British Britisb co-opera co opera co-open open cooperation coopenlion co-operatlon co operatlon - - - tion lion in the Far East and never er erpected ex expected eapected pected Churchill to come througlHowever through througl throughHowever . However he be and Roosevelt boti both bot bothagreed botagreed botigreed agreed greed that the time had bad arrived arrivedtor arrive arrivefor arrivcifor tor for vigoroua vigorous operatlona operaUonll operattiona to atop stop the the.Taps lb lbJaps thiJaps .Taps Taps Japs . before they dug in ao so deepi deeply deepl deeplon : on 00 the Pacific Paclt1c islands that it would wouldtake wool wooltake woulitake take yeara years to dislodge themThe themThe them themThe The British Britisb have bave now given del delnite delSoil definlte Soil nite ! . commitments regarding carlain cer car certaln certain taln lain operations or rations This is Ie Important importantIt . It so happens bappens that the British do not notpromise no nopromise nopromise promise easily Our own top strate- strate strata strategists strategists stratagists - gists ar arp are inclined to make promises promise promisesquickly promisequickly promiseiquickly quickly but sometimes have bave to ex explain explain explain plain them away when conditJons condition conditJonschange conditionchange conditionchange ) change and It la Is obvious they cannot cannotbe Cann Cannbe cannolbe be kept But the British Brltlsh though thougl thoughawfully thouglawfully thougtawfully awfully hard to pin < down town have bave ab- ab absolutely ab absolutely absolutely - solutely kept their agreementa agreements when whet whenonce whetonce whenonce once madeWhat madeWhat made madeWhat What these commitments are ar * re remain remain remain main a military secret However Howevercertain Howevercertain Howevercertain certain moves which are known to toall ti tiall toall all Including the Japs should glv give give giveTokyo giveTokyo glvTokyo < Tokyo plenty to worry about Fosit For Fos Forit Foiit it is no accident that Admiral NlmItz Nlm NlmItz Nimitz Itz commander in the Pacific hat has hatbeen hasbeen batbeen been recalled for tor conferences 01that or os orthat osthat that the Insatiable Australian prime primemlTllster primeminister primminister * mlTllster minister has now aaid said be he was satls aatis aatisfled aatisfled fled fledor ed or that Attu was takenAll takenAll taken takenAll All these straws In lbe the lh * wind point pointto pointto pointto to hitting Japan from trom many dlf'ferent dlfferent different dlf'ferentdirectionsAlaska differentdirectionsAlaska differentdirections ' directions-Alaska directions Alaska - - Alaska Australia Bur Burma Burma Burma ma and the Central PaciftcThis PacificThis Pacific Paciftc PacificThis This offensive in the Far East may maybe maybe maybe be one substitute for a second tront front trontIn frontIn frontIn In western Europe It may not notknock notknock notknock knock Hitler out of the war quite quiteso quiteso quiteso so soon but It may make the two twowarsin twowarsin twowars wars-in wars in - - in Europe and Asia-finish Asia finish Asia - finish at atmore atmore atmore more nearly the same timeSAVING time Ume . . . SAVING AVINO UNCLE SAM S SHEKELS SIIEKELS SIIEKELSHere SHEKELSHere SHEKELSHere Here is a simple suggestion which whichwpuld whichwould whichwpuld wpuld would save the governmentmiWons governmentmiWonsAs government millionsAs millions millionsAa Aa As the law stands a man coming comingInto cominginto comingInto Into the government cannot be hired hiredfor hiredfor hiredfor for the figure of $5 5 $ 000 or $8 8 $6 6 $ 000 but butmust butmust butmust must get one or another of the fixed fixedgovernment fixedgovernment fixedgovernment government ratings such as $4 4 $ $ 600 600or 600ar COOor or ar $5 5 $ $ BOO 600 or $8 8 $6 6 $ 500Many 500Many 500 500Many Many a man has come to Washing Washington WashingIon Washington ton Ion from the business world In the thelast thelast thelast last few years willing wilhng to work for forF5 for$5 for5 $5 5 $ $ F5 000 But there Is no government governmentrat10g governmentrating governmentrating rat10g rating at that figure ftgure so 80 he is ot of otfered oflered oftered fered lered $4 4 $ $ SA 600 and if 11 he won t take takethat takethat takethat that that , , . he must be paid $5 5 $ $ 600Likewise 600Likewise 600 600Likewise Likewise it if be he is a $7 7 $ 000 man manwilling manwilling manwilling willing to work for that figure but butnot butsot butnot not sot tor for less he must be given f $ $8 8 $ * 000Literally 000Literally 000 000Literally Literally hundreds of men bave have havetome bavecome havecome come tome into the War Production at ataslarles atsalaries atsalaries aslarles salaries $ (500 500 $500 ( $ or $1 1 $ 000 more than thanthey thanhey thanthey they hey would have accepted simply simplybecause simplyBecause simplybecause because Because the ReclassiflcaUon Reclassification Act of ofJ923 of1023 J923 923 establishes the figures of $4 4 $ $ 600 COOS6 $5 5 $ ! 5 600 and $6 6 $ < $ C 500 with no elasticityThe elasticityThe elasticity elasticityThe The same waste results in the field fieldif fieldof ( ) if f promotion To keep good men menthese menhese menthese these hese days government agenciesare agenclelare agenciesire agenclel agencies are ire obliged to give glYe promotions With Without withBut without out But waiting wailing for the Wt 22 2 , % year period periodrequired periodequired periodrequired required equired by Civil ServiceSo Service ServiceSo So 80 the agenciea agencies resort to eva evalion evaion * vaslon lion ion . . . They reciassify reclassify the employee employeeby employeesy employeeby by sy writing up a new job tor for him himat himit himat at it a _ higher blgher salary level He might mightbe mightBe mightbe be Be satisfied with a (500 500 $500 ( $ $ raise but butreclassiftcation buteclasslfication butreclassiflcation reclassiftcation -eclasslfication eclasslfication - means that he geta gets getaat getsit getsat at it least $800 800 $900 900 $ $ more or even XI $1 1 $1500 1500 $1500nore $ 500 500more COOmore COOmoreA more nore moreA noreA A simple change in the law would wouldsave wouldave wouldsave save ave hundreds of dollars in thou.ands thouands thou ' . sanda .ands ands of casesAMERICAN cases . . . AMEttICAN AMERICAN TAXI DRIVERSSome DRIVERSSome DRIVERS DRIVERSSome Some political pol1tical prognosticators prognosticatora sa say say'ou sayyou } ' 'ou ou } ' 'ou ou ' can predict the outcome of U S . S S.elections Selections . . elections leclions b by } ' the . reaction .reaction of taxirivers taxi taxidrivers taxidriver drivers rivers ? * However the character of oftaxldrivers ofaxedrivers oftaxi-drivers oftaxi drivers taxl-drivers taxl drivers axe-drivers axe - - - may go even further furtherand furthernd furtherand and nd be an Index of the general honesty honsty bon hon bonlean esty sty and temperament of the Amer- Amer Airier- Airier AmerIcan Airiercan - - lean Ican can peopleowrs peopleowl's people peopleOWrs OWrs owl's owls ' Katherlne Katherine C Blackburn Blackburnstruck Blackburntruck Blackburnstruck struck truck a hopping mad taxi-driver taxi driver taxl-drlver taxl drlver - - - In to InNew tofew inNew New few York the other day He had hadjust hadust hadjust just ust found $1200 1200 $1 1 $ 200 in war uv1Og savings savingstamps savingsstamps . .tamps tamps . which somebody had left lelt in inhis inis Inbis his is cab When he traced the fare fareand farend fareand and nd returned the stamps all he be got gotwas gotas gotwas was as congratulationa conjfratulation congratulations . on his hll honesty honestyand honestynd honestyand and nd a . - 25-cent 25 cent - tipI tip tipI I 1 U II ll never be honest again agalnl ! be he bedeclared heeclared bedeclared declared eclared grimlyThis grimlyThis grimly grimlyThis This brought him and Miss Black Blackburn Blackurn Blackbum burn urn to the Ritz Carlton She Sho got gotout gotut gotout out ut . , . paid her tare fare and tripped into intothe intohe intothe the he hotel . While abe sbe was itill lUll still In Inthe intie inthe the tie lobb lobby } ' somebody tapped her bel ' on onthe onbe OBthe the be elbow elbowExcur elbowExcu.e elbowExcuse Excur Excu.e Excue Excuse . me miss said a voice voicebut voice"but voicebut ' " 'but but ' you left your furs turs In my taxi taxil ! . . . C . I On lb the . average of once a day daysomebody dayomebody daysomebody somebody omebody with a screw Icrew loose triel tries trielto triesa triesf to a see sea Secretary CTetal'7 CTetal7 ' of State Hull One Onesuch Oneuch Onesuch such uch . . , called to explain to Hull his hismethod hisaethod hismethod method aethod ofstopping of stopping ltopping torpedoes . . . He Hewas Hetea Hewas was tea stopped by a secretary lecretal'7 lecretal7 ' . . . COLLEGES 'OLLEGES OLLEGES ' COLLEGK8AND COLLEGESAND 'OLLEGESND AND , ND CONGRESSMENHarvard CONGRESSMENHarvard CONGRESSMEN CONGRESSMENHarvard Harvard Yale and Princeton PrincetOD ma may maye maybe } ' be e well represented in the state Itate de de- department de- de deartment department - - partment artment but when tt It comes to con congrell conress congress grell ress a grab-bag grab bag - - - selection of namesurru names name namesroll . turns urru up such collegel colleges as John Car Carroll Caron roll on university < ( ( Congressman MI MIchsel Mihael Mlchael chsel hael A Feighan Felghan of Ohio ) ) Bald Baldwin Balddo Baldwin win do Wallace college ( < Congressman CongressmanI CongressmanHenderson Congressmanlenderson CongressmanHenderson I Henderson lenderson H Carson of Onlo Onfo OnioCreighton ) ) Creighton reighton university ( ( ConbrE'ssman ConbrEssman Congressman ConbrE'ssmanI ConbrE'ssmanFrank Congressmanrank CongressmanFrank ' Frank rank A A- A . ABsurrett - . Bsurrett BaneU Barrett of Wyoming WyomingMarshall ) I Marshall farshall college ( ( Congressman CoTlgressman Hu Hu- Hubert Hubert - . bert ert S Ellls Ellis of West Virg Vlrg nia ) ) I |