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Runs Railf Rall'J RallJ Rails RailsRailroads RailfRailroads ' Railroads tell fell feU into government governmenthands governmenthands governmenthands hands as aa President Roosevelt moved movedquicldy movedquickly movedquickly quicldy quickly to avert strikes which threat threatened threatened threatened ened to tie U S freltht freight and passen passengel passenger passenger gel ger ' transportation into a knot andreturn and andreturn andreturn return to private prlvafe ownership waspromised was waspromised waspromised promised after passage pallage of the emer emer- erner- erner emer"ene ernergency emergency - - "ene ene " gency , gencyFOR FOR FDR acted when the tl1e brotherhoods brotherhoodsof of conductors conducton , . . switchmen .wltchmen wltchmen witchmen and fire flre- flre fire- flremen firemen firemen - - men and englnemen enginemen refused his ot- ot of- of otfer oficr of offer - fer icr to arbitrate their dispute even eventhough eventhough eventhough though two other brotherhoods the thetrainmen thetrainmen thetrainmen trainmen and engineers engineer . accepted acceptedthe acceptedthe acceptedthe the proposal and were awarded a anine anine anine nine cents an hour wage Increase Increaseand increaseand Increaseand and a one-week one week - - vacation with payAlso payA.hpo pay payAlso Also A.hpo Ahpo . accepting accepUn , rDR FDR s arbitrationoffer arbitration arbitrationoffer arbitrationoffer offer at the zero hour were 15 non nonoperating nonoperating nonoperating operating unions representing 1 I 1100 100 100000 000 workers , who agreed to the gov government government goveminent ernment s 21 a recent waga wage IncreaS4\ IncreaS4 IncreaS4from Increas increasafrom \ , from 10 cents an hour to tha the lowest lowestpaid lowestpaid lowestpaid paid to 4 cents an hour to the highest highestpaid highestpaid highestpaid paid but also asked for overtime overtimebeyond overtimebeyond overtimebeyond beyond 40 hoursSteel hours houn hoursSteel Steel corkers Workers BackAnswering Back BackAnswering Answering an appeal of PresIdent PresIdentRoosevelt PresidentRoosevelt PresidentRoosevelt Roosevelt 170000 170 000 striking steel steelworkers steelworkers steelworkers workers trooped back to the nation naUon smills s a smills amills mills ajter atter after , a three th1ee day walkout walkout walkou In Inprotest inprotest inprotest protest over the War Labor board bodrd bodrd 8 s 8refusal srefusal arefusal refusal to promise payment of new newwage newwage newwage wage raise raises . back to the date the theold theclix theold old clix oldccmtracts clixcotitracts contracts ccmtracts cotitracts expired expiredIn In appealing to the CIO CIa s United UnitedSteel UnitedSteel UnitedSteel Steel Workers of America FDR did didso didso 110 so on the understanding that tl1at any anynew anynew anynew new pay boosts would date back to tothe tothe tothe the time tha the old pacts ended It If any anysuch anysuch anysuch such back payments chewed Into Intosteel intosteel intosteel steel company finances f ' l'DR lDR DIl DR promised prom promlsed promssed lsed ssed price revisionsThe revisions revisionsThe The steel steet workers demanded a 17 17cents 17cents 17cents I IThe cents an hour raise over the present present78 78 cents an hour rate If granted grantedthe grantedthe grantedthe the increase would crack the War WarLabr WarLab WarLab Labr Lab ) ir r bo Ird > rd s so cilled c'llled cllled clled ' ? Little LittleSteel LittleSteel LittleSteel Steel formula limiting pay PdY boosts booststo booststo booststo to 15 per cent over the January January1941 1941 levelsA(7ItICUI levels levelsAGKICLJI AGKICLJI A(7ItICUI A7ItICUI AIUCUI1lJHE ( , 1 URE LiRE I ( ( ( ( ( Spends "pcnd pcnd " . More Hore MoreI ! ore oreI I I- I 1 < Iilflll . - ilflll JII\I1 JII I1 ilfin \ i e g c minitments mmitments minhtments to farm farmer farmeis farmeis I er eis b to SUI sot su ( p rt higt hlgt higi er prices of cropsi cropsII crops II i i d livestock live\tock live tock \ \ 1 rod lets ICtS the Commod Cornmod CommodIty Cornmodity Commodity cropsI I Ity Crcd Cred t corp ration increased lis its lisIloal8 itslost itsloni lost s a and purchases to 3 34 3Vi billion billiondoll billiondoildi billiondollais Iloal8 doll doildi . ! I 0 S ; tor for the flscal fiscal ye'lr yelr ye-ir ye ir ye ' ' - r 1943In 1943In 1943 1943In In addition to stimulating stlmulatmg produc producI production production production tion CCC said satd its expenditures as assistt'd assisted assisted I sistt'd sisttd sisted ' OPA in maintaining mamtainlng price pnce cell ceil celllings ceillogs ceilines logs particularly tor for vegetable oils oilsda oilsda oilsda lings da ry products poultry products and andmea andmeats andmeats andmeatsI mea meats ts tsI meatsI I r ces principally were supportedby supportt'dby supportt'd supporttd supported ' by loans to farmers on con modlties inodities modltiesstored inoditiesstored moditlesstored stored against agamst civilian clvllJan and military militaryrequirements militaryrequirements militaryrequirements requirements and by lend lease tease pur purch purcii purch ch cii scs aes sea Of 2 billion 700 million milliondoll milliondolt milliondoll doll dolt irs worth of commodities C'CC CCC C'CCbu CCCbo ' CCCbo bu bo bht ( , ht about 1 H4 billion d ci II ilirt ilirtwe llirswe HS HSw w we ( ' e for lend lease accourBCans accom accoUi accour t tJSrons B JSrons BCans ( > an . and PeasDespite Peas PeasDespite Despite record pnductit prductl prductk ' ) ( n of beans beansand beansand beansand and leas teas 1 eas in to 1043 1943 U S clvilums civilians clvilumswill civilianswilt civilianswill will wilt receive B a per capita cdplta cdpita si s < ; l pply ppiy in1544 in 944 H ( ' equal 'qual qual to the average t f r t 1935 193.5 . 39Of 39Of 39 39Of Of the 23 000 000 bags of beans and and6 6 8 I ! ii )0 0 ) ( ) ) 000 bags of o ( leas i ens wh ch will be bea bea bea\ bea bealable a\ a alable a \ ' lable bible in 1M4 1944 U S mil tary lary s srv srvicr servict rv rviCt iCt icr w II 11 get 3441 3 441 000 bag'1 bag1 bags bag . ' t f beansat beansar beans ar at 1 I 300000 300 000 bags bag * of peas peast pea * l 1 t . , ) Allies liberated arias arlas arms and andU andU andU U S < ; tcrr teft terr t ries nes will rece recc . ve so I ' 70RS 7085 7 OR5000 000 l 1 f . , ! > ( , ; , of beans and nnd 3 5)2 52 51.l 51l 512 . ) 000 bags bagsof bagsof bagsof of ii i c t s & with "Ith Ith seith " Russia RUSolI1 ; s a share approx approxr approxIn approxin approxin r In t ( g 3024 3 024 000 bags of tans t ans arts and and7230i0 and7230(0 and72300 723 7230i0 ( ) ( 0 bafes babs bas , of peas peels a d Great GreatBr GreatBr GreatBr Br ti t'l tl t'i ' ' s 8"2 82 F'2 F2 8"2000 82000 " ' 000 bags of beans and509 and 509 00 oags nags of peas INVASION : Elsenhower Eisenhower Chief Chr.ef Chref Chief"We Chief"Wa . "Wa Wa "We We " will wlll win the European warIn warin war warin in 1944 1044 " 1M4"With 1M4With With these words Gen Oen Dwight Dwlgbt DEisenhower DEisenhower D DXlsenhower Xlsenhower Eisenhower . assumed .surned surned command at of atthe ofthe ofthe the Allied AWed forces forcesfor forcesfor for the Invasionof invasion - of "the the " western westerngate westernJ westerngate westerngate gate of Hitler Hiner p . pFortress sFortress Fortress Europe 1urope 1uropeAs ! ; EuropeAs As Eisenhower Eisenhowerwent Elsenhowerwent ? - < e _ _ _ _ _ _ J _ _ _ _ _ _ went to work In Inpreparation inpreparation inpreparation preparation for forthe fory forthe y the knockout knockoutblow knockoutblow knockoutblow blow he was aid aided aided . - ed by a staff staffwhlcb staffwhich . - - whlcb which assistedGen assistedGen assisted assistedGesL GesL Gen . . KlaasJiawar Elaenhower Eisenhower him in driving theAxis the NorthAfrica , . . 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As his deputy deputyGeneral deputyGeneral deputyGeneral General Elsen Eisen Elsenhower Xlsenhower $ hower has British BritishAir t tAli i Britishi Air Ali- Ali AliChief - Chief Marshal MarshalArthur MarshalArthur j jArthur Arthur Tedder TedderTo TedderThU TeddarTo To ThU U S Lieut Lteut LieutI LieutGen Lteut'c UeutGen 'c c 'cGen ' I Gen Carl Spaau Spaatz Spaauhas Spaatzhas Spaatzhas has gone the task taskat taskofstrategic taskof at ofstrategic strategic bomb bomb- bombing bombtog bombing - - ing tog of 01 Nazi sup- sup IUP- IUP supMarshal IUPMarshal - - Marshal Tenderply Tedder Tedderply Tedderply ply and communlcations comniunication commu comniu communicarions nicarions nlcations nication cexrtato cente cente l ; And in lit ' ' charge of ofBritish ofBritish ofBritish British ground forces torces ( ortes : is tough swall swag swallgering swaggering swaggering gering Gen Bernard nernard Montgomery MontgomeryIn In the nation a s capital Senator SenatorEdwm SenatorEdwin SenatorEdwin Edwm Edwin Johnson ( Cob Colo ) said he was wasinformed wasinformed wasinformed informed U S troops will make up up73 73 per cent of the Invasion forcesNaval forces forcesNaval Naval ActionNavil Action ActionNavil Navil Nav'll Navll ' action featured the war In InFurope inFurope InFurope Furope with Germany Geririany s a 26 26000 000 tonbattleship ton tonbAttleship tonbattleship bAttleship the Scharnhorst going gomg tothe to tothe tothe the bottom off the North Cape of ofNorway ofNorway ofNorway Norway under the heavy salvo of ofBritain ofBritain ofBritain Britain s home fleet commanded by byAdm byAdm byAdm Adm Sir Bruce A . 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FraserFighting Fraser FraserFightine Fightine Fighting in rain and mud U S Sand Sand Sand and British forces continued contmued to topunch topunch topunch punch holes in the Nazis NazI ' ) wmter winter wmterhne winterline winterline hne line in southern Italy but advances advanceswere advanceswere advanceswere were slow ngamst agamst against a fanatical enemy enemybattlmg enemybattling enemybattling battlmg battling to the last and covering coveringhis coveringhis coveringhis his withdrawals with sheets of blaz blazing blazlag blazing ing lag Ore fire from lame tlame ( throwers throwersThe throwersThe throwersThe The Scharnhorat Scharnhorst sailed fron-i fron i from - her herhiding herhiding herhiding hiding I { lace in m one of Norway s svaultmg svaultmg svaulting vaultmg Ij fJ rds to prey on an Allied Alliedconvoy Alliedconvoy Alliedconvoy convoy bound tor for Russia and was wassurptlsed wassurprised wassurprised surptlsed surprised by the British leet tleet fleet ( Wh While WhileHis WhileHis e eHis His Majesty s cruisers crUlsers shadowed the theScharnh theScharnh theScharnh Scharnh ScharnhJrst irst Jrst rst fi m on one orte side the 35 35000 000 ton Duke of York and other units unitsmoved unitsmoved unitsmoved moved up fr Ir m rn the other Caught Caughtbetween Caughtbetween Caughtbetween between two t.o to tso . fires fir's firs ( ' the big German Germanbattle Germanbattle Germanbattle battle wag J(1 J1 ( ) ( i was finished of off ofT ! by the theOrltlsh theBritish thaBritish Orltlsh British cruiser Jamaica JamaicaSOUTHWEST JamaicaSOUTHWEST SOUTHWEST PACIFIC : Vise Vue Clor Cloc Clo ' ; ( ( sWhile s r ; sWhile While the T kyo kyn radio bleated bteated that thatJapan thatJapan thatJapan I Japan s 5 No 1 I South Pac flc fic tic base of ofltabaul ofIlabaul ofKabaul ltabaul Ilabaul must be held at all costs costsIus costsU costsU Ius U S trooI troot troo ( s tightened their foot foot- foothold foothold foothold - hold on the western end of New NewOntain NewBritain NewBritain Ontain Britain isl-u isl u hhr ittr - i J n which it standsWith standsWith stands standsWith With Al1Ie Altie Alllel i forces already tlng ring tlngIng ringing ringing Ing Rabaul i by occupation of cen central cential central tral ti-al ti al - New Gu ea to the wrst west \ pst ai ar d theSolomons the theSolomons theSolomons Solomons to U tt II e cast east . , the tl1e n se ! > e was wasdrawn wasdrawn wasdrawn drawn still t bhter hter by at a act I t tii ' - il 'II II -ii land landIngs landings landings Ings on New Ilntain Bntain itritaln itself first by bythe bythe bythe the U S Sixtt Slxtl Sixti army at AraaL Ara AIL wi . and ands'cond andsecond andsecond s'cond scond second ( ' by U S 5 marines marinE's ' 01 or Cape CapeGlouceoter CapeGloucester CapeGloucester CapeGloucesterI Glouceoter Gloucester ; GlouceoterI GloucesterI I onf onl ong ( a fee f'e fe ( ' Icr la for point for Jai Jat J a I posttions posi positwns positions twns tions on New Guinea and the Solo- Solo Solomor Solomor Solo-mor Solo mor - - mor s U S ccupation ccupatlOn of the north northand northand northand and south shores of the western wesltrn westt.rn westtrn . end endof endof endof of New Bntaii Brltfll Britai s ) tended tendt'd tendtd ' to cripple cripplethe cripplethe cripplethe the elaborate barge n re lies Ites whichthe which whichthe whichthe the enemy set up to shuttle sup sup- supplies supplies supplies - - plies to their embattled ensbattled tr ops II IIII I _ II HIGHLIGHTS I . 5 5H H L I GilT C H T S . . . - on in . .he he the . / . . we.k wek week weefc's weefcs . 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