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Show tamer , 1 1U U 3 3caw caw cawu . -u u - ur uWashington r WaaUliff WaaJ1lnatoa Washington I)0 I0 p D ) 0-WAamNGTON 0 WAamNGTON - . WASmNGTON WAI 1HNGTON AND WAH WAR 8 S ttNDWaahlnlton IiNDWashington END ttND IiND ENDWafhInKton WafhInKton Waahlnlton Washington ofnclala officials om < : lall who watch watchthe watchthe watchthe the trend of ot the war adroit admit now prl pri prlvately privately privately vately that ' thinf things will w1U bappe happe1l h ppen Vel'1 Vel1 Very Vel'11.st Veryfact varytaat ' 1.st 1st fact . " in the the next taw few rnonthg monthL mon Ut . . U If Upressed Ifpressed Ifpreaied pressed , , they even ' make P'1ak P1ak fla flat eat t predic ptedlc- ptedlc pedic- pedic ptedlctJons pedicllons predictions ; : - tions tJons llons that German Germany Oermal17 , wlU Will fold befofe before befofewmmer beforesummer Beforesummer BeforesummerPublicly wmmer summer wmmerPubUcl1 summerPublicly Publicly PubUcl1 , , they the7 stick .Uck Uck . : to the lira l lin . that thatIt thaiIt . It . wul .ill ill will be a 8 long war This ta Ia " jJle the jJleonly theonly theonly only sound position po.lUon polUon . to take t ke qs . . an anofftclalline anofficial aaofficial offtclalline official Una line , Ilnce since sine * ao DO no war can t b ) fit * $ fUc- fUc fUccellsfu suc successfully uc- uc ucceasfully - cessfully ceasfully cellsfu waxed waKed waged it the piopi people ptople * .pend pend spend spendtheir . apendtheir .pendtheir their time peeplna peepin peeping , ; around the th Corner CornerfQI Cornerfor tornertor fQI for ' ' ' the approach o of ( peace peace4r 1/ 1 / . 1But 4r 4rBut ( ' f fBut But tb the . facts facta allow a&ow aow alow & : a hopeful hopefu ] ex expectaUon expectation axpcctatlon pectaUon pectation Unquestionably the thatlnva inva- inva invasion - . - .Ion Ion sion . theea.Ion ion of ot Xurope Europe will wiU be e a wlnt win winter/tovaslon winter tovaslon theea- theea "In In "Invasion " / fm fmvaelon vasion vaelon . . For many maD7 reas reas-mi reas mi reasrns Jns - s . fprinfwill I g IwID gwill wID will be too late February la S . 1 $ the theUkeUe.t thelikeliest thelikeliest UkeUe.t UkeUet likeliest . month . . ' The 'lbe lbe exact tim tlm tIfli * 'WIll WIll 'WIllbe ' willbe willbe be no secret to the Nad Nazis . bee'Ule beeUle bettause bee'Ulewe bettausewe bacauswe ' * we wul will wlll be poundtec poundlne pounding the Trenchcoast cb ch cbcoast chcoast coast well weU in advance 1 . " The offensive often.lve oftenlve . will ha be a trem trerindoua trerindouaoperation trerritnaousoperation . ! " oua ouaoperaUon operaUon operation , , comblnln combining , a cr crofif crofifchan cro crocn -cn cn - chan- chan chanael n-nel n nel - nellnva.ton nellnvaton ael Invasion . with heavy beavY drhr'I drhrI diwesifrom diwesifromRussia drIVailrproRussia ' 1tQm Russia qa.la qala . and Italy It.ly Itly . , plus a1lo aibOtk U-out U out - 11 airattacks air airattacla airattacks attacla attacks everywhere ( < The , BaOciui BI\JJc BI JJc Balkan \ b tn- tn in- in - tnvaaion invasion In Invasion - vasion vaaion urcfed urged b by , Churchill CbprchW ChurchW Ift4qubt tfdqubt- tfdqubt tfdqubtfuL la doubt-fuL doubt fuL . - tuU fuL ritSome xSome ) rit x | Some experts expert . CO go , a aa as . ' fdr far .r r . as to 1.0 10 . name namethe namethe namethe the lenxth length ot of time-in time in time--I I time - - - In day dayerhlch dayerhlchthis dayawwhtchthis ch chthi thi this . biB big operation wtll wUl will requira requtre regttire , . be before before beI I tore fore the end One b'fhiy bfhiy blhly h'ghly hghly ' , placed of ofecial ofI I flclal ecial clal .ay ay . says . it will t taLe l.e le . thre three thr a .plontbs plontbs . .plontbsand monthsand onth . and twenty days daYI Thus 'l'bus lbus ' 4 If itlae > " tha the ItJ In ItJvallon Invaeion Invasion vallon vaeion , starts tarts by mla.Februq mlaFebruq mid-Februr7 mid Februr7 mld-Febru mld Febru - . _ $ irjr } , . thIs thiswould thiswould .ould ould would . mean tha the end by ear ears arjty } $ . $ June JuneBut JuneBut JUn * But military mtlltary experts woo wo woti 't t ' + .ay ay say saysuch . aaysuch .ay.uch .uch uch such . thines thJngs things out loud loud , , becqulie bec because . , ' iIley they theyfear iIleyfear theyfear fear the U S public publlo will will'o willo aOYlook aOYlookthe ' O'I OI ' ( tlook tlookthe rloolctha the fact that the day days . between February Feb Feb- February February - - ruary and June will be the thetdOOdlestdays b1 b1odtest b1odtestdays dlest dlestday ' $ day days . in the history bl.tol'1 bl.tol1 bltol1 . ' of all the th * worlds worldswars world . swars war wars . _ tt ip ! ? . j e . . t't"h tth t't"hAIUIY . ' ' . ' " AnMT AIU\IY AIU IY ARMY \ rOSTAL POSTAL BBIWCIS SEaVq112 BEitytgE SEaVq112On BEitytgEOn BBIWCISOn ( On a recent receht vf.l vfl visit . * to tha the froht ftont Split Jnes lines JnesLleut linesLieut linesLleut Lleut Lieut . . Oen Gel Gen Mark Clark C1ark Clarkfonnd found tout1d a aloldler asoldier asoldier loldler soldier bUI busy bust ) ' . scribbling .crlbbling crlbbling a V-ni V ni .jJS'U .jJSU jJSU mU . - ' * U let letter letter letter ter on his mess-kit mess kit 1ess.1dt 1ess1dt - . . . . Tlie'lo1dler Tlielo1dler TAesoldler Tlie'lo1dlerlooked TAesoldlerlooked Tha " ' ' soldierlooked looked aa as . , though thougb h4\ h4 hq h4ba hi \ ; ba be4 had ' lost Jo.t Jot Jost . his hia hislast hialast hislast last frIend friend . , so .0 0 . General tsar tsarasked Glare 1ark : asked askedhim . askedbun ed edblm blm him what wbat wa was . wrong . J ae f < , % ) } , "Ob Ob "Oh Oh " 011 , . , I'm Im ' , getting ettlng a . Ut little llttf * . Weary vvary of ofthl.e ofthis ofthis thl.e thle this . life lUe We , . air .Ir Ir sir , " replied repUed tha the koldler adliiier a adliiier"Wbat'a koldler"Wbat'a l ! er ' "Wbat'a Wbata " 'Wbat Wbat ' ' ' . your 70ur troubia tnubl trouble7 ) f ? ; , ' aaked asked aakedGenefal askedGeneral askedGeneral Genefal General Clark . . e.h'i e.hi ehi e.h'iu . ' , r u . "Why Why " Why , , I havn't havnt baven't bavent haven't havent ' recelyad recelgq4 recel"c recelc " = 4 a h letter letterIn letterin letterIn In ev five flee . da day days , . . , General . , . " replied repllpd Ud , the the.oJd1ef thesoldier thesoldier .oJd1ef oJd1ef soldier . "What What " doe does aoes . tha th4 the . P I post * omce office omcedepartment officedepartment ofiicedepartment department think wa we are ar * ont aver * ver berea herea here bere -a a --a - - - a bunch 01 of f archeologlsUT arcbeololl.tlt arcbeololltlt archeologist . : i i"Personally " , ' "Personally Personally "PenonaIl7 PenonaIl7 " , I J think thInJc flvt Av4 Av da7 day days ' Is . Ispretty ispretty pretty , good ood . service .ervlce ervlce from tba the UnitedStates United UnitedState UnitedStates State States . to the front lines lhtes Une " , , + i aon Ion , . " re- re repUed re- re replied re replied - - plied pUed Clark "But But " ru I'll Ill ruJf ' taJ1 tac } k to the thepo.tal thepostal thepostal po.tal potal postal . service .ervlce ervlce . omclalJ.a.Qd omclalJa.Qd omclalJaQd officials . , . "and and asd . " see .ee ee . U If UJOu Ifyou Ifyou JOu you can't cant ' , get et your 7U1 ( ) ' love letters 1eifl 1ei\ 1ei \ fl flulck quick flulckI flulcker quickere quicker I er ere ereI . 2 I see lee your point , , soldier .o1cUer o1cUer . . " " . - . , < \ . . fff't ffft fff'tVETERANS ' ' TiCTEttANI VETERANS VETERANS EXPAND EXPANDTbe EXPANDThe CXTANDThe Tbe The Rami Bamspeck Ramepeck peek committe comltittee co ttte * Inns Inves InnsUatlnl Investigating Investigating Uatlnl tigating , civil clvU senrica lervlce service ba half haa . apent repent , pent most mostof mostof mostat of Its ita time Urne trlDUnln trimming , thatinumbers thatinumbersof th t 'Ul Ul ' tmimb mbera mberaof rsof of government worker workera1 * . . " ' l1ut But But It bat has batnow hasnow hasnow now stumbled .tumbled tumbled . Into a situation .ttutlon 'situation ' .ttu ttu . -tlon tlon = - requiring re requirin requfing quirin qufing , a complete chanato change chanaa ! of pOlicy pOlicyTbe policyThe policyTba Tbe The Veterans admin admlnJf administration 'ation ation ptration ' . , Instead In , Itead stead tead of submitting to . q . a reduction trCducPon "duc duc " on of ofperaonnel ofpersonnel ofpersonnel peraonnel personnel . I Is . asking aching for fOJ : ' ' rpbr0-thou rpbr0 thou rpbr0thousands mora - thou thouI thousands I lar'1et lar1et sands ' . more Men .hII hII are . ara'being arabeing "bung bung " ' .1pg 1pg . dl din dincharged discharged . I Icharged charged from militaryr mIUta7r mlUta mIUta7ra . , # a ' fllvice , ervice ce .0 0 so sofast . sofast .0I .0fast I fast that the th * task of qt of 'Veterana Veterana ' VatTan 'eterana eterana ' . * ad administration administration administration ministration I is . going u Up Uke Ilkd Uk * a .ky ky sky skyrocket . skyrocket . rocket Now employing employlq ; 43.000 43000 45,000 45000 4'000 4000 ' . , work worken workera workera .1 1 .1rocket en era all an over the coun country 1 ' , . V V . A . A . . will willI willsoon willsoon I loon soon have bave to double IU fI3 tu ataf . staff .td td . , , e . e . e . , , . BACK TO PEACETIME PEACE'l'lME PEACEllME PEACE'l'lMEINDUSTRY PEACETIMEINDUSTRY PEACETIMEINDUSTstTDonald ' INDUSTRY INDUSTRYDonald INDUSTRYDonald INDUSTstTDonald Donald Nelson is engaged en.caed encaed . , in a . abehind abehind behind the-scenes the scenes - - raga rac * . " ' " with Elder ElderState.man ElderStatesman ElderStatesman State.man Stateman Statesman . Bemi Bernie * Baruch Barucb t towork to work workout workout workout out plana plans tor for the reconversion recOnveralon reC nveralon of ofAmerican ofAmerican ofAmerican American Industry Indu.try Indutry . and see .ee ee tree . who can canlet canget canget let get it done first tUs\ tUs tUsnil \ . . Thia nil Title was behind behindthe behindthe behindthe the war production producUon board meetlni meeting meetlnilast meetinglast meetinilast last weekwhen weak week when Nels Nelsm Nelson ( U called caUed in his histop histop hitop * top aides and outlined ouUlne4 ouUtnedta a bl big , post postwar postwar postwar war program pro < r m of civilian clvWan productionNelson productionNelson production productionNelson Nelson want wants * plana plans f for ll < : ' the chaneeover change changeover changeover over of Induitry Industry to be begin ln lnat at changeI once onceThI onceThis onceThis I ThI This . doe does . not meaq mean mean tht the th * actual t'e te re reconversion i-econversion i econversion ' - i iconversIOn conversIOn of o ( factories factorlee " , since e1nce a lot lotof lotof I Iot ot of them may be b * busy bu1 * o ost ostwbr on mr wbr W r ordera orders orderafor ordersfor orderfor * for some lome time But U It does mean meanfull meanfull I full speed Ipeed ahead on p1aml plans ] llasui ter for reCOD feces reCODversion fecesversion rec averal version versionThis a aThis I This may provida provdO provide ! one on * clue on how how'OOn howsoon howsoon 'OOn OOn soon ' the th adrninlstratlon admmlstraUon admmistraUon expects expect ! the thewar thewar . war to be over In Europe . . theI I However Howlver ! insiders insider's inside , ' . who wbo know knowIlomething knowsomething knowsomething something about personal pnonal p- p - = nonal rivalries rivalriesof I Ilomething of Wa.hlngton Wahlngton Washington W thln . ton cf sfe ace * In It also thedesire the thedesire thedesire . desire of ot Donald NeJson Ne1,0n Ne10n NeI , < , OQ to grab the theball theball I : ball awKy aw"y awy away " from trom Barucb Banach BaniClt : and Assist Assistant Assistant Assistant ant Presldnt President Presld < ( nt Jiznmi Jln'UnJe JlnUnJe Jimmie ' * Byrne ByrneThese . , I : These two log long lon , < h hV hav * v V wanted to get getI getNelson getNelson ( etNelson I Nelson out al ai aid d at\ at af'oca afoca atne atone \ ' ne tune ttme time FDR FDRactually FURactually . actually slned Blgned signed ( a ' "latter latter 'Jetter Jetter letter " appoint i r g gBaruch gBaruch gBaruch Baruch chairman chalrmaQ chalrman ot of a . . special .pedal pedal com corn commlttee cornmitlee cornmittee mlttee mitlee to tbke t&ke tke take & o'lte olte over ' " 9U .u u ell . war produl produe produehon pruductlon : tlOD hon . , . Note Before Nelson Nt1aOD , got ot busy bu y on onreconversion onreconversion onreconversion reconversion . , Banick SlU'Qcb SlUQcb Baruch ' bad bee ) , iasked a.ked aked asked . by the Wblte--BoUI8 Wblte BoUI8 WhItb Whlt - Houae Ho4ue to studyplans . itudy .tudy tudy study : plan plans . for converting convel'tld conveltld convertt ' > ij ' Industry Indus "J J " ' back backI backto I , to a peace basis basil basisI I basise e . . s . sCAPITAL CAPITAl * t CWAW0 JlAFF JlAFFG RAFP RAFPQ G Q . . The Tbe war department . la 11 is keeping keeplnc II a IIwatchtuJ awatchful ,1watchful 1watchful , watchtuJ watchful eye on the thalibor 1 labor or policies poUcles d "I I dbard "Ibard " < . ( hard bard working workin ( Ueut LJeut Lieut . . Oen OeD Gen . . Robert C CRlchardlon CRichardson CRichardton Rlchardlon Richardson comm commanding nd.lQa ndlQa . of officer ofllcer cer In InHawaii inHawaii inHawaii Hawaii He Is ls suspected cuspected su ctetl Ot 01 of p18 playing playingIn play ing ingin inin ? in too close with wlth ' 'tbf tbf 'the the ' ' big We sugarbarons sugar sugarbarons sugarbarons sugarbaronsC barons baronsCI baronsQ C CI Q . The Russians plan plJD to relieve reUeve Lt'n Ltn Len Lt'ntn Leningrad Lentop-ad Lentop ad ' tn ingrad - a.d ad . without Oring Arlnat Aring a a " sAot shot-chlee shot chlee shotchleeby O\--chJeft O chJeft OchJeftby \ - : - chleflby by a drive tbrtntCh thtttugb through-Latvia through Latvia : - , Latvia Latyia and andLithuania andLithuania andLithuania Lithuania to tha the hlalt4ceaea Baltic tCt ! , , e . .a a . . . ThIs ThIsI ThIsw9u1d Thiswould Thiswould w9u1d would cut off tit tha ! 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