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Show THE LEW SUN. LEW, UTAH Y Results Justify Expenses Of Overseas Propaganda Axis Has Employed Elaborate Means to Get Its Views Across to Neutral Nations; U. S; Must Use Press and Radio. By BAUKIIAGE JVmm Analytt and Commentator. WXU Service, Union Trust Building Washington, D. C. The other day, Elmer Davis, head of the Office of War Information, held a press conference. He opened it with the remark that we were witnessing an Uncle Tom's Cabin without the Simon Legree, I didn't get the significance of the remark until Davis explained that Kepre sentative Tabor, who charged Mr. Davis with using the Office of War Information to distribute propagan da for a fourth term, had been In vited to share the conference but had other duties. Obviously, the purpose of the meeting was to show how the mon ey for the publication of propaganda was being spent and a good deal of time was taken up on comparative costs of British, American and Axis propaganda efforts. If the OWI carries car-ries out present plans, it will be spending at the rate of 45 millions of dollars by the end of the year. Britain, with its separate ministry of information, is spending much more than we are Germany probably prob-ably four or five times as much. That's a rough estimate. But the figures didn't interest me so much and I'll tell you why. I had come to the meeting a little early and bad been studying the array of literature lit-erature arranged on two tables the American and the Axis propaganda propa-ganda material. There were handsome hand-some publications like the German magazines "Signal," "Berlln-Rome-Tokyo," and Japan's "Nippon." "Signal" costs 75 cents a copy to produce the art work in all of them must make "Esquire" and "Fortune" "For-tune" envious. There were tiny pamphlets these were American pou could slip into your hat band, the OWI's masterpiece is "Victory" which was the target of congressional congres-sional attack it isn't so bad in comparison com-parison with the expensive Axis magazines but it costs only 35 cents to produce; r; '- f':. v Three things struck me as a remit re-mit of the (conference: first, if there la an even' chance of obtaining the results expected, the investment is oot worth quibbling about," second, ilnce Davis admits that material got into the Roosevelt sketch which ihould not have and won't again, we either ought to take Davis' Judgment Judg-ment or else fire hjm. Thirdly, the public hasn't had a chance to know what the propaganda is all about and the criticism of one phase of it utterly distorts the general picture of the function, purpose and value of the OWI effort In the first place, these publications publica-tions under consideration are not for our troops abroad or our people It home though I believe they ought to be given some circulation here simply so that their function Is understood, at least when it it compatible with the confidential nature na-ture of some of the means of distribution distri-bution in enemy countries. ' It is accepted as the duty and function for one political party to do all it can to discredit the leaders of the other party according to the rules of the game of politics but, as Davis quoted the Baltimore Sun, you have to exploit your personalities. personali-ties. People mean a lot more than mere ideas when you are trying to make an impression. Roosevelt can be played up as a powerful symbol to people abroad without affecting the political situation at home. That was done effectively in the case of Woodrow Wilson in the last war, his picture was worshiped all over Europe, Eu-rope, as the symbol of the leader of a nation coming to liberate them. But when he came home, he couldn't tell his program to the American people. . 'SeW Allied Cause I tried to find out what the objective ob-jective of the OWI was. whether it could show any results. Purpose one is counter-attack. We know what German propaganda has done, first in softening countries about to be Invaded; second, to keep neutrals leaning Nazi-ward. OWI wants to fight fire with fire. The second purpose is the same as tthe first and more of it not merely to nullify enemy effort but sell the prospect the idea that America Amer-ica can win and is winning the war and that American victory will be a greater selfish advantage to the prospect than a Nazi victory would be. BRIEFS .China has received $157,000,000 of assistance from America. Seventy thousand letters dumped Into the Tagus river when the Yankee Yan-kee Clipper crashed recently at Lisbon Lis-bon finally reached London, a sodden sod-den mass, but were salvaged. Most were addressed to American soldiers. sol-diers. Officials estimated that OS per cent reached their destination ! How about results? That is pretty hard to reduce to statistics or even concrete statements. We know some Japs have surrendered with oui propaganda leaflets in their hands. We know that leaflets dropped over occupied countries or pamphlets smuggled in have started people talking. OWI has reports to this ef feet They say that this means that the idea has been spread that Amer ica is in touch with the people within the occupied territory. We know that some of these pam phlets have been photostated or cop ied in others and given further distribution. dis-tribution. It was stated that these copies or excerpts from them have even been circulated in prison camps. We know that from four to six clandestine newspapers are made up chiefly from Allied propaganda material. Of course, by no means all of the OWI propaganda is spread through publications. In fact, the radio broadcasts represent the greater part of the expenditure. OWI is confident that this radio propaganda is not wasted as has been charged although it is admitted admit-ted that the listening audience is being cut down as short-wave sets are seized or wear out and the depreciation de-preciation is heavy. On the other hand, it is known that the radio broadcasts are repeated by word of mouth and in clandestine pamphlets pam-phlets and newspapers. The chief evidence that propagan da is reaching into Germany comes from two sources: first, the speeches of Goebbels and other German lead ers who warn against black listeningwarning listen-ingwarning not to believe the foreign for-eign propaganda and, second, the records of trials of persons arrest ed for this black listening. Effective in Turkey It is stated that American propa ganda has been effective in Turkey because Turks believe it whereas they have caught the Axis in too many lies. Since publications printed print-ed in Turkish are still forbidden to be sent into Turkey, . the printing has to be done there or the material sent in in French or English. In Spain, it is said that in spite of strong handicaps that is, the power of the Falangist party which is openly pro-Axis American propaganda prop-aganda has curtailed this power, has swung many people from a pro-Axis pro-Axis to a pro-Ally attitude. The persecution of the Catholic church In Germany has been used effectively In Spain. Of course, this isn't the whole story of propaganda. All is fair in love and war and some pretty precarious pre-carious tight-rope walking is sometimes some-times done witness democracy's tete-a-tete with - Darlan which history his-tory will probably disclose was less a desertion of democratic political methods than waiving of the Queens-berry Queens-berry rules of gallant combat. We can't expect the Allies to show their hands to the enemy and there is no use disturbing the squeamish by revealing the possible although not entirely immaculate condition which might arise from grappling with an especially noisome enemy. What Davis did not go into at this meeting was the question of enemy propaganda directed toward us. That is a very delicate matter and sometimes governments are willing to give the enemy credit for the circulation cir-culation of certain sentiments expressed ex-pressed by people who are just mad at their own public servants and are exercising the inherent right of grousing. As I said before, I am much more interested in whether the propaganda propagan-da job we are doing 'is effective. As to getting in puffs for the party In power, that is up to the party out of power to stop but one of the inescapable advantages of being an "in" in wartime is that you can squelch some opposition on the ground of patriotism. On the other hand, there was never an administration adminis-tration yet that wasn't thrown out after a war so there is some compensationfurthermore, com-pensationfurthermore, the party of the opposition doesn't share the blame for the mistakes. Now that Governor Bricker has announced that he expects the Ohio delegation will support him as a favorite son candidate for the presidency, presi-dency, politics will be raising its lovely head In every headline. by Baukhage It costs the treasury an average of about $2.50 each to "process" an income tax return. The department expects that the new taxes will bring in 8.500.000 new returns. The four-masted steel bark. Foz Do Dourg, will carry a caro of more than 200.000 American. Red Cross food parcels for U. S. prisoners prison-ers of war in enemv countries. WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS U. S. and British Teamwork in Tunisia Forces Definite Shift of Nazi Strategy; Moscow-Bryansk Drive Ended: Russia; Fortresses Smash Jap Base at Rabaul EDITOR'S NOTE: When plnlom ara axpraaacd In the. lnni. !t"l W..lem Newap Lnian'a aawa analyst and ni aeoawaiUr " wP"P" i Released by Weatern iivf Sill? Tokyo's warning to the Japanese people to expect heavy air raids seems well substantiated. Here (left to right) Col. Herbert Morgan, Brig. Gen. Claire L. Chennault, Col. Robert L. Scott Jr. and Col. William E. Basye check well-thumbed map before their bombers take off from Chinese soil to, raid Jap bases in Bnrma. General Chennault is in command com-mand of the American China air task force. TUNISIA: " Big Punch Working as a team. Allied armies have thrown their big punch at the Axis in Tunisia. With Allied planes flying over the southern front in waves bombing and strafing the enemy, the British 8th army opened a powerful assault against the Mareth line. Units of this army smashed through the left side of the Axis positions and raced to within 20 miles of Gabes, a vital communications center for the enemy. At the same time, Lieut. Gen. George Patton led his armored American forces - into Maknassy, which stands 20 miles from the Gabes coastal area. Patton' s men held their positions despite the fierce counterflre of German dive bombers. " In the welter of fighting, it appeared ap-peared as though the British were succeeding in herding the Germans back up the coast," while the Americans Amer-icans were driving eastward to cut off the retreat from the rear. En-Joying En-Joying air superiority, the Allies claim to have bagged 24 Axis planes in the early stages of the fighting to a loss of seven of their own. KISKA: Jap Air Base The silence shrouding ' Japanese activities on Kiska island in the Aleutians was broken with word of America's stepped-up air offensive designed primarily to prevent the enemy from accomplishing the task of building an air field on the mountainous moun-tainous island base. Almost three times as many raids were made in March as in February. Febru-ary. The Japs are working 24 hours a day to construct a flight strip from which they can operate land planes. Previously such an installation installa-tion had been considered impossible, due to the rough nature of the land. Construction of the field would permit per-mit the Japs to do a much better job of defending Kiska. From there, too, they might try to raid the American Amer-ican base in the Andreanoff islands. SILENT TREATMENT: For' Argentina When Vice President Wallace went no further into South America than to Chile, natives of Argentina began to really wake up to the fact that Washington was handing them a good dose of the "silent treatment" Comment Com-ment on Wallace's trip became general gen-eral throughout the country and the government went so far as to issue an official explanation that it had been learned in Washington that Wallace was visiting only the West coast of South America on this trip. Argentina, major food producing nation, received no mention in plans for the United Nations' forthcoming agricultural conference and this, too, caused wide discussion of America's policy toward the republic. Citizens of Argentina realize that their government is being handled this way because of its policy of failing fail-ing to cast in completely with the United Nations in political and military mili-tary action against the Axis. HIGHLIGHTS FISffi TREATY: Russia and Japan Ja-pan are still haggling over renewal of the 1942 fishing treaty, giving the Japs free movement in the waters off Siberia. The treaty is of military mili-tary importance to Japan since it allows her to operate a weather station sta-tion on the Kamchatka peninsula, which allows an accurate gauge of atmospheric conditions in the Bering Ber-ing sea. Newspaper Union. RUSSIA: Deeds, Feiv Words Even while the Germans were claiming new gains in the area west of Kursk, 120 miles north of Kharkov, Khar-kov, Moscow communiques told of beaten Nazi forces up and down the line running from Smolensk to Rostov. Ros-tov. Russian dispatches told of strong German forces which had smashed against the Moscow-Bryansk rail trunk. The Nazis were reported to have lost 7,000 officers and men in killed alone. The Russians said the Nazi offensive had ceased. In their own offensive west of Moscow Mos-cow toward Smolensk, the Red army captured an additional number of populated places. On the Donets river front, far to the south, the Russians fought defensive engagements engage-ments with German tanks and infantry in-fantry in, the Belgorod area. Belgorod, Belgo-rod, about 60 miles northeast of Kharkov,: is held by the Germans. For the first time in weeks the Russians announced an advance in the Kuban area of the Caucasus, There they captured the district cen. ter and large railway station of Slavyanskaya, 45 miles northeast of Novorossisk. STEEL: And Faked Tests Charges of crookedness vs. patriotism patri-otism were aired before a senate investigating in-vestigating committee when officers and employees of the Carnegie-Illinois steel corporation acknowledged that tests had been faked on steel produced by its Irvin, Pa., plant to fill war orders. Steel company officials steadfastly denied there was any motive except patriotism a desire to win the war. Chairman Harry S. Truman of Mis- souri said he considered the practice prac-tice "just plain crookedness and cheating on the government." J. Lester Perry, president of the corporation, testified that the "regrettable "re-grettable failure" to carry out test. ing procedures on steel plates for the navy, maritime commission and lend-lease was not known to the higher management and declared he intended to "clear it up." 250 JAP PLANES: Blasted at Rabaul The Japanese base at Rabaul, New Britain, shuddered under its third heaviest raid of the war when a strong force of Flying Fortresses dropped 54 tons of bombs on 'more than 230 Jap planes trapped on the ground. Gen. Douglas MacArthur reported that "a substantial proportion" of the grounded enemy planes were destroyed or damaged. The Fortresses For-tresses dropped bombs ranging In size from small Incendiaries to 2, 000-pound 000-pound block-busters. , Rabaul has three airdromes Lakunai, Vunaka-nau Vunaka-nau and Rapopo. All Allied planes returned. , On their return from Rabaul, Al-lior: Al-lior: planes strafed and set afire a 10.(.00-:on Japanese transport off Cape Gazelle. Enemy shipping also vas attacked at three other places in th tceek't newt LIV E AND LET LIVE: "Live and let i;.ve" must be the world's motto for ths future. Mme. Chiang- Kai-sat Kai-sat told 23,000 people in Chicago's sjajium. Although the League of NstiMtt failed, she said, concerted acku3 vj-l be necessary for the recor.trucion and preservation of Peace u the post-war period. Mme Kai-shek called war the "acme of human folly." DOWN UNDER: Subs Big Menace With submarines operating In packs In the North Atlantic, signs pointed early to the opening of the Nazis spring offensive against Allied shipping to the European war fronts. That the Nazis were concentrating on such an offensive seemed to be borne out by the appointment of Karl Doenitz as commander of the German Ger-man fleet Doenitz is a submarine specialist, who has organized the latest technique of opeating U-boats in packs. - Thirty-two ships totaling over ZQ0, 000 tons were sunk in a recent convoy, con-voy, the Nazis said. The Allies did not confirm the claim, but survivors from a late North Atlantic convoy said their losses were heavy, although al-though partly compensated by damage dam-age to the attacking underseas horde. The Nazis are said to have 500 subs, with at least a third in action at one time. The practice of operating op-erating the submersibles in packs under one experienced commander, relieves the necessity for training individual commanders. In the new technique, U-boats attack their prey from both sides of the convoy. Construction of a fast destroyer escort by the U. S. is expected to. assist in running down subs. Volume production of these escorts will allow al-low the navy to use them as the Nazis use their U-boats, that Is, in packs. Building also has been speeded on small auxiliary aircraft carriers to permit planes to take off at sea and maintain close patrol over convoys at all times. RATIONING: Juggling Act Almost all the items that go Into the American market basket are now regulated under the rationing system sys-tem and the job of Juggling points to insure a proper diet is as an important job for the housewife as is juggling the dollars in the family's fam-ily's grocery budget. When meat, butter, cheese, short-ening, short-ening, lard and margarine joined the foods brought under the point system the full force of war hit the nation's dinner table. OPA indicated indicat-ed 'that with the 16 points allotted RATION DATES April 12 Expiration date for Period Pe-riod 4 fuel-oil coupons. April 25 Last valid date for stamp No. 26, good for one pound of coffee. May 21 Last day on which Coupon Cou-pon 5 in "A" gas ration book is valid. May 31 Last day for use of stamp No. 12, good for five pounds of sugar. June 15 Last valid date for stamp No. 17, good for one pair of shoes. Sept. 30 Expiration date for Period Pe-riod 5 fuel-oil coupons. each week during the first weeks for these Items would provide approximately approxi-mately these amounts: 1. Meat Slightly under two pounds. 2. Butter About pound. 3. Cheese About 1.7 ounces. 4. Shortening About 3 ounce's. 5. Lard About pound. 6. Margarine About 1.2 ounces. Officials reported that in general the attitude to this almost complete rationing of foodstuffs was good. Most Americans realize, it was pointed out, that rationing is the safest saf-est way to insure adequate supplies for the armed forces and our allies al-lies as well as insure equitable distribution dis-tribution of what is left for the home front. VIEWPOINTS: Death, Dust, Ashes A quiet confidence ran through Prime Minister Winston Churchill's recent speech when he warned the British that it may take two more years to crush Hitler "and his evil powers of evil into death, dust and ashes." That was Churchill's warning to those people who believe that the war already is won. "I am not able to share those sanguine hopes and my earnest advice to you is . . . not to take your eye off the ball even for a moment" In a speech both grave and optimistic. op-timistic. Churchill asserted that aft-er aft-er Germany is beaten the Allies would turn immediately to "punish the greedy, cruel empire of Japan." The prime minister proposed postwar post-war councils of the Allied nations to insure peace, and drew a hopeful picture of social and economic postwar post-war planning. Meanwhile, another voice was heard this one from Berlin. It was the voice of Adolf Hitler, rumored to be dead, ill or insane. Emerging Emerg-ing from months of seclusion. Hitler admitted that German soil has become be-come a war zone, but boasted that the eastern front crisis has been overcome and that the Conrn tion was moving toward "success until final victory." WARNING: Broadcasts from Tiik ing the Japanese people to expect air raids over Japan and increasing submarine attacks upon shipping. A war review broadcast said "th my is still continuing air raids on our forces. The American planes in China will be further strengthened strength-ened and therefore the enomv hnni. to carry out raids over Japan The enemy is using her submarines in the hope of destroying our supply sup-ply lines ... We must build more ships to replace our lost ships The Midnight Express: Walt Disney'a "Victory Through Airpower" film, taken from Sever-Bky's Sever-Bky's book, is being blocked by brass hats in Washington . . . Because it reveals what everyone can savvy at a glance that planes are the best weapons today . . . Bill Stout, who designed the first Ford planes, is working on what they hope will be the flivver of the air after the war. A tiny hundred h.p. job as simple to manipulate as the Model T . . . Mr. Whiskers Just collared a woman agent here whose operations were right out of a spy film. Posed as a Navy nurse with all the proper apparel, ap-parel, etc. Worked the midtown bars, talking to servicemen, and had even married three of them. Bob Burns, the ex-farmer, has done a series of recordings for the Dep't of Agriculture, to encourage the growing of peanuts. They are christened: "Nuts to you, Adolf!" . . . The cigar rationing for troops at Guadalcanal: Two cigars weekly. week-ly. In Africa they get four ... Although he's been in the Army a year, Carol Bruce sends her manager man-ager 15 per cent of her wages. The sets for the film, "Attack by Night," will be replicas of actual Norwegian towns with OWI supervision super-vision . . . Hollywood's veteran cameramen, now in the Army Signal Sig-nal Corps, are taking six-week refresher re-fresher courses. They must "learn" how to hold a camera "correctly." And to develop negatives! . . . Mary Pickford will adopt children, according to coast buzz . . . The Mills Brothers start a trek back to the Big Time with a choice spot in "Reveille with Beverly" . . . Geo. Lowther, who does the "Superman" program, was the first page boy hired by NBC. The Navy reminds girls that a WAVE or SPAR may request other assignments besides paper or desk work. The duties are varied. Aerc-grapher, Aerc-grapher, for instance, or radio communications, com-munications, storekeeper, parachute rigger, and so on . . . Elton Britt, a singing cowboy, recorded "There's a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere." Made him a high bracket man. To date: 900,000 records. rec-ords. The Wireless: R. Harkness, the Washington reporter for WEAF, was puzzled by the to-doodle about Russia Rus-sia not advertising the aid from ber allies. , Harkness revealed that Pravda, the Soviet newspaper, published pub-lished a full report only recently . . . The Hays office ruled that Fascists In films shouldn't have American accents. ac-cents. He should listen to the Quisling Quis-ling shortwavers, whose accents are as American as hot-dogs . . . You'll twirl your dials a long time before you catch anything more Hip-Hip-Hurray than Paul Robeson putting the big baritone to "Ballad for Americans" . . . The crossfire act banged over by Crosby and Hope would have been good for a dozen straight weeks at the Palace on Broadway. The Magazines: The war has landed right in Vogue's lap. That mag tells its flabbergasted readers, mostly ex-motorists, one of the grimmest truths that it's hard to read on a bus. Gad, sirs, is this America? . . . New Republic's Manny Farber tags Saroyan's flicker, flick-er, "The Human Comedy," a chocolate choco-late soda made out of words . . . Newsweek scrubs away all the Congressional Con-gressional hullaballoo about bureaucracy bureau-cracy and states it is all a build-up for the '44 elections . . . The startling star-tling rise of juvenile delinquency is the problem threshed out by Ella Winter in the current Collier's. The antidote for the wave of knee-pants criminals, the author reports, is more playgrounds, dancing activities activi-ties and other healthy forms of relaxation re-laxation to keep them occupied. Remember Re-member Mrs. Roosevelt wanted to do that, and was howled down by some "enraged" Congressmen? It happened in front of the New York Sun where some Newspaper Guild pickets were parading and distributing dis-tributing leaflets. A police car drove up, and a tough-looking Sarge got out . . . The pickets expected him to break up the line and seize the leaflets, as had happened so many times before. But he merely brushed by and went into the Sun offices . . . When he came out puzzled pickets asked: "Aren't you gonna do anything?" any-thing?" . . . "No," he said. "They said you were blocking the sidewalk. I told them I managed to get into the building. They wanted to know about the leaflets, and I reminded them about the Freedom of the Press." Jimmy Cagney, according to a letter let-ter he wrote to toe Norwegian Embassy, Em-bassy, revealed that he is part Norwegian. Nor-wegian. It will be published in a book by one of the Norwegian diplomats diplo-mats . . . Ever since Cagney married, mar-ried, he has given his wife something some-thing green for St Patrick's Day. This year the gift, as green as was a stack of gov't war bonds . . . Newspapers, which have debunked wild rumors of clothing rationing, haven't been read apparently. Stores complain of "clothing runs" every weekend. V r.7;'"ijm.:.,i to a foiindni ... - ton maT rial Xl broidery stttXsh 8 ThlS COlnrfnl . 1 ign and giv "dta&EW 20 stitches and PtJ mor to be use for thT. wort ?1 aerip pi. ; wurK- Book 1 that you wm wan7CLttH Book, are U cent. kt M should b. ,ent direct tor MRS. Rl'TH WYETHsprlj Bedford mn. " S"H "rawer u n Enclose desired. 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