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Show THE LEIII SUN, LEIII. UTAH Tripartite Picture Clearer Since. Meeting in Quebec U. S., England, Russia Agreed on Fundamental Funda-mental Policies; Observers Optimistic Concerning War, Post-War Cooperation. By BAUKIIAGE Newt Analytt and Commentator. WNU Service, Union Trust Building, Washington, D. C. The Ink It now dry on the secret footnotes which appear In the memo randa officially recorded alter tne long and quiet conversations which took place in the presidential study In the White House when the Allied strategists worked out the end of another chapter In the history or World War II. My own modest notations, scribbled scrib-bled on the backs of envelopes, and on scratch pads, and written to taxi- cabs, leaning against a White House elm after a press and radio con-ference, con-ference, taken down while the Pres-ident Pres-ident or other officials were speaking, speak-ing, make a clearer pattern. Words and phrases take on new meanings, rough sketches are filled out In revealing detail. The speculation, the criticism, the attacks and the apologies which swirled about the Allied policy - toward Russia, for instance, it is plain now was built mostly on half knowledge. While press and public were crying cry-ing for a tripartite meeting of the representatives of Russia, Britain and the United States, the arrangements arrange-ments for a whole series of meetings were already being made. It was sot until almost the end of the Roosevelt-Churchill visit that we learned, first, that the tripartite meetings "on the foreign minister level" had been definitely agreed upon and. second, (which no one then guessed) that a commission was to be formed of representative! of all three powers to discuss the situation arising out of the Allied victories In the Mediterranean in which Russia is so deeply concerned but which, militarily speaking, she has been forced to view from a distance. dis-tance. When we received that news, we were unable to Indicate its source. The Dorian Question Another source of bitter controversy contro-versy which has been allowed to fester was cleared up at the same time. Certain groups in England and America from the very beginning begin-ning violently objected to the choice of Darlan as the man with whom the Allies dealt In North Africa. There have been two revelations on that score which, had they come earlier, might have cleared the air. One concerns the Russian attitude -and the Russians certainly ought to lean as far to the left as anyone. It now seems that the Soviet leaders, lead-ers, frankly opposed to Darlan and all he stood for, actually accepted the British and American policy on the basis of an old Russian saying that In matters of military strategy or comparable situations it Is sometimes necessary to deal with the devil and bis grandmother. - A word from the chief of staff revealed re-vealed In his annual report to the secretary of war is interesting in this connection. He says of the diplomatic dip-lomatic preparation before the invasion in-vasion of Africa: "Should an approach ap-proach be made to a single Frenchman French-man who proved unsympathetic to our purpose, we risked the slaughter of our soldiers on the beaches of North Africa as well as decisive losses to our shipping . . . unexpectedly. unexpect-edly. Admiral Jean Darlan, Petain's designated successor, and commander-in-chief of all French forces, was found to be in Algiers visiting bis sick son when our forces landed. He was taken into protective custody custo-dy and when it was found that French leaders stood loyal to the Vichy government, a series of conferences con-ferences immediately followed with the purpose of calling a halt to the French resistance against General Patton't task force in the vicinity of Casablanca." The Background Then, on the morning of November Novem-ber 11, the Germans Invaded France and Darlan obligingly rejected the pseudo-independent Vichy government govern-ment and assumed authority in North Africa In the name of Marshal Marsh-al Petain and ordered the French to cease all hostilities. Just what pressure or argument was used in getting Darlan to yield to Allied wishes has never been revealed re-vealed or what his motives may bava been they may indeed have been prompted by the devil or his grandmother but those who knew the Inside military expediency, did B R I E F S . . It is estimated that enough waste fats are salvaged in army camps within the continental U. S. to make 1,500,000 pounds of dynamite each month, and still leave a residue of rendered grease for soa; stock. Christmas gifts to naval and marine ma-rine personnel overseas should be sent between September 15 and November No-vember 1. i not quarrel with his action. Death took Darlan from the picture. It did not end the arguments, but since we know now that the head of the Communist state of Russia was able to swallow Darlan, the squeamish-ness squeamish-ness of some of the critics seems a little far fetched. , In the days that followed the recall re-call of the Soviet ambassadors to London and Washington, the outcry over the absence of Stalin at Quebec increased. Roosevelt, Churchill and Secretary Hull were blamed there was the blow-up over the charges by a columnist who said Hull was anti-Russian. I talked with Secretary Hull about that time. Whatever his feelings may be regarding communism, he indicated from his remarks to me that Russia was looking sympathetically sympathet-ically on the attempts at a joint conference, and a few days later, a feign British source stated Catly there was no great divergence of views between the Soviets and the Allies. Agreement Both were thoroughly agreed on the necessity of the destruction of Nazi tyranny and Prussian militarism, mili-tarism, and it was revealed that Marshal Stalin was rising in prestige pres-tige with the army and that the Soviet So-viet army was rising In prestige with the Russian people until it was al ready on a level with the communist party itself. This seemed to Indi cate, as Captain Rickenbacker said when he returned from Russia, that the ideologies of the policies and the capitalist nations were growing nearer. Today, as Washington looks back on this last visit of Prime Minister Churchill, there is a feeling that not only are Britain and the United States closer In both their war and their post-war aims, but that the possibility of bringing the Soviets into the circle is greater. One reason rea-son for this is that certain problems on which there has been disagreement disagree-ment have been met and thrashed out successfully between Roosevelt and Churchill and the way is open to a much more extended discussion with Stalin's representatives. Meanwhile, the position of Secretary Secre-tary Hull, within the administration, has been greatly strengthened as one after another, he has taken over the functions of all agencies which have any dealings whatsoever with foreign countries. He has placed the question frankly before the President Pres-ident who had to choose between his secretary of state and those who opposed him inside and outside of the state department Hull's Position Secretary Hull's position is this.' the policies which I have sponsored and insisted upon have justified themselves. Either my department must have full authority in the field of foreign relations or I will hand in my portfolio. The President faces, first, a congress con-gress which has had time to think over its position, has heard the complaints com-plaints and received the advice of its constituents. It returns determined deter-mined to imprint its will on national policy, foreign and domestic. Its texture is and has been for some time strongly away from the so- ' called new-deal policies, strongly i toward the conservative side. Sec- 1 retary Hull probably stands higher, has more friends, and can exert more influence with congress than any member of the cabinet The President needs a congress which will stand behind him if he is to carry out the plans for further conduct con-duct of the war and the winning of the peace according to methods he believes it is necessary to employ. And, of course, there is the fourth term ahead, for continuance in office of-fice Is essential, the President's friends believe, if he is to mold the post-war world. " Secretary Hull la his anchor tc windward. This Is due to his political polit-ical influence and also because he and what he symbolizes both at home and abroad, have become inextricably in-extricably bound up In world negotiations. nego-tiations. And for the President there is but one objective now that is, to be the peacemaker as he was the war leader. lead-er. All else choice of counsellors, domestic policies, must dovetail Into that purpose. . by Baukhage Japanese occupation authorities who still haven't succeeded in pacifying paci-fying the Philippines have decided to send out roving teams of public speakers in an attempt to explain Japan's "true mission" to misguided misguid-ed Filipinos, Manila radio disclosed. Bus lines in Washington, D. C. and Los Angeles, Calif., are running their "help wanted" ads on buses. Sketch of a nm-ii MWllIWa ' ... i . nj, , nmjmymmWVVmjVYr L ,y HTOCBItWUTWLV tmLz . 7 1 " . . . . in. . lUlT P'A'. Allied tatole, .Ior tt. Sicilian com deltel Ail. pttlU.il. .cros. tbU .Iretch of Afrika Korps Men Save Peanut Crop in Georgia Harvesting peanuts occupies most of the time of these former German soldiers, once dubbed "supermen." "super-men." They were members of the Afrika Korps, first German troops to collapse. Farmers at Dublin, Ga., praise the work of the war prisoners and credit them with saving the peanut crop. Left: This "superman" swung his pitchfork with such seal that be broke the handle. Center inset: Time out for lunch Is taken by the prisoners. Right: Under a warm southern sun, these men apparently are regaining health and composure. com-posure. One tenderly holds a baby rabbit caught in the field as his curious comrades surround him. Japs Murder English I ill jir;- When U. S. troops entered this dugout on Kiska island, they found the Japanese had murdered the English language in a message on the wall. Foolish was spelled "foolische" and Roosevelt became "Rousebelt" Mary Churchill r Mary Churchill, center, daughter of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Is In the British counterpart of oar WAC. She is pictured inspecting the chevrons on the arm of a WAC at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. Looking on are Alice Marble, U. S. pro tennis champ, extreme left, and Mary Har4-wick, Har4-wick, the British tennis champ. Victorious Invasion Route ii.i.' : v n iimhprt mi the Before Leaving Kiska Visits the WACS t . 4 S X-i V IM-III I fc 1 Allies were bombing Messina harbor. 7 t I E F ACT AFTER 584 DAYS IN 2 WARS.... IWOUO WAI I Of CtAIATION TO MMRTICa MEN MOUlB mm Iff! cost tttfi. OUR ARMED FORCES 1944 T ,5, A mt J944 sq TinyTarzan He's only 40 days old, but Frankk P. Rust Jr. can chin himself severa times. His amazed parents, rela tives and friends are wondering I he will be a candidate for Tarsal roles. fi-ran a hi i Walter Winchell In New York it Man About Towns One of our fightlngest Generals was divorced quietly while serving abroad ... Mrs. F.D.R. probably will tour the world . . . It's another son for the Douglas ("Wrong Way") Corrigans In Texas . . . Sunny Ainsworth (Mrs. No. 7) cost $75,000, which Is about par for the course ; . . Donald Nelson's next stop will be England . . . Ambassador Stand-ley Stand-ley told chums that he "couldn't stand another Russian Winter I" . . . The State Department's next victim, lnsiders'lnsist will be ex-Gov. Leh man . . . Gen. Mac Arthur .told some of his staff: "I would rather be the man who marched Into Tokyo than be a defeated candidate 1" B. Baruch's "mysterious disappearance" disap-pearance" from the Capital worried his friends. The reason he left sud denly: Nurse Higgins, who takes care of him, was stricken and he rushed her to a New York hospital . . . Prosecutor O. John Rogge of the Dept of Justice (he knocked out the Huey Long machine) will soon throw his Sunday punch at Berlin. The story will amaze the nation. Averell Harriman's chief aide, Philip Reed, delivered a speech at a private luncheon the other day-hosted day-hosted by Jesse Jones in Washington . . . Mr. Reed explained why the U. S. "had to produce more than ever!" . . . Because, he said, Britain Brit-ain has too large an army to produce pro-duce arms. If we do not produce more England "will have to reduce her armed forces!" . . , Grover Loenlng, the plane genius, says plane that hasn't 25 to 40 "improve- mentr per month Is obsolete . . . Fritz Kuhn's ex-favorite lawyer was just appointed to an important committee com-mittee of the N. Y. Bar Ass'n. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson will give the coin she gets from Zanuck (for the film on Wilson's life) to various war charities . . . Several French polit icals, who escaped to the U. S., are living in Washington and New York with their mistresses, who were ad mitted via courtesy diplomatic pass ports. Paul Robeson, despite the erratum, erra-tum, sings at camps and naval bases for the men. It was said he couldn't get official permission. Not so . . . The Army is sending fan mail to desk men asking them to state why they shouldn't be replaced by a WAC ... A diplomatic incident is fester ing because the daughter of a Mex lean consul was refused service in an Austin, Texas, spot The sewsprint shortage Is this acute: One gazette which requested 990 tons got 19 . , . F.D.R. Jr, had another miraculous escape. Only officer saved in a recent bombing, which killed six officers out of the ship's seven ... Labor is getting support in high places in the fight to resist drafting of labor . . . Our gov't tipped Moscow that Hitler would invade Russia six months before. be-fore. . Missing the date by one week . . . Gen. Marshall's reappointment was deserved. At 20,000 ft over the Atlantic, he effected one of the great est orders in military history. Newsweek's Hartzell Spence lost his editorship with Yank because of a blast at the American Legion. Sgt J. McCarthy replaces . . . "The Student Prince" ads quote drama critic Burton Rascoe as follows: saw The Student Prince again, and for my money, it is the most com pletely satisfying of the various operetta op-eretta revivals" . . . Since when are you paying, Bub? Sights Yon Don't See From a Sight-Seeing Bus: The place down town that tattoos your Social Secur ity number on your chest or arms . . . The real American Indian, long braids, blue trousers, red silk shirt carrying a cane on 42nd Street near 5th .. . The new dating spot for uniformed lads and their gals Father Duffy's statue on Broadway near 47th . . . The quotes from Nazi leaders in Radio City's "This Is the Enemy" exhibit So fantastic they seem made up, but are real . . . The wolves who loiter around the 5th Avenue Library lions waiting for the lambs ... The Greenwich Green-wich Village cafeteria with tables reserved for Village eccentrics so that others may enjoy the nightly "show" they put on . . . The lovely tr.M tn Washington Sauare whicn once served as gallows. Thu FBI is working on the case of Herbert Moy, born in New York, who now broadcasts for the Japs m Zh-nt,h He loft here in 1932 . Patricia Lockridge, popular Girl Friday for Elmer Davis, will shelve her OWI job to join the staff of the Wnman'i Horn ComDanlon most 40 per cent of the men who are shot down are saved ey you nvlon hosierv Darachutes, girls . When inner circlers want to discuss the President (without eavesdrop pers getting hep) they call him fl Codk." QUSEH m III Id Coring It!., Way. "-"wnmi His If , has a 4 f . Pamt. Paint collects on thV which ftf ,L top the v wen "'e outside of can . ... TrpcVi " u soak; they have To Tnik. ,Convenient Bails eumniYin... i 0 has tn i that from room to mm u piece 01 Saves - warn cleaning wung, easier. . .dJa'o salad - ; u sa adsf r.dishes. celJJ preferably fri m covered D o-wwi. i Two-quart SMninM a 1 canning . 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