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Show 'eIII SUN. LEIII, UTAH K7v7& I WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS f i a M 611 ft Y?M 1 vJ 9 J 1 . ATVS'' I International Unity Aided By Moscow Conference Results of Famed Tripartite Meeting Continue Con-tinue to Grow; Spirit of Compromise Achieved in Moscow. By BAUKIIAGE JVetcs fnoyil and Commentator. WNU Service, Union Trust Building Washington, D. C. Some weeks before Secretary Hull left for his Mission to Moscow, I Interviewed him in his office in the state department Shortly after he returned, he received a number of us in that same office and gave us an informal talk about his trip. One of the things which impressed me greatly as I heard the secretary in the course of the hour-long meeting, meet-ing, telling us sidelights on his remarkable re-markable experience, was the way one word which he had used in his talk with me kept cropping up again and again. It was the word "under-standing." "under-standing." He applied it to personal relationships and exchanges between be-tween the members of the tripartite meeting and to, the whole discission and the decisions which grew out of it It seemed to be a case of progres sive understanding. In our first conversation, the sec retary, indicating the papers which covered his great desk, said they all dealt with Russia. I did not know then that there was to be a Moscow meeting. And he made the point with considerable emphasis, that there was so much suspicion on the part of persons discussing the Rus sian situation that it was exceedingly exceeding-ly hard to work toward an agree ment. Open Discussion Then, in his talk on his return, he repeated this thought, saying that many people, because of their deep prejudices, had made it hard to bring about an understanding between be-tween the three nations. He said that when he left for Moscow, he felt that much of the misunderstanding misunderstand-ing was due to misinformation which all the parties shared concerning the others. In order to correct that, every effort was made at frank and open discussion and, as a result, questions which had been considered consid-ered most difficult to solve automatically auto-matically disappeared. And the secretary pointed out that as the conference progressed many points immediately developed where what might be called the "selfish interests" in-terests" of each nation were discovered dis-covered to be common interests. He explained how military co-operation had been achieved as the need for it grew and how, with this development, it became clear that similar co-operation must be established estab-lished along political and economic lines, especially regarding an international in-ternational organization to preserve peace. The 'secretary set off for Moscow under a hail of attack from one section sec-tion of the press which labeled him "anti-Russian." If there ever was Justice in such a charge, which Mr, Hull emphatically denied, he came back with no such feeling. In fact, he made it clear that he was now Convinced that few countries had more in common and less in conflict, con-flict, especially in the economic field. Unconvinced Although all of the official statements state-ments issued in Moscow and in London Lon-don and Washington after the delegates dele-gates had returned to their respective respec-tive homes, stressed the accomplishments accomplish-ments of the conference, their importance im-portance and the probability of their effect on future negotiations, still there were those who chose to see great gaps yawning and unbridged between the three nations. Of course, only time can tell how thorough the common understanding really is and how far the respective nations will be able to go to hold to a unity of purpose through the stormy times ahead. But there have already been evidences that a spirit of compromise was achieved which did bear actual fruit. This was true in the case of Italy. Soma time ago, a magazine article appeared which purported to outline out-line the plan by which the countries liberated from Axis domination would be governed by the successful Allies. The plan was a pretty rigid one, with the AMG (Allied Military Government) seeming to be rooted deeply Into the governmental fabric of the liberated nations. There was criticism here to the effect that the United States was taking on the responsibility re-sponsibility of running the world and it was predicted that there could never be an agreement between three victors, one with a hereditary B R I E F S . . Declaring that the German regime in Austria is opposed by practically everybody, the Swedish newspaper Nya Dagligt Allehanda reports that Austrlans are now greeting each other oth-er with the salute "K D F," a pun on the German expression "Kraft Durch Freude" ("Strength Through Joy"). "K D F," the paper said, tands for "Kaputt Durch Fuehrer" ("Defeat Through the Fuehrer"). : Wfi' hili ifliii iummt wOmatifinr monarch, Britain; one with a communistic com-munistic form of government, Russia; Rus-sia; and one, a democratic republic, the United States. The test came in Italy. After the parleys at Moscow, the AMG was limited in its functions, taking over only the districts nearest the front. An Allied military commission was formed which is making maximum use of the local native civilian officials. offi-cials. Italian Government But what about the government which the Allies would accept as satisfactorily representing the will of the Italian people? Surely Britain would demand that monarchy be given a chance to remain in power. Surely Russia would have no traffic traf-fic with kings and would instead demand de-mand a strong left-wing set-up. The supposed American compromise compro-mise was a temporary regency, that is, a liberal regent such as Count Carlo Sforza who was in exile from the Fascist regime and who left America shortly after the surrender of Italy. The little son of the crown prince would remain the symbolic head of the state. Many said that neither Russia nor Britain would accept ac-cept this suggestion. However, although no definite step has been taken, semi-official sources have indicated that when Rome is recaptured and Marshal Badoglio, now premier, steps out, there will be virtual agreement on the part of the three victor nations on the American Amer-ican compromise. AH that remains will be an agreement on the part of the Italian people. Even if the latter lat-ter is not achieved, there is evidence evi-dence enough already of tripartite compromise and unity to seem to confirm the success of the Mission to Moscow. Economic Questions The ways and means committee of the house has only been able to agree on methods of raising one- fifth of the money which the government govern-ment says it is necessary to have to continue the war. Not only has it been unwilling to tax the higher brackets further but it also is afraid to recommend the sales tax because be-cause that affects the largest group of voters everybody. Naturally the first thing that a citizen citi-zen leaps to defend is his pocket-book. pocket-book. The administration has attempted at-tempted to lay down as a goal a maximum net income of $23,000 in wartime, perhaps twice as much in peacetime. Now perhaps the American Amer-ican people don't want to put any limit whatever on incentive. Nevertheless, Never-theless, there is always an butcry against the accumulation of wealth and we know that when wealth becomes be-comes concentrated, panics result If the various influences resisting taxation which will bring down their ceiling on incomes succeed in forcing forc-ing congress to defeat such laws, and granted the rest of the people accept ac-cept the defeat, democracy is not to blame. The selfish group has won and it has won, not because congress con-gress wants to please a few voters but because congress has been convinced con-vinced that the special interests are represented by a majority of voters in other words, the majority wins. Another current issue which is very much before congress is the threat to little business. Right now, 70 per cent of the war contracts are held by about 100 firms. Senator O'Mahoney is proposing a measure which Would produce an Incentive on the part of the investors, invest-ors, that is, those with large capitals to spend, to invest in small rather than large business; that would be done by making taxes, on big business busi-ness so heavy so that the profits resulting re-sulting to the investor would not be as large as if he had his money in small business. Small business has to be protected, protect-ed, it is admitted, if free enterprise in America is to continue. If any single group or groups manage to convince the elected officials of the country that they can muster enough votes to defeat the people who are responsible for such a tax plan, it is obvious that the majority's will will be frustrated. There again it goes back to the individual. Individuals In-dividuals who do not vote destroy the democratic processes by permitting permit-ting a minority of the people to become be-come the majority of the voters. . by Baukhage WPB has directed manufacturers of flashlight batteries to distribute approximately 20 per cent of their fourth-quarter production to farmers to assist them in the care of young stock during the winter months. Even under point rationing, American Amer-ican kitchens will use enough tin cans in one year to provide steel for almost 23,000 medium tanks or 900 destroyers. First U. S. Landings on Gilbert Islands Reveal New Strategy in Jap Campaign; Diplomacy Claims European Spotlight; Chinese Battle for Provincial Capital Released by Western Newspaper Union. v Sjdo- jl, GUAM X&sfitft- Tarawa fc SOIOMOK Lr k MUMP DUTCH ' A .r r "EAST INDIE Gilberts Landing under cover warthips, U. S. army and marine Makin and Apamama In the Gilbert in stiff fighting, amid coconut palm Midway between Hawaii and Australia, the Gilberts lie astride U. S. communication lines to the South Pacific area. Consisting of numerous islets, Tarawa, Makin and Apamama are fronted on their western sides with sunken reefs, sandsplits and coral patches; bat on tho east, ships can approach within a half-mile or mile from shore. As U. S. troops poured ashore, landing formations. On the islets operated from pill box defenses advancing U. S. infantry. . DADS' DRAFT: Slowed Again To President Roosevelt's desk for signature went a senate-house bill which would put all fathers in the U. S. at the bottom of the draft list by requiring the induction of all eligible single men first. Approved by voice votes of both legislative chambers, the bill also would aholish the present tiractice of jjdrafting men according to their em ployment in essential ana non-essen-itial industry classifications set up 'by the War Manpower commission. The bill provides for the review of any occupational deferments by the appeals board within the district swhere the person works, and would establish a special medical com-'mission com-'mission to study the possibility of lowering physical standards of the services. j WHEAT: Loan Stocks Down Through the second week of November, No-vember, 117,677,380 bushels of 1943 wheat were under government loan, as the feed situation remained tight with many areas in the corn belt linkable lin-kable to produce sufficient stocks to .meet needs. I i The loan figures- compared with 312,884,567 bushels held by the government gov-ernment at the same time last year. Of the current stocks, 37,339,271 bushels were on farms. With market mar-ket prices at practically all terminals termi-nals favorable for redemption, more than 2V4 million bushels of 1943 loans have been liquidated To counter the tight feed situation, situa-tion, an Iowa State college bulletin suggested marketing pigs at 200 to 220 pounds this fall instead of 270 pounds to assure maintenance of hog numbers next spring. INDEPENDENCE: For Lebanon, Syria Under League of Nations mandate, France was entrusted with supervision supervi-sion over the small countries of Lebanon Leba-non and Syria, to the north of the Holy Land. When Gen. Charles de Gaulle's Free French took over these territories in 1941 with British aid, they promised their people they would grant them independence. But when the Lebanese took matters into itheir own hands re cently and revised their constitution to Gen. Georges Catroux accomplish their freedom, the Free French's resident supervisor disbanded the government govern-ment and placed the president and premier under arrest. Rioting ensued, and to Lebanon's ancient capital of Beirut flew Free France's No. 1 trouble-shooter. Gen. Georges Catroux, Lebanon's officials offi-cials were released, and not only Lebanon, but also Syria, was told that Free France would enter into negotiations for their independence. HIGHLIGHTS BASKETBALL: Following Its course in abandoning football for the duration, the Midwest Conference of colleges has decided to drop inter-mural inter-mural basketball games. TIXT: Eddie Bray, University of Illinois back, who weighs only 142 pounds, has carried the ball 80 times for a total of 576 yards gained in six games. He is only 17 years old. V 0 I Son FraitclscpJtt MIDWAY HAWAII Is. To Pgjtiuruj . ant7rogp of th booming gun of American forces swarmed ashore on Tarawa, island and pushed back the Japt and jungla brush. Japanese artillery sought to break up themselves, Jap machine gunners hidden in the dense foliage against MEDITERRANEAN: Turkey in Picture As the Allied attack slowed before the Nazis' strong mountain line some 85 miles south of Rome, attention in the Mediterranean area was focused on the diplomatic front, where Tur key maintained its delicate relations with both sides. Following conversations between representatives of the two govern ments in Cairo, Turkey reaffirmed her military alliance with Great Britain, calling on either nation to help the other in case of attack in the Mediterranean area. Turkey's entrance into the war would give the Allies a stepping stone Into eastern Greece and eliminate complex sea operations against the country, but the question appeared to be whether the wily Turks would consider an Allied offensive as a protection of their interests, putting the alliance into effect. In Jugoslavia, guerrillas continued vexing operations against German communication lines and industries supplying the Nazis with war ma terials. On the Continent, 1,000 RAF heavy bombers struck at Berlin, firing every section of the German capital of 5,000,000, and disrupting gas, electricity and street car facilities. CHINA: Japs Attack Toward Hunan province's capital of Changsha, two columns of a Japanese Jap-anese force of 80,000 men launched a determined attack, making progress prog-ress In early fighting. The attack marked the Japs' fourth major effort to take Changsha, Chang-sha, the other campaigns failing when wily Chinese commanders struck at the enemy's extended lines in the Siang valley to the north. This time, however, the Japs made every attempt to bull their way through, massing men and material ma-terial and using bombers to smash at Chinese defensive positions. To cQunter the Jap attack, the Chinese sprung a drive through the mountains to the rear of the fighting, fight-ing, designed to relieve pressure on their main front. WAR PRODUCTION: Experience Counts Because of better management, greater effort by labor and more trained workers, U. S. arms output in October registered its bieeest gain since last April, the War Production Pro-duction board said. Stimulated by its experience, U. S. industry can now be expected to function at peak efficiency, WPB declared, de-clared, with this efficiency mostly accounting for increases in production, produc-tion, since a limit has been practically practical-ly reached on material and manpower. man-power. During October. WPB said, stress was laid on output of aircraft, which showed a 10 per cent increase over September; ships, up 5 per cent; ammunition, up 11 per cent, and communications equipment, including includ-ing radar, up 9 per cent in the week's news MAGNETISM: Transatlantic broadcasting was rendered practically practi-cally impossible by magnetic storms on November 21, the Columbia Broadcasting company aid. TORPEDO: Germany really has a new secret weapon in the "sound-directed "sound-directed torpedo" that can turn corners cor-ners and follow the vibrations of a ship's propellers. MORAL STANDARDS: Demand High Level To molderi of public opinion, the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America appealed for lead ership in maintaining the highest sex standards and impressing the dig nity with which men and women are endowed as custodians of the home. Protesting aeainst the exploitation of material in newspapers and mag azines which degrades thought and emotion, the council lashed against the portrayal of the human body in ways detractive to the reverence in which men and women should be held as creators of homes and guardians guard-ians of the sacredness of family life. Demandins: strict enforcement of laws against sexual promiscuity and commercialized prostitution, tne council said venereal diseases have rendered "millions of American men and women unable to' servo their country as they ought." The desert's warm, shifting sands have covered historic battlefields bat-tlefields of World War II In North Africa, with only faint traces of tank and artillery tracks remaining, remain-ing, and these mostly In scarred green vegetation. OIL: v U. S. Offers Leases To capitalize on the 17,000,000 bar-rels bar-rels of oil and gas underlying the Cerritos channel between Los Angeles An-geles and Long Beach, Calif., the U. S. government Invited private operators op-erators to submit bids for leasins privileges to develop the properties. Besides obtaining a bonus for use of the land, the U. S. will also receive re-ceive a royalty of 16 per cent on production from 'the area. Under terms, 10 wells must be drilled to production within 12 months, and six more within 18 months of delivery deliv-ery of the lease. Highest bonus ever paid for drilling drill-ing oil on federal lands was $1,407,-500 $1,407,-500 for 262 'i acres in the Elk basin field in Wyoming. U. S. PAYROLL: Lop Off 131,058 During the period from June to September of this year, 131,058 em ployees were lopped off the federal payroll, pay-roll, Senator Harry F. Byrd, Va., revealed re-vealed as chairman of the joint economy committee. This left 2,964,405 still at work for Uncle Sam. charged amounted f iX to 157,997, but the figure was brought down by the navy's employment of 15,- 314 new workers, LfW) hiijWwim and an increase of 7,920 in the post office's of-fice's personnel. Senator Harry Byrd The war department trimmed its payroll by 139,968; the War Manpower Man-power commission by 11,931; the Panama canal by 3,548, and the agriculture ag-riculture department by 2,550. RUSSIA: Nazis Hit Back Duplicating their tactics used at Kharkov last winter, 'the Nazis struck at the Reds' extended posi tions at the important rail junction of Zhitomir and hurled them back 20 miles to the east in heavy fighting. As Field Marshal Fritz von Mann-stein's Mann-stein's 150,000 Nazi troops attacked near Zhitomir, the Russ sought to ease pressure on their lines in this sector by intensifying their drive 'to the north near Gomel, within 100 miles of the old Polish border. As the Nazi forces held fast to the iron and manganese centers 6f Kri-voi Kri-voi Rog and Nikopol in the south, the Reds probed the enemy's lines on either side of these strongholds. in an effort to find a weak spot for a break-through. Fighting Russian units on the east coast, the Nazis clung to the Crimea, which dominates the Black sea. WAR LOAN: To Begin 4th Drive With the third war loan drive well over its goal of 15 billion dollars, the U. S. treasury announced plans for a fourth drive beginning Janu ary 18. Although the 14 billion dollar goal of the new drive is below the last mark, individual investors will be asked to contribute 5 billion do! lars, more than they were requested to do during the third campaign. To meet investment requirements, savings deposit departments of commercial com-mercial banks will be allowed to pur chase limited quantities of a 2Vt per cent issue maturing In 1970, and a 2y4 per cent security due in 1959. To sell as many securities as possible pos-sible with current purchasing power, pow-er, the government will ask banks to refrain from loaning money for speculative purchases. PROFITEERING Almost wo-thirds of the nation's farmers believe that manufacturing companies are making "excessive profits ' on war orders, a survev tak en by the Association of National Advertisers reveals. Results of interviews in-terviews of 2,800 typical farmers. divided into seven classes, showed that 60 per cent think that profiteering profiteer-ing is going on, although 75 per cent of the group are of the opinion that industry is doing a "reasonably good job." Seventy per cent stated that labor could do better. Urn :w P ARSON "imiiii iZ'7'tn Washington, D. C. MARSHALL'S MEMORY . For a long time, Jim Farley and ,Mrs. Henry Wallace were supposed .to have the best memories around Washington. But they have a real rival in the chief of staff, General iMarshall. i Returning from a warfront town, Marshall held a press conference. Twenty-one newsmen were present. Marshall said he would answer one question from each newsman. ' He turned to the man nearest him on the right and said, "All right, .what's yours?" The question proved to be rather elaborate. "I will answer that in a minute," said Marshall. "But let's go ahead. What's yours?" And before answering any questions, ques-tions, he went the rounds of 21 men and got their 21 questions. Then he proceeded to answer the questions one by one. , Not only did he remember the question which each of the twenty-one twenty-one had asked, but he remembered who asked it. Pointing to each man, he said, "Now your question was " And then he named it and proceeded proceed-ed to answer it. This was more than a feat of memory. It gave order and body to the answers, and eliminated the confusion of most press conferences. Note: Other competitors for , the "Memory Club" are Nat Howard of the Cleveland News, formerly U. S. press censor; and Erwin A. Holt of Burlington, N. C, who can tell you the day of the week you were born on if you give him the date.. CAPITAL CHAFF C. John D. M. Hamilton is getting around $25,000 a year and expenses from Joe Pew, in part for his work against Willkie. How things change ! Four years ago Pew was the man who helped select Willkie. C.Adm. Adolphus Andrews, recently retired from the Eastern Defense command, has been offered $100,000 a year by an unnamed commercial outfit. , - CAru Corio, the strip tease artist, was turned down by the Red Cross when she applied for overseas duty with the "distress corps" because she was not a college graduate. . The war department has sent Instructions In-structions to all motorized units to get along with their present tires. Just one indication of how tight tires are going to be. C The Poles are burned up by what happened at Moscow. CONGRESS DOWN ON DOCTORS Despite the dangerous shortage of doctors and dentists, the house appropriations ap-propriations committee slashed a $1,000,000 request by the U. S. Public Pub-lic Health service from the supplemental supple-mental defense bill. However, what most observers missed was the fact that this same committee less than six months ago disapproved a $175,000 request for medical relief on the ground that the request should have been bigger! The $1,000,000 fund was to enable the relocation of 600 doctors and dentists in areas where they are desperately needed, and was vetoed despite warnings by War Manpower's Manpow-er's Dr. Frank H. Lahey, the American Ameri-can Medical association, the American Ameri-can Dental association, and the war and navy departments that in some areas there was only one physician to every 3,000 civilians. But the committee butchered the $1,000,000 just the same. In contrast, here is how the same committee ruled last May on a $175,-. 000 request for relocating 70 physicians: physi-cians: "The committee is well aware that the shortage of physicians in many sections of the country is acute, but considers that any program which would provide for the services serv-ices of only 70 physicians is so ineffective in-effective as to be unjustifiable. "The committee is willing to give consideration to any type of program pro-gram which the Public Health service serv-ice may suggest to meet the need in a more adequate manner." UNCLE SHTLOCK? Hottest question at the Atlantic City relief conference: Who pays the relief bill? There is no dispute about the quality qual-ity of mercy, but some think it blesses him that takes more than him that gives. In short, most of the foreign delegates are willing to pledge products of all kinds from their countries, for relief of the oppressed op-pressed peoples of Europe, provided provid-ed those products may be sold, not given away. But the United States thinks there should be some bountiful giving, as a punv-priming operation to get the war-torn countries back Into production. produc-tion. MERRY-GO-ROUND C In 1935, before Mussolini Invaded Ethiopia, be practically denuded Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas of mules. The Italian government bought about 300,000. C. Inside reason for withdrawal of Dominican Ambassador J. M. Tron-eoso Tron-eoso from Washington is that Dominican Do-minican dictator Trujillo is displeased dis-pleased at not being invited to visit the White House. Most other Latin presidents have been invited, but FDR sticks to Sumner Welles ban against Trujillo. DREW Portrait of a Man With a Hammer: The biggest victory In the v far was achieved by the Most" ficials who coined this "Those German officers & and members of the Nazi par-have par-have been responsible for'or taken a consenting part in thp atrocities, massacres and exec.' wiu pe seni pacg to the co-j in which their abominable were done in order that they juagea ana punisnea accord the laws of these liberated tries and of the free goverr which will be erected therein The best word in the ruling is senting." That means all thej won t be shuffled off onto Hifc the Nazi suicides, who are a c blow their scrambled brat when Germany's licking becor ficial ... A lot of militan derers are counting on a re tion of the Nazi party to excusejntt crimes when peace comes a ! That's why all those storiees tei trickling out of Der Slaughter::J : how the army hates the FiJT me uennuu ttniiy naies ates i to be FV loser. iiut mere win nave to bef'j punishment than sending the I 1 cidal maniacs to the gallows fT jail. Somebody's got to p; l their destruction and rebui: towns and cities they have t and blasted out of existence, can't restore the lives of the:: tims, but much of their dest. can be repaired. Because the:: angle to their wrecking meth Fletcher Pratt points out. The are whipped and they know i They figure that the same old will be in charge of things a after the last war when they e with their worthless hides. T timent, they hope, will be: "Oh we've won the war so let's be' cifuL" What's become of the Cfc Tongs? They're still in exister are just peaceful benevolent ties . . . There used to be f where Tombs prison now s What are now Front, Wate South Streets were all covert water years ago, and Broad was a canal. The front pages of the Bif I J first newspapers were devif' want ads . . . There are mc f fifteen religious denominabif our city enjoying the fruits j mocracy's tolerance . . . Ne became a big town because if y great seaport Without the tion of the port New York w: just another small town it only traces left of the origin habitants of the big city are Ji dian names of various townsigL1 hattan (which is Indian for aj of beauty), Manhasset, Rocif Setauket, Patchogue and K . . . The first battle between , and a battleship took place ' the Revolutionary War near": , ernor's Island. The Magic Lanterns: The! and sweat side of war is d i In "Sahara," a worthy cinfj port of a skirmish in Libya. war, with no gals to coo to tl the cannon shots. HumphrJ gart excels as the top sweate good jobs from J. Carol Naj Rex Ingram ... Red Skei4 eanor Powell, Lena Horne ei zel Scott are the lures of 1 It." If you can abide thej title, you might have some tening to the jokes and musl "Leningrad Music Hall" is I lection of shots of Russia's! side, ballet, symphony, etc! Arturo de Cordova, now ad fore Hollywood's one-eyed rc stars in a Mexican version ' Count of Monte Cristo." It no English title and it's not' If you no habla espagnol . 1944 election campaign is i a few of the newsreels s Crude as a night club brus resen The Word Rembrandt itse Week: Al Jolson, who ha.ML tained the troops in Alaska, AUi ibbean and Mediterranean aadei was depressed, the other dsthur After reading reports fronLJ and other Massachusetts ( about Hitler-inspired gangs IJj up children of another faith j J wish," Jolson said, "those jn, . could have seen what I saw J and Italy. One day witn a Army officers I visited a ce: F f. where there were man? crosses over graves of oie dead. There were Stars too, and I saw our boys ; graves for others who were:l battle. But nowhere in tha i can cemetery did I see reading "restricted. " j Quotation Marksmanship' fair: Memory is where H lives, after it dies . Snrinr: The wind had criKl sleep . . . S. Schulman: A ton gave me a ferocious 1 pinned me against the Hammond: I don't belief more to that show than H nose . . . W. Manoney. -love a parade, but too ' jxct hi gressmen are holding it jrts K. Thomajan: Tears- . . . o iviomgo. ..- tea fc( prejudices, prejudices now. |