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Show THE PAGE TWO TIMES-NEW- WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS r Wallace Visit Improves Relations Sino-Americ- an ri mil Thursday, June 8, 194 NEPHI, UTAH S. AIRPLANE OUTPUT: Nearing Peak German Army Retreats in Italy; FDR Discusses Foreign Policies; UAW President Sounds Warning While the War Production board set up the mechanism for guiding conversion of wartime industry "to civilian manufacture upon the cancellation of military contracts, the war and navy departments reportedly considered reduction In air plane output in 1945. Indicating that the U. S.'s record- breaking airplane production will Released by Western Newspaper Union. KDITOR'8 NOTE: When opinions are expressed In these columns, they are those of Western Newspaper Union's news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.) The Private Papers of a Cub Reporter: have reached its peak by this year, emphasis in 1945 reportedly will be on heavier bombing planes, with other features of the program cen tered on replacements and development of new types for particular on Vice Presi- Chinese Officials Build Hopes dent's Trip; True Economic Plight of Country Known Only Recently. WNU Service, Union Trust Building Washington, D. C. Ever since the day when America as a nation was just a little over eight years old, and the first Yankee merchantman, flying the brand new stars and stripes, was welcomed In Canton harbor, the story of relations has been the story of a long and beautiful friendship. Recently, however, there has been Chinese-America- n considerable concern among the friends of China in Washington over the growing strain in those relations which seemed gradually to be reaching a dangerous tension after seven years of war in which China has looked vainly to America for the aid that was not forthcoming. Now, two things have happened which have considerably eased the strain, and these two nations who need each other so much and between whom such a reservoir of good will, as Willkie called it, has been built up, are both breathing easier. One thing Is the turn of the tide of battle In Burma for which much of the credit may be given to "Uncle Joe" Stilwell as leader of the n forces. The other is the visit of Vice President Wallace to Generalissimo Chiang Chinese-America- Kai-she- Today, Chinese officials are building high hopes on that visit. They believe that when the vice president returns, he will be able to stimulate an understanding in America of what they consider China's greatest affliction economic chaos. claims that China's Nobody troubles are limited to her economic situation. Some observers would put even the war, which Is bad enough, second to political dissention which has only been prevented from outbreak by an iron hand. But the tning that the Chinese government thinks would do the most good rightnew is consumer goods: medical supplies and essential chemicals first; then probably clothing next and on down the line, including all the things one needs to carry on civilized existence in its simplest way. The Chinese don't quite agree with the way we use inflation to describe their internal situation although printing press money has been put into circulation to the tune of millions of dollars and that Chinese resources have been financial scraped to the bone. circulating stories no matter how true they might be. Finally, however, the truth came to be more and more widely disseminated, and the papers and magazines were filled with stories from writers returning to America and freed from the bond of censorship. To some degree, the Chinese now realize that too much censorship has hurt them. WOMEN'S APPAREL: Shipments Assailed Threatened With Collapse Personally I think this publicity has served to help rather than hurt. In any case, the time came when something had to be done. China was threatened 'with collapse right at the moment when bases within her territory were becoming vital in the final assault on Japan. A courtesy visit from a high official became not only a wise move but a necessity, and there are reasons, not Immediately evident on the surface, why Vice President Wallace's trip may do much to alleviate China's difficulties. In the first place, whatever you may think of the views expressed by Vice President Wallace or how well you think you understand them, the Chinese believe first, that he symbolizes the traditional friendship of America for China; and second, that he understands their problems. Then there is another vital factor, important from the standpoint of the morale of the Chinese people and their support of the present government, Mr. Wallace is the second highest officer of our government. Face counts high In the Far East. This official visit will give face to the Chungking government. It is clear that these factors are and the intelligent psychological Chinese, who are exceedingly wise in such matters, realize that fact, and count upon it highly. They feel, too, (from a more practical standpoint) that the Wallace visit will tend to increase American public interest in China and her troubles and will facilitate the efforts on the part of their diplo-mato receive the goods they want. ts Hopeful Tinge That is the reason that almost overnight, the atmosphere surroundcontacts in Washing ington has taken on a more hopeful tinge. And the optimism' of the Chinese has been greatly helped by the success of the Chinese troops fighting under General Stilwell and The True Story the Chinese offensive moving out of One Chinese official said to me: a contact with "If only we could get a bare 3,000 China toward army. tons of goods a month from the outThis operation too, will side, to be sold at prices controlled be moremilitary than a mere military vicwould make it the government, by if it is successful. Again, the all the difference in the world. tory, psychological element is important. Twenty big cargo planes making Success in Burma means the juncregular trips would be enough to ture of the Ledo and Burma roads. carry it. are many miles of road con"You can buy a bottle of aspirin There struction to be completed before the for 50 cents In this country," he two highways are actually carrying went on. "When ,we can get any traffic over them but, neverheavy a in tablet China, single aspirin when they 'are joined, a costs that much. But the price is theless, will be mended, a not so important. If we could get severed artery wound will be healed. The moment aspirin, (that is just an example) the first allied work trucks begin to even if we had to set a price of, say this highway five cents a tablet, it would serve thread their way along an unobstructed route from and We are willing to over our purpose. the outside world, it will be as stabilize prices, even If they must to if fresh air were once more reachbe at a high level, but we cannot ing lungs strangling for breath. stop inflation unless we have the When the two highways are to sell." consumer goods joined, they will soon be In actually For a long time, the seriousness operation, for much American techof China's financial situation has nical engineering skill has been been known; the hardships the spent on the Burma road within white collar class, the professional China and its carrying capacity people's suffering; the lack of food will be greatly increased. and shoes and cartridges (to say The arrival of the first truck-bornnothing of artillery) for the army; of freight and the handclasp piece but it is only recently that detailed of the Generalissimo and Vice Presistories have been widely printed dent Wallace will be more than a and open discussion has taken place political gesture, it will be a renewal here. of the friendship which has meant There were two reasons for the so much to China for more than a inon brake revealing to America century and a half. ternal conditions in China. In the first place, the Chinese did not wish their situation to be any more HRIEFS: A large number of Dutchmen are widely known than necessary, and for that reason. OiiinRking clamped living and training with American down a wall of censorship on all marines in camps throughout the news originating there. United States. These men are underIn the second place, Americans going the same training given the familiar with the facts and this ap- American marines and wear the uniform but with the plies to many writers as well American as America's government officials Royal Netherlands insignia on collar friendly In China did net wish to be and cup. in the position of perhaps damaging the morale of a loyal ally and cerIndia has the largest volunteer tainly offending her government by army in the world 2.000.000 men. Sino-Ameri- Stil-wel- l's e BRIEFS ployment. I by Baukhage Viscount Nagakage Okabe, Japa nese education minister, has announced government plans to extend its thoutflit control program by stepping up the activities of local Thought Measure Research Societies and by giving thought training to the heads of industrial organizations as well as to the many students of the societies. There has been considerable rivalry between the Burmese and the Immigrant Indians. The Burmese have found themselves at a disadvantage in competition with the more experienced Indian professional and business men and with Indian labor, with its habitual thrift and its customary lower standard Buy War Bonds Buy War Bond of living. semi-darknes- s. Holding a seersucker dress in his hand, Rep. Hartley (N. J.) stood up in the house of representatives and declared that the garment was one of 6,000,000 to be shipped abroad e under and the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation administration while American women were unable to obtain clothing of comparable value. Pointing to two other dresses which he said were the most expen- lend-leas- Italy Pummeled by hellfire, only tattered walls remained in tha Italian village of Santa Maria Infante, as doughboys entered. EUROPE: PACIFIC: Foe Retreats Foe Stiffens Unable to hold against the Allied steamroller on the southeast Italian front, the 10th German army fell slowly back to the north over bomb-raze- d roadways, while other enemy forces below Rome sought to preh to the vent any U. S. rear of the main body. As the Allies slugged the Germans out of the 'vicinity of Rome in the bruising Italian campaign which saw the bag of enemy prisoners well above the 15,000 mark,, U. S. and British bombers thundered over occupied Europe in their continuing destruction of Axis industry and communications, preparatory to the big invasion. In the east, the German air force struck at Russian reinforcements being assembled for an anticipated Red push in conjunction with the invasion. No longer able to stand up and slug with the Allies on even terms, German Field Marshal Kesselring's chief concern seemed to be to pull back his army northward, under the cover of costly delaying action in the rugged and mountainous terrain of the Italian peninsula. Facing the weight of U. S. superiority, Japanese troops cornered in the northwestern area of New Guinea lashed back desperately against the Americans' tightening grip. Chief opposition came near the airfields of Biak island and Sarmi on New Guinea, where the entrenched enemy stubbornly stood up under heavy U. S. fire. On Biak, in particular, Jap opposition was intense, with the enemy using tanks and mechanized units to press back the Doughboys' advance on the airport in one of the first pitched armored clashes in the Pacific. Establishment of U. S. airdromes in the area would put American airmen at the gate to Jap air bases on the many islands to the west, designed for use against any big Allied push northward to the Philippines or southwestward to the Indies. break-throug- PEARL HARBOR: Kimmel Would Testify With two congressional committees deliberating on measures to bring Adm. Husband E. Kimmel and Maj. Gen. Walter C. Short to trial FOREIGN POLICY: before June, 1945, for the Pearl Harbor debacle, the admiral wrote Sen. FDR's Stand With the GOP beginning to press Homer Ferguson (Mich.) that he dethe administration on foreign policy. sired a free and public court marPresident Roosevelt stole some of its tial at the earliest practicable date, thunder by an espousal of U. S. sov- since the whole story of the catastroereignty and independence in post- phe has not been told. war collaboration to keep the peace, Referring to the report of the Robmuch akin to the Republicans' erts commission which undertook an Mackinac Island declaration estab- investigation of the Pearl Harbor case. Admiral Kimmel declared: lishing the same principle. I was told I The President expressed this posi- "At the hearings tion at a press conference, which was not on trial. The commission followed Secretary of State Cordell did not permit me to be present at Hull's invitation to Great Britain, the examination of witnesses. It de Russia and China to attend discus- nied my request for counsel. For sions on the nature of a postwar more than two years I was kept in peace organization. According to the the dark as to what went on at administration's conception, such an those hearings Stating that the passage of time, organization would be built around the four great powers, rather than casualties and the other circum around a combination of many stances attending the war and poststates like the League of Nations, war period may make it difficult to although the latter would be consult- assemble the witnesses and evidence ed. required for his trial, Admiral Kimmel said any delays are opposed to to the friction avoid Seeking caused after the last war by Presi- his personal interest. dent Wilson's presentation of a UNIONS: peace treaty without prior consideration by the senate, the administra- Sounds Warning tion's invitation to the other three Declaring that public opinion has Allied powers came only after consultations with members of the sen- become inflamed against wildcat ate foreign relations committee, strikes of the CIO's which laid down the principle that United Automobile no commitments should be made on Workers, and that word of the walkenforcing postwar peace until an op- outs is being reportunity has been presented to ceived by embattled 1 ' study the fairness of the terms. V U. S. troops overPres. UAW seas. AGRICULTURE: ... ..." fellow. "I'd like you to understand," said Mr. Churchill, "that my daughter is not accustomed to staying out until 3 in the morning!" And then, getting out of bed in his Engwhite sack-lik- e nightgown, land's Commander-in-Chief- , cigar between his teeth, strode off hurriedly down the White House corridors in his nightie. Over at the British Embassy they enjoy telling the one about the pair of Gurkhas (noted as India's bravest tribe) who volunteered for the In- dian Army's They asked the British officer: "From what height are we supposed to jump?" "Five hundred feet," they were informed. "Nothing doing," one complained, "that's too high. Cahn't we try from 300 feet, old chep?" "No," said the officer, "from such a low height there is great danger the parachute won't open in time." "You mean," they exclaimed, "That we get parachutes?" h mm- - . Rep. Hartley holding lend-leas- e . Install dress. sive that could be purchased, in New York, Rep. Hartley said: ". . . The three dresses were inspected by the Hatch textile research bureau which reported the export garment has a thread count of 98 x 87.2 per square inch as compared with 84.8 x 64.8 and 88 x 78 for the other two. . . . " Even inferior seersuckers no long- Ia Albuquerque, this ageless gag the citizens. About the who spotted an Indian chief lazying near his tepee. . . . "Why don't you," asked the stranger, "get yourself a job in a defense plant?" "Why?" grunted the Indian. . , . "Oh," said the New Yorker, "if you work hard and save your money yeu would soon have a bank account. Wouldn't yeu like Is convulsing New York er can be made for the American public under recent War Production hoard regulations. Rep. Hartley asserted. that?" TIRES: The Injun intoned: "Why?" "Oh, fergoodnessakes," said the exasperated bore. 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An abundant growth of water plants which support the animal life on which fish feed, can be stimulated by putting fertilizers In ponds and lakes, it was found. Commercial preparations and minerals were used. It was reported that fertilized ponds yielded 500 pounds of fish per acre of pond surf.ice while unfertilized lakes gave up from 100 to 200 V Sally in Our Alley: In Reuben's last night a pair FERTILIZE PONDS Thomas them! r, warned organizaBecause of smaller feed stocks, tion members that the War Food administration report- such continued acedly is considering smaller meat tion imperilled the R. J. Thomas goals for 1945 while maintaining the future existence of labor unions. high level of field crops. "We must restrain ourselves Because large reserves of feed re have been eaten up and there is not l nomas saia. if we do not a sufficient availability of land or strictive legislation, worse than any. manpower to expand feed produc- thinjj now on the bocks, will be en tion. WFA plans reportedly call for acted before the war ends and we raising 95.000,000 hogs in 1945 as will he behind the elsht-ball.F rllowing Thomas' warning, UAW compared with about 100,000.000 this year; 700.000.000 head of poultry as workers at Chrysler's Highland compared with about 8o6.0O0.0O0 and Park plant In Detroit. Mich., re4.250.000,000 dozens of eggs as comturned to their Jobs, on agreement that the UAW would seek reinstatepared with about 4.6O0.00O.OO0. However, it was reported, wheat ment of 10 members discharged by and corn acreage would remain al- the company after a row In which most the same as this year's, with they sought to prevent an AFL wheat at 68.000.000 and corn at chauffeur from delivering bever At 119,000.000,000 aces into a building while another pounds, milk production also would equal CIO union was fighting to organize such drivers. this year's output. 1945 Goals J. A SUNSUIT for sister, giving the sun a chance, blossoms out into a unflower, and brother's bib goes mannish with its chu-ch- u in gay color. The tots will love sky-troop- s. in Harper's history. fastest sell-oBecause of the article on Gov. Dewey. . . . Socialite Rusty Hatch, who celebrated his second divorce Combining of the army, navy and last Friday. He's proposed to his . . . Gloria King's third heart-attacair corps under a single department, in the Park Central and creation of a unified staff of thrushing various service officers under leadLounge. . . . Martin Dies' stateership of one officer who in turn ment that "no man is indispenwould be under command of the sable." . - . Martin said it after he had seven terms. . . . The lovely president, was proposed in a measmodel in the uniform of the ure by Sen. Lister Hill (Ala.). An Elizabeth Arden Patterned after suggestions by Femarines. Lieut. Gen. Joseph T. McNarney, advert in windows. . . . The way high army officer. Senator Hill's bill F. P. A. was and prob'ly will be calls for establishing a secretary of the only one to flaunt an FDR button sector the armed forces, instead of the In the Republican-infestepresent secretaries of war and navy, near Westport. . . . Mary Nolan girl) bewho would then be assisted by (Imogene Wilson, undersecretaries in the various servi- ing so ill and in sour luck again on the Coast. . . . The $25 round trip cesTo go into effect after the war, fare charged by many cabbies to the proposal reportedly has tha the Belmont track. . . . The theft silent approval of the army of night club files which are offered back for a stiff fee. The big Idea is and other agencies. In an appearance before a congressional commit- to permit beating the OPA ruling on raising prices. . . . Fred Allen's retee, however. Secretary of ' the tort to a heckler: "People who keep Navy James Forrestal opposed immediate consolidation of the serv- their mouths shut never show their Ignorance or false teeth!" ices. R. : rushed over to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue one hot Sunday dawn with confidential news of military importance for t' e President. . . . Though the hour was terribly early, he was brought to FDR's bedside. . . . The President listened and then ordered the young officer rushed to the Prime Minister. Breathlessly, he retold the news to Churchill, whose huge, round face was all he could see imbedded in four or five pillows. The celebrated cigar smouldering in the , . . The efficer ended his message and stood at attention, waiting tensely for Churchill's answer. . . . The Britisher kept focused en the youth and then softly growled. "Are you the young man who took my daughter out last night?" "Yes, sir," gulped the astonished Reports of the prospective trim ming of airplane production dove tailed with WPB's reconversion studies, since 2 million workers presently are engaged in the airplane industry and any curtailment in output would seriously affect em- News Analyst and Commentator. ' is supposed to have happened during Churchill's last visit. . . . A youthful War Dep't aide was fields. By BAUKIIAGE I It Business World The 13,274 commercial banks cov' ercd by the Federal Deposit Insurance corporation had net profits last yenr of $638,000,000. a 45 per cent increase over 1942. Interest on gov. emment securities constituted the larccst single Hem of income. Chief reason far the higher return was said to be a substantial lm In irrent operating rrovement on foreclosures earnings, reco and profits or. .ritics sold. d Invitations have been sent to representatives of 2 nations by President Roosevelt to a conference on postwar financial problems to be held In Bretton Woods, N. H., beginning July I. Chief proposal for discussions Is expected to be the international monetary plan, in which each nation would have the value of its currency fixed on a gold basis and fluctuations in values would be restricted. More than 30 nations have accepted the plan in principle. Beaverbrook's former editor on his London Standard is editing a newspaper for Mountbatteo. . , , His name is Frank Owen. . . . It has the best comic strip In England, and Owen writes a daily editorial called "Good Morning." . , , Naval officers here on leave tell us Owen's paper Is so popular that Mountbatten issued an order not to permit anyone to read it unless they first buy a copy of The India Times, which almost "went out of business" tecause of Owen's clrcu- - DON'T LET CONSTIPATION SLOW YOU UP When bowola are tluggith and you feel irritable, headachy, do million do -c- hew th. modem laxatiro. 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