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Show V Governments Philosophy-Se- Prisoners of War Are Held in 17 States; Some Work on Farms and Public Projects t Defeated Men Happy I I li 'if' About Hearty Food, I: &&&$ ?y.Humane Treatment Forth in New Fantasy Antoine de Story, Than Delightful Fairy The Little Prince, Holds More Artistry for Adult and Child Alike. Saint-Exuper- Jr v ys Prisoners of war, principally from North Africa, are being shipped to the United 5 v Tf g ;. .. J A p - - 1 A i . ? ' States and placed in camps, to remain until peace there BAUKIIAGE By News Analyst and Commentator. returns. Some 36,688 men have arrived, of whom 22,110 WNU Service, Union Trust Building hundred thousand other little foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall are Germans, 14,516 Italians Washington, D. C. On a June day, when a gentle need each other. To me, you will and 62 Japanese, up to the be unique in the whole world. To first week of June, the war den breeze brought the scent ol I shall be unique in the whole you, White in the through grass partment announces. They world. -- t .vrr. 'V- 'S'.r ;. v tf' If f. y $ 5 I i ; i new-mow- House windows. President Roosevelt sat at his desk and read slowly to a group of correspondents from a typewritten sheet. It wasnt a formal document but it was an historic one its purpose was to remind the Italian people that the military campaign against them which had just scored another Allied victory, was the result of the misconduct of their rulers. The message has been variously Interpreted since, but to me, it contained one significant point the reminder of the coming birth of a new nation; the new Italy which will emerge when the chains of arrogance and brute aggression which bind her are broken. There has been much talk about post-wa- r policing of the world; little thought of the philosophy which will underlie the forms which the reborn governments must follow. To me, such a philosophy is set forth in a work of pure fantasy. A hopeful note for nations and men Is sounded in this delightful fairy tale by an author who found spiritual rebirth In the tragedy of the fall of his own nation. y I refer to Antoine de Pan-telleri- a, Saint-Ex-oper- and his latest work, The Lit- tle Prince." Those who have read his "Night Flight," "Wind, Sand and Stars" and "Flight to Arras are not surprised that he could create a fairy tale as delicate as this. Reviewers have disagreed as to whether it is for children or for adults. I believe It Is for both, like Alice In Wonderland." But the adult will find in "The Little Prince something more jhan artistry and the children will Sense that, too, I think. Is a brilliant aviator who built up night flying for the French airlines in South America. He fought against the Germans "Flight to Arras is the remarkable book which tells of that experience. He Is now back with the French army In Africa, scene of the opening of The Little Prince." Saint-Exupe- The Prince's Story Six ago, the author says, "I made a forced landing In the Sahara alone, a thousand miles from help, and faced the necessity of repairing my motor by myself within the number of days my drinking water would last The first morning, I was awakened by a determined but gentle voice which said: Tf you please, draw me a sheep. " So Exupery learned the story ef bow the Little Prince had found out what Is really impertant in life. The Little Prince is at once a dell-at- e wisp of fancy, something so Sheer that at moments he seems to float like a piece of thistledown before your Imagination again, he bas all the reality of truth itself, he U eternal childhood, all that is gentle, and confiding and lovable, with the faint shadow of sorrow on his winsome face, he is the tug at your heartstrings that comes when youth looks at you In wide-eye- d confidence, reaches up to take your band the same reminiscent tug when you look back and see the surprised and longing sorrow in the eyes of .your own lost youth. The Little Prince lived far away, It seems, on a tiny planet with three volcanoes so small that he cooked bis breakfast on one of them. A flower came to his planet and the Little Prince loved her and cared for her but he couldn't understand her and so he left to try to find out Why. years He finally reached the earth, and here the fox taught him. The Little Prince had never seen a fox "Come and play with me, he said, "I am so unhappy." "I cannot play with you, the fox said, "I am not tamed. The Little Prince did net mnderstand. He told the fox that he was looking for friends and asked him what tame meant. Philosophy of a Fox It is an act too often neglected, said the fox, "it means to estabto me, you are still lish ties nothing but a little boy who Is just like a hundred other little boys. And I have no need of you. To you, I am nothing more than a fox like a ... BRIEFS I am beginning to understand, said the Little Prince, there is a flower I think she has tamed me." ... If you tame me, the fox went on, "it will be as if the sun came to shine on my life. I shall know the sound of a step that will be dif- ferent from all others. Other steps send me hurrying back underneath the ground. Yours will call me like music out of my burrow. And then look: you see the grain fields down yonder. I do not eat bread. Wheat is of no use to me. The grain fields say nothing to me and that is sad. But you have hair that is the color of gold. Think how wonderful that will be when you have tamed me. The grain which is also golden will bring me back the thought of you. And I shall love to listen to the wind in the wheat The fox gazed at the Little Prince for a long time. Please tame me, he said. I want to very much, said the Little Prince, "but I havent much time, I have friends to discover and a great many things to understand. "One only understands the things one tames, said the .fox, men have no more time to understand anything. They buy things already made at the shops but there Is no shop anywhere where one can buy friendship, and so men have no friends any more. If you want a friend, tame me . . ." And so the Little Prince did, and another day when he came back, the fox said: "It would have been better If you had come back at the same hour. If, for example, you come at four oclock in the afternoon, then at three oclock I shall begin to be happy. I shall feel happier and happier as the hour advances. At four oclock, I shall already be worrying and jumping about. I shall show you how happy I am. But If you come just anytime, I shall never know at what hour my heart is to be ready to greet you. But finally, the Little Prince had ..." to go. "Ah," said the fox, "I shall cry." Source of Comfort "It Is your own fault, said the Little Prince, "I never wished you any sort of harm; but you wanted me to tame you. Yes, that Is said the fox. "Then it has so, done you no good at all It has done me good, said the fox, "because of the color of the wheat fields. And there, I think, perhaps some of you may find comfort in the memories that come from the wheat fields, for the common and the beautiful things that remind you of someone from whom, perhaps this war has parted you. That is only a flash I have given you of the story ef "The Little Prince which Is not written for children only but for those who have the faith of little children and the understanding to see how tragedy can bring forth something which can light the long shadows which it leaves out of the tragedy of his nation and the searchings of his own soul came this charming fantasy from the pen of the soldier-writwith the secret he learned from the Little Prince who learned it from the fox "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential Is invisible to the eye. These former enemy soldiers are being treated according to the humane requirements of the Geneva convention, of which both Germany and Italy are signatories, as is the United States. Japan has never accepted this agreement. These men may be employed, within rigid provisions, on farms and public works construction, thereby possibly relieving the labor shortage in some regions. Another advantage of having these prisoners here, is that their presence here keeps their friends and relatives in the homelands anxious about their welfare. This anxiety may help to insure honorable treatment of American prisoners in Axis camps. On the other hand, the reports which prisoners write home about the good food and decent living and working conditions here, should have a favorable propaganda value. Germans are housed in these 11 camps. These are: Camp Breckinridge, Ky.; Camp Chafee, Ark.; Crossville, Tenn.; Camp Gruber, Okla.; Hereford, Texas; Huntsville, Texas; Roswell, N. M.; Stringtown, Okla.; Angel Island, Calif.; Camp Blanding, Fla.; and Fort Meade, Md. There are some Italians at Crossville. Angel Island, Camp Blanding, and Fort Meade are temporary establishments. There are 10 camps for Italians. These are: Camp Atterbury, Ind.; Camp Carson, Colo.; Camp Clark, Mo.; Weingarten, Mo.; Crossville, Tenn, (separate from Germans); Florence, Ariz.; Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.; Ogden, Utah; Camp Phillips, Kan.; and Camp Wheeler, Ga. All these are permanent The 62 Japanese are confined at Camp McCoy, Wis. (See map.) Room for 55,000 in Camps. The present capacity of these camps is stated as approximately 55,000. Present camps will be expanded, and new ones established as needed, the war department says. Most prison camps are located within army camps. The commanding officer of the army installation is also the commanding officer of the prison establishment. Where the prison camp is not within an army installation, the commanding officer of the prison camp is designated by the commanding general of the service command area. The standard stockade at each of the prison camps Is an enclosure within a double barbed wire fence, with guard towers covering a narrow alley between fences. This stockade is divided into three compounds, containing hut shelters, mess halls, toilet facilities and other installations to provide for 1,000 men. Within their respective compounds, the prisoners may circulate freely, but guarded gates restrict passage enclosures German and Italian soldiers, herded into huge barbed-wir- e in Tunisia, lean on fence, weary and broken in spirit. Some appear to be crying. But the two grinning fellows (right) plainly show their jov that its all over, as they anticipate transfer to Canada or the United States. after surrender from one enclosure to another. Guards and administrative personnel are housed outside the stockade in nearby barracks and offices. Will Work as Harvest Hands. The office of the provost marshal general has found that many of the prisoners were tradesmen, including carpenters, stone masons, house painters, but the use to which their skills may be put is restricted. Many others were farmers. Their use in farming will be confined to those operations which require a dozen or more men at one time, such as cotton picking and harvesting. Prisoners must be under guard at all times. Being soldiers, they cannot be placed in the custody of a civilian, and it is impracticable to send a guard out with small groups. Other occupations which will employ large numbers of prisoners are road building, irrigation developments, dam construction and projects of a similar nature. All of the enlisted prisoners, whether working or not, receive an allowance of 10 cents a day for the purchase of toilet goods or other articles from the stockade canteen. Their pay when working, 80 cents a day, is deposited in a credit account The prisoner may withdraw, in the form of canteen coupons, one-ha- lf of each months credit up to a maximum of $10 per month. When working for a state or private contractor, the rate of pay is decided upon in advance between the employer and the camp commander. The rate, however, may not be less than that of 80 cents a day paid when the work is done for the federal government Officer prisoners are not compelled to work. If they choose to work, they are paid the same basis as the enlisted man. Regardless of whether or not the officers work, under the Geneva convention they are paid in accordance with their grade and in line with specific arrangements between the enemy powers. This pay for German and Italian officer prisoners is the equivalent of $20 per month for warrant officers and first and second lieutenants; $30 for captains, and $40 for those in the grade of major and above. Sports and Reading Rooms. Facilities for recreation are provided at all of the camps. Equipment supplied by the war department is supplemented in many cases by gifts from private organizations. Because the prisoners naturally favor the sports of their own coun- tries, standard army athletic equip: ment kits have not proved generally satisfactory. National preferences and tastes are taken into account in planning the meals for the prisoners. These menus, covering meals for a month, are prepared in the office of the quartermaster general. Substitutions may be made from a list of foods indicated as approximately equivalent in food value to any item on the specified list. For instance, the Italians at Camp Atterbury, Ind., asked for more bread and spaghetti instead of their meat allowance. The camp now gets more flour and less meat. The menu for a typical day at that camp consists of spaghetti, pork, potatoes, cole slaw, canned pears, coffee and thick crusted Italian bread. It is mentioned that the men leave their plates clean. The administration of each prison patcamp follows a tern. A typical prison camp, for example, housing 3,000 prisoners, requires the services of 506 officers and enlisted men of the United States army. This detachment is made up of three military police escort companies, 21 additional officers, and three attached officers. These companies usually are rotated, one being on actual guard, manning towers and gates, while another is in alert and another is engaged in tactical and other training exercises or in supervising and guarding work details. The prisoners are organized into companies of 250 men each, with each company under an officer of the army of the United States. In turn, battalions are formed within the camp, all under the camp commander. Although the company commander is assisted in administering his company by enlisted members of the army of the United States, including a first sergeant, a mess and supply sergeant, a clerk, an interpreter and cook, the prisoners themselves are permitted to organize and administer their own affairs as much as possible. From their own ranks they may choose leaders to serve as their spokesmen in making requests or complaints to the or camp commander. company Cooks, barbers, tailors, cobblers and other essential personnel also are chosen from among the prisoners. ican people. OWls Katherine C. Blackburn struck a hopping mad in New York the other day. He had Just found $1,200 in war savings stamps which somebody had left in his cab. When he traced the fare and returned the stamps, all he got was congratulations on his honesty and a tip. Ill never be honest again! he declared grimly. This brought him and Miss Blackburn to the Ritz Carlton. She got out, paid her fare, and tripped into the hotel While she was still in the lobby, somebody tapped her on the elbow. Excuse me, miss, said a voice, but youjeft your furs in my taxi! taxi-driv- two-thir- er On the average of once a day, somebody with a screw loose tries to see Secretary of State HulL One such, called to explain to Hull his method of stopping torpedoes. He was stopped by a secretary. t C. Some 7,000,000 pounds of bombs were dropped on Pantelleria island from June 1 to June 11 when it capitulated. Because many types of air raid shelters now in use are scant protection against Allied heavy bombs, the German people have been told to hurry the construction of new underground shelters , taxi-drive- ter-ritor- y zation measure. government ratings, such as $4,600 or $5,600 or $6,500. Many a man has come to Washington from the business world in the last few years, willing to work for $5,000. But there is no government rating at that figure, so he is offered $4,600, and if he wont take that, he must be paid $5,600. Likewise, if he is a $7,000 man, willing to work for that figure but not for less, he must be given $8,000. Literally hundreds of men have come into the War Production at salaries $500 or $1,000 more than they would have accepted, simply because the Reclassification Act of 1923 establishes the figures of $4,600, $5,600 and $6,500 with no elasticity. The same waste results in the field of promotion. To keep good men these days, government agencies are obliged to give promotions without waiting for the 2 year period required by Civil Service. So the agencies resort to evasion. They reclassify the employee by writing up a new. job for him at a higher salary level. He might be satisfied with a $500 raise, but reclassification means that he gets at least $900 more, or even $1,500 more. A Simple change In the law would save hundreds of dollars in thousands of cases. taxi-driver- s. A postcard signed by a fictitious name, dated the day Pantelleria fell contained this statement: "Italy so far has got the best of the world: most of France; the richest prize of the war: Jugoslavia; the greatest strategical area in the world: Greece and her 1 lands. Italy will dictate the peace, save the U.S.A. and get of Africa, meanwhile Mussolini is Supreme everywhere. Italy got all and lost least, can fight 1,000 years. Baukhage SAVING UNCLE SAMS SHEKELS Here is a simple suggestion which would save the government millions: As the law stands, a man coming into the government cannot be hired for the figure of $5,000 or $6,000, but must get one or another of the fixed TAXI-DRIVE- Diary of a Broadcaster . . by z, AMERICAN Some political prognosticators say you can predict the outcome of U. S. elections by the reaction of However, the character of may go even further and be at index of the general honesty and temperament of the Amer- Arctic Emergencies Advi scs Fliers IIow to Surviv e Amid Snow and Cold to the Arctic Circle will accompany every army air forces pilot required to fly across the top of the world, the war department announces. "Arctic Emergene bookcies, a little let, will be carried in each flieis emergency kit on future flights far north. A guide COLLEGES AND CONGRESSMEN Harvard, Yale and Princeton may be well represented in the state department, but when it comes to congress, a grab-ba- g selection of names turns up such colleges as John Car-ro- ll mand, and is a companion piece to tics of regulation flying suits, what to eat and how to cook it. "Jungle and Desert Emergencies, distributed early In May. Like its Dietary tips for the flier forcefully predecessor, it possesses an espegrounded north of the tree line are cially durable cover and plentiful and varied. They include university (Congressman Mipages. Authorities on all the warning that polar bear livers chael A. Feighan of Ohio) . . . Baldof in life the Arctic wore are poisonous. phases to Also, the pilot win Wallace college consulted in its preparation. (Congressman who might be tempted to live on Henderson H. Carson of Ohio) . The guide tells how to make suitrabbits because they are abundant, university (Congressman The booklet was prepared by the able goggles to ward off treacherthe booklet points out that such a Creighton Frank A. Barrett of Wyoming) . . . safety education division of the ous snow blindness, how to increase course will produce rabbit starvaMarshall college (Congressman Huarmy air forces flight control com- - the warmth and protective quail- - tion and possible death. bert S. Ellis of West Virginia). now orange-and-blu- Radio France, General Henri Glrauds station at Algiers, bas reported that because young German students art getting stirred up a Gestapo agent bas been stationed in every German university. lo- er Soldiers make an average of eight The Nazi "Gauleiter for the Bal-ti-c moves by railroad between Indue- - f States has ordered the removal tion and embarkation for aervlce of all church bells as a total mobili- oversees. are confined in 21 camps, cated in 17 states. Washington, D. C. NEW FAR EASTERN DRIVE It now seems certain that we will concentrate on the Far East to a much greater degree than most people expected. U. S. naval officials had been privately skeptical of British in the Far East and never expected Churchill to come through. However, he and Roosevelt both agreed that the time had arrived for vigorous operations to stop the Japs before they dug in so deeply on the Paeiflc islands that it would take years to dislodge them. The British have now given definite commitments regarding certain operations. This is important. It so happens that the British do not promise easily. Our own top strategists are inclined to make promises quickly, but sometimes have to explain them away when conditions change and it is obvious they cannot be kept. But the British, though awfully hard to pin down, have absolutely kept their agreements when once made. What these commitments are remain a military secret However, certain moves which are known to all, including the Japs, should give Tokyo plenty to worry about. For it is no accident that Admiral Nim-itcommander in the Pacific, has been recalled for conferences; or that the insatiable Australian primfe minister has now said he was satisfied; or that Attu was taken. All these straws in the wind point to hitting Japan from many different directions Alaska, Australia, Burma and the Central Pacific. This offensive in the Far East may be one substitute for a second front in western Europe. It may not knock Hitler out of the war quite so soon, but it may make the two wars in Europe and Asia finish at more nearly the same time. water-resista- New Yorkers Are Talking About : LAI Richard Tregaskis, pondent and author of the 7 c "Guadalcanal Diary. d J &t soon with a new f manuscript royalties on Canal are over . . . A few years ago he was filing sewing machines dur' Summer vacation to pay the year1 s tuition at Harvard bert Clyde Lewis was a rewrite over at the Herald Trib not weeks ago. One night he did a for the mags, but all spurned it Except Whit Burnett at Story Ma line . . .Paid the top price, too $50 . . . Lewis needed that $50 You may have read it ! title: Two Faced Quilliga'n11' 20th Century Fox bought it j $25,000 and now Lewis is out the at the studio scribbling thing $750 per . . . Jimmy Durante, $0i ever, probably never will amount much as a litree man , . . Corf politan asked him to jot down ' words on What Is Wrong Women? and he cant get stall claiming he cant find nothin v.b wid em Jan Valtin can't a line until reviewed by Mr. KMi 3 ers. CBS keeps Its commentator telling the j the breathless list by be ready for overseas 24 hours notice ... assignme-- If you 1 you can buy $10,000,000 Network. the 1 I Life Story mag will soon what it calls a racket. It will the fortune-teller- ; sW . allegedly prefa I s, on war mothers and kin . . j reminds us of the wealthy y AL whose hobby was fortune-teller- s , One day about 12 years ago he wi having his fortune told and the to! jI er asked: Are you building a bi j to home? . . . "Why yes! he lai . . . . "Well she told him, wha aiuti It is finished you will die! , j.f.nir He and his family have been hvial-fIn it since but he has never realf had it finished . . . Workmen ardor Instructed to keep adding this that to it . . . They build a as his Wing or change a room and tiing never really finish it" hie r ie ent The society m!' f. Add earaches: tron in a swank spot who audibpassi groaned that the war was ruini like her dinner parties. couldnt get initialed ers any more! . . . She simph In matchbox to'4 n Watch on th Rhine," the Lillian Heilman priztk winner, was written around action c events in the life of a man nam$ Div A govt film now bi$ug h Katz made is called The Fall of Ital$ Dot . . . Joseph E. Davies refused y0r broadcast from Russia or write irt.ve cles for high U. S. fees. I am Walr a letter carrier, he said . . . o ft on the Argentine situation: Creif fessions of a Nazi Spy is not lowed to be shown there. tg tl ... Ime Notes of an Innocent Bystander: tapp $We The Bui The Magie Lanterns ian Story is a record of ten turies of that nations struggle against Invaders. If you wanl know how far the Nazis have str.fa from civilization watch their trrf at Smolensk advancing behind :hs 1 cn and children. anc The Networks: Dinah Shore his Summering in the spot vacated Paul Whiteman and B $ Edger Bergen, are as good hour as youll find on the fii3' Carroll , Correspondent Wallace revealed M "We, the People Pierre Laval picks up few e rd francs. His ported, gets print shop, Carroll out the Nazi forgenfT . . . "Easy Aces celebrates of Ace years on the air. A pair bet. a good remains It seems, tur The Magazines: Somerset --. -Red Book observes that 5 ( London was being bombed from I up to sundown, the detective t won added popularity. Imagine (He With suspense showered on the lshers, they had to look for .Fortbe The startler books! V ber (published by Henry Luce, to band) is the reference Luces "globaloney" I n Bered. ham in ... m Us orfla Lient. Janies Burchard, (ant with the on the staff of Stars and Strip fir Algiers) is probably the J"1 . ?4e . divorced via sent him some forms to flu ou t lost W they apparently wereBurchard tM en route . . . Mrs. on put the necessary papers bus , -- by ter and sent them to her t He signed them-m- aM back and the divorce was P World-Telegra- j ... When the trial of George Sylvet Vlereck (admitted Nazi seent) on the 18th, several urPr;is w nesses dug up by the FBI will the defense . . . Harry ameVJ the "greatest song hes ever is Robin and Warrens FI. r No Nothin I . . . On July U. S. will have been In thU longer than it was in now . . . Cesar Romero is An eveg Coast Guard is readying a series to sho' vice and gambling have nver so open sines the early 1020s- - ... H |
