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Show Civilian Uses for Methods for Restoring Normalcy to Reich Meet With Criticism From Smaller Liberated Nations of Europe. By BAUKIIAGE jVruj Analyst anti Commentator. America has a big waiting demand of her own. Therefore, in many Washington, cases German capital may be used With the fanfare accompanying the to resuscitate German factories and of Japan first steps of the occupation will buy its prod- now dying on the Pacific breezes, Germany money ucts. The Americans are doing ev- of the responsibilisome hints heavy to facilitate this type of re- ties of Uncle Sams European erything construction (light industry and problems begin to appear. manufacture of household equip- Already the small nations which ment). If necessary and they can were occupied by the Axis and do it, they will see that a missing whose peoples resisted the shaft or flywheel is obtained some- yoke are being heard from in how. They permit the Germans to a rising chorus of complaint and combine partly damaged factories criticism against the Allies. into one complete plant. They en- Belgium and Holland are perhaps courage reconversion of certain loudest In their charges of what they plants from wartime to civilian use. feel is discrimination against them It so happens that of all the occuIn favor of their former pied zones the one which the Ameribut voices are raised as cans control is capable of creating far away as Greece and Yugoslav- most easily a balanced economy. ia, which say that Germany and It is a land of small towns and vilItaly should not receive material lages. most of which were not imassistance on the same basis as the portant enough to have been countries. bombed. It is a land of cattle and The charges from Holland are the of orchards, of fields and meadows. It is highly probable that with most specific. The Netherlands government has presented claims for a American organization to guide the ahare in both the external and in- people this area will be the first to ternal assets of Germany as repara- regain a fairly normal life. tions. The note handed the Allies If we dont help the Germans, asks for immediate return of loot well be criticized for fumbling; the now within the occupied zones In occupation will be made more difGermany, which the Dutch claim is ficult. If we do help, we will be listed and identifiable. They say that under heavy criticism from the peoparts of their country were stripped ples of less fortunate areas and bare of capital and consumer goods; charged with treating the former that some of the former, such as enemy better than we treat our machinery, is now being used to the friends. advantage of the Germans. ' The British operate in a far less In addition to the formal protest, favorable area, for they have the Col. J. C. A. Faure, deputy chief of bombed-ou- t Ruhr on their hands and staff of the Netherlands civil affairs they control a territory whose existadministration, was quoted in Lonence depended on industries which don as saying that the Allied mil- no longer exist and which will not itary governors were playing into be permitted to exist in the future. German hands when they prevented Such factories as they can operate the Dutch, Belgians and French to make the community from reclaiming immediately mamay well be equipped in part chinery and other property stolen with stolen machinery. from them by the Nazi armies He as id that protests to SHAFF. Russ Strip while It existed, were fruitless "and German Industry when the new child (the British and The pattern of Russian occupation American occupation organization) is quite different. Die Russians know was born It was too young." He ex- what they are doing in their zone. plained it was understandable that They are treating the little, people" since the Allied commanders in their with kindliness, assuring them that respective spheres have their hands they need have no fear of oppresfull in creating order out of chaos in sion. Their apparent intention is to Germany, each wants to do a good divide up the land and give the Gerwant Job, and for that reason doesnt mans a chance to win a livelihood to lose any material aid that will from the soil, meanwhile giving help. But that doesnt provide much them a thorough indoctrination in comfort for the Dutch or Belgian the advantages of the Soviet form of farmer who looks across the fron- government. At the same time they tier and sees a German peasant drivare removing every movable piece ing home a cow which he swears he of machinery to Russia. knows is his by Its crumpled horn and the spot on its rump. The same to Meanwhile, Poland will be allowed such German agscrape applies to the factory owner who Is ricultural together as she can salequipment Is his turning property positive in East Prussia. Disease is vage wheels In Germany. rampant In Poland; there are shortages in all kinds of equipment The Army Aim: took most of the agriculGermans Speed Job much of the rest tural From sources In close touch with was machinery;and the whole coundestroyed this In conditions Germany I heard try wrecked. The other next-doo- r example which pretty well echoes neighbors have not even such an Dutch explanations but doesnt solve to recuperate their their problem. For instance: An Al- opportunity losses. lied commander moves into a GerAnd so the Americans will probman town. One of the first things he wants Is light and power. His ably bear the onus of helping the formen repair the power plant. Later mer enemy most of all, although It is claimed that the main dynamo their only intent is to carry out the wag stolen from Holland. That Is program agreed upon by the Allies. not the commander's affair. Light- America wants no loot. She does want all she can get in the way of ing the town is. His job is to restore the place as nearly as possible important formulae; all she can learn of German methods; all of the to a community. But that is not the end. for the ideas which can be adapted successrestoration of European economy as fully to American life. Already a whole is of vital importance and some valuable scientific information been obtained and in many naturally those nations which suf- has fered under the German heel feel cases the German scientists, with that disinterested attitude characterthey should have first call on the especially istic of their profession, are quite as sinews of normality, when those sinews were tom from willing to work in an American labtheir body economic by Nazi hands. oratory as they were in one run by the Nazis. America also wants to On this score there have already of been rumblings complaint against finish A her occupation job and get part of that job is to make the American occupation. Already out. Germans the are factories of German wheels the Thus, it is quite likely that anturning in the American zone. The other to manufacture is complaint will be raised that goods purpose and provide services required to we are forming too friendly a bond keep the occupation forces going and with people of a nation the world to supply the minimum needs of the came to detest so thoroughly. community. a total of In the years 1940-43- , The Germans have to have shovels to are 7,851 if rakes persons were killed in farm and and hoes they till their fields and cultivate their accidents in the U. S. Machinery 47 per cent of the deaths, gardens in order to get enough food caused to live on. These tools, If made and livestock 20 per cent, and ail other 33 per cent. Wisconsin was gold, would be In competition with causes most the But make. dangerous state for farm Americans the goods there are not enough ships to carry workers, with 502 killed in four a vast supply of such products years; and New York had 456 acciacross the Atlantic and besides dental farm deaths. KNU Service, 1616 I Street N. W., I). C. Nazi-Fasci- enemy-neighbo- r, we can get em by the carton, a lot of us will go back to a pack a day and be satisfied. Now that The administration is approaching the proposed labor - management government conference with not boxing gloves, but gloves on that is what they are afraid they might need unless the animals are tamed in advance. Us - While I'rete 'ears', n is on thru vacation. Secretary ot Agriculturea guest ton V. column.) ANDERSON By CLINTON P. (utr- May Win the Peace Secretary By Winfield J. Dryden Never before did so many owe so much to so few. This expression of Winston Churchill referred to a few airmen and small ground force on the British isles. The same may be said in regard to radar. Submarines were detected in the night, bombers in the clouds, ships in the fog and troop and land movements in the dark, miles away. Our by hap-pene- radar aid, our ships safely escorted, our bombers guided and our troops led by radar. Without radar the war In Europe would still be raging, authorities believe. Radar, making the accurate bombing of Germany possible, as well as providing safety for the transportation of troops, actually made victory on both fronts a reality, contribuyng a big share to the early peace. It has cost the nations hundreds terrain. Radar equipment recently made this "search of surrounding are Lettered on the photograph ot the plan position, indicator scope, the radar pulse. of points picked up by designations This use of radar, it is believed, a second, or 186 miles. The range of thouthe object would therefore, be half will result in the saving of of 186 or 93 miles. Radar has been sands of lives annually, in addition caused by planes perfected to see beyond the horizon, to property loss but it will not see through water at crashing during storms. The planes will be guided around present stage of development. storm area. There is so much Make-lPhysical of moisture in turbulent clouds that the The actual physical make-usignals are reflected from the drops radar sets varies. Uses and manudifferent of water back to the plane. Thus will develop facturers can detect types, as has been true with radios, even in darkness, the pilot around and an go ahead area such In or automobiles general, planes. however, they are made up of the it. Air travel will become safe when following parts: 1. A oscillator, or radar is in universal use. Not only vacuum tube or group of tubes. will pilots be able to avoid bad These oscillating at a desired fre- weather, but they will be able to see quency send out into the air the mountains through clouds by day or waves. night, and thus avoid crashes. It offers additional safeguards to 2. A modulator sends out the diair travel, by doing away with colrect bursts of the lisions in the air, and provides a which enables the receiver to handle them when they return. Each means of safe landing when the field would be otherwise invisible to the burst of energy is about of a second long, the pilot. Aids Ocean Travel. pause between the bursts being a On the seas, the use of radar will few thousandths of a second in be just as effective as in the air. length. 3. An antenna, which directs the It will aid the ship captains in avoidand beams ing icebergs, other ships, wrecks waves on their take-ofthem in particular direction and disand land obstructions that have tance. It is the beaming on a fixed caused the loss of thousands of lives area. The antenna is adjustable to in peace time. cover any part of the entire horizon Radar will continue to serve the as it revolves in a circle. navy in peace, and its installation on ships will make surprise attack impossible. During war, radar has been an important factor in accurate aiming of naval I p. p radio-frequenc- y short-wave- During the conference held at Mena house, Cairo, In November, Roosevelt, Prime 1943, President Minister Chsirchill and Generalissik were guarded mo Chiang by radar. The radar post shown was built among the historic Kai-she- of millions of dollars to develop radar. No peacetime Industrial organization had tlie money, the facilities, knowledge or desire to fully develop radar, to bring it to its presIt reent state of development. quired a nation at war, led by individuals, to accomplish the almost impossible with millions of dollars back of the development, and f, long-range- d guns. Its uses on land have not been fully developed. While radar will report weather conditions, direct landing of planes, there is still a variety of uses for which it will be adapted. Among the recent advocated uses is the installation of radar on the front and rear of all trains. This will aid materially in the prevention of railroad accidents, which have far-seei- skilled men with the determination to succeed. Radar Peacetime Factor. Radar has many known uses for peace. Postwar travel will become safer. Thousands upon thousands of lives will be saved due to the employment of radar in the air, at sea and on land. Radar sees all, knows all, and tells all. It warns of pending catastrophe and provides the eyes for men to see in order to prevent accidents on land, sea or air. The discovery of radar may be Research classed as accidental. exworkers engaged in short-wav- e perimentations, nearly 20 years ago found that when waves were beamed on a city, there were oscillations on the dial when autos, trucks and other factors interrupted the wave. Soon afterwards it was found that planes in the air interrupted the waves beamed skyward. It was the next step that measured distance in relation to time interval that brought about the birth of an perhaps driving 40 or 45 miles accus-; become had we and hour an hour leisure- tomed to the ly gait. car one When speeding swirled past us, I heard my wife murmur, "My, what I wouldnt give to have gasoline ratlohing back." I began to wonder how many of the things that war had brought to us as sacrifices or privations we would soon come to appreciate as blessings in disguise. I began to wonder how long it would be before people would sometimes sigh for some of the real advantages of the days during the war when we all lived a little closer together, a little more simply, and perhaps a little more in the traditional Amerl- can pattern that had started this country on its way to becoming a great nation. Real Values of Life. Do you remember back In the years of the depression that Henry Ansley out In Amarillo, Texas, wrote a book entitled, "I Like the Depression? Frankly, I liked his little book, because he told of the blessings that had come to him with a reversal In his financial situation. He told of the discoveries that he had made as the period of wild prosperity passed and the long months of depression set in. He told of the farmers who had gone back to living on their farms instead of living off their farms. The war has done something to all of us. It made us appreciate some of the real values of life that many of us had lost sight of. We all complained a little about the war, didnt we? We were a little disappointed when we found that the slocks of new cars were frozen, but we discovered that the old car was a lot better and would run a lot longer than we had thought. mounted materially. War officials are already busy in developing the radar so that it will become an effective weapon against the atomic bomb, just as it was against the V-- and other bombs This photo made during a demlaunched by Germany. A good part d onstration of a mobile of the failure of Germany to wreck radar set shows the illuminated England was due to installations of oscilloscope as the image of a radar. bomber, flying at low altitude, came The final value of radar in peace into the range of the radar beam. is not known. It is believed that its During war the antiaircraft guns usefulness will find no limits. It is crew would receive exact location of the bomber immediately. 2 trailer-mounte- 4. The receiver is the set which picks up the returning waves, similar to a radio receiving set, 5. The indicator or the brains, is the device which takes the information gathered by the radio waves and presents them in readable form. The waves are transformed Into radar. fight patterns on a radar screen. It What Radar Is. may consist of one or more cathode-ra- y tubes similar to the ones used Radar is an apparatus that sends out short-wavimpulses in a nar- for screen on a television set. On row, concentrated beam, impulses this screen appears a visible electhat are reficcted from an object tronic beam. Returning radar they hit and are returned on re- waves cause the beam to deflect and bound to the receiver. It is based it is the pattern of deflection that on a simple principle, as simple as tells the story to the operator. Furnishes Weather Data. the occurrence of an echo. Radar waves traveling with the Weather forecasting has been addspeed of light, 186,000 miles a sec- ed to the scores of uses for peacetime radio development. Prompt ond, streaking across space and rebounding from the target to return and accurate weather information is already being furnished through to their starting point. At comparative long range it can radar installations at Wright field, Ohio. pick up cities, determine water bodWhen used by pilots of commeries; pick up ships in the fog; planes In the clouds: submarines or icecial planes, all that is necessary is bergs on dark winter nights. The for the pilot to push a switch distance of a target from the radar marked "weather, and he gets a transmitter can be determined. picture of advance cloud formations of a second inon a special screen. If Tracking tervenes between the outgoing and clouds instead of a target, the screen will indicate approaching Incoming signal, then the round-tridistance the radar traveled would be storms at a distance of one to two of 186,000 miles hundrel miles. one p Business Week predicts a boom by 29 next summer. Remember what goes up comes down. Meanwhile there may be tough going. Which is another good argument for keeping those war bonds and buying more. By ., SWVCV.vAv.'.v v.vxv. and Jack uj Whispered in Ra4 Impending changed? ney to succeed Gen. of Army Air forcej Nlmltz to get Admin E Navy post when King i, tire, which won't be ri SulliT, Undersecretary yarded as having thebsi flU In when Secretary Forrestal steps down. tary of Commerce aure of sticking as he eral friends think he bor bloc in the Senate CIOs Sidney Hillman Close-u- p of the antenna of the first complete radar, installed "topside" a building at the Naval Research laboratory in the late 1930s. It Is a "dirigible" antenna, meaning it is so mounted that it can be turned to allow for search. This older model has recently been Improved. around-the-com-pa- known that radars uses in will be even more beneficial peace than its use in war had been destructive and deadly. The Civil Aeronautics administration is experimenting with appli-ance- s loaned by the army and navy. Their hope is to develop instruments to enable tower controllers to see all aircraft within miles, and to Incollision-warnin- g devices. In the rapid growth of commercial aviation, which is certain to follow immediately after the war radar will bring new It is safety. held by some authorities that radar installments on planes will be as much a part of the ment as brakes or planes equiplights are on a HI DL I H claim that on the system, only about ere; pr estii 1,00 gible for release, and ! pose mllltantly that the mum be reduced il points or less. . . . ft ir ear: argue that keeping ms Is the perfect answer: ment during the recra im. . . . But, In Its its rang the Army doesnt is stray economic with wants to keep a big A: East Coast, W est Cm Ji 1 k car. used 1 reflect uPn the Tt0m0bile salesman ell t0 car came SeU me new year But when the war I learned that automobiles r 10000 miles stll and be pretty dependable means of transportation. f! party, th ha Clark Gables real 1 William Clark Ham Warners have settled to play Will Rogers -. . . Lt. Henry Fonda, since 42, has won the: for heroism In the te they say his domes;: not too happy. . . . B biography of Robert with no amplification J " Returning to Ecp sumed his film career: and Night Without): Marlene Dietrich, tie months leave of abse his health. . . . JackD his two daughters art Car-Pohouse rented from En Neighbors. I remember my first experience where Jack and EsteE: with a car pool. We had two auto- honeymoon. There is mobiles at our house; our next door divorced Paul Small, neighbor had two automobiles at his wed the Old Mauler. place. We were not well acquainted, mostly because it wasnt necesih1 Many who saw the sary, until the war came along. MGM newsreel ret: lng Then my next door neighbor and I against and two others, who heretofore had plane crash Empire of the stories gone to our offices by separate have admirei means, found ourselves fused to- ing may made the which gether Into a car pool. We were ir- prise Therefore,! best. far the revocably tied to each other. We Interested In the start had to rise at the same time In the . . . "Newsreel" morning, leave at the same hour for story. photogrs? mous Chinese work, and return home together in been with Metro 21 P the evening. covered every battlefro: I am sure that at first we all refc sented a little the fact that we lost reaches of the globe a our freedom of action, but we Jects, was given Mac; attached to Gen. gained a great lesson in neighborliHe decided zon. ness. We found out that he people the only k New York, who lived next to us might be just est and importance he as interesting and attractive, He just as . . pleasant and just as companionable fore visited. in morning, Saturday as the people whom we had always cameras, known who lived down the street or with his Metro Manhattan offl across the city. book, and went there,bu ietory Garden Blessing. closed for the day, How many women improved their women were at work figures as they walked to market! Wortf open. . . And think what Victory gardens did leave, when a telepho for the men! through the switchbox-pickeLike Drew Pearson, I will It up. An experhaps be away from Washington when crash. . the ported this column is printed, away on a a cab. Police lines short vacation. While I am gone, because of his unlfor someone will be mowing my lawn' ful of service ribbons During the war I had to mow my lowed through. own lawn I couldnt find anyone with his usual vigor Interested In taking care of my to the office. . particular little piece of And property. executives had hea a strange thing happened: I found story and were in 8 that I could mow it as well as anyphotographers one else, that I could mow it whom they and quickly that I could learn with-i- n Wong, whose presence 0 a short time exactly how each was news to them, 8 88 particular section could be best whole thing in his 8 mowed to develop the on best cut of lapped him grass. And I found out also that him, etc. . when I mowed it myself, I not only right, said Wongimproved the lawn, I improved Empk" y want to see the own digestion. tog! I'll miss that now that the war is of ! I'm"! that I56 torUdotel1it myself Investigators when I can al committees hire someone else for the iob I looking Into the8C suppose that my wife will group8 d a. .. .be u,edmiss Communist 'r- With the degr81 walk to market anti carry her groBrowder by ceries back home in a basket of the tan Lrtmy8e,f' le d office 1 stall V Broadway Co' ... e s Agriculture - ducted by west V-- Released by Western Newspaper Unfon, paratroopers were landed of The first Sun-- ! WASHINGTON. a friend came J Day. after day to take my by with an automobile into the drive a for his and family with another dinner to have country d friend. Nothing like that had de- in years. We were all lighted at the chance to ride through the country lanes, to talk about the possibilities corn, the of height of crops, and the probability that we would enjoy meat for dinner. But as we started back into Washnotice but ington, we could not help that the roads were filling up. There was a long line of traffic and many folks drove by at speeds which seemed reckless to us. They were by Baukh age The honeymoon may be over in Washington but the bills are just coming in to congress. Industrial Factors Played Important Part In Winning the War for once-occupie- d BARBS Radar Promises ed To Develop Into Tremendous Allied Occupation of Germany Thankless Job War-Develop- a lot the picture colony felt they bad then busy to prove When a resolution munlsm was Pres , tfh Labor Council motion Pictur.tf jt c voti foreground |