Show R W R washington D 0 FASCISTS after three months of temporizing with willi native fascist champions attorney general francis biddle la Is finally going to get tough on direct personal orders of the president roosevelt directed biddle to take vigorous legal action against maln factional leaders who have been publicly denouncing the war against tho the axis and in somo some instances oc ac expressing pleasure over jap victories complaints have poured into washington from parents of b boys cy in tho the armed services de demanding mandin ing that these domestic toes be jailed but biddle demurred on the ground of preserving civil liberties shortly after pearl harbor FBI agents arrested robert noble rabid los angeles fascist leader on serious charges involving statements concerning the war despite the evidence biddle ordered noble released this brought down a storm of protests on biddles head bond that stead i lly ily increased as tho the hostile operations of these elements became bolder and more outspoken still biddle refused to allow either the FBI or federal district attorneys who were champing champine cham ping at tho the bit to crack down finally white house advisers alamad ala over the situation took tho the matter direct to the president they laid before him a mass of evidence dealing with noble father coughlin francis P moron moran of boston gerald L K smith ol 01 a michigan and charles B hudson of omaha one document shown roosevelt was tho the march 10 issue of Cough lins weekly publication which declared that a worldwide world wide sacred war was declared against germany nine years ngo ago the publication also at tacked inched aid to russia denounced the british bombing of french plants making nazi supplies and contained such statements as unless the german forces can overcome russia and successfully invade england by the end of september there Is every evidence that the entire world will have elected to a blood bath the like of which was never imagined by the mot most poetic minds it has been the practiced policy of the roose voll administration to favor the chinese in their war against japan this policy has rankled in the hearts of the nipponese war lords who are devoted to the policy of asia for the asiatic a policy which after all is not hang more than an expression of our own monroe doctrine after i carefully examining the evidence the president summoned biddle ordered him to get tough and do so immediately GOOD WAR NEWS here Is some all important GOOD war news for a change the united states and tho the british empire have won a victory of supreme importance in the crucial war production race for the first time in tho the 2 years of the war the united states and britain now ore are out producing tho the abts and its vassal states in vital arnas arms and munitions although the two allies still are on the defensive henceforth anglo american war output should pile up an eye ever increasing margin of armament superiority U S producing capacity in particular Is just beginning to swing into an all out war scale the no mighty auto industry for example is now being furiously inverted other major industries are undergoing the i varne barne transformation also hundreds of new war plants are in various stages of completion with hundreds of df others being projected sage old bernie bernic baruch comments we cant yet crack our L heels together in celebration even if things are better what he means is that there are still plenty of sour spots some of these are labor supply certain obstacles in the low flow of materials te shortage of materials inadequate use of equipment insufficient fic focient subcontracting red tape and bureaucratic obstruction the incompetence pe tence greed and lack of initiative of at many employers the profit mindedness edness of dollar a year men but despite all these U S indus try every week is pouring out a ally soaring lood flood tlde tide of war supplies on the basis of a private survey made by the authors of this olumn it can be stated definitely that t with the british empires greatly accelerated production the two allies now are ahead of the axis note tue survey was limited on the allied side to the U S and british empire because it Is imps lible to get detailed information about russian production buy defense bonds GO ROUND KOUNI congressional critics of president roosevelt are caustically denounced ay iy y A F whitney white crested president resl dent of the railroad trainmen in the latest issue of the unions mr drazine azine in a lend lead editorial whitley declares no congressman or on gressional committee no sena or or group in the senate no axis igent or anyone else seeking to use he war to discredit the president will throw lilly any sand in our eyes in my iny way useful in their desire to advance a selfish ignoble purpose |