Show OVA C n washington 1 I C V U 8 S OB IN N avra M warren chief ot of the state departments visa section uncorked a sensational earful about conditions in germany and its conquered countries when ho he testified at a closed door session of the house appropriations committee warren had returned irom from a prolonged inspection tour of germany france P poland oland holland and tho the information he disclosed about their internal situation was so confidential that a committee steno stenographer grapher was instructed to leave much of it unrecorded r ecord ed highlights of his testimony were 1 that germany had enough crucial supplies food garoll gasoline no and war materials to continue the for some time but was beset with arlous internal problems in the nations she has occupied 2 that france holland belgium poland and denmark enmark li were not cooperating with germany in tact fact civilians in these nations were at t f i point of rebellion against the wholesale confiscation of foodstuffs and other necessities for the german army 3 that german prisoners boners of war on the whole were treated S decently tho the internal situation in the occupied areas warren reported was waa becoming graver by the minute civilians were bitterly resentful of german troops quartered cred among them rind and kept in subjection only by thes military discipline germany has plenty of gasoline supplies though of poor grade lie he said but the shortage of lubricating oil is so intense that its use for civilian purposes such as in operation of elevators Is prohibited 0 PLAN DEMOCRACY propaganda tho the now new deal has hired more publicity men rind and run off more miles of mimeographed press handouts than any other administration in history yet the biggest and most worthwhile job of propaganda today remains completely untouched it is tho the job which george creel d did 1 11 for europe during the last W 1 d war for it Is an indisputable fact that american propaganda and the speeches of woodrow wilson percolating behind the lines in germany and austria helped materially to causo cause the 1918 collapse of the central powers today a confidential plan for a similar propaganda agency is somewhere in the white house where no ono one knows exactly drawn up two months ago by certain chiefs of the war department tt it was sent to the white house with the recommendation men mon dation that such a plan could do almost as much as airplanes to bring about the defeat of hitler but nothing happened the idea still is reposing on the desk of one of the six house secretaries U S war chiefs are convinced this country can perform two important propaganda functions 1 get across to the people of italy and germany the disadvantages of hitler the advantages of democracy and the general idea that there Is no quarrel between the Peo peoples liles themselves 2 bring about I greater national unity within the united states especially bially among foreign born naturalized citizens of german and italian extraction it Is probable that the great ma bority of italians and germans in the united states are anxious to be good american citizens and are all too glad to be out of europe however national and racial psychology can easily all alienate enate them if not counteracted to date the only agencies which have attempted to influence german geiman and italian opinion inside the united states have been the bund the F fascist as black shirts and similar nazi fascist organizations there has been no active propaganda from the democratic side furthermore these italian ger man groups can be the most effective spearhead in getting propaganda prop agan into germany and italy leaflets printed in england and dropped from british airplanes have had no perceptible influence in germany but propaganda sent froni from purely german organizations in the united states to fellow germans Geri rans under hitler Is bound to carry weight this was vas what george creel did under woodrow wilson czech po lish austrian and slav groups from chicago to pittsburgh created such effective organizations that eventually they brought about the fall all of the austria hungarian empire and the crumbling of the entire war frant GO ROUND congress has a number of linguists but only one who can speak japanese ile he is gentle mannered sen elbert thomas of utah who learned the language in his youth while serving as a mormon missionary in nippon one of his daughters born in tokyo is named chiyo which means a thousand years of happiness 1 west virginias hardworking hard working rep jennings randolph receives a loving reminder from his mother every daya day a rose |