| Show weed WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS by edward G C wayne pro axis rule overthrown As boy oy king peter assumes throne mediation board acts to end strikes in industries delaying U so S defense EDIT 18 NOTE when opinions opinion are r expressed la in hr tei uran ther re those of f the th nw news analyst and dd not of f this abl newspaper no I llad leased by western newspaper union t 1 4 VA M T 44 N 7 3 4 ark 4 ak I 1 fa the american flog flag flies from a police car overturned by workers during the strike ol of workers at the parent plant of ah the steel company see strikes yugoslavia coup joining the axis powers by the government of was one thing getting the people to awal low this action was another the sign up following periods ot of governmental collapse and revivification fl was the signal for demonstrations st over the entire country created and given its autonomy after world war I 1 by the treaty of VL versailles rs ailles serbs gerbs croats choats joined in the outburst and there were parades through belgrade with young fellows carrying what american and british flags they could find vocally and loudly criticizing the government for failing the public in its hour of need then two days dayi after the signing of the pact came the dramatic report of a coup by which the army overthrew the evident pro axis government of regent prince paul king peter II 11 not yet 18 years old assumed the throne and a government was sworn in which was pledged to defend independence the nations army was immediately massed and dispatched to battle stations along the country frontiers britain and greece hailed these reports as great news and adolf hitler immediately demanded a statement of the new government as to their attitude toward the pact the two countries had signed but 48 hours earlier but from bulgaria came reports that the nazis were not waiting for A a reply to hillers Hit lers demand german forces in that country reportedly began a swift movement tows toward rd the yugoslav Jug frontier general sentiment in sofia bulgarian Bulga Bulgar rias las capital was that the installing of a pro british and pro greek government in would precipitate a general balkan war As the war fever rose steadily in and as the people cheered the new regime that had its army lined vp up in i defiance de flunce of the axis the ever stormy balkans took the spotlight of world war 11 II no matter what the outcome had at least tendered a serious diversion to the timet timetable aVle of adolf hitler de would be no simple task many military experts predicted it was assumed that the great northern plains of the nation would have to bo be abandoned as they would offer easy going for the swiftly moving mechanized nazi leg legions lond real battle would come it seemed in the mountain terrain of central and southern sections of the country has a comparative ly good army and is considered the best of the small balkan nations it numbers men the U S reaction to the new government in the tiny balkan nation was immediately favorable the state department assured that it would assist that nation in resisting any aggression aggress loni STRIKES and night sticks the resumption of work at the harvill plant bottleneck of pacific plane building provided no respite for uncle sams samps headaches in production spasms tor for washington frankly was expectant of strikes in 12 more vital plants no I 1 was not long in coming for the main plant of the bethlehem steel company in bethlehem pa was next the big polls got busy and found that the public was con here hera is lV endell willkie right idith mackenzie Mac Kemie king canadas prime minister as the G 0 1949 1940 presidential candidate stopped in toronto as see below I 1 willkie Will kle sider ably I 1 inclined to blame labor leaders rather than management for the enormous increase in strikes the present strike held in its grip more than a billion in war orders including a large percentage for home defense police nightsticks night sticks clubbed the strikers into submission at tho the outset permitting non ers entrance through picket lines but it was evident that this was only the start of a widespread labor movement to fish elsh for higher wages through tho the moment of public necessity ces sity chief lack of sympathy with this attitude was seen in the ranks of relatives and friends of those taken in the selective service these lads rn most st of them working for 21 a month and food and clothing in undo uncle sams uniform were resentful of labor striking for increases from 50 to 75 cents an hour as at the harvill plant they said so in letters home and parents and friends joined enthusiastically asti cally in the protest many congressmen and senators reported receiving such letters and telegrams polls showed public sentiment almost unanimous against such strikes and blaming largely the labor leaders rather than the plant owners the now new national mediation board headed by dr dykstra just moved to it from selective service seemed to have hav a the bethlehem strike as the first pitched into its lap and what it would do with this situation challenged public attention from the outset this board moved swiftly in n the alus allis chalmers strike at milwaukee which has been holding up much defense rearmament it ordered the company to summon its force back to work immediately chief indignation over the strikes was directed at C 1 I 0 organizations with congressman dies claiming that the labor troubles could be traced directly to reds this also was the public focus after william green head of the A F of L organizations disclaimed any anti defense attempts and proved it by sending his men through C 1 I 0 picket et lines in one instance WILLKIE keeps hand in wendell Will willkie kle avowedly keeping his eye on the next presidential race was keeping himself before the public by making a personal goodwill tour of canada he was greeted with wild enthusiasm in toronto and in montreal his first two stops in the first he appealed for all american ships naval and merchant for britain that can be spared and that means giving until it hurts this remark was cheered to the echo in montreal the next day he was showered with ticker tape and given a tri triumphal entry into the city in montreal his theme was similar ile he said give britain ships until the air planes start to roll and give britain superiority in the airthea air then goodby good by hitler youre on the way out 11 he said further this is a test as to whether the democratic enterprise system can the totalitarian enslaved method of production well I 1 put it up to you now I 1 put it up to tho the business men of america to prove it it I 1 think they can cam it if I 1 did not think they could I 1 could not believe in liberty NAZIS spread sub zone A spreading of the submarine active zone to include iceland and a considerable portion of the north atlantic westward toward the shores ot of the united states was another sensational announcement that caused watchers on the when shall we get in front anxious moments they started making maps of the 42 degneo line of longitude and showed how close it Is to the american neutrality zone area it did not touch yet but was coming perilously close it meant that if american naval vessels took up the convoying of aid to britain ships to the end of the neutrality zone they would be within a very few miles as oceans are reckoned of the lines where they might expect action from german submarines one news analyst atter after a tour of western plane piano factories reported d that heavy bombers at the rate of four or five a day were being flown down across the continent and thence to britain under the lease lend bill and that stillmore still more than these were being delivered to the army but that etwas it was thought a good portion of these were going overseas overie overseas as as well there was little danger to this type of shipment except from adverse weather and mechanical fall fail urese ure over the ocean but americans were concerned over what was going to happen to ta american shipping and to for foreign eign bottoms carrying aid to britain the british losing heavily at sea were issuing a request to the norwegian government to turn over to it about vessels now plying american and latin american waters so that they could be added to the transatlantic trade first ship to leave this country for iceland following the announcement of the additional blockade zone was the freighter from new york the new york reykjavik run was started after the german invasion of denmark cut iceland off from her parent country three small freighters and three small passenger steamers now operate on that voyage whether they would continue or not remained to be seen DEFENSE 42 billions with the passage of the tha bill implementing the british aid bill by a vote of 61 to 9 total moneys allotted in one way or another for national defense or british and democh democratic abic aid in europe reached the staggering total of 42 billions of dollars most of the floor debate seven hours on the seven billion bill was devoted to explanations by various senators of why they had voted against british ald aid and now were switching to vote for the bill giving the bill the funds president roosevelt asked OPAL the office of production management furnished the figures the direct government outlays including the seven billion reached the total of in addition came british orders of more than three billions bringing the grand total to past the forty two billion mark of these huge sums not more than avi billion actually have been spent but an enormous part of the whole has been c contracted for and factories the length and the breadth of the land were being built or were tooling up to carry out the contracts in fact of the 42 billions says that nearly 30 billions already have been appropriated or contracted and that nine billions represents the budget allowance for 1942 FOOD Be becomes contes an issue almost coincidental with recent news that america would send food to unoccupied franco fiance for distribution under the watchful eyes of the american red cross who were supposed to see that none of it got into the hands or mouths of germans came word that this distribution already had begun and that the red cross workers were satisfied that all of it was going to french men women and children |
