Show OVA upp pi washington D 0 NO SOVIET NAZI pia PEACH ACV those who are anro on the inside regarding the report which ambassador william C bullitt gave president roosevelt regarding the near east say there Is only one slight ra ray y of sunshine in it bullitt told his chief that there was absolutely no chance of russia making peace with germany coming from bullitt who served tia no ambassador to russia and who spent considerable time there in the early days of the revolution in 1017 1917 this means a lot bullitt has been vigorously critical of the soviet regime in recent years and probably would loan lean over backwards against any overly optimistic appraisal however after his special tour of the near and middle east on special assignment from the president ho he reported that the russians were so irato frato against the nazis that there would be no surrender or compromise mise bullitt Is not so optimistic about the russian army which he thinks thinka may fall badly when the germans are able to got get their airplanes in the air again which they cannot do in sub zero weather and with snow on the air fields politically however bullitt is convinced that russia hussla will stand with the united nations to the last ditch against vo bullitt go goes es further than anyone else around the president regarding allied losses not only does docs ho he believe that japan will take india but ho he feels that australia will bo be lost to the british empire if he is right this will bo be the tha worst blow which the united nations can suffer especially inasmuch as american troops are now stationed in australia and new zealand not all war observers agree with bullitt on this latter point they point out oui that australia is chiefly a desert country and it would tako take weeks and months for a conquering army to envelop these vast areas PATRIOTIC PAini OTIO INDIANS As in the last war thousands of american indians ag again aln are demon their patriotism the desk of john collier able chief of 0 the office of indian affairs Is ie stacked with letters from ever every tribe in the country pledging at aid a and offering to make fresh sacrifices for the war effort here are a few examples immediately after the declaration of 0 war the crow indians indiana of montana voted popo ot of tribal funds to president roosevelt to use as you see sec fit they also voted to place in the presidents hands tho the entire resources of their acre reservation er including mineral oil and coal deposits plus an all available manpower tor for combat service the creeks of oklahoma have set aside of tribal funds for the purchase of defense bonds other tribes voting large sums for the snipe same purpose include the jicarilla apaches and pueblos of new mexico the euchee and seminole indians of oklahoma and the navajos cavajos Nava jos not to be outdone out done the Col villes of washington Washing toA state the and arapahos arapakos Ara of the plains and the nez perce indians have announced they will not press for settlement of tribal claims against the government while the war lasts following the jap attack there was a big rush among indian youth at every reservation to enlist especially at the sioux reservation in 1 south dakota only three of the 46 north carolina cherokees in tho the army were dratted drafted the rest vol sered ered the patriotic response of indians may surprise the average american but not collier lie he says the ibe in deans know more than any of us what freedom means they knew it in other years when they fought against overwhelming odds to save their lands from the white man WE WILL WIN due to initial axis advantage ot of having great organized military machines the war will be long dim cult and costly but it if the allied peoples will stick it out they cant lose all the major basic economic advantages are on our side here are a few the axis powers plus their occupied territories have 29 per cent of the worlds words coal 18 per cent of the iron ore 3 per cent of the oil 21 per cent of the wheat 23 per cent of the sugar total population under their flags of which are conquered peoples se crolly trying to throw off their ter tie yokes on the allied side of the ledger Is 13 67 per cent of the worlds coal 63 per cent of the iron 78 8 per cent of the oil 01 64 0 1 per cent of the wheat wd und sl 51 per cent of the sugar 0 0 ECONOMIC WAR F FRONT dont start getting jittery about reports of a soap shortage there Is absolutely nothing to them you will always be able to get plenty of soap of f some kind shutting off v vi imported oils chiefly from the embattled pacific probably will effect the quality 0 soap but not the quantity ample domestic brazil ion ian and central american oils will provide satisfactory substitutes however it if youre a lamb amb chop fan you can figure on paying more for them |