Show EA 0 U 0 OR washington D 0 LORD HALIFAX entertains dignified viscount halifax british ambassador and former foreign minister of great britain was entertaining at olf dinner finer at the british embassy the time had come for is guests to cointo dinner burthey but they were so busily engaged in conversation that it wa was difficult tor for the ambassador to attract their attention how shall we do this he appealed to delightful mrs thurman arnold wife of the justice depart ments menta famous trust buster down in Misso missouri tirl where I 1 come froni from she suggested we we sing out come and get it so his lordship sang out to his assembled guests duesty come and get itt TRUMAN COMMITTEE FIGHT A hot fight is shaping up in the senate over continuation of the truman committee friends of jesse jones boss donald nelson and others who have been criticized by the committee have quietly been laring up support in the senate to force a termination of the truman investigation after the next session of congress convenes enemies of the committee thought they won a great victory when the senate voted two days before adjournment journ ment to abolish all of its investigating vesti gating committees on january 31 1943 however farsighted far sighted senator cott Scott lucas of illinois chairman ol 01 of the se senate te aud audit t a and nd control committee who handled this legislation agreed privately with senator harry S truman m an of missouri that his com committee m attee w will III get more funds furthermore one of the first things the truman proberb will examine when the next congress convenes will be bd the administration and necessity of nationwide nation wide gasoline rationing tio ning 0 PASS THE ammunition it been officially announced yet but when madame chiang kat kai shek of china emerges from the hospital she plans to come to washington and camp at the white house until she has persuaded to pass the ammunition madame chiang is a very persuasive person she sha c combines 1 ori oil charm with a wellesley education unquestionably she will become chinas cainas ambassador in effect in in washington already chinese ambassador wei is wondering whether he or madame chiang really represents represent s the chinese government but while there may be some doubton doubt on that there is absolutely no doubt that china wants more planes and wants them quickly yf this time it is not the appeal of a desperate people but of a people ready to take the off offensive ensle chinese chanes military experts declare that they could do more damage to japan with one plane than british and americans could do 6 with two in the solomons orthe or the east indies reason is that they can engage the enemy great numbers for all eastern china is occupied by japan whereas her forces in the pacific pre are scattered from island to island immediate objectives objective of the chinese r drive if they are allowed to m make i ake it willbe will be bankow madame chiang will argue that capture of bankow would disorganize the inslfe entire tra transportation sport atlon system bychich by which the japanese ship supplies overland to indochina indo china chin and burma 1944 Is too late madame chiang also has another PO powerful gerful argument up her sleeve that 1944 will be too late the schedule now adopted by the united nations high command to knock oft off hitler e r fir firsta stand and then turn on hirohito in 1844 1944 is regarded by the chinese as a dangerous and unsound strategy month by month the japanese are consolidating they are bringing together the rubber tin and oil of the east indies with the iron and coal of north china and welding an industrial system which will be able to run lun indefinitely no longer will scrap iron be necessary from the outside world if given time madame chiang will argue the japs will complete the gaps in the rail lines between singapore and china and thus have an overland transportation route safe from submarines then no matter how hov strong the british and american ameria A navies they will be no more able to dent jap supply lines than the japs can dent our communications between san francisco and new york that roughly is the powerful argument madame chiangtai chiang kai shek will make CAPITAL CHAFF C 41 milton eisenhower lb brother lerother of the U S north african commander I 1 is a strong possibility to bec become ome as asi i distant to manpower chief paul mcnutt eisenhower Elsen hower now chief of the wax war relocation authority was born in abilene kan eight years after his army officer brother who was born in denison texas another other strong possibility as me mc nulls assistant is john steelman the crack y labor conciliator 1 who however cannot well be spar spared d from his present job ob |