Show IV Washing ashington toa D 0 NO SOVIET NAZI PEACE those who are afi on the inside rei garding the report which ambas sector willfam C bullitt gave dent roosevelt regarding the near east say there is only one slight ray of sunshine in hi it bulett told his chief that there was absolutely no chance of russia making peace e with germany coming from Bui bullitt litt who served as ambassador to russia and who spent considerable time therean there in the early days of 0 th the e revolution in 1917 this means a lot bullitt has been vigorously crit critical cal odthe 0 the soviet regime in in recent years and probably would lean over backwards against any overly optimistic appraisal however alter after his special tour of the near and middle east on I 1 cial assignment from the president he e reported that the russians were so irate against the nazis that there would be no surrender or compro comero mise bullitt is not so optimistic about the russian army which he thinks may fall fail badly when the germans are able to get their airplanes in the air again which they cannot do in sub zero weather and with on the air fields politically however bullitt is convinced that russia will stand with the united nations to the last ditch against this bullitt goes further than anyone else around the president regarding allied losses not only does he believe that japan will take india but he feels eels that australia will be lost to the british empire it if he is right this will be the worst blow which the united nations can suffer especially inas inasmuch much as american troops are now stationed in australia and new zeala zealand nc I 1 not all war observers agree with bullitt on this latter point they point out that australia is chiefly a desert country and it would take weeks and months for a conquering army to envelop these vast areas PATRIOTIC INDIANS As in the last war thousands of american indians again are demonstrating their patriotism the desk of john collier able chief of the office of indian affairs is stacked with letters from every tribe in the country pledging aid and offering to make fresh sacrifices for the war effort here are a few examples immediately after the declaration of war the crow indians of montana voted of tribal funds to Pies president ident roosevelt to use as you see fit they also voted to place in the presidents hands the entire resources of their acre reservation ir er including mineral oil and joal oal deposits plus all available manpower for combat service 1 the creeks of oklahoma have set aside of tribal funds for the purchase of defense bonds other tribes voting large sums for the same purpose include the jicarilla apaches and pueblos of new mexico the euchee and seminole indians of oklahoma and the navajos cavajos Nava jos to be outdone out done washington state the and arapahos arapakos Ara oltha of the plains and the nez perce indians have announced they will not press tar settlement of tribal cl claims airris against the go government vern ment while the war lasts following the jap attack there giai was A a big rush among indian youth alever at every reservation to enlist especially at the sioux reservation in south dakota only three of the 46 north carolina cherokees in the army army were drafted the rest volunteered urite ered erid the patriotic response of indians may surprise the averie average american but not collier he says the indians know more than any of us what freedom means they knew it another 1 other years when they fought against 0 overwhelming aiming iming odds to save their lands from the white man S 0 WE WILL WIN due tol to initial vitial axis advantage of having great organized military machines the war will be long difficult and costly but if the allied peoples will stick it out they cant lose all ali the major basic economic advantages are on our side here are a few the axis powers plus their occupied U te territories iri tories have 29 per cent of the worlds coal 18 percent of the lion 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 secretly e trying to throw arow off aff their ter ro yokes on the allied side of of the ledger is 67 per cent of the worlds coal 63 per cent of thi the iron 78 per cent of the oil 64 per par cent of the wheal and 51 percent percent of i the sugar r f WAR IVAR 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 some kind oft off of I 1 imported oils chiefly from the embattled pacific probably will affect the quality of soap but not the quantity ample domestic brazil nan an and central american oils will provide satisfactory substitutes however if youre a lamb cho chop P tan an you can figure on paying more for them |