Show oR w ON Washington D D. D C. C NEW FAR FAB EASTERN DRIVE It now seems certain that we win will concentrate on the Far East to a much greater degree than most people people peo peo- pie expected U. U S S. S naval officials had been privately privately skeptical of British cooperation cooperation cooperation opera co tion in the Far East and never ex- ex petted peeled Churchill to come through However he and Roosevelt both agreed that the time had bad arrived for vigorous operations to stop the Japs before they dug in so deeply on the Pacific islands that it would take years to dislodge them The British have now given definite definite def def- finite commitments regarding certain certain tain tarn operations This is important It so happens that the British do not promise easily Our own top strategists strategists strate strate- are inclined to make promises quickly but sometimes have to explaIn explain explain ex ex- ex- ex plain them away when conditions change and it Is obvious they cannot be bo kept But the British though awfully hard to pin down have absolutely absolutely absolutely ab ab- ab- ab kept their agreements when once made What these commitments are rel remain remain re re- re- re l main a military secret H However wever certain moves which are known to all including the Japs should give Tokyo plenty to worry about For ForIt It is no accident that Admiral NimItz Nimitz Nimitz Nim- Nim itz commander in the Pacific has b been en recalled for conferences or that the insatiable Australian prime minister has now said he was satis- satis I j I fled Bed or that Attu was taken All AU these straws in the wind point poin t I to hitting Japan from many different I directions directions Alaska Alaska Australia Burma Bur- Bur I ma and the Central Pacific I I TI This s offensive in the Far East may mayI maybe maybe I be one substitute for a second front frontin in western Europe It may not notI knock Hitler out of the war quite I so soon but it may make the two wars wars wars-In in Europe and Asia finish Asia finish a amore at atI atmore t I more nearly the same time I II I SAVING UNCLE SAMS SAM'S SHEKELS Here is a simple suggestion which h would save the As the law stands a man coming into the government cannot be hired for tor the figure of or but bu t must get one or another of the fixed government ratings such as 0 or or Many a man has come to Washington Washing Washing- ton from the business world in thelast the thelast thelast last few years willing to work fo for r But there is no government rating at that figure so he is offered offered of 01 and if it he wont won't take that he be must be paid Likewise if it he is a man willing to work for that figure bunot but bu t not for less he must be given 80 Literally hundreds of men have come into the War Production a at t salaries salaries' or 1000 lO more than they would have accepted simply because the Reclassification Act o of ot f 1923 establishes the figures of and with no elasticity The same waste results in the fiel field d of promotion To keep good men these days government agencies are obliged to give promotions without without without with with- out waiting for the 2 year period perio d required by Civil Service So the agencies resort to eva eva- sion They reclassify the employee e by writing up a new job for himat him himat h hat at a higher salary level He might t be satisfied with a raise but bu t reclassification means that he gets at least more or even 1500 0 more A simple change in the law would save hundreds of dollars In thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands of cases AMERICAN TAXI DRIVERS Some political prognosticators prognosticates say you can ean predict the outcome of U. U S. S elections by the reaction of taxi- taxi drivers However the character o of f taxi-drivers taxi may go even further and be Ix an index of the general honesty honesty honesty hon hon- esty and temperament of the American American Amerlean Amer Amer- ican lean people OWIs OWls Katherine C C. C Blackburn rn struck a hopping mad taxi-driver taxi In New York the other day He ba had d just found 1200 in hi war savings saving s stamps which somebody had left in his cab When he traced the fare and returned the stamps all he got go t was congratulations on his honesty and a cent 25 tip Ill Til never be honest again h he e declared grimly This brought him and Miss Blackburn Blackburn Blackburn Black Black- burn to the Ritz Carlton She t go got out paid her fare and tripped Int into 0 the hoteL While she was still in the lobby somebody tapped her on the elbow Excuse me miss said a voice but you left leU your furs fursin in my taxi Sc S C t On the thc average of once a day somebody with a screw loose tries to see sec Secretary of State Hull Ono such called to explain to Hull his hi method of stopping torpedoes He was stopped by a secretary COLLEGES AND CONGRESSMEN Harvard Yale and Princeton may be well represented in the state department department de de- t but when it comes to congress congress congress con con- gress a grab bag selection of names turns up such colleges as John Carroll Carroll Carroll Car Car- roll university Congressman Michael Mi- Mi chael A. A Feighan of Ohio Baldwin Bald Bald- win Wallace college Congressman Henderson H. H Carson of Ohio Creighton Crelghton university Congressman Frank A. A Barrett of Wyoming Marshall college collece Congressman Hubert Hubert Hu- Hu bert S. S Ellis of West Virginia |