Show I DR W ONI Washington D. D C. C ALLIED OPERATION CO-OPERATION BETTER EITER Officials who have attended all nil the I big strategy powwows powwows Washington Washington C Casablanca Washington again and I Quebec Quebec declare declare that there is progressIvely progressively progressively pro pro- better Allied operation co-operation and a gradual disappearance of the friction which beset earlier confer confer- In the dark days Just after Pearl Harbor the British were were- plugging for tor an out all-out war against Hitler Willie white the U. U S. S officers outraged lover over Pearl Harbor were out to scalp the Japs The decision to swing our weight with the British was made only after after after aft aft- er President Roosevelt had exercised exercised exercised exer exer- his authority as commander- commander in chief and overruled ambitious U. U S S. S plans for tor the Pacific After that decision there came I disagreement about here where to strike in the European theater U. U S. S army staff stall officers argued in favor of a cross-channel cross operation but Churchill Churchill Churchill Chur Chur- chill and the British staff shrank I from spilling blood against the steel steel- I concrete and shoreline of France I and the Low Countries Instead Churchill wanted the U. U S S. S army sent to North Africa to aid InI In Inthe Inthe I the th the of ot the Mediterranean an Again Roosevelt supported I Churchill against his own military chiefs but not until after strong debate debate debate de de- deI de- I bate in the inner councils Another issue was the question of aid to Russia and Britain which U. U SS S. S army and navy officers wanted to cut down from the Roosevelt-Hop- Roosevelt I kins kins-Churchill estimates The Russian Russian Russian Rus Rus- sian cause was upheld against all I comers by Harry Hopkins and MaJ Gen James H H. Burns Bums executive of the munitions assignment board Burns Burns' favorite remark is Those Russians are killing more Germans than than anybody else and they ought to have the equipment to keep up I Ithe the good work worn The major decisions that have come from all the controversies have now borne favorable fruit The Mediterranean is cleared U. U S. S forces have been tested under fire landing operations have had full tull dress rehearsals for the bigger job of crossing the channel and the Russians are keeping up the good work So when the British and Americans Americans Americans Ameri Ameri- cans get together now there is much more warmth than at one time There still are some friendly differences differences differences differ differ- as there must be when strong strongmen strongmen strongmen men sit down together and it is reported reported re re- ported that U. U S S. S military leaders still chafe at lack of ot action across the channel But on the whole success success success suc suc- cess is making the road easier e e MILK SHORTAGE Most serious food problem facing the civilian population at the moment moment mo mo- ment is the threatened shortage of at i milk White House farm advisers warn that we will have a very real and acute milk famine on our hands unless finless unless un un- less the War Food administration and the Office of ot Price Administration tion act quickly to adjust the price of ot feed teed grain for dairy cattle Due to higher feed teed costs dairy farmers especially in the East are unable to sell their milk under OPA price ceilings and stay in business Dairy farmers in Pennsylvania and other Eastern states hard hit by the drouth have been losing as much as 35 per cow because of at lack of pas pas- ture As winter draws on the pasture pasture pas pas- ture tune problem plus higher feed costs casts will vitally affect milk production all aU allover allover over the country So far tar the War Food administration tion under its new chief Marvin Jones has done nothing to meet this pressing problem But unless he does the President will be urged to take matters in his own hands and arrange for tor feed price subsidies subsidies subsidies dies through legislative action FailIng Failing Failing Fail Fail- ing that he can by an executive order provide feed funds from the Commodity Credit corporation S e e CAPITAL CHAFF C. C Adm Ernest J. J King commander- commander in-chief in of at the U. U S. S fleet has two residences residence in to Washington Washington-a a spacious spacious spa- spa cious clous home at Observatory Circle and the yacht Dauntless anchored at the Navy yard The admiral lives on tile the yacht and his family i lives at the tha Circle C Q After the Ramirez revolt the I Nazis closed down their wave short efforts to Argentina But now now that I. I Ramirez has proved to be so friendly friend frIend- ly the broadcasts have been resumed resumed re rea in full tull force torce C. C Madame Chiang Kal shek Kai shek was very sick on her homeward airplane trip by way of Africa and India The pilot said The weather was rough as the devil and she was in a pretty bad way She didn't say a word the entire trip S e SOLDIERS SEE SEC THE TOE U U. U S S. S A. A The war department has supplied figures s showing the amazing distance distance distance dis dis- tance which the average Soldier travels in the course of training From the time of his induction to embarkation each soldier is transferred trans trans- transI I six to eight times for an average average average av av- av- av distance of miles each time This makes a total equal to o two complete trips across the conti coati nent In World War I I. I there was far tar farless farless less troop movement The average number of transfers was only oaly three I |