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Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS FDR: Retaliation if Axis Uses Gas; Allied Confidence Rises as Air -Sea Forces Pound Mediterranean Islands; Heavier Taxes Will Fight Inflation (EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions are expressed In these columns, they are those of Western Newspaper Union's news analyses and not necessarily of this newspaper.) L ,. Released by Western Newspaper Union. I TELE .ACT I JAPANESE IN U. S. INTERNMENT CAMPS jU'ij OO'OOOOO. OOOOOO ' RRRRRRRRRRRRR (BORN & EDUCATED IN U.S.) KIBE' (BORN IN U.S., EDUCATED IN JAPAN) f UX Vx A I 1 0000000 rj Av nnnnnnn StaLS2L ISSI UOUOOOO asaw (BORN 8, EDUCATED IN JAPAN) Each symbo rCpreSent$ 5,000 EUROPE: 'Mellow Light' Even as Prime Minister Winston Churchill had declared that the "mellow light of victory" was already al-ready playing on the Allies, the Axis had been tensely alert for the long-promised long-promised invasion of Europe. Axis communiques had early reported re-ported attempted Allied landings on "stepping stone" islands between Africa and Italy. First of these was the Home and Berlin radio reports of a Commando movement on the tiny island of Lampedusa, bordering the Tunisian coast. Then came the Rome communique announcing that the garrison defending beleaguered Pantelleria had been called on to surrender by Allied forces. Pantelleria Pantel-leria had experienced a ' pounding such as even Malta had not suffered, for here the devastating Allied bomb onslaughts from the air had been accompanied by withering bombardment bombard-ment of Italian positions by unopposed unop-posed Allied naval forces. Never before during the war had Prime Minister Churchill spoken so confidently as during his report to parliament concerning the European situation in which he described the amphibious operations of a "peculiar complexity" against the enemy. Concerning the Allied air offensive which observers had termed the actual ac-tual first phase of the invasion, he declared that nothing will turn the Allies from their intention of accomplishing accom-plishing "the complete destruction of our foes by bombing from the air, in addition to all other means." TAXES: Neiv Levies Ahead With the pay-as-you-go bill now operative under presidential approval, approv-al, congressional leaders began consideration con-sideration of additional tax sources to meet the administration's request that new tax measures be undertaken undertak-en as a means of closing the inflationary infla-tionary gap caused by the nation's tremendous purchasing power. While President Roosevelt had left up to congress the type of new taxes to be adopted before summer recess, he expressed his opposition to a general gen-eral sales tax on the grounds that it would impose too heavy a burden on the poorer people. While a compulsory com-pulsory savings plan is not necessary neces-sary now, the President indicated that ultimately a combination of enforced en-forced savings and taxes would be required to meet his original budget request for $16,000,000,000 in new revenue for fiscal 1944. The Federal Reserve board recently re-cently estimated excess purchasing power at $35,000,000,000. SUBSIDIES: Grange Head Demurs Albert S. Goss, master of the National Na-tional Grange, predicted that if the government employs subsidy payments pay-ments to roll back food prices, "the nation is headed directly for inflation infla-tion and inevitable chaos." The farm leader added that in his belief, a system of price controls by subsidy would lead to a food shortage for America and her allies. Testifying before a senate agricultural agri-cultural subcommittee, the Grange master predicted that a 10 per cent roll back in the retail prices of butter but-ter and meats, already ordered, would discourage production. "There are indications already," he said, "that the butter and milk output are being reduced substantially." Mr. Goss contended that instead of the present price control system as a control of inflation, an effort should be made to bring supply and demand de-mand into balance. GAS: FDR Warns Axis President Roosevelt served blunt notice on the Axis that the use of poison gas against any one of the United Nations would result in swift and full retaliation by the United States with "terrible consequences" to enemy munitions centers, seaports sea-ports and other military objectives. This was the third time in 12 months the President had warned the Axis that the use of gas would be a fatal boomerang. He said evidence evi-dence was "being reported with increasing in-creasing frequency from a variety of sources" that the enemy powers were making "significant preparations" prepara-tions" indicative of an intention to use poisonous or noxious gases. Observers who noted that . the President's warning was similar in character to one issued by the British Brit-ish government recently, believed he had both Germany and Japan in mind. RUSSIA: Tactics in Reverse Using tactics in which the Allies had given them bitter lessons in Western Europe, the Nazis employed their waning air force in massed bombing attacks against Russian armament ar-mament factories. Typical of this effort were the attempts at-tempts to wreck the giant Gorki works, 250 miles east of Moscow. While German and Soviet communiques communi-ques differed on the extent of the damage, both agreed that the attacks at-tacks were of a ferocious nature. Moscow radio admitted that casualties casual-ties and some damage were caused, but maintained that German reports were grossly exaggerated. Retaliatory raids were made on a big scale by Russian bombers which attacked the Unecha junction on the Bryansk-Gomel railroad, blowing up munitions dumps and fuel stores. Meanwhile in the midst of counter claims about opposing losses in the Caucasus, a German transocean agency broadcast predicted a big scale Russian attack on Novorossisk. TIGHTER BELTS: Forecast for '44 Somber warning that American ci-. ci-. vilians may have- to tighten their belts in 1944 was sounded by the bureau of economics of the U. S. department of agriculture. The bureau in a review of the current cur-rent situation said that while there are enough rationed foods on hand, together with expected production to maintain present eating levels for the remainder of 1943, the outlook for 1944 may not be so favorable. The review stated that vegetable I production is running about 13 per cent below last year; that early freezes have cut crops of apricots, cherries, peaches, plums and prunes materially below 1942. Supplies of eggs next fall and winter "will be considerably below current levels," the review added, while livestock may be adversely affected. DRIVING BAN: For All U.S.? Extension to , the entire nation of the pleasure driving ban and other restrictions on motoring in 12 eastern east-ern states was predicted by Maj. Jubal R. Parten, transportation director di-rector in the petroleum administration. adminis-tration. Specifically, Major Parten said that the petroleum administration had been considering for some time the advisability of halting pleasure driving in Middle Western states and that such action for the entire nation na-tion may be looked for soon. ARGENTINA: Neutral for Present The kaleidoscopic revolt in Argentina Ar-gentina that had produced two new presidents in almost as many days had not shown the same speedy results re-sults with respect to the abolition of Argentina's policy of neutrality toward the Axis. This latter was evident when the government of President Pedro Ramirez was pledged to an international inter-national policy of "neutrality for the present" and "loyal co-operation with nations of the Americas in conformance con-formance with existing pacts." The Ramirez regime succeeded the brief provisional government of Gen. Arturo Rawson, who resigned after ousting isolationist President Ramon S. Castillo in an army-supported revolution. Scanning the new government's personnel for possible clues as to future international policy, observers observ-ers noted that President Ramirez's new cabinet included eight military men to only one civilian- PACIFIC: U. S. Airmen Strike Allied airmen continued to strike heavy blows at Jap positions from the Aleutians clear across the Pacific Pa-cific to Central China. Kiska was again the target of the Aleutians assault, with Allied Liberators, Lib-erators, and Vega Venturas joining in the battering drive against this last enemy outpost in the archipelago. archipela-go. Over in the Solomons, Choiseul island and the Munda air bases were attacked by American planes. In New Guinea, Allied attack planes supporting ground forces in the Mu-bo Mu-bo area strafed enemy positions on strategic Green's Hill. American and Chinese air superiority superi-ority in the middle Yangtse valley continued to be manifest, as fliers from both forces swept over the Hupeh-Hunan battle area without meeting opposition, FATHERS: Work or Fight Mixup A misunderstanding over the details de-tails of the War Manpower commission's com-mission's "work or fight" edict had been responsible for the induction of some fathers into military service in violation of draft regulations, WMC Chairman Paul V. McNutt revealed. re-vealed. Mr. McNutt pointed out that the "work or fight" order had directed that fathers and others of draft age with dependents be inducted if they were employed in any of the 70 "nondeferable" occupations listed by the War Manpower commission. Selective Se-lective service regulations prohibit prohib-it the drafting of fathers not in deferable de-ferable jobs. PLEDGE: 'Exploitation s End' A world freed from international exploitation was listed by President Roosevelt as one of the postwar objectives ob-jectives of the United Nations. The President declared that better bet-ter use of human and natural resources re-sources must be assured in the postwar post-war world if living standards are raised, continuing, "and I may add the better use of these resources without exploitation by any nation." Speaking to delegates from the recent United Nations Food conference, confer-ence, Mr. Roosevelt summed up "our ultimate objective" in this manner: "It is to build for ourselves meaning all men, everywhere a world in which each individual human hu-man being shall have the opportunity opportu-nity to live out his life in peace; to work productively, earning at least enough for his actual needs and those of his family; to associate with the friends of his choice; to think and worship freely; and to die secure in the knowledge that his children, and their children shall have the same opportunities." SLAUGHTER: Nazis Massacre Dutch Out of tightly censored Holland came news of fresh Nazi atrocities. These latest reports concerned the killing of thousands of Dutch citizens citi-zens in mass executions following a general strike that had halted all activity for nearly a week. They were made public by the Office of War Information. Allied sources learned that the strike had started when Nazi authorities author-ities announced that all members of the former Dutch army paroled in 1940 would be sent to Germany to work in Nazi war factories. Within With-in half an hour, reports said, factories, fac-tories, shops, public offices and even courts stopped. Within a few hours public services and transportation ceased to function. Ruthless executions then were undertaken un-dertaken by the Germans. Bodies of the slain Dutch patriots were left where they fell in public squares and outside cities. Work resumption was eventually ordered by "Good Patriots" in order to avoid further slaughter. AIR FREIGHT: Plans for Future Prophetic of the future, the civil aeronautics board received a request for a charter for a vast network of aerial freight lines serving the United Unit-ed States and many foreign countries. coun-tries. The petitioner, the Keeshin Air Freight company, asked authority to serve 200 major cities in this country as well as many points in foreign countries through an exchange ex-change of freight at 18 "gateways." |