Show TA i OR W EA OrY Washington D. D C. C ALLIED OPERATION CO-OPERATION BETTER Officials who have attended all the big strategy powwows powwows Washington Washington Casablanca Washington again and andI 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 plugging for an out all-out war against Hitler I while the U. U S. S officers outraged over Pearl Harbor were out to scalp the J Japs aps 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 in and overruled ambitious U. U S S. plans for the Pacific I After that decision there came disagreement about where to strike in the European theater U. U S. S army staff officers argued in favor of a cross-channel cross operation but Churchill Churchill Churchill Chur Chur- chill and the British staff shrank from spilling blood against the steel steel- concrete and shoreline of France and the Low Countries Instead Churchill wanted the U. U S. S army sent to North Africa to aid in inthe inthe inthe the of the an Again Roosevelt supported Churchill against his own military chiefs but not until after strong debate debate debate de de- de- de bate in the inner councils Another issue was the ques question ion on of aid to Russia and Britain which U. U S. S army and navy officers wanted to cut down from the Roosevelt Hop kins-Churchill kins estimates The Russian Russian Russian Rus Rus- sian cause was upheld against all comers by Harry Hopkins and Maj Gen James H. H Burns executive of the munitions assignment board Burns' Burns favorite remark is Those Russians are killing more Germans than anybody else and they ought to have the equipment to keep up the good work 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 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 men sit down together and it is reported reported reported re re- ported that U. U S. S military leaders still chafe at lack of action across the channel But on the whole success success success suc suc- cess is making the road easi easier r. r MILK SHORTAGE Most serious food problem facing the civilian population at the moment moment moment mo mo- mo- mo ment is the threatened shortage of milk White House farm advisers warn that we will have a very real and acute milk famine on our hands unless unless unless un un- un- un less the War Food administration and the Office of Price Administration tion act quickly to adjust the price of feed grain gram for dairy cattle Due to higher feed 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 lack of pas pas- ture As winter draws on the pasture pasture pasture pas pas- ture problem plus higher feed costs will vitally affect milk production allover all allover allover over the country So far the War Food administration tion under its new chief Marvin MarvinJ J Jones ones 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 feed price subsidies subsidies di dies s through legislative action Failing Failing Failing Fail Fail- ing that he can by an executive order provide feed funds from the Commodity Credit corporation CAPITAL CHAFF C. C Adm Ernest J. J King commander- commander in-chief in of the U. U S S. S fleet has two residences in Washington a a spacious spacious spa spa- cious home at Observatory Circle and the yacht Dauntless anchored at the Navy yard The admiral lives on the yacht and his family lives at the Circle C. C After the Ramirez revolt the Nazis closed down their wave short-wave efforts to Argentina But now that Ramirez has proved to be so friendly friend friend- ly the broadcasts have been resumed resumed resumed re re- in full force C. C Madame Chi Chiang ng shek Kai 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 She way didn't say a word the entire trip SOLDIERS SEE THE U U. U S. S A. A The war department has supplied figures showing the amazing distance distance dis dis- 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 transferred trans trans- six to eight times for an average average average av av- av- av distance of miles each time This makes a total equal to two complete trips across the conti conti- nent In World War I there was far less troop movement The average average number of transfers transfer s was only three |