| Show OR r Washington D. D C. C FEEDING ITALY Chief issue in the long series of backstage arguments over feeding Italy has been President Roosevelt's Roosevelt s desire 1 to get the Italian people to play a greater part in the war and 2 avoid a repetition of or Greece Already there have been rumblings of food rioting and should Allied tanks and guns be turned against the people of Rome as in Athens the repercussions would be tragic Theoretically the British have agreed with Roosevelt When it comes to putting the policy into effect effect ef ef- feet however it is different Following Following Following Fol Fol- Fol- Fol lowing some disagreements last August and September FD R. R thought he had the whole matter ironed out at the Quebec conference with Prime Minister Churchill only to find that in late October nothing had been done Finally on October 31 31 he took the unprecedented step of giving a di direct direct direct di- di order a as in commander to the secret secretary ry of wa war r He wrote I 1 have had before me the shipping difficulties in get ct supplies to the c civilian Pian ron inn tion of Italy and I note that fiat we weha ha have ve been building up sum some f reserves reserves re rc re- re serves for use when northern Italy collapses In the meantime mealtime time it seems to tome tome tome me that the situation is so acute cute t from the point of view pa particularly particularly of food in southern Italy that some risks must he taken regarding supplies at the time of the collapse in n northern Italy That collapse may well not come until Germany itself collapses collapses collapses col col- col- col lapses in which case the shipping shipping shipping ship ship- ping situation will be much less acute Under the circumstances I have determined to assume the responsibility for asking General Wilson to increase the ration to grams throughout all of Italy that tha t our forces occupy Despite this position by bythe bythe bythe the President of the United States Gen Sir Henry Maitland Wilson referred referred referred re re- re- re to above did nothing Last week Secretary emphasized emphasized emphasized sized shipping as the reason why increased feeding had not been given It Italy ly But he did not give the whole story Actually as pointed out by the President there has been accumulating accumulating accumulating ac ac- ac- ac cumulating a stock pile of food for northern Italy POORLY PAID CONGRESSMEN The struggle experienced by many congressmen to make both ends meet in Washington and also the steady retirement of A l officials from public life because they cannot cannot cannot can can- not take the financial sacrifice has hasan hasan hasan an interesting parallel in the early days of the nation Some of the founding fathers being being being be be- ing honest men and without private fortunes found it impossible to live on their government salaries and were threatened with imprisonment For instance the great revolutionary revolution revolution- ary war hero Gen William Moultrie Moultrie Moultrie Moul- Moul trie was imprisoned for debt Also the first associate justice of the U. U S. S Supreme court James Wilson had to flee Pennsylvania to escape his creditors and was about to be served with extradition papers in Edenton N. N C. C when he died Also John Rutledge of South Carolina Carolina Carolina Caro Caro- lina one of the chief drafters of the constitution was threatened with imprisonment for debt and only remained remained remained re re- re- re out of jail through the sufI sufferance sufferance suf suf- suf- suf I ferance rance of his creditors Today U. U S. S congressmen cabinet members and federal judges fudges remain relatively among the poorest paid public servants in the world A U. U S. S ambassador dor to London is paid while the British ambassador to the United States is paid A U. U S. S Supreme court justice gets while a New York state Supreme court justice gets PERSUADING NAZI PRISONERS Recently the army's shrewd psychological warfare branch installed installed installed in in- stalled sound equipment at the edge of a Nazi-held Nazi port pott behind the Allied lines in France and offered the Germans a novel Trial Surrender Sur Sur- render The message broadcast to the Germans went something like this Try it out for three days If you dont don't enjoy being a A prisoner er with us you can return to your units As a result of the offer eight Nazis surrendered At the end of the three days four agreed to stay the other four asked to go back The army let them go To their surprise surprise sur- sur prise however the four came back a few ew hours hurs later fu bringing more than han 50 of their tired Nazi comrades comrade to join them in the comparatively luxurious prison cam camp surround surround- ings ings I CAPITAL CHAFF C. C l Students of lend-lease lend will find at an American ric rest home at Shugborough park in m England a rather flagpole about 15 feet high highL bearing the stars and stripes At its base sign hn This flagpole is a loaned the he American forces at park by the Earl of Litchfield Shugborough h Q L The Hollywood post office has made a special rubber address mail stamp to readdress readdress re- re to Con Congresswoman g r Helen Gah Gahagan agan Douglas who lived in Hollywood on once |
