Show i OR W EA ON HOW now HALSEY BOMBED FILIPINOS Adm William F. F Bull Halsey Halscy tells this dramatic story about the invasion of Luzon I Just uJust before we went into Luzon Luzon Luzon Lu Lu- zon I called all the Filipino stewards stewards stewards stew stew- ards and mess boys on my flagship to to- gether I showed them a map of Luzon and pointed out the Japanese positions that MacArthur had told me not to shell sheIl for fear of hurting some Filipino civilians I ClI told them that the only way to get the Japs out would be to shell these key points One of the stepped forward forward forward for for- ward and said that the out marked-out positions included his home I asked asked him if he thought we should shell it it U Is lIs that the only way to get the Japs out he asked me I replied that it was II Then IThen if you dont don't mind sir the told me shoot the so- so sos an out to hell We shelled those defenses we killed a few Filipinos but we got all the Japs e eARMY ARMY IY SPEED UP Senators studying the military picture picture picture pic pic- ture have learned that the army ground forces command has been quietly cutting down on the training given to infantrymen before going into line front-line action Infantrymen men arc are now sometimes sometimes sometimes some some- times being shipped overseas without any advanced training Some now find themselves inthe in inthe inthe the front line only six months after having donned uniform It Itis Itis Itis is still longer than the average in the last war however Meanwhile Meanwhile Meanwhile Mean Mean- while men are being yanked out of the air corps and services of supply and transferred to the in in- in fantry Already supposed to be well seasoned they get an additional additional additional addi addi- seven weeks' weeks training and andare andare andare are then moved outside the country country country coun coun- try as replacements One new departure from practice in the last war is that few divisions divisions divisions divi divi- have been withdrawn from action in their entirety for a thorough thorough thorough thor thor- ough rest Instead once a division is in the line it receives replacements replacements replacements replace replace- ments but no real vacation for months Congressmen returning from the war front have criticized this policy to army higher General Bradley has tried to move green divisions into relatively relative relative- ly quiet sectors for seasoning but buthis buthis buthis his intelligence hasn't always been able to gauge what the enemy considers considers considers con con- siders a quiet sector LABOR MANAGEMENT The scene is the lobby of Washington's Washington's Washington's Wash Wash- ington's fashionable Mayflower hotel A modest businesslike haired gray man walks over to the house phone picks it up Room he says and then after a brief pause Eric ClEric this is Bill shall shan I come up The conversation is between the representatives of two onetime onetime onetime one one- time bitter foes Bill Green and the U. U S. S Chamber of Commerce Commerce Commerce Com Com- merce Eric Johnston preparing to spend an evening together discussing discussing discussing dis dis- dis- dis cussing the mutual problems of labor and management When Johnston first became president of the U. U S. S chamber he immediately immediately immediately imme imme- called on Green and Phil Murray suggesting closer cooperation cooperation cooperation co co- co- co operation in the public interest They have been good friends ever since FRANCE AND THE BIG THREE Those who sat at Roosevelt's elbow during the Yalta conference give a new slant to the reasons why sensitive General De GauBe was not invited to join the big three They say that neither the President nor Prime Minister Churchill had any objection to De presence but felt rather neutral about it Stalin was the man who opposed it Stalin according to those returning returning return return- ing from Yalta pointed out that this was to be primarily a military conference conference con con- ference and France was only playing playing play play- ing a minor role in the war Since the Big Three were bearing the main brunt of the war Stalin said he saw no point in having De sit in on a conference concerned largely with military strategy The Russian war chief was quite definite and repeated the point that if the Yalta conference were concerned concerned concerned con con- primarily with political and economic postwar problems it would be different But when military military mili mili- tary matters were being discussed he just didn't want De around Then to clinch his views Stalin recalled that France surrendered to Germany early in the war and refused refused re re- re- re fused to turn over the French fleet to the British as per treaty CAPITAL CHAFF Q CI L Inflation hit the elections last year Contributions to senatorial campaigns campaigns campaigns cam cam- in 1940 were only compared with in 1944 Expenditures Expenditures Expenditures Ex Ex- Ex- Ex were in 1940 1910 compared with in 1944 4 C. C Lt Will Rogers Jr former congressman congressman con con- gressman and son of the late great humorist is writing to friends with a German typewriter His unit captured captured cap cap- a typewriter factory in St. St which was turning out machines ma ma- chines for the Germans With his own portable lost Rogers adopted a German machine |