Show i OR W EA ON ONA A REPORT ON GERMANY Hard-boiled Hard Leon Henderson did some tough talking to President Roosevelt when he arrived back from his economic survey of occupied occupied occupied pied Germany Henderson was sent by the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House to consult with General Eisenhower regarding the economic setup in Germany after the Armi Armi- stice But while the former OP CPA OPA A administrator has kept very murk mum about it he was quite critical in his verbal report to the President regarding regarding re re- re- re garding negligence on the part of the army the state department and the Russian Anglo commission commission commission com com- mission in London regarding plans for Cor running Germany Henderson told that neither the U. U S. S military nor the state department had hall done anything anything anything any any- thing except the sloppiest sort of planning about running the difficult German civilian economy economy economy my after the armistice U. U S. S Ambassador John Winant in London Henderson indicated had been sitting on his haunches as a member of the de commission supposed to look into this but doing nothing Henderson reported that the plan for Cor cutting Germany up into three different sections under the British American and Russian armies simply would not work economical economical- ly He pointed out that the German German German Ger Ger- man railroads were set up to work as a unit not in three different sec sec- Likewise with German indus indus- tries Henderson proposed therefore therefore there there- fore Core that German civilian economy be run by a civilian commission representing the Allies which would have charge of the entire country He also proposed that the military take orders from the civilian high commission What the President will do about the Henderson report remains to be seen When Then he suggested that Henderson Henderson Henderson Hen Hen- derson go back to Germany the hard-boiled hard ex OPA A administrator I refused He said it was impossible to work under the present setup Instead Instead Instead In In- stead he will go to China to tomake tomake I make a study of price controls for Chiang Kai Note What some WhiteHouse White WhiteHouse House Douse advisers fear is that the same chaos and inflation which killed democratic government in Germany after the last war once again will become so ruinous that the German people will Callback fall Call fallback fallback back on another Hitler or Kaiser GI JOE AT PEACE TABLE More and more state legislatures and members of congress are urging urging urging ing that a GI Joe sit at the peace table also that he begin by sitting in at the important San Francisco United Nations conference Some further propose that Sumner Welles former undersecretary of state and the man who originally planned for forthe forthe forthe the peace machinery attend the San Francisco conference perhaps as adviser adviser adviser ad ad- to the soldier delegate or as asan asan asan an unbiased observer with no ax to grind either for or against any anyone one political party The Maryland and Rhode Island legislatures ate are the latest to push the idea of a GI Gl Joe at the peace table resolutions being introduced by Charles M. M See of Cumberland I Md and Joseph Mills of Warwick Warwick Warwick War War- wick R. R I. I The Texas and South Carolina legislatures have already passed resolutions while Senator Johnston of South Carolina and Representative Representative Representative Rep Rep- Jackson of Washington have introduced resolutions in the U. U S. S c congress urging that the GI Gl Joe attend the San Francisco conference conference conference con con- ference as a starter to the final peace session They propose that he hebe hebe hebe be no higher than the rank of ser- ser Note The Iowa poll conducted conducted conducted con con- ducted by the Des Moines Sunday Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day Register found that an overwhelming overwhelming overwhelming over over- whelming majority of Iowans lowans 83 per cent favored having a member of the armed forces Corces atthe atthe at atthe the peace table DEMOCRATIC JOE STILWELL Gen Joe Stilwell has always rated high with his men Now that hes he's stationed in Washington as chief of the army ground forces he still has the reputation of looking out for them The other day Washington realtor Col Gus Ring who is used to getting getting getting get get- ting phone calls from all sorts of important important important im im- apartment hunters was surprised to find General Stilwell walk in his office and ask for an apartment Stilwell didn't want the apartment for himself but had traveled traveled traveled trav trav- all the way across Washington to try to get an apartment for the widow of one of Stilwell's junior officers officers officers of of- who had been killed in action Note Note lIe He got the apartment CAPITOL CHAFF C. C I. I Henry Wallace and Loan Administrator Administrator Administrator Adminis Adminis- Fred Vinson are getting together together together to to- gether to discuss plans for coordinating coordinating the job program C. C As Wallace looked around the room in Jesse Jones' Jones old loan office he said I ell just want to see where the bodies are buried C I Credit Republican Senator Austin of Vermont with doing one d d- d the best jobs at the recent Mexico City conference Though not a trained diplomat Austin was a tower of oJ sound advice to the U. U S. S dele delegation I |