Show Z I 1 I 1 ftc U 0 TRUMAN COMMITTEE CARRIES ON senators kilgore of west virginia dem and brewster of maine rep had an interesting experience while probing conditions in germany for the mead committee formerly the truman committee calling at the headquarters of lt gen alexander M patch they were received courteously by the general himself who talked with them for ten minutes then went off to keep an appointment the two senators then proceeded with their usual investigation settling down in one of the U S military offices they called in witnesses and cross examined them with a stenographer taking down everything that was said this continued for nearly three hours unlike most visitors rs senators kilgore and brewster seemed intent on really finding out what was happening in that part of occupied germany finally gen arthur white chief chie f of staff to general patch appeared nervously in the background gentlemen he said ahern ahem this procedure its a little unusual im not sure that we can permit you to continue its the same procedure weve always followed replied senator brewster ses continued kilgore its the same procedure followed by this committee under former chairman truman you probably recall him added brewster hes now president of the united states next day general patch himself invited the two senators to dine with him at the villa which lie he had taken over from a german princess 0 0 0 JUDICIAL EXIT there was a day when everyone in and around the roosevelt administration wanted to be a judge this ambition was largely precipitated by the supreme court fight and the fact that the courts in those days had put several obstructive decisions squarely across the path of the new deal but new it is just the opposite there is a growing exit from the courts judge Sch has just resigned from the bench to be secretary of labor judge Sher sherman raan minton is itching to get off the circuit court of appeals in chicago and there will soon be four vacancies on the court of appeals of the district of columbia considered one of the most important courts in the country judges vinson and thurman arnold haye have already made two vacancies on this court two other vacancies will occur when chief justice duncan groner and judge justin miller resign it may keep the white house busy looking for good men to take their places ITALIAN U underground N it is not often that anyone can get a first hand report on the results of psychological warfare direct from his own family in an enemy country however ugo carusi director of immigration and naturalization has had that experience carusi carus came to th this i s country as a small boy from the marble quarries of northern italy went to work in the marble quarries of vermont and got to know harlan P F stone who brought him to the justice dei apartment part ment when stone became attorney general under coolidge and during the war carusi has b been een broadcasting to the italian italia n people urging them to surrender with the end of the war carusi has received letters from his relatives in italy telling how his broadcasts helped inspire the battle against the nazis ugo wrote a cousin you can really be proud of your relatives here in italy from the oldest down to that little charming young lady calusis Ca 10 year old niece you were always so happy to hold in your lap while in carrara they have hav e proven themselves to be great patriots one of your cousins the brother of E enrico was the colonel who led a band in the capture of carrara from the germans last november from that time on the controlled all the public offices in the town the caves with which you are familiar were used to good advantage by the and the nazis refrained from reentering the city 0 0 0 WAR NOTES despite the heavy bombing of the schweinfurt ball bearing plant inside sources reveal that it is in reasonably good condition and within one month could be producing so 50 per cent of its wartime schedule the nazis had removed a lot of schweinfurth intricate machinery before the air raids and hidden it the manager of the plant told U S officials that within three or four months he could be turning out 20 per cent more ball bearings than durine durina the war |