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Show Washington, D. C. LABOR PREPARES FOR 1944 More government officials are gradually leaving to become associated asso-ciated with farm and labor unions. The CIO Committee for Political Action has now recruited: C. B. Baldwin, former Farm Security Se-curity administrator and short-time state department official, and Raymond S. McKeough, former congressman from Illinois, and former for-mer OPA regional director for Indiana, In-diana, Illinois and Wisconsin. Meanwhile, Aubrey Williams, former for-mer director of the National Youth administration, has joined the Farmers' Farm-ers' union. MAIL BAG G.L.T., Great Neck, L. I. The Caucasus mountains are 17,000 feet high. But the passes through which Stalin flew en route to Teheran are 12,000 feet . . . H. L., Chicago All Argentine meat exports are bought by the British government, which then resells part to the U. S. j army. Thus, U. S. soldiers are eating eat-ing Argentine beef bought from Britain. Brit-ain. Value of Argentine meat exports ex-ports last year was 139 million dollars. dol-lars. DWINDLING AAA Budget estimates for the next fiscal fis-cal year are not yet public, but here is one estimate which will come as a blow to farmers. The famous "Triple-A," which saved farmers in 1933 and has always al-ways been synonymous with the New Deal, is about to be cut drastically. It is the Roosevelt administration which is making the cut, not congress. con-gress. In fact. Budget bureau first proposed, pro-posed, in closed-door hearings, to eliminate AAA altogether. This proposal pro-posal was ruled out, but Budget then made a 50 per cent slash from 400 to 200 million dollars. 'Taken together with the near elimination elim-ination of Farm Security administration, adminis-tration, the AAA cut indicates how far farmers have come back economically. eco-nomically. ' NO SECRET 2ND FRONT The invasion of western Europe is just around the corner, but it cannot come so fast as to surprise anybody least of all the Germans. In fact, the first news of the coming com-ing invasion will probably come from Germany. They will spot the gathering gath-ering of the world's greatest armada of fighting ships, presumably along the channel coast of England, and they will announce by radio that the invasion is coming and that they are ready for it. Even before that, they will be forewarned fore-warned by a switch in tactics of the British and American air forces based on England. Those forces will turn from long-range bombing to an all-out trip-hammer assault on Nazi coastal installations. The channel is so narrow that British-based British-based planes will be able to make as many as three daily round trips each to the German-held shore, dumping bombs on coast artillery, rail lines, ammunition dumps, troop concentrations and, in general, tearing tear-ing up everything in sight. This strategy the pattern of which was made clear in assaults on Tunisia, Pantelleria, Sicily and Naples Na-ples takes most of the surprise out of surprise landings. The air forces will trumpet the invasion of Europe Eu-rope to the waiting world. LIGHTS OUT WPB officials are worried about the American public's profligate use of electricity and water. Proposals have been studied to ration electricity, electric-ity, but these have been set aside in favor of voluntary economy. Few people realize that extra lights or a dripping spigot mean waste of coal or fuel oil. Some cities cit-ies have no meter control of water, with a resultant high consumption. Chicago is one. It's an American's privilege to take a bath, but he takes so many more baths than Europeans that the U. S. per capita consumption of water wa-ter is more than twice that of Europe. Eu-rope. WPB doesn't say so officially, but it implies that six inches of water wa-ter in the tub will make you just as clean as a full tub. ! The worry comes from the problem prob-lem of keeping war plants provided with light and water. Electric companies com-panies which have always promoted heavier use of electricity ("buy a new toaster or iron") are now spending spend-ing money to advertise conservation. conserva-tion. Note to WPB: One of the most wasteful users of light and power is the government itself. Practically all government offices are overheated. over-heated. MERRY-GO-ROUND C There are 10,313 Mexicans in the U. S. army, and 950 Cubans. C. Agricultural experts are intrigued with Alston Waring's book, "Roots in the Earth," a boost for the small farmer. C Smiling Jimmie Davis, author of "You Are My Sunshine" and candidate candi-date for governor of Louisiana, suggests sug-gests that all candidates conduct their campaigns in the form of a bond drive for Uncle Sam. Maybe the man who sells the most bonds should be elected- |
