Show VA R washington little known fa fact regarding britaina Brit ains ainis attempt to a aid greece was that this time the br british were not caught entirely na napping sever several a weeks before the italian advance they had smuggled one division of australian troops into greece and they are now reported to be holding the passes in the rugged i mountains of macedonia however the total australian force is not much more than in the bucket men a mere drop compared troops now advancing from albania biggest help the british can give the greeks of course is at sea there have been no major engagements between the british and ital ita ian fleets chiefly because the italians have kept pretty well out of sight but now with the necessity of sending a constant stream of supplies to a large army the italians are sure to run into some major engagements with the british i unquestionably if the greeks should fall it would be s turn next with the support of the yugoslav Jug army the greeks would have a real chance for the serbs gerbs are among the best fighters in europe however the balkans seem to be following the same policy of the dutch and belgians that is is letting hitler pick them off one by one LABOR TRUCES defense commissioner sidney hillmann hillmans HUl Hill mans crack labor advisory board is making use of an old adage P an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure to overcome one of the most serious obstacles to preparedness work stoppage quietly the board has adopted the rule of getting employers and workers together on a mutual agreement for the settlement of disputes before activity is begun on a defense project this new system ensures labor the protection of its rights and at the same time safeguards the employer from loss through strikes or jurisdictional squabbles between rival unions illustrative of the plan is the agreement arranged between the contractors building the new six six ways shipyard at orange orang e texas for the consolidated steel stee I 1 corporation of los angeles and the unions it was negotiated by charles macgowen able vice president of the A F of L boilermakers and a member of the labor advisory board before a spade was put to ground macgowen secured from harry morton contractor representative an a agreement gre ement guaranteeing payment of prevailing wages time and a half for overtime double time for sunday and holiday work and no lockouts in exchange morton n secured from labor a no strike guarantee and arbitration of jurisdictional differences feren ces U US S BLANKETS cable dispatches have made no reference to it but one factor credited by military authorities with helping to maintain the morale of bomb battered londoners Lon doners has been several hundred thousand american blankets they have been a lifesaver for the harried men women and children crow crowded ded into da dank subterranean adean shelters some time ago the british red cross cabled a frantic appeal for blankets for use in air raid shelters the american red cross decided to buy the durable and warm blankets used by the U S army which average around 6 apiece in mass who wholesale lesal e lots but immediately ran into serious tangles one was the fact that the government was heavily in the market for blankets for the army and navy and if the red cross also entered the market prices would certainly skyrocket so the red cross turned to the defense commissions business aces who immediately call called ed a conference of leading merchandise ers from macys Is sears roebuck Fi lenes montgomery ward and others by long distance telephone these experts immediately immediate ly made a flash survey of U S mills which ic revealed the discouraging fact that the mills have army spec blankets 0 on n hand even at 0 o 6 per blanket but there were ample seconds available blankets rejected acted by government inspectors these could be bought at around sa 2 each and that was done the B british got blankets without delay and at a saving of simultaneously american mills cleared their shelves and the domestic market was undisturbed CAPITAL CHAFF to keep step with the new civilian civilia n army the war r department has added a civilian adviser to its press section he is harold jacobs vet eran newsman borrowed from the wage hour division dies committeeman joe starnes of alabama has come to the defense of rep f john coffee of was washington hington wh who i is be being ing accused by his republican opponent of opposing the dies investigation starnes sen nt t coff ee a letter the committee mst commending his support of |