Show 06 Q U 0 A W BRITISH AID IN PACIFIC ex representative norris poulson of california republican returned turned from london recently and refused to be quoted in the press or on what he had learned there about british aid to the U S A against japan finally confronted with the detail of a conversation in which he had participated poulson admitted that he had discussed the pacific war with two influential members of the me british parliament just what sort of help can we expect from you people once germany is knocked out poulson asked them well weve got an army of over indians one of the two britons replied you can have them but you know perfectly well we cannot rely 0 on n them poulson said bluntly be lucky 11 if they dont fight against you let alone fight for you against japan the british er admitted he too was worried about the indians but added at any rate theres a large army 0 of f australians and new zea land landers ln in erot other h er words countered poulson you people here on the island i are going to pull out just as soon as you can leaving to your colonials the responsibility for any aid we get in the pacific about right was the reply weve had five years of war here enough note despite congressional concern some high U S navy men are not enthusiastic abo about ut either B british r ibish or russian help against japan p a n they feel U S forces can do the job themselves W when hen the british wanted to send a n naval aval force to cooperate with the american american fleet in the philippines admiral king objected and the president virtually had to overrule him BRITISH TROOPS PROTECT GREEKS for some reason the news was suppressed in the united states but a very significant event took place in kalonika kalonika Sal greece during the trouble between the british and the EAM ELAS greeks when the british ordered troops in kalonika Sal to suppress the greeks the troops sided with the greeks and refused to fire on them the troops were a garrison of the british indian army the indians threw their weight on the side of the greek organization which bitterly y opposed the return of king george and which churchill claims to be communist there was no rioting or bloodshed the indian troops simply cooperated with the greeks simultaneously krishna menon mellon secretary of the india league made a speech in london attended by several members of the british parliament in which he praised the indian troops in kalonika Sal and said they go in their landlords cars and vote against him the incident is considered extremely important not only as it effects greece but as it effects india and the far east general stilwell when i in the burma theater was reported by U S ambassador william phillips as considering british in than dian troops mercenaries who ho would not put their hearts into any battle as long as india was not given its independence SECOND CALVIN COOLIDGE in more ways than one harry truman is like calvin coolidge he comes from the same backwoods origin he seldom makes speeches on the senate floor he is thrifty remembers the days when the drugstore paid him 3 a week but more than anything else truman has the same brand of coolidge political luck the lightning hit cal first during the boston police strike later when the party bosses in the smoke filled room at the blackstone hotel wanted a good composite vice president to go with harding the lightning struck truman when his investigating committee hurtled hirn him to fame later iter when the democratic bosses dining at the white house decided that he was the compromise wallace candidate to replace henry that is the man who has assumed the life ansur insurance ance duties of vice president ot of the united states ile he will be worth watching 0 0 CAPITAL CHAFF cahen 41 when allied troops entered little ittle belgian be gian town for the first time a the local church warden climbed to the he carillon tower of the church and the bells started to ring out the star spangled span g led banner next driver 1 god sa ve alie 6 king 1116 and finally finau carne came swanee nR river iver L john danaher of connecticut who failed of reelection electon re to the senate in N h november may y get back here he even though he lost out to brien mcmahon connecticut law requires four fre month 11 notice before an election anion a to replace the late francis ma loney can be held and republican republican apsans Sp governor republican SanS ray danaher baldwin to may name serve in the interim with danaher 11 keion also in the election running L burma engineers have coined new word to describe a naye jungle trails A fairly good d tran trall ls Is described jee pable a |