| Show washington D 0 V U S COULD T BALANCE the diplomatic reports which president roosevelt now has on hla his desk degli au all indicate that the war war has reached the most crucial point to in its variegated history and that adroit edeli even strong arm diplomacy by the united states might tip the balance to a british victory how this may be ba done Is now the most vital question before the white house and state depart department benl one fossit possibility was to woo russia keep her ou out t of the axis this was the chief reason for or th the e ou mansky sumner welles conversations they have partially tailed failed due to the tact fact that all the united states can offer russia Is machine tools and gasoline while adolf hitler can make an offer of india persia afghanistan another was to stiffen U S policy against japan perhaps by sending ships to singapore thus taking over the british burden of policing the south pacific this would have devastating repercussions upon the axis but roosevelt considers it risky so it Is being held in abeyance third possibility and the one actively under discussion inside the state department now is to bolster the french forces in north africa help bring them in on the side of the british this has tremendous possibilities for at present general Grazi graziana ant Is bogged down in egypt where mus bolin has been sending him peremptory orders to advance 0 on n suez to which Grazi graziani graziana ant has replied replie d that he will not advance until he has sufficient supplies so should graziani be attacked by the french from the tunis side and by the british britis h from t the h e egyptian side it would woul d mean mea n c certain e ertain defeat and probably the on end of mussolini furthermore it would pro probably b a b I 1 y ta take ke alta italy 1 y 0 out u t of the war T this hi 1 Is s t the h e m main a in effort to which american diplomacy Is now d directed ir e c t e d first step was a plan to send general pershing old friend of marshal petain as special ambassador to france to this end the 80 year old general underwent a thorough gh physical examination at walter reed hospital but although anxious to undertake the mission his doctors forbade it 11 unless he ignores the orders of the physicians which Is not likely the pershing mission Is out however the chief problem is to influence not merely retain petain who already has veered away from the die axis but also marshal the latter is n now ow lenorth in ln north africa and the french troops in that area would rise to his leader leadership s hip overnight in any attack upon italian libya V U S SHIPS TO DAKAR another plan which has been con aid eldered e red in army and navy circles is for the united states to take cognizance of the part which dakar might play in any attack upon sot south etli america the germans are now developing dakar as a giant air base under the ane protection of the french fleet this Is of vital concern to thi the uni united ted states brazil argentina and the rest of south america therefore it has been suggested that the united states instigate joint pan ameri cart can representations followed perhaps by a naval display off dakar in order to persuade the french fleet to divorce itself from germany and and neutralize dakar this plan does not get much encouragement coura gement from the white house and state department where jt is considered risky NEW CROP curtailment beginning december 1 the AAA inaugurated the alabama plan ll 11 which marks a sharp turning in the policy of crop control it is amod aimed to remedy what has long been loosely described as paying farmen for not growing something henry wallace and the AAA never acknowledged that their program was as negative as that but the new program sets out to eliminate all doubt heretofore a farmer could earn benefit payments merely by ban cloning a certain acreage that is by reducing the number of acres of his bis major crop but under the alabama plan he be is required also to carry out certain soil building tices such as terracing planting erosion resisting crops and setting aside an acre of permanent pasture the plan first adopted la in alabama puts farmers on their mettle it if they fall fail to perfo perform rm th the benefit payments are withheld in other words the objective is shift ed from acreage reduction to boim lm provi provident provement pro ment of the soli soil of ct american farms 0 MERRY GO ROUND the surplus marketing administration is pushing the consumption of powdered eggs which its experts claim taste about the kameas same as fresh I 1 eggs egg last year bakers baken used we 19 powdered eggs which leo bell from three to five cents less than fresh vw few pe people ale realize the expanding scope ope of thi the ae defense fonse iommi commission lo 10 for instance 4 lt it keis press Ta lations 0 officer i h has a s a representative in holly wood leo roston rosten to explain explain washington to film directors |
