Show U W washington D 0 NOT ONLY A FIGHTER BUT ALSO A DIPLOMAT gen ged dwight eisenhower Elsen hower he has a lot a of f tough jobs in africa and one ot of th them e M w which ich get into the headlines is to be the diplomatic negotiator among high french officials among other things he has been very very adroit in liand handling ling general gl gi raud who escaped from france dressed as an old woman and who now BOW is in command of french forces in north africa actually general giraud expected to be commander of all forces in north africa both french and nd american he Is one of the high highest ast generals in the french army and before france fell would have replaced general gamelin as chief of staff had he not been taken pris prisoner outrages therefore since he ou eisenhower Elsen hower and hils has had much more varied experience it is not unnatural that giraud should aspire to be commander ln in chief of the entire north african operation including theu the U S army eisenhower Elsen hower however has a charming personality a broad grin a smattering of french and had little trouble in handling general giraud another complication was the tact fact that giraud hates bates admiral darlan yet darlan as a member of th the e c cabinet abinet ou him in addition there Is general another top ranking officer so it has been worked out that teat commands the french civil population giraud the french army and darlan darien the french fleet b sidetracked PLANES when wendell willkie conferred with stalin in moscow the russian leader was critical of the british fo for r sidetracking american lend lease goods in scotland and substituting tor for them inferior british war supplies the inside story of this can now be told last summer a shipment of alra aire cobras cabras was en route to russia from the united states and the conco convoy Y stopped to refuel in the british isles at that time general eisenhower Elsen hower preparing tor for the second front in africa asked ask ed that these fast fighting planes be given to him instead of being sent on to russia general eisenhower Elsen hower was so insistent that he finally went to prime minister churchill personally who finally agreed that the be sidetracked tor for use on the forthcoming african front overruling ROOSEVELT more and more it looks as if ferdinand eberstadt the wall street broker is becoming the must most powerful man to in the war brodu production c tion board and one of the most powerful in the government it leaked out yet but recently he mans managed ged to overrule the vice president of the united states the undersecretary of state and lend lease administrator ed some time ago eberstadt appointed as chief of export priorities ori ties major tom Arin armstrong strong of standard oil of new jersey who had bad operated in various latin american countries armstrong had been vigorous in bucking the development of latin american government owned oil companies and the latin americans dont like him there tore core they squawked when they heard he would now sit in their all important priorities position where he be could decide whether they could or could not receive oil equipment to develop their government owned industries in competition with standard and private companies undersecretary of state welles agreed with the latin americans and protested to the president so did vice president wallace of the BEW and also Stettin lus who buys lend lease oil equipment for latin american gov governments As a result of these protests roosevelt ordered donald nelson to dismiss major armstrong however eberstadt in effect has overruled the Prel president dent he insisted that armstrong remain and he Is if still on the job CAPITAL CHAFF 0 1 mrs roosevelt looking fir from am an airplane on the new marble structure known as the jefferson memorial remarked 1 I doubt if jetterson would have liked to see money spent that way althere are already applications on me file for commissions from civilian life for a few rare specialists the only route to a commission nowadays is to get into the army as ag a private then attend an officer ca candidates school a not to be stalled by lack of gasoline one sightseeing co company pany in washington has hired and repainted me repainted painted an old two horse ten passe passenger nger wagon which drives around the capital as victory sightseeing 11 that the war department will dispense no more cellophane com commissions secretary samson says a ys it does no good for applicants to write appealing letters to him which open n with the catch phrase 1 I know what a busy man you are but some people write to at his home expecting personal attention |