Show U W washington 0 0 BRITISH PROBLEM it will probably be denied but the inside fact li Is that V U S Amb Ambas assado sadot bill phillips came back from india with a blunt in spots bitter report against the british he felt that the united states should do something about the festering indian political situation thai that the indian army and people could not be a force jn the war until the question was cleaned up also he was straight the shoulder in his criticism of field marshal wavell whom he feels is not suited tor for the job and should be removed not only gave this report to the president but he be also hada conference with winston churchill ambassador phillips report is most significant because he has been pro british served as minister to canada has been a consistent believer that our policy must go hand band ln in hand with the british phillips is mild not addicted to cru but a thorough conscientious diplomat reporting what he believes to be the facts among other things phillips reported that mediation between different indian factions and the british government was possible now also desirable he feels that it if some such move is not undertaken now he should oot not go back to india nor should any other U S ambassador since the presence of an american envoy would be taken as the stamp of U S approval tor for british policy what the president said to church III on the indian problem Is his secret but it is known that roosevelt has hoped for a year that the british would do something about india however he be also feels very strongly that the united unite d states should not interfere in britaina Brit ains colonial problems I 1 meanwhile the british with an army large enough to handle any problem inside india seem content merely to sit on the lid despite american pleas that the burma road must be reopened and despite the fact that indian troops will not fight the japs wholeheartedly unless they have a small investment in the four freedoms for which they are supposed to fight WOMAN WATCHES ARMY COOKS miss mary 1 I barber first dollar a year woman has now begun to bring long needed thrift to army mess kitchens if miss mill barber has baa her way the ardys cooks will be persuaded to make soup out oitt of the leftovers and cut down the quota for the garbage pails in fact her save left overs idea idea has already gone so far that certain pig farmers near army camps are complaining that they dont get elou enough it h garbage these days miss barber was borrowed by the q quartermaster corps from the kel logg company at battle creek to teach tough mess sergeants among other things that a camp menu does not have to be arranged one week in advance and stuck to religiously if for instance istance if a camp mess has several hundred chickens left over from sunday dinner they can be b used on monday not thrown into the garbage pail unfortunately a lot of mess sergeants had been doing that partly because thi the menu for monday was already arranged also it is against the law for the army to sell food nor can it be given away it musi must be thrown away this has hag been done in the past via garbage trucks to the highest bidding hog dealers now however miss barber is helping to arrange master menus which though they specify soup do not name the variety this gives the cook an option to make soup out of whatever his leftovers left overs permit this all sounds simple to the average housewife but believe it or not it has not always been done dona by th the army another trick Is to save all dripping fats from bacon or sausage and use them in a cream sauce for cauliflower or other vegetables 4 0 0 WHITE HOUSE BLACK MARKET the white house Is having its troubles with the black market the white house architect called up the i georgetown electric company re bently to buy no 12 copper wire for or re wiring a part of the executive mansion But there was no copper wire to be had where can we get it the architect asked baltimore on the black market only it will cost you 20 cents cent a toot foot instead of seven cents well we cant have anything to do with the black market was the white house reply and the architect went shopping elsewhere INDIAN MERRY GO ROUND C imprisoned mahatma gandhi has asked the viceroy tor for permission to communicate with the mohammedan leader in an effort to effect indian unity but the viceroy has refused ae H raj hal gopal chargar Ch ariar important indian leader has asked the viceroy for or permission to see gandhi in order to compose indian differences again the viceroy has refused suspicion is that the british dont want indian differences adjusted or composed |