Show washington gion D C CRISIS MARCH 15 secretaries stimson and knox did not ge go into details when ahey told congress they i expected an international crisis in n 60 to go 80 days tut but actually their war department experts have gone so for far as aa to fix th the e approximate date of march IS 15 to or r the crisis to break this estimate Is based based not only upon the already known tact fact that british shipping and its convoys soon must be reinforced but also on secret negotiations to establish an eastern front thus make hitler fight two wars instead ot of one this arthis was one of the big reasons for or the pilgrimage ot of col wild bill donovan to north aid africa cli 11 also ISO tor for visits ot of officials from the A amerlean american m erlean embassy in france Trance to algiers their reports are extremely signify ca cant nt asserting that marshal commander of th the e french forces in africa has become vigorously pro british furthermore he has stated quite bluntly to american representatives that if he were sure of getting sufficient tanks airplanes and ammunition he would undertake a earn campaign against the italians immediately I 1 these supplies would come to casablanca sa on the coast of french morocco and what ls is tant they would come from the united states next move in this strategy after crushing the italians between brit ish french pincers would be to transport french troops to greece and further north in order to bolster the jugoslava Jugo slavs along the german border conversations between the british and jugoslava Jugo slavs already have progressed to the point where london believes that country is ready to resist hitler however the jugo slavs are most insistent on one thing ample munitions furthermore the turks have MO moved v ed three divisions from anatolia 0 in asiatic turkey to thrace in european turkey in order to be ready tor for hitler ROY ROT HOWARD AND WILLKIE wendell decision to go to london to gather firsthand first hand information to support the lend lease armament bill brought him a grateful bow from the white house but it cost him a hot verbal battle with one of the most potent press backers of his presidential candidacy roy howard of the scripps how ard group of newspapers and an ardent negotiated peace advocate spent the better part of I 1 one night trying to persuade willkie to drop the trip plan back stopping howard in his arguments was bruce barton former new york congressman and defeated G 0 P aspirant for the seat of new dealer sen jim mead like howard barton was one 0 of f Will kles earliest and staunchest staunches t boosters boasters bo and played a leading role in putting him over at philadelphia howard and barton strove mightily in their effort to win willkie over to their views but the former G 0 P standard bearer stood firmly by his bis guns he contended that aiding britain to beat back thi the axis aggressors was crucial to U S security that he had always advocated this and did not prop propose to change his po position also that while he pretend to be a friend of roosevelt roosevelt was elected and if he was to function as president he had to have hav e authority to do so he W willkie Will kle e would have demanded this had he been elected so he was not going to permit personal feeling or partisanship to prevent him from urging argin g such a policy for his successful rival CELEBRATE INAUGURAL ON JACKSON DAY president Roosevel Roos eielt ts a inauguration took place on ja january r lua iry 20 but the formal Demo democratic cratt c c celebration ele bration 0 of f the history making third term victory will not take place until march 29 that is the date that has been fixed for the jackson day dinner the annual affair when all good democrats come to the aid of their part party y with checks check in the past the dinner usually has been held late in january but this year because 0 of f the inaugural and a reorganization on within the national committee it has quietly been decided to hold it in march Natio national nall chairman ed flynn and his lieutenants hope to make the affair bigger and more profitable than ever before oni one plan is ii to stage dinners in ai a lot more cities another suggested sugg ested by richard reynolds new national treasurer Is to combine the victory celebration with a reunion of all factions that Is the return to the fold of absent pleaders plea leaders li ders aders among those reynolds has in mind are men like at al smith and onetime budget director lewis douglas they now see eye to eye with roosevelt on foreign policy and reynolds believes this opens the way fora for a big party rapprochement by expanding the jackson day celebration into a unity affair MERRY GO ROUND BOUND the reason you seldom see a picture of secretary of war soil so Is that he is camera shy the flash bash bulbs hurt his bis eief eye |