Show washington washing ton D 0 WONT BE LONG NOW macon reed ex washington newsman now a private in the army has this to say about the new military machines which uncle sam Is so swiftly whipping into shape how Is it to be in the army there Is a breathtaking breath taking exhilaration in swinging across a parade ground and seeing and feeling the oil other columns moving in n the effort effortless les smooth free march step of the american army marching marching marching to heaven knows where at such a moment and only at such a moment one gets a flash perception of the true strength 0 of I 1 f america a boundless sweep of I 1 resistible irresistible r power and I 1 chuckle to myself and think what is everybody in washington lu in such a fret and worry about AI Min andalay dalay cashio trifles boys mere trifles we heard beard the news or of their fall with a yawn and got on with our work just wait till we get started it wont be long bowl now r 11 i WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE WAR at six one morning henry wallace woke up and began thinking about the speech he was going to make in new york ideas kept tumbling into his mind quietly so as not n 0 t to disturb mrs wallace he he reached for the dictaphone and began speaking into it he dictated to the length of one cylinder mrs wallace still slept next morning he woke again at six and did the same thing on the third morning he woke at 3 30 this time he dictated the remainder of the speech which ran to words mrs wallace slept on the vice president still had two weeks to spare before the speaking engagement but the thoughts had been simmering in his mind and he wanted to get them down he wanted to say not in words hurriedly thrown together on the way to new york what he felt about fighting the war to a finish then making a peace that will stick peoples revolution the general applause to that speech is still reverberating rever berating in washington because it was one of the most important speeches of the war titled the price ot of free world victory it was a forecast of world freedom after victory wallace has turned out more words than any other member of the roosevelt family including the president but none of his words have been more significant than this sp speech bech before the free world association iw in which he said everywhere the common people are on the march it included words of dire warning to hitler and also words full of meaning to the future ot of imperialists such as no nation will have the god given right to exploit other nations the march of freedom of the past years has been a long drawn out peoples revolution but especially significant were the he words those who write the peace must think of the whole world there can be no privileged peoples ENEMY ALIENS some significant things are going on an behind the scenes in the justice department with the savageness of a commando attack attorney general biddle has now launched an offensive against all enemy agents in the U S A has given the green I 1 light to big G man hoover to m move ove wherever he wants this came after biddle had been prodded by the white house tor for dawdling now however he has gathered large dossiers of sensational a and incontestable evidence and it looks as if several U S fascists would end up behind the bars biggest problem biddle now races faces is german and italian nationals along the atlantic seaboard army bras have been demanding that everyone boi born n to in germany or italy and still be moved west of the allegheny mountains however this would mean a mass trek numbering p perhaps a million and along the pacific coast even the movement of japa japanese nese proved a terrific headache therefore biddle Is working on the policy of picking out cut the dangerous groups among germans and italians but leaving those whose loyalty seems OR OK many of them are oldsters wit who 0 left europe before the days of dictators many even have sons song in the C U S army however the job of sorting the loyal from the disloyal is going to 0 o be one of the toughest jobs the justice de apartment part ment ever faced MERRY GO ROUND U S farmers are doing so well that government credit agencies report taking in more money in mortgage payments than they are lending out also many farmers are building up reserve funds against debts in the postwar post war period the marine corpa has quietly abandoned abandoned its high powered drive to recruit star athletes reason many of at them measure up to the high physical standards required of marines tied had flat teet feet bad knees enlarged hearts 1 |