Show al 0 russian people united in second front demand dern and plead for diversion of nazi Soldiers from eastern battlefields soviet picture grows darker by BAUKHAGE news analyst and commentator features 1313 1343 H B street N W washington D 0 just at the time when washington was anxiously awaiting news of the bampe of the solomon islands and the reports from russia seemed to grow worse by the hour the curtain was pu pulled ailed back for a little group here and they were sh shown own a disturbing picture of the mind of the common man in russia I 1 say the picture was disturbing to those who read between the lines it seemed to reveal the possibility that the united nations were about to lose the sympathy if not the material support of the single ally which has been able to engage the axis effectively not only the common man in russia but everybody from stalin down divides sharply with the majority of united nations military opinion about a second front that split of opinion it was made plain may affect not only our military relations with russia but postwar post war relations as well naturally the axis Is promoting such disunity briefly the two views are these the allied strategists say invasion s ion of the european continent now m might ight mean another dunkirk another dunkirk would be worse tor for the allied cause than to let russia continue alone as she is now doing the russian common man according to the analysis of this mind to which I 1 referred above says if you do not divert nazi soldiers from the eastern front russia cannot hold out we have sacrificed greatly except tor for a few divisions in egypt which are not fighting at this writing no allied soldiers are attacking hillers Hit lers armies except us we have died by the thousands if not millions making last ditch stands that gave you time to prepare why should you be unwilling to die too even if you cannot be immediately successful with an invasion to save us now and 11 as a a result save yourselves later on dussias Rus sias opinion that seems to be the russian reasoning it is understood that after the molotov visit to the united states and the announcement of the anglo russian pact that hopes ran high in the bosom of the ordinary russian since then nothing has happened except the victorious advance of the german armies which now either hold the richest parts of russia in their grip or bar them from the rest of the country this attitude has become evident and supposedly well informed observers predict that the disappointment on the part of the general russian public will have a bad effect on the morale of the russian army there are of course advocates in high places in th the american government as well web as in britain tor for the opening of a second front but even if the american high strategists were unanimous on this sub eject act they would have to defer to great britain since the brunt of an invasion at this time would have to be borne by british troops of course it must be realized that the russians on th their side and the british and americans on theirs are each thinking to some degree in terms of their own welfare as well as in terms of the common objective defeat of the enemy but there may be also a philosophical difference american and british officers hava lave been trained in a school which makes them hesitate to sacrifice men in what seems a futile effort that is an effort which they are not sure has at least a greater chance of success than of failure the russians have shown that they are quite willing to die even when they know that hat they are already beaten and urther further resistance although it takes greater toll of enemy lives cannot be successful gunners wings aid a fighting man the american bomber was drenched with german antiaircraft anti aircraft fire one engine was smashed and burning one propeller was shot away bullets bad riddled the ships tail down it was crashing out of control it struck pancake wise and miracle of miracles it bounded up the pilot still glued to the controls felt the plane respond it stag upward and back to england from that famous fourth of july raid over holland I 1 have just been talking with the boy who was in the gunners turret of that plane and naturally vy I 1 asked him what he thought about when they started to crash he said he remember but I 1 have a hunch that it was a little town out in kansas the worlds fine he told me earnestly leaning across the table im glad of the chance to see what ive seen ol of it but ill be glad when I 1 get back to fredonia Fre donla where I 1 was brought up back where I 1 know everybody and everybody knows me I 1 cant get used to folks hurrying so by the time this is in print I 1 hope hop e that fredonia Fre donla has had a chance to see technical sergeant robert hobert golay and for him to see it get out the band when he comes back with his brand new gunners wings on his coat along with his pie pro pearl harbor service ribbons and that other bar that shows he hes s the owner of a flying cross of course pretty mrs golay and six months old robert will be proud 1 I like small towns says robert and hes seen quite a piece of the world in fact you might say after his experience on the fourth of july he knows holland from the ground up that was where he was shot down temporarily and he said they brought a lot of dutch soil back with them surprise to wife most of you have seen pictures of bob getting his gunners wings one of the first two pairs ever awarded at the ceremony in texas on august 9 but mrs golay heard about the flight over holland shortly after it happened and it was a surprise to her because when bob lett left tor for europe he was only an and that meant his job in the air corps was a ground job and mrs golay had given her husband one order dont fly she was willing to have him fight the war and get it over but not in the air then one day an officer called her on the phone and told her that her husband had taken part in the then widely heralded american fourth of july expedition and that he was sate sale brass and brass hats hals donald nelson popped his eyes recently when the navy ordered pounds of brass to make thedoor the door plates tor for a new battleship brass is scarce the asked the navy if instead of brass they use some commoner metal or perhaps just paint the labels on the doors it was the navys turn to be shocked battleships had always been adorned with brass plates A tradition of centuries was menaced if battleship nameplates should ever be made of anything but brass moreover said a navy brass hat navy men are used to brass plates if in the heat beat of battle a man is ordered to a certain station he will automatically look tor for brass plates to guide him stenciled signs will mean nothing to him at a critical moment the lack of a brass plate may mean the loss of the ship nelson had to yield he had to yield again when the ship demanded stainless steel cooking utensils nelsons belsons Nel sons office thought stainless steel somewhat luxurious particularly since a battleship requires thousands of utensils in its cooks galleys why not enameled ware the navy was asked ever hear of litls an admiral argued do enameled cooking utensils cause tonsillitis litis the counter queried no but you can polish stainless steel until it shines you cant do ao that to enamel if it shines we dont have tonsillitis litis in the navy they got the brass name plates and the stainless steel they also got brass cuspidors ors because the navy department pointed out the cuspidors ors are the sure barometer ot of whether the gobs are on their toes if the cuspidors ors of the navys fighting ships shine bright bryght the officers know the gobs are doing their job if there the rear are no brass cus how can they know BRIEFS B R I 1 E F S by baukhage canada has bas issued a call tor for 2500 men veterans of the last war and not over 60 50 years of age to be members of the veterans guard of canada cotton specialists of the department of agriculture say the way cotton is picked will determine bow our soldiers clothes will wear on the battlefield according to the FBI the nations police force has been increased per cent largely through the formation of auxiliary staffs the agriculture marketing administration lend lease food buyer buyei says that during the next two years its buying of dehydrated foods may save the space of 1000 cargo ships of about tons each |