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•PAGE TWO Thursday, July 8, 1943 vVashirvaton D i g e s t ; -WEEKLY MEWS ANALYSIS Senate, House Conference Committee Stops Roll-Back of Retail Food CostS^ Revised Bill Approves Fords for FSA; Heavy Aerial Action Marks Pacific War To test new rubber life rafts and accessories,men were cast adrift off Cape Fear, N. 'C., in the Atlantic. The,men were equipped •jito j new lightweight life preserver which also I.dlds rations aniV c " - ? essentials, solution for purityU.f/ salt water for drinking and oars out'of which a mast and boom can be-erccted by linking them together in a right angle. PRICE 'ROLLBACK': Doomed by Committee Drastic revision of the adminis- FARM:, Approve .FS.4 Funds Final congressional action on tli'e tration's subsidy, program was indi- i 875 million dollar /arm bill was fur- cated by action of a senate "and jthor delayed with the senate's return house conference c o m m i t t e e , " i iiii •-« .te commit. prohibited use of funds for the "roll' ^back"^ of rctajJ^Jood , prices. The coqimittce's move "wnuid-cia -the" tee for adoption of provisions for Crop insurance and incentive pay rtiente. present "rolITOW of butler and'T BofotWiTOrtTing the billfK^'ffcW-- ate approved conferencerecomraeru. datiojis for lhg farm security pro- However, the- committee thorize the payment of 150 million I of the agency and it was authorized dollars in subsidies to • offset in- to borrow 60 millions for'rehabilita- creased transportation eostsr'-end J^sswissjakv Transfer of the FSA stimulate the production of metals nn<J. essential food products. Congressional approval, however, would be required for expenditures over 150 million dollars; The conference committee's ac- tion ignored an ajJpeal by the War ' "X'Soof board for the ndoptiiTn of" the" * administration's "roll-back" pro- ; - gram. Citing its policy of limiting ,wage increases to 15 per'cent over the" January 13.41 level; the WLB declared"Jhat the cost of living - - spiralled up 0 per cent since' last October, with food alone rising 12,9 per n.n, ; The conference comcnittee in- . creased, the Commodity Credit cor- poration Jending authority 750 mil- Jion.^ollars to f)n Aggregate of 3 biU lion fflrrmmvori dollars." •'unaer'rae r terms of the bill which also extended; the life of 'the CCC for two years, • the war food administrator would be all&wcd to buy food from farm- ers and resell it at a 'loss to stimu- late- production. CHEERS ALLIES: Major Blow * Invasion talk quickened with the statement of Malcolm MacDonald, British high-commissioner to Can- ada, that the Allies would soon as- sault Hitler's European fortress, .i In predicting the "invasion, Mac- Donald said a series of small forays could be expected" to feel-out the enemy -before a major blow would be'struck. 1 MacDonald .saw further cheer in the Allies' operations against U-boats in the'North Atlantic. Ev^n as he revealed that one'subrnarine had been sunk each day during' the preceding two weeks.'Goe'ring's Es- sen?! National Zeitung- confessed that the Allies had surprised the Nazi 'U-boat fo/ce by "the Use' of aircraft carriers In convoys. As invasion, talk increased, Allied bombers continued to - pound Ger- many. ' TREASON: .1 • A . Trinb in Chi cam . Basing part of its decision on a recent Supreme court rullhg, the United States Circuit Court.of AP-' peals , voided the conviction of-six defendants for treason in Chicago and Ordered the Case reheard. " -It was pointed out that the Su- preme court, ha'd held arraignment. ' ' before a magistrate .necessary be- •' fore a suspect could be questioned. In the Ireason case, statements had been taken before such arraignment, although the government claimed the suspects had waived the right of appearance, before a'judicial officer. The appeals court also held."that the individuals werf entitled to sep- ' a t a t o t r i a l s whicWTTlft c b O f f ^ e n i e d , and. Judge-William J. Campbell had erroneously instructed the jury. HIGHLIGHTS functions to the War Food adminis- tration-also.was approved In sending the bill back to the committee, the senate insisted on acceptance of its provisions for con- tinuing whea~f~and crop insurance, and on removal of restrictions ago inst-use- of—MC .•eyyien. dollars of soil conservation payments - f $ t incentive awards to producers. Vl The conference version-had rec- ommended -an appropriation of .30 million dollars -for.. loans, to- tenants., for farm purchase. -It also permit- tedi .the FSA to use as much of its funds as necessary during the first fcur .v.cnths of the fiscal y e a r he> fore passage of legislation in con- gress over the future of the FSA. The senalo approved bqth sections. CABINET R IFT' Wallace vs. {ones D i f f e r e n c e s '""-in the presidential cabinet flared into the open when Vice President Henry A. Wallace accused Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones of hamstringing opera- tions oftte Board of Economic War- fare. As chairman pf the BEW, Wallace directs the agency's program for the purchase of material and develop- ment of strategic natural resources in foreign countries. As chairman, of the' Reconstruction Finance cor- poration, Jones is responsible -for furnishing the .funds for the BEW •operations. • - . Wallace claimed that'the RFC was lax in building up a stockpile of strategic material before Pearl Har- bor, although expressly authorized to do so. Joijes countered iVith the assertion that of 1 ',4 billion dollars of. precious material bought, by this country, the BEW initiated only 5 per cent of the purchases. PACIFIC: ' Action in Air While American aviators bombed Kiska seven times in one day in the North Pacific, the deliverance of heavy blows at Japan in the Soilth- -wost Pacific. was .promised. by Mai, Gen. Claire Chcnnault upon his re- ; turn to China, from conferences at "•Washington. . . . • ^ . As the soupy Aleutian weather cleared enough to warrant opera- tions, medium bombecs hammered at Kiska, bjowing U[Fanti-aircraft emplacements ;.and runways. The raids brought to 16 the number staged by American airmen in three days., _'" In predicting an offensive against iha .Idps in the southweist, General ,phcnnault said conferences in Wash- ington had convinced him that the U. S. was-conccntrating most of its naval action in the Pacific and that Allied -leaders were making a most* judicious usb of resources for global warfare. CHESTER DAVIS: Resigns Food Job As support grew in- congrp's? for his appointment.as Food Cwi r t Ches- teT Davis resigned from Jiis posi- tion—nS ' W a r . Food administrator.. Lack-uf-sufTicient authority and op- position to the government's sub- Sidy program" were the reasons Da- vis gaya for his action, \ >P resident Roosevelt accepted the resignation and immediately named Marvin Jones, a former Texas con- •grcssman-and chairman of the Unit- ed Nations' recent food conference, .as his successor.- Mr. Roosevelt also relieved Davis of responsibility for plotting t h e 19-14 food'program, say i n g iT, would not be proper to tie an- other administrator • to - somebody eis^g- pcffiei In his letter of resignation, Davis declared that subsidies would not tend to halt-inflation in this country unless accompanied by current tax and savings programs. Mr. Roose- velt replied with, fhe statement that congress had failed to- enact the added tax legislation he had asked. In answer to Davis' assertion that authority over broad food policy and the day-to-day decisions were being exercised "elsewhere, Mr. Roosevelt said lie had named a War Mobili- zation,director for. the. purpqse of cg^rdinptiijg'a" functions of the war agencies.- MEDITERRANEAN: Blast Axis From Air While the Axis ccmtinucd to report Allied concentrations in North Af- rica, U. S. airmen struck at Nazi aerial installations' in Greece, fur- ther diverting attention to the Bal- kans. Strong formations of Liberator bombers raided Axis airdromes near the ancient Greek capital of Athens. . Although, eneijiy- planes arose in number to the defense, hits wfre reported on hangars, fuel dumps and aircraft spread over the In announarn; lisicaids. the r.ir.'.h U;.. S. air force also revealed that the Axis- continued their- novel -at- our -p'.ancs by. attempting to drop bombs on them from' ffgnfc ers overhead. | Germany ' s Maginot Mind' May Hasten Nazi Colapse Axis Propagandists Fear Fortress Europa 'Concept May Backfire; If ^llies "Break 'Impregnable' Line Morale May Crack. By BAUKIIAGE Analyst and Commentator. U. S. BACKS GIRAUD: f.D.R.Shoivs Support , PresidRit Roosevelt's approval of General Eisenhower's support of Gem Henri Girbud'S French com- mand in'North Africa was seen in an invitation extended to Giraud to visit the U. S. Although Giraud ac- cepted, he is not expected to make the trij) until cessation of hostilities. .General.Eisenhower cjme to" Gi- raud's side during-th'e recent- cOn- -fonmcas-of. ,the_Frencli Natiocal committee at Algiers.' Gen. Charles" DeGaulle had boldly -sought to sub- ordinate Giraud to a military coni- mlssiorT and replace certain of "his officers, - General Eisenhower then in the week', RYE: Rxc sold at a 15 year peak on the Chicago market at SI for July delivery- CHEMICALS: Three chemical companies - have been indicted on three counts alleging violation of, the anti-trust act. They are National Lead cmripaiji', E. ,-lv du Pont de company, and Titan com- ORDNANCE: A huge ammunition depot is being constructed in the desert of Utah, on a 26",000 a c r e plot. Buildings housing explosives ' a r e well isolated in^the great expanse.. INSURANCE: .Life 'insurance in Mrce'now totals more than 139 bil- lion dollars, according to a 'report of the Consolidated Chart of Insur- ance .Organizations. " ' British Wellington bombers dropped incendiaries'and hlock bust- ers on Naples as direct attacks "were continued on Italy. Docks and in- dustrial installations were reported struck and the Italians admitted damage.- ~————————— COAL PRODUCTION: V . SrNxhies Director•- .While 156,000 miners stayed out of the pits, Carl Elb'ridge Newton, 45- year-old president of the Chesa- peake 1 - and .Ohio railroad, was ap- pointed to dfreet^lhe operafiohs Of the nation's mines now under gov- ernment control. The selection of Neww -was amiotWced as Secre- tary of the_Interior Harold Ickes told a congressional committee that there was no "ho|(b for an early re- t".w. ot.tbe. propels Jhe.owners. Although -many locals voted to re- sume work, thousands of soft and hard coal miners insisted they would not go back without a new. contract. Pits of several steel companies in Pennsylvania were, affected, but in Illinois^ where' the union and opera- tors ha'd come to an agreement be- fore-the War-Labor board refused to- recognize the concession, all of the 25,000 miners were on the job. Formerly an assistant United ate? attorney in New York and special assistant state attorney gen- er^-iiKNew York, Newton was namod -president of the Chesapeake and Ohio last December 15. How- er, he .had been connected with railroad matters since 1938. In his capacity, Newton is answerable only to Ickes, although lie will have the services of Ickes' office. WNB Service, ThToiTTrust Building Washington, D. C. " Has He^r Goebbels created a "maginot mind" in his minions which will- crumble and wreck Gej- man morale just as, the failure of the French defense smashed French morale? That is a question which the students of propaganda in Wash- ington are studying with great in- terest today. . Both external evidence—newspa- pers, broadcasts, public statements; and. internal; evidence—reports of spies arid neutral observers; reveal two things:' one, that the Axis peo- ples- -are -extvimcly invasion-con- spious; and two, t:.-t they are suf- fering from a severe case of war nerves. But a third more serious possibility is developing. As a result of the - "maginot mind," it is bo4ieved that a marked increase in the scope of the air raids, or'even a minor sutcess of a single invasion, unit, might result (n a complete breakdown of Axis mo- rale. Realizing this, the German propaganda forces arc working fran- tically . to ch2W£e._,tbcte previous, verbal barrages based, on the cot*- cept of the Fortress Europa, ah ut- terly impregnable defense system, cepfc«6 l&ov value and - at a highly mobile, offensive force East year, when* the second front talk reached its height, the German defense prfipagarfda 'reacnccr a nigft water mark too. Then-when inva- sion weather ..passed, the German defense talk died down- to be re- newed this past April. Everything was done by the Nazis to create the Idea that Europe was ringed by an unbreachable wall of -steel,.iron antL concrete. Comparisons were made with- the /Magimit line;—they- aaid- the guns in the Maginot line could traverse. 180...degrees—jn. the .new German wall, they can swing around the whole 360 degrees. They said that the steel used in the construc- tion equals -a-fea'r which would reach from, the earth tq the moon—the concrete would build a road from Berlin to the Solomofti Islands. Back of the maze of political com- plication, one could see General Eisenhower's firm respect for the honor , so strongly cast in military men. It was General Eisenhower who negotiated with Admiral Jean Darlan for French North Africa's collaboration with the Allies at the time of the U. S. landings in 1942. When- Darlan was assassinated, General Giraud inherited his posi- tion as high commissioner and with it. Darla'n's organization. NAZI SPY: Trial for espionage with death or prison facing him . if convicted loomed before 57-year-pld Ernest Lehmitz, Staten Island, N. Y. ; air. raid warden, following his donfes^ sion to the FBI that he had informed the German government of Ameri- can troop movements, convoys and arnjs production. Lehmitz had communicated with the Nazi yitelligence by using di- visible initio write between the lines of apparently har'mjess letters to ac- quaintances in Germany. ThoserSix Months That K'tfi the"kiiid of fare the Germans and the Italians were served. Immediately after the fall of Tunisia,, lvkrfr*t*nce, there was n Axis chbrus which tried to sound exceedingly jubilant when it de- clared: "Halleluja, we have held back the enemy successfully for six months, long enough to complete our fortifications, it is too late for an _attack on our fortress nowl" In recent vteeks, however, with the growing attacks on German-cit- ies, the surrender of the Italian is- land fortress to forces utterly In- different to walls of steel or con- crete, the German propagandists have begun to realize that they went too far in building a faith in a wall—. that their propaganda is in danger of back-firing. They realize that if that concept is held, and if t|ie Al- lies make a landing at arty' point and break the wall, the civilian mo- rale win break with It. So the tune has suddenly changed ^Ve have IJSia mirenT^uuViVtfM 1 ing past months, but very little has been of a definite nature. Well, the paper strength of Ger- many's air force, has been pretty well plotted from data obtained in confidential reports to Allied .head- quarters here and abroad.- This is. w'hat it looks.like: A^maximum overall, first-line Ger- man force of between-four and five thousand planes. (Even as I write, it is probably declining in num- bers.) The whole is divided into five . 'Luflffotte" r C;'.ftiieets>''clWe of jPhlelT;' until the'middle of-June, was "put- tihg up a considerable offensive ef- fort on the northern Russian, front. It is (or'was) under General Keller and It may originally, have been composed of SHOD p l a n e s . That esti- mate is questioned by some, Ameri- can observers. The second fleet under General Pesslering was'in the Mediterrane- an area. It was estimated "shprtly after Tunisia as 800 strong but prob- ably soon thereafter'was considera- bly "wasted" and'not very efficient .Vx-cansn H .spread thinly ovfcr a lorjg coast line wflh Italy as a weak link. The Remainder The-P.co.C-wn$uen- eral Sperle—perhaps' fiftcen"h'uh(Irc9 planes - with the' tremendous and growing tas). of guarding the Ger- man industrial area, the submarine ports all the way to the bay of Bis- cay—and also the duty of meeting an Invasion at anv. point alopg that; long coast line. Then* there was General Richtho- fen's fleet in southern Russia and Xieneral-StUMDt's at the other end of the stick in Norway with what wasJdt ; Besides, thes? 'fleets, or a part -th'cJO.fierbaji5,„iyex.e. c e y a j n ' - F j ^ j e r korps"—mobile unit*' whfefftft- tempted to come to .the. rescue when some area wits In dire distress. But the whole force, the experts believe, la spread so thin that in case of- simultaneous air attack, great gap& have to 'be left which would make (and already-hove made) .Allied .air invaoiU.>«-.-ife and, as a corollary, would do the same tor land invasion beneath it. . The Luftwaffe has not vanished: I t ® ' sTfir ii iJowerfut- w wjw the Germans are trying to maintain its. strength by concentrating on the production of fighter planes. But the days when Hitler's evil' angels darkened the skies and fortunes of Europe are over. Diary-of a Broadcaster This "share-a-taxi" system lis really working out very well, but it requires quick thinking.. I heard a very charming but disappointed young lady telling her tale of woe today. "I had to get to my dentist this noon and I stopped a-cab with some- one in. It. The driver said he had to go to the Mayflower hotel first. That was only a few, blocks out of the way but I was in a hurry so I said 'no.' As the cab started A M B JM njgnr KEEPS P Q*y] IW1 v New cream positively stops *underarm Perspiration Odor 1. Not itlff. not meiuy—Yodora i p r n d i Jurt l£k« T.nUhinar crcam I Dub It on-odor *on«l Z Actually WHithlnjr-YoJorm can b* UM4 rtsht afur having. S. Won'tretdelicate fabric®. 4. Ketpt soft I Yodoradocs not dryfaiJ«: - - T>t hot rlimaU tenU—mil pro*# this daintier deodorant lump's arms Immnculatcly awcet—under th •rfcre ooaditlons. Try Yodora! In 1 Jan-10^, 8W. 604. VcEenoa Int. Bridgeport. Connecticut. Y0D0RA DEODORANT CREAM And They're Trumpeters The instrument blown by army buglers is not a bugle, but a trum- Piet- 1PTFR If you suffer fi from rheumntlo pain ' mmx C'P-B'yih" Applicator DASH.fN FTATWfP G a t h e r Y o u r Scrap; Throw I t a t Hitler! Now we hear that the shores of the' kI looked ' a t t h c pjsssengcr . ^ wa! J Mediterranean are protected by a - - 6 splendid mobile defenses-there is no south wail to Europe—none Is need- ed. The European continent under German, dominance is Ideally equipped, far better equipped, for offense against any invader who might get a foothold than the In- vader could possibly be; the diffi- culty of the ^Allied transportation across water is stressed, the power of the submarine is' emphasized. But thls-about-face, according to •bser.uers.here, has come pretty late and can 'hardly create much con-" ^dence t>n the part of a nation which has had the myth of the Fortress Europa pounded into -it "for over a year. About the Luftwaffe There is another factor, of course, which is working against'enemy mo- rale; that is, the fact tfiat the hard- est blows now. struck come , from the nir-with the weapon which' Italy exalted and which Hitler forged and put into effect in the form of his one-time invincible Luftwaffe. Meanwhile, what has happened to the Luftwaffe—which some people have- called the "vanished"' Luft- waffe? We didn't, realize how prophetic we/Were When we used to sing: "Yes, we have no bananas." I stepped into a .Connecticut ave- nue drug store. the other day and sked for a.chocolate milk shake. 'Np. jchpcolate," said the clerk. An- other customer ordered a "Bacon and tomato sandwich; "No tomatoes," said, the clerk. Before anyone.else could speak he said: ."Now-who's going to be smart and. ask for a banana split?" . Oh,*Nve are learning to do wlth- it. In Washington the "without" sometimes seems as if it would in- clude shirts and sheets—clean ones, anyhow. I met a dignified lieuten- ant colonel early the Other morning carrying his laundry box. Did he wear , a shame-fayed look? He did not. He was beaming. Anyone beams who is able to get his laun- dry liTtime in this town. The R & S Pickle Works pf Bos- ton, Mass., wanted to help' in the war effort. Within-72-hours, the fac- tory was converted to war work, its pickling vats- were filled with an acid that provides the necessary preservative coating for incendiary bombs, to meet requirements of the Chemical Warfare Service,. Army Servic^ Forces. Productions' was" soon»far ahead of schedule. ^ Some 3 million seventh and eighth grade Russian students will be sent to help In the field ,w«rk of state and collective farms for the summer va- cation. About 8 billion points .on the .red" ration stamps and approximately 8 MUion points on the blue stamps are put into circulation monthly by consumers of rationed foods. FIGHT - yav/t ENEMIES Water, Rust, Corrosion with Seals holes! Stops leaks I Resists ru«tl Saves materlall Easily and quickly applied. Sqyst ypu many times Its eoit. BLACK MAGIC WATERPROQfER preserves weather-beaten prop. •rty equipment. It water, proofs houghs, feeding -pans, barrels, cisterns, water tabks and other-coatalners; metal buildings, «Uo-pits, corn cribe, roots, gutters, fence poets, con. Also waterproofs plaster board, cardboard, cloth, brick, metal and concrete. SOLDON MONEY BACK GUARANTEE »?.'n°° Cel W U keep . Quart 25 Gallon >295 Wu« •(•>« tai—irtnT At your dealor's—or use this coupon-far trial order. Satisfaction feed LftboralorlM , 3 1 8 E 3 r d SIIMC Cincinnati, Ohio IncioMi itxd duck or n * JOT • Qmnt n Q«Hon <4 BtACK MAGIC WAIIHPBOOnB L 4 . k .

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vVashirvaton Digest; -WEEKLY MEWS ANALYSIS

Sena t e , H o u s e C o n f e r e n c e C o m m i t t e e S tops Rol l -Back of Re ta i l F o o d CostS^ Revised Bill A p p r o v e s F o r d s f o r F S A ; H e a v y Aer i a l Ac t ion M a r k s Paci f ic W a r

To test new rubber life r a f t s and a c c e s s o r i e s , m e n were c a s t a d r i f t off Cape F e a r , N. 'C. , in the Atlantic. T h e , m e n w e r e equipped •j i to j new lightweight life p rese rve r which also I.dlds rations aniV c " - ? essent ia ls , solution for purityU.f/ sa l t wa te r for drinking and oars out 'of which a m a s t and boom can be -e rcc ted by linking them together in a r ight angle.

PRICE 'ROLLBACK': Doomed by Committee

Dras t ic revision of the adminis-

FARM:, Approve .FS.4 Funds

Fina l congress ional action on tli'e t ra t ion ' s subsidy, p rog ram was indi- i 875 million dol lar / a r m bill was fur-ca ted by action of a sena te "and j t h o r delayed with the sena te ' s r e tu rn house conference c o m m i t t e e , " i iiii • - « . t e commi t . prohibited use of funds for the "roll '

^back"^ of rctajJ^Jood , prices. The coqimi t tce ' s move "wnuid-c ia - the"

tee for adoption of provisions for Crop insurance and incentive pay rtiente.

p resen t " r o l I T O W of bu t l e r and 'T BofotWiTOrtTing the billfK^'ffcW--a te approved c o n f e r e n c e r e c o m r a e r u . datiojis for lhg f a r m secur i ty pro-

However, the- commi t t ee thorize the payment of 150 million I of the agency and it w a s authorized dollars in subsidies to • offset in- to borrow 60 millions fo r ' r ehab i l i t a -c reased t ranspor ta t ion eos t s r ' - end J ^ s s w i s s j a k v T rans fe r of the FSA s t imulate the production of m e t a l s nn<J. essential food products .

• Congressional approval , however , would be required for expendi tures over 150 million dol lars ;

The conference c o m m i t t e e ' s ac-tion ignored an ajJpeal by the War

' "X'Soof board for the ndoptiiTn of" the" * adminis t ra t ion ' s " ro l l -back" pro-

; - g r a m . Citing its policy of limiting ,wage increases to 15 p e r ' c e n t over the" J a n u a r y 13.41 level; the WLB declared"Jhat t he cost of living

- - sp i ra l led up 0 per cent s ince ' l a s t October, with food alone r i s ing 12,9 per n.n, ;

The confe rence comcnittee in-. c reased, the Commodity Credit cor-

porat ion Jending authori ty 750 mil-Jion.^ollars to f)n Aggregate of 3 b i U lion fflrrmmvori dol lars ." • ' u n a e r ' r a e r

t e r m s of the bill which also extended; the life of 'the CCC f o r two yea r s ,

• the w a r food admin i s t r a to r would be all&wcd to buy food f r o m f a r m -e r s and resell it a t a 'loss to s t imu-late- production.

CHEERS ALLIES: Major Blow *

Invasion talk quickened with the s ta tement of Malcolm MacDonald, British h igh -commiss ione r to Can-ada , that the Allies would soon as-sault Hi t ler ' s European for t ress ,

.i In predicting the "invasion, Mac-Donald said a ser ies of smal l fo rays could be expected" to f e e l - o u t t h e enemy -before a m a j o r blow would be ' s t r uck . 1 MacDonald .saw f u r t h e r chee r in the Allies' • opera t ions • agains t U-boats in t he 'Nor th Atlantic. E v ^ n as he revealed tha t o n e ' s u b r n a r i n e had been sunk each d a y during' the preceding two weeks. 'Goe ' r ing 's Es-s e n ? ! National Zeitung- confessed that the Allies h a d surpr i sed the Nazi 'U-boat fo /ce by "the Use' of a i rc ra f t c a r r i e r s In convoys.

As invasion, talk increased , Allied bombers continued to - pound Ger-m a n y . '

TREASON: .1 • A . — T r i n b • in Chi cam •

. Basing pa r t of its decision on a recent Sup reme court rullhg, the United S ta tes Circuit Cour t .o f AP-' pea ls , voided the conviction o f - s i x defendants for t reason in Chicago and Ordered the Case r e h e a r d . " -It was pointed out that the Su-p r e m e court, ha'd he ld a r r a i g n m e n t .

' ' before a m a g i s t r a t e .necessary be-• ' fo re a suspect could be questioned.

In the Ireason case , s t a t e m e n t s had been taken before such a r r a i g n m e n t , although the government c la imed the suspects had waived the r ight of

— appearance, before a ' jud ic ia l officer. The appeals court also held."that

the individuals w e r f entit led to sep-' a t a t o t r i a l s whicWTTlft c b O f f ^ e n i e d ,

and. Judge-Will iam J . Campbel l had erroneously instructed the ju ry .

H I G H L I G H T S

• functions to the W a r Food adminis-t ra t ion-a lso .was approved

In sending the bill back to t h e commit tee , the sena te insisted on acceptance of its provisions for con-tinuing whea~f~and c rop insurance, and on removal of restr ic t ions ago i n s t - u s e - of—MC .•eyyien. dol lars of soil conservation paymen t s - f$ t incent ive a w a r d s to producers . Vl

The conference ve r s ion-had rec-ommended -an appropriat ion of .30 million do l l a r s -for.. loans , to- tenants. , for f a r m purchase . -It also permit -tedi .the FSA to use a s much of its f unds a s necessa ry dur ing the first fcur .v.cnths of the fiscal yea r he> fore passage of legislation in con-gress over the fu tu re of the FSA. The senalo approved bqth sections.

CABINET R I F T ' Wallace vs. {ones

Differences '""-in the pres ident ia l cabinet f lared into the open when Vice Pres ident Henry A. Wal lace accused Sec re t a ry of Commerce Je s se Jones of hamst r ing ing opera-tions o f t t e Board of Economic War-f a r e .

As c h a i r m a n pf the BEW, Wallace d i rec ts the agency ' s p r o g r a m for the purchase of ma te r i a l and develop-m e n t of s t ra teg ic n a t u r a l resources in foreign countries. As cha i rman, of the' Reconstruct ion F i n a n c e cor-poration, Jones is responsible -for furnishing the .funds for the BEW

•operations. • -. Wallace claimed tha t ' t he RFC was lax in building up a stockpile of s t ra tegic ma te r i a l before P e a r l Ha r -bor , although expressly authorized to do so. Joi jes countered iVith the asser t ion tha t of 1 ',4 billion dol lars of. precious mate r ia l bought, by th i s country, the BEW initiated only 5 per cen t of the purchases .

PACIFIC: ' Action in Air

While Amer ican av ia to rs bombed Kiska seven t imes in one day in the North Pacif ic , the del iverance of heavy blows a t J a p a n in the Soilth-

-wos t Pacific. was .promised. by Mai, Gen. Claire Chcnnault upon his r e - ;

t u rn to China, f r o m conferences a t "•Washington. . . . • ̂ . As the soupy Aleutian wea ther cleared enough to w a r r a n t ope ra -t ions , m e d i u m bombecs h a m m e r e d a t Kiska, bjowing U[Fan t i - a i r c r a f t emplacemen t s ;.and runways . The ra ids brought to 16 the n u m b e r s taged by Amer ican a i rmen in th ree days., • _'"

In predict ing an offensive agains t i h a .Idps in the southweist, Genera l ,phcnnaul t said conferences in Wash-ington had convinced h im tha t the U. S. was-conccnt ra t ing mos t of its nava l action in the Pacif ic and tha t Allied -leaders w e r e mak ing a most* judicious usb of r e sources for global w a r f a r e .

CHESTER DAVIS: Resigns Food Job

As support grew in- congrp's? for his appo in tment . a s Food Cwi r t Ches-teT Davis resigned f r o m Jiis posi-tion—nS ' W a r . Food admin i s t ra to r . . Lack-uf-sufTicient au thor i ty and op-position to the gove rnmen t ' s sub-Sidy program" were the reasons Da-vis g a y a for his ac t ion, \ > P res ident Rooseve l t accepted the

resignat ion and immedia te ly n a m e d Marvin Jones , a f o r m e r Texas con-

•grcssman-and c h a i r m a n of the Unit-ed Nat ions ' recent food conference, .as his successor.- Mr . Roosevelt also rel ieved Davis of responsibili ty for plotting the 19-14 food 'p rog ram, say ing iT, would not be proper to tie an-o ther admin i s t r a to r • to - somebody e i s ^ g - pcffiei „

In his let ter of res ignat ion, Davis dec lared tha t subsidies would not tend to halt- inflat ion in this country unless accompanied by cu r r en t t ax and savings p rog rams . Mr. Roose-velt replied with, f h e s t a t emen t tha t congress had failed to- enac t the added tax legislation he had asked.

In answer to Davis ' asser t ion tha t authori ty over broad food policy and the day-to-day decisions w e r e being exerc ised "elsewhere, Mr . Roosevelt sa id lie had n a m e d a War Mobili-z a t i on ,d i r ec to r fo r . the . purpqse of c g ^ r d i n p t i i j g ' a " funct ions of the w a r agencies.-

MEDITERRANEAN: Blast Axis From Air

While the Axis ccmtinucd to r epor t Allied concentra t ions in North Af-r i ca , U. S. a i rmen s t r u c k at Nazi ae r i a l installations' in Greece , fu r -the r d iver t ing at tent ion to the Bal-k a n s .

Strong fo rmat ions of L ibe ra to r b o m b e r s ra ided Axis a i r d r o m e s nea r the ancient Greek cap i ta l of Athens. . Although, eneijiy- p l anes a ro se in n u m b e r to the defense , h i t s w f r e repor ted on h a n g a r s , fuel d u m p s and a i r c r a f t sp read over the

In announarn; l i s i c a i d s . the r.ir.'.h U;.. S. a i r force also revealed t h a t t he Axis- continued their- novel -at-

our -p'.ancs by. a t t empt ing to drop bombs on t h e m f rom' ffgnfc e r s overhead . |

Germany's Maginot Mind' May Hasten Nazi Collapse Axis Propagandists Fear Fortress Europa

'Concept May Backfire; If ^llies "Break 'Impregnable' Line Morale May Crack.

B y B A U K I I A G E Analyst and Commentator.

U. S. BACKS GIRAUD: f.D.R.Shoivs Support

, P res idRi t Roosevel t ' s approva l of Genera l E isenhower ' s support of Gem Henr i Girbud 'S F r e n c h com-m a n d i n ' N o r t h Af r i ca was seen in a n invitation extended to Giraud to visit the U. S . Although Gi raud ac-cepted, he is not expected to m a k e the trij) until cessat ion of hostilities. • .Genera l .E i senhower c j m e to" Gi-r a u d ' s s ide dur ing- th 'e recent- cOn-

- f o n m c a s - o f . , t h e _ F r e n c l i Nat iocal c o m m i t t e e a t Algiers. ' Gen . Charles" DeGaulle had boldly -sought to sub-ordina te Giraud to a mi l i ta ry coni-mlssiorT and r ep l ace ce r ta in of "his officers, - Genera l E i senhower then

in the week',

R Y E : Rxc sold a t a 15 yea r peak on the Chicago m a r k e t a t SI for Ju ly delivery-

CHEMICALS: Three chemical companies - have • been indicted on th ree counts alleging violation of, the ant i- t rust a c t . They a re National Lead cmripaiji', E. ,-lv du Pont de

company , and Ti tan com-

ORDNANCE: A huge ammuni t ion depot is being constructed in the deser t of Utah, on a 26",000 a c r e plot. Buildings housing explosives ' a r e well isolated in^the g r e a t expanse. .

INSURANCE: .Life ' insurance in Mrce ' now totals more than 139 bil-lion dol lars , according to a ' report of the Consolidated Char t of Insur-ance .Organizations. " '

British Wellington b o m b e r s dropped incendiar ies 'and hlock bust-e r s on Naples as d i rec t a t t acks "were continued on I ta ly . Docks and in-dustr ia l instal lat ions were repor ted s t ruck and the I t a l i ans admi t t ed damage.- ~—————————

C O A L P R O D U C T I O N :

V . SrNxhies Director•-.While 156,000 m i n e r s s tayed out of

the pits, Carl Elb'ridge Newton, 45-year-old pres ident of the Chesa-peake1- and .Ohio ra i l road , was ap-pointed to d f r ee t^ lhe operaf iohs Of the na t ion ' s m ines now under gov-e r n m e n t control. The selection of N e w w -was amiotWced a s Secre-t a ry of t he_ In t e r io r Harold Ickes told a congressional c o m m i t t e e tha t t he re w a s no "ho|(b for an e a r l y re-t".w. ot.tbe. p r o p e l s Jhe .owners .

Although -many locals voted to re-s u m e work, thousands of so f t and h a r d coal miners insis ted they would not go back without a new. cont rac t . P i t s of seve ra l s teel companies in Pennsy lvania we re , a f fec ted , but in Illinois^ where ' t he union and opera-tors ha'd come to a n a g r e e m e n t be-f o r e - t h e W a r - L a b o r board r e fu sed to- recognize the concession, all of t he 25,000 m i n e r s were on the job.

F o r m e r l y an as s i s t an t United a t e ? a t to rney in New York and

specia l a s s i s t an t s ta te a t torney gen-e r ^ - i i K N e w York, Newton was n a m o d -president of the Chesapeake and Ohio last D e c e m b e r 15. How-

er , he . h a d been connected with ra i l road m a t t e r s s ince 1938. In his capac i ty , Newton is answerab le only to Ickes, al though lie will have the serv ices of Ickes ' office.

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Has He^r Goebbels c rea ted a "mag ino t m i n d " in his minions which will- c r u m b l e and wreck G e j -man mora le jus t a s , the f a i l u r e of the French de fense smashed F r e n c h morale? T h a t is a question which the s tudents of p ropaganda in Wash-ington a r e s tudying with g r e a t in-terest today. .

Both ex te rna l evidence—newspa-pers , b roadcas t s , public s t a t e m e n t s ; a n d . internal; evidence—reports of spies arid neu t ra l observers ; r evea l two things: ' one, tha t the Axis peo-p les - -are - e x t v i m c l y invasion-con-spious; and two, t : . - t they a re suf-fering f r o m a seve re c a s e of w a r nerves. But a third m o r e ser ious possibility i s developing.

As a resul t of t he - "mag ino t mind ," it is bo4ieved tha t a m a r k e d increase in the scope of the a i r raids, o r ' e v e n a minor s u t c e s s of a single invasion, unit , might resul t (n a complete breakdown of Axis mo-rale. Realizing this, the G e r m a n propaganda forces a r c working f ran-tically . to ch2W£e._,tbcte previous, verbal b a r r a g e s based , on the cot*-cept of t he F o r t r e s s E u r o p a , ah ut-terly impregnab le defense sys tem,

cepfc«6 l&ov va lue and - at a highly mobile, offensive force

Eas t yea r , when* the second front talk reached its height , the G e r m a n defense prfipagarfda 'reacnccr a nigft water m a r k too. T h e n - w h e n inva-sion wea ther . .passed, the G e r m a n defense ta lk died down- to be re-newed this p a s t April . Every th ing was done by the Nazis t o c r ea t e the Idea tha t Europe w a s ringed by an unbreachable wall of -steel , . iron antL concrete. Compar isons were m a d e with- t h e /Magimit • line;—they- aaid-the guns in the Maginot line could traverse. 180...degrees—jn. the .new G e r m a n wall, they can swing around the whole 360 degrees . They said tha t the steel used in the construc-tion equals -a-fea'r which would r e a c h f r o m , the e a r t h tq t h e moon—the concrete would build a road f r o m Berl in to the Solomofti Islands.

Back of the maze of polit ical com-plication, one could s ee General E i senhower ' s firm r e s p e c t for t he honor , so s t rongly c a s t in mi l i ta ry m e n . I t was Genera l Eisenhower who negotiated with Admi ra l J e a n Dar l an for F r e n c h Nor th Af r ica ' s collaboration with the Allies a t the t i m e of the U. S. landings in 1942. When- Dar l an w a s assass ina ted , Genera l Gi raud inheri ted his posi-tion a s high commiss ioner and with i t . Darla 'n 's organizat ion.

NAZI SPY: Tr ia l for espionage with dea th o r

prison facing h im . if convicted loomed before 57-year-pld E rnes t Lehmitz , Staten Is land, N. Y. ; air. r a id warden , following his donfes^ sion to the FBI tha t he h ad informed the G e r m a n government of Ameri-can troop movement s , convoys and a r n j s production.

Lehmitz had communica t ed with the Nazi yitel l igence by using di-visible i n i t i o wr i te be tween the lines of apparen t ly har 'mjess le t te rs to ac-qua in tances in G e r m a n y .

ThoserSix Months T h a t K'tfi • the"kii id of f a r e the

G e r m a n s and the I ta l ians were served. Immedia te ly a f t e r the fal l of Tunisia,, lvkrfr*t*nce, t he re w a s

n Axis chbrus which t r ied to sound exceedingly jubi lant when it de-c l a r ed : "Hal le lu ja , we h a v e held back the e n e m y successful ly f o r six months, long enough to complete our fortifications, i t is too l a t e for an

_attack on our fo r t r e s s n o w l " In r ecen t vteeks, however , with

the growing a t t a c k s on G e r m a n - c i t -ies, t h e su r rende r of t he I tal ian is-land for t ress to fo rces u t te r ly In-di f ferent to walls of s teel o r con-cre te , t he G e r m a n propagandis t s h a v e begun to real ize tha t they went too f a r in building a fa i th in a wall—. t h a t thei r p ropaganda i s in danger of back-firing. They rea l ize tha t if tha t concept is held, and if t |ie Al-lies m a k e a landing a t arty' point and b r e a k the wall, t he civilian mo-r a l e win b reak with It.

So the tune h a s suddenly changed

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ing pas t months, but ve ry little h a s been of a definite na tu re .

Well, the pape r s t rength of Ger-m a n y ' s a i r force, h a s been p re t ty well plotted f rom da t a obtained in confidential r epor t s to Allied .head-q u a r t e r s he re and abroad.- Th i s is. w'hat it looks.l ike:

A ̂ maximum overal l , first-line Ger-man force of be tween-four and five thousand planes. (Even a s I wr i te , it is probably declining in num-bers . ) The whole is divided into five . 'Luflffot te" r C;'.ftiieets>''clWe of jPhlelT;' until t h e ' m i d d l e o f - J u n e , was "put-tihg up a considerable offensive ef-fort on the nor thern Russian, f ront . I t is ( o r ' w a s ) under Genera l Keller and It m a y originally, h a v e been composed of SHOD planes . T h a t esti-m a t e is questioned by some , Amer i -can observers .

The second fleet unde r Genera l Pess le r ing w a s ' i n the Medi ter rane-an a r e a . It was e s t ima ted "shprtly a f t e r Tunisia as 800 s t rong but prob-ably soon t h e r e a f t e r ' w a s considera-bly " w a s t e d " a n d ' n o t very efficient .Vx-cansn H .spread thinly ovfcr a lorjg coast line wflh I taly as a weak link.

The Remainder T h e - P . c o . C - w n $ u e n -

eral Sperle—perhaps ' fiftcen"h'uh(Irc9 p lanes - with the ' t r emendous and growing tas). of guarding the Ger-m a n industr ial a r e a , the submar ine por ts all the way to the bay of Bis-cay—and also the duty of meet ing an Invasion a t anv. point a lopg that; long coast line.

Then* the re was Genera l Richtho-f en ' s fleet in sou the rn Russia and

Xieneral-StUMDt's a t the other end of the st ick in Norway with what w a s J d t ;

Besides, thes? 'fleets, or a pa r t o£ -th'cJO.fierbaji5,„iyex.e. c e y a j n ' - F j ^ j e r korps"—mobile un i t* ' w h f e f f t f t -tempted to come to .the. r e scue when some a r ea wits In d i re distress . But the whole force, t he exper t s believe, la sp read so thin tha t in case of-s imul taneous air a t tack , g r e a t gap& have to 'be left which would m a k e (and a l r eady-hove m a d e ) .Allied .air invaoiU.>«-.-ife and, as a corol lary, would do the s a m e tor land invasion beneath i t . . The Luf twaf fe h a s not vanished:

I t ® ' sTfir ii iJowerfut- w w j w the G e r m a n s a r e t rying to main ta in its. s t rength by concentrat ing on the production of fighter planes. But the days when Hi t ler ' s evil ' angels da rkened the skies and for tunes of Europe a r e over.

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" I had to get to my dent i s t this noon and I s topped a -cab with some-one in. It. The dr iver s a id he had to go to the Mayflower hotel first. Tha t was only a few, blocks out of the way but I w a s in a hu r ry so I sa id 'no . ' As the c a b s t a r t ed

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Now we hea r t h a t the shores of t h e ' k I l o o k e d ' a t t h c p j s s s e n g c r . ^ w a ! J Med i t e r r anean a re protected by a - - 6

splendid mobile de fenses - the re is no south wail to Europe—none Is need-ed. The European continent unde r G e r m a n , dominance is Ideally equipped, f a r bet ter equipped, for offense agains t any invader who m i g h t ge t a foothold t h a n the In-v a d e r could possibly b e ; t he diffi-cul ty of the ^Allied t ranspor ta t ion ac ross wa te r is s t r e s sed , the power of the submar ine is' emphas ized .

Bu t th l s -about - face , accord ing to •bser .uers .here , h a s come pre t ty la te and can ' ha rd ly c r ea t e m u c h con-" ^ d e n c e t>n the pa r t of a nation which h a s had the m y t h of the Fo r t r e s s E u r o p a pounded into - i t " for over a y e a r . About the L u f t w a f f e

There is another fac tor , of course, which is working aga ins t ' enemy mo-r a l e ; tha t is, the f a c t t f iat the hard-est blows now. s t ruck come , f r o m the nir-with the weapon which' I ta ly exal ted and which Hit ler forged and pu t into effect in the form of his one-t ime invincible Luf twaffe .

Meanwhile, wha t h a s happened to the Luftwaffe—which some people h a v e - cal led the "vanished" ' Luft-w a f f e ?

We didn't , rea l ize how prophet ic w e / W e r e When we used to s ing: "Yes , we h a v e no b a n a n a s . "

I s tepped into a .Connecticut ave-nue d rug s to re . t he o ther day and

sked for a . c h o c o l a t e milk shake . 'Np. jchpcolate ," said the c le rk . An-

other cus tomer ordered a "Bacon and tomato sandwich ; "No tomatoes , " said, the clerk. Before anyone .e l se could speak he s a id : . " N o w - w h o ' s going to be s m a r t and. a sk for a b a n a n a s p l i t ? " .

Oh,*Nve a re l ea rn ing to do wlth-it. In Washington the "wi thou t "

some t imes s e e m s a s if it would in-clude sh i r t s and sheets—clean ones, anyhow. I met a dignified lieuten-ant colonel ea r ly the Other morn ing c a r r y i n g his l aundry box. Did he w e a r , a shame-fayed look? He did not. He was beaming . Anyone b e a m s who is able to get his laun-d r y l iT t ime in this town.

The R & S Pickle Works pf Bos-ton, Mass . , wanted to help' in the w a r effor t . Within-72-hours, t he fac-tory was conver ted to w a r work, i t s pickling va t s - were filled with an acid tha t provides the necessa ry p rese rva t ive coating for incendiary bombs , to m e e t r equ i r emen t s of the Chemical W a r f a r e Serv ice , . A r m y Servic^ Forces . Product ions ' was" soon»far ahead of schedule. ^

Some 3 million seventh and eighth g r a d e Russ ian s tudents will be sent to he lp In the field ,w«rk of s t a t e and collective f a r m s for the s u m m e r va-cat ion.

About 8 billion points .on the .red" ra t ion s t a m p s and approximate ly 8 MUion points on the blue s t a m p s a r e put into circulat ion monthly by consumers of ra t ioned foods.

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