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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-25
Believes in Propaganda

Grant is a great believer in
advertising and propaganda.
He thinks the industry is suf-
fering right now from lack of il.
I'VE need the propaganda
NJ the big auto manufacturers
banquet, he stated. "Why,
even the Michigan bean grow
ers make more of fuss with
an annual dinner than we do.
III YOU feel the automobile in
dustry can get along without
propaganda, look around and
finds out what's happening"
incidentally. tho Cadillac ban
auet brought out one OF tho
biggest collection of officials
ever seen al one table. There
were l. vice presidents. the
president and chairman OF the
board and Nice- chairman. secrn.
\tary treasurer and comptroller
1of GIN.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-25
TO Order
| 600 Coal Cars

PHILADELPHIA Sept. %
r. w. Brown. president OF Lehigh
Valley Railroad. said following a
board meeting today that directors
had authorized the purchase OF
] 900 new 50-ton coal cars and
that orders would be placed
promptly The company has 1850
cars now on order. including box
ears and ffssef4AelaS- on Which dellX-
cries have just been started.
Brown said gross revenues in
August were, S5.lS757l an in
crease Of Sl.444.66l or 80 per cent
over August. 1910. and the com
pany would show a net income
for the month after All deduc-
tionS including taxes. Of S534 $50
which would compare with a def
cit of S9S,3l5 vast year
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-25
Provide Minimum Wages for Retirement

These hidden costs include normal faco6s we'll special
hazards Incidental 10 the national emergency The normal
entail his personal depreciation and obsoence he gradually
spends his his There should be aloconS
the form of set the
old and sickness Old benefits the Social Security
Act intended provide minimum
But there additional hazards related
the ultimate dehaon Of the armament boom
business feel that 10 b.
rhesSvVhen orders cancelled throwing Jobs
As matter of fact the benel client
employers VIII be limited in their capacity generous
first place though they do the physical job Of hiring really
do not themselves provide the employment which created y
customers of the business through orders
tries there
when and after the the suddenly
orders business viii be
mittn the bad O
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-25
Stresses Service Business

Cadillac dealers of the Detroit
Toledo area heard ID, r. Ahrens
general sales manager. eXpound
his views of 1912 prospects AZ a
meeting yesterday.
"a sound capital structure.
controlled expenses and greater
attention 10 service business will
profit dealers i'm 1912, regardless
--f-,-ifit-if- rr--+itr- automobile
market goes" he said FRANKLY.
We don't know whether we'll
have too many or too few cars
10 sell
Service business should prove
increasingly important. I'm 1885
there were IS. 900 owners of five
year-old Cadillacs. Today that
class has reached an all-time
high Of $4,000. This gives us a
possible potential Of % per cent
ahead OF last year"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-25
Wall Street Hit

How or whether. costly con-
sequences can be averled. re-
mains 10 be seen. The SEC has
all along ruled with an iron
hand. II has emerged victorious
from practically every action
taken 10 restrain H.
The New Dealers who promul-
gated the law were avowedly
aniagoniStic 10 speculation. The
SEC h as uncompromisingly
acted accordingly. SO much so
ttffTaT tfrrc fr--tt-ff- t = Liz among stock
exchange Trims has been greater
than in any other line OF bust
ness. losses have consistently OK
ceeded profits. rental values in
Wall Street have dropped unem-
ployment IN brokerage and
investments firms has been ap:
pallinc
In addition 10 tho Shriveling
up OF transactions on the New
York Stock Exchange 10 only
one-eighth Of what they we're IN
1929. 70 little more than one
fifth Of what they were in 1888,
investors have been so diScour-
aged that since the SEC went
on tho rampage, capital-raiSing
has dWludlcd this year 10 less
than S750000. 600. coniraSied
with $500 100000 in 1929 and
almost $1,000 100000 in 1880. ,
This condition is not condul
GIVE 10 employment-givlng EN-
icrprlsc.
Cop5 rleht ls4 hy C Forbes
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-25
Defense 10 Up Volume

This industry could he looked
upon as $4,000. 100000 bust
ness In a year such A. 1871
he said. ut IL difficult TO see
how the industry could expect
10 reach more than two-thirds
OF this figure in 1912 from auto
motive products alone. But a
large share OF more than three
billion dollars in defense orders
will be completed during 1912.
He expressed belief that the
arms business would more than
make up. as regards dollar vol
ume. for autOmotive losses
But" he warned record
breaking volume years do not
necessarily mean record-break-
ing profit years"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-25
Detroit Produce

4 H..I - WI al
.th,e -n I'll ,,in a ZOO.
Mcintosh s-.u min 6s8sac. Jonatnane
Nn 2h-u MIN -t0ul 2a.
~ rlu mIa.. 15lfs5. sasus S Na
= -in min 81 2l-In min 6lc Wolf
Rivers -in min and 3d. I IS So
Zoe. West Nifeinia bIlhel baskrts De-.
lrinus r. g. $50. ~ 2i.-n min So go 10
l63 MARYLAND eastern cratee DeuCia ua.
Is No b. A-ln min Sl75i1 81. Wash.
inst0n boxes Rcd Delicious faucy-
s-i5Os 81 5OH go.
kN-gLpErte ,r....,......4 t
rel boxes. Earlv Blacks. Nt25
Ctt FRY Nt,h..., t,.,,4,,. ,,,,,.
stalkS ssr
,..,.r,.,,r.
TYNE csTfernia gsr.1s. y, - ..r LIZ
.trIr, dolen IA es,4 t
fair 50 -, dozen So fpH3 30. fair
- 70 1928.
ONIONS so-Ib sarrr e.,oaf er,r.. 5
III \ No 3Inch and tsr.er Ws-rTnf-
ION a. IA idaho al f0F5135 <,nsfT.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-25
Forbes
SEC on Rampage,
Hits Business Of
House of Morgan
BY b. c. FORBES

The House Of Morgan is the
pet hate Of the Security and
Exchange CommiSsion-presum-
ably of the whole administra-
ton.
The mighty Morgan firm has
been shorn of its old-time power.
The law which compelled bank
ing concerns accepting deposits
10 choose between remaining
banks or giving up underwriting
of securities bore more heavily
upon Morgan and Company than
any other firm II did big
banking business. also has the
foremost underwriting firm in
America.
j. p. Morgan and Thomas w.
Lamont, the latter owning a
greater percentage of Morgans
than all the Morgan family com
blned. decided 10 become a bank
\of deposit; but il sought 10 re-
tain the. vast and vastly profit
able Morgan underwriting
activities by organizing a Sepa-
rate firm. Morgan, Stanley &
Company.
The financial world regarded
this AS a clever. natural step
The Morgan" Of the offshoot is
Henry S. Morgan J. P's second
son while his partner was Har-
old Stanley heretofore an ex-
tremely brilliant officer OF the
Guaranty Trust Company of
New York.
The capital Of Morgan, Stan
Icy e. Company was supplied
by Morgan partners, with La
mont supplying more than J p
And his two sons. Lunius S. and
Henry S. combined.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-25
Farmers Markets

APPLES Wolf Rspef- fancy Nm1 2a
nr se o. - Sc 40 Doc Wealthy
ooc Mclntosh, fancy N.7342 No J.
81 41n 500, NO 3 zoe 30 tihcrtas No.
r. 81 25Hl IS hu Greetings. 40 81
] - IN. Jonathan. No T. ~ 25ui 80 ~.
IMPLIES 80. J.. 81 2JY rs o0
BLANs Green fancy 81 b ~ VI
81 H %, No 2. I5c wax, fancy - on f,
40 - 25p ~. ~ Coo Nenfu,Ny
No ., sag so SO p 81 30
BETS Fancy 81 bu. 80 !. 80 p $50
fo6 nchs So Use nu.
BLAckBERRIEs NO. J. s3a5 SO "a
cABBAGE- No e6a75c ou No. 2
soc red $50. I so Use
CANTALoUPEs so T. Nui So No.
CARROTS Fancy SOC daz bcbr so
!, 80 % soc soca 81 2S 0u 80 25c doL
bChs 7jc hu.
cAuLIFLowER Fancy 81 So ou 40.
CELERY Fancy. 33uf0c No T. 2iq
30c No. q lOu 2uc do7 hchs
CELERY CARRIAGE Fancy, 81 bu
No 3 sSsfs sc hu
CELERY ROOT No. !. Siai2s
CUCUMBERs SO T. slicers.. SIui So
hu SO. q Use. am 81 75g2 hu. small.
50 50. mfffum &2-2--+-2
-4Afl-t>--tA -t-6rTT dog hrhs
EGGPLANT 80 L. 90 soc hu
J. EGGS-LArge XI2u ~ 30 sn.dag case
medium SlIHIi So small 50 ~ n i0~
GRAPES SO. j, 2on2jc t-qi basket
nkRA no qOc4xt SIN haskell No
2 Soc
ONIONS GREEN va t.4tsrr ao,
hcbs az, oni.-r fsor, 40 ~ ~
t2S 50.b sack 81 nr.fi,r
ss.2s ianey so 'o1o sack No J.
PARSLEY ~ to..-o.
pApcfEv poor ~ to-.roo
paPsSfps ~ & -
Is - s.nro ttro ''' so
prAcf1t.s' fit,,.a ,.,.. so4esot.,
40 q, o., ~ i''''t - p . 3D." VA
pr.p co. ,.o.., -.
81 o. 'NV' = - -
ofrf,.,,t ~, 80,
/ TspprPe 49,, ,o-.-o. 49,.
Lhai No 5o1, 80 g. . AZ, ~ ~,
- 00zI e. 81 ~ -, 49, ~ Z,
&c :, g ~ 80 = - nu Tea. sweet No lf
pfNESroc - 90 e., -
Po POT AT us Fsnct s'gi to - IN o' No
so y poe hi 10 Zoe ~
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-25
Suggests Couple Move to Small Town

Brooklyn, ~ Y. asks:
we are in our early sixties and out Of work
dollars In the savings bank. little
ance money IN We TO do
answer: In your should buy stock While
realize u would be hard that small
Town and nuy home rent cheapy For
greatly edlce for food
nave garden For another thing places you
In your case sec nothing else except 10 live as chcapy
as You and then the govern
mnt largely responsible for your position should not
hesitate 10 ask for its aid necessary
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-25
Ask Advice on Real Estate INVESTING


we old and have our saving hut now
in savings bank. My idea
three fourapartment building
doing cleaning But what il the
bottom drops est
Answer; There is danger of overriding thing
IN your section However,
thnk me IDEAS working
and living the premises II YOU are able t 10
gel suitable location building
or mat location should do well
get me largest possible loan
II depression comes people would paw YOU
rent ana such properties might
perhaps help protect yourself by
incomes Probably the government extend some relief
KIM Ir-Tarsf aIIcrrci
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-25
WeIth Grape Juice
Employees Get Bonus

WESTFiELD. \. y. Sept 25.-
The Salaried employees of the
WEIGH Grape Juice Company at
the general office here and al SIN
plants Of the company have re-.
ccived a ; per cent bonus check.
according TO p r WEIGH. prcSi-
dent THIS applies only 90 en-
ploycs who have worked for the
company for five years or more.
Madison square Garden Corporation and
wholly owned subsidiaries Tor me quarter
ended August so had a nei loss of $50 49,
against net ioss % gi67.216 for the
quarter ended Aag. ~. 1850
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-25
Treasury 10 Delay
Refundinq Of Notes

WASHINGTON. Sept. 25.-The
treasury department has decided
tentatively not to refund the next
maturing notes until after Sep
tember. it was learned today. Sc
ries { hve-year notes totaling
S2O4 100000 and paying "a per
cent interest fall due next Deem
Der Is.
Treasury practice has been 10
refund such notes three months
efore they mature. However. 1t
Was explained that tho big August
sale of tax anticipation notes and
a high working balance in the gen
eral fund makes tho refundinG
operation unnecessary for tho
present.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-25
Metal Markets

New York and wholesale nonferrous
metal quotations supplied by Federated
Metals Division. Detroit; spot % per cent
TN, nominal New York 50 90. future tin.
- 90, lake grade copper delivered Mid
west, y eiectrplytc spot smelter. u.
casting copper l1.75; 81. Louis lead. $40:
81 Louis zinc. 725. New York antimnny
-; virgin aluminium. H.
Tin. some straits sales Nmade. Yester-
days copper sales 500 tons. Export.
IL; resale. u Free sterling. SiO3at.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-25
Urges Saving to Meet
Postwar Contingency
Rukeyser
BY MERRYLE STANLEY RUKEYSER
International News Service Economic Commentator

Foresight will help workers well
get by the shoals of r6adp1Stmcnt.
weekly should be
Sation for work done and for risks
Like the business the woNngman
his expenditures well as his receipts.
and deferred incidental
mediate costs for personal and family Hpfeep
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-25
Hel ps Employees to Buy Defense Bonds

Without waiting for legislation private
medate offer roll deduction plans whereby
possibly 10
buy defense savings bonds and equities plans
would prepare the individual
The worker should bear mind that
the availability types goods the
doors 70 advocating funds for The purchase Of investments
Before INC worker can use his 10 support has family he
finds that the tax collector dips the envelope
stances should he also try some
ran daN Tor
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-25

CHICAGO Sept rs. QNsD BUTTER
Receipts. 10. 81 tubs; market 70 y
ards, 80 score cars. 80 Atci extra frsts, 81
score 35asc: hrsts. Ss-s9 score. 80 N
80 G specials g3 score 81 = "a 3sc
EGGS Receipts 776 cases market
steady 10 / cent higher. Current receipts
Csc, fresh extra hrsts 29 IA n 3Dc fresh
hrsts 2s+ N29izc; dirties. Use, checks
eHEEsF-T wins. 2t's n 22r; DAISIES
prints and longhorns 22u p &c
LIVE POULTRY Market steady Tur-
keys. lb~23hc. hens. 1iia n zoe ieghorn
hens. 10W l5ikc; springers is01sc. bfoil-
ers. - 20i1c BOOSTERS, 10 y u Iic;' ducks,
i00 lgc geese SD l5c
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-25
Sees No Benefit to Switch Into Bonds


We have house building and loan
nut get TOO little
Sae' Would you sell all and buy about
investing In real estate the FHA pan?"
Answer Apparently your is number of
uoidd 7tt not to the VIII
ouy Therefore would good 10 switch INTO donse
bonds as these protection against initiation Unless Won
Know me real estate prepared the Los
Angeles couple above, doubt il
estate venture See preceding replies
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-25
Detroit Poultry

Market steady: hens average rin. Gle.
leghorn hens. lbs and ups l6c cocks
l0n &c. rock springers, average run lgc
leghorn sprngers. ne
EGGS Market frm: current receipts
2sc. undercrafes. 2lM aAc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-25
Accent Payment
BY Pdrke, Davis Co.

Parke. Davis & Co. has declared
a dividend Of 40 cents payable
October 81 10 holders OF RECORD
October l6.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-25
Government Should Make Sacrifices, Now

Rochester y. Y. asks:
isn't the defense saving
OF workers and building
answer It's too If cOInr To
let do and make the government too Don't kid labor
~ saving they viii be ronald
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-25
Devoe & Reynolds
New Issue Approved

NEW YORK. Sept. 25. stock
holders Of Devoe e. Reynolds Co.
Inc At an Adjourned special meet
Ing approved proposal for isSu-
ance and sale Of 10000 shares of
> per cent cumulative preferred
stock. The time AZ which sale Of
these shares would take place was
General Mills. Inc. declared q
regular quarterly dividend of 81
on the common payable November
4 10 stock OF record October No
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-25

Il studied this racket I hayp
cent in annuies. %
grade railway bonds How umb
answer You are not too if think
grace ran ponds better than good
protected against initiation and their second
As risky as stocks or likely 10 decline with bonds
are no good protection initiation practically
53 per
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-25
BLAME SEC LAW

Defense attorneys denounced
the Securities and Exchange Act
as vague and uncertain and asked
for leniency on the grounds that
tn stock was now returning dlyi-
dendS- up 10 IL per cent although
II fluctuates around s. a share in
nriCe.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-25
FINED $4,000

Walter Winfield and Leo G.
SeiSfclt @vere fined $1,000. Mrs.
Jeanette Klimnick. secretary TO
Greene, vas given years proba-
ton
Two other New York brokers.
J. J. Hindon Hyde and David Van
AlStync pleaded not guilty and
viii be tried October Is.
II was charged that the SmartS
raised the price Of ESqure-Cor-
onet stock from 81 10 Sips by
buying and selling il through
dummy counts from May
through September. 1893 APP
proXlmateiy $4,000 shares were
unloaded 10 the public
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-25
Esquire Heads
Fined $4,000
For Stock Deals
7 Others Penalized;
$4,000 Shares Sold
in Rigging Operation

CHICAGO, Sept. -. David A
and Alfred Smart yesterday were
fined maximum fines of $1,000
each on their no defense pleas tc
an indictment charging that they
rugged the market in Esquire-Cor.
onet Inc. publishing house
which they headed.
Arthur Greene, president of the
Domestic Finance Company and
financial adviser 10 the pair. was
given a similar fine and prison
sentences Of Two years each
against the three were suspended
by Judge John p. Barnes of Fed
eral District Court. They were
placed on probation.
A, ID. Eden, a brother-in-lsw
of the SmartS, Alfred r. Pastel
western advertising manager. and
Walter Lyon and Waiter Stein
New York brokers. were each
fined $1,000 and given a year 5
probation
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-25
Car Loddings
Drop Week

NEW YORK Sept 25--Rail-
road freight traffic in the week
ended September 20 declined from
the preceding week to around $780,
900 cars. reports of "a major rail-
roads Indicate, This decline comes
at time when loading should be
increasing and was caused mainly
by the captive" mine strikes and
BY labor strikes in the anthracite
industry against higher union
dues.
The total would compare with
1882 cars in the previous week.
the highest for any week since.
late 1890, with $4,000 cars in
-tfTc fTiK7c -ff9fU- period and with SO9,-
752 cars in the comparable 1899
week.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-25
Livestock Markets


CATTLE Receipts Zoo market butcher
cattle mostly steady, spots strong eholc,
steers Sl2H - S., good steers xiIUf1
common go medium s. 50nii25 gooS
heifers Sii II as common % medium
81 23uii. good COWS SS2aHS medium
cows 81 15us cutter and common So :,
% u.s. Gamers - 25N6 5Q=ts44oa bee
bulls Sau so. good sausage bulls Sg1
Is MEDIUM sausage bulls xSnp cutie
ana common. - 80 u =. good stockpr am
feeder steers and heifers $40 10 So goos
and choice s'ocker and feeder calves Si-
n l3; medium. tsH II; common 90 medium
S7uqaO
CAI-VF-S Fece' ~ $50 maskei active
vealers strong % SOC higher good an,
choice $3.50 rs common 20 medium
$40. 1oT ~, ruNs and common s. Son 10
SHEEP AND LAMBS Rerelnts. n00
market spring lambs active Csc 20 o.,
higher good and choice lambs $40 2sn
l2.ao medium % good. Sf1Hi72S. cuI
and common s. 10G m IS good and choic,
ewes - 50f So common and medium
- 50 cuils. 50 h0ff1
Hogs Receipts 500 market steady
Good and choice 2n0 t0 900 ms xti 81
go 20 2fo lbs Sil7 ISn ~ GOO lbs
Sit.5j 2i0 20 eHn rffT. fa5. 260 In IS,
lbs 81 fi; $50 10 7o0 his x1t rs
heavier 300 20 $50 his 3D. Sti 0s $50 IN az
fhs. $40 % 500 to $50 ms SioSa
roushs 50 So = IS. piEs and lights sos
Hii staEs. So
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-25
HICAnn

CHICAGO Sept - ONS HOGS
Receipts, l3.o o0 market steady. hold
overs 600 TOD ii.7b. bulk Sff.3 51
- 70 heavfes Si1 3SH1i 20 mediums
Sll $50 IS lights SIT 3ofrii 90 light
lights. $40 25nif25. packing sows. SI0 -
i0.e5. pics. 50 251 10 Is
CATTLE Receipts 10 000. market
steady % Csc lower calves Receipts. 500,
market. steady beef steers choice Xii s.,
p IL 80 medium IS 50r11.65. yoarlings
50 ~ sAs butchers heiferF Ss0f2 So
cows. 81 2'la bulls 81 saT ~ raives
So ~ feeders, Ss7f2 sfocksrs-steers
4Aaa ~. so. cows ana hslfers. $50 Il Il.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-25
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, Sept. 25 Prices in cen
III NOPE
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-05
ln,perioIs Ready
FOR Syria Attack

as much more important than
mediatlng a1y arugment between
Wavell and Catroux.
1t was believed here there now
Was a sufficiently large fleet off
the Syrian coast to isolate the
French colony completely from the
sea and that any further German
infiltration would have to be ef-
fected through Turkey or by air.
plane. -
Military quarters heard reports
that the Germans would most like
ly attempt landings of some sort,
by sea or air, within a few days
in hope of organizing resistance to
the British.
A Daily Mail Madrid dispatch re-
ported that after a conference With
Secretary of State Cordell Hull,
CASTOR Henry Haye. French am
Lassator at Washington, urgently
had warned Marshal Henri Philip
pc Petain to go slow In cooperat-
ing with Germany regarding Syria. .
Hull, according to this dispatch.
warned Henry -Haye Of dire conse-
quences" which would inevitably re :
suit from any French brexch Of
armistice conditions. y.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-05
hastain Measure
1o:IrI'Ip|roveuses
0fI.FarI1 Dept

=. SACRAMENTO, June 5.-Means
by which services of the State De-
partment of Agriculture may be
improved are provided in resolu-
ton being sponsored in the Assem-
bly, by Assemblyman Harvey E. Has
tain of Brawley.
The resolution provides for the
establishment of fact finding
committee to study the department
and Its. operations and report at
the next session of the legislature.
Declaring that the department
is lone Of. the largest agencies in
the state government, rendering
many types of services, administer
Ing both general and special fund
activities, directly affecting the lives
of thousands of persons, the meas
ure provides for a committee con-
sistirg of the speaker of the assem-
bly, and five assemblymen.
The committee would be charged
with the duty of studying "accur-
ately and in detail, all facts and
acts relating to or touching upon
the administration Of the laws re-
lating to agriculture enforced by
the department of agriculture, and
the need for restriction or expan-
sion Of. state inspection and regu-
lation of agriculture"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-05

LONDON. June 5 (UP)- British
middle eastern forces stood in posi-
ton around Syria today and Gen.
Sir Archibald Wavell British COM
mander, was believed to regard his
position as sufficiently strong to
permit extension of his fighting
front.
1t was emphasized here suppress
sion of the Iraq outbreak and the
approaching end of Italian resis-
tance in Ethiopia had removed any
possible misgivings on the part OF
Wavell regarding the start of new
military operations.
Suggestions from Istanbul that
Wavell was opposed to a move into
Syria were doubted and the little
credence was placed in reports of
a dispute between Wavel and
Gen. Georges CatrouX, free French
lieutenant, concerning Syria.
The Turkish reports claimed Ca
troux is urging move into Syria
and that Wavell is holding back.
1t was noted that Catroux is in a
subordinate position and therefore
could not oppose Wavells' plans
strongly.
Gen. Charles DeGaulles mission
to the middle east was described