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Evening star., 1941-11-22
Nazis 10 Call Farley
OF European States,
White House Says
BoIsterine Of Resources.
Setting Up Of Puppets
Seen os True Motive
By JOHN c. HENRY.

Offering what is regarded as a
false economic rehabilitation and
restoration of independence, the
German government is preparing to
call an all-European economic con-
ference within the near future. the
White House disclosed today on the
basis of confidential information re-
ceived here.
Pointedly excluded from invitation
to this contemplated parley, it was
said, is the British government and,
of course, that of the United States.
Actual objective, it was explained
further by White House spokes-
man, is reinforcement of economic
and raw material resources of the
Axis which have been depleted
through the last two years of war
fare.
The political result. it was charged,
would be the establishment of a
series of puppet states throughout
Europe with Berlin holding the
strings" and with the way left clear
for German violations of any agree
ments reached.
Disclosure of this contemplated
squeeze play" by the Nazi govern
ment was made here today by Ste
phen T. Early, secretary to Presi-
dent Roosevelt, with the admonition
that the entire gesture should be
discounted well ahead of time" by
all people advocating the democratic
way of life.
Mr.. Early's revelations came in re-
sponse to a press conference Ques-
tlon about rumors that the Berlin
government is preparing a new
peace offensive, hinged largely on
economic considerations. Mr.. Early S
response follows, in full:
The Government, that is. the
State Department and the Presi-
dent, have received several Sugges-
(See WHITE HOUSE, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1941-11-22
Railway Unions Agree
To Resume Farley on
Wage Strike Threat
Labor and Management
Yield to Roosevelt
PIeo for Agreement

For second time. railroad labor
and management gave way to Pres
ident Roosevelt's wishes today and
agreed to resume direct negotia tions
of their wage controversy.
Meeting at the White House with
the President and Government ad-
visers on the threatened Nationwide
railroad strike. the management and
labor representatives agreed that
they would resume their joint de-
liberations either this afternoon or
tomorrow.
we gave the President a report
up 10 the minute George M Har-
rison. president of the American
Federation of Railway Clerks. told
reporters. In the light of our con-
versations with the President, we
will reconvene Immediately and con-
tinue our negotiations in the direc-
ton indicated by national consider
ations. Labor has hopes of a set
tlement."
Solicitor General Charles Fahy,
who attended the White House
meeting along with other Govern
ment observers. told reporters that
no formula for a settlement had
been mentioned at the meeting, but
that this had been left to direct
negotiations.
The management-la Labor group met
twice yesterday, but reached stale
mate last night. Their negotiations
yesterday had been specifically re-
quested by the President in the
course of meetings with both sides
on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The five operating brotherhoods,
rejecting temporary wage increases
of 7la per cent. have voted strike
December 7. The IA incorporating
unions likewise have rejected wage
proposals, but have not yet voted
strike.
A. F.. Whitney. president of the
Railway Trainmen, told reporters
last nights meeting broke up after
refusal on the part of the carriers
to in any way 60 beyond" wage
recommendations of a Presidential
Emergency Board.
For his renewed consideration of
the railroad problem, the President
called back the same group that con-
ferred with him earlier in the week.
Included were Chairman Joseph
B. Eastman of the Interstate Com
merce Commission. David j. Lewis
of the National Mediation Board,
Senator Mead. Democrat OF New
York; President John j. Pelley and
Vice President R. V. Fletcher of the
Association of American Railroads,
Mr.. Fahy, Mr. Harrison and Presi-
dent Alvaney Johnston of the Rail-
road ENGINEERS.
Evening star., 1941-11-22
First Snow Of Season
Forecast for Tomorrow

The first snow of the season is
predicted for tomorrow. after rain
and lowering temperature tonight
the Weather Bureau reported today
The lowest seasonal temperature of
27 degrees was recorded at 7:1O
o'clock this morning, l degree below
the % mark set November 13.
The forecaster predicted that the
Sunday temperature will decline
during the night and Monday with
a low of between 20 and 25 degrees
in prospect for Monday night. The
temperature will continue to fall
during the early hours of Tuesday
as the clouds disappear with the ar
rival of the sharp weather, the fore
cast said.
The prediction for today was fair
and rather cold, with high of 46
degrees and a low of 36 degrees ex-
pected. West and northwest winds
of light intensity are included In the
week END weather forecast.
A high of 60 degrees was recorded
at 1901 am. yesterday.
Evening star., 1941-11-22
Reich Reported Seeking Broad
African Concessions of Vichy
Germans Said to Be Ready to Conclude
Formal Peace; Petoin to See High Noz

Petain is going to Occupied France
to meet a high German parsonage.
perhaps Adolf Hitler, strengthened
the opinion of many observers in
Europe, the Associated Press was in
formed, that French adherence to
the German new order will be an
nounced soon.
Two new, unconflrmed reports
concerning French collaboration
with Germany were received One
said the French had rejected a Ger
man proposal to convoy Italian ships
in the Mediterranean. and a second
that the Germans were suggesting
that the French provide 100000 men
to police part of Russian territory
next spring.
A third was to the effect that
Marshal Petain. after taking his
country into the Axis lineup. might
step out in favor of Vice Premier
Evening star., 1941-11-22
German Gen. Won Briesen
Killed on Eastern Front
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
BERLIN, Nov. 22.-The German
high command announced today
that Gen. Kurt Won Briesen, a Nazi
infantry commander, was killed on
the eastern front Thursday.
The 58-year-old German infantry
general met a soldiers death in q
fight against the same enemy as his
father, who died on an Austrian
battlefield in 1914.
The high command did not specify
the sector where Gen. Won Briesen
fell.
He was born May 3, 1888, and
served in the World War as a cap
tain on the German general staff.
He was promoted to lieutenant
general shortly before the Polish
campaign at the beginning of the
war in September, 1899. He was
wounded in Poland and was deco
rated with the Knights Cross of
the Iron Gross for his service in
that campaign.
Evening star., 1941-11-22
Mo|ecuIe That Causes Flu
Isolated and Photographed

tein. is one of the tiniest disease
agents known to science. One of
the most startling things to the
layman and of profound significance
to medicine about this flu bullet
is that it is not a living thing like
microbes.
It is able to reproduce itself, when
in living tissue, but that seems to
be more of chemical reaction than
a sign of actual life.
The discovery has opened new
way to make vaccines against hu-
man flu, and experiments are now
starting to learn whether 1t will
protect man.
The report was made by Drs.
Leslie A. Chambers and Werner
Henle, of the Eldridge Reeves john
son Research Foundation, Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania. Collaborat-
ing in the picture was DR.. T. F.
Anderson of r. C. A., makers Of
the electron microscope.
Evening star., 1941-11-22
US. Mission Reaches Cairo
To Speed Aid 10 British
By the Associated Press.

BY ire Associated Press.
CAIRO, Egypt, Nov. 22-Brig.
Gen. Russell L. Maxwell, head of the
United States military mission to
the British in Africa, arrived by air
today with five aides to take charge
of all phases of American material
aid to the British offensive against
the Axis.
The mission will be followed by
hundreds of American technicians,
both military and civil. to keep the
British supplied in Libya and else
where.
In fact, aid to British forces every
where on this continent comes under
the Maxwell mission.
The group was met at the airport
by United States Minister Alexander
c. Kirk. high British officers and
Maj. Ralph Knapp. transport expert
recently with the Santa Fe Railway,
who arrived two days ago.
Other members of the mission,
numbering about dozen, are sched-
uled to reach Egypt by air, direct
from the United States, within the
next few weeks.
Evening star., 1941-11-22
British Told Invasion
May Come Via Fire
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. Nov. 22.-The maga-
zine Aeroplane warned Britain today
that the most likely" strategy of a
German invasion attempt would be
to land swarms of glider-borne
troops and tanks in Ireland.
"A German attack is not likely
Immediately, but it may not be far
off" the Widely-read publication
said. IF the Irish insist on be-
coming another Belgium, probably
no power, not even the United
States, can do anything about it.
but when the trouble comes the
British will have just as much diff
f1culty defending Fire as they had
In Belgium"
Evening star., 1941-11-22
UNIV. Leaders
Get Rooseve|t's
Mine TruceP|ea
Lewis Submits Plan,
Rejected by Himself,
To Policy Group

John L. Lewis went before the
Policy Committee of the United
Mine Workers today 10 lay before
them the White House proposals he
personally has rejected for settling
the captive coal mine strike
The U. M w. head was an hour
late in arriving at the meeting at
the unions headquarters here.
Shortly after the session convened
the conferees emerged from the con-
ference room and waited in front OF
the U. M. w Building They said
Mr. Lewis had asked them to stand
by"
There was no explanation OF the
delay, but it was assumed that Mr..
Lewis was preparing report or a
letter for the approval of the COM
mittee.
Later the President was to see
Chairman Norton of the House
Labor Committee. The White House
said Mrs Norton had requested a
meeting to discuss labor legislation.
one version of which already is
under consideration in the Senate.
Idea Repudiated by Lewis.
Regarding the coal strike, called in
the captive mines in an effort TO force
acceptance of the union shop Mr.
Lewis expressed his personal disap-
proval Of Mr. Roosevelt's appeal last
Observation-Disclosures the idea Of
agreeing to what he termed an open
shop contract and asserting that
equitable arbitration would be vir-
tually impossible in the light Of
"preJudlclal' statements already
made by the Chief Executive.
Mr.. Roosevelt has kept carefully
guarded his possible action in event
the union formally rejects his pro-
poSal. There have been uncon-
firmed reports that he would ap-
peal over the head of Mr. Lewis 10
the striking miners, invoking the
factor of patriotism and assuring
the men protection if they would
return to work.
William H. Davis, chairman of the
Defense Mediation Board attacked
the coal deadlock from a new angle
yesterday. He sent kilograms 10
commercial mine operators associa-
tons, asking them if they agreed
with Mr.. Lewis contention that the
U. M. w. union shop contracts with
commercial mines would be abro-
gated if the union should agree TO
an open shop arrangement In the
captive shafts.
Pledge Prom Operators Urged.
Mr., Davis also asked the opera
tors to pledge they would abide bv
their contracts with the union even
though the U. M. w. should sign
an open shop contract covering cap
tive mines.
-Four operators associations sent
word that they would continue 10
respect their union shop agreement
regardless of the outcome of the CAP
tive mine dispute.
The four were the Alabama Coal
Operators Negotiating Committee
the Logan (W. Va Coal Operators
Association, the Greenbrier wv Va
(See LABOR, Page A-3J
Evening star., 1941-11-22
Fisher Company to Build
Big Tank Assembly Plant
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, Nov. 22-E. F. Fisher.
general manager of the Fisher body
division of General Motors Corp,
announced today that 350-acre site
near Grand Blanc, Mich, had been
selected for tank plant.
The plant. which will have 100000
square feet of floor space, will serve
as the final assembly unit for large
and medium tanks from parts fabri-
Gated in the Fisher body division
No. l plant and the Buick plant in
nearby Flint.
Gen Motors Corp. is the third
large automotive firm to undertake
tank production. Chrysler Corp.
already is turning out medium
tanks and the Ford Motor Co. has
been authorized to prepare facilities
for their manufacture.
Evening star., 1941-11-22
GomeIin, III at Clinic,
Takes Turn for Worse

BY the Associated Press.
VICHY, Unoccupied France, Nov.
22.-Former Generalissimo Maurice
Gustave Gamelin, suffering facial
erysipelas and nervous prostration
at Oloron Clinic, has taken an un-
expected turn for the worse, 1t was
reported here today.
Gen. Gamelin's condition de-
veloped during his internment in
Bourassol Fortress and was aggra-
waited by the trip to Fort Poralet
November II, which was made BY
road after plans to transfer him by
plane had to be abandoned.
Evening star., 1941-11-22
$4,000 Miners Idle
In Eight States as
Coal Strike Spreads
Sheriff Of foyette
County, Pa, Makes New
PIeo for Stote Police
BY the Associated Press.


PITTSBURGH, Nov. 22-Unoff-
cial estimates disclosed today that
nearly so per cent of the Nations s
384 900 bituminous coal miners were
idle as a result of the c. I. o. United
Mine Workers strike for a union
shop in captive mines.
Rapidly spreading moves-un-
sanctioned by the unions national
neadquarters-for sympathy walk
outs of commercial miners has
brought 10 total of 10000 the
number of idle in eight States:
Pennsylvania, West Virginia. Ken
lucky, Ohio. Alabama, Illinois,
Maryland and Virginia.
william largest. secretary of
district 5, United Mine Workers.
at Pittsburgh, said the strike by
the commercial miners was un-
authorizedJ
The $4,000 coal diggers include
54 600 employed by the captive pits.
whose coal is used solely by their
steel company owners. Only a few
captive operations were still work.
ing The output of the $4,000 COM
mercial miners is used generally in
industry, for railroad transportation
and on the open market.
T-~ T. ;,,rnl - E,,~t.-
Fayette County, trouble spot of
the strike, was comparatively calm
today. A single shotgun charge,
pellets from which slightly injured
two men, was the only show of vio-
lence this morning at the Edenborn
mine, where 10 pickets were wound
ed by gunshot volleys yesterday.
None required hospital treatment.
Sheriff Charles T. Frock and two
deputies patrolled the area. Picket
ing went on peacefully.
Other developments in the Pitts
burgh steel and coal area we're:
/. Carnegie Illinois Steel Corp,
the Nations largest single producer
announced its new s60,0OO 900 Irwin
works employing 4,400 would close
tomorrow. With IL blast furnaces
closed this week, the company said its
ingot production would be cur
tailed 20 per cent. The Irwin works
has an annual capacity of 100000
tons of tinplate, strip and sheet,
much of which is going for defense
purposes.
2. In Fayette County, Sheriff
Frock made a second appeal to Gov.
Arthur H. James to have State po-
lice cooperate with me and aid
me in the preservation Of law and
order in this county,
The Governor turned down the
sheriff's first request last night. say
ing he did not feel warranted at
this time in ordering the State
police to intervene"
Thirteen men have been wounded
in Fayette County in the past two
days.
Gov. James said a State police
man who interview the sheriff has
reported to me that the sheriff is
unwilling to certify that conditions
are beyond his control"
In his second request, the sheriff
said that with the cooperation of
his deputies and State police, to-
gether we can control the present
dangerous situation"
Evening star., 1941-11-22
Counterdrive Near Kalinin.

On the northern flank. the Rus
sian dispatches said, the Russians
retreated in the early stages, but
they were said to have launched a
counterattack near Kalinin which
still was under way today.
On the southern flank the Red
Army was reported offering stub
born resistance to numerically
superior enemy southeast of Tula.
The Germans were said to be
employing new tactics. keeping
their tanks close to the infantry and
artillery instead of sending them
slashing far ahead. This device was
said to have been adopted because
of the dense defenses, with nu-
merous water obstacles, which lie in
the path to Moscow.
The German air force was at
tempting spasmodically to bomb
Moscow, but the raids were not
reaching a great intensity, the Rus
sian advices stated. The Bolshoi
branch theater opened in the capi-
tai with a capacity crowd attending
a concert held between air raid
alarms.
The Soviet Army newspaper Red
Star reported that the Germans
were using 200 tanks, in groups of
from 10 to 20, in the Tula sector
German infantry in formations
(see RUSSIANS, Page A-3J
Evening star., 1941-11-22
Losses of Germans
Enormous in East,
Turk General Finds
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ISTANBUL. Nov. 81 de
layed) A prominent Turkish
general. back from an inspec-
ton of the RuSsian-German
battlefront, was reported today
to have described German losses
as enormous" and the general
situation of the German war
machine mot as good as it is
represented to be-"
The general was not identi-
fed. However. Gems. Ali Fuad
Erden and Hueseyn Erkilet in
spected the German side of the
front as guests of the German
Army less than a month ago
and were received by Adolf Hit
Ter at his field headquarters.
There has been no report OF
Turkish generals inspecting
the Russian lines.
Evening star., 1941-11-22
Nine Maryland Counties Report
No Auto Deaths in October

Montgomery County was among
nine Maryland counties having no
traffic fatalities during October, the
Maryland Traffic Safety Committee
announced today.
A total of 81 traffic accidents was
reported in the county involving the
injury of SO persons Prince Georges
County reported 81 accidents, in
Guiding three fatalities.
Traffic accidents in Maryland last
month killed 48 persons. This figure
represented q 20 per cent drop from
September and a 13 per cent de-
crease from october. 1910.
Evening star., 1941-11-22
Nv The Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 22-Germany
is prepared to transform her armi-
Stice with France into a formal peace
settlement in return for sweeping
concessions in North Africa, reliable
quarters in Europe informed the
Associated Press today.
These quarters said Germany's de-
sire for air bases and routes for
transport of men and supplies to
help withstand the British offensive
in Africa lay behind the vigorously
pursued negotiations of the past 10
days.
Although no word from Berlin was
forthcoming on any aspect of the
Vichy situation, one European po-
litical observer said he believed it
was apparent the Nazis attached
more Importance to winning France
to their new order than to having
Italy in the fold
Reports from Vichy that Marshal
Evening star., 1941-11-22
; Senators Demand
Navy Tell How Many
Subs u. ). Has Sunk
Wheeler, Van kuys, Nye
Criticize Knox Policy
Of Withholding News
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Three members of the Senate's So
called non-interventionist bloc
Senators Wheeler. Democrat, of
Montana; Van Nuys, Democrat, of
Indiana, and Nye, Republican, of
North Dakota-called on the Navy
Department today to make public
the number of German submarines
sunk by American warships.
Senator Pepper. Democrat. of
Florida, said, however, that naval
experience in both the last war and
this one has demonstrated that it is
not always desirable to announce
the sinking of enemy submarines. >"
Il would rather take the studied
opinion of the American and British
navies than that of the isolationist
members of the Senate" he added
In separate talks with reporters,
Senators Wheeler. Van Nuys and
Nye declared that the Nation should
be given all information regarding
naval activities which could be re-
leased without endangering the lives
of American seamen.
Knox Secrecy Policy Hit.
The policy of Secretary Knox in
Withholding information as to the
number of submarines we have sunk
displays lack of confidence in the
American people" Senator Wheeler
declared.
They are the same tactics used by
Hitler and Stain, who do not let the
people know the facts" he said. Il
do not see how the administration
can expect the people to have conf
dence in its war policy when by its
every action it indicates that neither
the Congress nor the people are to be
trusted with information. The
American people are entitled to
know whether American boys are
being sent into aggressive naval war
fare without declaration of war by
Congress.
Senator Van Nuys said he could
see no reason for the Navy to with
hold announcements of U-boat sink
lngs. He said it was not a valid
argument that such a policy would
keep Berlin in the dark as to the
whereabouts of German submarines
and added:
When the American people have
sent their boys to sea to fight, when
they have sent their treasure to
Great Britain, then they are entitled
to all the facts as they develop"
Nye Sees 30 Votes for War.
Senator Nye told rIHspapermen
that After all. we az not at war,
and the country has a right to know.
If the people knew everything we
were doing on the seas. they might
think the sinkings of some of our
ships were the logical result of the
Presidents war"
Senator Nye renewed his earlier
predictions that between 80 and IS
Senators would vote for a declara-
ton OF war if Mr.. Roosevelt re-
quested 1t. But think it a hopeful
sign that the number has not in
creased in the last six months" he
said.
Senator Pepper, a member of the
Foreign Relations Committee, ex-
pressed the view that there would
be less than 80 votes for a war dec
laration at present.
Il still do not favor a declaration
OF war" he continued. We can do
everything we need to do without
one, We can deliver our supplies
and we can run down subs.
while declaration might stimu-
late the morale of the country, I
think it would be a shot in the arm.
And 1 don't believe the American
people need shot in the arm to do
what this country ought to do"
Evening star., 1941-11-22
Close R. A. F. Formation
Strikes French Coust
Nv the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
FOLKSTONE, England. Nov. o.
Moving like flight of wild geese in
a tight wedge 100 feet above a chop
py sea, a formation of r. A. F.
fighters sped across the Channel to-
day to continue low-level attacks
on Occupied France.
The planes were headed toward
the area between Boulogne and
Calais. -.3
Evening star., 1941-11-22
By HOWARD w. BLAKESLEE,

Associated Press stan Corresponoehi.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 22-An
incredibly small and deadly bullet
shaped molecule. only four-mil-
honths of an inch thick, has been
branded as the cause of one Of the
miseries of mankind, human in
huenza.
Its isolation and its picture, taken
by the new electron microscope,
were described today to the Amer
ican Philosophical Society.
Magnified $4,000 diameters until
it shows up as a very tiny gray dot
on photograph. the picture is of
a deadly specimen taken from the
flu infection which killed a person
here three years ago. 1t is more
over the same kind Of flu-type A
which spread over the country last
winter.
This molecule, a small bit of pro-
Evening star., 1941-11-22

Up to the first of November. ATT
persons have been killed in traffic
in Maryland-an increase of 1866
per cent over the same period last
year. In addition, 982 persons were
reported injured.
Pedestrian deaths continued to
lead all other types Analysis of
the accident causes, it was revealed
by the committee, showed that the
pedestrian is responsible for two
thirds of the mishaps in which he
is involved, and that speed is the
cause Of approximately As per cent
OF all other types Of highway acci-
Evening star., 1941-11-22
Indio-Chino Highway
Work to Begin Soon
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
CHUNGKING, Nov. 22-Work
will begin soon on a highway be-
tween India and China to supple
ment the Burma road or serve as
an alternative if that Chinese life
line is cut, it was disclosed today.
Surveyors were said already to
have submitted a favorable report
on a route. probably to be known
as the India road, which would
start at Sadiya. Assam. in the east
ern corner of India above Burma.