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upon the already known fact that
British shipping and its conveys soon
must be reinforced, but also on Sc
cret negotiations to establish an
Eastern Front, thus make Hitler
fight two wars instead of one.
This was one of the big reasons
for the pilgrimage of Col. wild
Bill" Donovan to North Africa, also
for visits of officials from the Amer
lean embassy in France to Algiers.
Their reports are extremely signifi-
cant-asserting that Marshal Wey-
gand, commander of the French
forces in Africa, has become Wig
orously pro-British.
Furthermore, he has stated quite
bluntly to American representative
that if he were sure of getting suf-
ficient tanks, airplanes and ammu-
milton, he would undertake cam
paign against the Italians immedi-
ately.
These supplies would come to Ca
sablanca, on the coast of French
Morocco, and what is more impor-
tant, they would come from the Unit
ed States.
Next move in this strategy, after
crushing the Italians between Brit
ish-French pincers, would be to
transport French troops to Greece
and further north in order to bolster
the Jugoslavs along the German bor-
der. Conversations between the Brit
ish and Jugoslavs already have pro-
crossed to the point where London
believes that country is ready to
resist Hitler. However, the Jugo-
slavs are most insistent on one thing
ample munitions.
Furthermore, the Turks have
moved three divisions from Anato-
liza, in Asiatic Turkey, to Thrace in
European Turkey, in order to be
ready for Hitler.
ROY HOWARD AND WILLKIE
Wendell Wilkes decision to go to
London to gather first-hand Informal
ton to support the lend-lease arma-
ment bill brought him a grateful bow
from the White House, but it cost
him hot verbal battle with one of
the most potent press hackers Of
his presidential candidacy.
Roy Howard, of the Scripps-How-
ard group of newspapers and an
ardent negotiated peace" advocate,
spent the better part of one night
trying to persuade Willkie to drop
the trip plan.
Back-stopping Howard in his ar
guments was Bruce Barton, former
New York congressman and defeat
ed G. O. P. aspirant for the seat Of
New Dealer Sen. Jim Mead. Like
Howard, Barton was one of Wilkes
earliest and staunchest boosters and
played leading role in putting
him over at Philadelphia.
Howard and Barton strove might
lily in their effort to win Willkie over
to their views. But the former G..
o. P. standard-bearer stood firmly
by his guns.
He contended that aiding Britain
to beat back the Axis aggressors
was crucial to U. S. security; that he
had always advocated this and did
not propose to change his position.
Also, that while he didn't pretend
to be a friend of Roosevelt, Roose-
welt was elected and if he was to
function as President he had to have
authority to do so. He (Willkie)
would have demanded this had he
been elected, so he was not going to
permit personal feeling or partisan
ship to prevent him from urging
such a policy for his successful rival.
CELEBRATE INAUGURAL ON
JACKSON DAY
President Roosevelt's Inaugural
ton took place on January 20, but
the formal Democratic celebration
of the history-making third-term vic
tory will not take place until March
20.
That is the date that has been
fixed for the Jackson Day dinner,
the annual affair when all good
Democrats come to the aid of their
party with checks. In the past the
dinner usually has been held late in
January, but this year, because Of
the inaugural and reorganization
within the national committee, it has
quietly been decided to hold it in
March.
National Chairman Ed Flynn and
his lieutenants hope to make the af-
fair bigger and more profitable than
ever before.
One plan is to stage dinners in a
lot more cities. Another, suggested
by Richard Reynolds, new national
treasurer, is to combine the victory
celebration with reunion of all fac
tons; that is, the return to the fold
of "absent" leaders.
Among those Reynolds has in
mind are men like Al Smith and Ole
time Budget Director Lewis Doug
las. They now see .eye-to-eye with
Roosevelt on foreign policy, and
Reynolds believes this opens the
way for big party rapprochement
by expanding the Jackson Day cela-
bration into a unity affair.
MERRY-GO-ROUND
The reason you seldom see pic
ture of Secretary of War Stimson
is that he is generosity. The fash
bulbs hurt his eyes.