The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-12
. WASHINGTON Daybook
BY JACK STINNETT


BY JACK STINNETT
WASHINGTON. Feb 11-Answering the mail
orders:
Mrs. T. r. M, Bentonville, Ark.-This must
1 am sorry to say, be a sorry answer, for
there is no CONSENSUS in Washington as to
when the war might end. By breaking your
question in two, and giving two extremes of
thought, l can give you something but
I doubt if you could find any general agree
ment here to either conclusion.
ID The Axis itself has warned (and U. S.
army and government officials, as well as
British officials here and in England seem
positive the warning is true) that there will
be big push against the British Isles this
spring-that is, between now and the last of
May Nazis and Nazi sympathizers think this
'blitz" will be successful and that it will be
accomplished in as short order as was the
drive over Holland, Belgium and France. This
will, they believe, end the war in its major
amphitheater, leaving only the mopping up,
consolidation of conquered countries, estab-
lishnent of governments under the new or
der,'' etc.
(2) Great Britain, its officials and laymen,
its sympathizers, and great many American
observers think that this ''blitz'' will not be
successful and who, after studying the pro-
ductlon charts here and in England and
Canada as we'll as those in Axis-controlled
lands, say that Great Britain will be ready
take the initiative by the spring and summer
of 1912. Holding to the theory that an offensive
from without will be accompanied by collapse
and revolt from within the Axis, these persons
contend that the British offensive will not
have to be of long duration and that within
two years the world will be ready for peace
negotiated on the terms of the democracies
Many of the members of this latter school of
thought insert the important proviso: namely
provided the United States can give sufficient
aid in sufficient time.''
Understand of course, that these are not
two welldefined opinions which divide war
observers into two camps. By far the greater
number of Washingtonians, big and little, to
whom I have talked haven't the foggiest no.
ton when the war will end. It is worth re-
cording simply because the only two express
sions which involve any definite time element
are either this fall'' or 1.-The fall of 1912"
Mrs. G. NJ, Monrovia Calif-There are so
many ways for in-school and out-of-school
youth to get pre-employment training for de-
tense industries that it is almost impossible
to cover the field in detail but here's an ef-
fort:
General and specific pre-employment
courses are offered in nearly every locality
through the state boards for vocational edu-
cation, and inquiry should be addressed to
them. The general courses Q5 hours week
for eight weeks) in operation, and repair
of trucks, tractors and automobiles Including
both gasoline and diesel engines) metal work;
woodworking; and electricity. Specific courses
go hours a week for eight weeks) are in
riveting; machine-shop work. welding; air.
craft sheet metal work; radio service and
repair.
Out-of-school youth between II and Is years
of age may get this training if they will regis
ter with the state employment service
Part-time employment for school youth and
employment for out-of-school young people
with supplementary training in both in
stances) from 18 through "a years OF age, in
direct and indirect defense trades, may be
obtained through the National Youth Admins
tration.
Out-of-school, unemployed young men may
also get training in the Civilian Conservation
Corps if they are unmarried and between II
and %.
The details of each of these may be OBJ
tained from the nearest offices of the respec-
tive services, through local public school Off
cials or through state board of vocational
education officials
ALI of these programs are correlated through
| the U. S. office of education here. In one or
the other of these, there is training or en-
ployment for nearly every youth that seeks
it. S