Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-25
Libyan Drive
Bars Italian
Aid in Russia
Hitler Buys Duce's Cash
Seized in Africa
BY PAUL MALLON

is accomplishing more than the
ground gained.
II has now been learned that
lust before the drive started.
Herr Hitler ardently appealed
10 Mussolln 10 send five more
Italian divisions to the Russian
front What Der Fuehrer told
II Duce about the Nazi position
on the Russian front was con-
siderahly less confident than the
tone of the recent Berlin an
nouncements.
But MuSsolini's generals had
the audacity TO turn the Nazis
down. They said they feared al
tack on the Libyan front and
an ensuing grave threat 10 the
Italian mainland itself As a re-
suit, all the active military help
Hitler is going 10 get out of
Italy this Winter is the three
token divisions alfeady-fiettf1g
more or less) on the Red bat
feline.
\ MOTHER revealing account
"A Of inner Axis troubles has
reached authorities here.
The British seized consider
ably more than 100,000000 lire
from their conquest of Ethiopia
and the Wavell invasion of
Libya This Italian currency
was in banking and commerce
of the two Italian colonies. The
British thought the seized cur
-reHey- eould best be used by
selling it piecemeal on the black
bourSe Of Switzerland. That
was done,rhut practically all Of
IT was secretly bought-not- by
Mussnlini or the Swiss-but by
the ally of Italy, Herr Hitler
himself.
GERMANY has thus been
VI stealing food from the mea-
ger-table -of-little -Pinneehie.-
Official figures now available in
governmental quarters here sug-
gest the extent of the robbery,
as follows:
First six months this year
Germany took out of belt-tlght-
ened Italy 100000 pounds of
tnl N1 al
much as the 154 100000 pounds
IL took out in the first half of
1888, before the war;; 1896, 00O,-
600 pounds of citrus fruits
NEARLY three times as much as
the 100000 pounds of 1889;
81, SEQ, 600 pounds of fresh fruits
(three times as much 1880
600 gallons of wine and YER
mouth six times the 1888
quantityD
At this rate. the British will
not have 10 defeat the Italians.
Hitler will do it.
QEST explanation of John l..
- Lewis change of mind is the
character of the chosen arbiter,
John r. Steelman. AS head Of
the Cancellation service in Miss
Perkins labor department, Mr..
Steelman has built up probably
the only uncriticized govern
ment department.
His reputation for judicial
fairness as we'll as political di-
plomacy is accepted in every
labor quarter. Every miner
knows it better than the public,
because Mr.. Steelman's concili-
ating exploits have necessarily !
been private. Lewis could not !
validity refuse Mr. Roosevelts
offer Of Steelman as Judge.
a compromise is expected.
TOP defense man Donald Mel
L son re a d the Wall Street
Journal item suggesting he
might get out before the first of
the year and said:
THAT fellow Duffield (head
Of the WSJ bureau here) keeps
his ear pretty close to the
ground"
The observation has sponsored
inner expectations that Nelson |
is going back to mallordering |
for rs-Reebuek, but he prob
ably will 60 only a fraction Of |
that distance He really intends
10 give up only half Of his de-
Tense job, the least important
half as director of priorities for
OPM He Will no doubt continue
in the big post as head OF SPAB,
controlling ALLEGATIONS.
THE situation points again to !
Il the haShed-up condition Of !
the defense Setup Nelson is not
q member of SPNB. only its |
executive director 10 carry ont |
its decisions knudScn and Hill !
man, who are supposed 10 be |
running defense. are members.
When they and the rest Of
SpAB make decisions. Nelson
issues orders 10 them 10 carry
out the decisions.
or, tmaking the setup even
loss understandable price.ad-
mlnlStrator without-authority.
Leon Henderson, has three Jobs.
He is a member OF SPAB. When
SPAB makes an ALLEGATION de-
Cision, Nelson informs Hender-
son Of what he Henderson,
already has done on the SPAB
board But if SPAB makes
decision rerardlnp civilian sun