The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-05-09

Mselsish impatient at
Failure 10 Whoop II Up
Propaganda Crusade Of
Notion Geis go" Sign
Resignation Spur 70
Wsr Board Popping Up

Resignation Spur 70
Wsr Board Popping Up
ny RAY TUCKER
WASHINGTON Are ibaid
NacLeish recently delivered .
combined scolding and pep
talk 70 q score Of key federal
press agents on their failure TO
popularize the United Nations
war aims as set forth IN the At
lantic Charter and In President
Rcoeeveit's speeches since the
Battle Of Pearl Harbor. Under
White X ouse instructions he
handed them elaborate mimeo-
graphed agenda describing how
press. radio. thcaters, movies.
churches. schools. picture papers
and lecture platforms must be
mobilixed TO stimulate greater
public enthusiasm
The Librarian of Congress
criticized his colleagues for not
exploiting +. d. RS declarations
that we are fighting to preserve
and expand the four freedoms"
Instead Of translating that slo-
gan into bread-and-butter terms
applicable to our daily scheme
cf living in all its phases, he
said, n had been treated In gov
eminent literature ~ nothing
more than q mere academic
statement. A 4 result. he in
timated that the American peo-
pie N well n populations Of
neutral nations regarded the
conflict ~ lust another war"
The new MacIeish propaganda
crusade embraces every medium
of expression in the United
States. George crsels 1917 cam
paign was Q sick man's whisper
In comparison Every national
holiday win be made the occa-
sion to contrast political. social
and religious life under the axis
with that which blesses the de-
mocracies. Next election day.
for instance, he wants every bal
lot booth decorated with placords
reading. You wouldn't be doing
this tvoting) n you lived In the
Reich" and over here you can
heckle. In Germany you can
only he'll"
A few more designations like
that Of Robert r. Guthrie from
the War Production Board might
infuse vitamins into this agency
a. well a. into other important
units at the capital. The former
textile division chief has been
thoroughly denounced by wPB
higherups for his expose Of in
ternal difficulties, pickering and
buck-passing. But the record
demonstrates that the explosion
was required TO provoke the
bureau into carrying out policies
long overdue.
Guthrie quit the hrst week
n March after telling news
papermen that his efforts to cur
tail peacetime operations had
been blocked by dollar-s-ysar
men in the industrial groups in
volved. For some inexplicable
reason he hedged slightly on APP
pearing before inquisitive con-
Kreasional committees. but his
original charges shook the struc-
ture over which Donald NJ. Nell
son presides. Orders drafting
company after company into the
manufacture Of munitions and
weapons have been issued in q
never attained before he
spoke up.
The post Guthrie crackdowns
have affected electrical appli-
ances. household goods, many
metallic articles, m usic ma
chimes and records. home build
ing. clothing, ornamental wear
ing apparel. bicycles. etc. In
fact, insiders estimate that fac
tories making almost 30 per
cent of the nations consumer
goods have been shifted TO more
essential lines of production
since March /. II u understood
that the amount actually spent
for war purchases exceeded
s. o0o. 0o0. 900 IN April. That il
q record figure and compares
with an outlay Of only sl,400,-
oo0, 900 last November.
Our military and diplomatic
leaders are deeply depressed by
the growing tendency in this
country to question the Soviet's
admittedly puzziing behavior as
q United Nations partner. De
remarks have appear
ID In some newspapers and
and even on the floor
Of congress.
The anti-Russian attacks usu-
ally follow two lines: Aoscow's
in the conduct Of
war operations srouses suspi-
rion Of her ultimate, postwar
ambitions. It il true that our
regret the refusal TO
permit our observers to visit
he front and factories. But
hey understand Stains atti-
,ude, and they do not complain.
III they ask is that he continue
o fight and kin Germans.
Peace table worries are not
heir concern The other indict-
nent springs from the intern
nent of the Tokyo raiding plane
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