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Evening star., 1942-03-02
Reorganization
.0fArmySetsUp
Commands
Ground, Air Forces
And Supply Service
Each to Have General
(Tert OF Presidents Order on
Page A-6.)
BY BLAIR BOLLES.

President Roosevelt today or
dered sweeping reorganization
of the Army. He created three
basic military commands, di-
rectly responsible to the chief o.
staff, which are to have control
over practically all phases of
military action.
Mr.. Roosevelt's executive order.
issued at the White House. sets up
an Army Ground Force, an Army
Air Force and a Service of Supply,
each under commanding general,
and eliminates the large number Of
independent commands now under
the Chief of Staff.
Giving new recognition to the
importance of the air forces, the
effect OF the order was to group all
the old arms such as artillery, in
fantry and cavalry into one unit
and the air forces into another. The
function of supply was made third
unit.
The air forces were given a semi
autonomous status under their own
chief, 1t. Gen. Henry H. Arnold,
last year, at time when congress
slonal champions were demanding
independence for the air arm from
the Army and Navy.
The reorganization was ordered
after weeks of study, given urgency
by the war, of means to improve the
ArmyS efficiency during the pro-
Jected expansion to 100000 or more
officers and men.
Effective i'm Week.
The changes become effective
March 9, and are to remain until
six months after the wars end.
The new pattern for the Army
high command will give the COM
manding general of the Army
ground forces the present functions,
duties and powers Of the chiefs of
infantry, cavalry. field artillery and
Coast Artillery Corps.
The commanding general of the
new Army Air Forces is to have
the functions, duties and powers
now divided between the command
ing general of the General Head
quarters Air Force (Air Force Com
bat Command) and of the chief Of
the Air Corps.
Supply Paragraph Vague.
The exact scope of the command
/ ing general of the new Services of
Supply is left vague by the execu-
tive order, which states only:
The functions, duties and powers
/ of the chief of coast artillery re-
lating to procurement, storage and
issue are transferred to the COM
manding general, Services OF Sup
ply"
Nothing is said about transferring
the QuartermaSter Corps or the
| ordnance department to this off,
| cial, who presumably would make
any possible Improvements in the
efficiency of Army buying.
The ground force commanders
affected by the order are: Maj.
Gen. Courtney H. Hodges, chief of
Infantry: Maj. Gen. John K. Herr,
chief of Cavalry; Maj Gen. Robert
CSee ARMY, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1942-03-02
Allies Hur| Land and Air Forces
Against ; Enemy Columns in Java;
One Spearhead Believed Cut off
Macarthur Proposed
By Australian Paper
As Pacific Chief
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SYDNEY, Australia, March
2.-The Sydney Telegraph to-
day proposed that Gen. Doug
las Macarthur, the hero of the
Bataan Peninsula, be named
commander of the Southwest
Pacific forces.
Gen. Wavelps A, B, D, A
command has moved westward
to Burma and a new Pacific
commander is needed" the
Telegraph said in an editorial.
Most of his (the new COM
rnander's) forces will be Ameri-
can and he should be an Ameri-
can"
There has been no word from
other sources that Gen. Wavell
had moved his headquarters
from Java. Presumably the
Telegraph meant that the
greater part of the British ef-
fort in that area had been con-
centrated on the defense of
Burma.
Evening star., 1942-03-02
Britain Studies Extending
Waqe Plan 10 Civilians
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, March 2.-British
treasury experts today were reported
studying a plan to extend to civilian
war workers the system of deduct
ing sixpence (about 10 cents) daily
from the pay of each man in the
fighting services to be paid after the
war.
Experts were said to favor the
plan particularly as means of sta
bilizing wages, thus avoiding inf1a-
ton and arresting production de-
clines.
The Daily Mail said Chancellor OF
the Exchecquer Sir Kingsley Wood
now was in stronger position than
before to seek stabilization of wages
because "the cost of living has been
practically stabilized at about 80
per cent above the 1889 figure since
last summer - = At the same time,
wages have increased to 26 per cent
above the pre-war level"
Evening star., 1942-03-02
Nipponese Losses
Are Declared
Enormous
BY tbs Associated Press.

By ths Associated Press.
: LONDON, March "A Reuters
dispatch from Bandoeng, report
ing that British troops had gone
into action against the Japanese
on Java, said today there was
! reason to believe that Allied
, forces had cut of a Japanese
column which penetrated 40
miles inland to Soebang.
Fall of Soebang. which Is less
than 80 miles from Bandoeng, head
quarters of the Allied command,
| was announced in a Dutch COM
munique last night.
Japanese losses in both men and
equipment were described as enor-
nous.
japanese troop losses may be
reckoned in the thousands, and
their losses in tanks, armored cars
and artillery in the hundreds" said
the news agency, but still they come
on
If the Allied forces In Java had
been about twice as strong, the jap
anese attack would almost certainly
have been doomed to failure.
The Allied air forces have done
magnificently, but have been unable
to prevent landings on a considera-
BILE scale"
The dispatch said fighting was
raging along the north coast of Java
on the fertile plain about 80 miles
in depth which stretches for several
hundred miles along the coast from
Batavia to Soerabaja.
An order OF the day issued to
the British troops said:
British troops in Java-we have
the honor to be about to fight
with our Dutch and American allies
In defense of the last stronghold
Of democracy In the Southwest Pa
cific.
THE Japanese are skillful and
weN-armed opponents and are
likely to be in superior numbers.
They fight better on attack than on
defense. and therefore our best
chance Is to attack whenever we
can.
Attack and not defense must be
our watchword ."
Few details were disclosed here
concerning the progress OF the
fighting, but 1t was said last night
that the Dutch would launch a
counteroffensive g., It was assumed
that this offensive already had
Evening star., 1942-03-02

was in Washington from 1887 to
1899. as a communications officer on
duty at the Navy Department.
Since then, he had been at sea.
While at home last month, he had
refrained from discussing his war
experience, but let his family know
that he had been in IAN active area"
and had been under fire.
Besides his parents. Comdr
Marshall is survived by four brothers,
Donald W., a New York newspaper
man; Henry S.. of Washington;
Whitfield H.. of Houston, Tex, and
1t. u. G. James T. Marshall. U. S.
N. r., on duty here, and two sisters.
Mary E. Marshall, on the staff of
Wilson Teachers College here, and
Mrs. Jane Baird of Scrasdale, N. Y.
Evening star., 1942-03-02
Wickord Says He Doesn't Always Understand
Farm Price Decisions Made by Henderson

a lot Of things placed upon him,
but I do not think he feels he is
necessarily bound to ask for my
approval on the actions he Is
taking and L do not know when
he asks me question whether that
is asking for approval.
II told him we did not quite
understand what he was doing and
I still do not understand the sig
nificance Of this, for instance: at
the present time there is a ceiling
upon the price of steamed lard, but
not for refined lard.
Henderson Makes Decisions.
"Mr. Henderson has said he wants
to work with us very closely, but
he has never said that there has
to be an agreement. He makes the
decisions"
When Congress passed the price
control bill it inserted a provision
conferring on Mr.. Wickard the
power to dkapprove farm price
ceilings.
The discussion started when Rep
resentative Tarver, Democrat, of
Georgia, asked Mr.. Wickard's opin-
ion of an order fixing prices on fats
and oils.
"One of our people told me-" Mr..
Wickard replied, that he had re-
ceived a purported copy Of 1t, and I
think he was asked for any COM
ments. He asked me what my COM
ment would be and I said we had
difficulty in trying to understand it
and I told him that I was afraid
some of the prices would not be in
keeping with our production efforts.
Il believe somebody told Mr..
Richard, the person who told me
Evening star., 1942-03-02
Summary of Todoy's Star

Uncertain future seen for inter-
American trade. Page AS
Wage rates for D. c. building works
to be considered. Page B-1
Survivors, telling of attack on con-
voy, report ships lost. Page Ais
Washington and Vicinity.
Teamster Union wins in racket act
ruling. Page AS
Ranking officials planning inspection
during blackout. Page B-1
House action sends subway resolu-
ton to White House. Page B-1
Boy killed by auto is Oath victim
this year. Page B-1
Auto Rationing Board meets here
today. Page B-1
Korean independence held peace
aim Of Allies. Page b.
Evening star., 1942-03-02
Three R. {. A. Aides
Punished for Givinq
Congress False Data
Deputy Chief Rebuked,
Second Suspended and
Third Removed

By the Associated Press.
Robert B. Craig, deputy admin
iStrator of the Rural Electrical
tion Administration, has been
reprimanded by Agriculture Sec
retary Wickard, another R. E. A.
official disciplined and a third
removed for their part in the
submission of inaccurate person.
mel information to a congress
sional committee.
This was disclosed today when the
Appropriations Committee, in re-
porting the big agricultural appro-
priation bill to the House, made
public the record of hearings held
before its subcommittee.
Representative Dirksen, Repub-
liccan, of Illinois, a member of the
subcommittee, read excerpts from q
letter to Subcommittee Chairman
Tarver in which Secretary Wickarc
reported he had sent a severe letter
of reprimand and warning" to Mr.
Craig, had ordered suspended for 80
days and assigned TO other duties
w. Lyle Sturtevant, budget officer,
and had brought removal charges
against Kendall FoSS, r. E. A. in
formation chief.
Foss With Another Agency.
In a subsequent letter, Mr.. Wick
ard reported he had ordered Mr.
FosS removed effective January 80
last. Mr.. Dirksen said Mr.. Foss is
now working in another Govern
ment agency, the Economic Warfare
Board.
Mr.. Wickard's action followed an
investigation he conducted last sum-
mer of the incident, which oc-
CURED two years ago. In the eX-
cerpts of his letter to Mr.. Tarver,
which Mr.. Dirksen read to the COM
mittee, the Secretary reported that
specific evidence was obtained" in
the case of Mr. Foss and Mr.. Sturte-
want, which shows that these two
officials were responsible for the
preparation and submission of in
accurate and incomplete data in a
deliberate attempt to mislead and
deceive the committee, the Bureau
of the Budget and this Office
He added that Mr.. Craig, who at
the time of the incident was acting
administrator of r. E. A., had been
unable to explain" satisfactorily
why he signed letter verifying the
inaccurate information which was
furnished the committee at the re-
quest of Mr. Dirksen.
The Illinois legislator read from
Mr.. Wickard's report in which the
Secretary said Mr.. Foss had told an
Agriculture Department investigator,
I'VE knew Mr.. Dirksen as an oppo-
nent to the administrations public
(Caa Douo A-El
Evening star., 1942-03-02
Parity Upheld
In Farm Bill
Sent 10 House
Department Funds
Are Reduced to
$695, ,065,859

The running tight between
President Roosevelt and Con-
gress over restrictions on prices
for surplus farm products broke
out into the open again today
when the House Appropriations
Committee, reporting out the ag-
riculture appropriations bill, en-
bodied a provision that no farm
stocks held by the Commodity
Credit Corp. may be sold at less
than the parity price.
The fight was also pressed on
the Senate side. where members Of
the farm bloc expected to arrange
q conference with the President to
urge that he withdraw his opposi-
ton to parity legislation previously
approved by the Senate.
The House Committee recon-
mended that the department funds
for its work during the fiscal year
beginning July l. be cut sharply to
$685., ,065 ,859. or $458, ,767 ,86l less than
the appropriation for the current
year.
In its report accompanying the
bill the committee also accused the
Farm Security Administration OF
carrying on experiments in col
lective farming under a plan which
appears to resemble the. practice
OF collective farming in Communist
Russia"
Restriction on Loans.
The bill contained a prohibition
against any new projects of such
nature and a ban on loans Of more
than $500 to any farmer under the
rural rehabilitation program.
Commenting on the parity price
provision. the committee said:
The committee does not believe
that Congress intends to vest the
Secretary with power and duty to
so handle Government-o -owned stocks
Of agricultural commodities as to
prevent such prices rising to parity
levels, or even for the purpose Of
bearing the prices of such COM
modities below minimum ceilings
fixed by Congress in recently-en.
acted price-fixing legislation"
The President contends the parity
price restrictions on sales of c. C.
C.-held stocks are infIationary.
The Senate last week directly
forbade sales at less than parity q
few hours after a letter from the
President was read which said such
a prohibition was improper and
which criticized those who were
seeking "a few dollars" more for
the farmer.
Meanwhile, the Agriculture De-
partment has prepared estimates for
the President showing that the Ma
tion's food bill would be boosted a
billion dollars annually If the parity
program prevailed.
Parity is a price calculated to give
farm products the same relative
buying power as they had in
stated period, usually 1909-lsl4.
For the first time in many years
the bill carried no money for direct
(See FARM BILL, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1942-03-02
Community Sing
Tickets on Sale
In Star Lobby

Admission cards for the Lucy
Monroe sing Wednesday night
at Riverside Stadium went on
sale this morning in the lobby
of The Star Building. They
may be had upon purchase of
81 in Defense stamps.
Nearly 1000 tickets were
issued during the first hour this
morning. Only, 4,500 remain.
They will be on sale between
8 I'm. and 6 pm. until the sup
ply is exhausted.
Evening star., 1942-03-02
Position Of Henry-Hoye
Here Extended 6 Months
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
VICHY. Unoccupied France,
March 2.-The position of CASTOR
Henry-Haye as Ambassador to
Washington has been extended for
an additional six months as of jan
uary 80, 1912, according to a de-
cree published in the official journal
yesterday.
M. Henry-Haye, like all other
French members of Parliament on
missions abroad, has to have his
mandate extended every six months,
since he is on special leave. He orig
inally was appointed to Washington
October 16, 1910.
Evening star., 1942-03-02
Free French Control
OF Pacific Islands
Recognized by U. 5.
Assistance to De GuuIIe
Forces in Defending
Area Disclosed

The United States has recog-
nized the Free French National
Committee as lin effective con-
troll" of French islands in the
Pacific and is cooperating with
its representatives in the defense
of those islands, the State De-
partment disclosed today.
While not amounting to formal
diplomatic recognition of the Free
French forces generally, the Pacific
development emphasized a definite
American policy of dealing only with
those local authorities in French
territories who effectively resist
Axis domination.
The Vichy government of France,
whose relations with this country
now are under severe strain because
OF evidence of French aid going to
Axis forces in Libya, thus was put
on notice that its jurisdiction over
French possessions in the Atlantic
will be recognized by the United
States only so long as Vichy keeps
them free of the threat of Axis con-
troll.
Statement Outlines Policy.
The American policy was outlined
in a statement announcing United
States-Free French cooperation in
the Pacific, which was released by
the State Department here after it
had been made public by the Free
French National Committee in Lon
don and New Caledonia
The statement. delivered to the
Free French high commissioner sin
New Caledonia by the American
conSul-general there on instructions
from Washington, follows:
The policy of the Government of
the United States as regards France
and French territory has been based
upon the maintenance of the integ-
rity of France and of the French
Empire and of the eventual restora-
ton of the complete independence
Of all French territory.
Mindful of it's traditional friend
ship for France, this Government
deeply sympathizes not only with
the desire of the French people to
maintain their territories intact but
with the efforts of the French people
to continue to resist aggression.
Past Attitude Cited.
I'm its relations with local French
authorities in French territories
the United States has been and will
continue to be governed by tie
(See FREE FRENCH, Page ABB
Evening star., 1942-03-02
fckes and O'Mohoney
To Speak in Forum

Secretary Of the Interior
-1ckes and Chairman OMa-
honey of the Senate Western
Resources Public Lands Sub
committee will discuss a tre-
mendous plan for power and
minerals development ich
they have placed be- 49,. the
War Production Board, in the
National Radio Forum at 9
O'Clock tonight. Arranged by
The Star and broadcast over
the Blue Network, the forum
program will be heard locally
over Station WMAL.
Evening star., 1942-03-02
SIS, 400 Tons Of Shipping
Sunk in Month, Nuzis Soy
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN From German Broad
casts, March "A German army
bulletin reported today that SIS 400
tons of enemy shipping had been
sunk during February with sub
marines accounting for 1881 tons.
The tonnage destroyed represented
70 ships. the, daily Icommunique of
the high command declared. OF
these, Nazi planes were credited with
sinking IS and submarines the re-
naming 66.
In addition" the communique
said, IA enemy merchant ships were
partly or seriously damaged"
Evening star., 1942-03-02
Nazis Shell Two Conyoys.
Eight Burned to Death
In Montreal Blaze
BY ne Associated Press.

BY ne AsSocIated Press.
MONTREAL, March a. Eight
persons were burned to death early
Sunday in a fire which swept a resi-
dental block in Southwest Mont
real and consumed a three-story
brick building.
Charred bodies or four women
and a man were found in the ruins
of flats. Three firemen also lost
their lives, and three others were
burned severely.
Evening star., 1942-03-02
42-Minute Roid Alarm
Sounded in Honolulu
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HONOLULU, March IA a.
minute AFRAID alarm sent Honolulu
civilians to cover yesterday morning
while service men dashed to their
posts and Army and Navy planes
patrolled the sky.
The Army announced that "the air
raid warning system located un-
known elements at sea, but investi-
cation disclosed these were friendly
The alarm, third here since the
December 7 attack on Pearl Harbor,
sounded at 9:39 am. 900 pm. E.
w. t., and the all clear signal was
given at 1921 o'clock.
Evening star., 1942-03-02

derson had stated that he was con-
sulting with the Agriculture. Depart
ment before issuing the order. /;
Il can have our man come up here
and testify" Mr.. Wickard replied,
and tell you exactly what was said,
but I am giving you what vas re-
ported to me. We told him (Mr.
Henderson,, as in the case Of lard
and other oils, that there would be
(See PRICEA, Pa9e A-6.)
Evening star., 1942-03-02
Bar Exam Results

Successful applicants for
admission to the Bar of the
District Court of the United
States for the District of Co.
lumbia were announced today,
totaling 257 men and women.
The complete list is pub
lished on Page "A Of The
Star today.
Evening star., 1942-03-02

Foreign.
Japs claim sinking Of cruiser and
two British destroyers. Page Az
Decisions reached on new strategy
in South Pacific. Page Az
Russians reported in sight of Staraya
Russia. Page As
National.
Congress faces two fights on farm
legislation today. Page Al
Minority report urges dismissal of
LANCER charges. Page AZ
Army opens way for family men to
get commissions. Page AS
Betsey Roosevelt is married to Jock
Whitney. Page Al
Military pay increase bill threatens
new fight In Congress. Page A
Evening star., 1942-03-02
w. P. B. Order Forbids
Rubber Heel Mukino

By the Associated Press
The War Production Board has
approved an order forbidding the
manufacture Of rubber heels
The order, expected to be an
nounced shortly, amends earlier cur
tailment regulations by sharpening
the restrictions on processing of
rubber.
Evening star., 1942-03-02

about 1t, they would 60 ahead and
put this out and that later they
would consider any notifications
that we said were necessary"
Representative Dirksen, Repubn-
can, of Illinois, then said Mr.. Hen
Evening star., 1942-03-02

products, the price administrator
makes his own decision, which
the Secretary of Agriculture does
not always understand.
Agriculture Secretary Wickard
let this be known during committee
hearings on the 1943 agriculture
appropriation. Referring to the
work of Leon Henderson, the price
administrator, Secretary Wickard
said:
IT think Mr.. Henderson has been
q very busy man and he has had
Evening star., 1942-03-02

Congress received today the
gently stated information that
after the price administrator and
the Secretary of Agriculture dis
cuSS ceilings on prices of farm
Evening star., 1942-03-02
Heaviest Firing in Months
Heard Across Channel
BY the Associated Press

BY tfae Associated Press.
LONDON, March 2.-Fog blotted
out the Channel area today where
the heaviest gunfire in recent
months had been heard last night,
and official reticence was Just as
thick as the fog.
Most of the firing was concen-
trated during the early hours Of
the night. German long-range guns
near Cap Girls Nez, on the occupied
French shore of the Channel,
opened the attack soon after dark
and then, after a lull, turned loose
a fierce bombardment.
Smaller guns joined in later from
the direction of Calais, but the thick
haze hid the scene and shore watch
ers could not tell whether they
were naval or anti-aircraft guns.
Except for periodic shells
lobbed into the Dover area, the
Germans have used their guns
principally against British con-
voys pushing through the strait)
The intense action, which lasted
until the early hours of today, CO.
incided with first-published reports
that information had leaked in ad-
vance on the British raid of the
French coast Friday night and with
the disclosure of new checkups Of
service and civilian identity cards
at the Channel resort Of Brighton.
Nazis Shell Two Conveys.
BERLIN From German Broad
casts, March 2 R.-Long-range
German guns on the coast of Occu-
pied France shelled two British con-
voys in the English Channel with
good effect yesterday. the German
high command declared today.
Evening star., 1942-03-02
Hatch SLIGHTLY Improved

ALBUQUERQUE, N. Mex, March
2 (P-Senator Hatch, Democrat, Of
New Mexico, injured in an automo-
bile accident Friday, is resting q
little more comfortably his nurse
said today.
Evening star., 1942-03-02

(See R. E. A, Page A-60
Evening star., 1942-03-02

(See ARMY, Page A-6)
Evening star., 1942-03-02

(See FARM BILL, Page A-60
Evening star., 1942-03-02

(See PRICES, pASe A-60
Evening star., 1942-03-02

Late news and sports are covered on
Pages TX and Ak of this edition of
The Star, experimenting the news Of
the regular home delivered edition.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-12-12

visualize the real smallness of
nome groups or individuals who
are today still strutting about
the human hen-yard like silly
ROSTERS Growing about self as
sumed Importance and racial
superiority. We can actually
look at these people and laugh
Just as fully and as loud as
we did at Charlie Chaplin
initiating Herr Hitler and Jack
Oakie, adopting the role Of
MusSolini.
Racial Superiorities have mad
their day.
This present. war, regardless
as to the outcome, will bring
the once isolated human:.ies
closer together making one
and all more independent up
on the other and more closely
allied through the fundamen-
tai things of life which wars
do not create.
No amount Of metal or NOR
tar or dread instruments of
war have ever succeeded in
enSlaving the entire human
race. The Axis can not win.