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Evening star., 1942-12-08
Some Federal Buildings Found
Overheoted Despite Fuel Crisis
Sun, Engineer Shortage and Other Foctors
Are to Blame, OfficioIs Explain

set for IS degrees. This, the FWA
said, is not = matter OF pressing a
button. 1t takes time, he explained,
and even the Government has a
manpower problem among its corps
of engineers.
In the temporary buildings, which
are occupied chiefly by the war
agencies. including Mr.. Henderson S
Once Of Price Administration there
are no thermostats, and the building
engineer must do his best to regulate
the temperatures.
The system used, it was explained,
Is to keep that part of the building
farthest from the heating plant at =
constant 68 degrees. This means
that most of the other officers are
warmer. In fact, the closer you are
to the heating plant the hotter it
gets,
"Of course" said the FWA OH
cial, "the employees in any of these
onices can do their own regulating
simply by shutting OF the radia-
tors when 1t gets warmer than 6S
degrees"
Engineers Scarce.
To further complicate matters,
the FWA man pointed out, there
aren't enough building engineers to
go around, SO hat in many in
stances one man must handle three
TEMPORARY buildings. This means IL
was explained, that the engineer
can't be around all the time to
make sure that the temperature
isn't too high.
In the older. permanent buildings,
1t was reported, the thermostats
are being adjusted to the wartime
temperature as rapidly as possible.
Even so, 1t was said, the conversion
is going to take a while.
Evening star., 1942-12-08
|leahy Says Action
In Africa May Ease
Pressure on Russia
Presidents Aide Asserts
Worldwide Coordination
Needed for Allied Victory

Ry the Associated Press.
Admiral william D. Leahy, chief
Of stan to President Roosevelt, as
serted today that Allied troop oper-
ations in North Africa may force
the German hordes to abandon their
ambitious designs upon Russia and
her oil fields"
Such action, the admiral wrote in
the Army and Navy Journal, may
enable the magnificent Red Army,
still in being in spite OF the MUIR
derous assaults directed against 1t,
to launch an overwhelming offen-
sive"
Admiral Leahy observed that the
United Nations must maintain CO.
ordination of all activities to insure
weakening the enemy at the proper
time and place.
For example" he added, "a con-
voy passing through the Arctic Sea
bound for Murmansk must be CO.
ordinated with an attack upon the
Solomons in the South Pacific, and
the attack upon the Solomons must
be co-ordinated with an operation at
another far distant point"
Evening star., 1942-12-08
Franco
Continued From First Page }

culiarities of a race or nation. They
represent a new faith and revolt
against the old liberal world We
knew in our youth"
"A new era is being initiated by
the fighting in the east" Gen
Franco went on. Spain has tc
work hard in order to prepare fol-
the future. We must be prepared
Life must be secure.
I'VE face a hard life, but a
Spanish life. Our army and oul
youth will face all sacrifices, With
fortitude we will gladly die for
Spain. " ="
We have fought liberalism and
all 1t represents"
The audience burst iAto, ~t1ae
Falange song and cheers for Gen,
Franco. Before his appearance in
the palace Of the Falange National
Council Gen. Franco and members
OF his government watched a mill
tary display.
Implying that considerable dis
unity still existed in Spain, Gen.
Franco told his audience I'VE must
prevent old political groups from
impeding the smooth working of
our new political system; we must
be on our guard because the enemy
could destroy our new and flourish
ing industries and agriculture"
we live in new era" he as
serted. Spain has a place therein
and will fulfill her part"
Surrounded by war, Spain has
been faithful to her traditions,
Franco said in speech to the third
national council of the Falange
Spain's start party.
Citing Premier Mussolini as an
example of leader who has given
justice to the Italian people by the
Fascist revolution" Franco told his
audience that the Spanish revolu-
ton has not yet ended"
Misery an" Exploitation.
The republic brought misery and
exploitation to this country" he as
serted. The presence of Spanish
youth who are full of ideals guaran-
tees the continuity Of our move.
ment.
Our task is great. When the wa,
ends the old Europe will be dead
with its capitalism, Imperialism
plutocracy."
The Spanish radio said govern.
ment officials and diplomats, includ.
ing the German Ambassador, as.
sembled to hear Franco, who's.
speech had been advertised before.
hand as one which would settle the
problem OF Spain's internationa
policy"
Among those who heard the gen.
eralissimo were United States Am.
bassador Carlton j. H. Hayes anc
British Ambassador Sir Samue
Hoare.
Evening star., 1942-12-08
Colifornions Beat
Rotioning by Buying
Gas in Tijuana
BY the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
SAN DIEGO, Calf, Dec. g.
Business has been brisk for
gasoline stations at Tjuana,
Mex, as motorists drove across
the international border and
ordered service station at
tendants to "fill 'er up" with
unrationed gasoline.
Heaviest automobile trafiic
since racing closed at Aqua
Caliente last October 18 was
reported at the San Ysidro bor-
der station.
Rationing officials at San
Diego said they would seek in
structions from Washington re-
garding the loophole in the gas
oline restriction in the United
States.
Tijuana service station oper-
ators said they would meet to
adopt a plan to limit sales to
visitors from the United States.
Evening star., 1942-12-08
Fate of French Fleet at TouIor
Secretary Knox Gives Account
Of What Damage Nozis Found

A memorandum issued by Secre-
tary of the Navy Knox today gave
this account of what happened to
the various types Of French war
ships when the Germans occupied
Toulon and French officers and sea-
men tried to scuttle their vessels:
Damaged by demolition or open
ing of the seacocks or other means:
Three battleships, the Dunkerque,
Strasbourg and Provence.
Five cruisers.
Fifteen destroyer leaders.
Eleven destroyers.
One seaplane carrier.
Two gunboats.
One net layer.
Three submarines. Of which one
was definitely listed as sunk.
Total, Al vessels.
Unaccounted for:
Eight submarines. which may have
been sunk or otherwise disposed Of.
One demilitarized battleship also
was scuttled.
Evening star., 1942-12-08

Counting the demiltarized bat
tleship, this makes 4 grand total
of so warships sunk, damaged OF
missing.
Ships apparently afioat and In
tact.
Two light cruisers.
Three destroyer leaders.
Three destroyers.
-Four submarines (under con-
struction).
Two gunboats.
One demilitarized battleship.
Total, Is warships intact.
Escaped to internment in Spain:
One submarine.
Escaped to Allied ports:
Three submarines.
Grand total, SO warships.
In addition to the warships, one
merchant ship was listed as appar-
emily sunk and five tankers were
listed as apparently undamaged.
Grand total, IS ships.
Evening star., 1942-12-08
Knox
Continued From First Page.)

controlled sources apparently had
fostered the impression abroad that
all the French ships except those
known to have escaped were scut-
tied. He said that was a point which
had greatly interested him, and the
only explanation he had thought of
was that possibly the Germans ac-
tually believed at first that all the
ships actually were put out of ac-
ton.
Discussing other matters, Mr..
Knox said in response to a question
that the only information which had
not been given out about the dam
age done to the Pacific fleet in the
Japanese attack a year ago yester-
day had concerned either the exact
| destruction wrought on some YES
sels or the date Of recommissionins
damaged ships. He added that such
information would not be told be-
cause 1t obviously would be of value
to the enemy.
Advantages Of Dakar.
Asked about the agreement an
nounced today by which French
officials will permit the use of port
and airfeld facilities at Dakar by
American planes and ships, Mr.
Knox said that "the strategic ad-
vantages to us are largely negative" ;"
that we can now deny any use of the
port to the enemy. And he added
that the agreement brought with it.
OF course, quite number of French
ships"
Asked for amplification of a state
ment he made yesterday that ia
PATS maritime strength had been
greatly depleted and that this de-
pletion was imperiling Japanese is
land bases, the Secretary replied
that at the start OF the war Japan
mad been estimated to have about
six million tons of merchant ship
ping and that now it was estimated
That between million and a million
and half Of those tons had been
sunk.
These figures, he noted. exclude
any consideration of new building NJ
merchant ships which the Japanese
nave been able to accomplish in the
last IL months.
It's obvious" Mr.. Knox said
that Japan like England is ut
teriy dependent upon water-borne
transportation, not only for the
1olks at home but also for the
many frontS"
Size Of Navy Won't Change.
The recent executive order halt
ing the Navy recruiting and putting
personnel procurement under Sc
lective service will not change the
size OF the Navy in any way, Mr.,
Knox said.
AS to procedure, he said the NAVY
simply would tell selective service
probably once a month how many
men 1t wanted and would rely on
the draft officials to provide men.
Asked II the Navy intended to al
low the Japanese to occupy the
Aleutlans, Secretary Knox said.
Not the live ones"
He said that our airplanes hew
over the Japanese camps on Att,
ana klska every day or so. drop
ping a few eggs to remind them
tnat we are watching them"
Evening star., 1942-12-08
Churchill.
Continued From First Page }

Darlan at coming secret session
of the House of Commons, Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden told Com
mons today.
The announcement that Mr..
Churchill, who controls Britains
role in international strategy, would
make the statement was taken as
an indication of the degree of i'm
portance attached here to the North
African political dispute.
Mr.. Churchill told Commons this
morning he did not think there
was the slightest truth" in the
suggestion of Aneurin Bevan. Labor
tie, that II a supreme council of
United Nations had existed some
unfortunate incidents in North
Africa might have been avoided"
Mr.. Bevan apparently was refer
Hng to the situation created by the
fact that the United States forces
in Africa made deal with Admiral
Darlan while Great Britain had Ger
tain unspecified commitments to
Gen. Charles de Gaulle of the Fight
ing French.
Neither Mr.. Churchill nor Mr..
Bevan, however. clarified this point.
Mr.. Churchill refused comment on
Ehe manacling OF war prisoners,
pending a forthcoming statement.
War Minister Sir James Grigg
paid no reply was planned to allega-
tions by Italy's Premier Mussolini
that British were mistreating Italian
prisoners, since no formal protest
had been received from the Italian
government.
Gen. Georges Catroux, Fighting
French commander in Syria, yes
terday bitterly denounced the ar
rangements with Admiral Darlan.
declaring the former Vichy defense
chief was dangerous" man who
must be removed from the North
African scene for the sake of French
unity and Allied military safety.
At the same time, the pressure for
further clarification Of Admiral
Darlan's status appeared to be grow
ing from another quarter when
Soviet Ambassador Ivan Maisky con-
ferred with Mr.. Eden.
Gen. Catroux, who used the
term Trojan horse at one time in
referring to Admiral Darlan, came to
London two weeks ago at the call Of
Gen. de Gaulle to report on the
Evening star., 1942-12-08
D. G.. Draft
CONTINUED From First PAGE ,

during the next fortnight because
many Of their available men art
now relieved of service.
The order on 3S-year-olds came
just at the time local boards were in
this particular manpower pool
These and the 20-year-olds were
tne February l6 registrants now be-
ing called by local boards.
The order will mean that the local
boards will speed up their induce
ton OF the 10. 10 and 20 year-olds not
vet called. Automatically, the men
next in line behind this group will
be called sooner.
These men are the remaining reg
Strants with collateral dependents
such Is parents, grandparents. sis
tefs and brothers and the married
men with wives only.
Evening star., 1942-12-08
Africa
Continued From First PAGE

gradually, but Allied tanks and in
fantrymen apparently were bearing
the brunt Of the hghting against
Axis tanks and some of Germany's
best planes.
Across the African wastes from
the Tunisian battle ground in Libya,
Reuters correspondent reported
that the German and italian troops
drawn up at El Agheila for an ex-
pected British attack were betraying
nervousness at the sporadic bursts
of gunfire from the British lines.
The British Sth Army has been
gathering strength for an assault
on the German positions in the Ell
Agheila bottleneck.
The Morocco radio quoted in
formed military quarters as esti-
mating Field Marshal Erwin Rom
mers Axis forces there at some $4,000
troops.
Evening star., 1942-12-08
Trees Made Moisture-Proof

Wood from softwood trees is being
treated IN Colombia with prepara-
ton made from skinned milk to
render It moisture proof then used
IN constructing barrels and butter
tubs to take the place Of tin con-
tainers and metal drums that no
longer can be obtained.
Evening star., 1942-12-08
lubin Reaches London

LONDON, Dec. 8 (P.-Dr. Isador
Lubin, United States commissioner
OF labor statistics, has arrived In
London. to assist temporarily w.
Averell Hartman. co-ordinator of
United States supplies to Britain
Evening star., 1942-12-08

Bang! Your waste kitchen fats
can make explosives for our guns!
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-07-11

By calling each month a num-
be-, of men who are physically ca
pable Of performing limited military
service, and assigning them TO duty
with Corps Area Service Commands
and the War Department Over
head, it will be possible to release
an almost equal number OF fully
qualified soldiers for duty with
task forces.
Induction, under the new STAN
dards, will be limited to those with
minor physical defects who are able
to bring to the Army a useful vo-
cation which was followed in civil
life.
Among those now classified LIB
who will be eligible for duty under
the limited service status are the
following:
Individuals whose weight and
chest circumference are under or
over the standard set for Ia reg
istrants, but who are otherwise
mentally and physically fit, and
who do not fall within Glass A.
ONE-EYED MEN ELIGIBLE
Those who have a minimum Vi
sion of 20-40O in one or both eyes
without glasses, if cOrrectible with
glasses to 20-40 in either eye. The
loss of one eye, providing such loss
was not due to organic change, will
not result in the disqualification of
an individual. provided the. other
eye has 10000 vision correctible to
20-40 or better.
Men whose hearing in one ear
or both ears is not less than 500
Complete deafness in one ear will
not result in disqualification, pro-
vided the hearing is 1920 or better
in the other ear; nor will the loss
OF both external ears, provided the
individual has followed a useful vo-
cation in civil life.
Those who had insufficient teeth
to qualify for Class IA, provided
the defect is correctible by artifi-
cial dentures, and there are no evil
dences Of extensive areas Of infec-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-07-11
Scott Takes Over
At New Shipyard

CHESTER, Pa.-(ANP)-Assum-
ing full-time duty at the Sun
Shipbuilding and Dry Dock COM
pany, DR.. Emmett j. Scott, direct
Or of personnel for the new plant
under construction, arrived at his
office on the first Of July and
plunged into the weller of work
ahead of him in making selections
from the thousands of applications
he has received since the announce
ment was made that Sun was
planning a new yard which would
employ 5000 Negroes.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-07-11

AS long as the Students college
work t. on a satisfactory level, he
is not sent to active service. The
purpose Of the plan is to furnish
the Navy continuous supply over
the duration of the war Of trained
and intelligent potential officers.
In addition to the Navy quota,
the Army has q quota Of approx
iInately one-third and the re-
naming third is allocated to in
dustry. Thus we have the trtunvi-
rate: Army, Navy and Industry.
The Navy has not only refused
; to recognize any Negro college as
participat ting in the vi program,
but further refused to permit a
Negro student enrolled in a white
college which has been recognized
as participating, to take advantage
of the VI program.
COMMITTEE is NAMED
In order to make their protest
vocal and bring home to the Navy
their deep discomfort with the ex-
clusion of Negro colleges and Ne
gro students from the vi program.
the Conference appointed a COM
mittee consisting of President John
w. Davis, West Virginia State Col
lege, President Horace Mann
Bond, Fort Valley State College,
and Dean Charles H Thompson.
College Of Liberal Arts, Howard
University, to carry the Confer
ence's protest to the Navy Depart
ment.
On Tuesday, June %. the Com
mittee, headed by Dean Thompson
met with Mr.. Addison Walker. AS
sistant to the Navy and Dean
Barker, Head of the Navy Train
ing Program Since President Davis
and President Bond were unable
to reach Washington, Charles H.
Houston attended the meeting in
their stead.
Dean Thompson pre-ented the
memorandum, asking that Cd Ne
gro colleges be Immediately auth
orized to participate in the vi
program, that co Negro students
in white colleges which have been
approved to give such training be
allowed to participate as other
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-07-11

students, and that go equitable
provisions be made for protective
Negro enlistees to receive ratings
through examinations as are now
made for prospective white enlist
ees.
Mr.. Walker and Dean Barker
declined 10 recommend that Negro
colleges and Negro students be
permitted to participate in the vi
program. They stated that the
Navy had not worked out
any plan for use of Negro Officers.
The training at Great Lakes
Naval Station and at Hampton
Institute is not designed to quail
fly sailors as officers but for the
enlisted ratings But if sailor has
certain educational qualifications,
and has had year of sea duty,
AND IS RECOMMENDED BY
HIS COMMANDING OFFICER he
is entitled to take the examina-
tions to qualify for a commission.
Dean Thompson and Mr.. Houston
pointed out that the condition that
the sailor be recommended by his
commanding officer was A loop
hole and share for the elir1lina-
zion of all Negroes and that in sub
stance the Navy has not opened the
commissioned officers.
Dean Thompson and Mr.. Hous-
ton further pointed out that under
the vi program the Navy would
not face the problem of Negro Of
ficers for at least year and prob
ably two or three years; and that if
The war lasted two or three years
the United States Navy would need
officers so badly that the color of
the officer would be immaterinl.
Dean Thompson and Mr.. Hous-
ton pointed out that they were in
terested in seeing that the Navy
got the very best material, and that
they did not want tC see all the
most intelligent and forceful Ne
groe5 in the Army, but that under
the superior opportunities offered
by the Army to become officers and
advance officers, no ambitious Ne
gro boy is going to enlist in the
Navy knowing that the officer pro-
gram in the Navy is an illu-ion CT
practically closed door as far as
Negroes are concerned.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-07-11
Urge Negro Principals
For Richn1ond;s Schools

RICIIMOND-(A N P)-Civic-
minded Negro citizens of Rich
mond last week urged the city
school board to transfer a white
principal from one of four Negro
schools with white principals to
fill the vacancy at Binford Junior
High school, thereby creating OPP
portunity for the appointment of
another Negro principal.
The citizens committee, which
based its action on q promise of
the school board of 1888 to re-
moval Of white principals from Me-
gro schools whenever vacancy in
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-07-11

WASHINGTON, D. c. - CAMP
Negro troops of the engineer
corps received high praise for their
part in the construction of over 100
military airdromes in Australia
and in the constructions of thou
sands Of miles of strategic roads in
a gigantic program of construction
sponsored by the Allied Works
council and the U. S. Army En-
gineer corps.
These Negroes proved to be most
useful in the urgent tasks which re-
quired mastery of doing much
with little" of building up the al
lied war organization for defense
and offense despite shortages of es-
Sential materials.
One giant airdrome, costing
near $10,O00,0OO was built in II
days. Information concerning the
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-07-11

g white school occurred, was head
ed by DR.. J.. M. Tinsley. Other
members are: l.. A. Reid, and
Wiley A. Hall, secretary Of the
Richmond Urban league.
Upon learning of the commit
tees action, Superintendent of
Schools Binford stated that the
present school board did not con-
slider itself bound by action Of
school board of nine years ago, and
that it felt prime consideration
of selection of principals should be
availability Of the person selected.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-07-11

Pleased at the prospect of COM
plete cooperation from the Off
Gals of the big firm, DR.. Scott has
full confidence that the experiment
will prove satisfactory to all con-
cerned, the management, the work.
ers and the race in general in spite
the attitudes which some leaders
have taken.
At present, construction of the
tool plants and buildings is going
ahead at rapid pace and by the
time August rolls around, the plant
will be ready for full operation.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-07-11

Ills SGteSSOIJ III IiiiiieS0 Hill
lent announced.
ton or other disease of the jaws,
the correction of which would re-
quire protracted treatment.
Individuals with a lateral devia-
ton of the spine from the normal
midline of less than three inches.
LOSS OF DIGITS
Men who have lost all entire
thumb on either hand; or those
who have lost three entire fingers,
provided the thumb remains.
Those who have lost the great
toe, lost the dorsal flexion of the
great toe, have hammer toe or
have webbed toes, provided these
or other defects do not prevent
them from wearing a military shoe,
and have not prevented them from
following a useful vocation in civil
life.
Individuals who have been able
to follow useful vocation in civil
life despite deformities of one or
both upper extremities, one or both
lower eXtremities, or moderate de-
formities of the clavicle, ribs or
scapula.
If, in the course of examining
those who are classified LIB, it is
revealed that an individual is quail
flied for general rather than
limited" military service, he will
be indicted as Ia registrant.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-07-11

College Heads Hit
Navy Program

HAMPTON, Va.--0SNS)-The Conference of Presidents
of Negro Land Grant Colleges has protested the exclusion
Negro students from the Navys vi program which
signed to provide officer candidates for the Navy of
quotas Of college students Under the VI program the Navy
has quota of approximately onehird the college stu
dents who permitted to enlist in the Navy pass the
naval remain in college until graduation and then
into the vi program for commissions in the Navy
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-07-11
700 Officer Candidates
In Army Schools June IS

Negro students enrolled in Army Officer Candidate
have shown steady increase Henry L. smson
Secretary of War, told his conference
On June Is there candidates enrolled
in Army schools
the 597 Negro officer candidates on May
Secretary Stmson officer candidates are
bued through nearly The largest
numbers assigned Infantry Corps
Coast and Aircraft Artillery Artillery of
Engineers He added probably percent the Negro
candidates those