The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-15
Inside
Washington

leaders of other nations ,I w'a
against the Axis Less than ras
ago he went to Casablanca 10 n ,.at
British Prime Minister Winsta..
Churchill. ''''0a
Now he has completed mor,
tcus meetings with Churchill an.
Chinese Generalissimo Chianp T %aa
shek in Cairo. Egypt; with Cbu 1Adr
i'll and Russian Premier Josat
Stain IN Teheran, Iran, and wiz
Church. and Turkish President ~
met lnonu, again in Cairo ~
linus, the President has travalos
nearly half way around the u, oIJS
IN wartime, very possibly thronaS
areas within reach by Axis planes
Despite the heavy guard accordai
him, his injury or even noseihl a
capture has not been beyond III.
realm of possibility and those soa
Ied with the responsibility of hi,
safety more thar likely would bavo s
preferred that the chief executiv.
had held his meetings in sat oe
places. They would have preferrs s.
also that he had averted passina
rear even the edge of a comh.f
area. '''00'
Even tradition bound. old linz
naval officers have had to admit
recently that the modern airornt.
carrier probably is the most No
tent offensive weapon possessed p b'
the Navy. "
This doesn't mean, however. tina.
the carrier will replace the bot
tleship. The latter will hack tbs
Garner up on offensive thrusts ss
\ witnessed by the recent invasion ~
\ the Gilberts where such tactics
were tried out Tor the first tin,o
Carrler-based planes pounded Ian
positions and swept enemy aircraft
from the skies Then the battle.
ships moved INTO position and
smashed the Japs with l6 inch
shells. -''N''
All of which goes 10 prove. that
despite arguments at home over
the relative merits of warren,
weapons, field commanders make
the best possible use of them 10
win victories.
Democratic congressional lead.
erS miscalculated in handing the
consumer subsidy question. Thev
deliberately delayed action on the
matter in the rope that, with the
massage of time, the adminstra.
TONS posit on would become
stronger. Instead, it became weak
CIR.
The reason - The crusade con.
Quoted against consumer subsidies
among farmers by large farm or-
CARNATIONS succeeded. by clever
propaganda, in lining up tremen-
Gous farmer opposition.
Now Congress is expected to pass
a Commodity Credit corpo7ada
extension bill carrying a subg''
han, although Pl esident Roosevelt
probably will veto it. General eX'
recitation is that the veto will be
Sustained, mucn to the relief Of
, tnose Republicans and Democrats
+ alike who will vote against sub
sides with their tongues in Their
cheeks.
AS a result. the CCC may 90 on
ice for a time and be revived
some time in January when
compromise subsidy plan finally
is approved by Congress or when
tie corporation is extended with
no compromise on the nv
Had Democratic leaders not MIS-
calculated the preston Would@e
been settled well before JaA l.
Add oddities: When Lou MaXon.
red-haired advel Using man ma
erstwhile stormy petrel OF OPA
left the agency after few weeks
service last summer. he issued
cast against it that hit Page ONe
scross the country.
OPA. Maxon said, was IN S0cn
mess that even the late Harry
I3cudini could not have mtangeo
it. He still is nveighing aganN
government red tape.
Hence, war agency men chucA,
led when T. K. Quinn resigned d.
president of Maxon's adVef'lS"s
agency to devote more time u
| government service. Quinn cane
to Washington about the same 'nn'
Eiaxon did and likes his loo WIN
the War Production Board so lnuVa
he wants to devote full time 10 !"
! OPA has come to the rescue VI
wholesalers and retailers VINO law
mad to count millions OF stamps
turned in by consumers tof"e,
ly. the stamps mad to be sepdId'vv.
by value and counted individual!
for deposit in ration bank acc9oA<.
Under new provisions recenF
announced. food distributors WIZ
depsit at least 100000 stamps q
week may mix the stamps up nsF
ter-skelter and Jam them IN CT
velopes-5,Oo0 per envelope.
Then they can count the stamps
in every 10th envelope and deter
NINE an average value OIL Nv
Joints in each envelope IN uG.
group of 20 containers. The OH,
requirement is nat mea' STAMP
be separated in the fina coununS
from the processed food stanlPs'
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