The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-06
Inside Washington

resistance on the Russian front The growing
unrest within Germany's satellite states in the
Balkans apparently iB forcing the Nazi high
command to abandon it's "diserga ging'' tao
tics that have brought the Russian forces close
to the pre-war Polish border.
Importance of the Germans apparent deci-
sion to stand and fight lies in the fact that it
was dictated by political rather than military
necessity. Growing panic in Rumania and Bull
garia as the Russian juggerns ut approaches
their borders was evidenced in recent dis
patches from Ankara where tales of the aban-
donment of border points, and the rushing of
German reinforcements to those areas, was re-
layed to the Allied world.
At this stage Germany cannot risk revolu-
ton in the satellite states, known to be ''sick''
of the war and seeking way out Therefore,
Germany has been forced tc halt the with
drawal of troops in the face of the Russian adj
vance, and to fight ON ground not chosen by
military STACEY.
Germany's costly stand at Zhitomir in hen
fleeing recapture Of tnat rail point and the
heavy fighting around Richetza are two ex-
amples of Nazi efforts to fight a political rath-
er than military war. There will be others.
The so-called Little Steel sterilization
formula may not have been the only casualty
resulting from the United Mine Workers sue
cessful wage fight.
Informed Washington quarters report that
a federal judgeship apparently has come a
cropper, too. The candidate for the post was
Wayne L. Morse, of Oregon, public member
of the War Labor Board.
These circles say that F. D. R. has cooled
off on the appointment as the result of Morses
dissenting vote on the approval Of the Ickes-
Lewis wage pact. Morse soundly denounced
signing of the agreement while miners
were on strike
1t so happens however, that F. D. R. him
self ordered Ickes to negotiate the contract,
later gave it his blessing, ana said nothing
about the fact that it was signed while the men
were still out.
Army and Navy medical authorities in this
war have organized aid so as t9 guarantee
covery. The result is that deaths among
wounded men have been cut about in half
as compared with World War J..
In l9l7-l8 many a wounded soldier died in
No Mans land in France because he had to
wait until night for a litrer-bearer to VEN
ture out to bring him back. Now the wounded
do not have to wait for nighttall for treatment
They carry emergency first aid kits-sulfa
tablets and dressings-and they know how to
use them. If he is too badly wounded, pal
can help him.
Also, blood plasma is playing an important
role In saving lives. The wounded are given
treatment in field hospitals and then are
flown hundreds of miles to hospitals in safe
areas
The threatened break-through on wages is
crammed with initiation dynamite, but the ad-
mlnlstration still has about six weeks in which
to figure way out. Labor will not 60 about
Tor higher pay until the presidents cost of
committee makes its reports.
True enough, the c. :. o steel workers, oil
workers, automobile workers and aluminium
workers have served notice of their demands
Tor increased wages, making good C. I. O..
PRESIDENT Philip Murray's threat at the organi-
zatlons annual convention.
Insiders are betting however, that if F. D.
H. can save the consumer subsidy program
from death at the hands of rebellious congress
and really do job holding the cost of living,
labor will quietly fold its tent ano say no more
about pay boosts.
The big Jap naval base at Truk is in for a
shellacking one of these days at the hands of
Americas now mighty Pacific fleet, but there
is good chance that it may be hy-passed so
far as an invasion is concerned, at least in
the immediate STACEY
Truk's geographical position is such that q
landing would be difficult because the atol
| is surrounded on all sides by reef and the
only way to get in is through narrow PASSAGES
which undoubtedly protected.