Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-02
NEWS
BEHIND
TIE NEWS
By Paul
MaHon

WASHINGTON, Nov 2-At
W one point. the British GER
tainly have not outstripped us
in publicity.
Few people in this country
know that nearly three-fourthS
of the force which has been
fighting on the Italian front
are British.
The American spotlight has
been centered. naturally on our
General Eisenhower, in COM
mand, and our General Mark
Clark, running the Fifth Army.
However, half OF Clarks So
called American army is British,
and, of course, the en- tire
Eigh I h Army in action IS
British.
Our total force may be
slightly more than one-fourth,
however, as it is probable that
the Fifth Army is larger than
the Eighth.
But while insisting upon real
ism regarding British superior
publicity, world business acu-
men. and eagerneSs for Empire
world bases, it also is only fair
TO report realistically that Brit
ish casualties were larger than
OURS in Sicily, as we'll as Tunisia
and Italy.
This is important for another
reason. 1t implies the bulk of
our armies have been kept
available for new or reinforc-
ing actions.
A UTHORATIVE confirmation
"A that Hitler has removed
Marshal Won Kesselring from
command of his Italian forces
and shipped him 10 The Russian
front has been hard to find,
but the Swiss report is no doubt
true.
The change. however, cannot
imply that Hitler let down in
Italy to plug the widening holes
in Russia. Truth is, Marshal
Rommel encountered personal
friction with kesselring. an air
corps general. Rommel probably
engineered Kessetring'S removal.
Incidentally, when War Sec
rotary Stimsen- intimated the
Nazis might suffer "a military
disaster on the south Russian
front, he did not mean to sug-
geSt a decentralization which
might bring peace. Outside Of
fetal life here, many have been
hoping and praying for such
decisive result before Christ
mas, but no official comment
has suggested such a possibility.
THE whole international police
l. force notion dropped almost
entirely out of the Senate de-
bate. Even New Dealing Sem
ator Pepper, who only a few
months back was talking about
a world state and an interna-
tional army, did not bring up
the first subject and conceded
that an international force was
a matter of future discussion a
long way off.
This enabled critical Senator
Van Mugs to say--and rightly
that the Connally resolution did
not promise such force. The
idea seems thoroughly dead.
What is more likely to hap
pen along this line was Sug-
gested in this column published
Thursday, Oct. %, revealing ex-
pectations that this country will
have 5-to-1 navy over the
British at the end Of the war.
Such a navy should provide
adequate policing for our way of
life, especially as no other ma
ton aside from the British can
now be assumed to hold or keep
anything which might be called
a navy beyond the cessation of
hoStilities. We also will have an
air force superior beyond COM
parison. although, of course, the
Russians will have the largest
land army.
Why create an international
policing force when we already
will have one afloat? This
greatest sea strength in all his
tory should in itself enable us
to assure fair world trade. use
or negotiate in return for Brit
ish safety for control Of bases
formerly exclusively British. and
maintain our democratic prin-
ciples.
HEAVY mysterious S h k e.
II down of lend-lease and eco
nomic warfare buying bureaus
by Foreign Economic Admins
traitor Leo Crowley apparently
has several hidden angles. Con-
gress seems TO like il because
Crowley has the reputation of a
receiver in bankruptcy for inef-
ficient, wasteful or mismanaged
government bureaus.
On the other hand, Roosevelt
generally likes TO reorganize bu-
reaus in popular disfavor before
Congress can get 10 investigate
ing them. BY changing person.
mel in advance, he akes the
political curse off congressional
exposes.
Rnf On the third hand llhnrn