The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-09-23

Americans Tell
World How Much
They Produce

WASHINGTON The office OF
War Information leaves no stone
unturned in seeing to it that the
story OF United States war produe-
ton girdles the globe fraying AXIS
nerves and buoying the hopes Of
conquered peoples everywhere.
In sharp contrast to the secrecy
which shrouds Axis military out
put the amazing American record
is broadcast week after week I'm
dozens OF foreign tongues over the
IL short-waye trsnsmitters in this
country, the BIC and Radio Al
Riers
.WPBs production summaries are
reported as carefully. TO the inhab-
itsnts OF occupied Europe as they
are to United states citizens
More recently a new note has
been injected into the overseas
newscasts-a note that reflects the
approach Of victory and the mount
ing consideration being given TO
postwar plans by statesmen the
world over.
Owl wisely recognizes that Eur
ope by now must be thoroughly sal
urated with an awareness OF Unit
cd states production might
Hence. a tapering off in bare pro
duCton figures and a shift 10 news
that has TO do with postwar out
put
Typical OF the overseas broad
casts are the weekly reports OF
Blake Ozias. aide 10 WPS Chairman
Donald VI Nelson, and a former
resident OF France. OZias has a flu
ent command OF French and for 26
weeks has driven home 10 the peo-
pie OF that country the tale OF Am.
erican production
OZias has the distinction. inCiden-
tally. OF being the resl-life mem,
Der OF the OWL tr!umvirate which
included the fictitious characters.
John. Durfee American column
list" and Wallace Herrlck. United
State military analyst" All three
participated in Owl overseas re
porting
Ozias' recent news summaries
have dealt with the production OF
agricultural machinery which is
destined 10 help the return OF pros
perity TO the European countries
devastated by the Nazsi
The reconstruction OF liberated
regions became IN keynote OF
OWL broadcasts' Following WPBs
ALLEGATION OF additional steel for
farm implements The work OF the
Office for Relief and Rehabilita-
tion headed by former Gov. Her
bert II. Lehman. OF New York. was
stressed. particularly as regards
Tunisia
European listeners heard these
words
In the United States today plans
are being made to put agricultural
industries In the liberated countries
on their feet As soon as pos
sible. after victory comes. the
farms OF liberated Europe will have
thousands OF tractors, ploughs, har-
rows. reapers"
These words must have had a
pleasant ling 10 the prosperity
starved countries oyerrun by the
Boches.
FRIENDS OF THURMAN arm
OLD see his fine hand in the re-
cent Justice Department shske-up
that saw Tom Clark shifted out OF
Arnolds old post as trust.buste"
after only four months trial and
Wendell Berge slipped into the
anti monopoly hot spot.
Arnold keeps a close tab on the
wsr-throttled monopoly fight from
his perch on the federal bench. He
is already getting fidgety from lack
OF action and is said 10 be anxious
ly awaiting the day when restric-
tons are removed so that he car
take up the crusade against Indus
trial Giantism where he left off.
In the meantime Arnold does no,
want the governments antitrust
machinery to get rusty.
SELECTIVE SERVICE headquar-
ters deny having any hand in IL,
but at least one local draft board
10 taking an extra.curricular peek
into its pool OF woman.power.
A Washington mother OF three ~.
Gently receiy ed from her husband :
draft board. No. 259. at Flushing
y. y. a formal QUESTIONABLE sim
liar to the one the head OF the fam
lily had filled out shortly after reg.
istering several years ago Nea-
the blank for the name OF the regis
trsnt. the words wife or had been
typed
Although not required 10 do so b,
law, the couple filled out the blank
and returned IL within the specified
five days. furnishing the board with
complete data on the womans pre-
vious working experience and quail
ificatiops for a possible later call
10 war duty.
The Austin-Wadsworth national
draft bill. which has yet 10 win Ad-
ministration approval, is still Ian.
gushing in Congress