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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-12
The W ashinqton
Merry Go Round
BY DREW PEARSON
Major Robert 8. Allen on active duty


WASHINGTON.-One of Wash
ington's most closely guarded Sc
crets is the detailed history OF
rubber production. Reason for the
secrecy is not military Rubber
Gar LETTERS has just released what
must be comforting news to the
enemy that we shall have only
100000 tons of rubber by the emo
of this year, and Bernie Baruch
estimated we needed a minimum
reserve of 10000.
Actually the reason is political
With 130,000,0O0 Americans virtu-
ally taken off wheels, certain high
up individuals are anything but an
xious to have the details on rub
Der production leak out. However
here is the actual record on one
of the saddest and most inexcus-
able chapters in our entire econo-
mic history.
In June 1910, one year and a
half before Pearl Harbor, Presi-
dent Roosevelt ordered an imme-
diate study of the synthetic rub
Der industry to prepare for possible
Jap invasion of the Dutch East
Indies. That study was turned over
to Edward Stettinius of the Ma
tional Defense Commission. who or
July 10, 1910, recommended the i'm
mediate need of building synthetic
rubber plants and reported to the
President: 1T is expected that be-
fore this month is over a plan OF
synthetic rubber production will
have been worked out which in the
future will eliminate our Deepen
dence upon imports
What Stettinius referred to was
the fact that Emil Schram of Jesse
Jones Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration was negotiating with
Goodrich and the Phillips Corpora
ton to produce 100000 tons of rub
Der. But Stettinius did not know
when he wrote his report, tn I
Jesse Jones, Schram's superior
would block the deal.
This Jones did. And for seven
months, Stettinius and various
other defense officials, fumed, fret
ted and tore their hair, until fin
ally on February 10, 1941, Jones
announced that the RFC still had
under consideration plans for aid
ing the production of synthetic
rubber, though he said the need
was not urgent and possibly, ulti-
mately unnecessary.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-12
ELEVEN ARRIVE;
SEVEN LEAVE
FOR WESTWARD

Arrivals here today from Seattle
were Carl H. Keil, j. j. Meherin,
Ruth A. Perry and Ragner N. Berg.
From Ketchikan arrivals were A.
c. Black, Charles Graham, Mrs.
Elizabeth Graham, Lewis A. Jones,
A. E. Libby. Capt. c. F. Macdonald,
Capt. John P. Robinson.
Taking passage for the Westward
tonight will be Sally Krisoff, Mrs.
Margaret Harrais. r w, Miller,
John c. Slagel, ]. W. Moorehead,
Robert Deacon and Ernest Slender.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-12

Michael j. Haas, former Terri
torial Commissioner of Labor and
now Alaskan representative for the
War Labor Board, was on the
stand last night from o'clock UNI
til $40 O'Clock when the legisla-
tive hearing being conducted into
his management of the Labor De-
partment was recessed until this
evening at 7 o'clock.
Haas was questioned closely by
Attorney General Henry Roden, and
members of the committee regard
ing trips made in the Territory b.
various members OF his department,
use of office materials and wires
charged to the Department of La
Dor, and as to whether any of the
trips, materials or wires pertained
10 furthering his political life.
Mr. Roden opened the session by
requestioning Haas regarding a
trip Steve McCutcheon made to the
Westward to inspect plants n d
asked if it was true that Haas had
stated that McCutcheon could not
come from Anchorage directly to
Juneau, 50 had gone to Fairbanks
and returned from there. Haas
replied. That is as ! remember it.
He may have been directed to go
to Fairbanks for a specific pur-
pose"
McCutche0n's OPA job
Mr.. Roden then asked if Haas
knew McCutcheon had been APP
pointed to the OPA staff when he
made a trip to Fairbanks las t
September. Haas replied that he
did not. When asked if McCutcheon
knew he was to get the OPA APP
pointment at the time the trip
was made, Haas replied that he
thought not and knew McCutcheon
was worried as to whether or not
he would get the appointment.
Asked whether or not there was
any unfinished business in his
department in Fairbanks. Haas re-
piled that there was. Prank Anger
man was there and / wanted Steve
to see him and help in any way
he could" He then. mentioned vari-
Gus cases which he stated were un-
settled
Queried as to the purpose of
buying large amounts of mimeo-
graph paper in 194l when the Of
flee had no stencils, Haas stated
that he had been informed there
would be a shortage of mimeograph
paper and bought it when he could
so as to have 1t when needed
No Itemizcd Accounts
Haas said the office complied
weekly reports that were sent to
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-12
NIPPON BASE
IS HIT2 Times
IN ONE DAY
u. 5. Planes Make Attack
al Low LeveIs-Anti-dir-
craft Fire Is Severe

WASHINGTON, March 12-Am-
erican bombers and fighters have
blasted Jap gun positions and
buildings at Kiska, Aleutians, the
Navy announces. There was a vio-
lent, low level attack on Wednes-
cay the communique says, adding
that during the morning of March
10, u. S. aircraft attacked Jap po-
sitions at Kiska and scored bomb
hits on the target area. Later in
the morning, a force Of Liberator
heavy bombers, Mitchell medium
bombers and Lightning fighters
again attacked the enemy install
lations and anti-aircraft batteries
we're bombed and strafed at low
level, hits being scored on three
buildings in the camp area nd
damaged. Anti-aircraft fire was
encountered but all of the U. S.
planes returned safely to bases"
Heavy Raid Made
iAic ANiohu idlu WAC oiic Va tiit
heaviest delivered by the Aleutians
Air Command in several weeks al
though the Jap base has been re-
peatedly pounded whenever wealth
er has permitted. Kiska has been
the target OF five raids SO far this
month, counting the two actions
reported in today's communique.
Damage to batteries and build
ings at low level raids has un-
doubtedly been severe and the Japs
have much work to do if they re-
store the defense to former levels.
Anti-aircraft Fire
Effectiveness of the anti-aircraft
tire particularly. has given the
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-12
AMBASSADORS
TALK WAS NOT
OFFICIAL ONE
Admiral StdndIeY Spok e
Out on His 0Wn-Noth-
ing About Recall

WASHINGTON, March 12-Sum-
ner Welles, Acting Secretary OF
State, said that Admiral William
H. Standby, United States Ambas-
sador to Russia, has made a cleai
statement to the State Department
that he was speaking in a purely
personal capacity and not for the
United States Government when he
told Moscow correspondents the
Soviet people were being kept ir
ignorance of American aid to Rus
STA last Tuesday
Welles told the reporters that
whatever the Ambassador said he
fContinlIed on Page Threal
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-12
PRICES OF FOOD
TO BE INCREASED
IN TERRITORIES
0PA Executives Now Meet
ing in San Francisco
-Pegging Process

SEATTLE, March 12-By Office
of War nformation-AAt confer
ence of OPA Executives in San
Francisco, investigation of all phas-
es of the growing and marketing OF
fresh vegetables with a view to peg
ging prices the consumers will pay
and with prices on other foodstuffs
already frozen or on the verge of
being so treated.
Retail costs of foods that are now
,~4;x,..<l - No. rrl.x.zA
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-12
Raj B0MBERS
STRIKE HARD,
MARETH Line.
Little Ground Exchanged
in 1oddy's Desert
Fighting
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA, March 12-Allied
bombers and fighters began soften
ing Rommel's troop positions and
supply lines in the Mareth area yes
terday as British and American
ground forces beat off attacks by
Col. Gen. Won Arnim in North Tu-
niSia
Axis infantry and artillery struck
again and again at the British de-
lenses near Tamera, seven miles
west of Sedjenane in the north, but
each time the enemy was driven
back with considerable losses.
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. . . . .
DIMOUT TINES

. Dimout begins tonight .
. at sunset at 6:53 o'clock. .
Dimout ends tomorrow .
. at sunrise at 7:22 am. .
o Dimout begins Saturday at .
. sunset at SIS pm. .
3
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-12
BEFORE PEARL HARBOR

One year later. March 81, 1912
Secretary Jones issued a statement
which caused amazement on the
part of his cabinet colleagues. He
said that "On May 16, 194l, we
concluded agreements with some
of the leading producers Of rubber
chemicals and oil products for the
construction and operation OF syn
thetic rubber sufficient to increase
the total annual capacity in the
country to approximately 100000
TONS"
This statement was made after
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-12
Reorganization Of U.s..
Congress Is Possible;
Defects Pointed Out
BY JACK STINNETT

WASHINGTON, March 12-Pro-
badly nothing will ever come OF it
but there's a lot of conversation
going around about the possible
reorganization of Congress to elm
mate some of its more obvious de-
fectS.
Probably the springboard fol
much of the talk is the recently
published book, This Is Congress,
by Roland Young. Mr.. Young was
for some years secretary of the
State Committee on Foreign Rela-
lions. He knows his Congress, doesn't
do any theorizing about it, and
makes some suggestions for inter-
nal overhauling.
However, George Galloway, an
other student of the Congressional
scene. in recent address before the
American Political Science Associa-
ton, summed up the faults a little
more briefly.
First, he said, the committee sys-
tenn is obsolete. 1t results in dupli-
cations and dispersions of effort
1t is completely inadequate in
handling wartime legislation.
The sources of information upon
which Congress relies are INSULT
Gent and too often biased.
Leadership is SO sc "a t tie r
Through scores of committee
chairmen) and ineffective because
Of the reluctance Of Congress as a
body to delegate its powers, that
there hardly is any at all
There is no defense against pres
sure groups nor against pressure
from constituents, whose demands
on comparatively trivial matters Of
ten occupy SO much of a congress
mans time that he has little left
for legislative considerations
That is free translation of Mr.
GalloWay's criticisms, but it's a
pretty concise summation of what
students of the legislative arm
think are the principal complaints
Often l have tried to point out
how Congressman are hampered by
demands from their constituents
that make them just "errand boys
And study of the hearings in any
exhaustive committee investigation
will reveal what is meant by biased
sources of information Too often
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-05
Margaret jeanne Saeman
To Wed Ensign Danfor+h

MISS MARGARET JOANNE
SAEMAN, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank c. Flumerfelt OF
Three-Mile drive, on March 20.
will become the bride of Ensign
James c. Danforth. u. S. N. r.,
son of DR.. and Mrs. J. c. DAN
forth of Lakepointe. The we'd
ding will take place in Crosse
Pointe Memorial Church.
Mrs. Wallace Caldwell will
be Miss Saemen's matron of
honor, and the Misses Betty
Klusman, Wilma Coughlin and
Virginia Brodowski and Mrs.
Frank Hart will be bridesmaids.
Ralph d. Danforth. brother Of
the bridegroom-elect, will be
best man. Guests will be seated
by Donald Simpson, Robert
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-05

Powers, Howard Klein and Rob-
ert Leslie.
The rehearsal dinner will be
held on the evening of March
10 at the Detroit Yacht Club,
and the reception will take
place at the Whittier in Burns
drive. following the ceremony.
Among tha many parties
planned for the bride to-be will
be a miscellaneous shower to-
morrow night in the home Of
Mrs. Frank Hart in Yorkshire,
and next Wednesday the Zeta
Alpha Gamma sorority will
entertain at a kitchen shower
in the home of Miss Betty
Klusman in Wiltshire drive.
Mrs. George Wickerham will
give bathroom shower the
thirteenth in her home on
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-05

Bishop and Miss Wilma Cough
lin and Miss Virginia Brodowski
will be co-hostesses at a cock
tail party March IL in Miss
Coughlin's home on Courville.
Mrs. Don feathers will en-
terrain March Is in her home on
Somerset.
Mrs. Wallace Caldwell will
give the spinster dinner in her
home on Vendome.
MRS. MAX HOFFMAN,. on
Monday at 2:30 o'clock, will be
hostess TO the Crosse Pointe
branch of the Women's National
Farm and Garden Association
which will hold It's March meet
ing at her residence on E. JEFF
ferson, Crosse Pointe.
Mrs. Henry L. Newman will
preside. There will be a talk
on pruning"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-05
Spse,., Selling
Fine Fur Coats

Below Is . partial listing Of ths many fine
fur coat values offered in This specisl selling.
" you love auaIity-Buy your fur eost now.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-07
Rouge Workers
End Third Strike

Workers in the foundry of the
Ford Rouge plant. who for the
third time in two days struck
early Saturday because of a dis
pute between a foreman and an
employe, returned TO their posts
on the afternoon shift. About
>, $50 workers were affected.
Joseph Twyman, president of
Ford Local No. 90. UAW-CIO,
said the strike was unauthorized.
and that all workers had been in
= : ii-ttieted neutrality-suspicious. work on
shifts which begin Sunday mid
night
Union and plant officials will
meet Al 9 a. bm. Monday in an
effort TO iron out the difficulties.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-07
I'd Front Not Far Off, Says Stain;
Sees Axis Puppets Ready to Quit
Stain Lists Program
OF Allied Peace Aims

MOSCOW, Nov. (UP)-In his adj
dress commemorative the 18th anniver-
sary of the Red revolution, Premier
Stain today laid down the following
five-point program embodying the Allied
aims as he envisaged them:
I Liberation of the occupied countries
i in Europe.
O-Insuring that the liberated countries
Il are able to choose their own form of
government.
O-Punishment of all war criminals.
=
Establishment of order SO firm that
4 Germany can make no future at
tempt at world domination.
Establishment of full collaboration
= among the nations of Europe on a
basis of full, mutual trust.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-07
Hitler Reported
Told: All Is Lost

LONDON. Nov s qNS) - Field
Marshal Carl Rudolph Gerd van
RunStedt, German commander in
Holland, Belgium and Fra &C.
who is preparing for the second
front, is reported today TO have
written letter 10 Adolf Hitler
declaring the war is lost as far
as it is humanity possible 20
judge"
Won Runstedt was said TO have
added that he could not under
stand why Hitler did not resign
Immediately for the sake of the
fatherland."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-07
By Omitted Pres.

The Bari radio. station of Mar
shall Pietro Badoglios Italian gov
eminent, said Saturday that 1T
is already agreed that Turkey
will cede a number of important
bases to the Allies"
The broadcast was reported by
FEC, monitors. II asserted that
the German government has re-
called IFS ENJOYS from Ankara.
Turkey. and Lisbon. Portugal
Ccssion of Turkish bases was
or the same basis as the Azores
said the Bari broadcast. Bases in
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-07
Ex-PosieI Aide Dead

GLEN ROCK. y. J.. Nov. 6
tUP)-Curtis a. ComStock, who
retired five years ago after hav-
ing served for y years as vice
president and director Of Postal
Telegraph, died yesterday at the
age OF 10
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-07
1882 Plot 10 Kill
Churchill Revealed

MONTREAL, Nov. 6 CUP)-
u. S. secret service officials un-
covered a plot to assassinate Win
-st0n Churchill When ne was lee
turing in the United States in
1882. Louis j. Alder. American
author who acted as Churchills
manager. said today.
Alder said the secret service
wanted Churchill 10 cancel the
rest of the tour but that Church.
i'll refused.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-07
War Fronts Today

BALKANS-Tkey reported ready to cede important bases
TO Allies. page L.
RUSSA-Reds capture Kiev push Page p Stain says
y second front is Page l.
SOUTHWEST PACFICBig battle reported u S. planes
sink two Jap cruisers hit six other and three
destroyers. page l. N'v
TALYAmericans break through Nsz defense line cap
true important base at Venafro. page b.
THE AIR wAR-Mosquito bombers raid Reich Page s.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-07
War Bond AID Bill
Expected 10 Pass

WASHINGTON. Nov. s GNS)
The Senate prepared today 10
consider the Bankhead Bill re-
quring the treasury 10 spend
$4,000. 900 to $30.000.0O0 an
nually for war bond advertising.
Democratic Leader Barley of
Kentucky said he expected the
measure to pass when final action
is taken sometime next week.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-07
Finland Seeks Peace
On lis Own Terms

LONDON, Nov. s GNS)-Fin-
land IS prepared TO make peace
with Russia if given some voice
in tho negotiations but never will
capltulate Internationally while
her army is undefeated. a Finnish
spokesman in Sweden said today.
according to the Reuters news
agency.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-07
Boettieer Made Major

ALGIERS, Nov. 6 INS) Capt
John Boettiger today became a
major in the L. S. Army. on
leave of absence As publisher Of
the Seattle Post Intelligencer,
Mai Boettiger is the Son-in-law
of President Roosevelt.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-07
.Nazis Lose
a Million in
Year S Drive
Moscow Pact Cauded.
Pledges NOT to Mix in
Other Nations Affairs
BY NATALIA RENE

MOSCOW, Nov. 6 (INS) -
Premier Marshal Stain announced
tonight that rear Anglo-Amer-
lean second front in western Eus
rope, which he declared will
greatly accelerate the approach
ing" final victory over Germany.
is not far off,"
In perhaps the most significant
speech of his long career, deliv.
cred over the radio on the eve
of the 26th birthday of the Boil
shevik revolution, Russia's leader
limited that an early Allied inva-
sion across the English Channel
was mapped at the recent Moscow
conference.
Stain declared that Finland
and other Nazi satellites are ION
the verge of abandoning" the
Reich, having 'lost all hope" OF
a Mi victory.
Representatives of the Hun
garian, Rumanian and Bulgarian
governments have been in con-
tact with the British in Turkey
to arrange a separate peace, but
negotiations have broken down.
informed diplomatic sources in
Lisbon said Saturday, accord
ing to United Press.)
NAILS LOSE 4 MILLION
He revealed that Germany has
lost more than 100000 men on
the Russian front in the past year
and said Hitler's Reich faces
total collapse" The Red army,
he said. has ousted the invaders
from more than 621,000 square
miles of Soviet soil in an advance
OF TAO miles on the central front
alone since the last anniversary
Of the revolution.
The premier-marshal paid glow
ing tribute to the Allied victories
in North Africa, the Meditas
ranean and Italy. -
NOT THE REAL THING
He voiced the first official So
NiCN encouragement tndL tn4
Anglo-American invasion of Hit.
ler's Fortress Europa" from the
south is very much like a Sec
ond front" though not yet the
real thing.
He also praised the mounting
Allied air offensive which he said
is substantially weakening. Ger
many's power TO resist
ut Is obvious" said Stain,
that the opening of n real Sec
ond front In Europe, which In
not far off, will considerably
speed up the final victory over
Hitherto Germany"
Stain warmly extolled the
achievements of the recent Hull
Eden-Molotov conference in Mos
COW As erecting solid foundation
for firm cooperation among the
three leading United Nations
powers and said this had con-
founded the Nazis who had
4.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-07
Postwar Boom
Possible Here
u. S. Labor Survey
Visions Prosperity
BY sILER FREEMAN
Aatomobiie Editor

Detroit faces an unparalleled
era OF prosperity after the war IF;
The auto plants can convert
quickly and -.
A high-cOnsumption economy
IL maintained.
Basis for this conclusion is a
survey just released by the L. S.
Bureau Of Labor Statistics on the
impact Of the War on The Detroit
area.
Not all the prospects are good.
the survey points out, but in the
long run. il comes to the conclu-
sion that Detroit auto plants will
be in far better position than
the rest of industry and will
carry other industries with them
10 new heights.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-07

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 CINS)
President Roosevelt named Ber-
nard NJ. Baruch, retired financier,
tonight TO head the newly-created
War and Postwar Economic Plan
ming Board within the Office Of
War Mobilization.
Baruch, chairman of the Indus
trial Mobilization Board in World
War | and long time presidential
adviser, was given full power TO
reshape the war contract pro-
gram according 10 changing needs,
and charged with the RESPONSE
bility of developing unified gov
eminent policies in regard TO the
conversion an d disposition of
plants and properties at the end
of the war.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-07
Vatican City Bombed,
PdpdI Radio Says

LONDON. Nov s GNS)-The
Vatican radio. quoting an official
statement published on the Osser-
Natore Romano, declared today
that four bombs fell in Vatican
City from plane of undetermined
origin. The date of the attack was
not given.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-07
Is Germany
Cracking?
Civilian Morale Low. Only Fear Of
Gestapo Delays Collapse

EDITORS NOTES Gerndlys home front crack
ing? On the dnsWer may depend hoW long 1t takes to
knock Germany ont Of the THIS IS the first Of
by international NeWS Serrice correspondents m
Stockholm, Bernie MoscotC, London and Washington
From persons recently Grrfred IN neutral countries and
from diplomatic and intelligence reports, they hare
gathered their inside Information.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-07
Last Days of Manila

series Of three articles by Karl X Wegand dean OF
American correspondents starting Mondays Detroit
Times will cast fresh light on the days the Philip
pines and tell how Won Weigand informed Vice Adm.
William a. Glassord Shanghai Oct IL 941 Of nfora
ton he had from hitherto reliable sources that the hg
chiefs of the Japanese and had Dec 194l
deadline peace negotiations in Washington The
has been wreeSed from the exchange ship Grpshom
which Won Wegand returning 10 The United States after
having been held IN custody by japan since 1871
Another Von Weisand Dispatch. PoRe IL
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-07
Soldier Killed on Birthday

TRAVERSE CITY. Nov. 6 (UP)
PVT. Frank Lannin, a native of
Grand Traverse County. was killed
IN action Oct. Is. his 23d birthday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-07

Ruptured-IngramS are specialists
in selecting and fitting trusses and
surgical supports. 4444 Woodward.
ADV.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-07
HIT N BISMARCK SEA

The third destroyer was hit
in the Bismarck Sea at the
same time the Jap cruiser was
sunk while escorting a convoy
which was bound toward Rabaui.
In addition 10 the warShips
sunk and disabled. American
bonberS scored direct hits which
disabled 10,500-ton enemy
tanker north of Nassau Island.
of the northern tip Of New Ire
land and left a cargo ship on
fire and listing)
The japanese radio claimed a
clash last night between an Amer
lean carrier task force and their
torpedo planes. The Tokyo broad
cast said two American carriers
and four other L. S. warshipS
were sunk. =
The navy department would not
evidently because il re-
garded the Japanese claims as a
Fishing expedition for inlnrma.