The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-04

Germans Must
Soon Stiffen
Resistance
BY Helen Esssry

Look for stihening Nazi resist
snce on the Russian front. The
growing unrest within Germany's
satellite states in the Balkans APP
parently is forcing the Nazi high
command to abandon its "disengag-
ing tactics that have brought the
Russian forces close TO the pre.wlr
Polish border
Importance OF the Germans APP.
parent decision 10 stand and fight
lies is The fact that j, was dictat-
% by politira! rather than military
necessity. Growing panic in r..
mania and Bulgaria as the Russian
JuegeIua4t approaches Their DO d.
ers Wa evidenced .u recent dis
patches from Aukara. where tai
o. the abandonment OF uugu".
points and The rushing OF German
reinforcement 10 those aIea-
vas re.ayed 10 the Allied world.
Al this stage Ge many cannot
risk a revolution in the satellite
states. known TO ne "si.h OF the
war and seeking way out There
fore Germany has been forced Go
hall tie Withdrawal OF troops Iu
The face Of the Russian advance.
and 10 dgbt on ground not chosen
- by military strategy.
Germany costly stand a /hi,o-
mir In her dee''ng recapture 't
that rail point and the heavy fgh'-
ing around Eichetza are two eA-
smples OF Nazi efforts TO hsAi a
political rather than a military
war. There viii be- others.
THE SO-CALLED LITTLE
STEEL. STERILIZATION formula
may not have been the only casaa.-
" resulting from the United Mine
Workers Successful wage nght.
Informer Washington quarters
report that a federal iudseship ap-
parently has come a cropper too.
The candidate for The post Was
Wayne L. Morse. OF oregon. public
mambe~ Of The War Labor Board
These circles say that = d. K.
has cooled q on the appointment.
as tho result OF Nor>e'S dissenting
vote on the approyal o. the ICkee-
Levi wage pact Morse sound
" denounced The s En.ng OF the
agreement while miners were on
strike
II so happens. however. that F.
j. K. himself ordered lckes TO.
negotiate the costgact; later gave
II his blessing. and said nothing
about the fact that il was signed
while the men We're still out
ARMY AND NAVY MEDICAL
AUTHORITIES in this war have
organized aid so as to guarantee
wounded men every possible chance
OF recovery The result is that
deaths among wounded men have
been cut about in half as compar-
ed with World War I.
In 1878 many a wounded SOL
der died in No Mans Land IN
France because ne had to wait until
night for a litter-bearer to venture
out 10 bring him back. Now the
wounded do not have 10 wait for
nighttall for treatment. They carry
emergency first aid kits sulfa tab
lets and dressings and they know
how 10 use them II he ls TOO bad
~ wounded a pa 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 m les 10 hospitals in
safe areas.
THE THREATENED BREAK
on wages is crammed
with initiation dynamite but the ad-
ministration sin has about SIX
weeks in which TO figure a way out.
Labor will not 90 all-out for higher
pay until the Presidents cost OF
living committee makes irs reports.
True enough. the Gro steel work
ers. oil workers. automobile work
ers and aluminium workers have
served notice OF their demands for
increased wages. making good CIO
President Philip MIrrsys threat
az the ORGANIZATIONS annual con
vention
Insiders are betting however.
that II F. D. r can save the con
sumner subsidy program from death
at the hands OF rebellious COngre
and really do a Job holding the
cost OF living labor will fold if,
stent and say no more about pay
boosts.
THE BIG JAP NAVAL BASE 81
Truk is in for real shellackiug
one OF these days az the hands Of
Americas now mighty Pacific
feet. but there rs good chance
that 1t may be by-pa sed 50 ia az
an invasion is concerned az least
in the immediate strategy
Truk's geographical position =
such that a landing would be dim