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Evening star., 1943-11-29
WPb Ready 10 Bare
Hitherto Secret Data
On Industrial Output
BY the Associated prHss

By the Associated Press.
The War Production Board Is
about ready to take the secret"
label OH many Of its files to help
Americas industry and to confound
the enemy.
Our production position il now
80 strong that information concern
ing 1t will be of no aid or comfort to
the enemy-quite the contrary"
Chairman Donald M. Nelson said
last night in disclosing his decision
that restrictions could safely be
removed.
Mr.. Nelson said the release would
cover "a large amount of past and
current data originally collected for
confidential Use Of war agencies" It
would supply industry with statis-
tics "for planning present and future
operations"
Reports VIII Be Broad.
The figures will cover industries
and types of products, but not oper-
ations OF individual firms or plants.
Included will be facts on production
or shipments, use of materials, en-
ployment, impending bottlenecks,
inventories and resources, plant ca
pacity and utilization, new mate
rials, substitutions and general
trends"
First releases will be issued "in a
few days" Mr.. Nelson said. and in
most cases will cover the period since
wartime restrictions were imposed
to the present. Frequent reports
will follow until most major lines
of industry have been reported
Thereafter. monthly or quarterly
will be made for
each industry or product.
Cites Arms Data.
Mr.. Nelson said it was m
anomaly" for a manufacturer Of
blankets. heating stoves or valves
not to be able to learn the total out
put Of his industry. yet frequently
reading in the newspapers how
many guns, rounds of ammunition,
planes and ships were produced last
month or year"
mo one should read into the
change Of policy" he cautioned,
ANY implication that the war Is as
good as won. and that industry can
now diffuse It's thinking and energy
in war production. Our effort must
not be relaxed III the least.
This is not to say he added,
that the series Of reports now
inaugurated will not eventually be
Of value in helping to restore the
Nation to normal pursuits. 1t should
prove to be q most important step
toward the transition to a peace
time economy when the war has
ended"
Evening star., 1943-11-29
w. (. Mcdonald Resigns
AS Reynolds Secretary

Wesley E. Mcdonald today an
nounced his resignation as secretary
to Senator Reynolds. Democrat, OF
North Carolina, effective January
He plans to practice law here.
Mr.. Mcdonald is leaving Capitol
Hill after nearly IS years. having
begun his secretarial service with
the late Senator Lee S. Overman OF
North Carolina in 1919.
In 1882 he interrupted his con-
gressional service briefly to become
private secretary to the chief justice
Of the Court of Appeals Of the Dis
trict. but the following year re-
turned to the. Capitol when Senator
REYNOLDS took ONCE.
Evening star., 1943-11-29
Brewster Probers !.
Sought 10 Smear
aE
Labor, Thomas Says
Dy the Associated Press.


r. ]. Thomas, president Of the
CIO-United Automobile workers,
has accused the House Naval Affairs
subcommittee which conducted
hearings in the Brewster Aero
nautical Corp. case Of systematic
attempt to smear" organized labor.
The subcommittee, headed by
Representative Drewry, Democrat,
of Virginia Investigated production
failures 1T Brewster earlier this
month, taking testimony from man
agement and union ofncials, includ-
Ing President Tom De Lorenzo Of
the local union, and Navy ofncials.
Complains TO Drewry.
Mr.. Thomas complained in . letter
to Representative Drewry yesterday
that he was refused 4 chance to
testify and that your examination
Of the union spokesmen you chose
to hear WAS accompanied
throughout by bullying, by threats,
by personal abuse and by impugning
Of motives"
Mr.. Thomas also wrote:
lit is obvious that the production
deficiencies which prevailed in the
Brewster plants can in no way be
charged to Local 365-UAW-CIO.
"On the contrary, 1t appears that
production failures we're the re-
sponsibiity of the managements, OF
the Navy Department itself, which
sponsored some of the manAgements
Calls Facts Distorted.
"Your committee has sought tG
arraign the union on the alleged
charge that it dictated hiring and
blocked the discharge Of incompe-
tent employees.
You sought to convey the i'm
preston, before ascertaining the
facts, that the local union, or Mr.. De
Lorenzo. were exercising some sort
Of dictatorship that tied the hands
Of the management and caused i,
to retain incompetents on the pay
roll. Members Of your committee
persisted in this charge although
figures furnished you showed that
this was clearly not the case"
Evening star., 1943-11-29
Horses to Replace Cars
At Mississippi Inouquro|

JACKSON, Miss. Nov. 29.-The
inaugural parade for Thomas Bailey,
Mississippi's 47th Governor, will be
a great occasion for Old Dobbin-it
won't include 4 single gas-driven
vehicle.
Gov .-elect Bailey said last night
the OPA had suggested a horse
drawn procession would dramatic
the need for conserving gasoline and
he agreed.
Evening star., 1943-11-29
By LARRY LAWRENCE.


Winning the hunter and jumping
classes with equal ease, U. s. Ran
dies Claws, with the owner up, and
Pvt. Bobby Lees Bonnie File, ridden
by Gardner Hallman, wound up the
day by alternately winning and tax
ing reserve to each other in the
hunter and jumper championships
of the Green Meadows horse show.
held yesterday at Col. Riggs drill
field in nearby Maryland.
Over a thousand shivering fans
saw Claws come into the ring to
claim blues in all three hunter
events-the hack and hunter, work.
ing hunter and ladies' hunter
to climax the day by taking the
hunter tricolor. Bonne Ellie took
seconds in the ladies and working
to win reserve honors.
1t was Bonne Files turn to shine
when the jumper championship
award was presented, having won
the handicap jumpers and taking
third in both the triple bar and
knock down and-out for 4 total of
nine points. A win in the warmup,
plus = second In the knock down.
and-out, gave Claws eight points
and reserve ribbon.
Wayne Morse's fine ve-gaited
chestnut gelding Spice OF Life won
both the flve-gaited saddle event
and the harness class to take the
saddle horse championship over A.
G. Hargreaves' Red Devil, which had
4 second and 4 fourth in these two
events.
A series of ties in the triple-bar
competition finally resulted in a win
by Dick Loves light-footed Queen
Bee at q height of 4 feet inches
with 7-foot spread. Second was
C. w. Hudson's Cody, with Sam
Gnash up.
-Three-gaited saddle horses-won by Ars.
Thomas Holden's Rex: second. Mary Cam
mons Golden Nellie; third. Mrs A.
Evening star., 1943-11-29
CAPT. McAfee 10 Preside
Al Allied Forum Lecture

Capt. Mildred McAfee, director OF
the WAVES, will preside at the sec
ond United Nations Forum lecture
series at $50 pm. next Monday in
Constitution Hall. Theme Of the
meeting Is postwar educational
problems.
The speakers are DR.. Eduard c
Lindeman, head of the New York
School OF Social Work; DR.. Gray
son N. Kefauver. dean OF the school
Of education at Stanford Uni
versity, and DR.. Felix's Gross, Polish
scholar who is secretary general of
the Central European Planning
Board.
Chairman Thomas OF the Senate
Committee on Education and Labor
and Tirunagiara Raman Of the Of
nee Of the Indian Agency General
will comprise the discussion panel.
Evening star., 1943-11-29
Fugitive Wires Officer:
Hope You Catch Me-
BY the Associated Press.


OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. 29.-A
telegram from Kansas City signed
John Wilbur Voss. the name of a 27-
year-old fugitive from the Oklahoma
Penitentiary. assured a detective
yesterday, Il think you're swell.
hope you catch me-"
Voss fed from the State prison at
McAlester october II after conceal
ing himself in basket of bread.
The detective said he believed the
telegram was genuine, and added
that the sharp-eyed, curly-haired
veteran Of escapes from Federal
prisons at Leavenworth, Kansas
and Ell Reno, Okla, often ha,
boasted no walls can hold him.
Evening star., 1943-11-29
james RooseveIt's Doc
Dies at Comp PendIeton

By the Associated Press.
SAN DIEGO. Calf, Nov. %
Bob. Irish setter, died of old age
recently while waiting At Camp
Pendleton for his master, 1t. Col.
James Roosevelt, to return from the
Pacific war zones.
The setter was given a military
funeral. Marine Corps officials said.
He was White House pet when
Col. Roosevelt was secretary to his
father. the President.
Evening star., 1943-11-29

caaeds heasnsl Air Service, Flying Cssst 70 Csess
cad - Newfoundland svsS Q A,seo miLs psvts,
Evening star., 1943-11-29
Two Morocco Bankers
Fined for Shipping Gold
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
'ALGIERS, Nov. 20-Two direc-
tors Of the State Bank of Morocco
who were arrested last August on
charges Of routing bank gold to
Vichy by way OF Lisbon were SEN
fenced yesterday by the Rabat cor
rectional tribunal
Director Bapst was sentenced TO
one year in prison and hned 10000
francs, while former Director De
Saubry was fined 5000 francs on !
charge Of corresponding with per-
sons in enemy occupied territory.
Evening star., 1943-11-29
Axis Claims IA Planes
Downed Over Runqoon
By the Associated Press.

0y tne AsboclAte0 freSs.
A Toxic dispatch broadcast yes
terday by the Berlin radio declared
Il American planes, including three
B-24 bombers, were shot down Sat-
urday In an air battle over Rangoon.
The broadcast, recorded by the
Associated Press, said only two
Japanese planes were lost and that
the pilot Of one parachuted to safety.
Evening star., 1943-11-29
81 Stomps on Letter

FALLS CITY. Nebr. (P.-E. r.
Miller mailed his letter in . hurry
The postofiice returned the missive
and called attention to the fact Mr.
Miller had used two 81 war stamps
as postage,
Evening star., 1943-03-07
Majority Rule

The War Labor Boards overall
record in settlement of wage dis
putes and in resisting the imitation
airy tendencies of wholesale wage
increases is yet to be adequately
appraised. But one OF its notable
achievements has been to maintain
a common front after decision has
been reached.
While about sixty per cent Of its
decisions have been unanimous,
there have been dissents, and some
extraordinarily sharp ones, in nearly
every one Of the really important
cases settled. One who reads these
dissents might receive the impress
sion Of a house divided against it.
self. Yet in no case, after a decision
Of the board has been reached, has
a member gone beyond his formal
dissent either to repudiate the ma
jority decision or to give comfort to
those whom it has adversely affected.
A fine expression of this policy,
which has been a factor in giving
the board strength and prestige, is
found in the vigorous dissent of Dean
Wayne L. Morse from the decision
In the Boeing Aircraft and Southern
California airframe wage cases. It
contains. in addition, a compliment
to the workers in these plants which
their acceptance Of the boards YER
Evening star., 1943-03-07
dict shows to have been deserved.
It is worth repeating here:

dict shows to have been deserved.
It is worth repeating here:
This writer does not share the
view that the decision of the majority
will interrupt or impede the produc-
ton of aircraft. Those who express
such fears or who use such a fear
argument in support Of wage in
crease simply do not appreciate the
patriotic loyalty of American labor,
particularly labor in the aircraft in
dustry. Undoubtedly, there will be
some grumbling and some express
sions of disappointment, but produc-
ton will proceed because the workers
know that in the interests of the war
effort it must proceed.
There are thousands OF workers
In the aircraft industry who would
prefer to be in the armed forces, but
they have remained in the army of
production because their Government
has told them that they can best
serve there. II 1t should come to pass
that any group OF workers should
exercise such bad judgment as to
stop work in protest Of the majority
decision, this writer will insist, as he
always has when he has been in the
majority and others in the minority,
that the War Labor Board must stand
as united, unanimous body against
any defiance Of its decisions by any
labor or employer groups"
Evening star., 1943-03-07
The Bottle for Food
From lie Canada, Montreal.


The farm is a battlefield, the occupa-
tions of those who meet upon it, how
ever pacific they may appear, are hard
and stubborn. For it is a question OF
wrestling from the soil, multiplying the
methods OF culture with smaller labor
and implements, which are not replen-
ished, crops even more abundant than
those Of last year. The agricultural front
has taken on capital importance as the
result Of another year OF doubly devas-
tating warfare. The destruction of great
armies, the death of millions of men, the
burning of cities and whole regions must
rapidly exhaust the reserves of foods
which overproduction before the war had
allowed to accumulate Food has be-
come arms. Invading country the enemy
attacks depots which contained great
supplies, whether to pillage them or de-
stroy If they cannot carry the stuff away.
Hundreds of millions of tons of concen-
trated foods, bread-making cereals and
cheese have been swallowed up by the
torpedoing Of ships, which has happened
almost daily since September. 1889. How
ever, the cargoes that arrive In bort do
Evening star., 1943-03-07
A WARTIME LENT
By the Right Req JAMES FREEMAN, D., D., D. c. L..
Bishop OF Warrington.

In the care and maintenance Of health,
wise men and women pursue sane and
rational way Of living. Like care and
accepted discipline is practiced in the
cultivation of the mind. We resort to
specialists In both cases. Is there con-
sistent reason for the cultivation and
development of the finer, better elements
In our nature? In fine, what we call the
things of the spirit? For centuries an
annual season for considering more par
ticularly the latter has been the season
called Lent. It comes to US this year
with deepened meaning and a greater
significance. It is a wartime Lent, and
it certainly demands place in our
thinking and practice. Upon what is its
claim based? Primarily upon an expert
ence in the life Of Christ that occupies 4
conspicuous place In His brief and amaz-
Ing ministry.
No single incident in the life Of Our
Lord is more arresting, or indeed moro
baming, than the period He spent In
the wilderness before entering upon His
0AS0U CSA WV Va 8CAAC4 6VAOA1S 1AlS1l 1I&vS
speculated about it; they have wondered
why He, the Divine Son Of God, turned
away from the haunts Of men for 40
days and, amid the silences, sought prep
aration for the mighty work to which
He was committed.
The temptations, themselves, arouse
our reverent curiosity, and yet they are
strikingly illustrative Of experiences that
often befall men before entering upon
some supreme service.
Our experince will greatly differ from
His, but II we have the will to set apart
a definite period Of our time for the cul-
tivation Of the inner and devotional life,
II we have the will to give prayer and
meditation their proper place In the
economy Of life. we, too, shall rise from
our long lenten vigil better fitted to meet
the exigencies and trials of this critical
hour, and make ourselves ready to meet
any emergency or to face any trial that
may be our lot.
The speed Of life is such and its con-
Germs so great that we can hardly meet
Evening star., 1943-03-07

the demands that are laid upon US, unless
We are fortified and strengthened by the
development and enrichment Of our
minds and souls. The world In which
we live is In dire need Of leadership
leadership that is made ready by the cul-
tivation Of the inner life. There is 50
much confusion Of mind today, 50 much
loose thinking, such q lack Of dispassion-
ate Judgment, that upon those who bear
the name OF Christ and who are COM
mitted to His way Of life, is imposed
task that calls for the best they have to
give. Surely We need, as we have not
needed In our generation, Lent that will
prepare us for the days that lie ahead.
We are forced to think today about war
and its terrible Implications. The daily
press. with It's recital of horrors that ap-
and thinking time, that 1t may be we are
not seeking the quiet places where we
can be reflective, and through the lead
ing Of Gods Spirit find peace and the
capacity rightly to evaluate the moment-
Gus events Of the hour. We are hardly
acquainted with our own souls.
Men do not face changes that are
epochal in their significance unless they
are undergirded by power mot Of
Themselves power that enables them
to accept and adjust themselves to new
conditions and new ways Of living. Direc-
tor Byrnes wisely suggested in his recent
splendid address to the American people
that We have got to get acquainted with
the ways and practices Of simple living. :"
He wisely demands that we shall stop
complaining and grumbling and adjust
ourselves to war economy. He is infal-
libby right. If regimentation is urgently
necessary in these grave days, then we
shall have to be fortified and made strong
by addressing ourselves to a habit of
thinking and practice that In these
recent years has been lost to US. This
can be effected by stabilizing our Wills
and our latent spirits, our real selves,
through the time -honored and univer-
sally accepted disciplines which = con-
scientiously observed Lent lays upon US.
A sobered America means q. strong and
sumcient America.
Evening star., 1943-03-07
Berlin in Dancer

Repeated bombing OF Berlin is apt
to result in the complete destruction
of that once beautiful capital of the
German Reich. 1t happens that the
city stands on concealed marsh.
The ground under it is swampy.
Missiles falling from the sky upon it,
therefore, are likely to do greater
damage than might be the case else
where. That is particularly true Of
the center Of the metropolis, the
plain" of the River Spree, theo-
retically about 100 feet above sea
level yet sopping wet for ages.
Efforts to drain the neighborhood
trace back to 1916 when the Great
Elector, Frederick William, inaugu-
rated the construction of canal sys-
tenn following tracks !" marked
out by nature in the surface features
OF the country" left by the glaciers
which long ago covered most of
Northern Europe. This network of
waterways gradually developed into
a vast "spiderweb" Of carriage and
motor roads, railroads and air routes
in which Berlin was a strategic focal
point, gathering traffic to ITSELF"
Millions of dollars were devoted to
engineering projects intended to
make the location healthful for its
inhabitants. How successful the
endeavor was may be estimated from
the fact that the community became
the third largest town in the world.
But the geologic character Of the
Prussian plain" did not change. The
Spree has more than 200 "arms" and
"in seasons of flood generally over
flows considerable portions" Of its
territory. A clue to the problem
which Berlin defense authorities
must face may be discovered in the
innocent circumstance OF the popu-
larity Of skating, sleighing and other
winter pastimes on the frozen canals
and lakes in normal years terminated
by the war. The young people Of
Brandenburg translated a handicap
into an opportunity when they
adapted their recreations to their
environment.
No such easy adjustment, however,
could be effected when, despite the
assurances Of Marshal Goering, Ber-
lin first was showered with Raj
"block busters" Heavy bombs fall
ing on solid earth-Manhatta
Island, for example-would work
plenty Of mischief, certainly. Coming
down on what scientists have named
"morainic zones" they would do
vaster damage in the ratio and degree
OF the lack of resistance they met.
The German capital unquestionably
has been shaken from boundary to
boundary during the past fortnight.
How cataclysmic the round the
clock" attacks are will be disclosed
when Raj photographs are released
for publication. Meanwhile, it is
worth remembering that most Ber-
liners loved their city without regard
to its unsound foundations, and see
ing it wrecked ought not to increase
their fondness for the Nazi dictator
who got them into their present
trouble.
Evening star., 1943-03-07
While There Still Is Time

1t Is better to look for correctable
weaknesses in our response to the
Red Cross War Fund appeal now,
while the campaign is still in prog
ress, than to analyze them as
causes of failure after the campaign
Is over.
One weakness is that many people
continue to confuse this War Fund
campaign with the former annual
Red Cross Roll Call Habitual re-
sponse to the Roll Call appeal In
times OF peace fixed the idea that
the proper gift is one dollar. Dollar
gifts are wholly inadequate now, in
the great majority of cases. A days
pay comes nearer representing the
need. Too many dollar gifts from
people who can give more, are being
received.
scAnother weakness is that many
newcomers to Washington, whose
circumstances indicate an ability to
contribute generously, are not doing
10. They must be persuaded that the
Washington quota of $1,555, 400 is
based on their residence in this
community now, although it may be
terminated when the war is over.
and that the proper place to give is 1
to the Washington fund.
Another weakness is that special
gifts" from wealthy people make up
. larger percentage of the total in
other cities than in Washington.
Here we must rely on many smaller
contributions. And unless the cam
paign workers are able to make q
thorough and careful canvass of this
neld, we are going to fail.
Not weakness, but strength, should
come from the fact that Washington
Is the Capital and in this campaign
the eyes Of the Nation are on WASH
ington. Failure here will adversely
afiect efforts elsewhere. We must
lead the way and avoid that failure.
Every good citizen should be cam
paign worker. as well as a contribu-
tor. The Red Cross needs you.
Evening star., 1943-03-07
Boys and Boyish Adults

The charitable view to take of the
Owls comic-strip account Of 1.-THE
Life Of Franklin D. Roosevelt" pub
lished "By the Government Of the
United States Of America" for the
alleged enlightenment of our good
neighbors aboard. is to accept Elmer
Davis word that 1t is "the last Of its
type" It was run OF the presses last
summer, before owl was reorganized.
It was the brain child of some per-
son unknown. Mr.. Davis knew moth
ing about it until Representative
Taber of New York. performing a
valuable public service. exposed it's
existence on the floor of the House.
1t is a type OF publication, Mr..
Davis explained, "very popular among
boys, and, to some extent, many
adults who share their tastes" A
true and really profound observa-
ton. fully substantiating an impress
sion prevalent among many observ-
ers in Washington who have grown
weary of some of the boyish activi-
ties OF adults placed in charge of
what should be grown-up efforts to
win the war.
But 1t is hard to accept Mr.. Taber's
theory that the thing was intended
as political propaganda for a fourth
term-for it is safe conclusion that
the American voter, a discriminating
individual in the long run, would dis
play no emotion save resentment at
the thought of his Governments
spending his taxes in this fashion.
Unless the scheme were devised by
some Machiavellian politician in New
Deal clothing as a stab in the back
for the administration, it has no do
mestic political significance what
ever. = y