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Evening star., 1943-03-22
1000 Draft-Aqe
Men in 0W|, ,
Probe Hears
100 Are UncIossified: i:
Hershey Unable to
Explain Status
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG.

More than 100 single young
men working for the Office OF
War Information here have
never been classified by their
draft boards, Representative
Harness, Republican. OF Indiana
revealed today.
The legislator demanded an ex-
planation from Maj. Gen. Lewis B
Hershey director of selective serv-
Ice. who was testifyine before the
House Military Affairs subcommit-
tee investigating Federal draft de-
-ferments.
Gen. Hershey said he could not
understand why the men had not
been classified, particularly those
in their early twenties.
Quoting from an owl report, Mr..
Harness said that out of 1000 draft
age men in the agency here. more
than 700 had been deferred by their
draft boards without any request
from the agency several hundred
were classified in l-B and "a great
number we're classified in 4-F in
addition to more than 100 single
unclassified men.
Gen. Hershey said he could ex-
plain the LBS and the 4-F's and
suggested that many of those who
had been deferred without re-
quest from. the agency have a de-
perdency status. but stated that he
had no explanation for the others.
Normally there is no reason why
those men should be unclassified, y
the selective service director de-
clared. L should not be surprised
If we had not simply made mis-
take"
Representative Harness said owl
had given no explanation for the
lack of draft status of 100 OF its
men.
Earlier in the nearing, Gen.
Hershey demanded that the COM
mittee 60 into executive session if 1t
wished him to discuss an individual
case on which District Selective
Service Director William E. Leahy
had taken an appeal to national
headquarters. The case involved
man working on moral re-armament
and national headquarters reversed
the ruling Of District local board
I'm not willing to discuss any of
these cases publicly" Gen. Hershey
declared. Il had to call in a State
director because found people we're
trying draft cases in the newspapers
That's not just. In justice to some
80 900 900 cases that I may have to
act on, don't want to have people
say that I'm prejudiced or un-
prejudiced on certain case"
When Representative Harness
tried TO inject a comment on the
merit Of moral re-armament defer
ment, Gen Hershey interrupted.
You're doing just what disturbs
me. You're expressing a judgment
and I don't think it ought to be
spread"
Later efforts by Mr.. Harness to
pci SC1I SllCy "
generally on moral rearmament
failed when the general said he
thought he was entitled to discuss
II in an executive session.
Denies owl Charge.
Later, however, he denied a
charge made by Mr.. Harness that
only three out OF % moral rearma-
ment members in New York had
wound up in the Army. He called
that statement entirely incorrect
and said he believed that all but
one were now in the service.
When Mr.. Harness later tried to
draw him out on a case in the Labor
Department which had dragged on
with repeated repeals for year and
a half, Gen. Hershey said he would
be glad TO discuss the case in the
executive session since identifying
See DRAFT Page 2-Y1
Evening star., 1943-03-22
$50, 900 BIoze Destroys
ButtIe,Creek USO Club
BY the Assoclatet Press

BY me AsSoClatec Press.
BATTLE CREEK. Mich, March
22.-Adjoining buildings occupied by
USO club and movie theater
we're destroyed by fire this morning
IN this city's worst downtown blaze
in recent years.
Firemen, using II streams of water
in fighting the flames for fixe hours
estimated loss in excess of 100000.
Cause of the fire was not estab-
liShed
Evening star., 1943-03-22
Pope, Slightly III,
Cancels Audiences
Earlier Story on Par,

tEarIier Story on Page A-l)
~ the Associated Press.
BERN, Switzerland March 22.-
a Stefsni dispatch from Vatican
City said today that Pope Plus XII
Cancelled all audiences because he
was slightly i'll
Doctors said his condition was not
such as 10 arouse any worry. Jhe
dispatch added
Evening star., 1943-03-22
Railroad to Train Boys
For requirements

By the Associatec Press.
CARBONDALE, III, March o.
The Illinois Central Railroad plans
to train 600 boys of Is and II to be
brakemen, switchmen and firemen
and have them in readiness to
replace employees called into the
armed forces.
Evening star., 1943-03-22
Earlier Story on Page AID

NEdrller STORY on rage ALL
American and British forces
were driving against Nazi Mar.
shall Erwin Rommels army in
Southern Tunisia from two sides
today.
A column of 1t. Gen. George S.
Pattons forces suffered surprisingly
light casualties, the Associated Press,
reported from Allied headquarters
in North Africa. in driving a wedge
into Rommels last defense barring
the way to the Gulf of Gabes. About
400 prisoners, mostly Italians,
were captured.
Field reports said the Americans
were within sight of Maknassy !.
strong German position on the
Gafsa -Mahares railway so miles
from the port of Mahares. They,
thrust east from Ell Guetar and
mopped up Bou Hamran, 8 miles
beyond. $
One source said American cas-
ualties numbered no more than 50.
while ambulances shuttled from the
front to base hospitals all day car
rying Axis wounded.
Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery's
British 9th Army was reported to
have attacked Axis forces on a six
mile line at the north end of the
Mareth front between the sea and
the Medenine-M -Mareth road against
strong opposition
This would indicate that Gen.
Montgomery was seeking the most
direct route for a push from his
Medeinine base to the port of Gabes.
40 miles to the northwest. although
there is possibility that this as
sault is but screen for blow at
the center or an outf1anking ma
neuver The village of Mareth lies
midway between Medenine and
Gabes and about five miles from the
coast.
Evening star., 1943-03-22
c. Boscom SIemp Improving

TAMPA, Fla, March % LPl.-
Condition of c. Bascom Slemp to-
day was described as some better"
at st. Josephs Hospital here, where
the 72-year- -old former Republican
Representative from Virginia has
been confined for several days, He
had "a good night" attendants said.
Evening star., 1943-03-22
Markets at a Glance

NEW YORK, March % tP), -
Stocks steady; rails. gold mines
recover Bonds narrow, some
rails improve Cotton steady;
trade. commission house buying.
CHICAGO-Wheat closed as IS
lower: commission house selling.
Corn unchanged at ceilings Hogs
active, IS to 25 cents higher;
top. $3.50; limited supplies. Cat
tie strong; top few steers, $3.50.
Evening star., 1943-03-22
ALLIES DRIVE ON ROMMEL FROM TWO SIDES

GRAND BLANC MlCH.-TANKS AND ANTIDOTE ROLL
PARALLEL LINESM4 tanks right and MILO tank destroyer
left toward completion parallel assembly lines the
tank arsenal of the Fisher Body division Motors
The MILO turre reouched
this picture disclose details of armament
A p. Photo.
Evening star., 1943-03-22
9Th Army Wins
0bjectives in
Mareth Attack
u. S. Column Takes
l,400 Prisoners;
Losses Slight
BULLETIN.

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA Pl.-The
British 9th Army was reported
tonight to have captured it's
initial objectives in an attack
on a six mile front between
the sea and the Mareth road
despite strong Axis opposition
and deep minefields.
"A French headquarters
communique broadcast to-
night by the Algiers radio re-
ported an advance Of several
miles by French forces in the
region south of Gafsa, in
spite of serious resistance by
the enemy
Evening star., 1943-03-22
U. S. Flyer for Britain
Found Dead on Liferuft

By the ASSocl ated Press.
LONDON, March 22-Capt. S. r.
McCauley, a senior captain and
navigator for the Raj ferry COM
mand, was found dead Friday on a
| liferaft in mid-Atlantic, the Air
Ministry said today.
Capt. McCauley, an American
whose home address was not known
here. had been missing since Febru-
ary 7. He was a member of crew
of a flying boat whose destination
was not disclosed by British authori-
ties.
Evening star., 1943-03-22

Sources in Montreal, headquar-
ters of the RAF Ferry Command,
said Capt. McCauley vas the son of
S. T. McCauley of Delano, Calf.
Evening star., 1943-03-22
Late News Bulletins
Americans Bomb WiIheImshoven Base

Americans Bomb WIheImshoven Base
AT A UNITED STATES BOMBER BASE IN ENGLAND tPl
Big American bombes attacked the German naval base at
Wehemshaven heavily today. The strategcaly important
Naz city up barrage smoke which screened it. and
there camouage the docks but the United States 9Th
A laid down perhaps heaviest and most accurate
attack of bombs The daylight raid directed against
shipping installations concentrated in only few
hundred feet in diameter.
Netherlands Targets Bombed Again
LONDON DP>-Ventura bombers with fighter escort made
their within today Maasius
Rotterdam, the Air Ministry announced tonight. Other
fighters bombed other in the Netherlands and other
obectves in Northern France Mosquitoes patrol the
Bay of Bscay destroyed Junkers 1885, the Air Ministry
added.
Earlier Story Page A-7)
Senate May Get Federal Pay Bill This Week
An effort will be made to get the Federal workers
bill to the floor Of the Senate day this week. it
this afternoon at the office Of Senator Downey
Democrat of California who heads civil service subcom-
in
Evening star., 1943-03-22
Weather Report

Fro~ N, Unil.e At,tss essths Hurs.u sse~st
Continued moderately cold tonight, with lose.
temperature near freezing Temperatures to-
dsy- Highest 70 A. $50 pm; lowest 10 At
7sm
Evening star., 1943-03-22

tSee D. c. BILLS, Page Ok
Evening star., 1943-03-22
NIGHT FINAL
LATEST NUws AND SPORTS
CLOSING MARkTTs

- "'.o' A"s,i.''a r'.,'
Evening star., 1943-03-22

tSee DRAFT. Page 2-X.J
Evening star., 1943-03-22

See ALFRED, Page 2-X.
Evening star., 1943-01-27
Wi||kie Disappointed
AT Failure 10 Create
Grand Strategy Board
Straightforward Policy
On African Politics
Also Needed, He Says
Ry the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Jan. 27-Wendell
L. Willkie says he is disappointed in
the announced results of the North
African meeting Of President Roose-
welt and Prime Minister Churchill
because a grand military strategy
board was not created and a
STRAIGHTFORWARD policy" on the po-
litlcal situation in North Africa was
not enunciated.
Speaking over a Mutual network
last night, the 1910 Republican
presidential candidate praised Mr..
Roosevelt for his part in the haz-
ards OF the flight, in meeting and
reviewing the soldiers and honoring
the dead, with fine taste and appro-
pirate spirit"
He expressed regret, however, that
Premier Stain and GeneralisSimo
Chang Kai-shek did not participate
in the conference. He added that
many had hoped that a grand mill
tary strategy board was to be Great
ed; that Russia and China were at
least to be recognized as equals in
the problems of war and the peace
to come; that a straightforward pol
icy worthy of our traditions with
reference to the tangled and ugly
problems Of North African politics
was to be formulated"
Personally" he added, II have
long believed that the discussion of
postwar planning by the creation of
blue printed international parlia-
ments and economic panaceas was
futile unless instrumentalities are
created while We fight from which
the instrumentalities of peace can
grow"
Evening star., 1943-01-27
Roosevelt First President
To Go Abroad in Wartime
Dispute Over Wilson's Trip and Those
Of Other Presidents Recalled

weaken the Nations legislative arm
by removing the legal veto power
and giving Congress too much
authority.
State Supreme Court rulings were
cited to the effect that Lieuten-
ant Governors automatically became
Governors in the latter's absences.
and this was said to be true of the
Federal Government.
One Senator said that "the whole
American atmosphere that ought to
surround the President at all times
would be lost while he was abroad
and the the effects of the European
influence might endanger the Ma
tion's security.
Nevertheless, President Wilson
went-not once, but twice-and Wis
tied in many European capitals,
including London.
Since then, in outdistancing Theo-
dore Roosevelt, his strenuous cousin,
and the much h-traveled Taft, Pres
ident Roosevelt has journeyed some
25O,000 miles, including a Is 3,298- mile
jaunt to Buenos Aires and back in
1886 to attend the Inter-American
Peace Conference, and a quick trip
to Canada in August. 1888 In addi-
ton, he has spent more time at sea
than any other President.
But even he had not left the
Nation in wartime before.
Evening star., 1943-01-27
u. 5. Officer Tells President
Of African Battle on Scene
Col. De Rohon Won
Award for Victory;
Wife Lives Here

A soldier who rose from private
to colonel and recently won deco
ration for commanding assault
troops in the American landing in
North Africa, enjoyed the thrill Of
explaining the successful action to
President Roosevelt on the scene OF
battle Q
1t was proud moment for Col
FREDERICK J. De Rohan, whose wife
llveS at the WaTdman Park Hotel
and who was on duty at the War
Department prior to outbreak of the
war.
AS the President stood on ridge
overlooking Atlantic beaches and a
valley where a tank battle had
taken place, Col De ROhan used a
huge chart to explain the TIDE OF
hsttle.
For his leadership in this action
Col. De R0han was awarded the
Silver Star on December %. His
citation said.
Under intense machine gun,
mortar and artillery fire, he CO.
ordinated the attack with Navy
bombers and self-propelled artillery.
taking the cid fort of Kasbah
Mehdia. near Port Lyautey, by
storm
Informed Of her husbands role in
President R0Osevelt's visit to North
Africa, Mrs. De Rohan said today
she is very proud Of him.
Mrs. De ROhan said she has lived
Evening star., 1943-01-27
Sidefghts of Strategy Talks

probably is one of the rarest auto
graph books in the world. He said
he would send it to the Government
Museum at Hyde Park, N. Y.
When the Prime Minister sug-
gested to the President that he
should wear a soft felt hat like
the Churchill headpiece the Presi-
dent replied that he had been born
without one and didn't see any
need for one now
The Prime Minister at another
point in the conference chuckled
that Hitler had once said he had
difficulty guessing the war plans
of the Allies because they were
made by military idiots and
drunkards." Hitler probably will
offer similar explanation for
being caught mapping by the land
ings in Africa, the Prime Minister
said.
Mr.. Churchill carried with him
to Casablanca a personal message
from King George VI to President
Roosevelt.
Mr.. Churchill. renowned seaman,
ate food prepared and served by
cooks and stewards of the British
Navy while at CaSablanca, although
a hotel and dozen villas had
been requisitioned for those at
tending the conference.
Freedom of speech was the order
Of the day" for Mr. Roosevelt and
Mr.. Churchill at Casablanca. the
British Ministry of Information said
in its account of the meeting.
Work came first. second and third
and protocol nowhere at all
Mrs. w. j. Vanderkloot, wife of
Mr.. Churchill's pilot on the fight
to Casablanca was waiting for
some word from her husband in
Montreal. When informed Capt.
Vanderkloot had taken the Prime
Minister on another trip she said g:
Did he?-that's wonderful" She
last heard from her husband some
weeks before Christmas.
Mrs. John Ruggles, wife Of Capt.
Vanderkloot's co-pilot, also in
Montreal, said she had sort of
premonition" that the important
announcement forecast by the news
papers would involve another
plane trip for Mr. Churchill"
I've been sitting here holding
my breath, waiting for the news"
she added. "It's terrific.
Evening star., 1943-01-27
Gen. w. n. Wilbur Decorated
BY President in North Africa
Churchill Watches
Presentation for
Role in Landing
Bv the Associated Press,

~ tiic AsSpCldleO Press,
CASABLANCA, Jan. "a tDelavedy
President Roosevelt took time out
from his To-day conference to dec
crate Big. Gen. William H. Wilbur
personally with the Congressional
Medal of Honor-the highest Ameri-
can decoration--for his part in the
landings on French Morocco.
Gen. Wilbur was decorated in
the presence of Prime Minister
Churchill, Vice Admiral Lord Louis
Mountbatten. Gen. George C.
Marshall and Admiral Ernest j.
King.
The citation by 1t Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower read in part:
For conspicuous gallantry and
intrepidity in action above and
beyond the call of duty. .'' He
prepared the plan for contracting the
French commander in Casablanca
and securing an armistice to prevent
unnecessary bloodshed
He landed at Fedala with the
leading assault waves. Com
Wandering a vehicle, he was driven
toward hostile defenses under in
cessant fire. - He then proceeded
in total darkness through is miles
OF enemy occupied country inter-
mittently subjected to heavy bursts
of fire and accomplished his mis-
sion. -
Returning toward his command
Wilbur detected hostile battery
firing effectively on our troops. He
took charge of platoon of Ameri-
Evening star., 1943-01-27
BY KENNETH L. DIXON,
Associated Press stan Writer,

President Roosevelt, who has
travelled farther and broken more
precedents than any other Chief
Executive, added to both Of these
records by his flying trip to Africa.
1t was the first time a President
ever had flown.
1t was the first time a President
ever had set foot on foreign soil in
wartime.
Even the peacetime wanderings
of Presidents in the past have some
times aroused a furor over their
constitutionality
And when President Wilson pre-
pared to leave for the Paris Peace
Conference in December, 1918, some
members Of Congress contended he
would automatically forfeit the
Presidency forever. A Congressional
quarrel over whether a President
abroad would lose the American
point OF view" and endanger the
security of the Nation was still rag
ing when President Wilson sailed
for Brest.
A tradition. If it can be called one
against a Presidents leaving the
country stemmed from an act of the
same man whose anti-third term
remarks were widely quoted in sup
port of another tradition broken by
Mr.. Roosevelt.
Many Repercussions.
George Washington once made
a trip to New England before Rhode
Island had accepted the new Fed
eral Constitution. According to the
reports OF the times, he carefully
avoided stepping over the line on
to Rhode Island soil-and in his
studious effort to prevent repercus-
Sions at the moment, inadvertently
caused plenty later.
Most of them came to a head
before Mr.. Wilson made his first
trip to Europe at the close of the
last war.
President Taft visited Canada and
conferred with President Diaz of
Mexico during his administration.
However, there was some difference
Of opinion as to whether he actually
went into Mexico or met Diaz on
the International Bridge at Ell Paso,
Tex.
In 1901, President Mckinley had
strengthened the tradition by report
edly refusing even to step on the
International Bridge over the Rio
Grande when he wanted to meet
DiaZ
At the risk Of roar of disap-
proval, President Benjamin Harrison
ventured as far as the middle line of
the international boundary, but he
did not cross it.
Called Unconstitutional.
President Cleveland sailed beyond
the jurisdiction of the United States
once on fishing trip of Cape
Hatteras. and Mr.. Taft also went
to the Panama Canal Zone-but
both promptly faced the protesting
storms and charges that their jaunts
were unconstitutional and violations
of the principles of the stay -at-home
tradition.
None, however, had ventured so
far af1eld as Europe and when Mr..
Wilson announced plans to cross the
Atlantic, the storm broke.
Republican Senators sUore it
would be unconstitutional . . that
the Presidents office would be
vacant during his stay on foreign
soil . that the Vice President not
only would be President temporarily
but also should hold the office until
the next election in 1920, on the
theory that such a trip would per-
manently forfeit all presidential
powers.
A House resolution was offered
calling on Vice President Marshall
to assume the Presidency and some
said the Presidents departure would
Evening star., 1943-01-27
Nazi Radio Broadcasts
Wrong Guesses on
CasabIanca Meetinu
Said Churchill Wus in
U. S.; Correct News
Is Finally Issued
BY the Assot lated Presr

BY he Associated Press
The Axis radio was wrong again |!
Only three hours before last
nights 10 o'clock announcement of
the Roosevelt Churchill conference,
the radio station at Calais said;
Churchill. who as is we'll known
at present is staying in Washington.
has been confronted by the Ameri-
cans with new territorial demands in
Trinidad and Jamaica-as a result
Of which Lord Halifax has rendered
his resignation as British Ambas-
sador. After the conclusion of his
visit to Washington Churchill will
proceed to Moscow"
Certainty Becomes Rumor.
Then Is minutes after the news
of the conference had been made
public IN Allied countries, the Berlin
radio in an English Language broad
cast to North America reported
"rumorS that Churchill is again
visiting Roosevelt and Eleanor in
Washington and added that "we
would not be surprised if London
came out one of these days with a lot
OF big noise about it."
The Axis propagandists. on the
basis OF advance reports published
and broadcast in the United States
and in Britain of important diplo-
matlc moves in Allied circles, had
suspected that something was afoot
the Owl said.
But they kept insisting that Mr.
ChuTchlIl was IN Washington and
IN many cases, they used this fact
to exploit the line that this showed
Brltain's "Subservience" to the
United States.
FINALLY, at 1l:20 pm. the Berlin
radio broadcast brief. correct news
summary Of the conference.-the
out comment.
More Trustworthy" Data.
Many of the Axis broadcasts
harped on "diSsension" among the
Allies, and the Berlin radio said the
WllhelmStraSse had "trustworthv'
information that Churchill in
Washington had demanded transfer
Of the high command in North
Africa from 1t Gen. Dwight D
Eisenhower to the British Gen. Sil
Harold Alexander.
Behind this, said the Berlin radio
solemnly, lay British annoyance
that United States troops behave
as if they had gone to North Africa
to pluck figs while the British 8th
Army has had to do the rough
fighting"
Yesterday the Berlin radio said
that a main point in the discissions
was the British Foreign Offices
unrest with regard to the
Soviet Unions attitude" and aspira
tlons after victory. and that Lon
don and Washington apparently
deem it necessary to map out com
mon line visa Wis the Soviet
Union"
Evening star., 1943-01-27
Soldier Rebuked by Borkeep
For Hinting at Roosevelt PurIey

At Gibraltar Col. Phillips discov-
cred the cable line was working
to the United States. so he filed
the copy simultaneously to New
York and London.
Dispatches from 20 of the cor
respondents totaled 10000 words
the size of a novel-and took 30
hours to transmit on the cables.
The transmission was not finished
until today.
Col. Phillips. a native of Paducah.
KY, was former correspondent for
the Herald-Tribune and managing
editor of News Week, and he or
ganized the Army press setup for
the North African landing. He left
Gibraltar early today and arrived
in London at 2 pm. with the orig
inal copies of the correspondents
stories.
Col. Phillips is brother of
Robert B. Phillips, ir., former
member Of The Star staff