Milford chronicle., 1943-01-29
Milford. Friday. January -. 1913
A WEEK OF THE WAR

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In Is months of lcnd-lCasc aid to
Russia. the L. 5. has shipped
about 5000 planes. 5000 tanks and
$1,000 military motor vehicles for
use against the Axis. The United
Kingdom. also on lend-lease basis
has supplied Russia with more
than $500 tanks and more than
1000 planes.
Reporting on United Nations aid
to the Soviet Union. lend lease
administrator Stettinius said we
have shipped more planes and
tanks to the L. S. S. K. than to
any other country since the begin
ming of the lend-lease program. and
since sufficient supplies of food are
as necessary to Soviet army sue
cess as are planes and tanks. We
are now sending more food to Rus
sia than to the United Kingdom
Although the lend-leasc program
began IN March of 1871. aid to
Russia did not begin until October.
1871. After slow start ship
ments began to increase and are
still increasing in spite of ship
ping shortages and enemy attacks
along the supply routes.
The weapons that got through
from the L. s. To Russia We're
only tricklc compared To Russian
production. but at the same time
American machines and parts. sent
to replace vital elements lost when
Russian industries moved to safety
behind the Ulals. wcr' helping
Russian factories to keep operat-
ing.
Thus American products have had
a part in the fight these courageous
people are waging against our
common enemies in the great
drive westward, the battles that
have destroyed quantities OF Axis
equipment and supplies and killed
more Germans than all tn" United
Nations nut together
But. the owl points out. lend
lease is doing job all over the
world. The $7i9G.0 .0nn. .o0o in goods |
transferred and services rendered |
by the L. S. mp To the end of last
November strengthened the fronts
from Russia to Australia. Africa,
for example. has proved that lend
lease and fighting the war are the
same thing. The supplies. installa-
tiOns and equipment brought in
with lend-leasc funds. the ports
built up along the Persian Gulf and
the Red Sea. the airtields. docks,
assembly and repair
shops. pipelines. communications
and railroads built with lend-leasc
aid-thcSc are the facilities and
bases now being used by t. s.
forces To fight the war in Tunisia.
in the Middle East. and all the
way to China.
LITTLE WAR LABOR BOARDS
Under sweeping decentraliza-
ton program, the National War
Labor Board is establishing T.
regional war labor boards. with full
authority To make final decisions
in labor disputes and in voluntary
wage and salary adjustment eases
Each of the regional boards will be
set up on the NWLB tripartite sys-
-em of public. employer and labor
William Davis.
chairman of the NWLB. said that
Inder this plan wage stabilization
will be done primarily in the field
With the NWLB in Washington sit
ing as a sort of supreme court Sc
Getting its own cases for decision ,
~ orders for review. Only policy
lefning cases will be brought to
he National Board. {
In October 1871. the NWLB was -,
,iven the task of stabilizing wages =,
nd salaries, OF assuming jurisdic- i,
ion over the wage and salary rates T.
f roughly 31,00O.O00 employees of =,
ONE 100000 nOn-agricultural bus ;,
ness enterprises, ranging from
estaurants to huge war factories. q
The Board found that between :,
anuary 1941 and May 1912, when =
he President announced his seven .
oint anti-inflation program. the c
ost of living had gone up IS per :,
ent. During that time, about two g
lirds of all manufacturing wages 4
ad also risen at least Is per cent. q
therefore,, in ruling on wage in /
reases, the Board felt that those
hose wages had already risen
igh enough tO cover the cost of