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Evening star., 1943-01-03

Cutting Hitlers throat by buying
quicksilver in Spain, figuring out how to
get rubber from the Amazon iungles,
working out ''occupational technique" for
our troops in North Africa, seeing that
just enough gasoline gets to neutral
countries-these are all in the days work
for the Board of Economic Warfare.
You don't hear much about BEW be-
cause what it does is of such great
strategic Importance.
BEW now is buying abroad, for in
stance, at the rate of $4,000, 900, 900 worth
of strategic materials annually Hitler
and Hirohito would give their eye teeth
to have full details.
They won't get them. But we can
see, in the meantime, general picture
OF what BEW is and does.
Roughly speaking, it's an economic
high command for the war behind the
WARMTH staff of experts all over the
globe who direct the buying and selling,
hgurlng out how, when and where
strategic materials can be used most
efficiently.
May Determine Victory.
These men have a lot to do with
very important question. and that's
whether we will win total war-whether
we'll botch the job or win it efficiently.
BEW has three main offices-for i'm
ports, exports and economic analysis.
Most important among imports is, of
course the business of getting what we
need Tor our war effort. This is de-
termined by BEW and WPB, whereupon
BEW plans and orders the purchases
whenever possible, as with exports,
through existing firms or agencies.
Here are some of the strategic minerals,
for instance, which BEW has marked
of and is going after just as fast as it
can be DONE
Quartz from Brazil, mica from Peru
and India, tantalite tused in radios)
from Brazil and the Belgian Congo
oerylllum for aluminium and COPPER
alloys from Brazil and Argentina. tin
from Bolivia and the Belgian Congo,
copper from Chile, bauXite aluminium
ore) from British and Dutch Guiana and
tungsten from Bolivia, the Argentine,
Mexico and China. In many cases these
minerals have to be flown all or part
Of the way.
Deal in Foods, Woods.
BEW imports also acquire important
food commodities, now scarce, like castor
and babasu oil. They are after forest.
products like balsa Clighter than cork.
used for gliders), mahogany, spices and
the vital cinchona bark for making oui-
nine
What BEW is doing about rubber is
fairly well known-the whole Amazon
Valley, as well as many other areas in
South and Central America, is being re-
vltalized by the tremendous organization
required to get all the natural rubber we
can to help replace that lost in the
Orient. Rubber from hevea latex is lust
one item. There are big projects for pro-
duclng latex from guayule and the
cryptostegia vlna BEW figured them
out.
Less we'll known is the drastic work
that has had to be done to replace our
sources OF cordage fiber lost in the
Orient. We are building the biggest Navy
and merchant marine the world ever
has seen-and that takes rope. So BEW
is promoting production of all kinds of
Evening star., 1943-01-03
WLLKIE SURE TO BE POTENT FACTOR IN '44
Far From Political Ghost He's

If Wendell Willkie is political ghost,
as some Republicans, not to mention
some Democrats, seem to believe, then
he is the livest ghost seen in these parts
in many year. And he is a ghost,
moreover, who will have to be reckoned
with by both major parties in 1914, for
no one with the vigor, the will, the
forthrightness of this big shambling,
bearlike man can be read into political
oblivion.
In the two years that have passed
since he was defeated, Mr.. Willkie has
found cause-rediscovered it, he says,
He has flown to the four corners of
the earth and reported fearlessly what
he found there. He has broadened his
horizon to include the vista of new
world in which all peoples will have
an equal voice. He has become a cru
sader for international cooperation.
I'VE discovered 20 years ago." Mr..
Willkie said, that political internation-
alism is a house built on sand. We
must have economic internationalism in
the settlement that is to come out of
this war.
1T cannot be an Anglo-American
peace. 1t must take into account the
yearnings and desires of the peoples of
Russia and China and India. Something
is happening in those countries. Those
peoples cannot be dismissed as we have
been in the habit of dismissing them
as merely people in the mass. They are
individuals with the desires and hopes
of individuals"
A Different Willkie.
It Is different Mr.. Willkie from
the harassed candidate of 1910 who suf-
fered from plague Of advisers, great
and small, flooding him with variety
Of advice that Cancelled out to zero.
Today he speaks out unequivocally in
his own right.
Whatever political ambitions he may
have, they come second to his convic-
ton Of how the world must be reshaped
when the fighting ends Some of his
friends have suggested that he would
have a better chance to get the Repub-
ican nomination again if he would say
less. The choice in "A may well be be-
tween Mr.. Willkie and Gov. Brdoker of
Ohio. Gov. Bricker has maintained i
cautious silence on the big controversial
Evening star., 1943-01-03

that this had been practice for years,
House Minority Leader Joseph W. Martin
of Massachusetts, could not recall when
his advice had been asked.
During the past 10 years of the Presi-
dents terms he has conferred almost
weekly with the Vice President, the
Speaker and the majority leaders of the
Senate and House. The Republican
minority could be ignored because it was
too small to be effective Today, with
Evening star., 1943-01-03

newly elected members believe they
they have mandate from the voters to
take decisive hand in the conduct Of
the war and the shaping of the domestic
economy. Many reelected members,
especially those from the South, have
already shown that they will balk at
tempts at Executive dctation.
The reduced majorities will be reflect
ed in the makeup of important COM
mittees. A coalition of Republicans and
Evening star., 1943-01-03
Roosevelt POwer Threatened
Congress to Judge President on War Plan Results
By

outlawing the $25 900
net salary limitation
than they are for
putting the linita-.
ton on all income.
How far will Presi-
dent Roosevelt sue
ceed in putting over
his war and domes-
tic programs and
what success will the
opposition have in
revising or blocking
his plans? On that
point is it noteworthy
that the President
had valuable expert
ence in dealing with
hostile legislators
while he was Gov
ernor of New York
for two terms. Also,
he has an astute and
able liaison man in
Economic Director
Byrnes, who was
popular and effective
in the House and
Senate before he
went to the Supreme
Court.
After the Novvem-
ber elections the
President was asked
at a press conference
whether the congress
sional results would
cause him to call in
Republican leaders
for consultation on
proposed legislation.
A1tholIph he renlied
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Jones Says US. War Effort in ~
Surpasses Any in Human History
We've Only Begun to Fight Commerce Chief
Declares, Adding That Production
Goals for 1913 Are Even Higher
By Jesse H. Jones',
Secretary of Commerce.

In million American homes and hun
dreds of thousands of American factories
and farms, the United States is today
fashioning the moose with which the
barbaric ambitions of the Axis powers
will be strangled. Individual effort
makes up the first fine strands; whether
it be in the form of military service, in
dustrial production. farm labor, volun-
teer service, or financial contributions.
National effort constitutes the cable of
American military might which already,
ming Axis aggression.
1t is difficul5 to reduce the picture of
America at war to words and do Justice
to the subject 1t could be told in the
terms of the solitary sentinel who lost
his life in the foXholes of Ba.aan, or
the millions Of men who have shed ci-
william clothes for Uncle Sans uniform.
1t could be told in terms of the individ-
ual worker, or this Nations industrial
might converted from peace to war. 1t
could be told in terms of an individual
civilian defense volunteer or the mil
lions who are sacrificing to help finance
this titanic struggle.
Any one of these could be the text
and do full justice to the subject. The
smaller the segment, in fact the more
understandable the story of Americas
first year of war might be- for the sum
total of all that is being done by Ameri-
can bodies and American hearts is diff
cult to relate in figures readily COM
pretended.
Yet, what the United States has done
In II months surpasses any similar en-
deavor in human history. A year ago,
except for few scattered outposts,
Americas military strength was still un-
developed. Today. more than a million
American men under arms patrol the
far corners of the earth and the seven
seas.
Only Begun to Fight.
A year ago, the Government had in
the 12-month period spent s26 800 900, 900
in preparation for war. In the past II
months, the Government has spent S62,-
200OO0,000 to fight the war.
A year ago, Americans had in 12
months invested $1,000, 100000 in Defense
savings bonds. During the past IL
months, that total has been far sur
passed and in December alone the Treas
ury obtained from it's citizens more than
$l2,0O0,000,000 in the largest piece of
Government financing this world has
ever known.
A year ago, industrial production was
half again as great as it was during the
period between 1885 and 1899. At the
close of this year, the industrial index
stood at 180 as compared to the 100 of
the 1935-1939 period.
And We have, as it was stated in the
early days of American history, "only
begun to fight" for the goals in 1943
are even higher.
1t is estimated that, In the coming
year, we will spend s88,0oo,O0OOO for
war purposes.
Government Expenditure
Evening star., 1943-01-03

the addition of a few anti-New Deal or
anti-interventionist Democrats, the
well-disciplined Republicans can control
ate.
Calvin Coolidge met similar situation
in the untroubled peace by inviting Re-
publicans and Democrats to White
House breakfasts.
printed by Special Advancement with the St.
Louis Post-Dispatch)
Evening star., 1943-01-03

anti-Roosevelt Democrats, both In COM
mittees and on the floors of the Senate
and House, can block individual items
of legislations, but only in rare in
stances will it be strong enough to over
ride presidential vetos of repealers of
New Deal statutes
On the surface most of the committee
hearings and the floor debates will seem
to be focused on the necessity of an early
Evening star., 1943-01-03

Roosevelt appears be-
fore the joint session
of the newly elected
Seventy-eighth Con-
gresS to deliver his
state of = the Union
message Thursday he
will face the most
critical Congress of
his presidential ten
ure. His relations
with the legislators
will largely deter
mine the speed and
direction Of the war
program and the
course this Nation
will take in the
important postwar
years.
he S eve n t y
eighth is a war Con-
gress, elected in No
vember before the
successful invasion of
North Africa. The
former top = heavy
Democratic majori-
ties in both houses,
which permitted cav
alier treatment by
the President, have
become almost NOM
inal. The House ma
jority has been re-
duced from 96 to IA
and the Senate from
SO to 10.
Even these close
figures do not tell
tho Uh01p story The
Evening star., 1943-01-03
(See JONES, Page B-3.)

Government Expenditures Good and Service
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Continued on Page B-3, Column ~
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tIuIeSS DalJIe forever wage
between heaven and earth
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-28
Our Future PoIicv

THE Foreign Policy Association in sounding out the
L American public whether we shall "go abroad"
after the war, has discovered "a distinct absence of anv
evangelical intention that the United States go about
@Ss good or act as Lady B0unfu for the whole wide
1t reports that the East and the Middle West "have
almost no understanding of the economic implications of
effective international organization"
In the Far West the Foreign Policy Association
inquiry shows overwhelming sentiment against free
trade
This is significant Of the trend Of our people coming
as 1t does from such politically miscellaneous organ
izaton
. DANE WARLNG, the dynamic and courageous ma.
honal commander of the American Legion seconded
this future policy Of the L. s. A. in his speech at
Fort Bragg, n c. when he said that too many people
are concerned about the future of the Sandwich Island
Hottento or the Patagonian BOBBY rather than with fight
ing the war"
He said further:
We have witnessed In the last few years the sprinp-
ing up oil lot OF strange and foreign ideOOges and alien
Phosophies OF government totally at variance with funda
mental Amercanism When this il over there will
De more freak lsms, more ttOpan social poll
uclans and long haired reformers prophets and dema
gogueS who will trOt out schemes for bringing on the
millennium They will advocate all kinds Of panaceas for
the troubles OF the world except hard
work"
That is the war" that we Americans will have to
tight after the actual war is over
On one side there will be fundamental stay-at home
Amencanism and Jeffersonian ndviduasm in our per-
sonal and business life.
On the other side there will be those who want IN
tie US up with the troubles domestic and foreign of all
the nations, big and little Of the world and with topan
crackpots" and milennia theorists
Whle the indications at present are that old-in
Americanism will win out must ever remember that
eternal vigilance the price Of preserving the L. S A.
and dying for
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-28

the sea. No billowing parachute
nothing.
Has the pilot been cremated in
his seat? George wonders.
Bursting out OF the clouds as II
they had been waiting their chancs
in ambush, swarm OF MeSser-
Ischmitts blackens the sky.
The NaZis are always the
-craftier fliers, they'd told Beuriing
again and again.
Every man for himself, now.
His was real dogfght. That
squadron OF yellow-nosed M. f.
'l09's biding their time, had como
roaring down from $4,000 feet,
triple form alton dive-rushing
straight at the Spitfires.
Buzz" throws his plane into a
dive. comes around swiftly. and
retaliates with murderous burst
OF all eight guns at the nearest
MeSSerschmitt.
The NaZi side-slips and seems to
come out of nowhere, roaring
across Behring's nose, firing as he
comeS-and misses.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-28
Guns Spit Death
AS Macchi Crumbles

Three hundred feet Shall III
blow him up? Give him a burS'
in the oxygen bottles? Burn hin
Iup. by aiming for his gasoline
tank? Turn him into smoke, g
dead pigeon. by letting him have
it in the engine? A split seconc
decision to make -.
The Macchi, rolling frantically
into half loops and double loops
cant get out of the way. His guns
squirt at Behring's plane, but il
is wide.
Now, $50 feet distant: the
Macchi's black fuselage comes
into Behring's sights; sharp,
quick press of the firing button
once, twice, three times.
The eight Browning guns, four
to each wing, spit death. Death
at $500 rounds a minute.
The Macchi seems 10 disinte-
crate in the air. A bit of wing
floats lazily to one side-and a
black object, goggles suddenly
in the sun, catapultS out
and goes pin-wheeling down, into
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-28
Beurling Death
To Axis Filters:
Aim UnfaIterinG

Buzz" Beurling-Sergeant Pilot George BeurItno
of Verdatn, Que-hGs made the Raj. He asks and is
transferred to the heIL-hole Of wdr, Malta, most
bombed spot earth" NO,c, action! Continue the
thrilling exploits of this fabulous ace Of aces, ho shot
dOtOn 90 AIis planes, IN Chapter ~ belo1C.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-28
Your Income Tax Questions
Answered by Giles Kavanaeh

! Conversion OF your residence
into what is generally known as ar
Income house" by simply doinl
magic in the attic may NEAR
money in your pocket, but Uncle
Sam must share in your gooc
fortune. too.
For. by the grace of the finan.
cial wizards, rental income is plair
income and must go down on the
record when you file your income
tax return.
Last year." writes Detroit
| Times reader submitting his
! problem to Giles kavanagh, col
lectOr OF internal revenue, 1--WE
built An income apartment out
OF our attic on the FLA plan.
1t Is not paid for and we are
still making payments. Would
we still have to pay income tax
on the rent that we receive:
MUST REPORT RENT
In this instance, as in many
others of its mature, rent received
MUST be reported AS income.
| However. expenses of rental prop
erty may be deducted
Other question and answers to-
day:
o. have been living with n
woman over five years. She is
going under my name. She has
never worked any during this
time, except for house work.
VIII register as married or
single "A. Il. q.
A-Your question Is similar to
number we have received, but
unfortunately cannot be treated
here. You should go to the coll
lector of internal revenue, room
259, Federal Building, where an
expert will help you solve your
problem.
o. am n widOwer with one
child. Because j work nights
part OF the time, two aunts take
care OF the child. How much
deduction do get on my
daughter:-W.E II. r.
A--You may claim 81 200 per-
Sonal exemption for yourself and
daughter, combined.
ARMY MANS INCOME
Q-Is IL true that those who
pay their income tax on the
installment plan must pay g
per cent interest? Must a private
In the army file for income
taX?-B. l.. M.
First-no. Second-if in the
United States yes; if overseas,
not until he gets back to this
country.
MRS. M. l.: Your question IS
not clear But you cannot deduct
for the purchase of a fur coat.
Q-My husband died I'm OctO-
Der, 1912. I am not working and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-28
War Bonds Buy Big Bombs

American fliers with the Raj
are raining demolition bombs on
Nazi cities today. These instru-
ments of destruction so impor-
tant in razing NaZi war plants,
interrupting railroad transporta-
ton and other war detectives,
range now up TO several tons.
The 500-p pound demolition
bomb is one Of the lighter ones.
Bands are attached TO facilitate
handling and the fins are not
attached until the bomb reaches
the airfield. because bending
would injure accuracy. They
cost up TO $500. Your purchase
Of war bonds through the pay
roll savings plan will help pro-
vide bombs for our airmen.
United states Treasury Dsnar,msn,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-28
BY GEROLD FRANK

1t is June 1912 in Malta
Silent graveyard the grand harbor OF Valetta
studded with the hulls of wrecked ships.
This is the Pisot0 del didvoIO-Island OF the DEVIL
the most bombed spot the world key to the control Of the
central Mediterranean, strategic jumping spot for
invasion of Italy.
Miles to the SOUTH the German General Romme hurls
his desert panzers against the British in Lbya cusng the
Devils Island with the British planes and submarines and
destroyers which sink the ships bringing him and
supplies; miles to the north Sicily snowcapped Etna and
the shambles that is Europe; in the air overhead
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-28

military business In which they
are unSehooied. But there is a
valid, official basis for their
movement.
1t seems that several civilian
officers of the War Production
Board (and even Manpowerer
McNutO think the army will
hinder production II they go
through with plans TO raise TO-
1000 men. including the air
corps Tin addition 10 the navy's
20000001. They are behind the
congressman
Also inspiring them are many
complaints from citizens about
the eXtremitleS TO which draft
boards have gone i'm Summoning
married men with children from
necessary occupations, when
local quotas could not other
wise be filled.
The army, however, will insist
II knows how to win the war,
and the congressional campaign
will no doubt fade. The legisla-
tors could cut army appropria-
tons, but dare not carry their
protests so far.
DEFUSAL of House Demo-
~ Gratis TO honor the promise
of their leaders and take the
radical Representative Marcan-
tonic on the judiciary commit
tee was bit of news rating
little space these days, but no
more ominouS news could have
come out of the House.
Speaker Rayburn and Leader
Mccormack promised Marcan-
tonic the job. because he saved
the lives of three or four Demo-
cratic congressman in the New
York area during the last cleo
tons by getting the American
Labor Party TO support them.
The House Democrats refused
20 pay off, because the Texas
chairman Of the judiciary COM
mittee, Hatton Summers, con-
WINGED a majority of southern
Democrats that they should
back him in his refusal 10 ac-
cept a radical. even though il
meant diShonoring their leaders
pledge.
Distributed by King Features synd Inc.
Reproduction in Whole or in Part
Strictly Prohibited.
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Flynn Case
Upse+s COP
Cloakrooms
Wallace TaIks Fioding
Fewer, Fewer Listeners
BY PAUL MAILON

WASHINGTON. Jan. Of Sen
" ate Republicans are tuning
At the impulsive leadership
thrust upon them in the Flynn
case by their New Hampshire
senator, Styles Bridges.
To him they attribute the
prospect that the Bronx political
boss will be confirmed as Austria
Ian ambassador.
Republican Leader McNary
and Michigan'S senator. Nanden-
berg CounSeled Bridges against
making the excessive charges
with which ne greeted The Flynn
nomination
But Bridges took his own way
and leveled personal accusations
against Flynn. which the Bronx
leader was able TO diSproVe or
becloud 10 such an extent that
the original valid objection 10
his nomination became lost.
No other subject has been dis
-cnSSed- more IN the Republican
Cloakroon in the last few DAYS.
VIC + PRESIDENT WAL
LACE = announcement that
all Americans would be per-
mltted 10 Join the middle class
after the war is nowhere here
accepted as q postwar plan.
Nor was his promise that
private enterprise will be main
tanned, taken any more pro-
foundly.
Probably these statements
were issued To answer criticism
made 10 earlier Wallace pro-
nounCements about poStw
planning.
For instance. some have said
the middle class will be wiped
ground between high-taXes
and high prices. Others have
suspected Mr.. Wallace Of plan
ming socialist state,
The tMo-neM- statements
therefore. can be considered
merely uninformatiVe denialS.
The vice president has estab-
liShed for himself a peculiar po-
Sition in this government. On
occasions, he speaks for Mr..
Roosevelt rs advance man for
future government intentions.
but more often he is spokesman
for the extreme class OF New
peal liberals represented, for in
stance, by Archibald MacLeiSh.
Thus. while Mr.. Wallace con-
tinueS 10 talk. fewer ana fewer
people regard ms words with
alarm, acclaim. or any emotion.
CHOICE OF James p. Sewage,
" New York business publiCist,
10 the publicity dictatorship of
the Republican national commit
tee gives the new Spangler
administration a different mean
ing.
1t had been assumed that Mr..
Spangler, the new chairman.
would sit on the party lid during
the war interim. The Demo-
cratic national committee had
been cleaned thoroughly Of its
old personnel. and was presumed
TO be also entering an inactive
period under its new chairman,
Frank Walker.
But Mr.. Sewage was not hired !.
to help in lid-sitting. His eX-
perience has been in the organi-
type of publicity. in his
own New York firm and for
merly in the National ASsocia-
ton OF Manufacturers.
He Will organize a national ,
setup. presumably
along the lines of his experience.
He is capable, former APP
newSman. who knows Washing
ION rs thoroughly as he knows
business publicity.
1t means the Republicans are
going 10 be thorough in their
for 1914.
NliE congressman now publicly
Il driving TO cut the size of
he American army would seem,
TO be meddling in a