The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-03
NELSON MISSION
ORDERED TO CHINA

n Nelson was
NJ ',.r to undertake a vast reor'
,ani1ation of that country wal
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Neso onr1iest possible date the
White .'.d lrUr b tive en- President
confele saIt and the former War Pro,
s 5cton board chairman. He He is Lex ex,
aacscI' to leave some time next
week. ~ talents of those to
me s,n sp him indicated that par
scconlp@nl.l,o, ,,hasis will be laid on
teular en mp output c of explosives
depp s+assl~the chief components OF
and $ s't honobs which are among the
asr :sI.t D0'1 to manufacture n;lr OF all
snRsr war weapons
The 1.s fact 5n' engineer 1' led to spec
d .:an 100. that one task will be
uIa.lo pnd,1ce an alcohol-base truck
IL 4sI since China has no ps'''
lsp .nac,onpanying Nelson will be;
. Acco1le coonley, as chief deputy;
55s ossr war production board
PleSei@.o .,Io,, is former prGS1-
official al Go Se0 nDfloa ~ manufacturers
deh oo " with experience in IN
e trse, Of manufacturing. ..;oo,
types gaoe w M stal,ings, technical
hus e. IN alcohol production. Al
expert !. u, The base for many explo-
e e2aaa a a distillation engineer, Stall
j s,ss' has been WPB c0nsulfan' at
lq }5o,hart W Grata am, chief metal
,,r gst Of Jones ard Laug aug 1 steer
! G rarn and four other steel experts
oq T5a White WI House said Generals,
.;r rn' Chang Kai-shek had urged
SUM- ssat Nelson return. Nelson went to
c c,ar this summer to discuss with
G the chinese leader the project ne
now n is Undertaking.
tentative" the announcement
iess .Nrr Nelson will continue his
s@,r with the generalissimo on
wurn s,,res aimed at strengthening
4 +hs Chinese war effort, and notably
!l,' oroanizing war production
hosrd TO increase the output of
china's war industries:
Thus, no particular frictions ap-
noared TO have developed on Mel
sons assignment on what started
o o as a three point American
nrogram TO reinvigorate China's
war effort
The other points, as related IN
we'll informed quarters here and
by American correspondents fresh
rom China, were:
To bring together the
Chungking government and the
Chinese communists in t h c
north who have each expended
energies opposing each other
which the American govern
ment believes should be turned
against the japanese. This was
the particular assignment OF
Mai. Gen. Patrick Hurley, who
still is in China.
2. To reorganlze the Chinese
armies and bring them under
an American commander. This
was entrusted to Gen. Joseph
W. Stilwell. His recall, which
President Roosevelt attributed
to personality clashes between
Stilwell and the Generalissimo,
presumably has not changed
this principle.
StilWelIs recall, together with the
resignation of Ambassador Clarence
E. Gauss, confined, meantime, to
be subject of wide discussion.
In Minneapolis Rep. Walter H.
Judd R. Mimi. a former medi-
cal missionary who was visiting in
China in September. said StilWell
was relieved because Chang re-
fused to accept "A White House I'LL
tmatum', delivered by Stilwell,
that Stilwell be made command
er Of all Chinese armies.
"Stilwell didn't make the mis-
take Judd said. He was merely
the goat of personal government
in Washington.
Rep Francis Case (R.-S. D.
sale in a political speech at Murdo,
D., that ''it was Harry Hop
shs putting in that was response
ole for the whole fiasco." He re-
sfFed to published reports that H.
H. Aung, Chinese minister of fl
nance conferred here with Hop
All and then cabled Chungking
4 4at II Chang "held out" in nego-
saaons with American representa-
s yves there he could get his way.
Aq rlS mas denied this report.
~, taking with reporters h ere
. N Connally d. Tex of the
Vt. ssaa(e Foreign Relations commit
ms sad he felt sure "the high com.
n n,a !. and the president will work
s s me, me matter SO as to keep unity
= dc'loh in that area"
~, asked if he thought China re-
t sra II = one Of the Big Four Pow
W. Connally replied: Certainly
!, W. expect to use Chinese bases
:, ,t.s a':achlng Japan, She's got to
''s IN the war until it's over
--V-
D., $4,000 FINE
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