Evening star., 1944-01-04
Demand Rises
For or|dentifying
Anonymous Charges
Made by Marshall,
Green Asserts
BY the Associated Press.

Demands were intensified to-
day that the recent statement
that Axis propaganda based on
American rail and steel disputes
had prolonged the war and cost
Allied lives be supported pub
licly or recanted by the anony-
nous author.
Authorship of the statement was
attributed to Gen. George C. Mar
shall by President William Green
of the American Federation of
Labor, who said the chief of staff
was reported to have made it,
and Mr.. Green challenged him to
prove 1t. There was no immediate
comment from Gen. Marshall.
I'VE challenge Gen. Marshall or
any one else to prove that the rec
ord of Americas soldiers of pro-
ductlon provides an effective propa-
ganda weapon for the enemy" Mr..
Green said in statement.
He linked Gen. Marshalls name
with the declaration of a high au-
thorlty, made New Year eve. that
the rail and steel troubles gave
Hitler talking point to help stiffen
AXIS resistance, This authority
made the statements to newspapers
with the stipulation that they must
not use his name. but Mr.. Green
SAID the authority was reported to
be Gen. Marshall
AssajIs Government "Fumbling.n
Mr.. Green said responsibility for
the disputes rests entirely on bune-
lln9, fumbling and incompetent
handling by Government officials
and agencies"
In Pittsburgh, President Philin
Murray declared in a telegram to
war Production Board Chairman
Donald Nelson, with copy to Gen.
Marshall, that more than 90 million
TONS OF steel were poured at the
enemy last year.
foiloWlng vague reference to the
source by White House Secretary
stephen Early as "a little bit more
military" than President Roosevelt
a storm of protest arose over the
statement and the anonymitv of il
IN congress, one Republican. two
Democrats and Senator La Toilette
Progressive, of Wisconsin ioined in
Volclng belief that the unidentified
parsonage should assume the burden
OF responsibility for the statement.
Charges Called Treason"
Senator La Toilette asserted that
the charges are far too serious tn he
permitted to remain ANONYMOUS. q"
ana that the unnamed spokesman
should have the courage and COM
mon oecency to step forward and
voluntarily identify himself" He
termed the charges "dastardly" and
tantamount to treason"
Senator Reed, Republican. of Kan
sas. issued statement asserting
that Gen. Marshall is a model of
candor and directness.
| 1T is unfortunate that in saving
what should have been said. he felt
circumscribed by a sense of LOYALTY
10 his only superior officer to remain
anonymous. This superior officer
Is. and calls himself. the Com
mander in Chief He is also Presi-
dent OF the United States whose
responsibility is far wider than that
of Gen. Marshall.
If the President had the intel
lectual integrity, the courage and
the candor of Gen. Marshall, he
long ago would have said what
Marshall has said Had this been
SAID and If the President had backed
up ms words with action. this crisis
would not have arisen.
Would Support Marshall.
Strikes in essential industrv-
lncluolng transportation-in time of
war are a form of treason and
should be so regarded and treated "
senator Reed stated that in anv
dlfference involving Gen. Marshall
and Mr.. Green, Il shall support
Gen. Marshall 1000 per cent"
Representative Shafer Republica,
OF Michigan, suggesting that Con-
gress should begin an official INQUIRY
daoea tnaI while the country has no
sympathy with strikes now, it lis
merely reaping what the New Deal
has sown."
TO brand the workers as treason
Gus and attribute to them the loss
OF thousands of lives" he added, ''is
an attempt to shift the blame for
existing conditions from the officials
who have caused those conditions to
the workingmen who are its VIC
Tins"
Representative Kilday, Democrat,
OF Texas, a member of the House
Military Affairs Committee, said
identification of the source would
permit free and open discussion of
the matter"
Serious damage to our war effort
tSee STRIKES, Page A-12D