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The Mead Report

Our governments financial conduct of this
war has been based upon the necessary as
sumption that CD the primary object is to
beat the enemy, not operate economically, and
that co what the Army and Navy say they
need must be produced as quickly as possible,
and hang the cost
The armed forces have admitted on occa-
sion that they were overstocked with person
mel or materiel And their explanations have
been reasonable. For example. spokesman
of the Army Surgeon General said more than
a year ago that the Army had more doctors
than it needed, and granted that this might
work hardship upon civilians
But he added, IF men die during the
invasion of Europe for want of medical care,
there is going to be bigger howl than you re
hearing now about the doctor shortage" And
of course he was right. Invasion casualties
fortunately were lower than expected, but it
was still essential to make preliminary prep
aration for heavy toll
Perhaps similar line of reasoning led to
conditions which the Senate War Investigate
ing Committee reports having found at the
Norfolk Navy Yard. 1t may be that the Navy
felt it should have an oversupply of workers
there, just in their labor were needed.
But this situation is different The idle labor
which the Senate committee says it found at
Norfolk is not something which simply at
fects the production or supply of civilian goods
That could be borne. But. if true, it should
not be condoned when there are shortages ir
our military production.
The Navy Departments reply to the com
mittee charges was testy, but not clarifying
II cited the number of ships built and re
paired at Norfolk in 1914, and concluded tha
"obviously someone has been doing a job.
But the committee did not suggest that
iob wasn't being done. 1t reported that Their,
were more men at the Yard than were need
ed to do this job, and that many were idle
or working on such things as ornate checker
boards. oyster tables, and model Christina
villages.
1t is well that this committee is headed b.
Aaator James M. Mead for ne is stauncl
Administration supporter whose critical find
ings cannot be construed as political. In hi
rekort to the Senate he not only reveale
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than any other division in the AEF.
In fact, the commanding general
himself started his Army career as
a private and has worn everything
from corporal's chevrons to the big
silver star that now decorates each
of his shoulders.
He is Brig Gen Frank A Keat-
ing, a native of New York, City,
who first joined up with the Fifth
New Jersey Infantry in 1915. He
served on the Mexican border and
then came to France in 1917 with
the 10Th Division
When Keatings men knocked out
the last German bridgehead on the
Roer in front of the Ninth Army
yesterday, they ran their string OF
captured German villages to 10
since November 5
They're back in Germany now
and they agree Paris was quite an
experience
When Maj. Hugh Carey of Brook
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gan to look forward to the period
of reunion.
Then came Won Rundstedt's Of
fensive. 1t was a bitter blow. 1t
shattered all the hopes that had
begun to grow. The end of the
war seemed farther off than ever
The Greek mess, on top of all
this, seemed like the last straw
A great many Britishers, probably
more proportionately than in Amer.
lea, were aroused by what at the
time seemed like an effort to sup
press the forces of liberation and
democracy. But seedlings f r m
America. as cabled across the At
lantic, served chiefly to stir irrita.
ZION and annoyance.
1t seemed that Americans were
falling into the familiar pre- wal
role of uttering noble preachments
while sitting aloofly 5000 miles
away from all the trouble. That
was indeed the straw that broke
the back of the British camel.
I have always marveled at the
patience of the ordinary Britisher,
the man in the street. More than
ever I marvel at it today.
AS early darkness closes in, you
see long lines standing in the rain,
snow and damp gray cold, waiting
for homeward BUSES. The present
dimout, with street lights permit
ted to shine family, is not quite so
oppressive as the five year black
cut, yet its far from the cheerful
ness anticipated in the song about
when lights 60 on again" There
have been many complaints that
the dimout makes for more street
accidents than in the blackout,
when pedestrians and motorists ex-
ercised utmost caution.
At the very time when most Brit
ishers had thought they would be
celebrating the end of the war, new
rationing restrictions are being ap-
piled. An announcement was made
recently that clothing coupons
would be greatly reduced in value
for the coming year, and potatoes
may soon be rationed.
Sometimes it seems that m a II
things count for more than the
large. One of the bitterest disap
pointments before Christmas was
that toys were exorbitantly priced,
since they had not come under
price control; and they were so
flimsy as to be almost worthless.
A whole generation of British chill
dren has grown up without the
familiar tricycles and bicycles.
The mood today seems to be one
not so much 6 irritation as of
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Washington Calling
By Marquis Childs

LONDON - Prime M n I
Churchill, in his speech last week,
pointed to the fact that Britain was
entering it's sixty-fifth month OF the
war. That goes a long way to ex-
plain the irritation and tension that
have echoed in recent sharp ex-
changes across the Atlantic.
London is battered and weary.
Life is struggle for almost every
one. You have to stand in line for
everything. You have to fill out
forms, and then you're lucky IT
you get even common necessities.
We in America, with our security
and relative plenty, can hardly un-
derstand what the long, dreary con-
tinuity of war means to the Brit
ish people. Small irritations pile on
top of gnawing fears and uncertain
ties.
Even to those of us who have
been here before in wartime. such
small details as dried eggs come
as an unpleasant surprise. They
have the consistency of wet saw
dust, yet seem always to taste
somewhat dry. The British diet, al
ways monotonous, now has fallen to
dead level of stale WEAKNESS.
Only in half dozen luxury hotels,
mostly inhabited by foreign dig
nitaries, is there anything ap-
preaching the variety the aver
age American takes for granted.
Hospitals are painfully over
crowded. I just visited large pub
lie hospital in southern England
which has many victims of blitz
and V-bombs. The narrow cots are
crowded so closely together that it
is difficult to move between them.
Some patients have been in h e
same ward for four years, ever
since receiving injuries sustained in
the battle of Britain.
1t was against this background
that the conviction the war would
be ended before Christmas took a
deep hold among people generally.
It came not SO much out of what
any official source said, or even in
the optimism engendered by h e
sweep across France, as in h e
profound longing and hope that had
it's origin in the heart and in the
pit of the stomach.
True, some official encourage
ment was given this view, just as
in America optimistic statements
about the future helped spread the
false belief that the war was near
ly ended. Here, plans for demobili-
cation were well advanced and
wives who had not seen their hus-
bands for three or four years be-
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Credible Pledge

After the OPA's cancellation OF ration
stamps. we heard a lot of muttering from
people who said they had lost all faith IN the
food control agency that it had gone back on
its pledges and on.
Well, these people shouldn't have any further
cause for complaint about broken faith II they
saw the headline we noticed the other day:
eT.ess Meat Next Month Promised Civilians
by OPA.''
You needn't promise any more, boys. We
believe you
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Daily Prayer
FOR VISION

Beyond the roar of bombs ana
guns, and all the clash OF Dlo'q
and battle, may we be permitted
to see, O infinite God and LOVING
Father, Thy great objectives In
cleansed and remade human ~
ciety. We pray for the VISION
that looks beyond the days @Aa
the years of the centuries Ma.
all the tu1nult and turmoil Oh va,
be to us but as the rumoLlng "
Thy chariot wheels, moving IT,
sistlessly on to the great oa Y
promised in Thy word, wherein a.
shall know and serve Thee n Oh
the least unto the greatest h ~.
what we see, that may we '-s'
live. Purify and uplift our IlyS .,
that we may be worthy OF d t 81,
in this ministry to MANKIND UNI ,.,
entnronement of Him whose ll5 I,
it is to rule. Sanctify and g-oy 1s,
the valor of our service men 1 4~
they may endure as seeing - iI'
who is invisible. Amen. -
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interpreting
The War
BY KIRKE L. SINpso>,
Associated Press W. IN

German military comn9a" aiyS
fleets the conclusion that tSn re-
in the Russian end-the-wsr - g t,.S.'
is now at hand and that aiscs
the next ten days or less no YUM
tie fate of Berlin, but Of orgs Ua.y
ed Nazi resistance in he E "a ss NJ,
be decided. -'S' VIII
There seems sound ress.
that view. The tremendom v0'i lo'
sian sweep across Poland nus
the Vistula already has eToaa IRON
in scope, power and rate NJ s5
vance anything in military y IA ID
tory to bring the flare Of Rus,; ;.s,
guns within sight at night Of S' ra''
dents of Berlin's eastern sub1 1yS.'
Now, however, Red armies ~. w
beginning to feel fully the etfs a.s
Of the Hitler ordered rltbls sS
scorching earth effort to ste9, ICY ~
tide as well as Of the enor IN ~,s
extension of their own eomn ,,y1'
cation lines. 1t remains 10 be- saa,
whether they still have the nop, ,a
to break through into the r.
OF north central Germany 5efors
early spring thaws do moro -
check them than staggering Cs.'
man armies have vet been M.
to do. MIX
Normally the first Of the sorir,
thaWs in western Poland and eag,
ern Germany could be expects3
within about six weeks. Weatber
conditions have been abnonal n
nearly all European battle thea.
tiers this winter, however, M
worst billiards. and SHOWS in Years
if not decades nave handicannei
Allied attacks in Italy and on f1p
Western Front. The hard freeze in
all central Poland played vital
part in the Russian success.
By the same token, the thaws
on all fronts may come early this
year. In Poland thawing weather
would complicate the Russjn
problem of supplying forces over
g span of 200 miles and more
And strict German application Of
the scorched-earth policy mean,
that the vast Red armies can not
hope to live off the country as
they press on, They must be fed
and Tnunitioned from the rear.
That is the Nazi hope Of bring.
ing the Russians to stand. That
if would only delay for weeks O.,
months at most an inevitable Red
Army crash to the gates Of Der,
lir must be we'll known 10 every
professional soldier of the Reich.
There is some indication that
the Russian attack is slowing both
On the Order or in the wide val
ley through which the stream
runs west Of Breslau, and also
west of outflanked Poznan, It re.
mains to be seen, however, wne,h'
er that may not be due more 70
behind-the-line Russian regrOlp,
Ing to mass forces for the final
attempt to burst through to Ber
liz than to exhaustion or ouhll
communications.
Assuming that the great Russian
winter offensive was carefully i'm.
ed in Moscow with an eye on nor
NAL weather probabilities, as II
must have been, there remain sew
era1 weeks at least before major
| thaws are to be expected in Po'
land or in northeastern Germany.
It follows that the Russian gen.
eral staff is prepared and now IS
moving to make the most Of that
time.
The situation warrants the con-
clusion that the freshest divisions
in all Russian armies within the
great westward bulge are beng
concentrated for break-througn
blows, with or without the benefit
Ct a matching Allied MAJOR olleA'
sive in the west.
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BY ROBERT EUNSON
Substituting for Kenneth L. Dixon

ON THE WESTERN FRONT,
Jan. 27-(DelayeO In Stretcher
sleds now being used to carry the
18th Divisions wounded back
across the drifting snow on the
Western Front have reduced the
time needed to evacuate casualties
over 50-yard stretch from 40 to
seven seconds and require only two
men instead of four.
The device, nothing more than
stretcher attached to a sled, was
designed by Sgt. Waldron Bliss of
Riverhead, Long Island, N. Y.
Of all the men in the Lightning
Division whom you would not eff
pect to meet dragging sled
around, it's Bliss. He spent 10
months in the South Pacific before
coming here.
More battlefield commissions are
claimed by the 102nd, awarded As,
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probation for help eXtehoeo "
War Prisoners Aid. :,

probation for help eXtehoeo
War Prisoners Aid.
Similar conditions preValleu
Stalag Luft 8, visited by ano ,s,,
representative of War FriS NV,
Aid and where there were iaf'a .,,.
Christmas cakes. a splendid tr ~,
key dinner, decorations, pay,
caps, toys, and services song M.
concerts and theatrical PERU. .,.
ances. At that camp, Genera var
aman, of Butler, PennsylVac1..e1'
and Colonel Spivey, Of jersey G ,,s
participated in the celeoTa. W.,
and in an address to the l l"i
expressed gratitude for IAa'e a,n,
and equipment sent to that co con-,
Relatives of American pfls0..S,Ji
of war may derive colnloL' 4sst
satisfaction in the knoWledge, w. 4
unfortunate as may be the 10.
loved ones in enemy prison CAMP 1s'
their plight is made mucH d
drab and dreary by the worn ;,,
War Prisoners Aid, made poSs nv.
solely by the contributors Q! . ~
erous Americans. With the ihc-.'n
ed tempo of the war effort, ~ ~,
certain that there will be a grew .,
number of our men taken pl.' ,.or
ers, and until the end OF the w. w.
as we'll as for long time 'a' 'rs
after, there will be a coll,-..a a-r
demand for the benevolent ~
ices of War Prisoners AID
Ranald Stewart
Campaign Chairman
Wilmington. N. c.
Jan. 26. 1945.
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LETTER BOX
WAR PRISONERS AID
To The Editor:

To The Editor:
Residents of Wilmington and
New Hanover ciunty who contribut-
ed total of $189, 226 to the 1915
Community War Chest campaign
and who may have sons among
prisoners of war in Germany will
probably be interested to learn
how their dollars are bringing
comfort and diversion to hapless
men in Nazi prison camps.
| A cabled report just received
from a representative of War Pris-
oners Aid of the YMCA whose
work is financed by the National
War Fund through contributions to
community war funds, gives re-
|vealing account of conditions in
German camps.
On a visit to the stalag TIC,
the representative reported that
despite snow and terrific wind,
800 war prisoners attended an
outdoor boxing match lasting an
hour and half, followed in the
evening by jazz concert by the
camp orchestra playing instru-
ments sent by War Prisoners Aid.
Health conditions, he said, were
fine, with only few men in the
hospital. Morale there was also
good, and American prisoners pop
ular with those of other nationali-
ties.
At Stalag Luft 4. visited on
Christmas Day, the representa-
tive reported that since his pre-
vious visit, when the men were
playing football with an improvis-
ed ball made of old shoes, and
when they had no musical instru-
ments or books, supplies were now
pouring mall kinds of sports
equipment, three pianos, two har-
monlums. gramaphones, records.
games, books, painting supplies.
etc. Seasonal sports were daily
attractions, and Kinks were then
being readied for ice hockey.
In every barracks in this camp
on Christmas Eve, orchestras were
playing swing music and the men
were singing carols. At midnight
all the prisoners assembled on
the sports ground as Silent Night,
Holy Night" and God Save Am
erica We're sung, followed by two
minutes silence. after which the
men returned to their barracks.
Christmas Day was marked by
services, concerts and shows. and
the men generally expressed ap-
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Fair Enough

sponsibility for the personal views of Mr..
Pegler, and often disagrees with them as
much as many of his readers. His articles
serve the good purpose of making people
think.)
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stubborn, logged determination
The British are going to see this
through no matter how long it
takes. The Germans have no illu-
sions about that.
Copyright 1945 BY United Feature
Syndicate. Inc.)
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More battlefield commissions are
claimed by the 102nd, awarded As,
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THOUGHT FOR TODAY
If YOU would lift others, you must be on
higher ground.
"Christian Digest"
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1t may be that we need some some form of
legislation to keep our war WIS" t,nt -, vi lhelr
1ops' ~ -. forro Of an overall regimenting of
1 1an mn mn nm Americans. James M. Mead
CD of New York.
The first thing you must 40 IN battle is
to shape it to your desire. YOU must have
pose and balance SO that no liaa'' 80. what the
en Eieid Marshal SIR Bernard L Montgomery.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-05-05
Robson

Continued from Page u
tours OF Europe occurred In
1858. 1891 and 1888, with =
memorable tour Of Russia In
1896.
Mr.. Robson IS graduate OF
Rutgers college and Columbia uni
VerSltY. He is member OF Phi
Beta Kappa. He was a four-lettcr
man al Rutgers and Mas all-AmerI-
can end on Walter Camps team
in 1918 He is married and has a
son who IS now a sophomore at
Cornell
The Spingarn Medal was inSti-
tuted BY the late j. F.. Spingarn
for many years president OF the
NAACP. 10 90 10 the man or
woman Of African descent and
American citizenship. who shall
have made the highest achieve
ment during the preceding year or
years in any honorable field OF
human endeavor.' The award 10
Mr.. Robson is considered the
Spingarn Medal for 1914 The
award is customary presented al
the annual conference OF the
NAACP. but on account OF war
time restrictions the conference has
been cancelled this year In view
OF this circumstance the medal
will be formally presented at a
date and place to- be announced
later.
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Simmons
Continued from Page u

Continued from rage -
betterment for the citizens OF De-
troit.
Attorney Simmons letter appears
below:
After carefully weighing the
present political situation, and be-
ing prompted by sincere desire
TO advance the interest. OF our race,
| hereby serve notice, in the inter-
est of racial unity, and the posi-
bility Of electing a member OF our
group 10 the Common Council of
the City OF Detroit that | do not
choose TO run: and have definitely
notified my many friends. who
sought 10 draft me again, as a
candidate for the Common Council
that | will not run as long as an
other Negro candidate has declared
his intention.
Th>gefore. | shall support the
candidacy Of Rev. Charles Hi, or
any other Negro the people select.
as the standard bearer OF the col
ored citizens OF Detroit.
And. to the approximately 100
900 voters 1888 voters to be
exact. according 10 the official tab
ulationD, who voted for me al the
last city election. humblv beSeeCh
them 10 work and vote for repre-
sentation: which we sorely need!
With best wishes for the success
OF Rev. Charles Hill, believe me to
be.
Very gratefully yours, Edward
A. Simmons.
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Farley Will Not
Treat Specific
Colonial Areas

WASHINGTON. DC. CNNPA)-
The limitations Of purpose and re-
striction OF subject matter to be
covered by the San Francisco
World Security conference bear
out the pred ctions that little or
nothing Will be done at this meet
ing concerning the specific prob
lens of colonial and dependent
areas
These limitations and restrictions
were voiced in the welcoming adj
dresses of President Truman from
the White House and Secretary OF
State Stettnius. Molotov, Anthony
Eden and Soong for the United
Nations from San Francisco.
The most that can be expected
from this meeting will be struc-
ture in which international truS-
teeShips might be handled. No
specific territories will be con-
Sidered
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DC. Youth Wins
Inter-Race Award

WASHINGTON - Larry Day.
Navy Department employee in
Washington, d. G.. is the youngest
" % recipients presented with the
Distinguished inter-Raca Coop
GRAFTON Service Merit Award. by
the Vallejo. California Branch of
The National Association for the
Advancement OF Colored People
and other Vallejo groups.
Notablss among those receiving
awards Tor the past year included;
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt: Or. Mary
Mcleod Bcthune, president Ma
,ional Council Of Negro Women,
and Olivia DeHavlland. screen
star.
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MussOlini-
Continued from Page II

ksssie before the League ot Nations
when his little country was about
10 be overrun by the Italian Fascist
hordeS Selassle warned at that
time that the same thing would
come 10 all Of the countries OF the
world Il the League did not act TO
save Ethiopia against ag2reSSors
THE STORY has been one Of
aggression ever since until all Of
the forces Of aggression and fascism
have been allied against those who
do not believe in force and repreS-
son.
The stories OF stark tragedy
which have come out Of Germany
since the allies have overrun the
Mari prison camps gives 10 the
world and TO America the picture
Of what might have been. Those
who believed that we could do
business with Hitler and MuSsO-
lini. any more than We could
with TOTO and Hirohito can now
see the wisdom Of Halle Selas-
sizes words; and i'm the death Of
MusSolini. the inevitable end Of
those who believe In the master
race"
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Boy
Continued from Page u

Gardner 26. Of 1886 Chens street,
and Mrs. Amelia Smith. 38, OF 222l
Monroe street, saw two men place
an object in the garbage receptacle.
ACCORDING TO police, the gar
bage truck belong 10 Williams and
was driven by Thomas at the time
OF the accident. Police quote Will
liams as saying that he had let
Thomas drive the vehicle and that
Thomas had accidentally run over
the boy.
Fred Williams 49, told the Michi-
gan Chronicle that his son, Jeffry,
and older brother. Henry, had gone
TO a nearby store 10 get some candy
and that Jeffry had been run over
while returning home by taking a
short cut through an alley near
Dubois and Antietam.
The father also disclosed that
Henry stated that the two men in
the truck had said they were going
10 take the injured boy TO a hos
pital.
Police learned that the two
men apparently became fright
ened when the boy died and
drove approximately ten blocks
from the accident scene and de-
posted the dead body In . stone
receptacle belonging to Mrs. Vic
toria Musico al 1868 f. Lafayette
street.
Police said Williams. owner of
the-city garbage truck, was on pro-
baton on a charge Of breaking and
entering. while Thomas was re-
leased last week on 81 900 bond
on a charge OF carrying concealed
weapons in his auto.
POLICE learned that Williams
had stuffed the body INTO the gar
bage receptacle.
Funeral services for Jefiry Will
.amS had not been completed a
this goes 20 press.
The school boy IS survived by his
parents. Mr. and Mrs, Fred Will
liamS tNo sisters and two brothers.
Thomas was arrested Monday
morning by Detectives Henderson
Turpln and Dave Marshall after
police had made IA extensive
search for the alleged companion
Of the truck driver. Leon Williams.
Funeral services for young Will
liamS VIII be hcld Friday a, p m,
from he Cumberland Presbyterian
church on Dubois.