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HID TOfP
John L. Lewis ; with a j flourish
of 'invective has withdrawn his
application for readmissian of the
United Mine Workers ' to the
American , Federation of Labor.
This will come as a relief to Bill
Green and the executive council
of the federation which found the
application something like the hot
end of a poker. .They could see
it was 'something like letting the
camel get his nose , in the . tent
pretty soon there would be room
for no one else. i r
. The ostensible stumbling blocks
were ' district 50,! the free lance
union of UMW, which seeks to t
organize most everything loose
from dairy farmers to makers of
cosmetics and chemicals, and the
objections of the AFL miners un
ion.. The federation wanted to re
strict district 50 which now acts
'like a privateer ! operating under
letters of marque and reprisal., '
Lewis and . daughter Katherine
..wanted no hobbles put on it. Then
the AFL Progressive Miners un
ion which has some membership,
in Illinois and which has carried
on a bloody, feud with UMW for
years, holds an exclusive "fran
chise" for organizing coal miners.
This union objected to letting the
powerful UMW "come back into
the fold. ' W'i j,.;.
Lewis was correct in complain
ing over the non-action of : the
executive council which held his
'application for a year. The 'coun
cil, he said, "constantly, muttered
and mumbled and indulged in
fearsome incantations (continue
on editorial page)
Nazis Launch
Strong Assault
Against Soviets
LONDON, May ll.--The
Germans launched a strong as
sault today against the soviet
bridgehead northward of Tiraspol
on the long-quiet lower Dnestr
river front in Bessarabia, both
Moscow and Berlin announced,
but the . Russians said the attack
was repulsed with heavy 1 nazi
loses while the German command
claimed the soviet holdings were
wiped out ' '. .-1 7; . - .
v Elsewhere on the long Russian
front the lull continued. ' ? fjv
"During May 11 on ?the bridge
, head -on the-; right bafJc of the
Dnestr river northwest of Tiras-,
pol, our troops repulsed attacks by
large forces of enemy infantry
and tanks and inflicted on them
heavy losses in men and materi
: als," said the soviet midnight
. communique, broadcast from Mos
cow., ! ' ''"'
: The German high command,
i placing . the acUon "in the . same
area, about 65 miles northwest of
Odessa, said: h j , -
I "At the lower Dnestr .our divi-
sions, effectively supported by
German and " Romanian' battle
j planes, broke through the enemy
bridgehead position on the west
ern bank of the river; they pene
trated deeply into the enemy ar
tillery positions and mopped up
the entire . bridgehead. The so
viet suffered heavy casualties
and lost more than 500 prisoners,
.ICS. guns and trench mortars as
well as other weapons."
Civil Affairs
Rider s Ready
For Invasion f
SOMEWHERE ! IN " BRITAIN,
May 11 -(P)- Gen. Dwight D. Ei
senhower unveiled today an or
ganization all set to march into
Germany beside the conquering
troops and rule villages, cities and
the, whole reich with a military
Iron hand. . .' 1
Correspondents : were given a
look at the training center of these
military rulers, while across the
channel .the Germans deposed
their forces" and continued . their
endless guessing of when and
where the allied commander would
Strike..;
i The organization is known as
the G-5 (civil affairs) section of
Gen. Eisenhower's supreme head
quarters, and it will function in
Germany lust as - AUG does in
Italy. - -
Besides Germany, the civil af
fairs4 section is ready to operate
temporarily in France, Belgium,
Holland and other occupied coun
tries of western Europe, but not
as a military government
1 ' The top officer is LL Genl A.
E. Grassett, Canadian-born mem
ber of the royal engineers: i ; ?
The ranking American is "brig.
Gen. Aulius C Holmes, a Kansan
' who in peace was a diplomat and
i businessman, and who accompan
ied Lt Gen. Mark Clark on. his
daring pre - invasion submarine
' trip to north Africa. Later he was
Eisenhower's chief of the military
government section. - ' : i
Chief of operations is Brig. Gen.
; Frank J. McSherry, Washington,
I DC., who was the first : United
States officer to enter Naples. h'.
I Spokesmen said that in friend
ly countries, a civil affairs team of
f;cm 10 to 44 officers and men.
v , cu!i enter a village, province or
city accompanied by a represen-
Uve of the government in exile.
NINETY-THIRD TEAR
iff mM
i Situation Bee 4g Serious
As Invader? Vyance Fast;
... . ?d' r i
Only 6 Mi?o- iom Loyang
By
CHUNGKING, Friday, . y 12-$P)-The Japanese invaders
of Honan province have won control' of 'the entire length of the
important Peiping-Hankow railway and, in swift gains over a
wide area, have trapped several groups of Chinese troops, the
Chinese command acknowledged today, t i
Strong Japanese forces fighting up the Peiping-Hankow rail
way from the enemy base at Sin-O-
yang Joined forces at Chumatien
with a column striking down-the
railway from ; the Vicinity of
Chenghsien. The two forces met
on May 9, just 21 days after the
opening of the : big offensive, a
Chinese communique announced.
A map accompanying- the bul
letin showed pockets ef Chinese
resistance behind ' the Japanese
lines, and it wks ' Indicated the
defenders - had ' little hope ef '
'fighting their way oat
Chinese - airmen.- supporting
ground operations caused consider
able damage to the Japanese in a
series of bombing raids, however,
the high command saicL
The fliers destroyed more
than 30 vehicles and left six
afire in strafing convoys; de
stroyed three armored - ears '
northeast of Iyang and blew op
Japanese artillery near Kwan
tilin. It was announced In a
soppleraentary commoniqne. ;
Many Japanese , cavalrymen
were killed by strafing west of
Tengfeng and losses among 'ad
vance Japanese units near Heish
ihkwan were heavy, the bulletin
said. Seven enemy launches were
declared bombed by the Chinese
airmen, who shot down six and
probably destroyed two other Jap
anese planes in a series pf , dog
fights; The high command report
ed that all Chinese planes re
tunned, C ;
The Japanese were rolling
ahead rapidly an many sectors
f the large front and appeared J
to be forcing the Chinese to
fight at widespread pomts in
" order to prevent them from
amassing sufficient strength to
check the Infinitely better
equipped invaders.
Japanese troops advancing
northwestward on ancient Loyang
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Push On
ITALY '
British Sth army troops , on the
Italian front (black line) have
- occspied Palena and are driv-
InaJor Salmons white, arrow).
It was announced. Palena lies' In
the sector from which a German
- withdrawal was made. (AP
Wlrephoto) r t i
Big Guns Duel
On Italy Firont
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
Naples, May ll--Heavy mor
tar and artillery assault on allied
positions in the Cassino area and
an exceptionally concentrated ar
tillery barrage against the central
sector of the allied beachhead pe
rimeter were announced today by
allied headquarters. i
- The Germans sent single, planes
over the allied positions in the
Cassion area to strafe forward po
sitions, but the y caused no
damage, headquarters announced
in its daily communique.
. Action was stepped up-virtually
along the entire Italian front yes
terday after the German .artillery
onslaught reached ; a peak the
night before. ' when about 3000
shells were aimed 1 at , the fifth
army's positions c within a half
hour. At ttie same time, the Ger
mans 'sent 15 planes to raid the
beachhead port, but no damage
resulted. Anti-aircraft fire bagged
two of the raiders.
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SIODD
.ER MOOSA
Headqu
arters
Of 317th Wing
SetUpHere
Headquarters of the 317th wing
of the fourth air force with oper
ational control over the four army
airbuses on the Pad fic coast
where P-39 fighter pilots i are
trained was this week established
at Salem army airfield. .1
A f staff of 15 officers and men
and ffour planes based here I are
under the command of Col. J. C.
Crosthwaiate, - who saw service
with; the first United States'! in
vasion forces in Africa, ; came
back' to this country to take com
mand of the San Francisco fighter
win and has since commanded a
similar wing at Seattle. . i
While activities at the Salem
fieltf may hot be spectacular, they
will i be important army officials
declared here Thursday. The cap
ital city's airbase will serve as a
hub ! for operational control; of
bases at Portland, at Ephrata and
Moses Lake, Wash, and at Chico,
CalifV ;
Director; of ; operations Is Lt
Col. Ernest C Young, who is; as
sisted by Maj. Thomas' H. Win
burn; Maj.! Claude Brewer is di
rector of administration, assisted
by Lt Irving MacPherson.
Planes Pound
Truk, Woleai
mm Bombs
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ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS, New Guinea, Friday,
May12-(P)- Liberator bombers
from? the Solomons set fires on
Japan's naval base of Truk Wed
nesdfiy and other bombers crater
ed the runway of Woleai in: the
western Carolines Tuesday, head
quarters reported today, t
The Liberators went over Truk
shortly before noon Wednesday,
pressing their attacks against ' a
defense of 20 Japanese fighters.
One liberator was shot down.
At! Woleai, 526 statute miles
westof Truk,' there were two at
tacks' Tuesday, one at midday land
the other at night Twenty eight
tons; of bombs were dropped in
the midday attack and smoke
from, the resultant fires rose 2000
feet j,
These Caroline raids from; the
south, and; southwest Pacific j are
integrated - with other attacks on
those same islands by bombers
from, the Marshall islands. j
Today's communique also told
of bombing and strafing attacks
by all types of planes Wednesday
at Wewak and Hansa bay on New
Guinea. -Those are the : sectors
where Japanese garrisons trapped
between Alexishaf en and Aitape
are reported concentrating. i
On. the southeastern end of that
trap, headquarters said today that
Australians have moved near to
Cape Croisilles, 16 miles north of
Alexishaf en. The gap between
those. Aussies and the American
Sixth- army forces at Aitape is a
little over 200 miles. - '
Farmers Asked to Speed
Data on Dairy Sales (I
CQRVALLIS, May 11. - (JF) -
county AAA . committees asked
farmers today to speed submission
of evidence of dairy sales in
March and April so payments for
feed, for milk and butterfat pro
duction can be made before the
Juno SO deadline. - ; t
From October, " 1943 through
Marh 1944r payments to Oregon
dairy farmers totaled $1,136,002,
saidR. B.fTaylor, state-AAA
chairman. They covered produc
Uon ot 217,697,300 p ounds of
whole milk,? 3,008,608 pounds of
butterfat k ' - - - '4:
. Subject to congressional appro
val f funds the payment program
has been extended through March,
W45,
Salem, Oxscjonw
20,000
Japs JDie
In Burma
; Allies Advance
In Most Sectors
; With Air Support
SOUTHEAST ASIA HEAD
QUARTERS,! Kandy,; "Ceylon;
May 11 -)- At least 20,000
Japanese have been killed in
Burma and northeastern India
in the past three and a half
months, it was estimated Tat
headquarters I today i as - allied
ground troops advanced, in most
sectors under powerful air support-
-' . l
; An official estimate placed ;
the number of enemy dead at
15,000 around Imphal and Ko
hima in India, on the Arakan
front in lower Burma and in
operations by allied I air-borne
forces in central Burma. This
flaore does not ; Include more
than SOOO Japanese killed by
-Xt Gen. Joseph 1 W. Stilwell's
troops in northern Burma ap
to March 29.
There has been no estimate of
allied casualties in the " effort to
throw the Japanese out of India
and to cut a supply road across
northern 3urma to China,' but
they are believed to have been
much lighter than those suffered
by the enemy.'" '
In the fierce fighting aronnd
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Slavs Defeat
Nazi Offense
LONDON, May'll-VA strong
German general offensive that
developed throughout Yugoslavia
in recent weeks has been defeated
in most sectors by the partisan
armies, of Marshal Josip Bros
(Tito), a Yugoslav war bulletin
said today, declaring 40,000 Bul
garian troops had joined the axis
in ' fierce fighting at the Yugoslav-Bulgarian
border. I
With the failure of their wide
spread assaults, , the natis now
"aire applying on all"! sectors : a
strategy of surprise . attacks with
the intention of plundering and
wiping oat the population," said
the communique broadcast from
Tito's headquarters. It asserted
that Mihalovic Chetniks, dressed
in .German uniforms and ''serving
the occupationists as lackeys, are
participating. 1 ' '
Only One Local Point '
lp for Lebanon iVole
LEBANON, May ll-(Special)
. The 'only local question to be
voted on in Lebanon at the pri
mary election. May 19, is one that
has twice been rejected-fthe
question i of ""whether 1 city, em
ployees shall continue to be elect
ed or whether; they shall be ap--pointed
by the council. ' - r.
Positions now filled, by election
are, besides . the six members of
the . council, recorder,!, marshal,
night police officer, ;i treasurer,
street commissioner, engineer and
health officer.
All Men Over 30 Get
Draft Deferm
By MARVIN L. ARRO WSMTTH
WASHINGTON, May ll.-ff)-A
blanket draft deferment for "an
Indefinite period" was ordered to
night for all men 30 and over In
essential industry, and "neces
sary" men of 26 through 29 were
promised civilian status ,Mfor the
time being."J
' Maj. Gen.; Lewis B. Hershey,
selective service director, told :a
news . conference his ; hoped , "for
the time being would mean six
months. "Indefinitely " as applied
totregistrants 30 and over might
mean six months or v longer, he
said. t V
- 4 A - more definite - prediction
'cannot be made. Ilershey said.
becaaso the "trend of casualties
ahd strategic devtloprafcts can-
; not be forecast. It appeared
likely, however, that men ever
. 29 will not be called this year,
and possibly not for the dura-
J Uon. - -- -
Friday Morning, May 12. 1944
Von Rundstedt Insvccts
7s
mtn,
The caption accompanyinr thl German photo, supplied by a Swedish
' atency, says lt shows German Field Marshal von Rundstedt (left)
inspecting invasion defenses on the French Mediterranean coast
' (AP Wlrephoto by radio from Stockholm) l
Maternity Wing Planned
For General
v A new maternity building, with 50-1 ed capacity, will be Salem
General hospital's portion of the ci ty's postwar construction
projects, Manager William Gahlsdorf revealed! Thursday on the
eve National i Hospital day. . v ;
rA Jlreproof structure, well-equipped, separate from the main
hospital building1 but connected with it by a covered passageway,
actual architectural plans' for the
building have not been completed,
Gahlsdorf said.-
Financing will, be handled by
the hospital's trustees and oppor
tunity also will be given to the
public to create memorial by fur
nishing and equipping rooms, in
this latter, project working with
the women's auxiliary. Some of
the . financing and some of the
equipment have already been pro
mised. '
The well-equipped maternity
department has been on the agenda
of "things hoped for" since the
organization of the hospital ; and
the board 10 years ago, Gahlsdorf
told the auxiliary at its Thursday
morning meeting. " ' V-
There has been a regular in
crease in the number ef births at
Salem General hospital over the
past 12-year period, a report pre-,
seated Thursday ' shows. There
were 132 births' in 1932.' In 1943
there were 598, and during the 12
years a total of 3760? f;Vi
. The customary Hospital day op
en house' has been canceled this
year because '.of ; crowded ..condi
tions, ' Gahlsdorf said. ? tr..
Adair Inspected
By Gen. Mars
Now it can be. told. Since Gen.
George C Marshall, army chief
of staff; has returned to Washing
ton, DC, following an inspection
tour in the west, the fact that he
was a visitor at Camp Adair late
last week may be made public.
Adair was only one of many mil
itary and industrial centers in
spected by -Marshall ' on the 10
day tour. ' .
" Hershey - Instructed local ' draft
boards, to review immediately' the
cases of men in both age groups
who have been classified 1-A, and
to gtand occupation deferments in
line with the broad new policy.
Agricultural workers are not af
fected. Hershey' asserted employers
should appeal any contrary deci
sion made by a local board. .
v' If a board 'cannot meet Its
monthly draft calls wltheat dip
ping into the necessary men of
2S-29 or into the . 39-snd-ep
graap In essential lndnstry,
I Hershed declared: "the board
should let the calls ride." ;:
. "We believe that there' are en
tirely adequate resources of man-
Ipower in e ''18-25 f groups and
among the older men not in es
sential lines : of work." he ex
plained. "If one board has to pass
up its call, other boards will have
enough people." - ; . ;
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Bombers Blast
Trul Wake
In Ner Raids
US PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, earl Harbor, May
ll-AVBombers of the Seventh
army air force blasted Japanese
positions from Wakei island to
Truk in the Carolines, 1300 miles
apart, and struck again into1: the
Marshall islands, A dm. Chester
W. Nimitz announced today in re
porting aerial activity for May 8
and 9. ;; r . --"!a,
' Resuming " he raids! on Truk,
after skipping two days, : heavy
Liberators hit airstrips and j de
fenses of that enemy base with
40 tons of 'explosives Monday
night A possible bit was Obtained
on a .Japanese ship near Moen
island. Four j n e m y air-borne
planes refused to take on the
raiders.' " ' J: ' T&r
'Single liberators bombed Pon
ape town, On Ponape island, and
Oroluk atoll, both in the Caro
lines, the same night Army me
dium bombers smacked Ponape
again Tuesday." ; H 1
Wake island was attacked Tues
day night by a force of Libera
tors but no ! details : of the" raid
were given. It was the, first as
sault on that former American
island, 230(1. tniles west of Pearl
Harbor, since; April 3Q.
.Navy and marine planes teamed
with army ! aircraft in the daily
harassing of Japanese remnants
in the Marshalls.
Blanket
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Men thronsh 37 previously
have been eligible for oecupa
tlenal deferment only If they
were "necessary" or "key" men.
This yardstick stlU applies U.
men 21 throoxh 29, bat even an
wuklllad worker In aa essen
tial activity! now may j be de
ferred. " ' ' f
lershey explained the policy Is
subject i to adjustment ! as X war
needs change, and emphasized
that local' boards still have power
to take a man, even in an essen
tial Industry! "if the : board be
lieves he is hot making the best
use of his efforts In the; war.";
The new action automatically
dissolves the temporary stay of
, inductions of men over 25 la
' war-sepportinr indastries, Her
shey said, so that boards, may
resume the Induction of C men
not ecTtreJ by-the new stand
ards. . -i i -' ' " ; ' ;
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A-fcorB Heaviest
Assaeit of War
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4000 Allied Warpiaries Drop
7000BombToiis:RAFR6ars
Out Last Night in Folio W-up
i:Hk.f !;- iv:- . By W. W. HERCHERv ' f. ;
- LONDON, Friday, May 12-i51)-The nazis anttinvasion! trans'JiA
portation network was' given it most devastating pounding :4t ':
'tfe?Wir'. yesterday by. 4000 allied warplanea which dropped
7000 tons of bombs, and early today RAF night' raiders carried
the offensive into its 28th consecutive" day with a new attack' on
the coast of northern France. -" ' - " "
1 The seaside town of Folkestone, on England's channel shore.
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,. WASHINGTON, May U.-VT)-Gov.
; Thomas' E. Dewey of New
York voiced his opposition to poll
taxes today but Walter White,
secretary of the National associa
tion, for the advancement of col
ored, people, promptly, declared
the republican governor's state
ment "is not enough." ;
Replying to a telegram from
White, who asked Dewey to help
break a threatened senate filibus
ter against a long-pending anti
poll tax bill, the New York gov
ernor said in part:
"I have always fought against
the poll tax and every 'other de
vice to deprive free people of their
votes."
White quickly telegraphed in
reply; ... . . -
"To say that one Is against the
poll tax but, refrain from advo
cating specific steps to abolish it
is not enough." : :
White, in asking Dewey's aid,
had s p o k e n of the ( governor's
"strategic position" in j republican
party affairs, an obvious reference
to the fact that the New Yorker
has a long lead in pledged dele
gates for the GOP presidential
nomination. In his reply to Dew
ey's wire White said the statement
"leaves' unanswered the -two most
Important questions connected
with the issue: "'-.' t
"Do you favor the federal bill
now before the senate to abolish
the poll tax?"
"Do you favor cloture?"
He asked Dewey to "urge upon
the 23 republican senators who
virtually hold the fate of the bill
in their hands that they vote next
Monday for cloture."
US Casualties
Pass200,000
In Total Mark
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V WASHINGTON, May 11 -(ff)
American war casualties passed
the 200,000-mark this week as the
addition of 3613 names brought
the total since the war began to
20M54.
The additions compared with
5005 casualties recorded in the
previous week.
The new figures added 722 to
the army's list of dead, raising
it to 27,297, and 229 to the navy's
bringing it to 1921.
Other new figures:
Army Wounded, 64,321, an in
crease of 2009 (37,009 have re
covered and returned to duty);
missing, 33,713, a decrease of 99;
prisoners of war, 31,434, an in
crease of 714. - ' 'I '.
.Navy Wounded, 12,070, an in
crease of 151; missing,' 9934, an
increase' of 842; prisoners of war,
4453, decrease of three., x:'-
(The decreases in the army to
tal of missing and the navy total
of prisoners -of war were not ex
plained. They could be accounted
for by transfer of ; names from
those categories to others.. . ' ';
Allies Press Sweden
On Bearing Shipments
- STOCKHOLM, May41-(JP)-The
British legation issued a state
ment today declaring that current
allied negotiations with Swedish
ballbearing ; rnanuxacturers were
based on "complete unanimity of
views" -between Britain and :the
United States and that in the In
terests of all democratic, countries
it was hoped Swedish ballbearing
exports to Germany would cease.
It Is understood the ; Swedes
plan to issue; an official statement
on the ballbearing question early
next week.
DeVvey Voices
!
IXo. 343
reverbrated from the shock of tho
high explosives blasting i targets
in' the darkness across the strait -of
Dover.
The raid lasted anlv aftArt '
across to the continent, and ap-
peared to be concentrated in the -
r ont:
mi wiuk it ultra me (roona
around Folkestone trembled and
windows and dishes rattled.
The daylight raids by American
and British formations made up of -all
types of bombers and fightera
mauled 19 different nazi rail, cen
ters as well as other targets: The
attackers encountered little fight-'
er opposition and varying degrees
of anti-aircraft fire. . ' ; ' "
The US strategic air forces,
announcing tho results of as
saults on 11 Gersnan-msed rail
way yards in Belgium, Franse,
Luxembourg and western Ger
many by tho Eighth air force,
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Wealthy Pets
in St fie
On Own Estate
NEW YORK, May tl-P)-In a 'V
seven-room house on a Rockland
county estate near' New York .
City, an elderly cheetah and an
aged Daschund are living i in se
clusion and luxury.; They have a
joint fortune of about $194,000. '
The statu of the animals was
revealed today when Surrogate
-John A. ' McKenna conducted an -
examination prior to the trial of
the assets Of the estate of the late ,
Miss Elizabeth M. Miller, who
died in 1942. -
Miss Miller's will, the exami
nation disclosed, bequeathed $6,- -.
000 to her niece, Betty Miller ot
Staten Island, directed that in
come from the balance of the es
tate be used for the upkeep of her
two pets and named her attorney,
Robert W. Swezey of New York, ; .
as heir to the" balance when tho "
animals' die. J:
Deduction oi the fniece's $6000
means the dog and leopard-like
animal are worth at least $194,-
ooo. " - ,? , i ;
Miss Miller's niece his filed
objection to the wQL -
War, Navy lAsk
To End Strikes
WASHINGTON, May 11 -VP
The war and . navy departments
called on the Foremen's Associa
tion of America tonight to end . a
strike which has tied up muni
tions production at 13 plants in 1
the Detroit area. '
Undersecretary-of iWar Robert''
P. Patterson and Acting Secretary
of the Navy James V, Forrestal .
declared the work stoppage is "en
dangering the lives"' of soldiers
and sailors. i "
In a telegram addressed W Rob
ert H. Keys, president of the inde
pendent foremen's - union, . they
said:'." .1 y- - n
"The strike in -whichs you and
your members : are engaged is
crippling the production of muni
tions that should be on the way
to our armed forces- overseas.' It
is stopping the flow of parts which
are urgently needed at once for
our bombers and, fighters. You are ;
making yourselves responsible for
our' failure to deliver planes and
guns . which our fighting ;, men
overseas are -counting on. . - .
- "Your action is endangering the
lives of these soldiers and sailors.
It is a solemn obligation of every -citizen
to back up ? the ; armed "
forces with all his skill and all
his' strength.
"If you realized the serious con- I
sequences of your acts; We are
sure that on the eve. of our great
est battle you would not fail our
fighting forces abroad. We call
upon you to return to 'work at -once."
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