Illinois Valley News, Thursday, lune 7, 1945 Up Front With Fighting Leathernecks on Okinawa Stitched Bluebirds N ews B ehin In Color on Linens PCAftSON — By P aul M allon Released by Western Newspaper Union. J Washington, D. C. GERMAN PRISON LABOR Officials are keeping very muri. (bout it, but the entire question of using German prison labor to re­ build Russia and France has been thrown into a new controversy by a secret opinion rendered by Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson, who has taken over U. S. prosecution of war criminals. Justice Jackson wrote his opinion to U S Reparations Chief Ed Pauley, stating that in his opinion compulsory German labor should not be used to rebuild France and Russia unless they have been con­ victed of war crimes. "It is not my business what Is to be done with reparations." Jackson wrote, "but this would largely de­ stroy the moral position of Ameri­ ca in this war. . . . Compulsory labor," he contifiued, "should be required only for convicted war Leathernecks, coordinating with army troops, are shown in action in the final stages of the fierce battles criminals." Jackson went on to point out that that raged in every section of Okinawa island. Island spotted with graves and fallen heroes attests to the German labor "drifting out of Rus- high price paid. sian concentration camps in the fu­ ture would tell tales of horror" which, even if exaggerated, would "arouse sharp condemnation in the United States." He urged, there­ fore. that German labor not be used for reparations until they had been convicted of war crimes He indicated that members of the Ges­ tapo and the SS Elite guard undoubt­ edly were war criminals as a class, but the every member of the Nazi party might not be classified as i a war criminal. Following Justice Jackson's bombshell, a hurried meeting was called in Secretary Morgen- thau's office, attended by Ed Pauley, Assistant Secretary of State Will Clayton, the army, navy, FEA, and other inter­ ested government agencies. Sec­ retary Morgenthau vigorously protested thia new development. It was pointed out by some that the use of German prison labor had been agreed to st Yalta by President Roosevelt himself and, therefore, could not he changed. CIO REBUKED AT SAN FRANCISCO CONFAB WASHINGTON -Here is the story no one could get at San Francisco— the inside story of why Sidney Hill­ man. Russian labor, and leftists of British trade unions happened to assem­ ble their new world labor order on Oax- land. across the bay, just at the very day of the opening of the world peace conference. and what they were jp to All inquiries were Sidney Hillman pushed aside out there with the ex­ planation that this new world labor power, called the World Trade Union Congress, was merely looking for re­ flected publicity from its proximity to the conference, or something sim­ ilarly inconsequential. It is no wonder the story was hid­ den securely beneath a rubble of confusing explanations because it would have disclosed a coup de con­ ference planned by Mr. Hillman and his Russian associates a coup which was squelched completely in a secret meeting of the conference steering committee, despite inter­ vention by no less a power than Mo­ lotov himself These are the facts: The Oakland labor assembly was completely under control of Hillman and the Russians, with the British riding quietly behind them. The head of the Russian labor delegation at Oakland was also an official dele­ gate for Russia in the San Fran­ cisco peace meeting and the pipe line between. PLAN WORKED UPON Through him the Hillman crowd worked up a program whereby thev would all get into the conference and into the permanent peace setup by being established as the group to handle world labor problems. "If we have to wait for the con They succeeded ii getting the eco­ viction of all these war criminals nomic committee of the conference before we can get German labor," to approve their entry as consult­ suggested Reparations Chief Pauley ants. The economic committee in­ "we may have to wait a year Mean­ cludes strong representation of while. there may not be enough smaller nations, particularly Latin Germans to repair the damage in America. France and Russia." A resolution carrying out this pur­ Pauley also made the point that pose was handed by the economic committee to the steering commit­ [ he had been charged by the Presi­ tee which is composed of all nations dent with the handling of repara­ After some warm discussion, that tions and. therefore, would have to guiding committee of the conference , make the final decision himself decided it would not even go into after his arrival in Europe, After the matter thoroughly and defeated further discussion, however. Pauley agreed to accept Justice Jackson's the resolution When Hillman saw this coming ne opinion in principle, namely, that got Molotov to champion his cause, only convicted war criminals could and it was the Russian foreign min­ be used as prisoner labor. This ister who pressed the matter as far leaves the whole question pretty as it went in the steering committee i much up in the air. By his own adroitness, Hill­ man thus oulsllcked himself and disclosed his hand. That Molotov would champion his cause was all-too-ohvious evi­ dence to everyone on the inside that their fears and suspicions about Hillman's trade union con­ gress had solid ground—that it was more Russian than worldly. A few days later the Oakland meeting quietly adjourned without laking any noticeable action and Mr Hillman went off to southern .'.ilifornia for a rest. The frustration of the coup repre tented a victory for Bill Green, the AFT. president, who has been vigor nisly fighting Hillmnn's attemot tince the last election to establish tith the Communist a world labor However, it has been hinted that Justice Jackson will endeavor to in­ dict groups of Germans as a class In other words, he may try the Ges­ tapo as a group, not individually, and decide that every member of the Gestapo automatically is a war criminal This probably will be done w ith Hitler's SS Elite corps Wheth er a blanket indictment will also be lodged against the Nazi party re- mains to be seen. • • Carrier and Its Heroic Crew That Never Quit A ghastly but unforgettable memorial to the heroi m of those who man the navy’s ships and the skill of those who build them, was again shown when the carrier USS Franklin arrived In Brooklyn Navy yard under her own power. Ilit by Jap dive bombers, afire and her own bombs exploding and one-third of her crew killed, from Jap waters to Brooklyn she returned unaided. Lower left, officers of carrier. Lower right. Chaplain Joseph O'Callahan, one of heroes during battle, and trip home. Right shows how she limped into port. outh > ut Farming War Fields Birds and flowers are in easiest possible stitchery. Pattern 7481 has a transfer pattern of 20 motifs, 2 by 2 to 4*/a by 10 inches. Due to an unusually large demand and current war conditions, slightly more time is required in filling orders for a few of the most popular pattern numbers. Send your order to: Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept. Box 3217 San Francisco 6. Calif. Enclose 16 cents for Pattern No_________________ Name. Address. . fX. fX. (X. (N. fX. (X. (X. (X. fX. (X. fX. The Questions 1. What does comme il faut mean? 2. How do Washington’s Japa­ nese cherry trees differ from our native cherry trees? 3. What technical term is ap­ plied to a government by women? 4. Who elects congressmen at large? 5. The Singhalese are inhabi­ tants of what country? 6. What is the longest monosyl­ lable in the English language? 7. Why do leaves turn up before an impending rainstorm. 8. " Under whose administration was the national debt at its low- est? 9. When and where was the American Legion organized? 10. What ancient pass connects Afghanistan and India? The Answers Proper. As it should be. They do not bear fruit. Gynarchy. All the voters of a state. Ceylon. Strength. It is due to an increase of at­ mospheric moisture. Therefore the leaf stalk absorbs more moisture, and “warps,” turning the leaf over. 8. Our national debt reached its lowest level during President An­ drew Jackson's term, when it amounted to $37.515.05 in 1836. 9. It was organized in St. Louis May 8 to 10, 1919. 10. Khyber pass. gj',’ Itti TR LINING FILMS DESTROYED, The army doesn't want it known. but it has a new way of handling one type of surplus property. In the case of training and orientation film, it burns old prints According to a survey made by movie ex- ports, old films last summer were being burned at the rate of 225 tons weekly at Astoria, N. Y. I Meanwhile other government agencies, schools and universities are anxious to buy these outmoded prints from the army. In fact, the U S office of transportation had ’o spend $iU' 000 of the taxpayers' money to make 10 new reels of its own when the army refused to sell it the army's excellent series of 20 reels for the training of auto I c mechanics. Sen. Francis Myers of Pennsyl­ vania, Democrat, has just written Maj Gen Harry Ingles, chief of the signal corps, demanding in explana­ tion The making of training films and orientation films by the army has H i » prete been a major operation Thousands of subjects have been turned out at a tremendous outlay, and produc­ tion schedules have been more crowded than those of any Holly wood studio. 1110 films have proved remarkable of the nations ns which repay einplo'rc.x (or the use of their uerc sented in private airplanes on government gathering Ihave now business — just as i s now done with split, and I de> not expect thev * ill torcycles go ve ry much further wit h Hillman I tile Senator Joe and t he Huss lan effort t o capture! O Mahonev has qu etly started a world labor co ntrol study of the dispeaa 1 of surplus war Hill man, b>r this efToi t coming 1 plants He wants to ii 'ure m xinium * top his domirstic electoir.l activi- use of our nationa) productive Ves. ttas lost r 1 in Wa«h rapacity after the war and th* ingioi i. partici HM1 *'■< • business DLUEBIRDS — the symbol of happiness—what more appro­ priate motif for a prospective bride’s linens? — Do them in nat- ural color. • • • Born in the early spring at Pittsburgh zoo. this giraffe (left! already has grown out of babyhood. Ilis mother was shopping when this photo was taken. Lower right, Lady Llama at San F rancisco with her son V-E, born on that great day. Upper right, there was much ado at the Bronx too when for the first time in over three years a baby icbra was born. 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Their battle-hardened faces indicate the impassiveness with which they received the news real­ ising the war is not over for them and that a tough fight lies ahead as is now being proven to them. \ combined radio recelver-trans­ mitter for firemen is demonstrated by Atlantic City radio technician Larry Smith. The "talking helmet” is a four-tube crystal-controlled transmitter. Modern life with its hurry and worry. Irregular hab ta. improper eating and drinking— its risk of exposure and infec­ tion—throws heavy strain no the work of the kidneys. They are apt to become over-taxed and fail to filler excess arid and other impurities from the life-giving blood. You may suffer nagging backache, headache, dixxinrsa, getting up n.ghts, Mg ra.m, swelling—feel (. _______ , constantly t *ed. nervous, all worn out. Other signs of kidney or bladder disorder are some­ times burning, scanty or too frequent urination. ’ P ”• F 'w’t help the kidn»)« up...» uJ r.ar «s hrdy waste. 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