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3*e SERVICE BUREAU w GD-fiOülW O B E W PCARSON / ./ > / / < >K’S M i l l : I bis neu spa p er, ihnnuth a / m * tai arran gem en t u ith th e FRIEND OF ENLISTED MAN , U uxhinitton llurenu o f U extern Yew.«- W ASHINGTO N — If there w eie paper I nion at /ft/f) I s e S treet, \ II ! m ore men in the a rm y like G eneral U uxhington, />. (?., i< a b le to bnrut Eisenhower, this newsman w ould not re n ile n thi* u e e k h colu m n on p r o b lem s of th e refer an anti x en u erru ri | be so swamped w ith so ld ie r m ail. The other day Sgt. Samuel Cohen anti H im fam ily. Q u estion s m a \ be a d d re ss e d to th e a b o ie Ih n em i an d tb es ! of P h ila d e lp h ia , stationed in B e rlin , u i l l he u m u e r c tl in a su bsequ en t c o l received a cable te llin g of a serious um n \ <» replies can be nuule d ire ct b \ emergency at home. P hysicians ad m oil, bu t only in the colu m n u h ich m i l vised his re tu rn im m e d ia te ly. Two ap/rear in this n e m p a p e t reaulurly. THE B y P aul M allon Released bv W estern N r w ip u p tr Union STATE DEPARTMENT NEEDS REORGANIZATION W ASH IN G TO N What Put H u r ley said was true. F o r m any months, evidence ha) been le a kin g fro m the state d e p a rt m ent suggesting the perm anent un d e rly in g c liq u e was unsym pathetic w ith top p o licy, and u n d e rm in in g it in subtle little ways. Yet there was nothing s u ffic ie n tly provable tc I w a rra n t p rin tin g . The men w ith in the dep a rtm e n t who have noticed the condition have been so frig h te n e d they dared no! speak, even p riv a te ly , outside of the d epartm ent. weeks passed and a ll Cohen got was the usual a rm y run-around. He couldn’ t get a furlough. F in a lly , a In line w ith the Veterans a d m in frie n d suggested th a t Cohen call is tra tio n 's o b je c tiv e o f ta kin g the G eneral “ Ik e ” d ire c tly . “ W hat can I lose?” Cohen asked, a d m in is tra tio n out to the “ grass ro o ts” of the co u n try, ra th e r than going to a telephone. c e n tra lizin g the o rg a n iza tio n in When he asked the G I. operator W ashington. A d m in is tra to r O m ar N fo r G eneral Eisenhow er, the opera B ra d le y has announced the opening to r asked w ith no su rp rise in his of 21 new c e n tra lly -lo c a te d regional voice w hether he should rin g the offices and the c o n tra c tin g fo r ap general at his home o r his office. p ro x im a te ly 300 advisem ent centers Because of the stands they Since it was then about 10 o’ clock have taken within the depart Regional downtown offices were in the evening. Cohen said to try ment they knew they were sus opened in Des Moines. W ichita. A t the g eneral's home pect to the reigning group, and la n ta , M inneapolis. San F rancisco. An aide to Eisenhower an occasionally thought they were P o rtland, Ind ia n a p o lis. Los A n swered and listened to Cohen's being followed or their tele geles, Muskogee. O kla.. Phoenix. story, excused himself for a few phone conversations tapped. Helena, M ont., D e tro it, M ilw aukee. DAY OF JUDGMENT FOR ALL . . . The accused at Nuernberg trials are shown In lower left. They Include minutes, came hack to the tele Even business men dealing Cleveland. Chicago. N ew ark. H a rt Goerlng. Hess, Von Ribbentrop, Keitel, Rosenberg, Frank, Frick, Stretcher, Funk. Sehaeht, Doenlts, Harder, phone and said. "Sergeant, if there have noticed the condi fo rd . Charleston, W. Va . and C h a r Von Schirach, Sauckel, Jodi. Von Papen, Speer, Von Neurath and Fritsehe. Upper photo shows the court of you will call the office of Gen tion. compared notes about It lotte, N. C. ficials. Lower right, the entrance Is bring carefully guarded by American troops. The records contain his eral Clay, perhaps something among themselves, and won torical evidence that would ordinarily require years of research to compile. New advisem ent centers were can be arranged for you. dered its extent. But until the opened at G re e n ville , S. C .; Bene “ You had better wait about 10 retiring ambassador to China d ic t college. C olum bia. S. C. ; U n i minutes before railing General spoke out with direct charges, v e rs ity of Kansas at Kansas C ity. Clay,” he added “to give Gen the matter never reached the M o.; Tuskegee in stitu te , Tuskegee. eral Eisenhower a chance to public eye. A la .; E astern Oregon college at I t talk with him first.” Grande. Ore., and S uperior State State S ecretary Byrnes, m y i n Teachers college. S uperior. Wis. Ten m iqutes la te r, Cohen called fo rm a n ts say. does not know the Services of the advisem ent centers G eneral C lay, where an aide said. facts, nor did his predecessor, M r are a va ila b le to a ll veterans p la n “ Oh, yes. sergeant, w e've been ex S tettinius. Byrnes prom ised a de nin g to continue th e ir education or pecting y o u r call. Now can you come p a rtm e n ta l r e o r g a n i z a t i o n a n d take vocational o r re h a b ilita tio n in at eight o'clock to m o rro w m o rn brought in a few top men. but this tra in in g e ith e r under p u b lic law 16 ing? W e 'll see about tra n sp o rta tio n was as fa r as his re o rg a niza tio n then.” o r the G.I. b ill o f rights. went. Cchen took o ff by a ir the next day And today, m ore men are being Regional offices function as the op taken in to the clique than are le a v e ra tio n a l offices of the a d m in is tra before noon ing it. The various b u re a u cra tic tion. In d iv id u a l case records are holdovers o f the Roosevelt regim e, m a in ta in e d at these offices and T R U M A N TURNS R E P O R T E R C ongressional leaders who met losing th e ir w a r jobs in o ther de c la im s are rated and a d judicated have been seeking A lm o s t a ll benefits a d m in iste re d oy w ith P resident T ru m a n recently to pa rtm e n ts, the a d m in is tra tio n can be handled discuss serious le g isla tive problem s couches in state. got a chuckle over T ru m a n ’ s sto ry I t is a p e c u lia r condition and has at the regional office level. about his surprise flig h t to see nis never been a cc u ra te ly defined, net Q u e s tio n s a n d A n s w e rs m o th e r on her 93rd b irth d a y . even by M r. H u rle y in his re s tric t Q. In July. 1944. my brother was Newspapers have a lre a d y told ed charges. The men of the clique killed on Guam. I was made his how T ru m a n called the Kansas C ity do not hold m eetings and agree to beneficiary in his insurance policy S ta r to announce his a rr iv a l in underm ine th is o r that. They are But before he went across he made G ra n d vie w , Mo. B ut in addition, m e re ly o f one m in d on some basic a will that has never come to light here is w hat T ru m a n told his con ideas. and this is causing some trouble gressional leaders re a lly happened; F o r one th in g , they are u n sym I t was Sunday afternoon and the pathetic w ith A m e rica n fo re ig n pol among the heirs as he was single Another brother in service says a u su a lly b u stling c ity room of the ic y today. F o r another, they agree duplicate will was made and kept on S tar was in a lu ll. O nly a skeleton in th e ir d is tru s t o f anyone who record somewhere. Could you tell e d ito ria l force was on the job, and would question Russia in the s lig h t me where this will be kept? a young re p o rte r answered the est upon any subject. They are not phone. K. A. B.. Houston. Mo. C om m unists but th e ir m inds are guided by the C o m m u n ist grooves A. O f course we w ould have no "This is the President,” said knowledge where the w ill m ig h t be of thought. Truman. DOLLS TO AID SANTA CLAUS . . . Photo shows left to right, Marilyn MacGregor, Warren, Ohio; Betty Rei You m ig h t w rite to the finance o ffi ner, Durham, N, C.J Frances Tibbetts, Melrose, Mass., and Elizabeth Peterson, Cornwall, I’a., as they sit “Who?" said the reporter. FASCISTS OBJECTED cer of his outfit. If you are re fe r among some of the 1,000 dolls that will be delivered to social agencies and through them to poor children con “This is President Truman.” TO BY STATE CLIQUE rin g to national life insurance, the fined in hospitals. The dolls were provided by students at Wellesley college, Wellesley. Mass. “The hell it is," exclaimed the O b jectionable things are to them money w ill be paid to w hoever was newsman, convineed that some “ fa s c is tic ." Hence C hiang Kai-shek named beneficiary in the policy re body was pulling a practical is a F a scist; Russia, a dem ocracy. gardless o f any w ill. joke. "Mister, who are you try B u t they branch off fro m C om m u ing to kid?” Q. Would It be possible for a sol n ist grooves to others strangely dier to get a release from the army, F in a lly the ca ll was tra n fe rre d to enough. if he is 25 years old, has a wife and The B ritis h have the best d ip lo another w rite r on the paper, who three small children, who live in the m acy, they th in k ; hence B rita in lik e knew T ru m a n personally and could country with no modern conveni wise can do no w rong. They are ences. The wife’s health is not good id e n tify his voice. H ig h ly amused, known also as “ the s trip e d trousers and a 21-month-old baby daughter the P resident told him the news of set,” a ffe ctin g the u n ifo rm of the must have an operation for removal his v is it. D owning stre e t d ip lo m a ts beyond of a bone growth on her foot. He necessities. FOGGY FOREIGN POLICY is now somewhere in Japan aboard H a rry H opkins, now hospitalized To define what specific under a ship?—Mrs. M. E. M., Port Alle in New Y ork, is not im p ro v in g . A l mining they do is difficult. They gany, Pa. are an invisible wall of resist A. He is e lig ib le to apply fo r re ways a liv in g skeleton, H a rry kept h im se lf a liv e because o f his love of ance. Hurley had two men in lease because of the three ch ild re n F D R . Now th a t FD R is gone, H a rry the far eastern division in mind Q. I have a friend who has been has no m ore zest fo r w ork. . . in his charges. in the army since December. 1944. Sen. C laude Pepper of F lo rid a is These two, he apparently He left the states on July 2, 1945 anil re tu rn in g fro m a three-m onth to u r caught telling the Chinese to is now in Japan. He has no de o f Europe to b lis te r the a d m in is tra pay no attention to him, and pendents and is 19 years old. Will tio n 's handling of foreign p olicy spreading around at eocktail you please tell me how many C om ing on top o f Senator F u l parties the notion that the points he has and how long it will b rig h t’ s tw o-fisted a tta ck, perhaps American foreign policy was be before he is sent back to the somebody around the state d e p a rt temporary, that it would not states? — Miss D. P., Dennison. m e n t w ill wake up to the fa c t that bark Chungking in postwar. Be Ohio. the seeds o f W orld W ar I I I can be yond this apparently he had no A. He has a p p ro x im a te ly 16 points planted rig h t now. . . . The s tra te g ic convincing evidence. as of Decem ber 5, 1945 and needs 55 services u n it of the w a r d e p a rtm e n t to become e lig ib le fo r discharge. He ( it was fo rm e rly the "O h-so-secret” His purpose in re ve rsin g h im se lf p ro b a b ly has m any m ore m onths to office o f Gen. “ W ild B ill” D onovan) a b ru p tly and deciding to q u it w ith a serve. ch a llenging p u b lic statem ent, was has ju s t set up a v e ry in te re stin g Q. Will a mother who has a son p ro je c t w hich w ill not keep the to force a congressional in ve stig a killed in action, and who is physical peace. I t is w o rkin g on a “ plan fo r tion. A thorough one no doubt ly unable to make her own support, an o rd e r o f ba ttle fo r a w a r w ith w ould force a re o rg a niza tio n w hich lose her pension if she marries? Will R ussia.” The jo b is under d ire c t su not even a se cre ta ry of state has a father’s pension be discontinued if p e rvisio n o f M a j. Raym ond C ronj- been able to effect in his own de TO HAVE AN EARLY CHR.STMAS . . . "Dear Santa,” writes paln- IS STILL RUNNING . . . Dr. Karl Kohelt, newly elected president of he marries? — Mr. T. S., Jackson, w ell, fo rm e r Tokyo correspondent p a rtm e n t. wracked three-year-old Marvie Clark, with the aid of his mother, Edna Switzerland, did not stop running Tenn. fo r the W all Street Journal. Clark. But Marvie will never know Santa's response, for doctors have when he was recently elected to Before Byrnes and Stettinius, A. In the case of a parent, the told his parents that Marvie cannot live until Christmas. Mr, Hull knew very well what office. question of m a rria g e is not consid CAPITAL CHAFF was going on. He could read ered. The pension is based upon de F o rm e r Coast G uard C om dr. Joel In the papers daily, the planted pendency and ’ 'hether the parent, F isch e r was in G erm any try in g to news leaked from his depart m o th e r o r father, has sufficient in root out hidden N azi funds. Cross- ment against him, and he come to keep them. e x a m in in g w a r c rim in a ls , he found R egional Expansion Q. My son was killed in Italy Octo ber 1 a year ago. His wife is named as beneficiary in his insurance but hasn't received any yet. What is the delay? — A mother, Brownsville, Tenn. A. H ave you filed a c la im fo r your insurance? Suggest th a t you w rite to yo u r nearest Veterans a d m in is tra tio n office, p robably at N a sh ville o r M em phis, set out a ll the facts and am sure you w ill get some action. Q. When a soldier has been through hell of the battlefield for two years and has been discharged with a tired and nervous condition which can be cleared up by being at home and rest, how can he get this psycho- neurotic name oil his discharge so he can go to college?—J. J. C., West by, Wis. A. You have e v id e n tly received a m e d ica l discharge and w ould sug gest th a t you m a ke a p p lica tio n to y o u r regional V eterans a d m in is tra tio n fo r a re -e xa m in a tio n and an ap peal fro m the m e dical findings. them anxious to get A m e rica n la w ye rs to act in th e ir defense. When asked his views on the best A m e ri can law yers, Fischer, w ith s tra ig h t face, re p lie d : "Y o u ought to tr y to get C larence D a rro w o r P e rry M a son.” F is c h e r’ s v ic tim s took ca re fu l notes, not re a liz in g th a t D a rro w has been dead fo r m ore than five years and th a t Mason is a fictio n a l c h a r a cte r in E a rle Stanley G a rd n e r’ s m y s te ry stories. G o vernm ent press o ffic ia ls re ce n t ly beat down a second a tte m p t by W ar M o b iliz e r John Snyder to m a in ta in a peacetim e censorship o ver the statem ents o f th e ir bosses. They rejected a ll censorship schemes fla t ly d u rin g a secret session at the W hite House, p ro m is in g to check am ong them selves to be sure m a jo r p o lic y statem ents of cabinet m e m bers and o ther key o ffic ia ls are not too fa r a p a rt. . . . Randolph Paul, one o f the ablest tax men the U. S. tre a s u ry has ever had, is co m p le tin g a book on ta xa tio n , w ritte n fo r popu la r reading. thought Sumner Welles, his as sistant, was doing it, but Welles was only the temporary outlet for the clique within. Not even Hull could do much. M r. Byrnes has indicated his in tention to s m ile away the m a tte r, and there is danger that the Dem o c ra tic a d m in is tra tio n w ill tre a t it p o litic a lly . H u rle y is a Republican, and his e ffo rts fo r a congressional in q u iry m ay be shunted off as a po litic a l attack. I f the in q u iry fa ils to develop, the A m e ric a n iz a tio n of the state d e p a rt m e n t m a y a w a it a fu tu re genera tion. T here is ta lk that Byrnes w ill q u ie tly s ta rt housecleaning to fore s ta ll an In q u iry , but he m ust neces s a rily use a w hiskbroom where DDT is called for. Unless som ething is done, M r B yrn e s w ill find i t in cre a sin g ly d if fic u lt to effectuate his foreign pol ic y w hich is s u ffic ie n tly popular w ith the co u n try to have passed be yond p u b lic o r congressional c r ltl clsm , except fro m this one clique, and a few papers o f lik e m ind. WINS LAMB AWARD . . . Wayne Disch, 15, Evansville, Ind., With his pen SENSATIONAL FOOTBALLER . . . of three Southdown lambs that won the junior championship at Chicago Herman Wedemeycr, Hawaiian- market fat stock show, held during the 24th National 4-H club congress. born halfback of the St. Mary’s The average weight of the animals is 110 pounds. The International, re Gaels, selected as "the most useful placed this year by the market fat stock show, will take place in 1946. A player on the Pacific coast.” He will nationwide 4-H club program is directed by federal, state and county exten play with the Moraga, Calif., team sion services. The national committee on boys and girls club work is prl- against Oklahoma A A M in the vatelv supported by voluntary groups of interested citizens. Sugarbowl classic at New Orleans,
