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government.
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vi'l V MU SUN" I"
, , Ul wllh business. 1" '"
iiii' ii of customer uro
t1" ' ,,-llko the '' t '!
,.. Unit mil cigarette on wile
vrlain hour. Home l mem
Iho (lnorn mm' " ;... ....-
J., mill lm-k up again,
flioro l mi"'0 effort to dl
iriiiio sulci" Ihmi to promote
Si. Dut tlll Iho customer
jtople wnnt shoes, and wnnl
i, now. , , ,
i.' lioo run started immedi
ately niter Iho cuncollutlon
Lcrtum iouu luiiit'D
it rnllonlnu was resumed ult-
no pre-election noimiiy.
uplc O O V I u u m i y ui iw
m-lvcs: "Olio, to mat wo
ii la. Well. I'm going lo turn
.-.lioe tttinp Into hoi- before
lire Climt-ll...
lu-y sluricu in iiiinicuiuiciy
1ST the OPA here Issued a
.mti-miMil to the effect Hint
itoek on hand wu sufficient
honor stump now otilstand
mid that it w not Intended
unci ouitnnumg moo cou-
he ahoo run continued. If
ihlnK. I volume Increased,
lien approximately u dozen of
larger store joined in an an-is.-nipiiL
nddliiu their ix-raon-
liitemcnla to thiit of Ol'A, re
futing Hint utiickK on hiinct
e sufficient to cover out
Idlnil (tump and urging pco
to buy huc only for Immo-
le and ucnulno need.
ven Hint fulled to atop the
Pconle tire going right on
ing shoe ii nil getting rid of
up.
1ERE aro plenty of cynic
who assert openly, and can l
convinced lo the contrary.
it pre-election rclaxollnn of
it riitionlng wn.i n vote-net
dev cc. nuro mid simple
h notlilim else back of 1t. "'
hut prnbiibly Isn t true, we
t rcinomiicr linn along in tnc
ft summer nnd enrly full this
Sntry wu swept by u wuve of
ir-optlinlsm In regard to tlio
fly enn of the turopenn war
ere wn.i much tnlk of Iromen-
Is food surpluae Hint would
Some evident na anon ns the
mnn wnr win over. It I at
t likely Hint our uavcrnmont
(Lontinuccl on Pogo rive)
ttel Charges
omnaton by
G. Corcoran
ASIIINGTON. Jnn. 0 NT)
mnn M. Llttell contended to-
.that Hioma Ci. Corcoran
nplclely domlnnted" Justice
iirtmcnt settlement of n cnae
Mild Involved "Intlmnte con-
lions" with the Ucrmnn I. G.
non Industrie.
littcll. former nutstnnt nttnr.
I gcncrnl recently fired by
l.'-lrient Rnoxnvrlt fnr ,'lnuh.
(inntlon," named Iho Ilrm he
W was involved In the settle-
ii ns "the Mori Inn Products
nioraiion. now Stcr na Druti
funny," an Inturnntlonnlly
jwii iinnrmncemicni House.
M Inc Hlstlco dennrtment
re llicro wns no iinmcdinte
Jinienl, Ihlx compnny wns do-
u, ns me atcriiiiK i'roctucis,
. of Wllmlnutnn. IVI. rriiorn
Jiiso a bterllim Products cor.
'ntlon of Now York, sneclnllr
in surRlcal drcssliiKs, not
nccino with Hio nhnrmaccu
'I firm, and lint rnnnnptnd
ii tiie enso In any way,)
Herald
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1944
Number 10358
GVs Necar Las Nazi I
Escape l&oad; (Baffle
Fought Dn Blizzard
By JAMES M. LONG
PARIS, Jon. 9 (AP) Amorlcani driving through a blinding blizzard Into the northern
flank of the Bolgian bulgo drove to a point today les than three miles from the StVith
Houffalize rood, lost latorol supply ond escape artery in the salient.
A big tank battle broke out for Samreo, three milos northeast of Laroche where the
American second "Hell On Wheels" armored division fought for complete control of an
other overrun road from St. Vith to Laroche. Other troops were a bare mile from Laroche.
Field Marshal Von Rundstadt was reportod to have shifted tanks and guns from the
Bastogne area on the south to meet the grave new threat to his last road on the north.
Artillory constantly harassed the foe in tho wedge.
Lois of the St. Vith-Houffalize road would for the first time seem to leave the Germans
in procorloui positions, reports from tho north flank said.
The Americans ware within 5000 yards of the road at noon.
For the second time In 24 hours, the Gormans tonight were pulling back from the western
tip of the salient as British
troops advanced south of
Anti-Nazi Activity
Reported In Reich
By THOMAS F. HAWKINS
I1KRN, Jnn. 9 Oil New and
possibly slifnlflcnnt signs of antl
nuzt resistance appear to bt
eprlnulnil up In Germany.
Due allowunce must bo made
for Hie possibility that reports
on condition insldo the reich
are colored by German propn
linnda, but usually trustworthy
MIAMI, Fla., Jnn. 9 (IP) Pan
American Alrwnya reported to
dny Hint 23 persons nppnrcntly
wcro killed Inst night in the
crash at Port of Spain, Trinidad,
of a hugo Africa-bound Clipper.
W. O. Snyder, airline man
ager here, said report from the
scene "Indicated that 23 of the
30 persons aboard were lost."
Known Safe
Seven of the 30 passengers and
crewmen aboard tho Mlami-to-Lcopoldvlllo
flying boat . arc
known to bo safe.
Tho 26-lon plane, known as
tho China Clipper during It ear
ly service on the Airline Trans
pacific routes, apparently crash
ed In the darkness while coming
lo alight In a flare-marked area.
Knrly radio report lo tho alr
llno headquarter here Indicated
that tho ship broke up and sank.
Nnvy diver went to work long
before dnwn In en effort to raise
tho wrockngc.
A full check of the dead await
ed completion of the salvage.
(Continued on Page Five)
Police Look Into
Hit, Run Crash
City police continued Inves
tigation into the hit and run
driver who struck Pvt. E. H.
Hand of tho Marine Barracks
early Sunday morning at Main
and 8th.
No arrests had been mado
lato Tuesday, officers said.
tate Legislature Eyes
Truck, Pension Measures
h PAUL W. HARVEY JB.
BALEM, Jan, 0 (l') Tho
Non legislature, wllh ycaler-
s opening formnlltlcs out of
Way, beunn rnllino tmlnv.
f'ivliiff controversial measure
B'crnilt pnsl-wnr operation of
uuckh, io rcmovo tho 540
ithly celllim on old-nuo null.
K nnd to provklo for Gov
l"r Sncll' requested Invcstl
P"n ot tho stuto liquor com-
.nun,
he truck measu.ro, Intro
en bV thn IKIinln lltoliumv
imlttco at tho request of tho
' gningo, would fncrcuso tho
'l limits on truck-trailer com
"lions on stale highways
ii 00 feet long and 04,000
", io uu font mid 71,250
nds. Tho latter limits aro in
1:1 "ow. but only during tho
M ensures to mnko pennon
Iho higher limits failed In
1041 and 1043 sessions.
e-i. Thomas Ii. MnhnnAV.
lland dcmocrnl. Introduced
bill to removo the $40 pen
coiling. Townsend pension
11)9 nnm aolrAfl nn
U K, but Mnhoncy's bill would
rlCR 11 n mill,,,. .1 .11
. (lb mi,
lie senntn nlfnhnii .,ini
niltlcc introduced tho meas
ure, requested In Governor
Snoll's mcssngo yeslcrday, for
two senators and three repre
sentative to Investigate tho
Watcrflll nnd Fruzier liquor
deal, whereby the stnlo liquor
commission bought two distil
leries In order to obtain their
liquor for salo In state stores.
EUctlon Bill
An election bill, designed by
Rep. John Steclhnmmcr. Salem,
to facilitate soldior voting, dis
tribution of voters' pamphlets
nnd glvo moro tlmo for printing
election ballots, was introduced
today. It hns tho endorsement
of tho state department,
Tho law now provides for fil
ing by candidates up to 45 day
be faro elections, but the now
bill would Increaso this to 70
days. It also provides that mail
ing of the pamphlets shall bo
complotcd at least 20 days be
fore oloctions, Instead of 10
days.
The houso Judiciary commit
tee introduced a bill legalizing
tho secretary of state's action In
providing for windshield stick
ers In lieu of motor vehicle li
cense plates. Tho stickers first
were used In 1943, nnd havo
been used since.
private channels and German
newspupers mcmscivcs give mis
picture:
The communists are the best
organicd and tho most persist
ent element working tor the
overthrow of tho Hitler regime.
Tho need for food causes an
other large group to commit
regular subversive acts against
the nazls. Fully pro-Billed organ
izations are almost non-existent.
Position Obscure
The position of the Industrial
ists wlio accepted , and liked,
HltlcY ifftHo bCgllinW Tidnilt
tedly is Obscure,, but somo
source say these buslnossmen
now feel Hint Hitler and Hio
nazls must go in the Interest
of shrewd maneuvering that
might bring a peace which
would save Gorman industrial
production.
Imported slave labor forms
Uio nearest thing to an under
ground as seen in other Eur
opean countries. Thcro arc
rumors Hint around 8000 for
eign workers are hiding in one
forest district south of Frank
furt on Main, ond that they
constantly raid villngo stores
nnd rob fnrmcrs. Food rather
than politics is apparently the
main objective of these bands.
Wall Organised
The communists, although
well organized, are few in num
ber. There aro said to be not
more than 200 in Berlin. They
operate in twos and threes,
never telephoning or writing
and meeting only occasionally.
Unverified reports come
across tho bordor throughout
December of disturbances In the
Krupp factories by what was
called a communist antl-nazi
ring. A number of workers, in
cluding somo engineers, were
sold to havo been arrested and
six executed.
Tho Esscner National Zcltung
printed a notice Hint "saboteurs
of the public security" were
trying to hido automobiles need
ed for the national war effort.
There was speculation here that
these "saboteurs" hoped to flee
by automobilo Into allied terri
tory. Preliminary
Hearing Shied
A preliminary hearing will
be held at 10 o'clock Wednesday,
January 10, nt Dorrls, California
In connection with Lewis Sum
mcrvlllo who Is charged with
nssnult with n deadly weapon on
Fcrmon Clinton Evans, chief
cook, Marine Barracks. ,
According to Sheriff Lloyd
Low, all of tho marines who are
Involved with the incident, as
well as seven other witnesses,
will bo In Dorris to testify in
the case.
Evans Is still in the dispensary
at the Marino Barracks, but Is
reported to bo Improving rapidly..
Commodore Visits
Navy Air Station
LOinniunora i, i. oiiiuutira,
Seattle, commander of the naval
air bases of the 13th naval dis
trict, arrived at the Klamath
naval air station by plnno nt 1
o'clock Tuesday on routine Inspection.
Commodoro Slmmard spent
the afternoon here, leaving Dy
plane for Redmond for an In
spection tour. Ho was accom
panied north by Cmdr. J. F.
Fitzpntrick.
Marchc. Roger D. Greene, AP
correspondent north of the
Duige, said tvenis suggest that
tho next 12 to 24 hours may
provide tho turning point in the
great battle."
The battle was In drifts four
to five feet high and in heavy
new snowfalls.
At least nine towns were cap
tured, in the bulge, but on the
south the Germans fought back
into Tiilet. through the third
army. German diversionary at
tacks In Alsace-Lorraine were re
ported halted.
Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley,
12th armv arouD commander di
recting the battle on the south
side of the salient, declared that
heavy losses Inflicted on Field
Marshal Von Rundstcdt's three
attacking armies misht reduce
Germany's ability to prolong the
J . ('materially affect the
German's ability to resist'.""- v .
wat ,,n.d
He said tho Germans bad lost
more Drlsoners than the Amer
icans and probably many times
as many Killed and wounaea.
At last reports, 22.621 Germans
, (Continued on rage xnreej
MOSCOW, Jan. 9 OP) Red
army troops have halted the big
German countcraitacK norm
west of Budapest and consider
ably slowed the attack beating
on the west of the Hungarian
capital, front dispatches said to
day. Within 24 hours, the soviet
army recaptured the initiative
against the nazls who have
struck to within 15 miles of
Budapest on the northwest, re
ports said. Hand-to-hand fighting
meanwhile was stepped up in
side the capital. '
Approach Komaron
Soviet forces hitting along the
north bank of. the Danube ap
proached within gun range of
Komaron, a springboard of the
nasi rcuei arive tuwara duqu1
DCSt.
A three-mile advance north of
the Danube yesterday carried
Marshal Rodion Y. Mnllnovsky's
troops to a point less than seven
miles from Komaron, Key com
munications center for the re
gion northwest of Budapest,
There the Russians stood less
than 50 miles east of the Aus
trian border and 57 southeast of
Bratislava, Slovaklan capital.
Shift Attack
Dispatches said German
troops, last reported only 15
(Continued on Page Three)
Congress Listens to President Roosevelt's Report
NIP LINE TO
PHILIPPINES
HIT BY AIR
MacArthur Confirm
Showdown Battle
For Isles .
GENERAL MacARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS, PHILIP
PINES, Wtdntsday, Jan. 10 '
(JPh-Huga Yank force have -opened
the Invasion of Luion '
in ih Philippinas. '"
Gan. Douglas MacArthur
announced today this (how
down move in tht archipelago ,
for which the way wa pavad
by warships, land and navy
plan hitting everything, in
cluding Japan, from the Kur
1U to the Philippine.
A lolnt lesslon of congreii, assembled in the house chamber, Washington, listened to Presi
dent Roosevelt's state of the nation report read by George J. Maurer, reading cleric of the
house (standing right, center desks). In back of Maurer, at the speaker's platform, are (left to
right) Vice President Henry A. Wallace and Speaker Sam Rayburn (D-Tex.) (AP wirephoto).
By ERNEST B. VACCARO
. WASHINGTON, Jan.. 9 (P)
Congressional opposition to the
enactment of drastic measures
to meet war worker shortages
showed hew signs of weakening
today. '
' S e a a t o r Johnson (D-Colo.),
long a-.foe of national service,,
toldTep'oTterii lie' how Is ready
to support such a bill in view
of President Roosevelt's request
for it In his message Saturday.
, Support Grows
And while there is still plen
ty of resistance to such a broad,
over-all step, legislation to force
Cftlltptiim cruIrA rnfriclrnnte In.
to essential jobs drew mounting'
support. -v
Chairman May (D-Ky.) said
the house military committee
would begin hearings on the
latter proposal tomorrow. He
said the president's request for
the drafting of nurses could be
added as an amendment, but he
did not say whether he favored
such a couije,
GOP to Join
Chairman Taft (R-Ohio) of
the senate minority steering
committee indicated members
of his party would go along on
the manpower, legislation.
Under it registrants refusing
to comply with draft board re
quests to transfer to essential
jobs could be inducted into spe
cial service units of the army
for disagreeable non-combative
tasks, or made to work in war
plants.
Republicans are willing, Taft
said, to "do whatever, seems
practical or needed." .
Nurses Draft
Bill Introduced
WASHINGTON. Jan. 9 (Pi
Chairman May (D-Ky.) of the
house military committee intro
duced a nurses draft bill today.
May's legislation would re
quire the registration for draft
of every registered nurse be
tween the ages of 18 and 45 un
der regulations to be prescribed
by selective service officials.
Marine Vet's Pants Hold
Up Lumber Work at Hines
Lumbermen In tho basin were
Interested in a story which ap
peared recently . in a Western
Pine bulletin concerning a one
day strike at Hlnes Lumber
compnny, the point involving a
pair of point-spotted pants worn
by a returned marine veteran.
Following is the account: .
"Edward Hlnes Lumber com
pany at Hlnes, Ore., lost one
hill day of production last week
because the green chain crew
did not approve of the paint
spotted pants worn on the Job
by a returned marine war vet
eran. - Okay With Vet
"Apparently the veteran
liked his Job.. He Joined the
union, bought a houso and de
cided to paint it. The trousers
used for the paint Job were
considered by the veteran to
be equally satisfactory for the
lumber pulling Job but not so
by the balance ot the green
chain crew..
. "The .company was : notified
that the crew would go on
strike if the paint-smeared pants
were not replaced! Union rep
resentatives explained that their
opinion coincided with that of
the compnny and requested an
opportunity to make an inves
tigation in order to learn who
wos responsible for the fracas,
Discharged
"When the facts were deter
mined all but one of the crew
was returned to work. The cul
prit was discharged and then
re-hlred with loss of seniority
rights and production was re
sumed.
"The veteran, after the set
tlement, requested a transfer to
a different shift. The request
wns granted by the company,
It Is understood that tho veter
an notified the crew he would
wear any kind of pants he
wanted to, and If any of them
collectively, or all of them,
singly, wanted to 'make some
thing of It,' It would be all
right wllh him."
Public Hearing on Planned
Reclamation Developments
Set by Army Engineers Here
A public hearing Is slated by i the Sacramento behind-Shasta
the United States arm- r am.
M. V. Maxwell. Siskiyou coun
ty farm advisor, Yreka, said
Tuesday that two department of
Interior engineers had ; been
sounding opinion among Shasta
neers for February 21, ii . -..i-ath
Falls, chiefly for the purpose
of considering the effect on wild
life of proposed reclamation de
velopments! i;naries atarK, sec-
chamber of commerce, was in
formed luesday.
Representatives of the federal
wild life service, the .chamber of
commerce, and other agencies
will ' attend the hearina. The
place will be designated later.
Diversion proposed
The hearing will take into
consideration various possible re
clamation developments, one of
which is the proposed diversion
of Klamath river water to feed
retary of tho-Klamath'-ounty-fvallcy- farmers indicating'' h e y
could expect irrigation water
First Jap Leaves
Tulelake Center
NEWELL Jim Suzuki. 21. to
day became the first person to
leave wkas uuieiaKe segrega
tion center, to take up life anew
as an American citizen.
Although his movements are
not restricted by the army, Su
zuki is not returning to his for
mer home at Loomis, Calif. He is
relocating in the middle west.
Suzuki was graduated from the
high school at Auburn, Calif.,
and took a special course as a
machinist at California Polytech
nical institute at San Luis Obis
po. He has a job as a machinist
in Minneapolis, Minn., officials
here were informed.
Suzuki was one of the original
evacuees to be brought to Newell
at the inception of the camp in
the late summer of .1942.
$50,000 Damage
Suit Begins . ;
" A damage suit involving an
automobile collision with- a bi
cycle at the Intersection of Mon
Claire and Alameda on April 19,
1944 is being tried before Judge
David R. Vandenbere.
Dale Davis, 17-year-old. claims
he lost his leg as the result of the
accident, and is suing for S50.000
damages from Michael P. La-
veniK, driver ot tne car which
allegedly struck him.
The case began Monday morn
ing with Arthur I. Moulton of
the Moulton and Davis law firm
in Portland, and U. S. Bnlentino,
of this city, representing the
plaintiff. R. B. Maxwell, also
of Klamath Falls is representing
ine oeienaani.
Stores Report
Lack of OPA Data
PORTLAND, Jnn. 9 (F) A
contention that local OPA heads
were unable to furnish official
instructions was brought forward
as a major defense point In the
hearing today 'of 14 Portland
food stores charged with ignor
ing recent ration stamp cancellations.
The store are charged wllh
accepting on December 26 stamps
voided by on OPA Christmas day
order. Evidence is being taken
by Robert M. Dulln of San Fran
cisco, OPA hearing commission
er, to determine the economic
effect in the neighborhoods of
the stores should suspension ac
tion be takeri.
from the diversion canals which
would tap the Klamath above
uopco iaKe, uamornia-uregon
Power company reservoir, in the
lopsy grade region of the Siski
you .mountains.
Plans Meeting
John C. Boyle, vice m-esident
and general manager. of the California-Oregon
Power company,
in discussing the proposed diver
sion with the Herald and News
late Tuesday, advised that his
company planned to meet within
a short time with the land use
committee of the Klamath coun
ty chamber of commerce. -
He said that farmers in Klam
ath county as well as the Shasta
valley were being contacted and
tney "would have auite a bit to
say about it." -Boyle said the Cal
ifornia state chamber of com
merce, is Dlannine a meetins in
Eureka, Calif., shortly.
Yanks Sentenced
For Looting
PARIS. Jan.-9 ftP) Four
American enlisted men were
sentenced to from 45 to 50 years
at hard labor today by a gener
al court martial which convict
ed them of looting supply trains
and diverting cigarettes and ra
tions into the French black
market.' ' ' ;
One witness testified that a
huge stream of cigarettes moved
toward the front from the Unit
ed States dwindled at one time
almost to the vanishing point
before reaching Paris.
By LEONARD MILLIMAN "
Associated Pre War Editor ,
A second American invasion
convoy was reported to have,
joined the assault on Luzon
island's Lingayen gulf today a ,
Superforts and carrier plane
blasted Japan's Formosa-Ryuky u
island reinforcement line to- the
Philippines. Other strong B-29
forces bombed Tokyo. .
Contradictory Japanese broad-,
casts reported successively that
io.uuu xamc soldiers failed In '
landing attempt at Lingayen.
110 miles north of Manila; Ahat
70 bombarding U. S. warships'
turned and fled; that a "second'
enemy convoy" reached the
Lingayen "combat zone" and
its escorting warships joined the
"first enemy convoy" in shelling;'
coastal fortresses. . . -
- - "Slacken Fixe"
: Tokyo radio reDorted TI. a.
warships, which began bombaraV
ing Lingayen last Saturday,-'
were slackening their fire, "evi
dently due to the loss of regu..
lar aircraft carriers."
Earlier the Dome! ' news
agency said U. S. warships1
steamed away Monday morning;
with Japanese planes in hot pur-
suit. It said some warships were
sighted in. flames west, of Man
ila. : .. ; ; ." '!
- -Japanese- -propagandists pouri
ed out their confusion of reports
as Vice Adm. John. S. McCain's
fast carrier force's combined
, (Continued on Page Three)
Cofd Wave Moves
To South, East ;
By The Associated Press ''
A cold wave which gave parts
of the middle west their lowest
temperatures of the winter was
moving into the east and south
today but it was gradually los
ing its bite, Chicago forecasters
declared. - " "
Light snow preceded the belt
of cold air which forecasters said
probably would push the mer
cury down as far as 5 to 10 be
low zero tonight in northern
Indiana, around zero in Ohio,
almost that cold in Pennsylvania,
well below zero in some north
eastern states, and below normal
in most of the south. Meanwhile,-
the. temperature was ris
ing gradually and . the winds
were diminishing over most of
the middle west, particularly the)
Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa.-,
Lowering of Vote
Age Proposed
SALEM, Jan. 9 (VP) Lowering
of the voting age from 21 to 8
was asked in a resolution for a
constitutional amendment intro
duced In the house yesterday by
Reps. Vernon Bull, La Grande;
Phil Brady, Portland; and Man
ley J. Wilson, St. Helens.
are democrats. -
3
83-Billion-Dollar Budget
Sent to Congress by FDR
By MAX HILL
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 ()
President Roosevelt sent to con
gress today an 83-billion-dollar
budget that might swing more
than 10 billion dollars up or
down.
It all depends on the war
and the president refused to pre
dict when the shooting will stop
in Europe or anywhere else. ..
"My only prediction," he told
congress, "Is that our enemies
will be totally defeated before
we lay down our arms."
At a moment when "fighting
all over the globe reaches a
climax of fury." Mr. Roosevelt
sent up his annual budget mes
sage for the fiscal year 1946
which starts next July. 1. - , .
; 3-Year Low
In it, he estimated total gov
ernment spending at 83 billions.
That would be the lowest in
three years. It's nearly. 17 tril
lion below the record spending
of 100 billion In the fiscal year
1945 which is now half over, !
He based tho 83-blllion figure
on a guess that the war will
require 70 billion dollars. The
other 13 billions are for:
1. Ordinary government ex
penses. Those would be reduced
from $3,502,000,000 to $3,286,-
000,000, which he called "rock-
bottom,
2. Three large items which
are growing fast benefits to
veterans,- interest on the publia
debt, and refunds to taxpayers.
Depend on War
Mr. Roosevelt said estimates
for 1946 war costs have ranged
from less than 60 millions to
more than 80 billions depend
ing on various war possibilities.
He hit upon 70 billions as a
"tentative" figure, but "the rata
of actual spending must depend
on development on the battle
fronts." Now 89 Billion '
War costs in the present fiscal
year are about 89, billion dol
lars. . ... ... ! V
No matter what happens
even if Germany fights on foi
another year and a half waj
spending is expected to drop in
fiscal 1946.
This is because:"lnHlaT equip
ment'" for the army and navy 1
about complete, the hugo wai
building program Is nearly end
ed, and our long, supply line
are filled with moving supplies
Budget Director Harold D,
Smith put It this way: We are
shifting from a "building up"
to a "maintenance" basis,