Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 November 1942 — Page 18

Task of Supplying China

. ARMY FERRYING COMHEADQUARTERS, NORTHINDIA (Delayed). (U. P)— gic war ‘materials are being out of this once-desolate land to Generalissimo Chiang s forces ‘at the rate of eds of tons monthly over ’s only remaining lifeline. th the coasts of China, Burma

to continue delivery of sup‘over the old silk route, the air route from here to the heart of

" Ohina’s southwest now is the key

of her armies. oo The United States army’s service of supply took over three major Chinese official organizations and numerous subsidiaries in June for the task of delivering war supplies

“from New York to China. Maj. + Gen. R. A. Wheeler, service of supply chief in India and his staff

since then have maintained a steady flow of most vital supplies by rail, fiathoat and airplane through this | gateway to China. Hoosier In Charge

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ports and then shipped on to northern India to await delivery in China by the army’s small but rapidly ‘growing ferrying command and the China National Aviation Corp.’s ex-

panding airline.

The man responsible for seeing

i ‘that the right shipments go on the

right planes at the right time to ‘China is a 29-year-old West Pointer,

Maj. ‘Henry A. Byroade of Ft. . Wayne, Ind. He has one of the

‘army’s toughest jobs — keeping ~ China on its feet.

Brig. Gen. Clayton Bissell, com-

in'China, India and Burma, recently coming from China and our army

who'll get ’em.” : Staff Increased When Byrgade arrived here in

couple of transports on the China run gnd the entire personnel was housed in one bungalow and a few mud huts. ‘By-June dozens of army planes were carrying hundreds of tons monthly over the treacherous storm-ridden mountain area separating India and China. Today, six hectic. months after the arrival of Byroade and his staff, army and

thousands of tons monthly. “It’s a fantastic—yet successful— attempt to supply our great ally,” Byroade said. “We're delivering atolls halfway around the world—there couldn’t be any longer route—and then over the hump. The last and toughest barrier. It’s heroic efforts like this that will win the war for us.”

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Times Special STAFFORD, Conn, Nov. 4— Migratory agricultural workers in the East are now returning to their homes after America’s first hig wartime battle against farm_labor shortage. ‘For the nation, for the farmers and for the migrants it is a trek of triumph. Itinerant harvest

hands have met the first serious threat of manpower shortage and,

eastern migrants worked this year no appreciable crop losses resulted. Preparations for the battle against crop losses were begun last winter when the government assigned the farm security administration to the

in the East. These camps, each housing up to 600 wandering workers and their families, were designed to serve as a ‘pool for transient help.

Few Workers Responded

‘But soon after the program was launched, it became obvious that the normal eastern migrant flow

had been’ diverted into the armed

forces or stemmed before it could start. Industry had attracted thousands. The gasoline and rubber shortages immobilized their jallopies. The season advanced relentlessly,

bearing with ‘it the greatest crops

the nation had .ever grown—crops needed vitally. by an America at war and ‘by its allies. Farmers in Maryland and New

Jersey, desperate: for held, drove

trucks to the South and brought in

Southern states, fearing that their workers ‘would not return, sought to" exclude outsiders. - A few North-

lern labor seekers were jailed and

sent home without ‘help. But ‘somehow, somewhere, New .Jersey and

hands to harvest their precious

East. Calls for Help Then early in September, the peak of the season came to upstate New York. School children and oldsters

But fruits and tomatoes and potatoes were too heavy for children. The FSA was drawing up plans for the transportation of Mexican workers into California late this

|fall when it received distress calls ‘{from New York’s farmers. Within 24 ‘hours. the agency reshaped its plans|, J |and announced that it was prepared | .|to ‘transport from any part of the ‘|country. all. the: skilled agricultural] £8 | workers who could be recruited by| ‘the United States: employment serv-

ice. In the’ week of worry ‘that folTowed, USES combed: a large area

for idle manpower. It found some | in: RISeniuiy. West, in Ten- | 500 of |

Migrants, Aided by FSA, Help Save Crops in East

generally, have solved it. Wherever|

operation of migratory labor camps, |

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Maryland farmers . found enough

had done an heroic, job in bringing| |in beans and other lighter produce.{

ward the transporttaion of each hand; FSA paid the balance of|| transportation costs, fed the migrants en route and housed them in five FSA camps on their arrival, which coincided with the arrival" of the season’s peak.

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—By Fred Harman

More workers were rushed into New Jersey and Connecticut to harvest the late crops there. Some came ill-clad for the cool weather then sweeping in from the Atlantic. | But clothes were found—farmers loaned them. Labor - hungry- industry, made bids for the Connecticut farm workers; but FSA and USES put their foot down. They warned migrants that their departure for industry would jeopardize the harvest, violate the contract between governpmen and labor. J. H. Wood, FSA regional director, expressed satisfaction with the oper- |

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