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‘to sign, the telegram said, acto the Iowa governor. remained possible presidenwere, however, with John Bricker of Ohio the field. Herbert Hoover e included and also Governor it. H. Green of Illinois, who is s Hoosier, if he is for Governor er for the G. O. P. presidential ration next year the Iowa govdeclined to commit himself. ndell L. Willkie, who really opsix farms in Rush county, wasn’t invited it was

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while delegates were con- . with a curious fact: state-wide survey by a Des Register-Tribune reporter that Iowa farmers generally h prosperous and contented. ition, most of those interid were entirely optimistic making the new wartime food

Claims Politics Out:

Rovernor Hickenlooper insists that tics are not involved in this g. He points out that he ited Secretary of Agriculture skard, Manpower Commissioner tt and WPB Chairman Nelall of whom said they were too Washington. ; sing the newspaper report ntentment on Iowa farms, the or said: p our farmers are prosperous. b they need help, both from men machines. Soybeans are not sted because combines are And WPB releases the kinds of tools for various ng areas. These are things ought to be ironed out. 'e do not intend to go into . price structure, or the difent economic policies advocated agriculture.”

Spangler’s 4 Freedoms

angler was an early arrival and ie an interview at once in which ‘pleaded for four freedoms for the S.A: . Freedom from crystal-gazers ashington. . Freedom from lame ducks. efeated Democratic Senator ; of Iowa recently was

As big an attraction as the lions at Seattle's zoo is their pretty keeper, 18-year-old Melvina Kuempel, who is relieving manpower shortage.

.Mrs. Byron Phillips, 17, of Los Angeles, is suing for divorce because her husband gives his pet lion cub more atlention than he does her,

county. Obviously, Marion county can afford far more than can Brown county. The social security board, however, seems blandly unaware of this situation while it presses con« stantly for a standardized program, county by county. Strangely enough, the federal government seems disinterested in letting the left hand know what the right hand is doing. There is the case of the southern Indiana county, which admitted frankly to the state department that its standard for aid to dependent children was not high enough —but that the removal of thousands of acres of local land from the tax duplicate through purchase by the federal government had tied their hands.

Draft Board Solved It

The county board could not ask for an even higher tax rate from an already burdened county to increase public welfare expenditures. So, too, has this complication

U.S. Security Board Ignores County Financial Problems

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highly cherished one of leveling

future” calls ‘for a nationalized scheme of handling all these various problems, including unemployment compensation. Pattern Is Not New The pattern is not new. It has been proposed many times by the

social security board. Only last month a bill was introduced in

the rich indusbe made avail-

Robert F. Wagner (D. N. Y.). Mr. Rosevelt were Economic Stabilization Director James F. Byrnes

4 Senators Get FDR 0. K. On Conference of

United Nations.

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gun to feel better as a result of the initial talks.

China, and others of the united na-

exchanges of views and opinions.

appeared in excellent health.

conference. Senators Draft Resolution

national against fubure aggression.

nations battle.

four auth

Joseph H. Ball (R. Minn.). were accompanied to the White

(D. Tex.) of the senate foreign relations committee and Senator With

and Presidential Adviser Harry L. Hopkins.

Grants ‘Specific, Limited’ Power As presented to thé president, the

- | resolution called for the United

The social security board, patently, is interested in Indiana only as a cog in this great national framework, the goal the

out all assistance problems all

States to take the initiative in forming a united nations council “with

specific and limited authority” to:

1. Assist in co-ordinating and fully utilizing the military and economic resources of all members in

prosecution of the war,

2. Establish temporary adminis-

Mr. Hull told correspondents that discussions of the nature he is now beginning with Eden could very well be extended to the Soviet Union,

tions who might wish to engage in

Senator Hull, just returned this morning from a Florida vacation,

Eden earlier in the day talked for an hour with Vice President Henry A. Wallace. A luncheon with Navy Secretary Frank Knox was scheduled to follow the Hull

Simultaneously, four senators, encouraged by White House approval of their broad objectives, prepared to ask the senate to indorse their proposal for an immediate conference of united nations representatives on a five-point program to wini the war and set up an interpolice force to guard

The senate resolution may be ready for introduction tomorrow. It probably will touch off the greatest corigressional debate on international relations since the league of

The senate plan was presented to | President Roosevelt yesterday by its nators Lister Hill (D. Ala.), Carl Hatch (D. N. M), Harold H. Burton (R. O.), and They

House by Chairman Tom Connally

nvasion of Japan Unlikely Until Late in 1945, Sas Bartholomew.

(Continued from Page One) animous in ‘the heartening _con-

Pacific. The poniposite opinion “of these men seems to be that the war can be ended by the invasion of Tokyo| in the winter of 19456 provided the European axis powers are conquered next year, which competent re believe to be the earliest practicable date. If the European war runs into a stalemate, the majority—but not the unanimous—opinion of top American military leaders in the Pacific is that it will take between five and 10 years to defeat Japan. In that event time would run heavily in Japan's favor. The enemy would be able to sit back behind| his outer perimeter of defenses and digest the fabulously rich loot of Hongkong, Malaya, Singapore and particularly the Dutch East Indies. The Japanese navy starved for oil before the war began, is now busily restoring captured weils of the Indies, getting the rubber and tin production functioning again and or-r. ganizing ‘a protected ‘supply line into Tokyo. Would Call for More Sacrifices .

If the united. nations allow that| to happen, they will have to win the war the hard way. It will be particularly hard if a stalemate still exists in Europe and the United States is forced to continue fight-

for the maximum of civilian sacrifices, something that has not even been approached yet. A great increase in the production of our war materials would be essential. And we would have to raise an army and navy which would call for the drafting of every available male up to the age of 45—single, married and fathers—except thuse engaged in direct war production. : We have had victories such as Guadalcanal, Papua and the Bismarck sea. But if Nimitz’s fleet happend to lose just one major engagement with the Japanese fleet, the whole picture in the Pacific might be changed radically in a matter of a very few minutes, Our stragetists then would have to contemplate the possibility of invasions of Australia, Hawaii, Washington,

De eedec. in’ halting enemy encroach- + |ments at least temporarily, but the

ing on ‘several fronts. It would call

\military’ leaders believe ve are not winning the war there at present goes back again to the time factor. True, we have been able to establish a physical line along the vast Pacific battlefront and have suc-

experts believe that is offset by the

exploit the loot they: captured.

But we have done ong important |

thing. Since Pearl Harbor we have the Jap is a superman. MacArthur and Nimitz and Halsey haye medsured the enemy and kiow beyond any question that they can lick him. What's more, their dir; soldiers”— the boys who do the ground fighting at the front—and their fliers and marines and sailors know it, too. ST

The legend of Jap invincibility evaporated when radio Tokyo complained that its troop: had to re.linquish Guadalcanal because the Americans were “better conditioned” to jungle warfare.

Gold Teeth, Jungle Money

Another Jap complaint dealt with the lerge number of Nipponese gold teeth in circulation among the U.S. marires as a sort of jungle money. No oe, American or Jap, doubts y longer that a well-equipped American is ‘more than a match, man jor man, against the flower of the Nipponese army. What will be the pattern of action once the planes, men and ships are available in the Pacific to start punching? You are told that it will include a gigantic aerial assault on Japan itself with the idea of knocking out Tokyo, Yokohama and the heart of the island kingdom. This attack will be based chiefly on the Chinese mainland. With that landbased aerial assault will come an attack by the three powerful divisions of the navy—surface, sibmarine and air. A’simultaneous aerial attack from Alaska by way of the Aleutians also may be anticipated.: Then will come the invasion. A route .into Ching will have to be opened and maintdined to supply the great fleet of bombers that will be needed. At present, Britain's Field Marshal Sir Archibald Wavell is testing the tenacity of the. Japs’ grip ¢n the southern end of the Burmgé road. When he has found out what he wants to know, he will be heavily reinforced with men and supplies—including American men

and American supplies,

Don't : Expect Full Victory

{be known only after operations are

fact that the Japanese, working: behind that line, have won time to,

[thoroughly debunked the idea that

| to the limit across Europe and, if

In Europe This Year, ~ Morris Warns.

{Continued from Page One) going to strike at phe continent will

launched. "This is now running in favor of the enemy's efforts to make the European fortress impregnable by exploiting the resources of the continent. Hitler has won an important ~ success by delaying our occupation of Tunisia—a success that increases with each day of delay. Allied power ‘Is being massed along a great steel ring drawn around Germany in preparation for land, sea and air sttacks this year designed to keep the enemy on the defensive and permit us to strike where we choose and establish a bridgehead on the continent. Hitler undoubtedly will attempt to regain the initiative in Russia or elsewhere this year, even if only for indecisive, short-lived attacks that would delay our invasion plans.

Guerrillas Can Help Us

The mustering of allied power, especially in the air, in the European and African theaters means that when Tunisia is cleaned up we are going to strike at many points in both the Mediterranean and along the North European coast. These thrusts will be designed to force the enemy to distribute his defensive strength in a thin line or leave some avenues of approach virtually undefended. Every point at which we strike in Europe potentially will be the point of a major invasion because we will be in a position quickly to develop any bridgehead we establish. Once we force the enemy to fight on two or more fronts we will be in a position to rally the guerrilla strength of occupied countries and to attack other points closer to Berlin. Only then will we be able to take full advantage of ihe war on the eastern front.

Greece the Third Front

The allied purpose is to keep the axis guessing as to where and when we strike, and this has resulted in considerable speculation as to the ‘pest avenue for attack, One plan often discussed in London calls for an invasion by way of Greece, This would have the advantage of stretching enemy lines

successful, of Seni the Dardanelles route for our convoys through : the Black sea to‘Russia. In effect,

he would seek to make a junction with the Red army. \ What we expect to do this year is coming into dim outline in words and deeds. Lieut. Gen. Frank M, Andrews explained part of it on the day he took over the European command when he said: we were going to bomb the enemy out of the war. The British and American air forces already have started the preinvasion “softening up” of the axis, - but it would be foolhardy to assume that the present scale of aerial attack can achieve that goal. We have made only a beginning and the current scale of planes and bombs must be increased many times. : Our commanders expect much heavier casualties as we intensify our offensive operations to break the Goebbels myth of the impregnability of the European fortress. Hitler certainly will .attempt to seize the initiative at sea this spring, probably within a month, by launching an unprecedented U-boat offensive to cut off American men and materials from the front lines, He has made clear that the estimated 250,000 axis troops in Tunisia will fight to the bitter end and con= tinue to receive supplies in an effort to hold the Mediterranean narrows to the last possible hour and thus prevent’us from shifting to the North Atlantic two-thirds of the ships now supplying the Middle East and Russia by way of the Cape of Good Hope.

Nazis May Try ‘Sabotage’ Invasion

He may strike anew at Russia this summer because elimination of ‘the Red army is still his greatest single hope of victory, but if that task seems too formidable, he may attempt to set up a defense line in the east and then break through Spain to Gibraltar in a bid to rescue Rommel from the Tunisian trap. He may attempt to disrupt our advance invasion base by an airborne “sabotage” attack on the British islands in which several especially ‘trained divisions would seek to destroy communications centers, air fields, bases and hare bors. Such an attack might do ine calculable damage before it was res pelled. If ‘those counter blows prove futile, the Nazis can still attempt to hold us back from the European coastline and play for a prolonged war of exhaustion ending in sa compromise which would be a Vie-

tory for Hitler.

med assistant OPA administra- trations for axis-controlled areas as

they are occupied by united nations | HHH HH forces, until permanent govern- : 8 ments can be established. ! an :

3. Administer relief and assist-| ance in economic rehabilitation ‘in territories of member nations needing such aid in axis territory occupied by united nations forces. 25 4. Establish’ procedure and machinery for peaceful settlement of disputes and disagreements between . | nations. 5. Provide a united nations military force to be used'in suppression of any future military aggression by any nation. Connally Favors Narrower Bans After their 90-minute visit to the White ‘House, the senators said: 3 “We had a most interesting conference with the president and reached agreement on the broad objectives of our program. We are planning further conferences.” Mr. Connally, whose committee

arisen in the matter of draft hoards. In this field, the federal government established the principle that the best qualified persons to dete e eligibility for army service rested in the individual communities. The soc fal uny board has never accep this principle. The: entire pattern laid down in President Roosevelt's fRlueprint of the :

over the United States, regardless of each community’s abilities to pay. The federal government would pay the freight. It has its points. But it would be a great weapon for Huey Long II, Nouldr'e it?

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Vincennes Hero in State

To Rush Drive for New Ship

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much as for the loss of the ship, hel said. “All they wanted. to do was to hurry up and get well and get back on a ship like the Vincennes so they could have another crack at those Japs.” ‘Iwill consider the resolution, was Mr. Moody modestly wears six|understood to have argued vigordecorations, including the purplejously’ against including economic heart. He forgot to mention that|and rehabilitation problems in the all the time he was helping those{resolution. He was said to have wounded men off the Vincennes|approved committing the united naand swimming about in the water,|tions now to collective action to he, too, was wounded in the legs. [maintain peace after the war but Mr, Moody calls his tour “just|to have contended that the rest of another crack at the Japs.” the resolution was premature and He thinks Hoosiers are going to|headed for strong senate oppositidn. take theirs by buying a new Vin-| NO representative of the state decennes. partment was present at the White

MARTHA BECKER, bs. disclosed that the four genators laid DIES AT HOME HERE

their plan before Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles on March 6. The state department is reliably reported to be issuing invitations this week to all members of the united Mrs. Martha Becker died today|nations to such e conference to be at her home, 2214 W. 16th st., after|held somewhere in the United a long illness. She was 68. She was born in Newport, Ind., but had lived here since childhood. She was the widow of John Becker. Survivors are four daughters,

States in the near future. Mrs. Florence Redmond, Mrs. Nellie

DR. MALAN SWORN IN FOR SECOND TERM Hohn, Mrs. Martha Young and Miss Helen, all of Indianapolis;

Dr. Clement T. Malan, state superintendent of public instruction, four sons, Charles A. and Paul of Indianapolis, John of Bradford, Pa.,

today began his second term of of-| and Henry W. of San Diego; three

fice. He received the oath from Supreme sisters, Mrs. Leo Rickenbach, Mrs. Norman Harding and Mrs, Anna

Court Judge Frank N. Richman in simple ceremonies in his office at the Owens, and two brothers, Vernon and Helen Hollingsworth.

state house. Funeral services will be held at

Dr. Malan is the last of the officials elected last Noovember to the Flanner & Buchanan funeral home. The time has not been set.

take office for their new terms. He Burial will be in Crown Hill

where the drive for funds for a new ship begins, Mr. Moody will meet Capt. William E. Mullen, his executive officer on the old Vincennes, for the first time since. they were parted when Capt, Mullen was

wounded and the ship went down. They've got quite a story to tell of how the Vincennes stood by to protect our boys landing and our supplies for the first time on Guadalcanal. “ Mr. Moody may even tell of how grown men actually cried when the ship slipped undcr the water. “She was still a youngster but even though she was young, she saw a lot of service. It was good service, too. Ask anyone. She covered more milef after five years than the ordinary cruiser.”

Serves as Pharmacist

Mr. Moody is a pharmacist, an aid to a medical officer. He was with the Vincennes off Capetown when the Japs came to Pearl Harbor. The Vincennes hurried home then for some repairs and then joined a task force on the West coast. From then on she was in the thick -of things—in the Coral sea, Midway, at Savo island. She stood by after our men landed on Guadalcanal to see that supplies got safely ashore. The Japs sneaked | up then but had. to sneak away when ships like the Vincennes held their “guard.” Mr. Moody was ‘at work in a battle dressing station aft when the action began at 2 a. m. He stood by his six wounded charges as the battle progressed and explosions rocked the ship. When the list became bad, he knew the time had come. He helped put the six wounded out through an escape hatch onto ‘the deck. One by one he put them over the side in their life jackets. Then ‘he slipped into ‘the water himself. He was only 50 yards away when the ship went under. He swam alongside other comrades and they} helped the wounded onto improvised rafts. They were picked up by a destroyer five hours later and then transferred to a transport. There Mr. Moody visited the wounded. Some actually were weep- : ing, not from their own wounds sof

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