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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, January 14, 1946

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1946, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes the an editorial pm and caste heard f a guns we might have expected the glib and unfair statement made by the Washington to the effect that not Many men still overseas have heard a inn As quoted in the new York Herald Tribune editorial reprinted by the stars and stripes it is deeply resented by thousands of us in the Manv Over Many Many who would be discharged now if we were in the have heard Many guns the general has made a facetious on thousands of men in his own we Nave had our intelligent insulted Many times during the redeployment period now it is our ser a few May he is worry about them now they can wait a few More in View of the startling ignorance displayed by the Secretary of War concerning rather significant aspects of the Point it might be Well to inform the general that Points were not Given for combat under the army combat stars were Given to be but everybody raked Vliem in Clear Back to including and Pigeon the infantrymen to a lesser the outer outfits who underwent privations in the lines inc Eivid no extra Points for being in tie genuine Combar the Bronze Star medal All too frequently a glorified Good conduct or Brown Star counted five the combat infantryman badge virtually All of us in the fifties saw months of thousands in the forties heard guns even a great Many in the the men in the states who could be our replacements Are the ones who general the statement that the number is very great is a typical army tending to create a false and the slur inherent in it is not hidden at it didst even have to we got it right 65 de 1m6 pilgrims Laud mete there was one Bright spot for is in the ions trip borne the redeployment that Taus when ure stopped with oar trucks at in the nay from Germany to at the seventh army transient by the aaa a we were Well taken care the medics were More than Wal ing to Aid some of our boys who needed medical their Cour Tesy and interest made is most thankful and sent us on oar Way with a White 375th f a Fri chivalry scuttled at sea to poor we nurses and was were forced to five in ill kept holds of Ute army trans port George do and civilian personnel had yet eight of our nurses were moved of their quarters to help pro vide room for the 200 Case of we 51 nurses and 159 was 45 enlisted White was and 114 enlisted coloured was were led to the hangar decks of which had in adequate facilities for female per we Tad a curtained Entrance where troops ventilation was poor because tiie port holes had to be the commander of the ship Tola m Nee bad to accent this or be taken off the shipping list for irom Lour to six Nib uts we fed that after two to three overseas the female person Nel should not be forced to live in these deplorable we jape that conditions willbe changed for further signed by 31 nurses and 22 enlisted Camp new seeks the answer tills is just another redeployment j Gripe and i dont give a Damn Pou print a i want is a simple answer a simple Why am hundreds like sitting Here with up to 64 Points no cd or bad time awhile Loi pointers irom the s2nd airborne ship Home most of the officers dont know and chose that give me the same old Stock in answers that cannot satisfy for the past three and a half Bea eved i was in a democratic fighting for a Date of cratic Icay of i do not think so sri 339 f though the gripes that have been voiced by our enlisted men in the War would of Fol great volumes and would doubtless scorch the paper on which they were itis promoting democracy in our How do these familiar charges leniently summarized they look reasonable Thev look there is no other Way to characterize the complaint that Espe Cial y in Forward have a monopoly of liquor of Al hour of dates with rss and red Cross and a Soly of transportation and recreation who has talked to returning service Merit oops that the enlisted men m Bear a Trudee against some of that feeling Cis be told to Normal human cantan a great Deal More of it must be to the system which sets up officers As a a privileged we can not build the kind of army and Navy we need for the future As Long As that impression pre vails in the mind of the average enlisted and it behoves us As a nation to find a the stars and stripes notes significantly that the complaints concern officer privileges in off duty not in line of duty combat wipes out almost All grudges while it but it is the nature of War that Only a Small proportion of men in arms Are engaged in frontline fight ing at any one the complaints by the stars and stripes May seem but they loom Large to men whose nerves have been stretched by strangeness and loneliness As Well officers should feel a particular obligation to study these charges and to try to urge the regulars toward a the reserves fell heir to a system which so Many enlisted men resent As and some of them bore their authority More arrogantly than the most unfortunate examples of Annapolis Ana West the great body of Reserve Felt a closer kinship to their below civilians who did not happen to get a com they would serve the army and Navy Well if they would work out patterns for relationships Between officers and men which would eliminate Tose Little inequalities that those Small injustices that antagonize Young men who have been brought up on democratic Prin from uie Louisville 13 production prospects for aircraft Industry during mite it estimated As More and an Overall payroll a Gull least persons is according to a Survey by Craft industries associate of Sitf air plane  firms Are anticipating the Foo own orders for next year Ujj for Mui Tarr mately for cot Loujis Cial at and for personal than the Money is expected to produce More than planes far life armed mostly newer and advanced types Between 300 400 commercial and at least private to be converted ra0 eats austerity basis London Jan 13 no pampering of appetites Rule for United nations Ion rationing is strictly on an austerity basis if the representatives of 51 a s choose to eat at the establishments set up for Caterine is on a serve yourself basis with two cafeterias set aside for clerks and usually they Are packed to with Long lines fare was simple yesterday the fare was and it reflected England emphasis on filler foods and the prevailing Lack of luxury menu included a meat pie or boiled potatoes and Brussels like All British it was limited to three but even this modest Bill of fare had to be Cut when the number Nan 10 us Vul of waiting delegates and their aides exhausted the food delegates Are not strictly to austerity most l j it 1 of them Are billeted in London hotels where a reason Najiy Lark i Large Aloice of fairly fancy food is usually Laski bids British cling to Russia 13 Harold chairman the British labor party executive com lambasted America of big business As reactionary in International rela and urged Britain to cling to Anglo russian Solidarity As Kev to world the Sussex federation labor close hers perfectly compatible with Friend give atom facts to Uno committee asks new Jan 13 committee of atomic Energy scientists issued a statement today urging the Canada and Brit Ain to give to the Tajno atomic Energy commission sufficient knowledge Lor its and said this could be done the secret without of the surrendering atomic the including members of the Manhattan project which developed the stressed the need for setting up a worldwide control system for atomic Energy without adding that an atomic race Between nations must be forestalled by immediate effect planning far Nouni likes Hyde Park site 13 United nations committee Survey ing possible Sites for permanent Headquarters of the world Organiza Tion expressed itself deeply impressed with the Hyde Home of the late president Roose it was reported yesterday by radio from new Stoyan yugoslav ten for foreign affairs and chairman of the said that Hyde Park would be Given serious consideration and that if the estate was chosen new York City would be interim Headquarters while toe estate was being pre the radio report she Industry a Ning to keep Many of As Busy during the firs six next year converting More tits military transport Plant tto peacetime use As luxury air compared with wartime production and employment pets for 1946 Are inn Iuteri Industry officials appeared is tic Over the v Peak employment in Warta was More than who during 944 turn id out planes of All cutbacks following the in hostilities have shrunk Amaram aircraft Industry from the manufacturing group world to 15th or 16th place America is doing everything pos sible to maintain an adequate flow of wheat to according to a statement issued by Ambas Sador Jefferson International new service sections of the French press had piously attributed the recent re Newal of bread rationing to insufficient wheat shipments from the France j envoy objects to loan for poles Willie and Joe 13 ican ambassador Arthur Bliss Lane bluntly informed the polish government yesterday that he would oppose granting any funds to Poland As Long As present conditions prevailed in that the ambassador protested against anti capitalistic measures by the provisional including the decree nationalizing All Basic industries employing More than 60 persons a he told the for eign ministry he considered that the 1931 commercial treaty Between Poland and the had been Lane declared that the treaty permitted free entry and develop ment of commercial enterprises to Poland by american manufacturers of personal Craft now Are in fallout Cove tent to peacetime production ready have a backlog of More than private not More than Are to be produced during j three new arrest of in probe on Hitler 13 1 More persons were arrested Day by British Security connection with the Luftwaffe col a theolius for questioning by b Hitler intelligence Alwg i were Baron von Bose Lar Karl Fraulein Mush von Betow was captured a and is being continuously Quel rub f 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