London Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 20, 1945, London, Middlesex                                Page 2 the stars and stripes 1945 the stars and stripes printed at the times publishing for armed under auspices of the information and education special Lafor Patlon contents passed by the army and Navy subscription 26 shillings per rear plus to entered As second class matter at the Post new under lilt acl of All material appearing in this publication has Bern Holmen Anil edited by uniformed members at tote army Ami Navy except where stated thai a Tomlian or other outside is being editorial Aid busing is printing House ec4 d 9 Trot offices Bedford 2184 Swindon Sutton Oaks february 1945 b out note Lack of space forces us to limit All letters published to not More than 200 the tanks we have 1945 to the bag i have just been Reading what army chief of ordnance has to say about Armor being better than anything he germans have to Well i want to say something about am a tank Man and have been fighting for some if they would go to the men up front who use the tanks and see what they have to they would make that tank As big As the Pentagon we do get by with the tanks we but there Are Only two reasons Why we do by having a very Good air Force thank and the men have concerning published reports that tanks cannot Cope with Armor and fire Power with the newest German i want to say if the ordnance men get in a tank and go up and fight a Day or so they would soon see what 1 the newest German tank is better than anything we have in the Way of i Joe 1945 to the bag May i ask you Are we or Are we not to be i Joes in your news paper 1 have just received a news paper from Home with an article by the a that states that we resent the and gives comments from several noted War also a statement by one of the editors of the stars and stripes to the effect that a copy desk ruling forbids the use of the term i i have no horror of any name you or your cohorts might dig up to slander being in ordnance years makes one immune to pain from verbal or journalistic attacks but since the Date of the a article i have seen the term used and today your picture editor let Loose with use of the Erm numerous times in his Man of the year just who on the staff of the stars and stripes abides by the besides the London edition of the stars and there Are editions published at Rome and the statement did not come from the editor of the London edition we have no copy desk ruling against use of i a term which represents to As we indicated by our Man of the year a great How How Trae a Soldier who has a hot time in town usually ends up in a i shades of Jon Hall a Corporal some where in Belgium stepped into the order room one morning with a banged what happened to you Barkei the first snapped the Corporal i just had with Tomm n quip of the week by Jack she gave him such a dirt prayer 1945 to the bag in response to your column of i thought it was the prayer of every Christian Man has seen action on the nurse recruitment 1945 to the bag these people have spent from three to four years undergoing a darn stiff course of with Little or no financial to become registered the civilian r19s Are doing quite when they look at their Sisters in who by and Large Are still second they naturally hesitate to take the if the medical corps would Check its own House and determine the number of nurses that Are second lieutenants with three and even four years of i think they will find the real reason for their people even nurses like a Little i have not attempted to paint a sob of the heroic Job these women Are doing for our men in All War but someone is Blind As i do right by those you and the chances Are you will get Hose you Joseph 1945 to the bag we understand from life in Hose that the army newest inducement for nurse recruitment is an May we suggest that if the quartermaster has so Many Coats they be made Avail Able to those nurses who Are overseas and not Able to buy a coat at any Price you cannot conceive of the red tape involved in the Purchase of a much needed of Hose not to speak of and the implications in actually having worn out a pair of it is also possible that if there were some adequate provision made for clothing instead of bribing them in this kindergarten our civilian Sisters might not be so hesitant in volunteering for army glance that Shes now a member of the  note from a Small detachment stationed in a chateau somewhere in we Are without any direct communications for receiving the Correct time so at reveille this morning our lieutenant made this statement will Contact an a outfit located get the Correct time and have it exsted on the bulletin Board so All men can synchronize their who said time Waits for no two Joes stepped into a Cinema which was highly whats that smell asked one of the dont quipped his it must be coming from the incidental troop trains Are mentioned in the it the lord made every creeping Man who hesitates is girl who scientific a hug is Energy gone to remember this old gag two men got off the one had come to town for the other was a Soldier on today simile thanks to Alvin As wonderful a Guy As a non smoker on ration conscience May be blamed for a lot of things that Are really do to cold an editorial the squad and the medic it want much of a no no just a Batch of Volk grenadiers holed up in a with Kar Biners and burp guns sniping and sputtering the squad took the place kept spread out and threw in their straight and fast and Busi they teamed with the tanks and ads like the team work paid Ken zen fell like a Leaf from a shrivelled tree and Lay quiet and Brown and bruised on the the main casualty was the to stalled by a House where a Ger Man had pumped in a Panzer the Crew tumbled two of them dropped on the the blood and vomit looked Black against the the didst see them at Down the Road from somewhere came the moving As fast As he could through the straight looking Safe and fearless behind his Cross emblazoned helmet and the big red and White Brassard on his he reached the wounded men and began to Bend then he pitched on his face in the his errand of mercy ended by one last crack of a German the squad was they cursed that German not not under their they cried out aloud in their with the anguish of men who had lost their Best in the cellar that night the squad talked about the and someone you cant Ever pay off Guys like a labor reporter sees Falcio rivalry Keener in fight to save labors War won gains of americas outstanding Labo whose work has won him the pulitzer Louis Stark looks at the american labor picture in this exclusive article for the stars and he i attending the world Trade conference in by Louis Stark new York times correspondent the wartime policy of organized labor n the United states is to safeguard wages and working stand ads for the Post War whether one agrees entirely or partly with the methods pursued by he Trade unions to attain their object ves is important of but most people probably would say hat Ardwon standards attained after Long years of Effort Lous hould be in the states there is continual discus up front with m All l Din heat Sion of what to do about wage and Price controls after the the fact that the National War labor Board in a compulsory arbitration has begun to be irksome to the they Are lets return to collective bargaining As soon As there is no talk of dropping the no but the american federa Tion of for seems to be More anxious to drop the wage control aspects of the government labor adjust ment machinery than is the Congress of Industrial what about prices to both wings of labor the question is if you drop wage controls what about dropping Price controls observers find it difficult to get Assur ances if wage controls Are dropped and Price controls living costs will not again begin to in the United for the Trade unions seem to be one with the govern ment in wishing to relax controls slowly but not to abandon wage controls so As to permit economic action strikes for higher pay while trying to hold prices the big labor Story in the United states in the next few weeks will be the negotiations for a new agreement in the Coal Industry to replace the present two year strike possibilities Good will John Lewis Call a strike of his United mine workers in this crucial War period As he did two years ago if he is not satisfied with the possible conces Sions offered by the Coa operators judging by what happened the last time the answer would be in the recent reports indicate that Lewis has not been taken Back into the the federation says that he wants to return on his own last april they turned Down his application for that reason and apparently he has not yielded a needless to say the failure of these negotiations gives the Cio a sense of those in the Al who were urging approval of Lewiss application did so in the belief that he would help smash the Cio from his Vantage of membership in the his ability to wreak his vengeance in this destructive manner of emphatically denied by the important repercussions the leadership taken by the Cio in the move to form a new world federation of Trade unions will have important repercussions in the states and the Al will probably suck to us opposition to joining any movement with which the Cio and the soviet unions Are this division is Likely to be source of embarrassment to the american government in the near indeed the rivalry Between Al and Cio is Likely to increase rather than although the members of both organizations work together frequently on the lower the top leaders Are ii ill wide cooperating Only when hey have to get together on government committees or organized labor As a result of the War Las won Many has increased really in membership and whether these gains can be held in the postwar period Dep efts largely upon the of responsibility displayed by the Abor they talk Turkey learn that if bullets fail words can win by Pat Mitchell stars and stripes staff writer with the dynamite  Deton the Hollan born infantryman really got threw away his Rifle and went after the Pillbox Charles an 19yearold infantryman in the regiment commanded by William of Palo had attacked one Pillbox with Satchel the explosion of which sent the germans reeling from the cracked but the second Pillbox was difficult because of a Large Garrison and clusters of mortars which were blanketing the assault said Devisser in school Bookish he there were four of us but mortar fragments killed wounded another and the third went that made me sore but to top that the wires on my Satchell charges were wet and the 1 dynamite  Devisser got word Back for new charges and sat Down to guard his private Little inside the Pillbox he could hear the germans moving around and he told the to come out and but those Guys inside knew what their mortar fire had done and they laughed at i can speak German and heard them making fun of that went on All night and in the morning the fresh int had not come was tired waiting around and threw Down my walked Over to the Box and told them to come out right then i stood up showing them that i was unarmed and sincerely offering them a Devisser smiled grimly and first one came looked me Over carefully and saw i was pretty Damn peeved but he ducked Back in again and came out with the whole and three an radio program 20 sports up the the ranch guest up the is sports supper music society lower Basin mercers music band of the Shore news from the 21 album with to by Jimmy by the Dinning from after american of the up the news trom the