Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1945, Nice, Alpes Cote D'Azur The stars and Stem International Shadow of Nippon tie Shadow of Nippon fell Over Potsdam last week atthe opening of the big three even before the conferees took t their seats around the circular table in the old Hall o the credible reports from Washington declared that the was preparing surrender terms for these rumours were fanned by the capitals announcement that president Truman would Rush Back to the White House As soon As the Parley thus cancelling his projected tour of talk of peace with Japan threw a big ques Tion Mark beside one of the main topics of the Potsdam Parley would Russia declare War on Japan if the ending of the conflict actually there May be Little need for russian whether peace was near or Russia May feel it necessary to declare War in order to receive More consideration in the peace terms for the Par for that very reason some said that the allies May not be anxious to have her declare Europe main topic far Eastern Drew Only some attention away from the main emphasis of the Potsdam which after Potsdam in a peace conference at which the occupation dismemberment and boundaries of and peace terms Between the allies and former nazi were to of also on the Agenda were such matters As feeding a hungry russian demands to Turkey on the what to do about Franco and whether which had declared War on should be admitted to the United As at Teheran and the world could learn Little of the meeting except from Short official announcements plus reams of color stories written by More than 100 correspondents from the other Side of the guarded conference the authorities had turned thumbs Down on the suggestion of holding press conferences to Brief the reporters after forbidding personal coverage of the officials even ordered army Public relations men to curtail the Little Aid they were giving the world would learn of the historic decisions Only As those who made them wanted them to be still not ready the vexing India problem has been de scribed As a Black Mark on Britain record for two last another at tempt by perfidious Albion to wipe off that Mark Field marshal Viscount the had drawn up a modification of the Cripps to give India an interim government that would pave the Way for eventual Dominion the plan i was presented to 21 Indian leaders at a muggy resort town in the Foothills North of new it was debated for three then Wavell admitted that the con Ference was a the failure of the Wavell plan gave some Point to Britain protests that India was not for Independence because of the hos j Utility of her religious 265 million caste the 40 million the 92 million moslem and the fabulously Rich princes who Rule their own native for a Long Britain had been bitterly often for playing these groups against each the failure of even Cripps Mission was placed at the door of British but the Wavell Inci Dent put new Light on the sir Stalford Gripps went to India two years ago to Oiler sell government after the War Indian i turning Down Nis demanded immediate Independence was Elf plan called for awarding indians All posts except defense on an executive Council which would be India equal proportions of hindus and moslem would be represented on the thus giving the hindus a numerical the Simla talks stalled on just that the moslem leagues Mohamed Ali walked at the Prospect of being outvoted on a hindu dominated the moslem feared that a hindu majority would oppose their cherished Ideal of an Independent moslem state in in Addi the moslem wanted All moslem seats on the Council filled from their but this was unacceptable to the hindu led Congress the Congress nationalists claim to represent All elements of the in Dian including they insisted that a few of their no league moslem should be Wavell personally assumed All responsibility for the breakdown at Simla in an Effort to avoid the inevitable ill feeling that is now developing Between hindus and the situation was potentially a dangerous India continued a perplexing question Mark for the postwar sheaf melts Britain India plan failed Mike stood guard Day last week outside the door of the panelled War room at Haefs Frankfurt main fidgeted uncomfortably in the sultry heat of the july afternoon and watched the greatest military coalition Ever gathered together under a single commander melt As rivulets of perspiration trickled Down his a private in the 508th Para Chute regiment sheaf Honor guards snapped to attention and arms while an Allstar cast of Allied general officers entered the heavily carpeted War room where supreme commander Eisenhower decorated them for their contributions to the Victory sheaf had won in its 17month created in in Norfolk House in a tightly knit combination of ten nations of the in its year and a half under functioned smoothly throughout five the last of which carried the Allied Headquarters to the Swank Farben Frankfurt Home earlier alliances the world had seen similar military com Bines countries bound to Gether by the necessity of War against a com Mon the 1686 league of Augsburg was the first great followed later in history books by triple and quadruple Al the holy the dual and the triple entente never before had so Many ten nations worked together and so Well toward a common More than an hour ticked by and finally the doors opened again and Mike snapped to attention As the Allied Backfield filed out of the War general Ike smiling broadly and chatting with his chief of general Bedell when they had turned the Corner in the Mike wiped his brow with his handkerchief and stood at Parade rest for the remaining few minutes of his guard trick commented the american press the end of one the most completely successful phases of the War commented private Mavracick t never seen so much brass in my a 7 Home Dull finance finance is always a difficult but when last july representatives of 44 nations gathered at Bretton to create an International monetary fund and an International Bank for reconstruction and the Public tried Admir ably to understand what was going laymen read articles they never before would have every one Felt that somehow it was tied up with the War and the peace to financial feeling their responsibility to the explained How the inter National fund was designed to increase world to remove some of the obstacles that make it hard to buy articles in foreign member it was pointed would Chip in a total of each country would make its contribution partly in but mainly in its own cur thus the fund would include monies of various proposed International Bank would see to it that countries which needed to rebuild or develop industries could get Loans for that the Bank would do this mainly by guaranteeing Loans made through private it would assume All or part of the sometimes the Bank itself would lend the in Case of All member nations would share the Smith in the Lynchburg news of the Banks capital of Over nine billion the would contribute about impressed by the Unity of purpose of the member still not caught up with the International spirit that swept tie nation in the period Between the at Dum Barton Oaks and san the people of the country listened carefully to debate in Congress and the commentaries that Fol debate in Congress the opposition described the monetary plan As a swindle and a an inter National the american Bankers voice of the big Money favored retaining the Bank but wanted the fund but even the Bankers were divided As the Heads of 11 major Philadel phia Banks recommended adoption of the entire Roosevelt administration leaders declared that the Bretton Woods agreement Laid the foundation for lasting one of the chief government officials of the present cd appointed will Clay hardheaded foreign Trade expert of the state department and one of Secretary Byrnes righthand supported the agree Fred Truman appointed Secretary designate of the has economic isolationism is just As dangerous to world peace As political Isola the House approved Bretton Woods by an overwhelming vote of 345 for and 18 As most of the country turned Tion to the which seemed Moore e and certainly was easier to last the nation turned Back said that i economic debate opened teach Senate with the opposition this time to teachers More an even harder struggle As a result to Schorling pronounced Success of the b agreement just made at san Robert Taft the Bretton Woods formula a Depietto released Foi draining our savings out of the instances states for the Benefit of the rest to Tach As has to most observers predicted he Ere the All who opposed were develops Liml Nate Osbolt school pattern s newly inducted soldiers sent to army of Elf lilo ing schools often bitched like hell beat James Caesar the army Nad such Tunny ways of Tea Middle Nam so unlike their own Public and High Mic Indus they will be surprised to hear Tofu Sec Camp at leading american educator was so to crack with i educational methods that he whom Tel their adoption throughout the nations school Barf Natteel Raleigh professor of that t Matics and director of teacher students the University of to bal 25 Michigan school principals and Josep made a four week tour of 2s a Rector and a and Navy installations on the switched As members of a University we their aim was to study Fri stymied for t forces training the be years a twine years ago last the first blow was struck in world War on july in the picturesque Garrison town of in Spanish a Spanish general and his moroccan regiments pro claimed civil War against the five year old Republic and its which had just been overwhelmingly returned to office in a National election the military rebellion was Oackes of an Alliance of Spanish great landowners and wealthy supported by Pas Cist Italy and nazi the Leader was a general who was killed at the outset in an air plane and his place taken by a hitherto unknown fran Cisco the next by a preconceived generals at various military centers on the Spanish Peninsula joined the they had at their disposal much of the army and the air Force and half of the a in answer to the local Republican leaders called general strikes and summoned the workers to the rebels were quickly overpowered in Madrid and Barce although they seized control of Many smaller the Republic failed to Deal firmly with the the leftist popular front composed of socialists and quarrelled bitterly on the conduct of the War ban Franco and Nis troops landed on the Southern coast of Spain with the Aid of German and italian transports and took Possession of most of the the War raged for two and a half with Franco slowly gaining control of Eastern and Western Mussolini sent him from to Hitler sent some mostly air plane and tank with this Franco soon had an overwhelm ing although he had started at a disadvantage of four to one in after several months he was ahead 121 in planes and 201 in Germany and Italy admittedly looked on the civil War As a testing ground for the weapons they were preparing for world War the dive bombers that later screamed Over Prague and the Blitz tanks that rolled Over Poland and West Ern All were Given their baptism of fire in the on Cue Omer receive no Aid from the some ironically including Germany am joined in a no intervention agreement in a move that enabled Franco Ulrica was a break supplies from the Axis while the of Fig is weapons got in the fall of the p and England embargoed arms to both 4 Russia Madrid was ravaged by bombs visited to
