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THAILAND IN THE MIDDLE,
SEEKS PEACE — BUT HER
ARMY IS TOUGH AND READY
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AP FEATURE SERVICE
BANGKOK, Thailand — Re
ports from reliable sources here
agree that the Thails (Siamese)
are prepared to fight and will
give a good account of themselv
es, if attacked.
Thailand is caught between
two world powers pushing in op
posite directions. On the Indo
China border is a powerful Jap
anese army. On two other bor
ders, in Burma and Malaya,
there are large British forces.
The Thais have no quarrel
with Japan or Britain.
British Ready
But Japan’s ‘southward march’
particularly since the move
■which brought Japanese troops
into Indo-China, threatens to cut
right across Thailand, in a pos
sib’e move toward Malaya and
Singapore. It is reported, on the
best authority, that Japan has
been negotiating with the Bang
kok government for bases and
the right to pass troops through
Thailand.
Observers believe the British
answer to this would be prompt
and vigorous . . . British troops
would get there first. In either
case, Thailand would find itself
at war.
However, the highest govern
ment officials in Bangkok insis:
their only concern is to maintain
friendly relations with b th sid
es. At the same time .they admit
their po*!ion Has -freen complies!
ed by a flirtation of some year'’
standing with the Japanese.
It reached a climax a few
months ago when Japan media
ed in the border war bo tv
Thailand and French Indo-China.
Thailand got large slicr-s o'
French territory under tl -
auspices. Now, Japan, is n port
ed increasing diplomat c pit -
sure for an agreement with Thai
land.
The Thais can put 400,000 first
i line troops into action at a mo
ment's notice, mobilize another
600.000 reserves.
The Thai air force, probably
around 250 fighters and bombers,
is composed of American. Italian
and Japanese ships. Their bomb
ers gave a very good account of
themselves, eye-witnesses re
port, and were largely instru
mental in dislodging French
troops. The Thais never tried
nightly bombing but were fair
ly efficient in attacking ground
positions with machine-guns.
“Courage to Bum”
Only a few army units are me
chanized, but foreign military ex
ports believe there is enough of
such equipment, in view of the
terrain on the Thai frontiers. It
is largely jungle and roadless. (
.As for the fighting qualities of
the Thai soldier, this is the testi
mony of a French officer:
■‘They had courage to burn.
They came on and on against us,
even when we were dropping
them in piles in front of our po
sition.”
—
Hitler Says
Nazis Won’t
Attack II. S.
I^’RLtN -5- Adolf II itlsr an
nounced that German warships
vc been ordered not to attack
American vessels except in self
d. ferae.
H tier’s announcement f Ilow
ed passage by the United Slates
Senate of an amendment to the
mtralitv Act, to permit arming
of merchant ships and to permit
American vessels to enter the
war zones.
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LOVE S IN THE Al R—If this picture were wired for
sound, you might hear w'eddlng bells ringing. Both Janls Carter
(left) and Marian Rosamond, two former New tfork models now
seeking film laurels in Hollywood, are getting married, they say—
Janis to Carl Prager and Marian, to Charles Drew. Marian is a
, former Boston University campus queen.
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Murray Is
Made CIO
Mead A^ain
DETROIT. Nov. — Philip Mur
ray of Pittsburgh was re-elected
to a second term as president of
ihe Congress of Industrial Or
ganization.
Murray coupled his re-election
with asking President Roosevelt
to give labor further opportun
ity to aid in the defense effort.
Murray demanded that big busi
ness cease attempts to freeze wag
es. The CIO president held that
organized labor must fight even
harder for its rights because the
war might stifle civil liberties.
Smith to Organize Oil Men
Murray appointed former La
bor Board Member Edwin Smith
to assume charge of organizing
the nation's oil workers under
the CIO banner.
Murray told delegates to the an
nual CIO convention that Suith’s
appointment did not consist of
an admssion that Smith always
was a loyal CIO member. The
union chief declared Smith was
selected because in Murray’s
words, “labor needs such a
man.”
Half a Million Workers
Smith proposed organization
of a vigorous drive to form an
organization with a potential
membership of a half a million
oil w'orkers. ... ..
The CIO yesterday elected its
first woman officer during the
labor organization's Detroit con
clave. .
Defense Lag
Is Put On
Big Business
WASHINGTON — Assistant
United States Attorney General
Thurman Arnold eharged that
big business was to blame for?
the lag in the nation's defense
production.
Arnold spoke on the Univer
sity of Chicago Round Table
Broadcast from Washington. He
said that big business interests
were afraid to expand production
of basic materials for 10 months
because of a fear of glutting the
market after the war. Arnold ex
p ained that these fears were nat
ural but claimed that they were
unjustified because full produc
tion will provide more goods for
a larger portion of Americans.
The assistant attorney general
added that businessmen conceal
ed shortages by over-estimating,
str-ks and under - estimating
needs.
Arnold concluded that he hop
ed full production would break
the monopoly problem and ex
pand the production of basic mat
eria's. He said that if the econ
omy was not dominated by a few
powerful interests the problem
will be solved.
SOURDOUGH STATIONERY
Write to your friends and rela
fives on the ‘Outside,’ using Sour
dough Stationery. They'll get a
big kick out of it.
NAZI COMMAND
—Grn. Walter von Brauchltsch,
field rnr*-shal and romtnanrici •
ln-c!iiri of ;ne (irrman *>>nlis,
celebrated ilia doth birthday at
field headquarters on (Hi. I.
Lillie Fellow
Favored In Armv
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New Contracts
WASHINGTON — The Army’s
newly intensified policy of bring
ing more facilities into defense
manufacturing and giving the)
“little fellow” a chance at de-|
fense contracts is expected to re- ■
suit in substantial savings for thoi
government, the War Depart
ment announced. When bids were
recently ooened by the quarter
master general for 1,250.000;
woolen coats. Cl firms submitted,
bids. Upon suggestion of OPM’s
Defense Contract Service, it was!
decided that 50,000 garments
should be the maximum order
awarded to any one firm.
This quota arrangement insur
es spreading the work among at
least 25 manufacturers instead of
a single low bidder. The inereas
ed competition, as indicated by
the large number of bids submit
ted. has resulted in prices 10 per
cent lower than the cost of the
same garments a few' months
ago.
Mrs. Roosevelt s
Income Taxes
Next March, Mrs. Roosevelt
will pay her largest income tax
Her income i= higher, and so is
the tax rate.
Principal new item is the
$52,000 from her radio sponsors,
the Pan American Coffee Bureau
The bureau's seven coffee-produc
ing countries have chipped in to
nay the First Lady $2,000 for
each weekly 15-minute broadcast
for 28 weeks.
Actually, she will earn only
half of this sum during this cal
endar year, the remainder in
1942. The tax on the $26,000
earned in 1941 will come to
$17 330. This is based on the safe
assumption that Mrs. Roosevelt’s
t income is a'ready in the $75,000
bracket, and thus the added ra
dio income is taxed at a high
rate.
Formerly, the entire revenue
from Mrs. Roosevelt’s radio
broadcasts went to charity. The
sponsor paid the entire amount j
direct to the Friends Service j
Committee and Mrs. Roosevelt!
never saw the check. But Con-1
gresman Ham Fish accused her
of evading taxation, and now
Mrs. Roosevelt deducts from the
income whate ver is necessary to
meet taxes, and pays the balance
to charity.
The result is—thanks to Ham ]
Fish-—that charity’s share is far
less, and the principal benefic-i
'arv is the Bureau of Internal!
Revenue.
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An overflow crowd in the flag-decked circular marble amphitheater in Arlington National Ceme
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for. and added: “And if they are obliged to fight they will fight otcjmally to hold it.” Vice Presi
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