A GE INA __ ,_.... ____ _ Te Unit ed S te o v n m n t i s evening publ i e s ns tional c a r e i e g ov n ent .. of A~gen ina. In a ocu ent thirty-tot ousand ord long, Uncle m accuses the Perone g v ·nm nt of having given positive ai to Nazi Germany wile posing as a neutral. It mentions Colonel Juan . Perone, the strong man of A~gentina as he is c lled, as the leading culprit. Perone is a candidate for president in the election to be held February T enty-Fourth. All the accusations are contained in a blue book which the State Department has sent to the governments of all the American republics except Argentina./~~mounts to a tacit invitation to the A Argentine ,, colonels. " eople to throw out the government The blue book lists five pr'ncipal x ofiLi, accusations. It charges that members oft e govern ent of colonels cooperated itb a ent of the Axis for espiona e and ot er cts hostile to e war effort of .. the United Nations. It char g er that A;ge tine t . a 1 i r n r o u n g e u wit Nazi roups, or anization n ea er ... 0 er e i te in A entina long Nazi lines. r overn ent C . r es t at ome of e colone l con pir it"' our enemies 0 un ermin the ov e rn ent of C ile, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and Brazil the Axis b l o c ~ Argentine " o ~ to ring the ■ into overn ent after another protecte t e Nazis and Fascists in economic matters ~~ to ae &s- ,e ptii!IH!T~ control of Argentine industry and K-t- commerce.'1-, 1 1l1 :::twt»~ It also charge 11the ruling ' clique'.1 Argentina wi~e ~awing,conspire to obtain ar s from Germany. Toni g t's story from w~s ington reports t a t this blue book rea d s like an , . Phillips Oppenheia riller.~•e O ateDepart ent maintains that this Argentine Nazi plot was aimed chiefly against Uncle .-t' Sam and President Roosevelt's good neighbor policy. A Tr.e complicity with Nazi G rmany, sys he blue book, dates from Pearl R r or own to the pres nt moment. ARGE TI A - 3 --------- e tate ~partment~aeee thoee wapaoc "Behind the record of bro en promise n repeated ple ges of coo era ion, the enemy. • we h ve proof posi ive of complicity with ~ ~~ Artd it &eutk~e-.. "It c n be cured only hen our brother people of Ar g entina are represented by a government which inspires full faith and confidence at home and abroad.P. JhH'Q t:a Q · c t ure f . U n i t ~ ~tes o ~y - ~ i n t i i n i me o e ~~~ A-.T r . tle l :i r g est~ . c iti 111 tl;c str i . e- ound. New York, Phi l a el r ia and Pittsburgh' ~ f ir t, third and tenth in not o nly inconv e ~ience but ards i , n I trreatened ith orse. ore t . an twelve mill i on people.-. p l c e d in this po ition by sixteen thous nd odd t i •• I stri ers. ~~~~&~-G.~ New Y 0 rk City l:a:virtually paralyzed under A what is called "disaster rule", whic is next door to martial l a . Ro business, no theatres, no work except ~ for a few essential operations. 1 is••• \uu ■ brought about byte a lkout of j:Dst, t irty-five hundred tugboat operators. """'Philadelphi'}ft:'!"4. nMh n h<ily <>fl', 11 0 st ef +,i,.e ,-eo,,l.e of t.he Ci4iy 0£ 811-et»l-iePly I»eue fol\. l•-T'k~ t e second d a ~ '11"e. ~ d ' 1 ' to t i r j o s \I i t. out benefi of troll e y, subw y or bu se . Ju~ tw o pub i c ve i c le were ava i lab l e in 11 il el a 'i4t~ee ~ ro l l e y C in i OU 'f:11 9 line -&M t r . t xi!• • ~ om " r e 0 To o n ° i l _ e ol fl y t t e s 11 ~ tr i n i n Fontaine Y ox' amou c- C ., oon . I t only en er :, ~ eople on e ir y o t e u e e nt p a r ~ s t e e com any e e r mia s io to i co tinue t e 1:ne. Today t o e ~ . . . jammed. " ~ Ta peopi @ ~ o littl c r cars ft'P1t running, tran port tion ~ a standstill, ec cols nd factories shut , ~ <he probabili tJ•• an th~t Pittsburgh ill be blacked out toni g t. 7P PPe~id en ~ i..,.,.,u,._ tti:...eed t o se-iz e ~h• at, o : t i ; ~ : _ ~ e d i c a l ociety of Alle beny Count~ sM ~••, st . rike will cause many eople to ~ie o f 1 tav , sti oa if it lasts much loner. Surgeons have been unable to perform necess ry operations t the ospit ls . Mines and mills cuts ort t eir o er ions or clo ed . . - own. e m h e t i.ug la cut o f f n elev or s ervice curt i le d in offic e bui l in g . P ac kin g houses un a ble to op era te be c ause ~ r : ' f r i g e r a t i o ~ milk A It sup p ly ma y be cut off soon. B t h t e mayor an the li g ht c o m p a ~ ~ ~ ~ t to lig t a sin g le bulb mor e th a n It F q r a n d way the most s e riou s , the most ' ~ "'-~L.. ,_,,,, , ~ --~~ .... incre d ibl~pH~t; ~ i C or 11 ■ ew York ~ " : ; than ninety per cent of all business and industry T shut down in F ~ ther Knickerbocker's five boroughs. Kot a c tagite store 1:8 open except •eeh--N g roceries and delic a tessens. lew Y 0 r k ~ ~ the rule of I\ a D ' s as ter Co n trol Board. ~ consist7or a ll t h e ,) city com m isS~oners and ot r qr heads of departmen~ ~ h e Police Commissioner tls Chairm-Z:-j■'1 · ~.,.., wJ,,fri... e ■ euat.~ dictatorial power over ~ls pciple ta t e city. At some of the sub~ay st a tions stood policemen, preventing people from g ettin g on t~e tra i n s unle ss they could how t h at they we~e wor k ing ~ a - c . for e ss ential indust.ries ~;t,c,!le tnel'2de all. 1.be-t- nee ' - 1u,ythMt~~~•i.-t»~ food, public utilitie r , ~ communic tions 1 including newspapers and radio. Apartment house nd hotels have only enough fuel to he~t them to sixty degrees. The ironic part of the story is that the government seized the property of the struck tow boat . companies; but noting happened. The Federal Administrator today telegraphed an appeal to everyone of the thirty-five hundrer. strikers, beg g ing the ■ to return to work, and work for the government. T~e head of the union replied that the strike will go on until they settle with tbe owners. The union did agree yesterd y to arbitrate, but a majority of the owners decline to sub ■ it •• a1bit1a~iea all the nuestions W.at are in disputef. to use Bv a later ruling oft e Disaster Control Board, banks will be allowed to open tomorro i , also laun ries. Banks are considered essential because wk•• wit . out t em food cannot be distributed properly. S t o r e s ~ sell ne spapers may open, but a r ■ a, -to notJ\ sell tobacco. 'P-t,e preea'hilit,y is thot +>ttere will ~e • . Rew l••eey ~1 ferry and tabe, eepeeially by ~~ire~, ~op 1 e , 1 i a• e e •en t' es tau I an t !I w h i c 11 a Pe al ;I: •••a ii • .. as■z1xxl~•xl■•,••1x■ffazaixs~■x••*•x•■ rx■ z•x•xni■•x•f ~ / At half past five this afternoon, there was a break in the tension, a rift in the clouds. Rew York's Bealth Coamissioner announced that the fuel supply had iaproved during the day, enough for hi ■ to permit restaurants, bars and night clubs to open. But . . trouble with that is.., th1- waiters, musicians, A•J entertain~rs,~bar-keepers, were given the night off. So the zaasa•z re orts can take the padlocks off their STRIKE - 6 ------- • door■ and let people in, providin g they can find theut 8.c-]lt . . ~ ~ ~ • .._-tl1= 22 ;;i:::::+.'r! hP, •.,t, lie epa■ ~I~~:- 7/4 ~ :I;: . , In the General Motors strike, the same old story. The Company offered the auto workers a raise of eig teen-an d -a-half cents an · hour, t e same raise tJl:a, the electrical workers accepted, five cents higher than the last offer to he union. The answe;, t tt11t I ■ tJ!,;.ssed by Walter Reuther, union vice-president:_. ~ h e woula"'n\t even meet again with G.I., until tbe agree• Company"-•••*~,•ith the suggestion of Pre ident Truman's fact-finding board"'f::7nineteen-and-a -half cents an hour f'.. plu~ other conditions. Reuther added that the Company had tied a long string of conditions to its offer. ,1!t1 deeinien ia no '"8arpPi10, 1+s lu.1ti lte-ea ~ i'ePeshadewed .fer _.&JI•• The Compan1 1 s uggested that the to work under an interim agreement, fo- to discipline or discharge any of its employees at t e STRIKE - 7 ------ re ~ uest of the union because of any difficulties they may h•ve with their union. The Company also wants a clause giving t e Company security that the union will live up to its contract, which means protection against wildcat strikes. S e c re ta ry o f J ar Pa e r on t o a y came &m'P'Afl'MC"&:t..~ to the defense of G neral Mar k Clark. ~ i ! H~.]n ans w er to the upro a r made by men of the Thirty- ixth T e x s Divi s ion becau e of the heavy ca s ualtie s they suffered in tbe Ba t le of the R~pido River 1 in H1neteen Forty-Four. $;~::et;::c~l.- •l ,e reunion of th~ D ivision a t Brownwoo d , Texas, bd M O ~ there was a dem a n d for a c on g re s sional inquiry. Some of the veterans described the battle as a fiasco and s p oke bitterly of - G~neral Clark, s91~ be had sacrificed American live s needless~~alled hi■ " inefficient and inexperienced. 1Pa ~ S e c r e t a r y Patterson inve s tigated• 8lllll \hen~ ~.,. wrote to Con g ressman May, Chairman of thel\Militar1 Affairs e o m ~ t ~ t h e r e ~ad been no unneces sa ry sacrifice of American lives. "The c a sualties in the ~.t.b.sJ£c:~dV\ I B at t 1 e of ~he R o p i d o , :,..• o u a f'tkl:11•., A • are t o be g a t 1 y re rett e d. levert h el es s, thee fe e t of t a t action w a c t o d r a w the G er ma ns a ·a y from t e A m eri c n an i ng io c , n . contr i but in m a jor egree to minimi in the c ualli e Rn o t e firm establis . ment of the be,, ea at Anzio." T~e actual ca s u lties at the a i o tle w e re a hun re d and fifty-five killed, on t .o usand, fifty-t O *~•- missing. "The ounded, nine hundred nd twenty-one ..s-~. operation," s id•Patter on, •was A carefully planned, properly executed." A11l then he added: "It is the view of the War Dop rt nt ~hat had the a tacks at the R~pido been discontinued, and had this Thirty-Sixth Division remained inacti~t, the Anzio landing . ould have been heavily opposed, wllh disastrous re ults. T~e operation at the R~pido kept three German divisions occupied wile Allied forces made good a firm foothold at Anzio." So __ _.r.:- -tl.ii Yt1-e. · 4 W Al"\ • , - Lincoln's Birthday was celebr a ted even in ~okyo today. A troupe of ctors sta ed a perform nee of John Drink ter's play about the Emancipator at the ~,~. Imperial Theatr~~Savs U.P. Correspondent Cunnin g ham," the audience loved it."-.:;:i-f'._... .. c 4 ~ . Owt- 1==""6'\ The theatre was out of'bounds for/\soldie~ • - \ . \ 4 . , ~ Six lieutenants froi headquarters who tried to see the show, were thrown out by the Y.P's. The management had rounded up three of ~M ~ Japanese,.., 6e--4'!Ntue-, to play Lincoln, General Grant and J 0 hn Wilkes Booth. Even so, the man who played L·ncoln wore built-up shoes, a beard, and kept his top hat on all trough th:J,;rform nee. But the aetoz Iii ml the a u d i e ~ most was the one -6•""· who played~Grant. 64/.The correspondent noticed~ the Japanese J ~ au di ence applauded loudly~ quotations from Lincoln's A -4•«-•l"D speeches. Whatl\pl ase• them most r eras:- "government of the people, by th e people, and forte people." -:PA.A.. .. ...,_ aO.,, oJ ,_,.,.~cunning amAreports t at alt ou g h h e < , ~ ~ understands no Japanese, the sow seeme to him to be an excellent performance. j ~ , A new1'book was appropriately released today, ~~-·- 9 ~ee ~ "Meet Abraham Lincoln"~ by G.Lynn Sumner, who has put in much time and luv1■! c a r e t ~ ~ . ~ l ' t ..n-<l• gather ma erial,for .. ~ : - : ' ~ e r i n g +she la:st, se:ve~ " . " What struck me was the skill with which the author has contrived to give a complet~..., rounded picture of the -~J.. J...~~ great President_A: ■ anlA seventy-eight pages. T••r ~ ~-JO.., -lb..,_, WW-. -t£..c ~ ~ o \ e 1H'l'Mh-••• aew 9 to •• at lNet-,- +,t,e ~ t h e duel wt!i~ on the west bank of the Lincoln fought;e rly one ■ orning, llississippi: It 11 :t!/!! ~ "9" k ~ •e•au~ the future Mrs. Lincoln, Mary Todd1an~ a girl frieni!'~:Jed up a conspiracy with L·ncoln to have a little fun with the auditor-general of Illinois, CJ1't/\.l -4 J am e 8 sh i e 1 ~ • ~ i, Qi d it .. , ~ fUI & --o1' ~r 1 et t e rs by im an Fr nci, one of Lincoln's res fri -,p_ n s . l.. target of the comedy,;t.i,e4e'!!;;$i-fliit ;::-1....,~ R• propotM to make trouble for the authors of t h ~ ~ ~ : [ ; ; ~ the bl m' jtC~:-!;f- ~ Nere-,o)lSbields challenged im. Aste c allenged partr, the future President ha d the choice of weapons, ..aije chose cavalry broadswords. - f ' ~ .... -, L1ncoln appea'red~early at the scene. &f +."• Meo..,~ A frien~ ~ ~ ~ • f a c e . was serious.911111 I never knew him to go so long without a,..,J-Gz ~~◄••,l..'- making a joke~' ~•Then he reached over and picked up ~ c 1 . , one of the,.••••~ felt its edge with his thumb as a barber feels a razor. Thereupon he raised himself to his full height, stretch . . Twt is lon g arm, an with . , A ~ a gigantic swing clipped off a ,M high above is ead. B t " (t;/h t"' f . " I Then he sat own. u , . . , , ,,e r1en e, saw a A gleam in . is eye. • Lincoln h d done ju the in necessary to m le the absurdity of t e \ ' o le affair 0 vious. ' uel wit such weapons be en the O , e ing ·ncoln an man Q- -------------------------· l!lHQQ_H - 4 W O C ~ v w 1 e un e . 1 too i iculoua . The secon s ma e pe e e · een • · ncoln n r}', ie l s, a nd they s ook n cro d a e e on t e I lin is si e of th e N 1 s i s s i pp i , e e r ly w i i n reFult of e , due 1. • E!l t e ferry a - roa l,e P e Prn e re, e w atc .If w hi:t t b e saw seeme "' a profu . ly b _ e ing body . The n they re liz d th i r ~ lo co v ered with a red ~ irt . n ln . • • 1 ■, l u row . o ff t he boa t to ge ther , ar a in ~-to~ __...4'- ~ disa point ~• SIDI of lb ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ t • • t;. __. A ~~ - ~ tA-t•off~ '"'1ru' ~~· n ~