1 WE CHURCHILL Statements made today by British._ Pri• llini■ter f1Daton Churohill had argely to do with SoTiet Buaata.4nd Br1t1ah-AJllerioan relatima •1th our SoT1et .lllie■ are 80 1.llportant that it 1a well to look oloaely at the Churchill words. He omtirMd preY1oua explanation■ ot why Stalln n■ not at the Q,uebeo oanterenoe - had not bee 1DT1te4, 1n taot. "It would not haTe been aultable," •14 he, "tor Rusa1• to haYe been repreaen ted at th1• mglo-.uaerioa oonterenoe." .And he pointed out that the Quebeo oonYeraat1•• did not oonoern aili tary operation• 1D 1urope alone. Th•1 were, in the word• of Churohill, •lergelr, · 1t aot •inlJ, oonoemed w1 th heating and 1Dtlaaln8 th• war agaillal 1•P•, l • With whom the so•iet go••rDlll•t ha•• • f1••-1••ra tre8'J of non-aggression." 90 Russi• was aot inYited• •It would,• hi rearked , •ha•• be• ea eabarraasin8 ind tetiCll tor us to • • 4 • • p • '- ...... 2 CHURCHILL Revertheleaa the Prime Wi Ma 111Di ■ter and Preald•t Roosevelt want to have a three oornere4 M • • - - -ee • .u1g with Stal1Jl. "It that haa not yet taken plaoe" aald Churohtll, •tt la oerta1Dly not beoauae •• have not tried our beat.• He aald that llar■hal Stal1~ at the preamt tille oan.not leave Ruaala beoauae he 1a oonduottng ■uoh huge military operation ■• But Ohurohlll and Boo■eTelt will keep cm trying. "The Preaiden t and I," 1ald the Prlae 111n1 ■ter, "will persevere 1D our ettoru to meet llar■hal Stalin." Jll4 I • he ■aid that 1D. the medttae 1 t ••• neoea■ar1 a a l urgent '1lat the torelg11 alnlater• ot the till ted Stat••• Great Br1 tam and Soviet Ruaal• should get together tor a talk. "We would alao be very glad," 4eolare4 Ohurohlll, "to aaaoolate Russian repreaeDtativea with ue in polittoal deola1ona which arl•• out ot the vtotory '11e mglo-.laerioa toroee have gained 1n the lledtterranem.• Jlld be • 4494 that; t;hara ••• no field of plmn1n8 or poliOf 1n wbiob f;be Brit;ilh and .lmerioana do not wish to oansult soviet Ru•• 1 •• --- E E 3 CBD~HILL Whereupcm Churohili took up the quea,1cn ot • aeoond tron t. "We have heard • lot ot talk 1n the peat no year■,• aaid he, "about eatabl1ah1Dg what 1a oalled a aeoond tront 1D Bor\b.ern Pranoe against Germany. Anyane," he oont1nue4, "ou see how desirable that 1--•• operat1m ot war would••" Be ■aid he did not blame the SoTieta tor deundillg a aeocmd tront. "It 1a quite natural," he retleoted, •that the Ruaal••• bearing the ma1D weight of the aeraan arale• an their trcmt, llhould urge us eo ceaselessly to UDdertake thia taak ad ahoul4 1n iio way c011oeal their coaplatnta ad H• reproach••• I do not blame thea at all tor what theJ aaJ," declared Churohill • .md then be added a bl t of rather wtsttul ooaamt 1n theae words: "We ono• bad a tin• tront 1n 1raoe, bUt 1' n■ 4 tom to piece• by the conoctrat1' aigllt et Bitler • . 1' 11 eaaier," be aeed, "to baTe a front pulled dollll th an U 18 to ha•e it built up agaln.f WE TE E RU S SIA A Tlotory bulletin& troa Mosoow tonight d1aoloaes two ne• great drives by the Bed Army -- drlvea that haTe aaaahed through tor big gaina. , , betor SIRolen~ the er a in \e Ulcra •• nort~at W1del:, \lll'llted \cmia -- Mosoo•~h• othe;\,_ rkoT. Be tore Saolen ale the Red Arr, droTe tilrougll an a broad tron t, and made a gain of thirty m.le1 .-n:r all the 1.mportant poin ta on the Russian tront, SIIOlfllllk 1a number one -- and an;y threat in that d1reot1m aenaoea the whole German line trom the Gulf of Jinland to the Black Sea. If the Bed 1rily continues 1 ta maroh on S110lenak, you oan depend m 1 t " ' ' - ¥ 1;hat a auooeaa 1n the t theatre would -;:-,i • general German retreat to the soale retlremmt which 10J1eilr think 1s likely to happen. The SoTiet thrust northwest ot KharkoY is Titally 1aportant, too. There the Red J.nrt ha• dr1Y• tor•• rd 011 aixty mile tron t' and made • tortJ mile adftlloe. Ra••• .. ,itapOI Cid L I & WE 8 RUSSIA Meanwhile at the south, cm the Bleok Sea shore~ · the Red Army ia mopping up Bazt unite trapped by the oapture ot Taganr~g, _. ... that anchor ot the southern Geraan 1111• wh1oh WJl the Haz1a q ~budme4. They had to -- acaoe4 by the tlak1D8 ■weep ot the general Ruaaian adTeo• 1D the Ukra1D•• (end) --- WE TE ESS .A .;. A ,,. AGE . . ITALY Today an Allied a1r-ada tought what••• poaaibly the biggest and t1eroeat air battle 1n the Mediterranean oaapa11t, Hitherto, Allied bombers, raiding ll111tary obJeotlYea cm the Italian peninsula, had not enoountered any great UO\Dlt ot opposition. But today's newa aight aeea to 1nd1oate that Ille Ger.mane haYe reintoroed their •tJ tleet■ 1D the Mediterranean aeotor - beoauae •• are told apeait1oall1 about I , I I II It 1 • t lleaaeraohllitta ot th• lateat t~plallea I\ with belly tuel take tor extra range. These Meaaeraob.111 tta today rose to the 4eteae at Ille town ot A.Yer••• whloh ia an taportant railroad omter. A.Dlerioan and Br1 ti an aquadrana are at ill hamaer1Dg any • 1 the Italian railroad ayatea, whiob ha• bee YirtuallJ put out \ ot 00111111sa10D 1n important Hotora ot southam It•lf• ,U 1Yerea the Allied air-made ot aediUJD boabera an4 fighter• under P rolonged attaot bJ about lllaahed the targets and••• •eventy-tive Meeaeraob.llitta. The battle went ca•• tar•• 1 ga rage ot '1le a hundred mile• out to••• - beoau•• ot th • an l J • I ' . • ... ' I i , I,. , . ,.. . . . 1111 • • 2 IT.lLT eneay tighter• w1 th their belly tanks and ulra tuel. The Allied toraal1cma flew low, and the ooabet waa ~ -4o ~ ~ ~ +~ ~-~"'--""----. ao b1tterAthat aoaeti••• the wh1rl1Jlg plane■ alaoat flloked the waves of the••• with their wtnga. Seventem Meaaeraohaitt1 were ahot dom 1Jl the uze of dogfighting. We are not told exaotly whal our O'llll lo1a na 1n that partioular traoaa. The report 1Dolude1 other ralda, inoluding one by fl71Dg fortreaae■ again ■, an airba ■e twmty ail•• south of Roae. D1 all the field• of aotlcm tor the day, we loat tifte• plaD••• There h ;;.: All.led oonttraatlon o ~ e p o r , /t • Brit1ah landillg at the toe of I t a l y r aooounta o 111 '1lal / folll' hundred Br1 Uoh Hm••7• • len41D& J4r ebe, ,ba OerMD n••• egano:, d••7• u - •• -11 -■11Yer.• Aooordlng lo the Bazia, the 09"-n~o party••• overwhelllll4 by• proaptly / / organized oo~er-attaok - and aoM thirty eaoape4 to the London gives no oonftraation of the / (end) 4 N "°' LL A'1. .. . t ,- ...... ll[J S SOLIN I .J C W l t..L V &" • • ,..T YIC: C • "• ~ c .,0 .... , together with her rather, aother and ■ later. Th• oharge1 against them are not •d• publio, but it 1• qut,e poaalble ,ha, they haTe to do •1th the aoqula1t1Clll or proper,,. ft• Badogllo goTernment haa been aak1Jlg aoTea to aeize qunt1t1•• ot •••1th p1le4 up by the eranh1le bli-•1&• ot raaotaa, ad 1, 1 ■ nil mom 1ll Italy that Jlusaol1Jl1 pTe the 1141 1ll the oaae a grHt tat• and a Mp.1t1o , Till.a, trhloh he b1111, tor her and her taa11,. 1••• P•"-111l--.e-,pf'l • • 9"•• tuuly that had bem attaohe4 to th• hospital ot the vattoan tor generatiClllB• Duo• 11Usaol1Di and WES PR UNION AGE WCO MO C Alt l,,.'TON (. .......... ... o • , ... • o • .. D J C WII.LCV " ,. , • • , •c • - •11 el01!Nl Clara Petaoo1 had bee talked about allloe Italy ctered the t1•• ot d1aaater tor the untortmate nation_ but alao Th• story 1D Italy 1a that during h1• o•t•rcoea •1th Bitler at Verona• juat before hla 4omtall. lluaaol11l1 to h1a dear Clara three tlllea oll•x wb1oh led to the ophe - •h• Hitler 11ltol'MCl lluaaollnl that south and mtral Italy ooul4 not be 4ete4e4. and would baTe to be ban4ane4 to the .Al.lie■• .And while th••• beillg 41aoloae4. the DllOI DIYlr tailed to oall Clara na toaaed - r ~ JDd no• Olar~ ad h,r taatly haTe bee arreate4.- ,..~ ~llrNJ' laeoaaae ot that taftio•• tllla .md •••••• ~•• "' . . . ,ol1Di .... ,. thla. (end) 1 0'.l.i ) . • s A .,_ 1,1\,.IL A ~ ,., . . .... PACIFIC E TE PR SS UN ON C Ali SSAGE ...., • ..,..,_,_ o • T ... c. • o •• o J C W1LL~R'III • • •• CE • ,.,,.c ■ ,o•,.., Bew reports fro■ the Southwest Pao1t1o tell how Allied foroe ■ haTe deatroyed or damapd seTenty-f1Te 1apqe■e planea • thirty landi.llg barge ■, and two shtp 1.1 -- 1Dolud1ng a oruiser. These results were •oooapl1ahe4 by the oon1tant atr attaoka that are blaati.llg the ba1ea of aupply for the Japanese garrison at Salaaaua. Day after day our alr toroea tlatl away at the llllea ot proT1 ■1an1Dg and amt ticmillg w1 th the purpose or 1aolat1Jlg the mu:., toro• al 8alueua at wealcming 1 t tor a final ••••ult. ella att.-6k.a l•Ul&,I•-- agaills the .&aer1ou 4 Auatral troop• / ~ .,✓ that ~f• oloaill ✓ g.,in on Salua,..,.. They •r~.,«naoillg • 7 / / / / rq atrCll"ghol4 troa .-iir•e a14•• • )ID4 to atop ,.,.. the / . / / / / / / .. -' , ... 41■-~h 4e1orl•• • Z aunohed oounter-blo•• .., ) 11• wae / .- ,,, / . / " 4 dftllotng 2 ~ · Theyzriecl .,., a t o r a z r t a n t ri ge king lr trcs gb aarahy • land• and a aa ll)OJ YQfli ___ £!Qfi2 __ tQ_~- -A~ILI T1T ION - -------- He in ' s h ington, w hil e talkin to the new S ur eon-G n r l of the Ar my , : a jor G~ne al N rman Kirk, I learn t at Uncle am, for the A~my alone, needs another s e v e n t h ousand doctors. But General Kirk ex p l ine to m e th a t they are doing everything possible to avoi d t ai in d octors from civilian life where they are in disp nsibl • They are trying to arran g e it so t ha t th r will ve one docto:- left, in each iommunity, for every fifteen hundred people. General Kirk also told me that on his recent tri p to North Africa, General E isenhower told him that of all t e branc h es of our armed services, the men of the Medical Corps had done the number one outstanding job. And, here at home, Colonel William Holbrook and Lt. Colon el Rusk, who are on the Washington staff of General r a nt, the Air Surgeon, told me of the va 5 t conv alescent an rehabilitation trainin g pro ram they ave b ee n puttin into oper atio n - to recondition s O 1 d i e r c • • C O far th y h a V e iven fifteen million man hours oft i new p sica l and educa ional trainin to ol ier. r ov r, this ne ork h as ha an i e nse effect on t duration of various illnesses. They've cut th aver a e length of time out for measles almost ifty p r cent; scarlet fever nearly t h irty per cent, and so on. An the recurrence rate ha been reduced from thirty to t h Tee per cent, which seems almost like a miracle. It looks as thou h the American soldier is gettin th e finest possible medical treatment, and that great pro res in this respect is being made. WRECK u SAGE C ARL 0 • • • , a,-. • ... .. o a• o Laat nlgbt•a railroad diaaater 111 Ke• York State la blaaed on the faulty judgaent of a railroad mglneer. Tlrentr- a1x persona were killed and ae'ffl\tJ fl e were 1Djure4 •h• the apeedy and orowded Laokawanna Lialted hit a trelght loooaot1••• 1 • Sabotage had been auapeote4, but today•• 1nYe ■tipt1ca 1n41oale4 there 1• no auap1o1cm ot any toul pl•J• llew York. In 401.Dg ao tile loooaol1Te baote4 cmto the MD iraoka, and Juat at that 111C■mt '11• Laoawma L11llte4 ••• ooalug alongj ff" . . . trnellllg at HYIDtJ' atlea • hour, _.. behind t t u and trylng to •k• up aohedule • .AD4 with that truaendou• lmpetua the paaaenger train. hit the aw1toh mg1Jle. Today the englneer or the trelgbt loooaotlft expla11le4 that the faat passenger train oollliDg 4o111l the Mill line arr1Ye4 •oan.er than he expeoted, and be thought be bad tlae to 40 th • ••1toh1Dg job. so he backed h1a looomot1Ye, 11114 it had juat pushed through the aw1 toh CID the •111 treok •h• the Laokawlllllla l ~ • 0 0 '• ~ ""'-' ~ ~ ~ C. ~~ - ~ . . 1 ,• ; A 1 0 --------- __ ,.. ____ _ th o · t bl i r ri e nt Ro os e velt to y la i ed ou ·nvective t the ha ever a · ai t an y 1n ivi ~ al n ws p per did not me nt · on t new p man by n me, bu no oubt bout om e m a nt. He i .. it same Was in ton colu nist whom Secr e tary a Corell Bull denounced yes e d . T e er entioned t e naae-- rew Pear on, of Drew Pearson, in commenting on the ... , re i nation of Under-Secretary of State Sumner elles, declared that this represented the removal of the only import nt fi 1 ure in the StateDepartment who has been fri ndly tovard oviet Russia. And he in icated that Secretary Hu 1 an other key fi ures in the depart~ent are o pp osea to the ovitts and want to see them weakene fl t l 'th Nazi· Germany. and bled white in thiir con ic --------------------....._j ~e cr tary Hull, in re ponse to that, accused re \\ p e a r e; • 0 n O f w h t h c 11 e d - " mo s t r o u s and d i ab o 1 i c a 1 fal 00 " Pr i nt Roosevelt tad y la 1 ed ou th uo t bl i ri ·nv ctive t the ha a ainst a ny in iviuual n spaper Be did not ment · on t C new p man by n me, bu no oubt about om he m ant. He s a i it same Washinton columni t whom Secretary Cordell Bull denounced ye d y. T ,e entioned the nae-- Drew Pear on, of Drew Pearson, in commenting on the .... , re i nation of Under- ecretary of State Sumner elles, declared that this represented the removal of the only import nt fi ur in the StateDepartment who has been friendly to~ard oviet Russia. And he indicated that Secretary Hull and other key fi ures in the department are op osed t o t e ovitts and want to see them weakene and bled white in their conflict with Nazi Germany. ecr tary Hull, in response to that, accused Dre~ Pear · on of wh · t h c lled - wmonstrous and diabolical al ho " - 2 Th e r i n t {p J J n \a e d + b a 4s aw, t o d a y the r w Pear~o statement wa a lie b 1 n , an · th the co ment tor as a C r n C liar in hi statements about government al ev n C in hin tonJ And the Presi ent added: ....... "Th re a e ot r chronic liars amon the newspaperman.• e 11, so long until tomorrow.