Evening Star Newspaper, May 15, 1940, Page 3

| Grg_a’r Bri_’r_ain Ma Ministry Creaed To Quicken Oufput Faces Big Problems Getting Skilled Labor Is a Question; Hope Placed Heavily in U. S. By HELEN KIRKPATRICE. Ohicago Daily News Foreign Oo: LONDON, May 15.—Whether Adolf Hitler concentrates his entire effort on winning a decisive military victory on the western front before striking at Gfeat Britain, or whether this country will feel the full force of German air strength within the next week is impossible to say, but gigantic efforts are being made here to speed up air production to & maximum. Staggering realization of the power of air superiority—though it has come five years too late—has resulted in the creation of a new ministry concerned solely with air production and headed by Lord Beaverbrook The former Canadian and owner of the London Daily Express and Evening Standard, who was Minis- ter of Propaganda during the last war, will establish a new ministry to deal only with aircraft produc- tion. There is already a substan- tial branch of the Air Ministry which is devoted to production, and it is probable that it will be taken over. It is even possible that they will be moved back to London from the country, where they have been since last September. Two Big Problems. One of the great obstacles to production so far has been the reluctance of many manufacturers to expand their plants beyond the present capacity. Ernest Bevin, newly appointed Minister of Labor and former head of the largest trade union, announced on his ap- pointment that he regarded the complete government control of mu- nitions and war industries as essen- tial. There is unlikely to be any reason why this should not happen, and prominently placed labor peo- ple in this government should guar- entee complete co-operation from the trade unions. ‘While the country’s automobile industry can undoubtedly be taken over and converted into aircraft preduction, there are still fairly grave problems. One is the ques- tion of skilled labor, especially in the machine tool industry. Leading machine tool manufacturers state that they are unable to complete essential deliveries Because new firms, and sometimes government firms, are offering higher wages to their skilled workmen. Diamonds and Germany. ‘The machine tool industry is cer- tainly a key industry without which it will be impossible to increase pro- duction One of the imports with which those in charge of economic warfare are most concerned is dia- monds. Holland was the center of the world’s diamond industry. While Britain is able to secure all the diamonds needed for the ma- chine tool industry, there is not, at the same time, any assurance that this vital import can be cut off from Germany. The contraband control has exercised the strictest watch over this product but it is one which has been sent through the mails from the United States frequently Now that Holland is gone, it will be more essential than ever to try to stop American diamonds going to Germany. Although Britain controls the largest diamond mines in South Af- rica, and, therefore, the Germans will not be able to import through Holland, American diamomd mer- chants secure South American dia- monds. Germany’s diamond sup- lies have been predominantly from golhnd but also from Russia. Amer- fcan sales to Russia are increas- ingly large and American firms are Russia’s main source of supply. Hope Placed in U. 8. If the allied armies can succeed fn stemming the German advance and forcing the Germans to dig in, thus spinning the war out for some months, these questions of dia- monds, machine tools and aircraft production will be the ones of the greatest importance. It would also be important that allied air forces could take the heaviest toll of the German air force without also ex- pending their entire strength. No one any longer conceals the desper- ate hope that is being placed in the American ability to increase Amer- fcan aircraft production immedi- ately to a point where the allies ean obtain the quickest deliveries of the largest number of planes. (Copyright, 1940, by Chicago Dally News Inc) High Warns Profestants War Perils All Churches By the Associated Press. WORCESTER, Mass., May 15—It would be “far better for Protestant- fsm to keep silent,” Dr. Stanley High, noted author and publicist, said today, if the best it has “to offer to & world with its back to the wall is a resolution against Mr. Roose- velt’s appointment of Myron Taylor to the Vatican.” Addressing 1,000 delegates to the opening session of the Massachusetts Interchurch Convention, Dr. High declared civilization had on its hands a fight between conflicting political ideologies; a fight between “religion and anti-religion—and the German Nazis are the first to admit” it. “To meet the' engulfing menace,” he added, “will require all the unity that the moral forces of mankind can muster. It will require moral unity between Protestants and Catholics. “Organized Protestantism seems ‘bent, not on helping that unity, but on hindering it. If it continues on that road, it is a safe assumption that, at the end of it, the Protestant church deservedly will have lost whatever right it has to speak for the conscience of the Nation.” Nazi Captain Wins Bet Prisoner on the British submarine Truant, an unnamed German cap- tain, won the vessel’s sweepstake prize. When a submarine returns to port the crew runs a sweep on the exact minute the vessel will pass a eertaln point. The Nazi skipper’s guess paid him about $7.50. ) THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1940. FIRST PICTURE OF HITLER AT THE FRONT—Adolf Hitler, in this picture sent, by radio from Berlin today, is shown somewhere on the western front chatting with three parachute officers who, Dutch in Zeeland Hold Out Against Nazi Occupation Rest of Netherlanders Lay Down Arms on Winkelman’s Order By the Associated Press. : AMSTERDAM, May 15.— The Netherlands opened the way today for unopposed German occupation of all but one of her 11 provinces. Under orders from Gen. Menri Gerard Winkelman, the commander in chief, the Dutch last night laid down their arms everywhere but in Zeeland, low-lying island province in the southwest which has, in the port of Vlissingen (Flushing), one of the main points of sea traffic with England There was nothing else the Dutch could do after five days of stubborn but foredoomed defense. So the sur- render was ordered by the 64-year- old commander, highest government representative since the flight of the Queen and the government to England two days ago. Army Unequal to Task. The Netherlands Army was un- equal to the task of fighting off Germany’s high-geared, up-to-the- minute war machine. Her air force was not strong enough to give the troops effective aid. Her defenses had been pierced and outflanked by the lightning German columns. Rot- terdam and Utrecht, two of her four largest cities, were in imminent danger of complete destruction. In view of those circumstances and in the hope of saving “at least a small part of our beautiful country” and preventing further bloodshed, Gen. Winkelman ordered his forces to cease firing, and commanded the troops and the people to co-operate in the preservation of order “until the arrival of the German regular troops.” (Reuters, British news agency, intercepted a radio message on the wavelength of the Nether- lands Hilversum station today from the German consul general in Amsterdam to the Foreign Office in Berlin. (The message said German troops would “not encounter any difficulties when entering Amster- dam,” that the population would be “calm,” and that the German forces would be met on the out- skirts of the city by “a repre- sentative of the commander of the Amsterdam garrison and a representative of the Lord Mayor of Amsterdam, as well as the German consul general or a representative of him.”) Explains Decision. In a broadcast explaining his de- cision, Gen. Winkelman told the people: “It could not be otherwise * * *. Our soldiers did their best. They held on bravely and fought against an overwhelming enemy. But they were not equal to modern weapons. “Not only the soldiers but even the civil population has suffered enormously. Rotterdam was bombed and destroyed. * * * Utrecht had the same fate. Thus we were com- pelled to lay down our arms * * * “Our towns have been bombarded, our women and children have been bombed, and the German ‘air force took a toll of thousands of victims, Military and non-military objectives wére bombed * * °. “I, the commander in chief, gave the order to cease firing in order to spare further bloodshed and com- plete destruction of the country. At least a small part of our beautiful country will be saved * * *. You can understand how hard it was for me to decide as I did.” Proclamation by Queen. From London Queen Wilhelmina sent a proclamation that “the Neth- erlands will one day, with the help of God, rewin its whole European territory.” But today all but a small segment of those 12,700 square miles of terri~ tory was in the hands of the in- vaders, who merely were delayed briefly in their advance by the flood- water defenses with which the Neth- erlands had hoped .to guard the rough rectangle muém. the cities of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht. ‘The German armored column that had smashed through the southern defenses already was in Rotterdam, and the seaport was being subjected to aerial bombardment that set large sections of the city afire. Utrecht, Amsterdam and The Hague were the targets of other marching columns. With the Netherlands homeland now under’ German domination, Queen Wilhelmina and her govern- ment in London will continue to rule over Holland’s overseas possessions —about 790,000 square miles inhab- ited by more than 70,000,000 per- s0ns on two sides of the earth. ¥ N " Dutch (Continued From First Page.) allies. He said Dutch were volun- teering their services throughout the world. Standing beside Van Kleffens as he spoke were Lieut. Col. A. Q. H. Dyxhoorn, Minister of Defense, and Charles J. I. M. Welter, Minister of Colonies. Fleeing Dutch to Form Nucleus of New Army LONDON, May 15 (#).—An authori- tative Dutch source said today that Dutch troops in Southern Holland who were able to cross into Belgium were being made the nucleus of a new Netherlands Army to fight the Germans along the Nazi flank. This source said the bulk iof Hol- land’s Navy had left Dutch ports last night and now was on its way across the North Sea. A Dutch radio announcer heard in London today said German mo- torized troops were pouring into The Hague, the Netherlands, but that otherwise the capital was rapidly resuming its normal appearance. Restoring Public Werks. i The announcer said the city, seat | of the Netherlands government until Queen Wilhelmina and the cabinet fled to England, was going quietly about the task of cleaning up and restoring public works and services. ‘Telephone communication still was disrupted, he said, but'bus service to Amsterdam will be /resumed to- morrow. The Dutch cabinet called on Queen Wilhelmina this morning. A Netherlands radio broadcast heard here this morning gave an order from the Dutch commander in chief, Gen. Henri Gerard Win- kelman, to all burgomasters to com- municate immediately with military authorities in order to insure en- forcement of the *‘cease firing” order in areas outside Zeeland where Dutch resistance to the German invasion was continuing. Holland Still in War. News of Holland} virtual capit- ulation was first recelved here last night in a dramatic broadcast by Gen. Winkelman. The Dutch Legation in London later issued a statement saying that a state of war still existed between Germany and the Nether- lands and that fighting was con- tinuing in Zeeland Province, which consists of a cluster of islands front- ing the North Sea on the extreme southern end of the country. It was made plain that the “cease firing” order did not affect Dutch naval units and was in no sense to be interpreted as a surrender on the part of the Netherlands government. Queen Wilhelmina and members of her cabinet are directing from here the affairs of the Dutch ems pire—an empire which includes about 790,000 square miles of terri- tory in the East and West Indies, with a population of more than 70,~ 000,000 people. o Heart of Country Laid Open. The Legatién announcement said that Gen. Winkelman’s order to his troops to cease resistance was issu late yesterday afternoon after Gers man troops had taken Rotterdam. “Consequently,” it said, “the heart of the country was laid open to the enemy, and the main forces of the army behind the Dutch water line were threatened by immediate en- emy troops on their rear.” British commentators said Hol- land’s policy of strict neutrality prior to the German invasion had contributed to the country’s quick 1all by precluding talks between the allied and Dutch high commands. It was generally conceded that the Germans, in addition to gaining bases for a possible attack on Eng- land, had obtained substantial stores of foodstuffs and other ma- terials in Holland. . British sources said, howéver, that these advantages obtained by the Germans were more than balanced by“the assets which the Duteh add to -allied resources in the way of gold holdings, colonial wealth and their merchant fleet. 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A. operates, the report said that despite criticism, “It is sufficient to say that the current law has vindicated itself through an improvement of the program and a better and more just and more economical distribution of the work relief benefits under the act.” Looking at the long-range relief problem, the committee said: “Any change from W. P. A. to any other method of furnishing this same type of work relief needs long-range preparation and planning with am- directing the adult education proj-\ Ple opportunity for ‘States, cities ect, resulting in a reshuffiing of the setup to give school officials more control in the selection of project personnel, was revealed today as the House subcommittee hearings on the W. P. A. appropriation were made public. The hearings revealed that last October differences between Miss Maude Aiton, principal of the Amer- icanization School and agent for the; School Board in the project, and | the then existing supervisory per-| sonnel resulted in the resignation of two of four curriculum special- | ists and “termination” of the as-| sistant supervisors. Another cur- riculum specialist resigned later. According to the record, charges of communism were made, but were not substantiated against some of the W. P. A. employes. Later, District W. P. A. Adminis- trator Paul Edwards conferred with school officers and on February 21 Supt. Frank W. Ballou reported to the board a satisfactory settlement under which the school officers would have some jurisdiction in the appointment and dismissal of per- sonnel. At that time the back- ground was not explained. Representative Wigglesworth of Massachusetts, before whom W. P. A. officials testified, said he had been told of charges of Communism in connection with the adult edu- cation project. The Teachers’ Union, an A. F. L. affiliate, made representations about conditions -in the project, it was stated. Henry Lipman, a former project worker against whom Miss Aiton was said to have brought charges of Communism, left the project for outside employment, it was stated. and other co-operating public bodies to get ready to meet their responsi- bilities.” Left-Wingers Seen In Power. The chief investigator of the House W. P. A. Committee charged that “organized pressure groups of definitely left-wing beliefs” have exercised “virtual control” over many supervisory W. P. A. officials. The allegation was made by J. O’Connor Roberts, committee coun- sel, in a report on investigations in a dozen States. Thomas C. Elder, a General Ac- counting Office investigator, who also participated in the inquiry, said that “W. P. A. is the rottenest or- ganization” he had ever seen. Discussing so-called left-wing ac- tivities, the Roberts report referred to a writers’ project in Los Angeles as “a training school for Commun- ists” and asserted that members of that political party received prefer- ence in the New York City relief estabilshment. Mr. Roberts declared that in many cases “left-wing pres- sure” was responsible for poor ad- ministration and other undesirable conditions. Some “Nests” Cleaned Out. The frequent references by Mr. Roberts and his aides to “nests” of Communism in W. Ps A. prompted W. P. A. Commissioner Harrington to suggest that Congress take a definite stand on whether Commun- ists should be barred from W. P. A. work. “We have cleaned out a good many nests here, there and else- where and expect to continue that,” Col. said, adding, how- ever, that he did not believe Com- munisfs should be barred by law from W. P. A. Investigation, it was added, failed to disclose that Mr. Lipman was affll- iated with the Communist party. Appropriations (Continued From First Page.) work of the Agriculture Department, a cut of $800,000 under Mr. Roose- velt’s request; $3,500,000 for the Puerte Rico Reconstruction Admin- istration, a cut of $3,500,000, and $1,~ 700,000, the amount requested, for Indian service relief. Additional al- lowances for administrative work in connection with relief were also in- cluded in the bill's $1,111,754,819 total. Half Billion Below This Year. The measure represented .a $543,- 075,084 reduction when compared with corresponding appropriations for the current fiscal year and a cut of $14,300,084 below the President’s recommendations for the next year. The office of Government reports, a White House agency to which the committee once refused a $1,055,000 appropriation, was’ allowed $500,000 in today’s bill, Regarding abuses, the committee said that the W. P. A, commissioner, Col. F'. C. Harrington, “has made an effqrt to improve the management of the W. P. A. and has made and is making progress in that direction.” “There has been a noticeable trend of better administration commenc- ing with the authorization for the investigation (by the subcommittee) and continuing on a rising curve,” the report said. “The committes expects and believes that this trend will continue.” Federal Theater Frowned On. The committee turned down the administration’s request for revival of the Federal theater project and generally recommended continuation of restrictions written into the 1939 W. P. A. appropriation law. These include the requirement that all persons on W. P. A. for 18 months must be furloughed for 30 BRAKES RELINED Guorantced 20 mi. Free od- justments tor the Litc of the linings Hydraulics Ford 3 Plymouth Buick 40 [ Oldsmobile S‘I .50 Pontiac y e g« CLIFTS RAKE SERVICE 2.3 K St NWwW ME The statements by Mr. Roberts and Col. Harrington were part of a record of private hearings made public by the committee. In the hearings, the committee in- vestigators charged W. P. A, with: Purchasing 1,008 wheelbarrows for a project which employed only 108 persons. Spending $2.97 per rat in a New Orleans vermin extermination proj- ect. Helping build homes for Gov. Richard Leche of Louisiana, since resigned, and for Mrs. Huey P. Long, widow of the Senator. (Col. Harrington replied that lo- cal rather than W. P. A. officials were responsible for this diversion of labor and materials.) Del Mar Track “A Ride” Expending $521,047 to build the Del Mar, Calif, race track, later leased to Bing Crosby, the singer, and associates. (Col. Harrington com- mented, “We were taken for a ride on that.”) Increasing W. P. A. rolls in Penn- sylvania by 10,000 just before the 1938 primary election. (The com- missioner said the increase was due to “the seriousness of the unem- ployment and relief situation” there.) The report likewise charged W. P. A. carelessness in records and audits and the approval of projects where officials knew the sponsors were unable to meet their share. The report alleged that in one 13-month perfod Howard Hunter, deputy W. P A. commissioner, whose tucky Derby time four different years on a Federal expense account. Mr. Hunter replied that there was nothing irregular about his attend- inng the Derby. He also said that he 0if Shortage fo Halt Nazi War Machine Soon, Says Moffett ‘ Beligved Staking All On Blitzkrieg, as Fuel Will Last Only for 1940 By IRA WOLPERT. NEW YORK, May 15 (NANA). —Germany’s enormous blitzkrieg in the west was described by James A. Moflett in an interview today as not merely a race to destroy, but also a & race against its own destruc- n. Mr. Moffett, chairman of the board of the California-Texas Ofl Oo., said figures Indicated Germany would be in desperate straits for oil before the year was out and that it might well have to demobilize sub- stantial portions of its war machine then, if not strike its colors en- tirely. “The complete capture of Holland and Belgium would not change the picture,” he declared, “nor Would the entrance of Italy on the German side, nor even the capture of Ru- mania by these powers. “Oil and the transportation of oil are on the side of the allies. The Germans did not have the oil last 1all to carry on the war a year, and what they have bought and cap- tured since then has added only a few months to their allotted span. If they try to get more by conquest with Italy’s help, as in Rumania, they will not be able to tr: the loot in sufficlent quantities to help them. Staking All on One Shot. “So it can be seen that the Ger- mans are staking their whole fate on one shot. It's now or never for the Nazis while all the allies have to do is to stabilize the situation— }n ttha army phrase—short of de- eat.” Mr. Moffett was in charge of pur- chases of fuel oil and gasoline for the allied armies and navies in 1917 and 1918. When the United States entered the war, he became secre- tary of the National Petroleum War Service Commission, which allocated fuel to the machines battling the central powers. Mr. Moffett said the figures he had available presented Germany's oll situation in its rosiest hue and that “the complete facts would prob- ably scale Nazi resources downward. Naszis Bought Heavily. “We know that the purchase and shipments of pegroleum to Germany for the last four years have shown a greater increase than those to any other European market and it is apparent that these supplies were accumulated as reserve stocks for military purposes and for emergency. Shortly before the war began in September, the Germans bought aviation gasoline heavily in this country. Then suddenly they can- celed several cargoes and we came to the conclusion that their stocks had reached a maximum and that they were switching their internal production from the manufacture of motor gasoline to a maximum production of aviation gasoline. They curtailed the non-essential use of motor gasoline and imported this grade, which cost approximately on:e-hm as much as aviation gaso- e. “We know also that over the past few years a very great development under the hydrogenation process for the liquefaction of coal has taken place. In addition, they are now in possession of production in Poland; have, under a treaty arrangement, & call on 25 per cent of the Rumanian production of oil; are allied at this time with Russia and have had, by virtue of Italy’s neutrality up to.this time, & door through which petro- leum supplies could pass. Some Are Captured. “Let us, Tor purposes of this esti- mate, concede that Norway, Den- mark, Holland and Belgium each had a year’s supply of oil in reserve and that the bulk of this oil had passed intact into German hands. This amounts to approximately 4,- 000,000 tons. “The consumption in Germany in had no home in Chicago and had spent more than $7,000 of his own money for travel expenses while in W. P. A. employ. An investigator testified Mr. Hunter had been allowed $17,730 for travel over a 53-year period. “Mistakes were made and plenty of them,” Col. Harrington acknowl- edged in a general statement on the report. “But the big achievement of giving work to the unemployed, I think, when the final balance is struck, is going to result in a verdict that it was well done.” Col. Brehon Somervell, W. P. A. administrator for New York City, said the report on his area omitted “any consideration of the brqad problems involved” in W. P. A. man- agement and that H. Ralph Burton, committee investigator, had used “underhanded and furtive” methods in the inquiry. NOW ON LONDON.—NAMED AIR- CRAFT CHIEF—Lord Beaver- brook, famed newspaper publisher, last night was ap- pointed Minister for Aircraft Production.—A. P. Wirephoto. 1938 was approximately 7,600,000 tons. Certain statisticians estimate that the civil and military consump- tion of petroleum and related prod- ucts in Germany amounts to ap- proximately 15,000,000 tons a year. Others argue that the wartime re- strictions on non-essential nuse ‘of petroleum brings this consumption down, But I think everybody will agree that consumption cannot be less now than in 1938, so I prefer to use that figure. “On this basis, we find that the internal production from crude oil, liquefaction of coal and benzol ‘amounts to approximately 3,800,000 tons, or 50 per cent of their min- imum needs. Production in Poland and Hungary approximately 32,000 tons per day, or 720,000 tons. Rumanian Supply Reduced. “The picture in Rumania is un- certain. Treaty arrangements give | Germany the right to buy about 1,600,000 tons from that country. The blockade forces them to trans- port this by barge up the Danube or by rail. The freezing of the Danube was extremely severe this past winter and there were exten- sive breakdowns in mz shipments. Both these factors cut down the movement of supplies and I don't believe the Germans will be able to get as much as 1,000,000 tons of oil out of Rumania this year. “But to keep looking at the most formidable side of the picture, Ger- many has available to it a grand total of 6.162,000 tons of oil as against & minimum requirement of 7,800,000 tons. “The transportation problem makes Russian oil unavailable to the Germans in any material quantities. “Thus the picture shapes up this way: The Germans are shy on their minimum requirements in the neighborhood of 2,000,000 tons of oil. Therefore, the moment the re- serve stocks—to which can be added the 4,000,000 tons from the captured countries—have been consumed, Germany will be desperate for petro- Jeum. If the estimate of an annual consumption of 15,000,000 tons for the Nazi blitzkrieg machine is cor- rect then Germany will be in bad shape very quickly.” Architects Plan Tour Plans for a luncheon and tour of the United States Naval Testing Basin at Carderocks 0~ May 25 have been made by the Association of Federal Architects. Arrangements are in charge of K. W. Hartig of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, the association’s new president. Congress in Brief TODAY. Senate: Considers bill to speed up Army appropriations. House. Starts debate on $975,000,000 relief bill. Naval Committee continues study of defense plans., TOMORROW. Senate: May consider La Follette civil lib- erties bill. Subcommittee of Distric Commit- tee begins hearings on bill to tighten existing law regulating fire, marine and casualty insurance companies, 10 am. Subcommittee of Judiciary Com- mittee considers miscellaneous bills, 10 am, House: Will debate relief bill. Merchant Marine Committee con- siders bill to revise laws covering certain vessels, 10 am. Public Buclgms(:s and Grounds Committee lers bill to give guards in Government buildings in ‘Washington the same authority as members of the Metropolitan Police Force, 10:30 am. v Subcommittee of Ways and Means Committee resumes hearings on Patman chain store bill, 10 am. Judiciary Committee resumes con- sideration of Hatch bill, 10:30 am. SALE IN L PENK ARLING YLVANIA A TON., VA % Frankfuris coeked in pure ereamery butter. % Ipswich clams—S8weet 25 & aumt! #s A3 king Gigantic Efforts to Speed Up Plane Production New Allied Push Threatens German Grip on Narvik By the Associated Press. STOCKHOLM, May 15—The newspaper Tidningen said today that allied bombardments in the last few days had devastated the Arctic Norweglan port of Narvik and that the German garrison could not possibly hold the town much longer. The Nazi troops were said to have been kept supplied by planes which als0 have landed reinforcements by parachute. They were reported well equipped with automatic arms, although lacking artillery. and tanks had bene landed m assault. . ‘The newspaper Social Demokraten printed s story from a correspond- ent in Norway declaring German air bases in the central and southern part .of the country were being bombed nightly by the British. Reports from Sweden’s west coast, where German transports have been seen moving through the Kattegat, led to belief here that the Nazis were reinforcing their drive through the Netherlands and Belgium with troops removed from Norway. 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