Evening Star Newspaper, April 17, 1942, Page 7

U. S. Aid Has Kept Spirit of France Fuehrer Furious Because He Is Not Able to Match Program By WILLIAM McGAFFIN, Wide Worid News CAIRO. Egypt, April 17 many won the first battle for France but the United States has been winning the second—and that's one of the principal reasons Adolf Hitler has felt. it essential at this time to ram Pierre Laval down the throat of reluctant Marshal Petain I saw both the first and second battles of Prance. The second was not fought with bullets, but was as desperate as if it had beer American ammunition in that sec ond battle has been such prosaic ftems as sugar, tea and cotton cloth shipped to North Africa—prosaic to us, but vital to the French, be- cause these are the things necessary to keep the African native popula- tion happy America's ammunition also has in- eluded gasoline, machinery spare parts and other miscellaneous things without which the farmers of French North Africa cannot carry on Ger Unable to Match Program Hitler is furfous because the United States has been delivering the goods under a French-American economic accord for the last year and thereby winning considerable Influence over French policy. It is a program he has been unable to match German agents have made glib promises and even collected lists of the needed products from the French and sent them on to Berlin to be filled—but nothing ever hap- pened Meanwhile, the ships continued to steam in, laden deep with products from the United States The beauty of this program is that 1t has not been costing the United States a cent France has been paying out of her own funds in the United States and carrying the stuff in her own ships The American part in the accord was to make the purchases possible by unfreezing some of France's assets in the United States and, after the goods were bought suading the British to pass them through the blockade to ' North Africa Nazis Used Various Tricks. The Germans resorted to various tricks to attempt to stymie the ac- cord, and succeeded in slowing it down from time to time, but not in stopping it. (The resurgence of M Laval, however, caused & halt in the | shipment Wednesday.) Originally Gen, Weygand was one of the prime movers for the accord. | Jen. Weygand, extremely pro-Amer- fcan, gave the United States Gov- ernment assurance that it would be used properly. PFive months ago Hitler went to desperate lengths. He forced Marshal Petain to fire Gen. Weygand as pro- consul for French North Africa. But the American program continued Although Admiral Jean Darlan was running North Africa from Vichy, the United States still had enough friends in high places that it was believed safe to continue ship- ments. Thus American influence continued to prevail Standing Reached New High. When the United States entered the war, American standing with the French reached a new high. I was in Casablanca then. A visible change came over the people. Scores stopped me on the streets to say: “Now we can hope again. Now we are assured of an Allied victory Through her economic program and entry into the war, the United States has kept Hitler from crushing the French spirit and enforcing all- out collaboration This greatly helped keep the French fleet and bases out of Hitler's | hands. In supplying the French with something, the United States thus could ask for something in return This sort of argument is especially effective with the fence-straddling type of government which has been per- | THE ‘Admiral Van Hook Assumes Hitler From Crushing Command of Canal Zone Area Transport in Week Admiral Sadler, Sent Here, Sees Defense Strengthened Pv the Associated Press BALBOA, Canal Zone, April 17— Rear Admiral Clifford Evans Van Hook has assumed command of the 15th Naval District which embraces | the vital Panama Canal Zone Admiral Van Hook. a native of | Washington, D. C.. who celebrated 56th birthday just a week ago, | succeeded Rear Admiral Frank H Sadler two days ago. The change was losed yesterday. Admiral Sadler is to go to Washington Admiral Sadler said at his press conference yesterday that he be- lieved the shift in command would result in a further strengthening of the Panama Canal defenses Points to Experience. He pointed out that Admiral Van Hook was commanding a heavy cruiser with a task force operating from Honolulu immediately before and after the Japanese attack on Hawaii December 7, and conse- quently would be able to apply first hand lessons learned at sea and in later study of the Pearl Harbor situation. This could not but help the Canal defense, Admiral Sadler observed Admiral Van Hook. who has been inspecting the district for the last week, brings to the command here a long experience in staff work and with destroyers, the latter a factor which should equip him well to han- dle any Axis submarine menace in the vital area surrounding the Canal The Caribbean area, through which run the outer defenses of the Canal. was the scene of a flurry of such ac- tivity several weeks Ago. } his Mass for Father Fealy To Be Held Tomorrow Solemn high mass will be held at 10 am. tomorrow, at St. Agnes' | Church, Woodlawn, Md, for the | Rev. Ignatius Fealy, retired Army chaplain, with the Rev. Leo Fealy, a cousin, of Ber- wyn, Md., as cel- ebrant. He will be buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery here withmilitary honors. Father Fealy, | 64, died Wednes- day at St. Agnes’ Hospital in Bal- | timore after a| | long illness. He | % was former as-| | W sistant pastor of St. Joseph's Father Feals. Church here Born in Osage County, Mo., Father Fealy attended Gonzaga College in Washington before entering the priesthood. He was ordained by | the late Cardinal Gibbons in June. 1904 After serving four years as as- sistant pastor of St. Joseph's Church he was commissioned an Army | chaplain and assigned to his first post at Fort Myer, Va, under Lt.| \Gm Jonathan Wainwright, now in the Philippines and then a colonel. | Since 1920 he had held the pas- ‘tm'nle of St. Agnes’ Church, in| | Woodlawn. He was on the Armj | Reserve list with a rank of lieu | tenant colonel. Always interested in the American Legion, he served | for several terms as depnrcmen(‘ chaplain, State of Maryland | He is survived by three brothers. Aloysius J. and Frank I. Fealy of | Washington and Vincent A. Fealy | | of Yonkers, N. Y., and one sister, | Mrs. George W. Angers, Spring- fleld, Mass. | | Dames of Loyal Legion Will Hear Van Zandt Representative Zandt Pennsylvania will speak tonight at the annual banquet of the Dames of the Loyal Legion at the May- flower Hotel | Van of REAR ADMIRAL CLIFFORD EVANS VAN HOOK U. S. Navy Photo. Admiral Van Hook is a graduate of the Army War College, which should facilitate joint Army-Navy oper- ations in the Panama area, which are under the supreme command of Lt. Gen. 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