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MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND ALSO SERVED BY THE UNITED PRESS With confidence in our armed forces—with the unbounding determination of our people— we will gain the inevitable triumph—so help us God. Roosevelt’s War Message. TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1945. TOP O’ THE MORNING “Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.” —Emerson. To “be courteous” is a command of Scripture, as binding as any other command. “Be pitiful, be courteous.” —I Peter 3; 8. -V—- ; Mosquitoes Happy The only animals which have the appearance of especially enjoying this rainy season as far as we have observed, are mosquitoes. Certainly we mortals are getting no particular pleasure from it. But if mosquitoes had juris diction over the weather, it is just what they would order. They are increasing at a great rate. And ' there is not a great deal we can do about it for they are prolific breeders in wet weather. But we can slow them down, if only partially. We can do it by seeing that no water is left standing in low-drying puddles or cans. Mos quito larvae require standing, that is still, water to hatch. If puddles are drained and cans turnca bottom up that no water can ac cumulate in them, the hatching of mosqui toes will be prevented to that extent. The Wilmington area is fairly free from the malaria-carrying mosquito, but every one that i finds a human victim is an enemy of com munity health. On the chance that this vari ety may be laying eggs in little pools among weeds in vacant lots, or in cans, which ought to be going into the nation’s depleted tin stock pile but are not, it is everybody’s duty to see that no pools or right-side-up containers exist. -V Latin-American Oil Because more tankers have become avail able and production of crude oil in Vene zuela has increased, 8 per cent of the oil now reaching the East Coast is arriving from Latin American sources. The Petroleum Administration for War re ports that during the six weeks ending on May 13, 9,865.000 barrels of crude oil from the sister republics reached Atlantic ports. For the corresponding weeks in 1944 the amount ■was 5,366,000 barrels, less than 18 per cent of the entire receipts. With the Pacific war making the heaviest drain upon American production, this import ed oil for the Atlantic seaboard has great val- \ ue. Motorists will hope that more will come in, so that the ration limitations may be quickly lessened. Chennault When the strategy against Japan in China was being drafted, General Claire Lee Chen nault wanted a series of great air bases ade quately equipped to wage persistent and unre lenting warfare on the enemy which at that time was moving very much as it desired and China, under Generalissimo Chiang-Kai shek, was fighting a war of retreat. In opposi tion to this view, General “Vinegar Joe” Stil well declared air power could not be effective and that the only way China could make an effective stand was to train ground troops, a : task he undertook but finally gave up because i he and the Generalissimo couldn t get along so well. It now turns out that both General Chennault and General Stilwell were right to the extent that air power combined with land forces have been giving the Japanese along China’s coastal area what a very dignified and Addisonian editor of a past generation called “unshirted hell,” since General Wedemeyer took over top command of combined forces in association with Chiang Kai-shek. While this was happening, and the attack expanding, General Chennault with an air force reinforced since the reopening of t h e Burma road and the creation 01 the Ledo road, has struck telling blows, although his Four teenth Air Force is still undermanned and inadequately equipped. This is why his resig nation Is so widely regretted. When China was all but at the end ot her rope, it was Chennault who commanded the ‘‘Flying Tigers,” a little group of planes and fliers, which flew the hump with supplies and accounted for hundreds of enemy planes aloft and on the ground. Without the “Flying Tigers” it is hard to see how China's military effort could have survived. With the 14th Ay; force built around the “Flying Tigers’’ and Chennault in command, it is a fact for which too much credit cannot be given that Japanese planes are practically driven from China’s soil and heavens. \ hatever the reason underlying Chennault’s resignation, it is to be hoped that some new task up to the level of his ability will be found for him and that he will be persuaded to remain in the service. —--—V Truman’s Position President Truman, Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin, having arrived in Berlin, are ready for the Potsdam conference which is expected to lay the foundation of lasting peace in a disturbed world. The;r success will depend in large measure upon the willingness of all to meet each other half way in a pro gram which is bound to involve much give and , , i iciivc. • j It is inconceivable that these men, for con-' venience called the “Big Three,” should agree offhand on all proposals. Mortal flesh is not constituted that way. But it is reasonable to believe that, in view of what their nations have experienced since Hitler threw the world into war, and the necessity of working oiit a schedule bv which another war of world dimen sions cannot be launched, they will gather at the conference table in the spirit of toler ance upon which, and which alone, brother hood and friendship can exist. Mr. Truman is concerned, not alone for world peace, but for bringing to an end the war in the Pacific, without which world peace cannot be effected. He will seek to learn the full limit of assistance in that effort which may be expected from the British Empire, and if the Soviet Union will lend a hand in its accomplishment. A certain amount of bargaining cannot be avoided. Russia has no war with Japan. To come into it Stalin naturally will demand a voice in future policies especially as they af fect Manchukuo and islands in which Tokyo and Moscow have territorial interests. But as we see the picture, Russia is no more liable to make what may seem to Mr. Truman excessive demands than Great Britain In the southwest Pacific. It'would appear, therefore, that Presi dent Truman’s position will in large measure be that of arbitor—a task in which he will need the wisdom of a Solomon and the Mis sourian’s outstanding characteristic of having to be shown. In his senatorial career and also since he entered the White House, Mr. Truman has proved that he "has what it takes.” With the able advisers he took v.'ith him, we may count | upon his judgment and his unquestioned pow- j ers of tolerance and determination in combi nation. Caution Needed The Winston-Salem Journal Sentinal points out that though the swimming season is young it has already been marred by many drown ings, and attributes it in part to the fact that once in the water, “too many inoividuals seem to lose the sense of caution.'’ The newspaper's comments on the situation and obvious remedy are pertinent. It says: “They (the individuals above referred to) take big risks in the seeming faith that Provi dence will save them from the consequences of their own recklessness. Children and adults who cannot swim oftimes go out into the water over then heads, or without adequate swim ming or rowing experience go on boating trips “From the safety standpoint, the remedy lies not in forbidding the nonswimmers < > be come acquainted with the pleasure and health giving benefits of water sports and recreation, but in the insistence that they take no unnec essary risks until they have learned how to swim, and that they observe sound rules of caution even when they have learne 1 how. Boaters who know how to swim and who go out on boats wearing only swimming trunxs are best prepared to deal with any emergen cy which may unexpectedly arise. “Children, even though fairly good swim mers, should not be allowed to go in swim ming at places where there are no life-guavds or good adult swimmers at hand to safeguard them.’’ We are in complete agreement with the Journal Sentinel’s conclusion that “during the water-spoits season an ounce of caution may save a life ’’ -V Editorial Comment — NORTH CAROLINA TREES North Carolina, which has the distinction of having the greatest variety of trees of any state in the union, is alstfc the home of some of America’s largest trees. The Morganton News-Herald has just pub lished a picture and story of a shortleaf pine in Burke county which was the national cham pion of its species—-for size. The tree, recently felled because it was dying of old age, meas ured 10 feet in circumference, at breast height,, and towered to a height of 135 feet a veritable forest giant. Other forest monarchs in the western North Carolina region include a sourwood, in Mount Pisgah National Forest, 5.4 inches in circum ference and 80 feet high and a red spruce in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 14.1 in circumference and 75 feet in height. Both these would rate as mere saplings as compared with Burke’s gigantic pine. In east ern Caroline there still remain a few of the huge longleaf pines and cypresses that were formerly so abundant there. And here in the Piedmont we still have—despite the inroads of lumbermen and of forest fires—many fine old forest giants, whiteoaks, hickories, etc. It is of deep gratification to nature lovers and to conservationists to note that greater popular interest is being shown now in the preservation and perpetuation of our forest resources.—Greensboro Record. It is apparent that every German home, garage and barn was a potential warehouse or war factory.—Brig.-Gen. Stewart E. Rei mel U. S. Army Service Force representative. XtLEWlLMlINUTUIN MU Fair Enough (Editor’s note.—The Star and the News accept no responsibility for the personal views of Mr* Pegler, and often disagree with them as much as many of his read ers. His articles serve the good purpose of making people think,) By WESTBROOK PEGLER (Copyright, 1945, by King Features Syndicate) NEW YORK.—In August, 1941, I received from a national women’s magazine which em ploys Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt as a columnist an advance copy of a writing from the lady’s pen, scheduled for the September issue, in which Mrs. Roosevelt said: “I, personally, do not think that earning a small or large amount of money is commercializing the White House.” That was the year when Mrs. Roosevelt, herself, was engaged by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau, an organization supported by the public funds of nine Latin-American na tions, to promote the sale of coffee in the United States, by a series of weekly broadcasts. I have been told that her fee was $1,000 a week and that a Mrs. Betty Lindley, of Wash ington, Mrs. Roosevelt’s agent, called on the National Coffee Association, an American group, composed of importers, roasters, job bers and wholesalers, to learn its objections to this project. The Latin-American group, call ed the bureau, and the United States group, called the association, up to that time were collaboratingin the promotion of coffee sales through advertising and propaganda in the United States. They had a joint committee of six men, to handle their activities but the United States group formally dissolved the relationship because it objected to the deal for Mrs. Roosevelt’s serv ices. In a formal letter to the members of the association, dated July 23 1941, about the time that Mrs. Roosevelt was composing her defense of her commercial activities for sale to the magazine, George C. Thierbach, its president, announced the termination of the cooperative agreement, “to relieve our mem bers of an embarrassing situation in which they must share responsibility as trustees of public funds without equivalent authorities over expenditures.” Prior to this time the advertising account of the coffee campaign had been handled by the Arthur Kudner Agency, a reputable New York firm, whose work today was recalled by an official of the coffee association as “an outstanding job if I have ever seen one.” “It has been so regarded ever since,” he added. Arbitrarily the account was taken away from the Kudner agency and handed to the Buchanan agency. There were two interesting characters in the Buchanan agency, David Hopkins, the son of Harry Hopkins, of the White House, and John Hertz. Jr. whose fa ther is the movie magnate race-track pro moter and operator of one of the biggest racing stables and partner in the Lehman Brothers bank, in New York. Hertz, senior, dominates Paramount pictures and the Buch anan agency boasted that it “serviced” the Paramount advertising. In going after the coffee account, amount ing to about $600,000 a year, of which the agency normally receives 15 per cent or, in this .case, $90,000 for its services, the Bucha nan firm prepared a booklet called “a plan to increase the sale of coffee in the United States,” urging the employment of a com manding American personality on the air. The following are excerpts from the book let: "We recommend to you as that radio per sonality a woman who stands forthright in her own life as the best example of the modern woman who gets more out of life by giving more to life; a woman beloved and respected’ because, in these most troubled times in the history of our hemisphere, she is the 'First Lady’ of the United States, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. “We have made the proper contacts. We have discovered that Mrs. Roosevelt is de sirous of going on the air. We have ascer tained that she will give first consideration to Buchanan and Company, as the authorized representative of the Pan-American Bureau. The matter has been carried even further. We have obtained preliminary ‘carte blanche’ from the State Department for Mrs. Roose velt to broadcast for the Pan-American Cof ICC DUiCdU. The accuracy of this claim may be doubt ed. A man entirely familiar with the affairs of the dissenting American coffee group in sists that Sumner Welles of the State Depart ment and even Leon Henderson, then influ ential in the new deal, opposed the engage ment of Mrs. Roosevelt. “But Harry Hopkins told them to lay off” he said, ancj the contract went to the com pany which employed his son. with Mrs. Roosevelt as the lure. When I describe Mrs. Roosevelt as the lure I rely on the wording of the Buchanan pros pectus which says further: “Your message becomes connected in the minds of millions of listeners with their per sonal and respectful admiration for Mrs. Roosevelt. What Mrs. Roosevelt will have to say will be news. The fact that you repre sent the most important commercial aspect of the Good Neighbor Policy of this administra tion leads us reasonably to believe that Mrs. Roosevelt will be more than lenient in help ing you to sell your product. “Through the fact that Mrs. Roosevelt is on the air for the Pan-American Coffee Bu reau and the equally important fact that the bureau is the most outstanding economic unit in the whole American republics’ ‘hemisphere defense plan,’ we believe we can obtain, at no cost to the bureau, statements from lead ers in public life. Here, as you will see again and again in our plan, we intend to make full use of the governmental bureaus created by Mr. Roosevelt for Pan American commercial relations and to utilize their power and pres tige directly to help you. Mrs. Roosevelt prob ably can be prevailed upon to describe how the presidential cup of coffee is made and, of course, it will be made with a heaping tablespoonful of coffee and one for the pot. i-ilie goes IU a LiKjiij vv Luucc ljaL ly—a publicity plan worked out through Paramount pictures for the Pan-American Coffee Bureau is typical of possible efforts in this field. “The fact that Mrs. Roosevelt goes oh the air is news. In addition to the listing in every radio column, Mrs. Roosevelt can be helpful in publicity breaks such as an opening broad cast in the Pan-American Union building in Washington which would, of course, be cov ered' by newsreels as well as by the papers and magazines. “At our suggestion, John Hay Whitney through the office for . coordination of com mepcial and cultural relations between the American republics of which he is a leadin'* member, has agreed to do a most important work for the bureau. Mr. Whitney has agreed to see that interesting, delightful coffee drink ing scenes are placed in a great number of the most important motion pictures to be nro duced in Hollywood through our own contacts with Paramount Pictures, Alexander Korda and James Roosevelt’s Globe Productions bCJN J-iM^ ■■ ■_■ | “ “BUZZARD’S ROOST”___ k. i CIANQ’S DIARY Graft Surrounds Family Of Duce Mistress; Nazis Agre e US. A Bluff | auuui xt. Nazis Planning For Defeat MARCH 24—“I brought II Duce a report by Luciolli on Germany. . . . He explains how politics was un able to assist the military conquest. They talked much about a New Order, but did nothing to bring it into being. The whole of Europe languishes under German occupa tion. “Luciolli mentions the fact that l in Germany they now think of eventual defeat. For this reason they want all the countries of the cont'nent exhausted, so that even in defeat the Germans will be rel atively stronger. II Duce was struck by the idea, and said that by the end of 1943 he intends to Inc.., we are in a position in which we can successfully coordinate coffee publicity with motion pic ture publicity. We offer this Whit ney tieup as a typical example of the method through which Buch anan and Company can get direct help from the Rockefeller com mittee. “Through the close connection that Buchanan and Company ha with the Nelson Rockefeller com mittee, we can assure the bureau that the publicity they are plan ning to distribute in these repub lics will contain references to the activities of the bureau.’ The foregoing information and quotations are offered as back ground for Mrs. Roosevelt’s denial that “earning a small or large amount of money is commercial izing the White House.” have 15 divisions in the valley of the Po (northern Italy).” * * * MARCH 28—“Distribution of gold medals to fallen aviators. Balbo’s son (Air Marshal Balbo was shot down by Italian anti-a'rcraft fire at Tobruk in 1941) who doesn’t look like his father, but remembers him very well, received his father’s medal without batting an eye, pale and proud. “Then it was the turn of Bruno’s widow (Mussolini’s son, Bruno, was killed in an airplane yash, Aug. 7, 1941.) Mussolini's expression was stonelike and d'dn’t change. He decorated Bruno’s wife, the wife of his Bruno, as though she were any one among those who have been left alone. Someone asked is II Duce superhuman, or inhu man? He is neither. He simply was conscious that any weakness on his part would have been echoed in a thousand hearts. . . . ‘‘In Venice there have been the first popular demonstrations against the bread shortage. . . . II Duce was resentful and sad, and ordered that the crowds be scat tered by police using sheathed swords.” Petacci Family’s Evil Influence MARCH 29—“Gastald:, the for mer federal secretary in Turin, comes to me with a story of his arguments with a partner. Up to this point there is nothing bad, but as usual the Petacci family is con cerned, and people gossip about it. "The Petacci family meddles on one hand, gives political protection on the other, threatens from above, intrigues from below, and steals in all four directions. . . This scandal will spread and will involve II Duce. But what can one do to warn him, especially since two of his most intimate collaborations are making loads of money?” APRIL 1—“II Duce has learned from an industrialist that his say ing is current in Germany: ‘In two months we shall win the war against Russia, in four months against England, and in four days aeainst Italv.’ ” APRIL 5 — “Del Drago returns from Paris. In Berlin there is noth ing' new on the surface. In some German circles he was told that after the offensive on the Eastern Frpnt, which practically will liqui date the Russians, they are hoping for a compromise peace with the Anglo-Saxons.’’ APRIL 6 “When Goenng was in Rome we spoke of the possibility of returning certain Italian paint ings now in France, particularly those belonging to Jews which were sequestered by the Germans. “Among the names mentioned was that of Rothschild who owned many Doldinis. Today Goering sent me a Boldini as a gift, and his letter began as follows: Unfortu nately, there was noting left in the Rothschild home’. . . If this letter is found some day, it will appear that it was I who instigated him to sack the homes of the Jews and that he was sorry he had arrived too late.’’ Even Himmler Hopes for Peace APRIL 9—“Alfieri (ambassador to Berlin) has come to Rome on leave. He does not report anything especially important, but is less op timist c than usual. . . On the other hand, the declarations made in the Bismarck (Nazi minister in Rome) are most interesting. “Germany must have peace by October, no matter how things go, he said. The army cannot and will r*>t take the offensive at this time. . . . It has had its spinal column broken by the removal of its bes1 military leaders. There is conster nation in the party. Himmler him self, who was an extremist in the past, wants a compromise peace. England will be ripe for negotia tions, especially if there is a pos sibility of collaboration by the Ger mans against the Japanese in As a. Are those the imaginings of Bis marck, or do they represent Ger man opinion?” APRIL 10 — “Host-Venturi ex plains the abolition of sleeping cars, dining cars and first - clas: cars on the railroads. It is Musso lini who wanted this prov'sion f n purely social reasons. . . In Trieste the other night, the under-secretary of the postal service had to be put into his train through the window. . . . The government hasn’t gained in prestige.” APRIL 11—“Mussolini visits the Society of the Friends of Japan. More and more he likes to refer to h'mself as ‘the first friend of Ja pan in the world.’. '. . De Peppc (ambassador to Turkey) says the Turkish ideal is that the last Ger man soldier should fall on the Iasi Russian corpse.” ■ APRIL 13 — “Long conversation with Donna Edvige (II Duce’s sis ter). . . She wanted to relieve her heart on a matter which has now become a national question: The Petacci family. . .She has made up her mind to talk to II Duce about it.” APRIL 14—“The Japanese have proposed a tripartite declaration oi independence for India and Arabia. First reactions in Berlin are un favorable. The Japanese move to ward Europe is unwelcome. Mus solini on the other hand would like to support the Japanese immedi ately.” * * * APRIL 21—“Bismarck says the Nazi consul general in Milan re ceives many offensive letters. The last one ran like this: “We hear you are looking for a new resi dence. We offer one which .s very beautiful, and worthy of you, of your people, and of your leader The address is such and such.' The consul went punctually to the ad dress, and found himself at the doors of the jail.” APRIL 22—“II Duce informs me that Marshal Kesselring, on his re turn from Germany, brought Hit ler's approval for the landing op eration against Malta.” (The inva sion never came off.l APRIL 24— “The Japanese mili tary attache vented his criticism violently of the German attitude and their way of waging war. Ger man political warfare is all wrong according to the Japanese. . .” ’ Hitler Showing Signs of Strain APRIL 29—“Arrival at Salzburg. . Hitler, Ribbentrop, the usual people, the usual ceremony. We are housed at the Klessheim castle It is very luxurious: Furn ture hangings, carpets, all stuff which :omes from France. They should not have paid too much for it. (Continued On Page Ten) Interpreting The War By KIRKE L. SIMPSon Associated Press News »„, Conjecture varies as lh'e yst pelling reason lor Japanese c,onj’ ure to react in anv sui-( way to close range naval as as air bombardment of he 6 portant northern coastal I 1!r" but failing fuel suppiff f'UlCs; emy ships of air and sea V'" good a guess as anv. ‘ Nor can it be doubted that as , from Admiral Halsey s hope 0! bringing Japanese fleets 0f h* categories to action, further i pairment of enemy gasoiine »» fuel resources was a prime jective of the bold ventur. , Halsey’s mighty Third Fleet w,,? in easy medium gun range uf • Japanese coast. Recapitulations from Guam the results of sustained sei ai! strategic attack stress the three of the cities “erased'’ in the 1 operation were oil centers. Lv-S i far to the North on Hokkaido h land, the three cities blasted by Third Fleet guns or planes,-Mur. oran, Sapporo and Kushiro—we-e not only steel production centers but links in Japan’s oil reserve line never before brought under American fire. Oil reserves also were the main targets of far ran;, ing simultaneous air attacks bv land-based bombers in central and Southern Japan. That what is left of Japan's once great suriaee ueei tailed :0 put in an appearance to dispute Halsey's sea attack is no! par ticularly surprising. There is ev jery indication that the ships are holed-up in the Inland Sea far to the South. Its waters arc deep to the shore line, serying much the same purpose as did deep and narrow Norwegian fiords in offer ing concealment for big German battleships and cruisers. They j could lie close to high shores, screened from air scouts, and in channels too narrow for torpedo planes attacks if spotted. Persistent mining of the en- * trances and exits front the inland ! sea by American mine-laying Sup I erforts represented a further ob I stacle to Japanese fleet emergency is apt to come only when amphibi ous invasion starts and the Japs obviously expect that to happen in the South, not the North. Lack of fuel and conservation o! air and sea power against invasion day can therefore partially account j for lack of any reaction. It docs not cover failure of enemy coastal guns to open up when Third Fleet battleships drove into a land-riot ed bay on Southern Hokkaido to batter Muroran. Eye-witness ac counts say the big ships loosed their 16-inch gun broadsides from , ' positions only 1.000 yards off shore and with land in close sight oi three sides of them. It is possible that Japanese de fense concepts in the North relied so completely on air and sea cut posts in the Kuriles to deal with ; | any enemy advance on Hokkaido ; cVtnrp batteries were never in stalled around Mororan bay or the great gulf that leads to it. Halsey s ships were in easy range of even light and medium enemy mobile field guns, however, and why they remained silent is difficult to ex plain. It could indicate that Jap anese ground defense forces hare i been heavily concentrated to the South where invasion is expected and thus were caught napping by the Fleet raid. Whatever else can be read or the purposes prompting that most striking demonstration to date "1 American sea-air domination e\cn of Japan's own inshore waters it adds to the ever increasing strain on Japanese war nerves. Its psychological effect could >e even more important than its n reef military results. It broue.i home to the people of Northern Japan what those of Souther, Tokyo boasts of Japanese munity to attack by sea or air or Japan have already learned, that amphibious invasion are meaning • less. _V Daily Prayer FOR INSIGHT AND TRUST Ali power is Thine, 0 Chus;. we turn to Thee in our deep re ‘ i for the succor that only Tnf*^ C<1 ‘ I give. We lay before Thee tne P Spj lot our Nation, and of trie 'Nations. We reverently belie'e we have responded to Thy ca- ^ duty in taking up arms agamsi evil foe, which has flouted 1 • ■" In the depths of our hearts , sure that we are warriors ol l. • We should behave as sue .1. ir.g Thy terrible might and • - exhaustless mercy. Make si !:'! > I we pray, O Thou Shaper ol Lri| _ lour poor spirits that we may • be aware of the sacredness ',[ _[■ Cause in which we have May we take constantly ° in prayer our problems. : mercy upon our enem quicken them to seek an peace. Our prayer is beiore ^ our King and our Leader. ’ confidence that Thou ever h?<u ^ those who truly pray. Anie W.T.E. x r OWI To Abolish Foreign News Bureau Services WASHINGTON, July 16 - The Office of War Intonra.!™ has decided to abolish its I News Bureau, which suppl y American press with news f foreign broadcasts, prmcip Japanese. n,rj Neil Dalton, director o' ,"? Domestic Operations, sa.u ■ the decision resulted from ',e cent action by Congress in red.. ’ the agency’s appropriation. - estimated the step would aboV $10,000 a year. March 19-May 2, 1942 As Italy blundered on toward ruin and collapse, the family of Mussolini's mistress, Claretta Pe tacci, emerged more and more as a sinister, selfish, thieving influ ence in the country’s tottering so ciety. it is plain from the diary of Mussolini’s son-in-law and foreign minister. Count Ciano. Even Mussolini's sister, the el derly Donna Evige, became alarmed to the point where she de termined to speak out to II Duce. Ciano admitted to the privacy of his own records that the family had become a “national problem.” International affairs continued to go badly. At Hitler's headquarters. ; Ciano heard it said repeatedly that “America is a big bluff.” It was to him the whistling of small boys past the graveyard. Ciano wrote: MARCH 19—“Pavoolini (minis ter of popular enlightenment) re turns from a conversation with Goebbels (Nazi propaganda minis ter) and paints a dark picture of Germany's situation. He spoke of a crisis in the regime, and of “walking on the edge of a razor.’ . . . They no longer talk of beating Bolshevism. They will be satisfied if they reach the Caucasus. “Pavolini related a funny story. When Goebbels sent Farinacci (Fascist-secretary) a bust of Hit ler, the bust was brought by the gauleiter of Essen, who pretends to speak Italian, but doesn’t. In de livering it, he said: “Your excel lency, Minister Goebbels has en trusted me to bring you questa busta (this envelope, something empty without original ideas). Goebbels is the first to laugh
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