The White Falcon - 07.10.1944, Side 1

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American huts (above)
were moved into new
locations tnis week by
the Base Engineers.
-Sig. Corps Photo
Plans Proposed For Defeated Germany
To Reduce Reich To Agricultural State
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Considerable discussion is said to be taking place in U.S. Government circles concerning Secre-
tary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau1s plan for a defeated Germany. The secretary would destroy
completely the German nation as a modern industrial state and convert it into an agricultural
country of small farms. Morgenthau's plan was drawn up after his recent return from the European
battlefronts and England, and is reported to have the general approval of Pres. Roosevelt.
New Movies
latest movies to roa-
ch Iceland inolude:
IMPATIENT TEARS with
dean Arthur, Lee Bowman
and Charles Coburn;
JANIE with Joyce Reyn-
olds and Robert Hutton;
CASANOVA BROYiN with Ga-
ry Cooper and Theresa
Wright; HAIL THE CONw-
DERING HERO with Eddia
Bracken; MOONLIGHT AND
CACTUS with the Andrews
Sisters; DRAGON SEED
with Katherine Hepburn
and Walter Huston. DE-I
VOTION with Olivia De-
Havilland and Paul Hen-,
raid; IN SOCIETY with
Abbott and Costello;
SWEET AND LOWDO’MJ with
Benny Goodman; ABROAD
WITH TWO YANKS with
William Bendix and Den-
nis O'Kaafa; ATLANTIC
CITY with Constance
Moore and BRIDE BY MIS-
TAKE with Laraine Day.
These films will go
on circuit in the near
future.
How To Behave
In Naziland
Soldiers of the Amer-
ican First Army who pu-
shed into Germany in
the Aaohen sector early
last month have been
warned by their comman-
der, Gen. Hodges, that
there must be no frat-
ernisation between them
and the Germans.
"Effective this date,
fraternisation," read a
section of Gen. Hodges'
order, "with the civil-
ian populaoe is prohib-
ited. Conversations
with civilians will be
limited to the minimum
neoessary to transact
official business. Vis-
iting civilian homes,
dining with civilians
and barter or trading
with civilians is pro-
hibited exoept when
specially authorised.
"The German people
are engaged in total
war against you and are
individually and coll-
ectively your enemy
Conduot youreelf in
their presence with
such military bearing,
alertness and soldierly
efficiency that they
appreciate at onoe the
power that is within
our Army and the high
state of discipline of
our troopso"
Because of a strike
among the Icelandic
printers, THE WHITE
FALCON will be publish-
ed for an indefinite
period in its current
abbreviated form.
The paper is now
being printed by the
Base Engineers in what
1b called a "photo-off-
set process."
N.Y. SUN FEATURES BIG STORY
ON FALCON'S "G.I. OPINION"
In an article entitl-
ed "GIs Object To Gen-
eral's Views," THE HEW
YORK SUN in its issue
of Sept. 22, gave con-
siderable prominence to
a discussion of letters
printed in THE WHITE
FALCON’S "GI OPINION"
column in response to
Maj. Gen. Louis B. Her-
ahey's statement that
men should be retained
in the Army until they
can be reabsorbed by
private industry.
"Soldiers stationed
in Iceland," wrote the
SUN, "many of them in = Nazi With Field Gun
warranted assumption
in implying (by use of
the unqualified phrase
"Soldiers stationed injgenthau form the cabin-
The plan has failed
to win support, however
from Secretary of State
Cordell Hull, and is
said to be violently o-
pposed by Secretary of
War Henry L. Stinson.
Hull, St1mson and Mor-
Iceland") that the
views expressed in "GI
Opinion" may be accept-
ed as representative of
the views of the entire
Command. The number of
letters we receive on
any particular question
is far too small for
®E(y generalization.
-Ed.
et committee on German
peace polioy.
Pres. Roosevelt pre-
sented the Morgenthau
plan to Prime Minister
Winston Churchill dur-
ing the recent confer-
ences at Quebec, and
it's reported that Mor-
genthau came away from
Quebec with the impre-
ssion that Churchill
lonely outposts for
three years, do not see
eye to eye with Maj.
Gen. Louis B. Hershey,
Selective Service dir-
ector. In fact, they
feel that the General's
recently stated views
as to why men should be
retained in the Army
until they can be re-
absorbed by industry
smacks of dictatorship.
"The GI views, culled
from a recent issue of
THE WHITE FALCON, were
solicited by the news-
paper after it had pub-
lished his statement,
made last month in Chi-
cago."
In the same article,
the paper also quoted
"GI Opinion" letters on
the subjects: "Should
veterans be given their
jobs back after the war
if this should mean
throwing civilian work-
ers into unemployment?"
and "Should the Govern-
ment continue conscrip-
tion after the war?"
- It must be pointed
out that THE NEW YORK
SUN has made an un—
y.u...u""."umj""uiuunm."!i found hiB lB ac_
| American Officer Nip* | ceptablo< especially
S since Anthony Eden was
- reported to hold sim-
H ilar views.
E Russia's plans for a
5 defeated Germany are
= unknown, but Morgenthau
E based his plan on these
= three assumptionst
£ 1. Russia desires that
E East Prussia and most
= ofJJilesia be given to
S Poland to offset Pol-
Hand's 103s of eastern
S territory to the Soviet
= 2. Russia wants Ger-
= man labor battaLions to
H be put to work in the
E Soviet Union for recon-
E struction.
= 3. Russia wants the
H U.S. and Britain to oc-
E oupy Germany in view cf
s her own big manpower
H needs.
Hull is known to be
that wh&t-
An American offi-
cer, Lt. John Spoo-
ner, recently gave
what the AP calls
"remarkable eviden-
ce of markmanshlp"
when he picked off
a German observer
from a telegraph
pole at 6,000 yards
with a field artil-
lery gun.
The Lt. got his
nan after firing
three smoke bursts
with a 75-mm field
piece, but the un-
usual feat did not
please his colonel
who estimated that
the ammunition cost
the taxpayers $100,
whereas "Infantry E
weapons kill
mans at five cents 5 ,;i'jtor7nfned
a round " r SY0r plfm is decided on
E must be agreeable to
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CANINE CRIME WAVE
Polio e in Baramus,
N.J., are hunting a
German ahephard dog,
identity unknown, who
has been relieving loc-
al residents of large
quantities of olothing.
Russia as a basis of
cooperation for a world
security organization.
The Morgenthau plan
is understood to pro-
vide »
1. The removal from
Germany to devastated
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