The White Falcon - 21.10.1944, Síða 1

OUR FORCES —
ALWAYS ALERT
Vol. VII.
ICELAND, Saturday, October 21,- 1944.
No. 5.
American
-- GIs Tour Legations --
(photos by U.S. Army Signal Corns.)
Soviet
Legion Head
Sees Potent
American Minister acuis e. Dreys'us (third
irom right) plays host to an AbC roup.
French
r. irasilnikoT, Soviet minister to Iceland,
answers (questions put him by these oavy men.
Danish
- . iienri Vcillery explains the functions of Fr* and Liadame 1© de iontenay chat
the French Legation to the "tourists#11 with the group at the Danish Legation.
Art Instruction
To Be Offered
At Club 14
The first in a weekly
series of "art classes"
(there will be nine in
all) will get under way
tomorrow, 1900 nours, at
ARC Club 14.
Instructor will be Tec
5 Phil Schuss of the En-
gineers. Schuss has been
active at the Club for
some time in a similar
capacity.
Am. Educators Urge College
Credit Be Awarded Veterans
For Time Spent In 'Basic'
Educators back in the
! States are discussing
i plans which will enable
veterans to get college
and school credit for
things which they stud-
ied in boot and basic
training.
More than 100 educa-
tors at a recent con-
ference discussed the
best method of awarding
credits for subjects
taken in khaki.
One suggestion wa3
that boot or basis tra-
ining be credited as
half a semester.
Patrick J. Sullivan
of the Massachusetts
Department of Education
warned that unless all
states adopt a uniform
code, educators would
find themselves in con-
fusion.
NO ’LAVISH AID’ SAYS
CHINESE SPOKESMAN
Commenting on Winston
Churchill's statement
of "lavish American he-
lp" to China, a Chinese
spokesman declared this
week that the total to-
nnage of U.S. supplies
to the armies of China
since Pearl Harbor
"would not be suffici-
ent to sustain a single
British or American di-
vision in combat for a
week." He declared the
only real help to be
the 14th Air Force.
Vet's Group
After War
HUGE MEMBERSHIP
PREDICTED
Newly-elected national
commander of the Ameri-
can Legion, Edward N.
Scheiberling of Albany,
N.Y., predicts that Leg-
ion membership, now at a
record level of a milli-
on-and-a-half, may climb
in postwar years to an
ultimate total of six
or seven million war
vets.
"Such a membership,"
declared Scheiberling,
"would make us powerful
in influencing Washing-
ton legislation. Not
selfish legislation. We
just want to make sure
we don't have another
war. Then it becomes our
duty to see that the re-
turning veterans get
jobs."
Scneiberling says he
intends to lead Legion-
aires toward fulfillment
of their program, as
outlined by recent con-
vention resolutions
calling for:
1. Unconditional surr-
ender and permanent dis-
armament of Germary and
Japan, and opposition to
a "soft" peace.
2. An association of
free nations, "implemen-
ted with whatever force
may be necessary" to
maintain peace.
3. Immediate legisla-
tion providing universal
postwar military train-
ing of young men for one
year.
4. maintenance of ,a
•levy able to combat
"any probable combina-
tion of hostile ships;
a»3 "vigorous opposi-
tion" to crapping any
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