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SUMMARY OF MEMORANDUM ON

CHICAGO TRIBUNE REFULD

The attached memorandum, based primarily on

the file record of the case, concludes that the implications of impropriety in its handling are without
foundation. The Chicago Tribune imported newsprint

paper which was entitled to free entry, if it possessed
the characteristics of paper chiefly used in the printing of newspapers at the time of the passage of the

Tariff Act of 1930. The Bureau, after investigation
of independent sources, found that at that time there
was in such use a class of newsprint paper having an

ash content ranging from 2% to 6-1/2%. It accordingly
modified a previous finding that the ash content of
free newsprint paper did not exceed 2% and directed
refunds in the amounts of $79,072.64 and $87,627.18

to be paid the Tribune Company. Exceptions to this action
were taken by the General Accounting Office on procedural

grounds and did not impugn the finding on ash content. The

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exceptions raised questions of law which were fully
considered in conference by the Chief Counsel of
Customs, the Assistant General Counsel in charge of
Customs, and the General Counsel of the Treasury and

were held to be without substance. The refund was
accordingly paid.
On January 23, 1942, an employee of the

General Accounting Office intimated that someone in
the Bureau of Customs had been improperly influenced

in the matter and that he intended to cause court action

to be instituted in the case, if possible. Such court
action could be taken only by the Department of Justice.
The Attorney General has advised the Treasury Depart-

ment in a formal opinion that the Comptroller General

is without jurisdiction to review the acts and decisions
of the Secretary of the Treasury and the Collectors
of Customs in the performance of their statutory duties.
Recently two newspaper men have inquired

about a scandal connected with a refund paid to the
Chicago Tribune. They were assured that there was
no scandal and the case was outlined to them.
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MEMORANDUM

Chicago Tribune Refund

The following extract from a letter was
communicated to the Secretary by the President for
investigation on May 7, 1942:

"I understand that within the last
two years, the Customs Bureau picked up

an item running well over a million
dollars in additional pulp tax due by

the Chicago Tribune on the importation
of pulp paper which had not come up to
the grade permitted under the free importation provisions. what happened in
the Customs, according to my tale, sounds

at least a little screwy. As a matter of
fact, I understand that the Regulations
or the Law were later fiddled with to
purge the Chicago Tribune situation.

This latter information I cannot vouch for,
but that there is something to look into
I am confident. I thought you might want

to pass it along. If I pass it along, it

will probably die because it would get

into the very hands of the people who
might have acted with less than propriety."

(1) An examination of the file discloses that
on July 22, 1939, the Collector of Customs at Chicago
submitted to the Bureau of Customs for decision the
question whether newsprint paper containing more than
2% ash content was "standard newsprint paper" within

the meaning of paragraph 1772 of the Tariff Act of 1930,

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-2and as such, entitled to free entry. The paper had
been imported by the Chicago Tribune and was entered

for consumption at the Port of Chicago. The Collector

was of the opinion that the paper was entitled to free
entry.

(2) Title II, sec. 201, par. 1772 of the Tariff
Act of 1930 provides that "standard newsprint paper",
when imported into the United States, shall be exempt

from duty. The phrase "standard newsprint paper" first
appeared in the Tariff Act of 1922, and the Secretary of

the Treasury, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Act, provided a series of tests and
standards for determining what standard newsprint paper

was. T.D. 39778, T.D. 40996, T.D. 44317, T.D. 45128,

T.D. 45418(4), and T.D. 49874. This practice (but not
the particular tests and standards) was approved by the
United States Customs Court of Appeals. T.D. 43358.

One of the standards so established was that the ash
content should not be more than 2%. T.D. 40996.

(3) In response to the Chicago Collector's

request for a ruling, the Bureau held, by letter dated

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-3August 10, 1939, that because the merchandise under

consideration had an ash content in excess of 2% it
was not entitled to free entry under paragraph 1772.
(4) The matter was re-opened in November,
1939, by counsel for the Tribune Company and by counsel

for the Import Committee of the American Paper Industry.
A statement was submitted by these counsel asserting
that from time to time newsprint paper has been made

with fillers producing an ash content ranging from
2 to 7% and that the chief use of such paper has been
for newspapers. The statement also asserted that at
least one donestic mill in 1930 and the years immediately
prior thereto manufactured newsprint paper with an ash

content of approximately 6 to 6-1/21, and that such
paper was used almost solely for printing a newspaper.

The will referred to was identified as that of the
International Paper Company, located at Livermore

Falls, Maine. The paper was developed specially for
the New York Daily News, but was subsequently sold in

comparatively small quantities to other New England

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newspapers for special purposes. As an independent
check, the Bureau of Customs consulted the Public

Printer, who confirmed that the ash content of newsprint paper manufactured by the International Paper
Company for the New York Daily News and other news-

papers (including Christian Science Monitor, Boston

Post, and Atlanta Constitution) prior to 1930 had an
ash content ranging from 3.3% to 8.2% Copies of the
New York Daily News for March 1, 1930, and April 1,
1930, were analyzed by the chief chemist of the Customs

laboratory in New York. His analysis showed that the
ash content ranged from 4.48% to 5.95%
(5) On November 29, 1939, the following
anonymous telegram, addressed to the Commissioner of

Customs and signed "A Publisher", was received:
"HAVE YOU ASKED THE MANAGER OF
THE AMERICAN PAPER ASSOCIATION WHY HE
AND HIS CUSTOMS EXPERTS HAVE NEVER
REPORTED TO YOU OR ANY OTHER OFFICER
AS TO THE NEWSPRINT NOW BEING IMPORTED
BY THE CHICAGO TRIBUSK AND THE NEW
YORK NEWS AND HAVE YOU HAD TOUR

CHEMISTS EXAMINE IT

(6) On March 19, 1940, the Commissioner of

Customs stated, in a letter to the Collector at

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-5Chicago, that after a careful consideration of the
entire record the Bureau was satisfied that at the
time of, and immediately prior to, the passage of the
Tariff Act of 1930 a class of newsprint having an ash
content ranging from 2% to 6-1/2%, but conforming in

all other respects to the specifications for standard
newsprint paper as published in the Treasury Decisions

cited in paragraph (2) hereof, was chiefly used in
the printing of newspapers. The Commissioner, there-

fore, ruled that newsprint having an ash content up

to 6-1/2%, but conforming in all other respects to the
specifications of standard newsprint paper, as previously

defined, was entitled to entry free of duty under paragraph 1772 of the Tariff Act. This ruling was published
as T.D. 50120(4).

(7) In a letter dated May 11, 1940, the
Chicago Collector of Customs advised the Commissioner

of Customs that exceptions had been taken by the

Investigator in Charge, Customs Field Audit, General

Accounting Office, against the liquidation and reliquidation of the importation of standard newsprint
paper which had been the subject of the Bureau's

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ruling of March 19, 1940. The Collector stated that
two checks in refund were drawn on April 30, 1940, in
the sum of $79,072.64 to cover refunds under liquida-

tion, and $87,627.18 covering re-liquidations. Because
of the exceptions, the Collector retained possession
of both checks. The Collector enclosed a memorandum

from the Investigator in Charge, General Accounting

Office, setting forth the grounds of his exceptions.
(8) The exceptions involved matters of law
and were referred to the Legal Division of the Treasury
Department for study. The exceptions did not go to

the merits of the case, but involved questions of procadure. That is to say, the General Accounting Office
did not question the findings of the Bureau with
respect to the ask content of newsprint in use

immediately prior to the passage of the Tariff Act
of 1930, but questioned the authority of the Department

to authorise the liquidations and re-liquidations.
The exceptions were considered in conference by the
Chief Counsel of Customs, the Assistant General

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Counsel in charge of Customs, and the General Counsel

of the Treasury Department, and were held to be without

substance. Accordingly, a telegram, signed by the
Asting Secretary of the Treasury, was sent to the
Chicago Collector instructing him to release both
checks to the Tribune Company. A letter, signed by
the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, was also sent to
the Collector setting forth the grounds upon which the
Department felt obliged to disregard the exceptions.

A copy of this letter was also sent to the Investigator
in Charge of the General Accounting Office. This
action apparently closed the matter.
(9) At the beginning of the year 1942, the
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in charge of
Customs and the Assistant General Counsel of the
Treasury in charge of Customs had a conference with

the Comptroller General. For some time past, correspendence between the General Accounting Office and the

Treasury Department, relating to Custons matters, had
been marked by an acerbity which it was thought wise to

eliminate, if possible. It was agreed at the conference

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-8with the Comptroller General that steps looking to that
end should be taken. Accordingly, a further conference
was held on January 23, 1942, attended, on behalf of the
Treasury Department, by the Assistant General Counsel in
charge of Customs, the Commissioner of Customs and one

of the latter's assistants. Two employees of the General
Accounting Office, but not the Comptroller General,
attended the conference. During the conference, the
Chicago Tribune case came up and one of the officials
of the General Accounting Office intimated that some
one in the Bureau of Customs had been improperly influ-

enced in the matter. He stated that he intended to

cause court action to be instituted in the case, if
possible. The results of the conference, including the
intimation of improper influence, were reported to the
Assistant Secretary in charge of Customs and the General
Counsel for the Department of the Treasury.
There have been two inquiries from newspaper-

men on the matter. About two weeks ago, the head of
the Washington Bureau of the Chicago News said that he

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had a message from his office asking him to inquire
about a story that there was a scandal connected

with a refund in a large amount, said to be a million
dollars or more, to the Chicago Tribune on imports
of newsprint and that the PUMOR was that a Civil
Service official of the Bureau of Customs had been
"reached". He was assured that there was no scandal
connected with the matter and the case was outlined

to him. A few days later there was a quite similar
inquiry from a Washington columnist who was given
the same information.
Conclusion

It appears from the file record that the
implications of the communication quoted at the
beginning of this memorandum are without foundation.
Any court action contemplated by the General Account-

ing Office could be instituted only by the Department
of Justice. The Attorney General has advised the
Treasury Department that the Comptroller General

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252

has no authority to review determinations of Collectors
of Customs with respect to quantity, value and classi-

fication of imported merchandise, or the duties appli-

cable thereto, affecting the liquidation of import
entries, or to review the acts and decisions of, the
Secretary of the Treasury and the Collectors of Customs

in the performance of their statutory duties. Op. No. 131,
vol. 39, June 24, 1940.

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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON

May 7, 1942.
PERS IAL AND CONFIDENTIAL
EL.ORANDUM FOR

H.M.Jr.

A good friend of mine sent me the
following:

"I understand that within the last

two years, the Customs Bureau picked up

an item running well over a million dollars
in additional pulp tax due by the Chicago

Tribune on the importation of pulp paper
which had not come up to the grade permit

under the free importation provisions.

What happened in the Customs, according to

my tale, sounds at least a little screwy.
As a matter of fact, I understand that the
Regulations or the Law were later fiddled
with to purge the Chicago Tribune situation.
This latter information I cannot vouch for,
but that there is something to look into
I am confident. I thought you might want
to pass it along. If I pass it along, it
will probably cie because it would get into
the very hanos of the people who might have
acted with less than propriety."
Would you have someone you trust

look into it and let me know?
F.D.R.

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May 13, 1942

Telegram received from Mr. L. A. Warren,
President, Safeway Stores, Inc.

In accordance with request for daily report,

sales Saturday May 9th show no significant trend
attributable to general maximum price regulation.

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May 14, 1942.
Harold Graves and Norman Thompson

Secretary Morgenthau

I wish you would look over the various teletypes we
have, particularly in Customs. I know we have some that
we do not even use at a $10. minimum. It seems to me. we
might take some of these and put them in the 10 most important States for War Bonds. Please make a quick study
of this situation. For instance, I know at Nogales, they
practically never use the tiletype, and maybe in other
@epartments of the Treasury, there are teletypes. We
ought to be able to pick up 10 teletypes within the Treasury
and assign them to the War Bond Section for the 10 key
States at once. Please report to me on this without any

undue delay. See Thompson's memo

TREASURY DEPARTMENT

256

INTER OFFICE COMMUNICATION
DATE May 14, 1942.
TO

Secretary Morgenthau

FROM

Mr. Thompson

Mr. Irey has arranged for the release of ten teletype machines
from the following offices:
Secret Service: Atlanta, Ga.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Fort Hunt, Va.

Chicago, Ill.
Customs:

Nogales, Aris.
Bottineau, N. D.
St. Paul, Minn.
San Pedro, Calif.

San Ysidro, Calif.
Narcotics:

Houston, Tex.

Mr. Graves has been notified of the above, and his Staff is

arranging for the transfer of the machines to the principal field
offices of the Savings Bond organization.

The

O.K. I'm M .

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5/14/42

OFFICE FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

For the current fiscal year (1942), funds available to the
Office for Emergency Management aggregate $190,500,000. This

includes a direct appropriation of $121,500,000 to "Salaries and
Expenses, Office for Emergency Management", and allocations from
the President's Emergency Fund and other sources of $69,000,000,

or a total of about $190,500,000. (See statement attached.)
According to the printed budget, $4,326,000 of the

$121,500,000 directly appropriated is allocated to the Office
of Liaison Officer (Mr. Wayne Coy), who heads the central
administrative office of the Office for Emergency Management.

An

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OFFICE FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

APPROPRIATIONS, ALLOCATIONS AND CONTRACT AUTHORIZATIONS
FOR SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FISCAL YEAR
1942

Direct appropriations:
Public Law 150 7/3/41 (Second Deficiency) 1942
2nd Sup. 282 10/28/41, 1942
3rd Sup. 353 12/17/41, 1942
3rd,Sup. 353 12/17/41, 1942-43
Total appropriations

$36,500,000.00
10,000,000.00
13,012.00
75,000,000.00
121,513,012.00

Allocations from Emergency Funds for

the President: 1

Unexpended balances, 1940-42

Public Law 28 4/5/41 (I.O. Appn. Act, 1942) 1942
Public Law 353 12/17/41 (3rd Sup.) 1942-43

8,289,198.24
13,119,834.00
23,607,472.00

Defense Aid:
Unexpended balances

89,961.68
889,604.00

Allocations

Total allocations
Contract authorisations:

45,996,069.92

Public Law 150 7/3/41
Public Law 28 4/5/41

3,000,000.00
20,000,000.00

Total contracts

23,000,000.00

GRAND TOTAL AVAILABLE

190,509,081.92

1 Determination of availability for salaries and expenses
requires analysis of allocation letters.

259

MAY 14 1942

Dear Mr. Somere:

Further reference is made to your letter of April 27,
1942, relative to H. J. Res. 295, "Providing for the procurement
of raw natural rubber from sources in the Western Hemisphere".
The Treasury Department recommends against enactment

of the measure in its present form in view of the appropriation
provision in section 1, which authorises the sum of $250,000,000
to be appropriated "out of any unexpended amounts of the stabilization fund established by section 10 of the Gold Reserve Act of
January 30, 1934, or out of the gold reserve established by
section 2 of the Cold Reserve Act of January 30, 1934".
This Department feels that the contemplated plan should
not be financed with funds now comprising the Stabilisation Fund,
which was established by Act of Congress on January 30, 1934, and
extended by subsequent acts of Congress specifying definite periods

for its continuation. The Stabilisation Fund is a potent instrument in facilitating the solution of the complex international

economic problems with which we are now confronted and can perform

a great service in the promotion of general economic recovery in

the post-war period. In view of the present critical international situation and the value of the Stabilization Fund in such
periods, the Treasury Department recommends against depletion of
the fund in the manner contemplated by H. J. Res. 295.
The Treasury Department also recommends against the

alternative provision of the authorisation to appropriate funds
out of the "gold reserve established by section 2 of the Gold
Reserve Act of January 30, 1934". Since all the gold held by

the Treasury (with the exception of approximately $24,000,000
in the Treasurer's working balance) is already allocated for
specific purposes, an appropriation of any portion of such gold
would require a general appropriation to reimburse the gold
account so charged, or would operate to change the structure of
the monetary reserves of the country which the Treasury Department deems inadvisable for the purpose specified.

260

-2The foregoing views of the Department are not intended

to reflect any opposition to appropriate legislation designed
to increase our supplies of raw natural rubbor. However, the

Department believes that such legislation should contain appropriation provisions of the same general character as those regularly
incorporated in legislation providing for the procurement of
strategic materials.

In view of the need for expedition, it has not been
possible to secure Budget clearance of this report.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) a. Morgenthan. and

Secretary of the Treasury.

Honorable Andrew L. Somers, Chairman,
Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures,

House of Representatives,
Washington, D. C.

Photofree n.m.c.
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(Original ant to Mr. miling)

SEVENTY SIXTH CONGRESS

M

Y..

House of Representatives ..

.

Committee on Coinage, Wrights, and Measures

Washington, D.C.

April 27, 1942.

Honorable Henry Morgenthau, Jr.,
Secretary of Treasury,
Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. Morgenthau;

closed is A copy of H.J. Res.295 which is before this

Come ttee for consideration.

The Committee would very much appreciate a report from

your Department on this legislation.It is quite likely

that the Commitee will consider the Resolution next Monday

or Tuesday.

Sincerely yours,

Andrew L. Somers, Chairman.

SEA

LAUISIATIVE

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77TH CONGRESS
2p SESSION

H. J. RES. 295

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 16, 1942

Mr. FADDIS introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred
to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures

JOINT RESOLUTION
Providing for the procurement of raw natural rubber from sources
in the Western Hemisphere.

Whereas it is of the utmost importance that the United States
supplement its supply of raw rubber in order to enable our

workers to go to and from their daily work on our farms
and in our mines and mills; and

Whereas raw rubber would be of more practical value to the
United States in time of this emergency than much of the
gold we now hold; and

Whereas there is raw rubber in South and Central America which

can only be made available within a reasonable time by
extraordinary effort; and
Whereas there are in other parts of the world many persons who

are acquainted with the acquisition and preparation of raw

2

rubber who can be organized and employed in exploiting the

raw rubber in Central and South America: Therefore be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives

1

2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of
4 any unexpended amounts of the stabilization fund established

5 by section 10 of the Gold Reserve Act of January 30, 1934,
6 or out of the gold reserve established by section 2 of the Gold

7 Reserve Act of January 30, 1934, the sum of $250,000,000
8 for the purpose of securing the services of, from whatever
9 part of the world they can be procured, persons having the
10 experience, physique, knowledge, and ability to bring into
11 the possession of the United States as much of the natural

12 rubber as is possible of the nations in Central and South
13 America with whom the necessary arrangements can be
14 concluded.
15

SEC. 2. That for the purpose of carrying out the provi-

16 sions of this joint resolution there shall be established under

17 the War Production Board a bureau for the procurement of
18 raw American rubber and that this Board be endowed with
19 all the powers necessary to carry out the provisions of this
20 joint resolution: Provided, That the chief of this bureau must
21 be a man who has been a successful producer of raw rubber

22 in the region of the East Indies, that the field forces of all
23 grades must be men who have had experience in the produc-

3

1 tion of raw rubber either in the East Indies or in Central or
2 South America.
SEC. 3. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated,

3

4 out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
5 such sums as may be necessary to provide for the transpor-

6 tation, maintenance, rotation, and storage within the United
7 States or any of its Territories or possessions of any materials

8 acquired under the provisions of this joint resolution.
9

SEC. 4. The Department of State is hereby authorized and

10 directed to carry on whatever negotiations are necessary with

11 any foreign nation to assist in or to further the purpose of
12 this joint resolution.

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Division of Monetary Research 263
Date May 15
To:

Secretary Morgenthau

From:

Mr. White

19 42

The original of this report
is appended to prepared letter to
the President.

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May 14, 1942

Exports to Russia, Free China, Burma and other
blocked countries, as reported to the Treasury
Department during the ten-day period ending
April 30, 1942

1. Exports to Russia
Exports to Russia as reported during the ten-day period
ending April 30, 1942 amounted to nearly $51,000,000 as
compared with approximately $67,000,000 during the previous
ten-day period. Motor trucks and land planes were the two
principal items. (See Appendix C.)
2. Exports to Free China and Burna
Exports to Free Ghina during the period under review
amounted to about $2,827,000, of which military equipment
accounted for more than ninety percent. (See Appendix D.)
No exports to Burma were reported.

3. Exports to France
No exports to France were reported during the period under

review.

4. Exports to other blocked countries
Exports to other blooked countries are given in Appendix A.

Most important were exports to Switzerland and Sweden amounting
to $223,000 and $155,000, respectively.

ISF/efs
5/16/42

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265

INDUARY or - STATES
REPORTS so - COUNTRIES
AS REPORTED so - TREASURY REPARTMENT
FROM EXPORT

DURING SEE PHIION INVIGATION V

July 28, 19a to Agent so, 1949.
(In thousands of dollars)

-

July 28

Period ented
April 20

to

Period ended
Appll TO

Total

$830,881

$66,880

180,988

www.ccc

- China

65,832

8,335

2,837

13,008

June al

11,557

U. s. S. R.

France y

6

Occupied France

a

Unoccupied France

28

6

-

18,196

-

-

6

-

-

2

-

-

as

y

2.00

2,003

223

10,006

17,472

19

165

19,646

Peringal

8,488

258

a

8,795

Treath North Africa y

6,283

Spain

2,845

s

Suitserland

7,690

Sunder

y

treasury Department, Avidica oz Memotary Research

6,283
May 12,

1/ Many of the export declarations are received with a lag of several days or more.
Therefore this compilation does not assurately represent the actual shipment of

a particular period. the Longer the period severed, the elocer will these figured

come to Department of Commerce revised figures.

a From September 11. 1942 to date - 10 is progned that a large percentage of

material listed here, consigned to is destined for Free Pains.

y Includes both Occupied and Uncomplet France through week ending October 4 19a.
Occupied and Decompled France organized thereafter.

y Includes Algoria, and Suita
by bess them $800.
JWhr1 5/12/42

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APPENDIX B

266

Exporte from the U. s. to Free China, Burna and
U.S.S.R. as reported to the Treasury Department
July 28, 1941 - April 30, 1942
(Thousands of Dollars)
Exports to
Exports to
Exports to
Free China

July 28 - Aug. 2

Aug. 4 - Aug. a

Aug. 11 - Aug. 16
Aug. 18 - Aug. 23
Aug. 25 - Ang. 30

Sept. 2 - Sept. 6
Sept. 8 - Sept.13
Sept.15 - Sept.20
Sept.22 - Sept.27

Sept.29 - Oct. 4
Oct. 6 - Oct. 11
Oct. 13 - Oct. is
Oct. 20 - Oct. 25
Oct. 27 - Nov. 1
Nov. 3 - Nov. 8

309

2,735
204

2,281
3,822 V/V
110

1,225
5,312

752

449
684

2,333

1,157

6,844

403

342
as

1,022

1,38

791

64

2,337

iii

18

1

196

8

2

35

1,073

Jan. 12 - Jan. 17
Jan. 19 - Jan. 24
Jan. 26 - Jan. 31

1,695

Feb. 10 - Feb. 20
Feb. 20 - Feb. 28 5/
Mar. 1 - Mar. 10
Mar. 10 - Mar. 20
Mar. 20 - Mar. 31 6/

4,853
2,921
2,879

583

4,836
5.322

447
639

876,296

$11,083

Feb. 1 - Feb. 10 y

Apr. 1 - Apr. 10

Apr. 11 - Apr. 20
Apr. 21 - Apr. 30
Total

323

5

269

Dec. 8 - Dec. 13

Dec. 29 - Jan. 3
Jan. 5 - Jan. 10

1,023
4,280
5,217

1

Nov. 10 - Nov. 15
Nov. 17 - Nov. 22
Nov. 24 - Nov. 29
Dec. 15 - Dec. 20
Dec. 22 - Dec. 27

U.S.S.R.
4,523

395

4,772
1,672
2,851
1,225
3,239

Dec. 1 - Dec. 6

Barna 3/

6.938

923

1,054

5.633
4,552
2,677

3,581
2,436
3,609
12,040
4,580
1,829
3.993
8,247
5,874
9,608
13,315
26,174
28,119

23

8,058

90,958
$449,180

1. These figures are is part taken free copies of shipping manifests.
2. Figures for exports to Free China during these weeks include exports
to Rangoon which are procused to be destined for Free China.

3.

4.

It is presuned that a large percentage of exports to Darma are
destined for Free China.
Beginning with February 1 figures will be gives for 10-day period
instead of week except where otherwise indicated.

5. 8-day period.
6. 11-day period.

1st/eru 5714742 Department, Division of Monetary Research

May 14, 1942

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APPENDIX c

Principal Exports free U. s. to U. s.s. a.
as reported to the Treasury Department
during the ten-day
period
April 30.
1942ending
(Thousands of Dollars)
e 50.958

TOTAL EXPORTS

Principal Items:
Motor trucks
Landplanes - bonbardment
Dried egg products
Lard

Landplanes - pursuit, intereeptor and fighter

6,424
4,800
3,037
2,275
1,930

sheets and stripe

1,841
1,792
1,761
1,757
1,633

Explosive shells and projectiles

1,231
1,223

Sausage, eanned

Other aircraft parts and accessories
Military tanks - medium

Irea and
steel
Pork,
eanned

Military tanks - light

Copper wire, insulated
Aircraft engines

Armor plate

966
962
844

Tires and inner tubes
Steel bare

Aircraft engine parts and accessories

Diesel Barine engines

Relief supplies - elothing
Pork, pickled or salted

Metallie cartridges

Treasury Department, Division of Hometary Research

Isflers
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592

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APPENDIX D

Principal Exports from U. S. to Free China
as reported to the Treasury Department
during the ten-day period ending
April 30, 1942
(Thousands of Dollars)
TOTAL EXPORTS

Principal Items:
Military equipment
Road rollers
Auto replacement parts
Medicinal chemicals

Vitamines and vitasterols, n.e.s.
Photographic apparatus and supplies

$ 2,827
2,653
84
44

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10

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Mr. Districh

with reference to w - of May s relating to the of 99 casee
of gold bullies from the U.S.S.E. which was expected to arrive as angentia,
nonfoundand, about Now 9. Mr. Groupine informed me today that the seviet School
had received confirmation from Heason that this shipment was consigned to the
Federal Reserve Beak of New Test and that 19 we incured w the Soviet coverement.
1 sectioned to Mr. Groupito that the Federal Reserve Bank of New Tools had

cabled the State Beak of the U.S.S.R. relative to the payment of the express
charges of $16,783.69 and that the state Beak had instructed the Federal to debit
its account with this assent.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WASHINGTON

In reply refer to

May 14, 1942

FD 893.51/7483

The Secretary of State presents his compliments to
the Honorable the Secretary of the Treasury and encloses
copies of telegram no. 556. dated May 13, 1942, from
the American Embassy, Chungicing, China, transmitting a

message for the Secretary of the Treasury from Mr. Adler.

Enclosure:

From Embassy, Chungking,

no. 556, May 13. 1942.

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Mr. Liven
Mr. District

will you please and the attached abile to the American Senten.

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American

Lender, England
From:

The Secretary of the Treasury
In answer to year No. 2297 of April so and No. 2614 of New 18.

Assess already sent w airmail.
Savings stamps are issued w the Postal Savings System and are nodeemable in each or accepted is payment for War Savings Dends at any time

at United States Test offices.

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PLAN

NMC

May 14, 1942
AMEMBASSY,

LONDON (ENGLAND)

2157, Fourteenth
FOR CASADAY FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

QUOTE. In answer to your 2297 of April 30
and no. 2614 of May 13.

Answer already sent by airmail.
Savings stamps are issued by the Postal Savings
System and are redeemable in cash or accepted in

payment for War Savings Bonds at any time at
United States Post Offices.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WASHINGTON

May 14, 1942

In reply refer to
FD 845.51/222

The Secretary of State presents his compliments to
the Honorable the Secretary of the Treasury and encloses

a copy of despatch no. 490, dated April 27, 1942, from
the American Consulate, Bombay, India, concerning in-

formation requested by the United States Treasury regarding

gold and silver position in India, as requested in telegram no. 133 of April 16, 1942, sent at the request of
the Treasury Department.

Enclosure:
From Consulate, Bombay,

no. 490, April 27, 1942.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WASHINGTON

May 14, 1942

In reply refer to
FD 845.51/222

The Secretary of State presents his compliments to
the Honorable the Secretary of the Treasury and encloses

a copy of despatch no. 490, dated April 27, 1942, from
the American Consulate, Bombay, India, concerning information requested by the United States Treasury regarding

gold and silver position in India, as requested in telegram no. 133 of April 16, 1942, sent at the request of
the Treasury Department.

Enclosure:

From Consulate, Bombay,

no. 490, April 27, 1942.

Copy:bj:5-14-42

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Bombay, India, April 27, 1942

No. 490

SUBJECT: Information Requested by the United States Treasury Department

Regarding the Goldsand Silver Position in India

THE HONORABLE

THE SECRETARY OF STATE,
WASHINGTON.

SIR:

I have the honor to refer to the Department's telegram No. 133 of
April 16 (1942) 7 PM, requesting certain information regarding the gold
and silver position in India, data concerning the budgetary position of
the Government of India, and various other economic information such as

indices of production, foreign trade, and so forth. Very little of this

information is available in published form and I accordingly addressed a
letter to Sir James Taylor, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, requesting that the Consulate be supplied with as much of this information as the
Government of India might feel inclined to release. Sir James replied
under date of April 25th as follows:

"Will you please refer to your letter of
the 25th, regarding the gold and silver position
in this country? As you will appreciate, the

Reserve Bank is merely the agent of the Govern-

ment of India in all matters regarding silver. I
should therefore have to obtain their approval

before communicating any information beyond that

contained in the ordinary published returns. I
shall let you know as soon as I hear from them,
but I have no doubt that they will agree to put
as much information at your disposal as they can."

Some time will undoubtedly elapse before a reply is received from the

Government of India. It should also be pointed out that statistics of foreign trade are available only in a restricted form. Moreover, the compilation of a weekly telegram of this nature will be an extremely difficult
task for this Consulate in its present understaffed condition. However,
every effort will be made to supply the desired data but delays may result
because of the foregoing reasons.

Respectfully yours,
Howard Donovan

102.1
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American Consul

In quintuplicate to the Department by air mail
Confirmation copy of the Department by sea mail

Copy to the office of the Personal Representative of the President of the
United States. New Delhi - Copy to Consulate General, Calcutta
Copy:imc:5/19/42

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FROM: American Legation, Tehran, Iran
DATE:

May 14, 1942

No. : 154
Informal agreement on financial matters has now been reached

by Iranians and British along lines indicated in Legation's telegran 137 of May 3 with provision that the rial be pegged at 130
for selling and at 128 for buying, sterling exchange being free
but dollar still controlled, with cross rate between the dollar
and pound being maintained. Conversion of sterling into gold for
Iranian purchases of dollars would be guaranteed by the British
and it is also expected that forty per cent of unused sterling
balances would be convertible into gold.

The full text of the draft agreement has been sent to London
by telegraph by the British Legation here with request for
instructions concerning certain minor points which have not been
fully agreed upon. It is the expectation that the new exchange
rate will go into effect within a few days and that the formal
agreement will be signed soon after. When the agreement has been

signed it will be presented to the Majlis in open session, but no
difficulty in obtaining ratification is expected by the Prime

Minister.

DREYFUS

Copy:bj 5-16-42

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(U.S. SECRET)
OPTEL No. 159

Information received up to 7 A.M., 14th May, 1942.
1. NAVAL

Five of our motor torpedo boats and motor gun boats intercepted a large
ship off BOULOGNE yesterday and an engagement onsued with her escort. An enemy

torpedo boat was possibly torpedoed. One M.T.B. last seen pressing home her attack
is prosumed lost and the other 4 ships returned to harbour damaged. The enemy ship
is reported to have reached BOULOGNE.

One of H.M. Minolayers arrived at MALTA on 10th and unloaded an important

cargo. She was slightly drmaged by noar misses while in herbour but left again as

planned. Two more British ships totalling about 8500 tons wore sunk in a further
attack on 12/13 on the outward HALIFAX convoy. here other British ships and one
Dutch, total tonnage about 16,000 reported torpedood in Western Atlantic between
10th and 12th. One small British ship damaged by aircraft and beached at SOUTHAMPTON
on 12th.

2. MILITARY

BURMA. The withdrawal of our forces ncross the CHINDWIN at SHWEGYIN

was carried out in the face of greatly increased enomy pressure. We suffered severe
losses in guns, armoured vehicles and mechanical transport. An attompt to envelop
our forces was repulsed.
3. AIR OPERATIONS

WESTERN FRONT. 13th. 3 Wellingtons bombed objectives in the RUHR.

13th/14th. 4 Hudsons and 2 Beauforts were sont to attack shipping off
the Norwegian coast. In the AALESUND-STATLAND area a 6,000 ton ship which was

ashore was hit and left a total wrock and a 5,000 ton ship TESLS hit and left listing
heavily.

LIBYA. 12th. 8 long range Kittyhawks and 4 Beaufighters intercepted
20 Ju 52's and 3 Mo 110's north of DERNA. 13 Ju 52's and 2 Me 110's were destroyed

and the remaining 7 Ju 52's were either probably destroyed or damaged. 1 Bonufighter is missing.
MALTA. Between 3.30 p.m. 12th and 2 p.m. 13th about 25 bombors with

fighter escort attacked. Our fighters destroyed 5 enemy aircraft, probably destroyed
2 and damaged 4. 2 Spitfires wore lost, one pilot safe.
BURMA. 12th. Four Fortresses bombed MYITKYINA. 13th. 4 Hudsons
attacked AKYAB destroying 2 aircraft on the ground.

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OPTEL No. 165

Following is supplementary resume of operational events covering the
period 7 - 14th May, 1942.
1. NAVAL

21 attacks were made upon enemy submarines during the wook, 10 by sur-

face craft, 10 by aircraft and 1 by submarine. There was a resumption of U-boat

attacks on convoy routes in Mid Atlantic and North of the CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
Shipping losses were again heavy. Out of 20 ships reported attacked by U-boats
9 are known to have been sunk. Losses during April so far reported were 105 ships,

totalling 571,253 tons. About 38% of this tonnage was British and included 30
tankers of which 6 were British. This total although about 100,000 tons less than
March was the 4th highest since the war started. U-boats accounted for about 70%
mainly in the Western Atlantic. The tonnage of ships damaged by enemy action was
also heavy. During the wook ending 13th May, 1,087 ships were convoyed. Imports
into the United Kingdom by ships in convoy during the week ending 9th May amounted

to 692,000 tons and included 110,000 tons of oil. It is reported that ADMIRAL SCHE
(is at NARVIK where she will be joined by LUTZOW when the latter is worked up. Three

ships totalling about 8,000 tons runched BENGHAZI, this is the smallest total for
some weeks.

2. MILITARY

RUSSIA. The German attack in the CRIMEA has succeeded to the extent
that the Russians may be obliged to abandon the KERCH PENINSULA. In the KHARKOV
sector, the Russian attack is being made in considerable strength.

LIBYA. The enemy's tanks and armoured cars are still being kept for th
most part east of the DERNA-MEXILI line. Axis strength is being steadily built up
and although Hommol's forces are not yet at full establishment, he is probably
sufficiently ready to undertake an offensive should the strategic situation domand
it of him.

BURMA In the North West the British troops from the MANDALAY area are
now West of the CHINDWIN on the KALEWA-TAMU road. Owing to the low capacity of the

ferry, nearly all the tanks and most of the guns had to be abandoned and destroyed.
In the North East MYITKYINA and LUNGLING have fallen to the Japanese but Chinese

forces still remain further South and one formation is reported to be advancing

Northwards to try to recapture MYITKYINA.
3. AIR OPERATIONS

WESTERN FRONT. Day - 91 Squadrons of fighters were employed in escort
reaction
to bomber operations and sweeps over enomy occupied territory. There was no
by enemy fighters except on one day when one was destroyed.
Night - Owing to unfavourable weather, only one attack was carried out
by Bomber Command. The objective was WARNEMUNDE and the Heinkel factory there. 283
tons of H.E. and incendiaries were dropped. Severe enemy opposition from search-

lights, anti-aircraft artillery, hight fighters and balloon barrage was met. In

anti-shipping operations, it is estimated that about 60,000 tons of enemy shipping
2919 damaged in home and Norwegian waters. 238 sea mines were laid.

MALTA. Air raids were again on a reduced scale. The total amounted to
24 bombers escorted by fighters some of then bomb-carrying. The enemy losses heavy
mile our own were much lighter than previously,
4. EXTRACTS FROM PHOTOGRAPHIC AND INTELLIGENCE REPORTS ON RESULTS OF AIR ATTACKS ON
ENEMY TERRITORY IN EUROPE

ROSTOCK. In addition to the damage at the Hoinkel works and other indastrial plants alroady reported, recent photographs show that about 130 ccres of
the old town including nearly 1,000 houses have been devastated mainly by fire. Ther
are two other areas of destruction by fire outside the old town. A complete stoppage
is reported of all war supplies to DENMARK via ROSTOCK-WADNEMENDE and the train ferry

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large shope in the Citroon works have been gutted as well as the corner of a large
shop in the Humboldt Deuts Motor Works.

WARNEMUNDE. Photographs 9th show damage to Heinkel works assombly hall,

aerodromos unserviceable, seaplane station damaged, direct hits on two large dock
buildings, serious damage to railway station and extensive destruction among commercial and residential property.
HAMBURG. The local press states that on the nights 3rd and 4th May,
almos+ all bombs fell in densely populated residential districts. Photographs on

7th homeland show extensive damage in the harbour area as well.

GENERAL. The ROSTOCK attacks have caused nervousness in all Baltic
towns especially STETTIN where A.R.P. and defance measures have been strengthened.

Occupied Territory - Direct hits on quays, dockyard buildings, railway communications, locomotive sheds, coking plants, oil depots, etc., during daylight attacks

are confirmed by recent photographs of DUNKIRK, LS HAVRE, DIEPPE, ZEEBRUGGE, BRUGES
and FLUSHING.

5. OPERATIONAL AIRCRAFT BATTLE CASUALTIES
METROPOLITAN AREA

British

In the Air

Bombers

28

Fighters

8

Coastal

5

Total

33

Probably Destroyed
3

Bombers

7

Nil

Fightors

9

14

11

3

Total

Damaged

5

Destroyed

Enemy

MIDDLE EAST (including MALTA

British

On the Ground

In the Air

Nil

Bombers

4

1

Total

25

1

Fighters

21

One crow and 9 pilots are safe.
Damaged

Destroyed Probably Destroyed

Enemy

Bombers

34

23

Fighters

25

17

Miscellaneous 13
(includes Junkers 52)
72

28
7
3

Total

39

74

43

of the above totals, 13 were destroyed, two probably
destroyed and five damaged by A.A.
FAR EAST

On the Ground

2

1

Nil
2

Fighters
Others

1

Bombers

In the Air

1

British and Allied

Total
3

4

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Enemy

Destroyed Probably Destroyed

Fighters
Miscellaneous 24
27
Total

Damaged

3
5

3

Nil

Nil

3

5

NOTE: No account is taken of enemy aircraft destroyed on the ground

in any theatre or of British Naval Aircraft casualties.
6. HOME SECURITY

Estimated civilian casualties for week ending 0600/13.
Killed

24

Seriously wounded 57

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COORDINATOR OF INFORMATION

THE WAR
THIS WEEK
May 7-14,1942

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Coordinator of Information

THE WAR THIS WEEK
American sea and air forces lashed out at the Japanese this
week in the northern reaches of the Coral Sea to win a victory
in which they sank or damaged 21 naval vessels. Although

Japanese naval units finally retired from the scene of the
battle, the enemy has apparently continued the occupation
of the Solomon Islands. Moreover, the availability of naval
reinforcements makes it perfectly possible that the Japanese
will shortly attempt to renew their forward movement in this
area, possible prelude to an assault on Australia.

In Burma continuing Japanese successes carried them
northward to Bhamo and Myitkyina and effectively closed

the last of the practicable alternative land routes from
India to China. At the same time they drove up the Burma
road into China and struck northwestward toward India,
bombing Imphal and Chittagong. This simultaneous interest in three primary sectors of the war-Australia, China, and

India-left some confusion in the minds of observers as to
where the Japanese would strike the next serious blow.
In the west the Germans launched an offensive action in

the Crimea and claim to be moving rapidly on Kerch.
Despite the impressive nature of this thrust, observers were
inclined to believe it was still part of the process of "cleaning

up" preliminary to the main offensive, rather than actually

a part of that more ambitious drive. A recapitulation of
this process during the past few weeks reveals that the Nazis

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now find themselves less than a hundred miles from Moscow.

A current situation map prepared for this issue focusses
attention on the somewhat limited accomplishments of the

Harbor in the Solomon Islands. This may have been an
operation aimed ultimately at the invasion of Australia
itself, but the immediate purpose appears to have been the
establishment of a secure base on the Japanese east flank,

Russian winter offensive, and suggests the extent to which
even reliable organs of the American press have distorted

designed to protect an attack on Port Moresby. The

Meanwhile, the declining intensity of the attacks on Malta
may mean that the Germans are husbanding air strength for

occupation of this port on the Papuan coast of New Guinea
would protect the rear of any attempted invasion of northeastern Australia. Moreover, it would eliminate an advanced
Allied air base which is close enough to Japanese bases in
Northeast New Guinea to supply fighter support for bombers.

this picture.

the offensive in Russia and that during the period of that
drive the control of the sea lanes to Tripoli will be of less
importance to them. At the same time, as the ice goes out of
the White Sea and an increasingly larger flow of lend-lease
supplies can be directed to the port of Archangel, the Nazis

have intensified their attacks on the Arctic sea route.
The Battle of the Coral Sea

In the Battle of the Coral Sea the Japanese suffered a
serious naval setback, sustaining heavy losses while the
American forces appear to have won the battle at relatively

light cost. The two Japanese aircraft carriers put out of
action-one sunk and another probably a total loss-may
have been among Japan's newest and largest, carrying upwards of 60 planes, although there is as yet no official word on

this. In addition, the loss of two heavy cruisers-one sunk
and one damaged-is a serious blow. As for light cruisers,
the recent action apparently leaves the Japanese with only
seven which are afloat, and a number of these-including one

in the Coral Sea-probably have been put out of action
temporarily.
The Mission of the Japanese Task Force

The action in the Coral Sea was precipitated when a naval

task force was sighted on May 4 moving toward Tulagi

The Action and the Results

While light Japanese forces were concentrated in Tulagi
Harbor, the initial Allied air attack was made, resulting in the
sinking of a light cruiser, two destroyers, four gunboats, and
a supply ship, and damage to other ships. On May 5 and 6
aerial reconnaissance in the Coral Sea located two aircraft
carriers, seven cruisers, 17 destroyers, 16 unidentified warships, two submarines, one submarine tender, and 21 transport
or supply ships.

On May 8 American units made contact with this Japanese

force near the small Louisiade Islands, southeast of New
Guinea. In the resulting engagement the American forces
sank or damaged both carriers and four of the seven cruisers.

On Monday, May 11, it was announced that two Japanese
submarines had been sunk in the Coral Sea area, raising the
total of Japanese ships sunk or damaged in this action to 21.

Meanwhile the Japanese probably have succeeded in
setting down light occupation forces on Tulagi, Gavutu and
Makambo Islands in the Solomon group, although this has
not been confirmed. Control of these islands, which com-

mand Tulagi and Gavutu Harbors in the southeastern
Solomons, would allow the Japanese virtually to dominate

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have been under Japanese control for several weeks. News
paper dispatches report that seaplane tenders have landed
some stores and equipment also in the Louisiade Archipelago.

Since the Japanese appear to have stepped up air operations against both Port Moresby and Horn Island, off north-

eastern Australia, further naval action at an early date is
perfectly possible. The Japanese can always move naval
units rapidly southward to the New Britain region from

the Truk area in the Carolines. reports indicate that
they have assembled notable naval strength.

Imbroglio in New Caledonia

Concomitant with these serious Japanese threats in the
Coral Sea area, political difficulties have arisen to plague the

Free French rulers of New Caledonia, and the High Commissioner there has been suspected even of playing deliberately into the enemy's hands. The trouble arose apparently
as a result of popular distrust of D'Argenlieu, the High Commissioner. Governor Sautot had been recalled to Free French

headquarters in London in what General de Gaulle later
termed a purely routine administrative move, but he refused
to leave, apparently at popular behest. He was then arrested
by the High Commissioner, along with four prominent members of his administrative council. The upshot was a general
strike of all workers, and some mob violence.
Somewhat enigmatically, the High Commissioner himself
has now been arrested and will soon leave the island, according to a reliable report, but the status of Governor Sautot
remains in doubt. With American troops now bolstering the
defenses of New Caledonia, which occupies a position of great

current strategic importance, the situation is one of unusual

delicacy.

The Japanese Advance in Burma

In northern Burma the Japanese drive has swept on to
envelop strategic Bhamo and Myitkyina, thus cutting the
last of the practicable alternative land routes from India to
Yunnan and leaving only air transport as a means of travel
and supply. In the northwest the Japanese continue to push

the British back on Kalewa along the route to India. On
the Burma road, however, the Chinese caught an overextended Japanese mechanized column which had advanced
as far as Chefang, some 25 miles inside China. Subjecting

the column to annihilating artillery fire, the Chinese forced
the Japanese to withdraw, lifting the immediate threat to
Paoshan, important station on the India-Burma air route,
Press reports indicate, however, that the Japanese have
already recovered, and with reinforcements they now seem
to be moving forward once more in Yunnan.
Meanwhile Chinese units, previously isolated at Taunggyi
and virtually given up for lost, have fought their way nort
and captured Maymyo. Using tactics reminiscent of the
fighting in China, they threatened the Japanese rear as the

latter were drawn into the artillery trap at Chefang. It is
reported that the Japanese, now reinforced, are attempting to
retake Maymyo.
Reaction in Chungking

Although the Generalissimo has lost some prestige as a
result of the collapse in Burma, and some defeatism has
appeared in Chungking, no faction is strong enough to oust
Chiang, and it is generally believed that he will continue
the fight against Japan, according to a very reliable and
highly placed source. The Chinese still do not believe that
the Japanese can conduct a major invasion of Yunnan at this

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indication of a major Japanese move from Indochina, our

Stressing the friendly note on which the conferences be-

Chiang is reported to have told his Army Council that he
blamed the Burmese debacle in part on lack of cooperation

tween Cripps and the Congress leaders closed, our observer
suggests that back of all the issues on which the negotiations
broke down was the solid fact that Britain was already com-

from British military leaders. But the Generalissimo in-

mitted to India's defense. The Indian leaders knew that if

sisted that Japan has now reached the high-water mark of her

Britain should win, her offer would in effect still be open. On
the other hand, if Japan should win, the Indians could explain

source concludes.

effort and cannot maintain her present drive much longer.

The coming months will be hard he added, but China
will come through. Meanwhile, if Russo-Japanese hostilities break out, he expects a renewal of fighting on the
Hunan or Chekiang sectors.

that they had not cooperated with the British. What was
really at stake in the negotiations over the defense issue was,
then, the implicit issue of whether or not India should be given
a position in which she could, if she so desired, make a separate peace.

Indian Defense Again

With the Japanese in control of Burma and with the
bombing of Chittagong and "a small country town in Eastern
Assam" (identified by the Japanese as Imphal), the defense

of India has become something more than an academic
question. General Wavell has already announced the reorganization of the Army into three mobile commands, and
General Brereton has suggested that American air forces
will play a significant part in the defense of the peninsula.

Apparently the British and American commanders are
experiencing few hindrances arising from the Congress
party's objections to foreign control of Indian defense. One

well placed British observer recently returned from India
suggests that the defense of the peninsula is primarily a pro-

fessional matter and that the failure of the Cripps' mission

has actually made little difference. If the Congress had
accepted Cripps' proposals, it would have helped chiefly in
securing better air-raid precautions throughout India, and
perhaps in limiting the number of strikes in industrial plants,
and in stiffening public morale.

Our observer concludes that when the opportunity arises,
some Indian leaders-besides those like Rajagopalacharian
already pledged to cooperation in the war effort-may take
a stand for armed defense. Nehru certainly has no illusions
about the effectiveness of non-violent non-cooperation as a
weapon against Japan, and he is definitely anti-Japanese.
Moreover, Gandhi's lieutenant, Ghose, has actually advocated
cooperation with the British. Communist elements, many of
whose leaders are still in jail, favor vigorous prosecution of the
war. And many younger men, sons of wealthy parents and
university graduates, show strong sympathy toward Russia.
For the present, at least, apathy rather than enthusiasm
or hostility to the British seems to characterize the Indian
defense effort. Latest reports on India's morale indicate general pessimism, among both official and native groups. Nor
is there any apparent readiness to adopt a scorched-earth
policy in the event of a Japanese invasion.
Attack in the Crimea

While it is as yet too early to draw conclusions about the
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air concentrations. According to a Soviet press source, they

the southern front than the map shows (most of the "allied"
units are apparently operating in this area; German communiqués point out that Rumanian troops are participating
in the attack on the Kerch peninsula). Nevertheless, it is
probable that the Nazis, even if they do decide to throw
their main weight into a southern offensive, cannot leave
merely a small holding force against Moscow. The length

have even used gas.

of the Russian front is so great, and the Soviet army so large,

The accompanying map suggests the success of German
local attacks during the past few weeks. Although the lines
and shaded areas are based simply on competent estimates
rather than on specific reports, they do indicate that the Nazi
attacks have already gone far to wipe out the more advanced

that a stripping of one sector to permit the concentration of
overwhelming force in another area-as envisaged in the

that this movement, far from being the long-awaited "spring

offensive," is simply a continuation of local efforts to

straighten the German lines in preparation for a concerted
attack later on (The War This Week, April 30-May 7, p. 15).

Here, and in the parallel attacks in the Donets area, the
Nazi ground troops have apparently had the aid of strong

Soviet salients established last winter. To the north, the
Germans have apparently drawn their lines tighter around
Leningrad, and may even have relieved the beleaguered 16th

Army at Staraya Russa. In the center, the Soviet pincers
north and south of Smolensk have largely disappeared, and
the Nazis still stand less than 100 miles from Moscow. To
the south, the Germans have apparently succeeded in reliev-

original Von Schlieffen plan for attacking France-would
here appear to be out of the question.
Ordeal in Leningrad

In the Leningrad sector, it is the Russians who will probably

suffer most from the spring thaw. Here a series of Soviet
attacks have apparently failed to relieve the city. And soon
the ice will be out of Lake Ladoga-thus eliminating Lenin
grad's chief supply line, the railroad laid this winter across

ing the almost-encircled city of Kharkov (where the Rus-

the lake itself.

sians claim to have launched an offensive of their own), and
their line remains anchored at Taganrog on the shores of the

A report from Kuibyshev suggests that before the completion of this line, the food shortage in Leningrad had reached
critical proportions. And even after the new link went into
service, while workers had enough to eat, babies and non-

Sea of Azov.

In sum, then, the significant net gains of the Russians after

a winter of ostensibly unremitting counter-offensives, are
first, the reconquest of Rostov and large areas of the Crimes

and the Eastern Ukraine; second, the relief of Moscow,
including the capture of Mozhaisk; and third, a large scale
infiltration in the Valdai Hills area, apparently lightly held
by scattered German units.
The distribution of Nazi strength on the map is likewise an

estimate. Some of the figures may already be out of date.
For instance, there may be by now a greater concentration on

essential people in general starved in large numbers. A
report from Helsinki, ostensibly based on the testimony of
deserters and prisoners-of-war, adds further details: evacua-

tion and death have lowered the population of Leningrad
from about 3.2 million to an estimated 2.5 million this spring.
Of approximately 150 large factories in the city, the report
continues, the Russians have transferred from a third to a
half inland, many to the Ural area. Those remaining have

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working day to even as much as 18 hours. But bombard.
ment and a shortage of raw materials, electricity and fuel,

Russia. One report maintains that the Don, in one area

coupled with the poor physical condition of the workers, have
greatly reduced production.

wide.

A lack of adequate bomb shelters, the report concludes,
has been responsible for many civilian casualties. Nevertheless, a service of 70 airplanes has maintained the city's hospitals. Now, with the ice going out of Lake Ladoga, Leningrad is girding itself for the coming summer ordeal, although
apparently the Russians are confident that they can continue

to supply the city by establishing a boat service across the

where it is normally a mile across, now forms a lake 30 miles

Spring Comes to the Arctic Ocean

The battle for the supply routes to Russia continues with
redoubled intensity. In a recent engagement, the Germans
had one destroyer sunk, and another damaged, while the
British lost the light cruiser Edinburgh and five supply ships
from two convoys-of which, according to Allied reports, 90

lake.

percent of the supplies reached Russia in safety. Such losses
suggest that both sides regard the northern supply route as a

Will the Germans Use Gas?

most critical theater, in which they are willing to suffer

Prime Minister Churchill's speech, with its clear warning
to the Germans about the use of chemical warfare, corroborates suspicions expressed by several neutral sources. The
Turkish ambassador to Berlin, for example, is evidently of
the opinion that Hitler will not scruple to employ gas-and
bacteria also-on the Russian front. But the German army
leaders are hesitant and would consent to the use of these
methods only as a last resort.
Other observers believe that the recent Nazi propaganda

line-including Hitler's reference to British use of "new
means" of warfare-indicates a readiness to employ gas. In
Russia, they point out, weather and terrain are favorable,

inordinately heavy damage.
The months of early summer are the least unfavorable of the

year for naval or air action, according to a study recently
prepared in the Geographic Division of the Coordinator's
Office. While weather conditions are relatively adverse all
year round, both for convoys and for their attackers, in winter
northerly gales and long hours of darkness make naval opera-

tions unusually difficult and air activity often impossible.
In summer, the dense fogs characteristic of the season would

apparently favor the escape of Allied convoys from air
reconnaissance. On the other hand, the long hours of daylight would be of considerable aid to attacking planes.

and the Germany army and chemical industry are well
prepared; the latter has been working at high pressure in
anticipation of the coming summer.
It may be that Nazi preparations for using gas are responsible in part for the current delay in launching an eastern
offensive. A more plausible reason for that delay, however,
is the spring flooding of the rivers in Central and Southern

The Opening of Archangel

About the middle of this month, the White Sea port of
Archangel will be substantially free of ice. A study prepared

in the East-European Section of the Coordinator's Office
suggests some of the implications of the opening of Archangel
as a terminus for American and British convoys.

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Since late December, convoys bound for Russia have used

much the capacity of the Soviet ports and railways, as the

the port of Murmansk, open all through the winter with the
occasional assistance of an icebreaker. Besides its freedom

amount of shipping which Britain and the United States

from ice, Murmansk has at least two advantages over

The Intentions of the Finns

Archangel: first, it is nearer to Britain and the United

A further argument in favor of the continuing use of Murmansk is the comparative quiescence of the Finnish army.
A report from Helsinki suggests that the Germans, fearing a
Finnish collapse, will-not ask the Finns to take Soroka this
summer. (Once in possession of Soroka, the Finns would
control the railroad connecting Soroka with the Archangel-

States; second, its port facilities may be adapted to more
varied shipments, since in the years before the outbreak of
war, Archangel was important chiefly as an export point for
lumber.

On the other hand, Murmansk is far more exposed to enemy

attack. Already the Finns have cut the Murmansk-Leningrad railroad south of Soroka. Shipments this winter have
had to go over the new railroad from Soroka along the
southern shore of the White Sea to Obozerskaya, the junction

with the railway from Archangel south to Vologda and
Moscow. Furthermore, the capacity of Murmansk is considerably smaller than that of Archangel-about 90,000 to
120,000 tons per month for the former, and possibly 290,000
tons for the latter.
In short, it seems likely that from now on, the Soviets will

use both ports. Despite German bombing of the railway
south from Murmansk, its capacity is probably still adequate
to keep the port clear-that is, barring further damage from
the air. Even in that event, the Russians are used to making
rapid repairs on this railroad, having at least once rebuilt a
ruined bridge in as little as a day and a half.
The railroad south from Archangel, coupled with the river
facilities of the Northern Dvina, can probably keep clear the
port of Archangel and the neighboring ports of Bakaritsa and

Ekonomija. Furthermore, south of the junction with the
Murmansk railway system at Obozerskaya, the Russians have
very nearly completed the double-tracking of the line, making

a bottleneck at this point unlikely. In fact, the chief limiting
factor in the whole Russian supply problem may be not SO
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make available for this route.

Vologda-Moscow line, thus making Murmansk useless as a port

of entry.) The Nazis feel, according to the report, that if they
are victorious over the main Soviet army, the Russian forces
in the north will be obliged to withdraw of their own accord.
Meantime, in the Kiestinki sector, the spring thaw is apparently working considerable hardship on the Finnish and
German troops. Adequately supplied with food and ammunition, they are, however, unable to evacuate their wounded
over the soggy roads to their rear, and must rely on airplanes

to bring in medical supplies. The Russians, on the other
hand, have adequate all-weather roads in this area, the report
concludes.

French Reactions to the Descent on Madagascar

The British descent on Madagascar appears to have
provoked two rather different reactions in metropolitan
France. The official attitude of Laval's government was
hostile, and both Pétain and Darlan sent messages of
encouragement to the resisting French troops. On the other
hand, reports suggest that the popular reaction in France
was one of understanding tinged with a feeling that the act
was inevitable.

The De Gaullists are a case apart. The relatively calm
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the Free French from the attack, it is felt in British govern.
ment circles. But in the De Gaullist camp, reports picture
great disappointment and distinct resentment, a sentiment
not mollified by current negotiations at Martinique. In any
event, observers are contrasting the notably different French
popular reaction in the case of Madagascar and in that of the
earlier joint British-Free French invasion of Syria. A more
recent British announcement that the Free French are to

assist in the administration of Madagascar may allay to
some extent initial De Gaullist resentment.
Laval's Difficulties

The Germans are already contriving difficulties for Laval
and are now once again tacitly supporting renewed Italian
claims to the cession of Nice and Corsica, according to reports
which lend some color to the continuing rumors that one of
the Parisian collaborationists may presently replace the new
Vichy premier.

Meanwhile it is said that the Germans are offering Laval the
repatriation of a sizeable number of French prisoners for the

return of General Giraud, who is still at Vichy and not, as
some newspapers have reported, in the hands of the Germans
or the Swiss. The Nazis appear to be considerably disturbed
about the plans of the General, who is reported to be as antiGerman as ever and as being "happy to work with the United

Africa's economic plight is reflected in a recent statement by
General Nogues that the Moroccan government is seeking an
exchange with metropolitan France of food products for certain commodities needed in Moroccan industry. The General emphasized the importance of haste and declared that
"minutes are precious."
Respite for Malta

In one 72-hour period this week the defenders of Malta
shot down 101 attacking planes, according to Allied press
reports. Coupled with a continuing let-up in air raids over
the island, perhaps indicating a shift of Axis strength to the
Eastern Front, the current success of Malta's defenders may

presage a respite for the coming months. That such a
respite would be more than welcome to the island was ap-

parent in an official British announcement that threequarters of the buildings in Valetta are now uninhabitable.
Yet if the Axis is to continue the neutralization of Malta,
steady bombing attacks will still be necessary. Of course if
the Nazis had decided to attempt the capture of the island,
they might have ended this drain on their resources once for

all. Now, with the sinking of three British destroyers by
German bombing, it is apparent that the Axis still has a
powerful air fleet in the Mediterranean, and that Malta may
be enjoying only a temporary respite after all.

States."

In North Africa recent reports picture certain high French

officials as still hopeful that Pétain may hold out against
Axis pressure and that North Africa may yet reenter the war
on the Allied side (with the help of the United States), what-

ever may happen in metropolitan France. To accomplish
this end, however, continued American economic assistance is

essential, these officials insist. The seriousness of North
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APPENDIX I

THE CONSEQUENCES OF MALNUTRITION
A case study of the effects of inadequate diet, strictly enforced by effective
rationing, has just been received from Belgium, and it will hardly encourage those
who look forward to the day when the United Nations might count upon assistance
through internal revolt of peoples under Nazi control. Rather this study suggests
that the rationing of conquered Europe might serve the German effort to maintain
order more effectively in the long run than will Nazi firing squada. Moreover, it
is particularly among the urban middle and lower classes that the spirit of revolt
is likely to become progressively weaker, as food conditions demand that more and
more commodities become subject to rationing.
Today there is no country in which all consumption is rationed. Rationing is
generally introduced for specific commodities as shortages develop. The percentage of total calories provided by rations varies from virtually none in Portugal
to some 90 percent in Germany. Hence, legal rations can nowhere be used as the
sole measure of consumption

Nor does the existence of a rationing system mean that the system works
Certain groups may fare better than others-notably the rural producers who can
withhold their product, and the well-to-do who can purchase in the black market
This frequently means that adequate quantities are not available for the urban
consumer in the lower income brackets. Indeed, many such people receive even
less than the rationed amounts of particular foods.
From the beginning of the war, there has been a gradual extension of the num-

ber of countries with some degree of rationing. More important is the everlengthening list of commodities to which control is applied. There is reason to
believe that for most countries the extent of control will become more severe, and
the opportunities to obtain free supplementary foods will become more and more
limited. Rations will therefore comprise progressively larger percentages of the
total consumption of citizens in any country.
Belgian rations are on a scale similar to those in force elsewhere in Europe.
It is not likely, moreover, that the nutrient values supplied by these rations will

be markedly increased in the future, Hence it is worthwhile to examine the
effects-physical and mental- of consumption at the level prescribed. The
particular observations reported are from a Belgian prison, where for many
months the inmates are known to have been fed nothing more than the legal
rations. Such a stark view of rationing enforced in its complete rigor suggests
some of the results which prolongation of the war may bring for an ever-widening
element of the population of Europe.

The legal Belgian rations provided the prisoners with diets of 1,500-1,850
calories, less than three-quarters the number of calories needed to sustain life

when no physical activity is undertaken. The diet was unbalanced: it was
markedly deficient in protein, mineral salts, and vitamins.
The first effect was hunger, so severe that the prisoners frequently became
diazy, subject to fainting spells, and temporarily blinded. The sensation of
hunger was so acute that sleep was often impossible. In many cases these
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effects were intensified by an inability to eat even the meager food allotments
because of inordinate swelling of the submaxillary glands, and of the tongue,
and indeed the whole mouth. In such circumstances, adynamia is almost
gums,
always present: the feet drag; climbing stairs is most painful; all processes which
necessitate keeping the arms extended even for brief periods are performed with
difficulty. Soon the nervous system is affected, so that motor control becomes
yet more difficult. There is a numbness of the limbs which hinders all activity.
Urinary troubles arise and marked disorders in the alimentary canal develop.
There are severe cases of constipation, and even more commonly diarrhea sets in
and will not respond to treatment. This soon brings increased weakness and the
loss of weight.

Indeed, loss of weight is general and progressive, from about one month after
the rationed diet is instituted. The organism exhausts its store of fats; then the
muscular tissues deteriorate. All bones become more prominent. Losses of 50
and more pounds during one year are common; and there are cases of weight
reduction to the extent of 50 percent.

Actually, this weight loss is concealed to some degree by "famine oedema".
which occurred among some 90 percent of the inmates receiving no food other
than rations, This is a condition in which liquid which cannot be eliminated
accumulates in the body. Though it is usually localized in the lower limbs, it
sometimes spreads and thus hinders breathing and circulation (the oedema
disappears quickly if sufficient quantities of Vitamin B1 are administered).
Despite the suffering accompanying these dietary deficiencies, death by starva-

tion appeared to be painless. Without additional symptoms, many of the
prisoners passed away during sleep.

Cases of such malnutrition are undoubtedly to be found throughout Europe
today. There are as yet, however, few areas where the bulk of the inhabitants
must live on such curtailed dietaries. From all the evidence, it appears that such
conditions prevail most nearly in Greece. Recent accounts (coming from Ankara)
reveal a situation in many Greek cities not very different from that described
above. These accounts tell the same story of weakness, sleeplessness, weight loss

and oedemic conditions, alimentary and urinary disordere-as peaceful death.
Published reports of a survey among normal consumers in Belgium, from
September 1940 to April 1941, again show conditions differing only in degree from
those of the prisoners living solely on legal rations. Other studies give similar
evidence of the results of malnutrition brought about by the First World War,
according to an anlysis now in progress in the Bureau of Home Economics of the
United States Department of Agriculture.
All these studies put considerable stress upon other than the physical effects of
malnutrition. Investigators of the early 'twenties pointed out that there was a
complete lack of mental aggressiveness among the hungry. During the present
war. a state of apathy is regularly reported as characterizing the inhabitants of
Greece. In the Belgian prison, the inmates were subject to states of acute depression: listlessness, lassitude, and lack of interest in life itself were common. The
evidence clearly indicates that persons suffering from malnutrition are not desperate men readily moved to rash activity. Rather, they are apathetic and indifferent people who accept their lot without marked protest. Such men can
scarcely be relied upon to assist the United Nations by fomenting internal revolt.
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APPENDIX II

JAPAN'S ECONOMIC GAINS IN THE PHILIPPINES
The economic resources which the Japanese have gained in the Philippines,
while not vital to her war economy, are nevertheless of considerable strategic
importance. In the case of iron, chrome, and manganese ores-commodities
which Japan needs-the comparatively short haul from the Philippines will

Southern Luson the Japanese are said to have found 1,000 tons of drill steel, 500
tons of structural steel, and 1,000 tons of manganese balls ready to ship. And
although a considerable amount of petroleum was set afire or used in military
operations, there were on hand in the Philippines at the end of November 1941
about 1,100,000 barrels of stocks. A complete estimate of the amount of this
which fell into Japanese hands is not yet available.

doubtless influence the Japanese to exploit these resources immediately. Although
information on the demolition accomplished in the islands is by no means complete

it is not believed that "scorched earth" tactics have been very successful
The Philippines offer Japan considerable resources in iron ore, which in the
past has been one of her most critical needs. Annual production, averaging 60
percent iron content, has run about 1,250,000 tons in the islands. Some of the
iron mines were reported to have been flooded and at least one was dynamited
But in the open pit mines of Mindanao, the area of greatest production, destrue.
tion is not practicable. A very large unexploited reserve will allow for consider.

able expansion in mining. The fact that the Philippine mines are nearer than
those in Malaya, and that the Philippine ore is of high quality, may lead to intessified exploitation of these resources.
Philippine chrome is believed to be sufficient to fill the gap in Japanese require

ments. Approximately 150,000 tons of medium grade ore (40 to 48 percent)
were mined there annually prior to the Japanese occupation. The known reserves
in Zambeles Province, on Luzon, are estimated at more than 10,000,000 tons, and
they are easily accessible. In this area there was some destruction: at Santa
Cruz, trucks were removed and the loading pier burned, and at Masinloe the pier
was demolished and all equipment was removed.
With respect to manganese, an annual Philippine production of 60,000 tons of
ore considerably improves Japan's position. The average content is 50 percent
Again the supply is nearer than that in Malaya. The largest and best deposits
are on Busuanga, a small island about midway between Palawan and Mindoro
Smaller quantities of high-grade ore also are located on the island of Masbate
No information is available on demolition.
Japanese dependence on stockpiles to meet current requirements for copper

will be to some extent relieved by requisition of the small Philippine outputabout 9,000 tons of metal annually. Japan will also gain a monopoly control of
hemp, more than 50,000 tons of which were ready for movement when the attack
began last December. It is not known how much of this was destroyed, but in any
case an annual production of 200,000 tons will become available to her.
Japan is nearly self-sufficient in sugar, but about 300,000 tons were milled,
bagged, and awaiting shipment when the Japanese arrived, and annual production
is about 1,000,000 tons. The Philippines' 280,000 tons of molasses per year will
be useful to Japan for alcohol distillation, as a supplement for fodder, and also M
a source for potash. Timber resources will augment the Japanese supply of this
important product, and her requirements of copra and coconut oil will be assured
Some reports indicate that trucks and passenger cars obtained in the Philippines
already are being shipped to Japan for scrap. In the Paracale mining area is
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
INTER OFFICE COMMUNICATION

DATE May 14, 1942

Secretary Morgenthau

TO

Mr. Kamarck

FROM

Subject: Summary of Military Reports
French Navy

The following lists the location of the French battleships and battle cruisers under control of Vichy:
Toulon

Strasbourg (26,000 tons, 13-in. guns), ready for action.
Provence (22,000 tons, 13-in. guns), ready for action.
Dunkerque (26,000 tone, 13-in. guns), being repaired, will
not be ready for nine months.

Casablanca

Jean Bart (35,000 tons, 15-in. guns), still incomplete,
has only one turret mounted.

Dakar

Richelieu (35,000 tone, 15-in. guns), one gun of her main

armament out of action (is little more than a floating

battery).

(U.K. Operations Report, April 30 - May 7, 1942)
Dakar

Reconnaissance over Dakar on May 10 showed no change in

the French naval units in port. (That is, the French have

at Dakar: the Richelieu, three light cruisers, three destroyers, and ten submarines.)

(U.K. Operations Report, May 13, 1942)

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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
INTER OFFICE COMMUNICATION

DATE May 14, 1942

Secretary Morgenthau

TO

FROM

-

Mr. Kamarck

Subject: Summary of Military Reports
French Navy

The following lists the location of the French battleships and battle cruisers under control of Vichy:
Toulon

Strasbourg (26,000 tons, 13-in. guns), ready for action.
Provence (22,000 tons, 13-in. guns), ready for action.
Dunkerque (26,000 tons, 13-in. guns), being repaired, will
not be ready for nine months.
Casablanca

Jean Bart (35,000 tons, 15-in. guns), still incomplete,
has only one turret mounted.

Dakar

Richelieu (35,000 tons, 15-in. guns), one gun of her main

armament out of action (is little more than a floating

battery).

(U.K. Operations Report, April 30 - May 7, 1942)
Dakar

Reconnaissance over Dakar on May 10 showed no change in

the French naval units in port. (That 18, the French have

at Dakar: the Richelieu, three light cruisers, three destroyers, and ten submarines.)

(U.K. Operations Report, May 13, 1942)

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-2Philippines

According to the information available to our army,

our forces on Mindanao have surrendered to the Japanese,
the commander feeling that the odds against him were too
great." Mindanao was next to Bataan and Corregidor the

main center of resistance to the Japanese in the Philippines.
(U.S. Military Intelligence Information, May 13, 1942)

R.A.F. Activity

Intelligence reports are to the effect that bombing

damage in Cologne is such that the authorities can no longer
clear the debris away quickly. The attempts to hide damage
by erecting board walls have been abandoned.

In the raids on Rostock, twelve direct hits with heavy

bombs were made on the Heinkel works. The walls of the
largest assembly shop fell inwards and destroyed the planes
on the production lines.

On February 16, in a raid on Kiel, a bomb fell on an
assembly shed at the Marinewerft (naval dock) and killed

most of the night shift there.

(U.K. Operations Report, April 30 - May 7, 1942)
German Air Force

(In spite of Hitler's speech threatening reprisals

against the British, no strengthening of the German bombing
force in the west for this purpose has occurred. Rather the
western bombers were diverted from other uses.) In the
first week of May, an average of 60 German bombers operated
on three nights, making reprisal raids on towns in England.
These activities caused a reduction in German mine-laying
and anti-shipping operations.

(U.K. Operations Report, April 30 - May 7, 1942)

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Voice of the Chief'
"The time has not yet come when it will be self-evident
where I am and who I am. Until then, I can only tell the se
propaganda scribes that it is none of their concern.
"The way things are in Germany today no compatriot is
safe any longer. Even the most faithful and conscientious
citizen cannot be sure that he will not be dragged from his
bed, and robbed of his freedom and his property, only because one of these shysters of the 'party community' is
interested in having him disappear.

"Under this hypocritical pretense of 80-called necessity
of the state, government officials are discharged, judges
are dismissed, compatriots are imprisoned, dispossessed and
decapitated. This state interest is interpreted every time

as best suits the private interest of the petty official
in the community." "

(Federal Communications Commission, May 12, 1942)

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May 15, 1942
4:10 p.m.
HMJr:

Hello.

Operator:

Mrs. Morgenthau calling.

HMJr:

Okay.

Operator:

Go ahead.

HMJr:

Hello.

Mrs.

Morgenthau:

Hello, dear.

HMJr:

You're on the loudspeaker.

I just gather you have your headache again.
HMr

Yeah, how do you
What?

HMJr:

Yeah. I had it all day.
Isn't that a shame.

HMJr:

Henry's sitting here.
I see. Anyone else there?

HMJr:

Just Henry.

M:

Oh. Because you said I was on the loudspeaker,
I thought maybe you had a room full of people.
Well, I was expecting Mr. Ginsburg.

HMJr:

What about?

X:

Oh.

HMJr:

Oh, I'm - of Henderson's office.
Oh, that Ginsburg.

HMJr:

Yeah.

X:

I thought you meant Ginsburg from the Army.

HMJr:

No.

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HMJr:
M:

HMJr:

General Ginsburg.

No. Ginsburg of Ginsburg, Ginsburg, and Ginsburg.
I see. I was - does your head hurt you much?

Oh, just - you know I've been eating honey. I
may be allergic to it.

M:

Maybe.

HMJr:

Yeah, I'm going to stop it.

M:

Everything we have is cooked with honey these
days.

HMJr:

M:

Yeah. I've got to go back to the White House at
five.

I see. I had a telegram from Margaret asking me

when we were coming.
HMJr:
M:

HMJr:

Yeah.

And I thought I'd better phone her.
Well, here's the point.
Yes.

HMJr:

They're not sure about the weather yet for
tomorrow.

M:

HMJr:

M:

HMJr:

At all?
Well, they don't know. They may have to go
in the morning.
I see.

And I really don't think you can tell her yet
whether we'll come for lunch or not.

M:

oh, I think the thing we ought to do, if I send
a wire, I can't explain very well, can I? Don't
you think the best is to phone her

HMJr:

Yes.

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HMJr:
M:

HMJr:

M:

HMJr:

and tell her that - I can't phone her

after seven, because we have to be at the
Russian
- so I thought I'd put in a personal
call.

Well, I'll know by the time I come home.

=
No, we - I might know right now. Wait a
Is that terrifically expensive?

minute, will you, because

All right.
.....he was talking to Sinton right now. Just
a minute.

M:

All right.

HMJr:

Hold on, please.

(Talks aside) What do you know about the
weather, anything? Mrs. Morgenthau's on the

line. Well, could he let us know tonight
yet? Well, I don't - doesn't he normally
go to bed earlier when he's going to fly?
Cen't somebody else do it? Why can't you

call - well, let me just - stay on a minute.
(To Mrs. Morgenthau) Hello.

Yes.
HMJr:

As it stands now, they don't think we can go
in the morning.

M:

They don't think we can go in the morning.

HMJr:

No.

M:

Do they think we can go in the afternoon?

HMJr:

Well, that they don't - they won't know before

M:

ten-thirty tonight.
I see. Well, I think the thing for me to do
is to call her. Don't you?

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HMJr:
M:

HMJr:

M:

HMJr:

and tell her that - I can't phone her

after seven, because we have to be at the
Russian
- so I thought I'd put in a personal
call.
Well, I'll know by the time I come home.

Is that terrifically expensive?
No, we - I might know right now. Wait a
minute, will you, because

All right.
.....he was talking to Sinton right now. Just
a minute.

M:

All right.

HMJr:

Hold on, please.

(Talks aside) What do you know about the
weather, anything? Mrs. Morgenthau's on the

line. Well, could he let us know tonight
yet? Well, I don't - doesn't he normally
go to bed earlier when he's going to fly?
Cen't somebody else do it? Why can't you

call - well, let me just - stay on a minute.

(To Mrs. Morgenthau) Hello.
Yes.
HMJr:

As it stands now, they don't think we can go
in the morning.

They don't think we can go in the morning.
HMJr:

No.

Do they think we can go in the afternoon?

Well, that they don't - they won't know before

ten-thirty tonight.

Iissee.
Well,
thing for me to do
to call
her.I think
Don'tthe
you?

288

-4HMJr:
M:

HMJr:
M:

Yes.

And just tell her that we can't go in the
morning

Yeah.

noon.

and that we hope to get off in the after-

HMJr:

Yeah.

M:

Don't you?

HMJr:

Yes, maam.

M:

And I'll have to explain to her about the
rushing away, otherwise she may be making
plans and I think I ought to also tell her
we won't be there for lunch.

M:

That's right. Okay.
And so I think the best is to out in a personal
call and just tell her when we're ready to leave
we'll wire.

HMJr:

That's right.

M:

What does it take us, about two hours, from here?

HMJr:

But to her home will be about three hours.

M:

Three hours.

HMJr:

Two hours and a half.

M:

Well, we wouldn't get there until after seven

HMJr:

in any case.

HMJr:

Yeah. Okay.

M:

Oh, are you taking your dinner coat to New York?

HMJr:

No.

M:

No.

289

-5HMJr:
M:

HMJr:

No.

Well, I'm taking my good dress.
Yeah.

M:

All right, darling.

HMJr:

Okay.

M:

Good-bye.

HMJr:

Good-bye.

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May 15, 1942
4:16 p.m.
HMJr:

Hello.

Operator:

General Watson is on his way to Charlottesville.

HMJr:

I beg your pardon. Gee whiz, this is terrible.

Operator:

Give me - what 18 Roberta's last name?
Barrett?

HMJr:

What?

Operator:

Barrett?

HMJr:

Yeah
well,
I - no, give me the Chief Clerk,
what's -his
name?

Operator:

Forster?

HMJr:

Forster.

Operator:

Right.
May 15, 1942
4:17 p.m.

HMJr:

Hello.

Operator:

Mr. Forster.

HMJr:

Hello.

Mr.

Forster:

Yes, Mr. Secretary.

HMJr:

How are you?

F:

Fine.

HMJr:

F:

HMJr:

Forster,
you've got to help me out as my life
saver.
(Laughs) Yeah.

This morning I went in to see the President

about where we could house some soldiers that

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2-

guard the White House
F:

HMJr:

Uh huh.

.....and told him about a place here off the
corner of the Treasury, which he said he didn't

like.
F:

HMJr:

F:

HMJr:

F:

Uh huh.

So he said, "Go look at the square opposite the

State Department." See?
Yeah.

And he said, "If that's all right," - I had Watson
in there - and he said, "If the Army likes that,
they can have it, and I, as Commander-in-Chief,
will tell Harold Ickes he should do it."
Uh huh.

HMJr:

Now Watson's gone down to Virginia.

F:

Yeah.

HMJr:

And I'd like to get this thing cleared today.
Now, could Norman Thomoson walk this over to

you?
F:

HMJr:

Uh huh.

And would you take - if you want to, you can check

up with the President on it, but - I got a little
plan and everything, but he said if it was all
right with the Army, it W8.8 all right with him

and he would order it done.
F:

Uh huh.

HMJr:

And I'd like to get it cleared still today.
Yeah.

HMJr:

Should Norman bring it over to you?

F:

Yeah.

292
-3HMJr:
F:

HMJr:

F:

HMJr:

See?

Yes, that'd be fine.

will you? It's for the soldiers that guard the
White House. I've really got no business in this
thing, but I'm right in it, anyway.
Uh huh. Yeah, I'IL- be on the look-out for him.
Norman will bring it over himself.

F:

All right.

HMJr:

Thank you.

F:

All right.

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May 15, 1942
4:21 p.m.
Mr. C. Devid
Ginsburg:

Hello, Mr. Secretary.

HMJr:

How are you?

G:

Very well, sir.

HMJr:

Well, as near as I can make out, you're the

0:

That's right.

HMJr:

What?

G:

King for a day.

HMJr:

King for a day.

G:

That's right.

HMJr:

bose today.

Listen, Mr. Ginsburg, when I went over to see
the President today, I told him what a swell

job Leon did for us on the Hill.

G:

HMJr:

Yeah.

Then I went on to say what a lousy press Leon

got
G:

HMJr:

It really was.
and then how he got out a statement and the

papers didn't carry it.
G:

HMJr:

That's right.
Now, the President asked me to get together

for him the misstatements that the President the papers made

G:

HMJr:

That's right.
and then to show just what papers did and

didn't carry it. I mean - as far as I know, the

New York Times, I think, was the only one that
I saw. And he said he would use it as an example

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-2at his Tuesday's press conference.
G:

HMJr:

Well, I'm sure we could do something.

Now, the point is, it's really up to you to get
that stuff together and send it over to Steve
Early.

G:

Fine.

HMJr:

Not later than Monday night.

0:

We'll be very glad to have it there.

HMJr:

HMJr:

And the President said he would use it Tuesday,

and he definitely wants it.
Well, that's very good.

Now, may I forget about it?

Surely, and I'11 get in touch with Steve and
give him the material.
HMJr:

And explain to him the circumstances.

Fine. I'11 be very glad to do that.
HMJr:

Thank you.

G:

Thank you very much, Mr. Secretary.

HMJr:

Good-bye.

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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
INTER OFFICE COMMUNICATION
DATE

TO

FROM

May 15, 1942.

Secretary Morgenthau
W. N. Thompson

Forster tells me that the President instructed Marvin
McIntyre to clear the barracks building project with
Secretaries Hull and Takes. Mr. McIntyre was unable to do

this this afternoon but will take it up with them tomorrow.

you

296
May 15, 1942
4:23 p.m.
HMJr:

Hello.

Operator:

Mr. White.

HMJr:

Oh, yes. Hello.

Herry
White:

Hello.

HMJr:

Harry.

V:

Yes, sir.

HMJr:

The President said to carry on our investigation
in Argentine.

Yeah.
HMJr:

To continue.
Yeah.

HMJr:

See?

Yeah.
HMJr:

And if the situation got bad enough, he personally

would bring it to the attention of the various
republice of South America.

I see.
HMJr:

See?

All right.
HMJr:

Continue our study.
Okay.

HMJr:

Now, I think that you ought to send one of the
very ablest men that you have to the Argentine.

All
right. Well, we'll talk it over and we'll
have a recommendation for you.

297
-2HMJr:

Right. And the other thing, your - the work

of your life - I can't think
(Laughs) I hope not.

HMJr:

What's the Latin word?
Magnus opus?

HMJr:

HMJr:

Yes.

Well, it's hardly in that class, but anyhow
Well, the first blush on it, the President
liked it.

Y:

Yes. Well, that's good.

HMJr:

And he wanted me immediately to give it to Hull,

and I said, "No, I want you to study it and if
you like it, it can only happen if you get behind

it."

W:

Yeah.

HMJr:

"And then if you like it well enough, then I'm

willing to take it to Mr. Hull."
I see. Very good move.

HMJr:

So I thought you should know that.
That's a very good move. Well, we have some copies

HMJr:

on that and we're ready to give it to him.
All right.
Yeah.

Okay. Well, that's fine. Well, you think he
may read it then over the week-end?

I think the chances are excellent.

Well, that's good. All right. We'll get in
touch the other - I'11 thing, get and in touch we'll with have the some lawyers sort of on a

298

-3recommendation prepared for you.
HMJr:
W:

Good-bye.

All right. Good-bye.

299

Treasury Department

Division of Monetary Research
Date

D

May 15

19 42

Mrs. McHugh

To:

-

From:

L. Shanahan

Mr. White took the original of this
o the Secretary this morning.

The Secretary felt it was not adapted
o his purpose, so did not use it.

300
THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
WASHINGTON

MEMORANDUM TO THE PRESIDENT

Pronosal to Deal with Axis Activity in Argentina
1. Having in mind the growing evidence that Argentina

is being used as the focal point for Axis activities in this

hemisphere, I proposed to the Board of Economic Warfare at
its meeting on May 7 that the Board consider the steps which
might be taken to prevent the use of the American monetary
system by Argentine nationals for purposes which would aid

the enemy. I proposed specifically that consideration be
given to extending foreign funds control to Argentina as it
now applies to the four European neutrals. This would be

done by the issuance of a Presidential Order simultaneously

with the granting of a general license permitting legitimate
Argentine transactions to be freely conducted.
After some discussion in the Board the Vice President
appointed a committee consisting of State, Treasury, Commerce
and the Board of Economic Warfare to report to the Board at
its next meeting on May 21. The Treasury Department prepared

the attached memorandum. At the committee's meeting on May 12

the following points were brought out: (a) There is considerable evidence of Axis activity in Argentina to our distinct

herm; (b) the State Department opposes extending freezing

control to Argentina in view of its possible effect on our

Good Neighbor policy. It was unanimously agreed to present a
report to the Board of Economic Warfare at its next meeting.

2. You may be interested in knowing how Argentina is
being actively used by the enemy to undermine our war effort.
The Argentine Government has done nothing to prevent

Axis funds from finding refuge in Argentina. The absence of
effective control in Argentina has permitted it to be used
by the Axis to cloak important economic and financial opera-

tions. We have numerous instances in which Argentine companies

are holding large sume for Axis nationals or the nationals of

ROD DEFENSE

BUY
STATES

STATES

BONDS

COSTAMES

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-2occupied Europe. While it is possible for us to ferret out

a few of these companies and to freeze them on an individual
basis, it is impossible to keep pace with the rapid maneuvers
presently possible through Argentine companies without some
over-all control.

Argentina is an agency for the transfer of Axis funds.

Argentina is the one remaining country from which currency
and securities stolen in Europe by the Axis can be disposed

of. Argentine banking institutions have permitted transfer
of funds to and from the Axis which the banking institutions

of other countries have refused to handle. Remittances from
Argentina provide the Axis with large sums in free exchange.
In fact, the Brazilian Government expressed to the Argentine
Government its concern regarding the transfer of funds to and
from Axis countries through Argentina.
Argentina has recently concluded commercial and payments
agreements with Spain and France which facilitate transfers

to and trade with Axis Europe. We are informed by the British
that two German agents carrying quantities of looted United

States currency are enroute to Buenos Aires as members of the
Spanish Commercial Mission.

It may also be pointed out that the Argentine Government has not broken off relations with the Axis; has taken
suppressive action against the expression of views favorable
to the United Nations and at the same time has freely permitted
expressions in support of the Axis; has permitted Buenos Aires

to become the center of Axis espionage and propeganda in Latin
America; and the Acting President has selected several well-

known pro-Nazis to act on his Advisory Council. In general
Argentina has taken no effective steps to carry out the reso-

lutions adopted at the R1o Conference.

3. We have received from other agencies supporting
information concerning events and actions in Argentina which
are inimical to our war effort. You may be particularly
interested in memoranda from the Federal Bureau of Investigation
and the Coordinator of Information, which are attached.

4. It should be emphasized that the proposal under consideration is aimed at preventing the use of the American monetary system for transactions by Argentine nationals on behalf
of the enemy
andrestriction.
that legitimate Argentine transactions would
continue
without

I am fully appreciative of the complex political considera-

tions which, as the State Department has indicated, are involved
in placing Argentina under general license. I venture to suggest,

302

-3however, that our 18 Latin American neighbors that have taken

the risk of breaking off relations with the Axis feel that
it is about time for us to make some clear differentiation

between them and Argentina which is persistently sitting on
the fence waiting to see who will win the war and which is
carrying on or permitting such extensive financial, economic
end subversive activities on behalf of our enemies.

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farmet may 15,1942
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON

Put President quezon
an the air for War Bonds
Peter Od, #1,00

White should send

some extra good

man to arjentina
emcute barge -

self propelled

304
This was the agreement which was reached at

the meeting held at the White House at 5:00 p.m., on
Friday, May 15th, at which were present V.P. Wallace,

Secretary Wickard, Secretary Morgenthau, and Senators

Russell, McNary and Bankhead.

SENATOR RUSSELL OFFERED THE SENATE A NEW COMPROMISE IN THE

DISPUTE BETWEEN THE BADM ales AND THE ADMINISTRATION OVER THE SALE

OF

SURPLUS AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES.

IN CONNECTION WITH A LIMITATION IN THE $680,000,000 AGRICULTURE
DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATION FOR 1943 PROHIBITING THE SALE OF GOVERNMENT
OWNED OR CONTROLLED SURPLUSES AT BELOW-PARITY PRICES, RUSSELL PROPOSER
THAT THE GOVERNMENT K AUTHORIZED TO SELL GRAINS FOR FEEDING PURPOSES

ONLY AS LOW AS 85 PER CENT OF CORN PARITY. AN ADDITIONAL LIMITATION
WOULD PREVENT THE SALE OF MORE THAN 125,000,000 BUSHELS OF WHEAT FOR
SUCH PURPOSES.

5/19--2147P

305

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
INTER OFFICE COMMUNICATION

DATE May 15, 1942
TO

FROM

Secretary Morgenthau
Mr. Haas

Subject: Farm-retail price spreads for food products.
The attached report from the office of the Secretary of
Agriculture shows rather clearly the extent of the rise in
farm prices of foods during the past year, as compared with the
smaller increases in wholesale and retail food prices. This
is brought out particularly in Figure 1 on page 5, and in
Table 8 on page 14.

The price data in this chart and table are compared by
expressing each price series as an index, with the average for
the 5-year period 1935-1939 taken as 100. It will be noted
(Table 8, page 14) that in March 1941,food prices were approximately at their 5-year average level at retail, at wholesale,
and at the farm. In the 12 months since March 1941, the three
indexes show the following increases: retail food prices,
from 98 to 119 (21 percent); wholesale food prices, from 95 to
122 (28 percent); and farm prices of 58 foods, from 100 to
138 (38 percent). The respective increases are shown graphically in the chart on page 5.

The relatively greater increases in food prices at wholesale and at the farm obviously create a difficult problem in
maintaining
ceilings on retail food prices at their March
levels.
Marketing margins

The report also makes a comparison of retail food costs
for 58 foods with the amount paid farmers for these same foods,
and computes the marketing margin. (Table 1, page 2.)
It will be noted that during the 12 months from March 1941
to March 1942, the estimated annual cost of an average family's
purchases of 58 foods rose from $321 to $384 an increase of
$63 or 20 percent. of this $63 increase, $54 went to the
farmer, and $9 represented an increase in the marketing margin.
The farmer's share of the retail value rose from 44 percent in

March 1941 to 51 percent in March 1942.

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306

Recent tendencies

During the 3-month period January-March 1942, as shown

in Table 1, the amount paid to farmers has held nearly unchanged, rising from $194 to $195 (0.5 percent) while the cost
at retail has risen 1.6 percent. The greater rise in retail
costs during this period doubtless represents in large degree
the delayed influence of the sharp rise in farm prices between
November and January.

The report covers price movements only through March.

Farm prices of foods rose sharply in April. Preliminary and
confidential figures from the Department of Agriculture show
that the amount paid to farmers for 58 foods rose in that month
to $201 from $195 in March, an increase of 3.1 percent. This
compares with a rise of only 0.8 percent in April (confidential)

in the cost of foods at retail.

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.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Mr Hane=

WASHINGTON

35997

May 9. 1942

The Honorable

The Secretary of the Treasury
Dear Mr. Secretary:

Before leaving town last night Secretary Wickard
asked me to send you the enclosed publication on

farm-retail price spreads, The underlined material
has a bearing upon the discussion held in your
office Thursday noon.
Sincerely yours,

Carl Hemilton

Assistant to the Secretary
Enclosure

308
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Bureau of Agricultural Economics
FARM-RETAIL PRICE SPREADS

March 1942

Cost at retail of foods produced on American farms increased less
than 1 percent from mid-February to mid-March, accompanied by a slight rise
in prices paid to farmers for food products. The spread between payments

to farmers and cost at retail, comprising the marketing margin, continued
to advance.

Wholesale markets showed a rise of about 2 percent in prices of farm

products and foods from mid-March to mid-April. According to preliminary

information, retail prices of foods continued to rise slightly during late
March and early April.

Payments to farmers for food products have remained practically
unchanged during the first 3 months of 1942 with marketing charges absorbing

most of the increase in retail food costs.
The farmer's share of the consumer's food dollar remains unchanged

for the third month at 51 cents. The farmer's share has not yet risen
above the level of September 1941, although his share increased substantially
during the preceding 6 months.

April 27, 1942
General trends in food prices and marketing margins

In table 1 is shown retail cost of a family's annual food basket
consisting of domestic farm products compared with equivalent payments to
farmers and the spread or marketing margin measuring total charges for
marketing services occurring between fermers end consumers.

-2-

Table 1

Annual family purchases of 58 foods
Cost at

Year and month

retail

Dollars

Paid to
farmers

Marketing
margin

Dollars

Dollars
118

Farmer s share

of retail value
Percent

1915
1916

258

134
137
134

285

155

130

1920

514

272

242

404

179

225

1929

415

195

220

47

1932

270

88

182

33

1937
1938
1939
1940

353

160

193

45

321

130
126

191

40
41

342

178

48

1941

132
164

185
182

1935-39 average

332

141

191

42

Jan.

310

132

178

42

July

316

128

188

41

Mar

321

141

180

327

151

May

331

153

June

345

161

176
178
184

46

Apr

July

348
348

2/170

49

357

2/172
2/181

2/178
2/176
2/176

361

180

181

50

365
366

2/182

50

/189

2/183
2/177

378
381

194
194

184
187

384

195

189

252

1913
1914

258

1921

311

314

1940

1941 -

Aug.

Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec

121

124

53

1942 Jan.
Feb.
Mar.

1

1/

42

44

46
47

2/49
51

52

51

51

51

Important food products produced by American farmers combined in quantities
representing annual purchases by a typical workingman's family.

2 Revised. Retail price averages for 51 cities from U. S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics. Farm prices estimated by Agricul tural Marketing Service.

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309

During the first 3 months of 1942 the rate of increase in retail

food costs was about half the rate for the last 10 months of 1941, which
averaged about 1-1/2 percent a month. At $384 in March the retail cost of
the family food basket was less than 1 percent above the $381 in February,
20 percent above the cost of $321 in March of 1941, and 16 percent higher
than the 1935-39 pre-war average of $332. In 1929 retail cost of the same
foods was $415 and the high point on record was $514 in 1920.

There has bocn practically no rise in prices peid farmers for foods
during the first 3 months of 1942. Farmers received $195 in March for the
products included in the food basket. This represented a slight rise above

the $194 received for the same products in January and Februery. Payments
to farmers in March were 38 percent higher than a year earlier and 38 percent
above the pre-war level of $141. March payments to farmers equalled the
1929 average but were 28 percent below the record high of $272 in 1920.

Most of the persistent increase in retail food cost occurring since

December has been absorbed into higher marketing charges. Of the $22 by
which the retail cost in March exceeded the cost in December, only $6 WES
passed back to farmers, while $16 represented increases in marketing charges.
The marketing margin for the food basket at $189 in March hed not yet risen

to the pre-war level of $191, but had regnined most of the decline occurring
from 1937 into 1941.

Estimated average family income rose 1 percent from February to March,

approximately in line with increased food costs. (table 2 2).

Price trends of food and fiber products at three levels of marketing
Figures 1 and 2 picture the trends in prices of food and fiber
products at the farm sale level, at the wholesale market level, and at the
consumer purchase level. The price index of raw materials represented at
the farm level fluctuates more widely than indexes of prices at the higher

sholesale and retail levels. This is a result of the relatively greater

stability in marketing charges than in prices. The discrepency in applitude
of variation is less marked in food products where the farm price averages
about 45 percent of retail equivalent than for fiber products where farm
price is nearer 10 percent of retail value.
Commedity prices and nargins

Retail prices of oranges rose by 10 percent from February to March

while rolled cats rose 11 percent, peanut butter 8 percent, rice 5 percent,
and pork 4 percent (table 4). The composite price cf principal perk

products in March was 28.5 cents, about 13 percent higher then the pre-wer

average of 25.3 cents. Lamb cuts are absu 6 percent higher at retail than
during pre-wer after declining from January and February.

4

Year

and month

Nonfarm family income and cost of family food purchases for
selected periods
:

Table 2

1

Retail : Retail : Food cost as percentage

Family
: cost of :cost of 58: of income
income
Dollars

:all foods: foods : All foods

58 foods

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

1,847

688

514

37

28

1920

1,968

540

415

27

21

1929

1,116

343

264

31

24

1933

1,645
1,888

394

314

24

19

1940
1941

430

342

23

18

474
476

378

23

18

381

22

18

Feb.

2/ 2,095
2/ 2,122
2,143

483

384

23

18

Mar.

1942 Jan.

1

For sources of material used in this table see "Farm-Retail Price
Spreads December 1941", p.5. (Note at foot of table 2.)

2 Revised.

3 Preliminary estimate.

FARM FOOD PRODUCTS PRICES
OF MARKETING.
UNITED STATES, 1913-42
INDEX NUMBERS 1935-39=100
PERCENT

Prices received by farmers for food products
175

150

Wholesale prices

5

of food *

125

100

Retail prices of food*

75

50

1913

1917

1921

1925

1933

1929

1941

*BASED ON DATA FROM B.L.S.
NEG. 42051

FIGURE
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

1937

BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

FARM FIBER PRODUCTS: PRICES AT THREE LEVELS
OF MARKETING. UNITED STATES, 1913-42
INDEX NUMBERS ( 1935-39=100)
PERCENT

Prices received by farmers
for cotton and wool

250

200

Wholesale prices of
textile products *
150

100

Retail prices of clothing *
50

1913

1917

1925

1921
*

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

1933

1929

1937

1941

BASED ON DATA FROM B.L.S.
FIGURE 2

NEG. 42052

BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

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Price 1942
spreads
March

between the farmer and the consumer - food products,
Retail

commodity

:

Retail

Table:
No.

Unit

1

:Price

Quantity

Value

Cents

Pork products

Dairy products
Hens
Eggs

11 :1 1b. prin.

:pork products

12 :100 lb.milk
:equivalent
13 :1 1b.
14 :1 doz.

15 :1 1b.

28.5
393.5
35.7

Rolled oats
Corn flakes
Sheat cereal
Rice

21 :1 1b.

11.9

Corn meal

:Actual percent:margin :age of

:retail
:price

Cents

1.90 1b.live

Cents

Percent

23.4

5.1

82

100 lb.milk
equivalent
1.11 1b.

2/193.9

2/199.6

49

20.0

15.7
13.9

39.7 1 doz.

17 :1 1b.
18 :1 1b.
19 :8-oz.pkg.
20 :28-oz.pkg.

White bread

16 :1 lb.

:value ag

hog

5.2
8.6
4.7
9.2
7.2
24.1

White flour

: Farm

Farm equivalent

:

-3

:

Table

1.41 lb.wheat
.97 lb.wheat

1.5 lb.corn
1.78 lb.oats

25.8
2.5
1.7
2.1

2.7
6.9
2.6
6.3

56

65

48

20
45

lb.corn
2.065 lb.wheat

2.9
1.8

5.4

25

3.6

20.5

15

1.51 1b. rough

5.7

6.2

48

1 1b.dry beans

4.6

4.4

51

1/17 box

7.7

21.2

27

1.275

rice

32

Navy beans

22 :1 1b.

Oranges

24 :1 doz.

Potatoes

25 :1 1b.

3.2

1 1b.

1.7

1.5

53

Apples

35 :1 1b.

6.2

1 1b.

2.7

3.5

44

Lamb products

37 :1 1b. prin.

22.4

6.3

78

9.0

28.9

28.7

:lamb cuts

2.16 1b.live
lamb

Sweet potatoes

38 :1 1b.

5.0

1 1b.

1.8

3.2

36

itye bread

39 :1 1b.

9.1

.39 lb.rye &

1.6

7.5

18

40 :1 1b.

9.9

.64 lb.wheat
.92 1b. wheat

1.6

8.3

16

1b.

14.2

1.72 1b.durum

2.7

11.5

19

1.9

14.5

12

10.4

13.0

44

hole wh. bread
Macaroni

:1

41

wheat
Soda crackers

42

Peanut butter

44

58 foods
combined
/

:1

1.085 lb.wheat

1b.

16.4

1b.

23.4 1.73 1b.peanuts

: Annual family
8 :consumption

Annual family
$384

consumption

$195

$189

51

Table numbers rofer to numbering in original 1936 report and annual supplements
entitled "Price Spreads Between the Farmer and the Consumer.

2/ Preliminary.

Retail prices from the United States Bureau of Labor Strtistics.

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4 - Price spreads between the farmer and the consumer - food products,

retail prices

Retail price
Retail unit

Commodity

1935-39
average

Mar.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

1941

1942

1942

1942

Cents

Cents

Cents

Cents

:Percentage
:change to Mar.
:1942 from
Mar.

1941

:1 1b. prin.

Pork products

25.3

21.0

26.5

27.3

28.5

324.0

338.5

392.4

392.9

393.5

32.1
29.4

34.2
46.4
5.1
8.6

5.2

8.2
5:0
7:4
7.8
24.3

4.2
7.7
4.2
7.1
7.2
23.4

4.5
7.8

4.6

7.2

8.3
7.2

23.9

24.0

24.1

Hens

:1 1b.

31.7

Eggs

:1 doz.

36.0

White flour

:1 1b.
:1 1b.
:1 1b.
:1 1b.

White bread
Corn meal

Rolled oats
Corn flakes

4:5

35.2
42.2

8.6

35.7
39.7
5.2
8.6
4.7
9.2

Wheat cereal
Rice

1 lb.

8.2

8.1

10.2

11.3

11.9

Navy beans

1 1b.

6.9

6.5

8.8

9.0

9.0

31.5

27.5

29.1

26.2

28.9

1b.

2.5

2.0

3.1

3.3

3.2

1b.

5.5

5.3

5.8

6.1

6.2

27.2

26.2

29.6

28.8

28.7

4.4

5.3

4.9

5.0

5.0

Oranges

:1 doz.

Potatoes

:1

Apples

:1 1b. prin.

Lamb products

:lamb cuts
Sweet potatoes :1 1b.

Rye bread

1b.

9.1

8.6

9.1

9.1

9.1

Whole wh.bread

1b.

9.3

9.2

9.9

9.9

9.9

:1 lb.

15.0

13.8

14.1

14.1

14.2

1b.

16.9

15.0

15.3

16.2

16.4

1b.

19.3

17.7

20.5

21.7

23.4

$378

$381

$384

Macaroni

Soda crackers

Peanut butter

:1

:

Annual family

:

combined

+

36

+

16

consumption

$332

$321

Percent
+4

+

1/

11

+

+1

35

+

+

+

+

-

6

24

0

12

0

12

2

+11

30

+

7.2

8-oz.pkg.
28-oz.pkg

58 foods

Percent

:pork products

Dairy products :100 1b. milk
equivalent

:1942

0

0

+

4

3

47

+

+

5

38

0

+10

+

5

60

+

-

Cents

Feb.

:

Table

3

17

+

10

+

-

+

+

1/

0

6

0

6

0
8

+1

+
3

+1

+

9

+

8

32

20

+1

1 Less than 0.5 percent.
Retail prices are 51-city averages as published by the United States Bureau of
Labor Statistics.

312
Prices received by farmers declined slightly from February to March
for dairy products, eggs, navy beans, and lambs (table 5). Farm prices of
beef cattle, hogs, and chickens rose moderately. Oranges showed the greatest increase for the month, the farm price advancing by 50 percent, but
remaining below the 5-year pre-war average.
Marketing margins between retail prices and equivalent farm values
rose moderately from February to March and are generally higher than March
of 1941, although for pork, lamb, and sweet potatoes margins are substantial-

ly lower than a year ago (table 6).
In using the data on margins and farm value as percentage of retail
price it is necessary to emphasize the neglect of byproducts for most of
these comparisons. Two examples where the omission of byproducts are most

striking are pork products and lamb products. For pork the comparison is
based upon 52.6 pounds of principal fresh and cured products, neglecting
the value of about 16 pounds of minor edible products and all inedible
byproducts. Inclusion of minor products and allowance for byproduct values
would reduce the ferm value percentage by 10 to 15 points. Allowing for
only the pelt value on lambs would reduce the equivalent farm value and the
farm value percentage of retail price by about one-fourth.
Price controls in farm products
During the past month the CPA has made no important extension of price
ceiling orders for foods beyond amendments to the meximum price regulations
effecting canned fruits and vegetables and pork products.

Price schedules for textile products were broadened to include more
descriptions of product when it Was discovered that producers tended to

shift production to unrestricted items and high profit items. The base

reference period defined in the pork product regulation was March 3-7 and

the preferred basis for price determination was company price lists. It

was found that a number of firms had anticipated the OPA order and had

issued price lists for the base period incorporating price increases out of
line with the general market. To avoid favoring those firms the determinaticn of prices for the March 3-7 period was redefined, effective April 20,
to be the highest list or actual sales price for February 16-20 plus stated
increases by cuts representing market price changes between the two periods.
Prices cf important groups of farm products remained below 110 per-

cent of parity on March 15, including poultry, ebcs, cost grains, some
fruits and vegetables, and cotton. Uniter terms of the Emergency Price Control
Act of 1942, ceilings cannot be imposed upon farm products in raw cr processed form which would reflect prices tc farmers below 110 percent of parity.
Labor costs in marketing

Hourly earnings f labor employed in food marketing in February were
percent higher than the average for the 1935-39 pre-wer neriod and had
risen by 9 percent over March 1941 (table 9). Eernings in food processing
for February were 24 percent above pre-war. In Class I steam railways the

18

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Table 5 - Price spreads between the farmer and the consumer - food products,
farm value

Farm value
1935-39
Faverage

Cents

Mar.

:

equivalent

Jan.

:

Commodity

Feb.

:

Farm

:Percentage
:change to Mar.

:1942

1941

1942

Cents

Cents

20.0

Mar.

1941

Cents

22.1

from

Mar

1942

Conts

:1942

:1942

Percent

:
:

146.0

1/13.4
1/156.0

16.5
21.7

16.0
16.4

18.9
31.3

19.3
27.5

20.0
25.8

2.0
1.3
1.8
1.9
1.6

1.7
1.2
1.5
1.9
1.3

2.5

2.5

1.7
1.9
2.8
1.7

2.5
1.7
2.1

1.7
2.1

Rolled oats
Corn flakes

:1.41 lb.wheat
:.97 1b. wheat
:1.5 1b.corn
:1.78 1b.oats
:1.275 lb.corn

2.9
1.7

2.9
1.8

Wheat cereal

:2.065 lb.wheat

2.9

2.5

3.7

3.6

3.6

Rice

2.5

3.3

5.3

5.4

5.7

Navy beans

:1.51 lb.rough
trice
:1 1b. dry beans

3.5

2.7

4.9

4.8

4.6

Oranges

:1/17 box

9.3
1.2

6.2
1.6
2.4

5.1
1.7

1.9

6.9
0.9
2.0

2.5

7.7
1.7
2.7

16.2

19.3

22.2

22.6

22.4

1.5

1.7

1.7

1.8

1.8

+

:.39 1b.rye &
:.64 lb.wheat

1.3

1.1

1.6

1.6

1.6

+45

Wh.wheat bread: .92 lb.wheat

1.3

1.1

1.6

1.6

1.6

+45

2.3

1.9

2.7

2.7

2.7

+42

1.9

+ 46

Pork products :1.90 1b.live hogs 15.7

Dairy products:10 lb.milk
:equivalent
:1.11 1b.

Hens

doz.

Eggs

White flour
White bread
Corn meal

Potatoes

:1 1b.
:1 1b.

Apples
:

Lamb products :2.16 1b.live

23.4

$

Perce

75

+6

24

.2

+

25

+4

+

57

-6

1/202.0 1/198.8 2/193.9

47

+

0

42

+

0

+ 40

0

53

+

0

38

+

6

44

+

+

0

+6

73

+

70

12

-4

+51

89

0

35

+

16

+

:lamb

Macaroni

:1.72 1b.durum
:wheat

Soda crackers :1.085 lb.wheat

1.5

1.3

1.9

Peanut butter :1.73 1b.peanuts

6.1

6.0

8.8

9.4

10.4

$141

1/$141

194

194

195

foods
combined
1

1.9

Annual family
consumption

Revised

2 Preliminary
Farm values are calculated from U.S. average farm prices.

73

38

0

0

Rye bread

0

6

0

Sweet potatoes:1 1b.

0

-116

Price
marginsspreads between the farmer and the consumer - food products,
:Percentage

Margin

:
:

:1 1b.
:1 doz.

ens

EES

hite flour
ite bread
orn meal

blled oats
orn flakes
heat cereal
ice

average

Jan.
1942

1942

Cents

Cents

Cents

Cents

Feb.

:1942 from -

Mar.
1942

:

products :1 1b. prin.
:pork products
airy products:100 1b. milk
equivalent

brk

:change to Mar.

Mar.
1941

:

Commodity

1935-39

:

Retail unit

7.6

6.5

5.2

5.1

178.0

1/182.5

190.4

1/194.1

2/199.6

16.1

15.3
15.1

15.9
14.7

15.7
13.9

2.6

2.7
6.9
2.5
5.4

:1 1b.
:1 1b.
:1 1b.
:1 1b.

2.5
6.9
3.2
5.5

:8-oz.pkg.
:28-oz.pkg.

6.2

13.0

1941

Feb.

:1942

Percent

Cents

9.6

15.2
14.3

Mar.

:

able

313

Percent

-2

-33
+

+3

9

-1

2

-5

+
7

2.6
5.0
5.5
20.2

5.5

2.7
6.9
2.6
6.3
5.4

21.4

2.5
6.5
2.7
5.2
5.9
20.9

20.4

20.5

-8
-2

:1 1b.

5.7

4.8

4.9

5.9

6.2

+29

+

1b.

3.4

3.8

3.9

4.2

4.4

+16

+

+

+

avy beans

6.9

+

+

8

0

6

0

.4

+4
+17

+21

-2

+

3

5

5

ranges

:1

1b.

22.2

20.6

22.9

21.1

21.2

tatoes

:1 1b.

1.3

1.1

1.5

1.6

1.5

+36

ples

:1

1b.

3.6

3.3

3.4

3.6

3.5

+

11.0

6.9

7.4

6.2

2.9

3.6

3.2

1b.

7.8

7.5

wh.bread:1 1b.

8.0

1b.

3/

3

-6

6

-3

6.3

-9

+2

3.2

3.2

-11

7.5

7.5

7.5

8.1

8.3

8.3

8.3

12.7

11.9

11.4

11.4

11.5

da crackers :1 1b.

15.4

13.7

13.4

14.3

14.5

anut butter :1 1b.

13.2

11.7

11.7

12.3

13.0

$191

1/$180

$184

$187

$189

products 1b. prin.

:lamb cuts
eet potatoes:1 1b.
bread

ole

caroni

foods
combined

:1

Annual family
consumption

Revised.

Preliminary.

Less than 0.5 percent

+

0

0

0

2

O

-3
+

6

+11

+

+

1

+

+

1

6

1

-

-12-

Table 7

--

Price spreads between the farmer and the consumer -

food products, farm value as percentage of retail price
Farm value as a percentage of retail price
1935-39
average
Percent

Mar.

Jan.

Feb.

1941

1942

1942

1942

Percent

Percent

Percent

Percent

:

Commodity

Mar

64

75

81

82

46

51

51

49

52

50

55

55

56

60

56

67

65

65

White flour

44

40

49

48

48

White bread

16

16

20

20

20

Corn meal

36

36

42

46

45

Rolled oats
Corn flakes

26

27

36

35

32
25

Pork products

62

Dairy products

45

Hens
Eggs

21

18

24

24

Wheat cereal

12

11

15

15

15

Rice

30

41

52

48

48

Navy beans

51

42

56

53

51

Oranges

30

25

21

19

27

Potatoes

48

45

52

52

53

Apples

35

38

41

41

Lamb products

60

74

75

78

78

Sweet potatoes

34

32

35

36

36

Rye bread

14

18

18

18

13

Whole wheat bread

14

12

16

16

16

Macaroni

15

14

19

19

12

12

Soda crackers

9

9

44

19

12

44

Peanut butter

32

34

43

43

58 foods combined

42

44

51

51

51

314
interes

in

-13-

Fubruary employees' average compensation per hour was 122 on a 1935-39 base,
15.percent above. November of last year, which was the last month preceding
the general wage rate increase. In February average hourly compensation was

88 cents compared with 78 cents a year earlier.

Are current marketing margins normal?

It is difficult to judge at any time what should constitute a normal

or fair margin. Adequate determination of such e value would involve
appraisal of all current costs, in entory situations, and agreeing upon a
fair return upon investment and a fair allowance to management. An alternative is to select a base period average and to assume simply that normal

marketing charges would vary in line with their typical historical relation

to price levels. One such test has been worked out using the 1935-39 prowar average margin as a base and projecting the margin to higher price levels
prevailing in March of 1942.

Preliminary analysis indicates that in relation to the pre-war 1935-39

period current marketing mergins for cotton products between farmer and
consumer are somewhat higher than normal. Cotton mill margins are at record

highs, but processing costs have been rising, particularly unit labor costs.
On the other hand, farm-to-retail price spreads on food products are
generally far below normal when judged in relation to 1935-39. It may be
expected that margins will rise toward normal levels if retail prices are
controlled so that a higher retail level would be required to support prices
now received by farmers for food products.

-14

Foods

:

month

: of
city

families

Whole

Farm

sale

:Farm

Retail sale Sprices:prices:prices:paid

Retail:Whole-:prices:pricesiprices
: ofall: of ofall
:cotton:
of
of
of

prices: sale
of
prices:
all
foods

:

and

WholeFarm

living

Fibers

:

Cost
of
Year

Indexes of prices at several levels of marketing,

Farm products:
1935-39 = 100

Table 8

58

foods

farm

:cloth-itextile:and
pro-

ing

ducts

2

wool

:pro-

:pro:ducts

:ducts

4

2

3/

3
1

1

80

111

94

95

81

77

97

94

95

80

78

99

111

111

100

174

128

193

131
281

195

190

141

174

193

201

232

282

198

199

162

126

138

115

127

167

138

137

123

81

95

69

1913
1914

71
72

82

82

97

70

1916
1918
1920
1929
1932
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940

78

91

96

110

108

134

151

143

169

122

132

62

91

77

55

63

61

106

98

97

100

109

104

102

100

104

108

98

101

114

106

107

100

111

114

114

105

94

81

90

89

98

100

98

85

86

88

97

94

102

104

97

89

92

99

105

116

106

119

131

108

115

105

96

85

80

96

85

84

83

94

101

91

90

98

95

95

92

98

95

91

94

110

101

91

93

89

91

104

99

89

91

96

91

102

96

89

89

88

97

101

95

100

102

101

94

101

98

107

102

108

98

104

Apr.

102

110
114

97

98

103

102

101

109

103

117

105

105

114

103

119

108

103

105

106

111

June

119
129

101

May

July

105

121

121

141

108

110

6 /122

124

149

Sept
Oct.

108

111

113

6 128

126

128

113

118

131

6/129
6/134

114

128
128

168
160

115
120

123

Aug.

106

105
107
111

113

105

107

118

107

154

119

127

115

129

157

125

135

6/138

116

6/132

164

6/133

134

171

133

137

136

174

135

137

1941
1939
Aug.
Sept

98

86

77

98

100

99

101

103

105

108

113

103

107

101

98

93

92

102

99

95

89

89

100

97

90

105

105

101

100

1940 Jan.
Mar.

100

July
1941
Mar.

Nov.
Dec.

1942
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.

1

2

81

102

-

109
110

112

112

113

113

110

113

114

6/112
/113

116

114

117
119

6/119
120
122

138

138

119
124

86

100
100

131

140

100

107
109
112
113
115

117
118
119

From "Changes in Cost of Living" Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Calculated from figures of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Based on figures published by the United States Department of Agriculture.
Cotton and wool prices weighted by production in the period 1935-39.
Preliminary

Table

food costs, consumer income and of charges and hourly earnings in marketing, 1935-39 - 100

9

Monthly

:Retail:Nonagri- earnings

Year and month

: Payments

:cost cultural : per
of

58

foods :

: income :employed
:payments :factory
1/

:worker 2

to

farmers
for

Marketing
margin
of

58

Class I
steam

58

foods

Hourly earnings in marketing enterprises

foods

railways
3

Food

processing

Food

marketing

Cotton

processing
4

4/

5/

-

-

-

1929

125

122

118

138

115

93

1935-39 average:

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

1940

95

113

111

94

95

105

110

1941

133

131

116

93

106

116

105
110

106

103

1941
Mar

97

126

121

100

94

DOG

Apr

98

127

123

92

May

130

129

June

100
104

107
109

93

133

133

114

96

104
104
104

114
114

July

105

134

134

121

Aug.

103
103

92

104

109
110
110

135
139
140

7/122
7/128

Oct
Nov
Dec

136
136
138

92

Sept

105
108

128

95

7/140
7/144

140

7/143

7/129
7/134

Jan

114

146

150

Feb
Mar

115
116

7/148
6/150

7/149
6/150

2

3

110

122
124

103

111

7/130

7/96

106

121

113

130

7/93

7/119

123

7/114

130

138
138

96

119
122

125
124

117
118

6/138

6/99

93

98

111

110
110

121

7/131
131

United States Department of Commerce estimates. Adjusted for seasonal variation.
Prepared in the Bureau of Agricultural Economics from data of the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, adjusted
for seasonal variation.
Compiled from data published by the Interstate Commerce Commission.

4 United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.

5 Weighted composite of earnings in steam railways, food processing wholesaling, and retailing.
I/ Revised.
Preliminary estimates.
5

109
115
116
116

117
117
115
115
115
118

1942 -

1

108
108
110

119

316
LET THE EVER NORMAL GRANARY HELP WIN THE WAR

A radio talk by Claude R. Wickard, Secretary of Agriculture,
broadcast Friday, May 15, 1942, in the Department of Agriculture period,
National Farm and Home Hour, by Blue Network and 100 associated radio

stations.

Grave issues are before the nation in the pending Senate vote on
1943

the provisions of the agricultural appropriation bill
relating to the
/
sales of corn and wheat from the Ever Normal Granary.

Shall the huge stocks of feed now on hand in this country be released

at prices that will make it possible to reach the vital war goals for production of meat, milk, and eggs?

Or shall these feed stocks be held at prices which will slow down
the war food program and lessen the supply of food for the American people
and their allies?

Those are the questions before us. So much is involved that every
farmer -- and every consumer - should understand the matter clearly. That

is why I an discussing it with you.
We have accumulated vast supplies of corn under Government loan.

We have under loan also huge stocks of wheat, part of the largest amount
of wheat ever on hand in this country. We need meat, milk, and eggs and
need them very much. We have been selling Government stocks of both grains

for feed/ at prices somewhat under parity so as to stimulate the production

of mat, milk, and eggs. But for months a struggle has gone on over the
question of holding Governmant-owned grain until the price is forced up to
parity. The group who hold the view that this should be done were
successful in the House of Representatives' action on the 1943 appropriation

bill. The bill went to the Senate Committee on Appropriations. After

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full hearings and thorough consideration of all the issues involved, that
group came to what I regard as a statesmanlike conclusion, I want to pay
tribute to the patience and the level-headed judgment of the men on this
committee who went exhaustively into the whole matter and came out with the
legislation now under consideration, which would continue the present system
of handling Ever Normal Granary feed stocks.

Now, feeding the Ever Normal Granary stocks of corn and wheat is

the key to success in the farmers' drive to set new records in production
of meat, milk, and eggs. Only by using the Ever Normal Granary feeds will
we be able to turn out the food our fighting men, our people and our
allies must have to win the war.
These feeds will be liberally used by farmers, and the food turned
out as long as the ratio between the price of feed and the price of meat
animals, milk, and eggs is right. We have proved this the past year. We
have kept the prices of feeds at the loan levels, and supported the prices
of hogs, milk products, eggs, and poultry. The result has been the greatest
output on record for these foods.
Corn and wheat growers have not been penalized by holding feed prices

at the loan levels. The grain growers have received fair prices because
of the Government parity payments. These payments make up the difference

between the loan or the market price and parity. The cooperating grower

receives through loan plus payments a fair price - a parity price.
now Here are the net results of the present system: Corn and wheat growers
receive parity. Stockmen, dairymen, and poultrymen are able to produce to the
limit. Consumers' food costs are held down. The danger of runaway inflation
is lessened.

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Congress authorises continuing the present system, including the

payments that assure parity to grain growers. But some people claim.
ing to speak for farmers now urge that the system shall be wrecked.

Their plan is to require that the feed stocks be sold at not less

than parity. Their plea is that this is required to serve the grain
farmers.

I think they are wrong, because farmers are assured of parity

now. I think that continuing the present system is in the interest
of the nation and all its people, and especially the farmers. This
is doubly true now. We have set out to keep down costs of living

and prevent ruinous inflation that would hold us back in fighting
the war and torture us after the war. As part of this program, the
Government has placed ceilings on prices, holding them to the highest
levels reached in March.

The prices of meats and milk are controlled by ceilings. They
can go no higher than the highest point reached in March. Now observe
what would happen if the price of feeds should be forced up 15 percent
or more as proposed by the people who want to forbid sales of Ever

Normal Granary feed stocks at less than parity. The costs of
farmers producing milk and meat would rise. With costs up and prices
held steady, many farmers would have to quit producing. Then we would
have less bacon and ham, lard, evaporated and dried milk, eggs and

other vital products. That would not help win the war.

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Milk production has not increased quite as much as we had hoped.

This is largely because the costs of dairy farmers have gone up more than

their prices. As I have pointed out, price ceilings recently were put on
fluid milk. Although there is no price ceiling on butter, consumers doubtless regard the present price as comparatively high. Now if we increase
feed costs to dairymen as is being advocated, either we will have to break

hines

the ceiling prices on milk and raise both milk and butter, or we face a cut

in production of milk, I don't believe the nation wants to do either one.
Let's continue our present system of making the huge supplies of feed

available at prices that bring about heavy production of milk - and of
meat and eggs.

If feed prices rise as the result of restrictions put on the sale
of corn and wheat, we will either (1) have to risk inflation by breaking

the price control structure; or (2) have to risk putting our soldiers
abroad, our allies, our own people on short rations.

I am satisfied that farmers generally are not in favor of running
the reckless risks of shoving Ever Normal Granary feed prices to parity.
It doesn't make sense. Grain farmers would earn no more than they do now.

Livestock farmers would earn less, or else the price control structure
would have to be jeopardized. If the latter happened, consumers would pay

out a billion dollars a year more for their food, and the inflationary
sweep would be on. The whole thing would hurt farmers tremendously - also
consumers. Most important, it would hamper us in winning the war.

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In these times we view things in a new light. We set new standards
and objectives. Our aim above everything else is the success of our
country's cause, Thousands upon thousands of farmers have boys in the

fighting forces and boys overseas. These boys are facing death and this

nation is facing its greatest trial. If we lose this war, we have lost
everything. I can not for the life of me see how anyone can seriously
advocate something which would not help farmers but which would injure

our entire war effort. I feel that some of those who are supporting this
proposal simply haven't thought this thing through.
We stored up the vast supply of feed in the Ever Normal Granary on

the theory that we would use it in time of emergency. If we are ever
going to have an emergency we've got one now. So I say let's use every-

thing we've got to whip the Axis. Restrictions on the use of feed can
be just as devastating as restrictions on the use of munitions. Let's
use our enormous supplies of feed to help win the war.

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MAY 15 1942

MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT:

(See Book 526, P 111

I have had prepared in the Treasury the attached study/
of a Stabilization Fund for the United and Associated
Nations and an International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development. The purpose of these two agencies is to meet
the inevitable post-war international monetary and credit
problems--to prevent disruption of foreign exchange and the
collapse of monetary and credit systems, to assure the
restoration of foreign trade and to supply the huge volume

of capital that will be needed abroad for relief, for

reconstruction, and economic development essential for the
attainment of world prosperity and higher standards of
living.
I would like very much to have you read the appended

extract from the study which briefly sets forth why
preliminary work for the establishment of such institutions
should be entered into now, and gives some indication of
their nature and scope.

I am convinced that the launching of such a plan at
this time has tremendous strategic as well as economic
bearing. It seems to me that the time is ripe to dramatize
our international economic objectives in terms of action
which people everywhere will recognize as practical, powerful and inspiring.
In the flush of success our enemies always dealt upon
their "New Orders" for Europe and for Asia. There could
be no more solid demonstration of our confidence that the
tide is turning than the announcement of the formulation

in concrete terms, and the preparation of specific instrumentalities for what really would be a New Deal in
international economics.

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-2If you think this idea is worth canvassing, I would

like to ask the Board of Economic Warfare, State Depart-

ment and Federal Reserve Board and other appropriate

agencies to work with the Treasury on these plans with a
view to your calling a conference to be held in Washington
of Finance Ministers of the United and Associated Nations.
In this connection you will remember that Resolution XV

of the Rio Conference already commits the American

Republics to participate in such a conference.

To give some idea of the ground that might be covered
by a conference of that character, there is also appended
a file of a few preliminary documents which includes a
suggested agenda which might accompany the invitations, and
a suggested program of the conference.
E. Margarthan, Jr.

HDW:dmh/grs

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Suggested Plan for a United and Associated Nations
stabilization Fund and a Bank for Reconstruction and
Development of the United and Associated Nations

It is yet too soon to know the precise form or the
approximate magnitude of post-war monetary problems. But

one thing is certain. No matter how long the war lasts
nor how it is won, we shall be faced with three inescapable problems: to prevent the disruption of foreign
exchanges and the collapse of monetary and credit systems;

to assure the restoration of foreign trade; and to supply
the huge volume of capital that will be needed virtually
throughout the world for reconstruction, for relief, and
for economic recovery.

If we are to avoid drifting from the peace table into
a period of chaotic competition, monetary disorders, de-

pressions, political disruption, and finally into new wars
within as well as among nations, we must be equipped to
grapple with these three problems and to make substantial

progress toward their solution.
Specific plans must be formulated now.

Clearly the task can be successfully handled only

through international action. In most discussions of postwar problems this fact has been recognized, yet to date
though a number of persons have pointed to the solution in

general terms--no detailed plans sufficiently realistic or

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-2practical to give promise of accomplishing the task have
been formulated or discussed. It is high time that such
plans were drafted. It is time that detailed and workable
plans be prepared providing for the creation of agencies
with resources, powers and structure adequate to meet the
three major post-war needs.

Such agencies should, of course, be designed to deal

chiefly with post-war problems. But their establishment

must not be postponed until the end of hostilities. It
takes many months to set up such agencies. First, a plan

has to be perfected. Then it has to be carefully considered by a number of countries. In each country, again,
acceptance can follow only upon legislation. That alone
will consume many months and possibly longer. And even

when the plan is finally accepted, much time will be further consumed in the collection of personnel, and the
performance of the preliminary ground work which must be

done before effective operations can begin. Altogether,
a year may be required before a proposal can be transformed into an operating agency.

Obviously, therefore, even though no important imme-

diate ends will be served by having such agencies function-

ing during war time, it will be an error to wait until the
end of the war is in sight before beginning serious discussion of plans for establishing such agencies. No one
knows how soon the war will end, and no one can know how

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-3long it will take to get plans approved and the agencies

started. Yet, if we are to "win the peace", which will
follow the war, we must have adequate economic instruments

with which to carry on effective work as soon as the war

is over. It would be ill-advised, if not positively dangerous, to leave ourselves at the end of the war unprepared
for the stupendous task of world-wide economic reconstruction.

Specific proposals will help win the war.

But there is an additional important reason for inftiating at once serious discussion of specific proposals.
Such discussion will be a factor toward winning the war.
It has been frequently suggested, and with much cogency,

that the task of securing the defeat of the Axis powers
would be made easier if the victims of aggression, actual
and potential, could have more assurance that a victory by
the United Nations will not mean in the economic sphere, a

mere return to the pre-war pattern of every-country-for
itself, of inevitable depression, of possible wide-spread
economic chaos with the weaker nations succumbing first

under the law-of-the-jungle that characterized international
economic practices of the pre-war decade. That assurance
must be given now. The people of the anti-Axis powers must

be encouraged to feel themselves on solid international
ground, they must be given to understand that a United

Nations victory will not usher in another two decades of

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economic uneasiness, bickering, ferment, and discuption.
They must be assured that something will be done in the

sphere of international economic relations that is new,
that is powerful enough and comprehensive enough to give

expectation of successfully filling a world need. They
must have assurance that methods and resources are being

prepared to provide then with capital to help them rebuild
their devastated areas, reconstruct their war-distorted
economies, and help free then from the strangulating grasp
of lost markets and depleted reserves. Finally, they must
have assurance that the United States does not intend to
desert the war-worn and impoverished nations after the war

is won, but proposes to help them in the long and difficult
task of economic reconstruction. To help them, not pri-

marily for altruistic motives, but from recognition of the
truth that prosperity, like peace, is indivisible. To give
that assurance now is to unify and encourage the anti-Axis

forces, to greatly strengthen their will and effort to win.
Nor will the effect be on the anti-Axis powers alone.
Whether within the Axis countries the will to fight would
be weakened by such arrangements is not certain, but assur-

edly it would not be strengthened. And certainly the people
in the invaded countries, and the wavering elements in the
Axis-dominated and Axis influenced countries would be given

additional cause to throw in their lot more definitely and
openly with the anti-Axis forces if there is real promise
that an orderly prosperous world will emerge from a United
Nations victory.

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-5Two International Government Agencies must be established

a Stabilization Fund and a Bank for Reconstruction.

A vital part of that promise rests on international
monetary and banking collaboration. The United Nations
and the Nations associated with them must undertake CO-

operatively two tasks as soon as possible: first, to
provide an instrument with the means and the procedure to
stabilize foreign exchange rates and strengthen the mone-

tary systems of the United Nations; and second, to establish an agency with resources and powers adequate to provide

capital for economic reconstruction, to facilitate rapid
and smooth transition from war-time economies to peace-time

economies, to provide relief for stricken peoples during
the immediate post-war period, to increase foreign trade,
and permanently increase the productivity of the United
Nations.

Those two tasks should be kept distinct. Though in
some of their facets and in many of their consequences
there is considerable interdependence and interaction, the
two are different enough to call for separate instrumen-

talities. Each is sufficiently specialized to require different resources, different responsibilities, and different
procedures and criteria for action. To supply the United
Nations with necessary capital not otherwise available
except possibly on too costly terms should be the function
of a bank created for that specific purpose; whereas mone-

tary stabilization--a highly specialized function calling

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for a special structure, special personnel, and special
organization--would best be performed by a stabilization
fund created to perform that special function.
It is therefore recommended that immediate consideration be given to formulating plans for the establishment
of two separate institutions:
1. A United and Associated Nations Stabilization
Fund, and

2. A Bank for Reconstruction and Development of the
United and Associated Nations.

While either agency could function without the existence
of the other, the creation of both would nevertheless aid

greatly in the functioning of each. Doubtless one agency
with the combined functions of both could be set up, but
it could operate only with a loss of effectiveness, risk
of over-centralization of power, and danger of making costly
errors of judgment. The best promise of successful opera-

tion seems to lie in the creation of two separate institutions, linked together by one or two directors in common.
Proposals must be drafted by experts of many governments
meeting for that purpose.

It is hoped that some time soon, representatives of
various interested governments will meet in conference

to explore the possibility of working out a plan for the
establishment of an international stabilization fund and
bank. To facilitate the preliminary work of such a committee, and to provide the officials of the interested governments with a proposal set in specific enough terms to

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-7encourage and justify fruitful discussion prior to a
meeting, the following report has been prepared. It contains a suggested plan for a fund and for a bank, and
also some discussion of the various points involved.
Anyone familiar with the task of setting up new and
complex organizations such as the two envisaged will

fully appreciate that no single person, no matter how
well informed on the subject, can hope to draft a plan
that would meet with general approval. This is especially

true of a proposal calling for international collaboration
and requiring acceptance by several governments. To draft

a plan that is likely to meet with approval of various
governments is a task beyond the competence even of a group

of economists from any single country. The details of any
plan submitted for consideration would have to be subjected
to careful evaluation and examination by a number of men,

some of whom should be expert in the handling of international economic problems and monetary theory, and others

at home in related fields. In addition to monetary problems,

questions of sovereignty, of national interest, and of broad
economic policy are involved in some of the more important

provisions, and these inevitably must be the subject of
controversy and compromise. They are also matters that

must be discussed in detail and at length by high officials
whose responsibilities include the shaping and administration
of monetary and financial policy.

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The proposals and comments that follow are submitted

with the intent of providing a starting point for intelligent discussion and of calling attention to some of the
difficulties which would have to be satisfactorily met
before a workable and acceptable plan may emerge. The

proposals have been set forth only in outline and for the
most part only those points are included which are essential
to an understanding of the plan.
It is certain that some of the powers and requirements
included in the outline of the Fund and the Bank will not
survive discussion, prejudice and fear of departure from

the usual. Some may not stand the test of political reality,
and some may be unacceptable on technical grounds, while

others may be generally regarded as going too far toward

"internationalism." Yet most of them appear as desirable
objectives in most writings or conferences on post-war
economies and are worth considering.

Willingness to depart from tradition and break new ground

is essential if meaningful results are to be obtained.
It will perhaps help toward understanding and induce
a more sympathetic approach to the proposals which follow
to state at the outset that something much more than the

usual banking and stabilization functions are envisaged in
the plan. There is urgent need for instruments which will
pave the way and make easy a high degree of cooperation

and collaboration among the United Nations in economic

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-9fields hitherto held too sacrosanct for international
action or multilateral sovereignty. A breach must be made
and widened in the outmoded and disastrous economic policy

of each-country-for-1tself-and-the-devil-take-the-weakest
Just as the failure to develop an effective League of
Nations has made possible two devastating wars within one
generation, so the absence of a high degree of economic

collaboration among the leading nations,will during the
coming decade, inevitably result in economic warfare that
will be but the prelude and instigator of military warfare
on an even vaster scale.

The Fund and the Bank described in the following pages
are envisaged as economic instruments that most easily and

effectively can facilitate that high degree of economic
collaboration. It will be at once apparent that the resources, powers and requirements for membership, accorded

both agencies go far beyond the usual attributes of mone-

tary stabilization and of banking. They must if they are
to be the stepping stone from shortsighted disastrous

economic nationalism to intelligent international collabor-

ation. Timidity will not serve. It is my conviction that
the long-time effectiveness of both agencies will be
measured by the degree to which boldness and vision are

displayed in their organization and objectives.

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Part I, which follows, consists of an outline of
(1) a United and Associated Nations Stabilization Fund,
and (2) of a Bank for Reconstruction of the United and
Associated Nations.

Part II consists of a brief explanation and discussion of the proposed Fund, and Part III of the proposed
Bank.

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MAY 15 1942
MEMORANDUM TO THE PRESIDENT:

In connection with your memorandum of May 11, on

the foreign ownership of American corporations, I think
you may be interested in knowing that we have been studying certain phases of this problem for several months.

(1) At the time we extended freezing control to

Germany and Italy (June 14, 1941) we ordered a census

of all property in which any foreign country or its nat-

ionals had an interest. This was the most comprehensive
census of foreign property ever undertaken by this country,
and included complete and detailed information on the

securities held by every foreign country and its citizens.

We have received about 600,000 census returns and all of
these data have been reduced to punch card form so that

we can speedily obtain figures on any phase of foreignowned property in this country. For example, we can
readily ascertain the extent of foreign ownership of
American corporations.

(2) In December, 1941, when we drafted Title III
of the First War Powers Act, amending Section 5(b) of
the Trading with the enery Act (statutory basis for freezing control), provision was made to give you complete and
plenary regulatory power over securities in which any
foreign government or foreign citizen has any type of
interest. The bill as enacted contained these provisions.
While we are again reviewing the possible need for further
legislation, we strongly suspect that this Act already
confers upon you authority to adopt a program to carry

out the objectives stated in your memorandum.

(3) We also have been taking specific measures.
On February 3, 1942, we issued a regulation under the

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-2freezing orders, prohibiting the acquisition by a blocked
national of more than 1 per cent of the securities of any
American corporation. Detailed reports are required
which permit us to guard against any effort to evade this
regulation by using several brokers or several different
foreign purchasers. We can spot any such trend in advance and take corrective measures. While this regulation
does not as yet cover citizens of countries not frozen
nor does it compel the liquidation of existing holdings
in excess of 1 per cent, ft was intended to be a step
in the direction to which your memorandum points. of

course under the above-mentioned provision of the First
War Powers Act we could control and limit security holdings by foreigners without any further general extension

of freezing control.

(4) In furnishing you with this information, I
want to assure you that we appreciate that there is still
much to be done in this field. We recognize that there
are some major policy problems involved in dealing with

the post-war aspects of this matter, particularly in view

of our present and prospective position as an international
investor and creditor. I did want you to know, however,
that we have been doing some thinking on the subject and
I believe we have the facts and the law with which to do

a lot more.

(5) I shall keep you advised from time to time regarding the results of our studies and our suggestions
for further action.

Secretary of the Treasury

AFL-BB:ash - 5/15/42

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MAY

Dear General Hines:

You will recall that on January 14, 1942,
the Department forwarded to you a memorandum

relating to a number of situations found to
exist in connection with the operations of
General Aniline and Film Corporation, at that

time owned and controlled by German interests
and operating under Treasury Department supervision.

We called your attention to the fact that the

Ozalid Division of the company was in an unusually
good position to obtain defense secrets, inasmuch
as its sales and service men (in some instances
German, aliens or German-born American citizens)
had access to many defense plants and Government

offices; that the Agfa Ansco Division of the company
processed and developed official Government films of
a confidential nature; and that the company in
general could be used as a cloak for subversive
activities in many respects.
Since that time the situation has changed

materially and the purpose of this letter is to bring
you up to date.

The Government took title to the foreign-owned
shares of the Corporation on February 16, 1942, and

has installed a thoroughly competent American manage-

ment of unquestioned loyalty. Some forty-oad

executives and employees of the company have been re-

moved because of doubts as to their loyalty, and the

Department and the management are proceeding as rapidly

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as possible with a program calculated to remove every
vestige of German control or influence.

Although the reorganization of the affairs of the
company, particularly the elimination of all personnel

of doubtful allegiance, has net been completed, I can
say with confidence that the situations described in the

memorandum accompanying our letter of January 14, 1942,

have been corrected, and that you may safely deal with
the corporation on the same basis as any other American
company.

Sincerely yours,
(Signed) E. H. Foley, dr.

Acting Secretary of the Treasury

Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines

Administrator of Veterans' Affairs
Veterans' Administration
Arlington Building

Washington, D. C.

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MAY 15 1942

Dear Dr. Hunsaker:

You will recall that on January 14, 1942,
the Department forwarded to you a menorandum

relating to a number of situations found to exist

in connection with the operations of General
Aniline and Film Corporation, at that time owned
and controlled by German interests and operating
under Treasury Department supervision.

We called your attention to the fact that the

Ozalid Division of the company was in an unusually
good position to obtain defense secrets, inasmuch
as its sales and service mon (in some instances
German aliens or Gernan-born American citizens)
had access to many defense plants and Government

offices; that the Agfa Ansco Division of the company
processed and developed official Government films of
a confidential nature; and that the company in general
could be used as a cloak for subversive activities
in many respects.

Since that time the situation has changed

materially and the purpose of this letter is to
bring you up to date.

The Government took title to the foreign-owned
shares of the Corporation on February 16, 1942, and

has installed a thoroughly competent American manage-

ment of unquestioned loyalty. Some forty-odd

executives and employees of the company have been re-

moved because of doubts as to their loyalty, and the

Department and the management are proceeding as rapidly

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as possible with a program calculated to remove every
vestige of German control or influence.

Although the reorganization of the affairs of the
company, particularly the elimination of all personnel
of doubtful allegiance, has not been completed, I can
say with confidence that the situations described in
the memorandum accompanying our letter of January 14,
1942, have been corrected, and that you may safely

deal with the corporation on the same basis as any
other American company.

Sincerely yours,
(Signed) R. B. Foley, Jr.

Acting Secretary of the Treasury

Dr. J. C. Hunsaker
Chairman

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
Navy Building
Washington, D. C.

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MAY 15 1942

Dear Mr. Maluutt:

You will recall that on January 14, 1942, the
Department forwarded to you a memorandum relating

to a number of situations found to exist in connection with the operations of General Aniline and
Film Corporation, at that time owned and controlled
by German interests and operating under Treasury
Department supervision.

We called your attention to the fact that the

Ozalid Division of the company was in an unusually
good position to obtain defense secrets, inasmuch
as its sales and service men (in some instances
German aliens or German-born American citizens)
had access to many defense plants and Government

offices; that the Agfa Ansco Division of the company
processed and developed official Government films of
a confidential nature; and that the company in
general could be used as a cloak for subversive
activities in many respects.
Since that time the situation has changed

materially and the purpose of this letter is to bring

you up to date.

The Government took title to the foreign-owned
shares of the Corporation on February 16, 1942, and
has installed a thoroughly competent American management of unquestioned loyalty. Some forty-odd
executives and employees of the company have been re-

moved because of doubts as to their loyalty, and the

Department and the management are proceeding as rapidly

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as possible with a program calculated to remove
every vestige of German control or influence.

Although the reorganization of the affairs of
the company, particularly the elimination of all

personnel of doubtful allegiance, has not been
completed, I can say with confidence that the situations described in the memorandum accompanying our

letter of January 14, 1942, have been corrected, and
that you may safely deal with the corporation on
the same basis as any other American company.

Sincerely yours,
(Signed) E. B. Foley, dr.

Acting Secretary of the Treasury

Hon. Paul V. McNutt

Administrator, Federal Security Agency
25th and E Streets, N. W.

Washington, D. C.

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MAY 15 1942

Dear Mr. Secretary:

You will recall that on January 14, 1942, the
Department forwarded to you a memorandum relating to a

number of situations found to exist in connection with
the operations of General Aniline and Film Corporation,
at that time owned and controlled by German interests
and operating under Treasury Department supervision.

We called your attention to the fact that the Ozalid
Division of the company was in an unusually good position
to obtain defense secrets, inasmuch as its sales and
service men (in some instances German aliens or Germanborn American citizens) had access to many defense plants

and Government offices; that the Agfa Anaco Division of

the company processed and developed official Government

films of a confidential nature; and that the company in
general could be used as a cloak for subversive activities
in many respects.

Since that time the situation has changed materially
and the purpose of this letter is to bring you up to date.
The Government took title to the foreign-owned shares
of the Corporation on February 16, 1942, and has installed

a thoroughly competent American management of unquestioned

loyalty. Some forty-odd executives and employees of the

company have been removed because of doubts as to their
loyalty, and the Department and the management are pro-

ceeding as rapidly as possible with a program calculated
to remove every vestige of German control or influence.

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Although the reorganization of the affairs of the
company, particularly the elimination of all personnel

of doubtful allegiance, has not been completed, I can
say with confidence that the situations described in the
memorandum accompanying our letter of January 14, 1942,

have been corrected, and that you may safely deal with
the corporation on the same basis as any other American
company.

Sincerely yours,
(Signed) E. H. Foley, Jr.

ActingSecretary of the Treasury.

The Honorable,

The Secretary of Interior.

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MAY 15 1942

Dear Mr. Lynn:

You will recall that on January 14, 1942, the
Department forwarded to you a memorandum relating to a

number of situations found to exist in connection with
the operations of General Aniline and Film Corporation,
at that time owned and controlled by German interests
and operating under Treasury Department supervision.

We called your attention to the fact that the Ozalid

Division of the company was in an unusually good position
to obtain defense secrets, inasmuch as its sales and
service men (in some instances German aliens or Germanborn American citizens) had access to many defense plants

and Government offices; that the Agfa Ansco Division of

the company processed and developed official Government

films of a confidential nature; and that the company in
general could be used as a cloak for subversive activities
in many respects.

Since that time the situation has changed materially
and the purpose of this letter is to bring you up to date.
The Government took title to the foreign-owned shares
of the Corporation on February 16, 1942, and has installed
a thoroughly competent American management of unquestioned

loyalty. Some forty-odd executives and employees of the

company have been removed because of doubts as to their
loyalty, and the Department and the management are pro-

ceeding as rapidly as possible with a program calculated
to remove every vestige of German control or influence.

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Although the reorganization of the affairs of the
company, particularly the elimination of all personnel

of doubtful allegiance, has not been completed, I can
say with confidence that the situations described in the

memorandum accompanying our letter of January 14, 1942,

have been corrected, and that you may safely deal with
the corporation on the same basis as any other American
company.

Sincerely yours,

(Signed) E. H. Foley, Sr.

Acting Secretary of the Treasury.

Honorable David Lynn,

Chairman, Alley Dwelling Authority,

Room 1202, 1300 E Street,
Washington, D. C.

5-14-42

35

TO:

The Secretary

I think this is all right and I

have initialled it. The memo states
that the Treasury (Foreign Funds)

will decide whether to freeze the funds
of any publishing corporation. That
should be clearly understood and

should not be left to any interdepart-

mental committee.

To prevent the use of alien funds for
seditious propaganda in the U.S. is
certainly a legitimate objective of
Foreign Funds Control. But the power
should be used with great caution to
avoid the charge that a mandatory
censorship has been instituted by
devious means.

mr
FROM: MR. GASTON

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
INTER OFFICE COMMUNICATION

DATE May 15, 1942

Secretary l'orgenthau
FROM

E. H. Foley, Jr.
Re: Seditious and Axis Propaganda
Publications

A subcommittee of the Censorship Policy Board,

consisting of representatives from the Post Office
Department, the Department of Justice, War Department,

and the Office of Facts and Figures, has been formed to
deal with the problem of seditious and Axis propaganda
publications.
A meeting was held on May 13 at which represen-

tatives of this Committee and representatives of the
Treasury and the Alien Property Custodian were present

to discuss among other things the part that the Treasury

Department will take in this work.
Justice suggested that Treasury, under the

freezing order, could be of great assistance in dealing
with the problem. A suggested procedure was discussed.

The policy to be followed toward such publications
would be determined by the subcommittee of the Censorship

Board and Justice. Justice would notify Treasury of the

-2spapers that it was desired that Treasury should freeze

and investigate. If, in the opinion of the Treasury, the
acts of the particular case brought the newspaper under
the freezing order, the Treasury would freeze the funds
of the newspaper, investigate the newspaper, and install
personnel on the premises of the newspaper. Any informa-

tion gathered in such investigation would be made available to Justice and other interested Government agencies.
If a newspaper continued to publish subversive

material or Axis propaganda, it would be forced to liquidate

by the Treasury denying it a "do business" license. It is
not envisaged that the Government would install people to
run such newspapers as we did in the General Aniline & Film
case.

As you know; the Treasury through freezing control
has already shut down the Bund paper in New York and has in-

westigated a pro-Axis paper in Philadelphia. I believe we
can do a constructive job by cooperating with other Govern-

ment agencies along the lines indicated. If you approve
Foreign Funds Control continuing this activity, please
indicate below.
Approved

SHTH.

Mr

Treasury Department

Division of Monetary Res 348
Date May 15
To:

Miss Chauncey

From:

Mr. White

1942

I mentioned this at the staff
meeting and the Secretary said he
would like to have a memorandum on

it. He might like to read it over
the week-end.

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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
INTER OFFICE COMMUNICATION

DATE May 15, 1942

Secretary Morgenthau

TO

FROM

H. D. White

The cessation of active hostilities will bring a sudden

and complete end to the need for more armaments. By that

time we will have all the armaments that could possibly be
needed for years to come. If to the amount of armaments then
on hand were to be added equipment that is more than (say)
90 percent completed and some of the armaments certain to be
taken from the Axis, there can be no doubt that any additional
production of military supplies would represent a complete and

inexcusable waste of labor, material and facilities.

By this fall the Treasury will be spending more than

$150 million every day on armaments. If the war goes on to
the spring of 1943, we will be then spending close to $200 mil-

lion a day. It is the soundest kind of financial statesman-

ship to anticipate the end and to be prepared to stop at once
production of armaments by the cancellation of all war contracts, in view of the fact that every day's delay would mean
$100 to $150 million more added to the tax and debt burden of
the public. There will be a temptation on the part of business,
the Army and Navy, and labor to stall in the matter of cancellation of contracts, but the government should be prepared to
be ruthless in this matter. Aside from unemployment, to be
discussed in a moment, there isn't a single good excuse to
continue turning out armaments once hostilities have ceased.

Cancellation of contracts will involve, of course, loss of
potential profits on the part of producers. It is assumed that
adjustments will be later made for losses so sustained. Doubtless also the government will have to take over the material in

various degrees of completion, but it would be a criminal waste
of the public's money to complete armaments and supplies merely
because they have been started. Exceptions to this might be
certain
ian
uses.types of equipment and material which would have civil-

But, sudden, wholesale cancellation of war contracts would
create a bad situation unless steps are prepared ahead of time
to take care of the millions of men and women that would be
precipitously thrown out of work. Conversion of their war
savings bonds will provide something but not nearly enough, and

besides it seems most unreasonable to expect the wage earners

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Division of Monetary
Research

to use up all their accumulated savings during the first few

months of peace in an effort to keep body and soul together.
If plans do not exist by the time war ends to provide the many
millions of disemployed with some substantial income, the
pressure for very gradual reduction of armament production

will be irresistible. The result will be that armament production will go on for many months, though at a diminishing rate,
and from $10 to $20 billion will be thrown away with no return

except junk.

Plans must be prepared, and legislation secured, which
will provide for continued income of disemployed--possibly up
to half or two-thirds of the weekly wage--for several months
while industry is converted to peace-time uses. The quicker
and more effective the cancellations of war orders, the sooner
will industry be converted to peace-time production, and the
shorter will be the period of unemployment.
Presumably the National Resources Board has plans ready

for creating opportunities for employment, in addition to what
private industry will do. This memorandum is not concerned

with that point. It is concerned with the question of stopping
what would be a stupendous daily waste of public funds while at
the same time providing for a sufficient maintenance of purchasing power to prevent social disruption and to provide for
the demand for consumers' goods necessary to speed industry to

full production of civilian goods.

The following points should be emphasized:

Cancellation of contracts will raise many complex
problems which are easier to settle in advance by appropriately
drawn up legislation while there is time to prepare such legislation, and while the public is in no mood for large profits to
be made after the war out of the war effort.
1.

2. There will be, in any case, terrific pressure from

powerful vested interests to continue armament production.
Many arguments will be advanced--need for military security,

possibility of outbreak of civil wars, "it is only an armistice

and hostilities may soon begin again, "not all the enemy is
defeated yet, there is much left to be done," "we can't throw
millions of people suddenly out of work." To render these
arguments less effective proper legislation needs to be prepared to meet the situation.
3.

It will be a long task to get Congress to pass a bill

providing for adequate unemployment payment for millions of
disemployed.

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Division of Monetary
Research

Arrangements must be prepared for wholesale cashing

of savings bonds, and aid to industry in their program of conversion back to civilian production.
A tax program designed especially for the immediate
post-war period-in which some of the objectives were different
than those which prevail now, should be prepared by the Treasury.
All this takes much time, and since the war might end this
year we ought to begin serious study and preparation now.
5.

Don't you think it would be worth while calling a meeting
in your office of the persons having a direct interest in the
matter? A memorandum on the subject can be prepared for distribution to them at the meeting. A committee of technicians could
be suggested at the meeting to study the matter and bring back
a report in a couple of weeks to that informal committee.
The end result after a few meetings should be a drafted
bill and report representing the opinion of the appropriate
departments to be submitted to the President.

The justification for the Secretary of the Treasury to take

the lead in the matter is that one of his responsibilities is

to suggest ways of keeping the Treasury's debt and tax burden
from increasing unnecessarily, and every day's delay after the

fighting stops will cost the Treasury many millions of dollars.
This would, I think, provide a good starting point for a

renewal of the committee meetings of the now defunct "Fiscal
and Monetary Advisory Board." (Incidentally, last week's luncheon with Nelson, Henderson, et al, was very nice, but if anything more was accomplished than a pleasant lunch, I missed it.)

Unless you indicate disapproval, I am having a report
prepared
on the experience
of the last war with respect to the
matters
discussed
above.

352

May 15, 1942.

Mr. Heffelfinger
Secretary Morgenthau

Just as soon as you have the final figures on
the 2}'s today, let me know; and let's get out a release
for Saturday morning's papers.

Taken can can'of 5/15/90

353
IDARD FORM No. 14A

TREASURY DEPARTMENT

PROVED BY THE PRESIDENT
MARCH 10 1926

TELEGRAM
OFFICIAL BUSINESS-GOVERNMENT RATES

WASHINGTON

CHARGE TREASURY DEPARTMENT. APPROPRIATION FOR

H.(TheMorgenthau
Jr - Personal
appropriation from which payable must be stated on above line)

a&---

MAY 15 1942

Mr Wm. J. Newlin,

Secretary to the Faculty,
Amherst College,
Amherst, Massachusetts.

Please cancel room reserved Lord Jeffery Inn Staying with
friends thanks
Henry Morgenthau Jr

354
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
INTER OFFICE COMMUNICATION

TO

FROM

Mrs. Klotz

DATE May 15, 1942.

Secretary Morgenthau

Please check my correspondence with Amherst.

I think they are holding a room for me at the Hotel.
If that is correct, please send them a telegram this
morning cancelling the room, and say that I am staying

with friends. Thank you.

355
AMHERST COLLEGE
Amherst, Massachusetts
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE FACULTY

April 26, 1942

Hon. Henry Morgenthau, Jr.,
Secretary of the Treasury,

Washington, D. C.

Dear Mr. Secretary:
We have made a reservation for Mrs.
Morgenthan and yourself at the Lord Jeffery

Inn, where I am sure they will do everything
to make your stay comfortable.

Mrs. King will have the tickets for

you: and you will find the academic costume
ready for you in the Founders' Room at the

Alumni Gymnasium at the time of the Commencement exercises.

We are most appreciative of the honor
of your presence on this occasion.

Very sincerely yours,

WJN/C

Vm. J. . Newlin

356

April 21, 1942.

Dear Mr. Newline

Thank you for your pleasent and certial letter of
April
16th. I as looking forward very such to my forthcoming visit to Amborst.
I should like to have you reserve a FOOD at the

Lord Jeffery Ins for Mrs. Morgenthan and no. I also
would appreciate 10 if you would let us have six tickets.

If I find that we do not use all these, I shall see to

11 that any extra ones are returned to you.

Thank you also for your offer to provide the academic
contune. I do not have a cap and gova and should like to
have you procure these for me. I wear size 7) hat, as 6
feet tall, and weigh 189 pounds.
with thanks for your assistance in those various

matters,

Sincerely,
(Signed) E. Morgentbaus its

Mr. Va. J. Newlin,
Secretary to the Faculty,
Amboret College.
Amboret, Massachusette.
GEF/abo

AMHERST COLLEGE

1942 COMMENCEMENT

NAME

CLASS

COMPTROLLER

Please make Dormitory reservations for:

My Wife

Ayself

o

was

Daughters

357

Address

Age

Amount Enclosed $
Age

DO NOT USE SPACE BELOW

Others:

Advance Payment

Pratt or Morrow at $3.00 per person

Total Charges

North or South at $2.00 per person
Remarks:

Am't

Date

By

Refund or Collect
Assignment

Dormitory

Room

Arrived

358

AMHERST COLLEGE BULLETIN
VOLUME 31, NUMBER 4
MAY, 1942

Commencement Week
MAY 15-17, 1942

*PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
Friday. May 15

7:30 P. M. Prize Speaking
9:00 P. M. The Masquers present "The Girl of the Golden
West" by David Belasco.
Saturday. May 16

9:00 A. M. Meeting of Massachusetts Beta of Phi Beta Kappa.

9:45 A. M. Senior Chapel Service.
10:45 A. M. Ivy Oration and Poem.
11:30 A. M. Annual Meeting of the Society of the Alumni.
12:30 P. M. Alumni Dinner.
Alumni Parade to Pratt Field
3:30 P. M. Amherst-William Baseball Game on Pratt Field
8:00 P. M. Senior Night.
8:30 P. M. Alumni Singing.
9:30 P. M. Senior Service.
10:00 P. M. Dancing.
Sunday. May 17

10:45 A. M. Baccalaureate Sermon
2:30 P. M. Band Concert.
3:00 P. M. Commencement Procession
3:30 P. M. The One Hundred and Twenty-first Commencement.

*Owing to the national emergency the exact hours of various events

are subject to further adjustment

Commencement Information
Commencement Room Reservations

CLASSES SCHEDULED FOR REUNION, 1942

The dormitories are available to provide glumni and their

'77, '82, '87, '92, '97, '02, '07, '12, '17, '22, 27, '32, '36, '39, '41.

families with economical accommodations Although the dormitories

ALUMNI HEADQUARTERS - Walker Hall.

have not all the conveniences of a modern hotel, reasonable
effort is made to provide satisfactory quarters

Hours: Thursday 4 P. M. to 12:00 P. M.

Fri.Sat. 9 A. M. to 12:00 P. M.
Sunday 9 A. M. to 6:00 P. M.
The following matters will be taken care of:
Alumni Registration

Alumni Trustee Election
Dormitory Rooms for Alumni
Reference File - off-campus rooms
Tickets for all Commencement Activities

In general, the older classes are assigned to Pratt or Morrow
and the younger classes to North and South In either case, fam.
ilies may be together or in nearby rooms In Morrow, and in most
rooms in Pratt, couples are assigned to double rooms with twin
beds In a few rooms in Pratt and in North and South, the nature
of the rooms necessitates assigning a group of several men in

one room or suite and their wives in a nearby room or suite
Rooms are not allotted for single occupancy.

General Information
The prices are $3.00 for Pratt or Morrow and $2.00 for North
TICKETS

Alumni and their families will receive class buttons for admission
to Senior Night Tickets required for the Alumni Dinner, the Baseball
Game and the Masquers may be obtained at Alumni Headquarters

or South. per person for the Commencement period. with no reduction for a shorter stay. Rooms may be occupied from 4 P. M.
Thursday. until Monday noon

Applications should be made early. Allotments are made
just before Commencement to permit grouping by classes. Appli-

MAIL

Alumni may have their mail sent to "Alumni Headquarters, Walker Hall, Amherst, Mass." Such mail will be forwarded to home
address if not called for
GOLF

The Amherst Golf Club invites the Alumni to use the Mt. Doma
course during the Commencement season
MEALS

cations will be acknowledged but specific allotments cannot be
learned until arrival at Alumni Headquarters
Applications will be accepted only if accompanied by a remittance (payable to Amherst College) for the price of the root
If the amount is incorrect, the difference will be adjusted at Alumni
Headquarters Please use the enclosed application which provides

for the information needed in making assignments All inquiries
should be addressed to the Comptroller.

The Dining Rooms of Valentine Hall will be open during the Com-

At Alumni Headquarters there will be maintained an informa.
tion file of rooms available in private houses, but the college

mencement period

cannot undertake to make reservations of such rooms

359

AMHERST COLLEGE
Amherst, Massachusetts
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE FACULTY

April 16, 1942

The Honorable Henry Morgenthau, Jr.,

Secretary of the Treasury,

Washington, D. C.

Dear Mr. Secretary:

I am very happy to learn that you are to be the recipient of an

honorary degree at the Amherst Commencement exercises. Professor Peter H
Odegard has been appointed as your escort, and he will meet you in the
Founders' Room in the Alumni Gymnasium, at three o'clock, War Time, on
Sunday, May seventeenth.

If you do not have your own academic costume, we shall provide you
with a cap and gown to be worn during the exercises. The hood of the degree
will be provided by the College, and will be placed on your shoulders when
the degree is conferred. Will you kindly let us know whether you wish us
to provide you with an academic costume, and, if so, will you send us your
weight, your height and your hat size?

I shall be very happy to arrange for reserved seat tickets for the
exercises, for the members of your immediate family, if you will let me know
the number.

If you are to come to Amherst by train, and will let us know when you
expect to arrive at Springfield or Northampton, we shall be glad to have you
met at the station and brought to Amherst.
Would you like to have us reserve a room at the Lord Jeffery Inn for
Mrs. Morgenthau and yourself, or are you expecting to stay with your sisterin-law in Northampton?

I hope you will feel free to call upon me for any further information
you may desire.

Very sincerely yours,

mon

62-2 In.

Vm. J. Newlin,

Secretary of the Faculty

6

189.

it's 12

360

February 4, 1942

Dear President King:

Thank you very much for your letter
of January 29th in which you tell me that
the Trustees of Amherst College have
decided to confer an honorary degree upon

ne on May 17th.

This is a high honor, and you may
count on my being present at Commencement

to receive it at your hands. of course
I shall keep this information entirely
confidential until the College makes it

public.

In the meantime, please convey to
the Trustees my sense of deep appreciation.
Sincerely,
(Signed) a. Morgenthan, in.

President Stanley King,

Amherst College,
Amberst, Massachusetts.

FK/cgk

File n.m.c

2/3/42

361

Mr. Kuhn:

Received from Miss Chauncey. She

says the Secretary asked that you please

prepare reply. The answer is Yes".

362

AMHERST COLLEGE
Amherst, Massachusetts
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

January 29, 1942

(Personal and Confidential)

Honorable Henry Morgenthau, Jr.,
The Secretary of the Treasury,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Mr. Secretary:

It is a profound satisfaction to me to advise you that the

Trustees of Amberst College at their meeting on January 26th
voted unanimously to confer upon you the degree of Doctor of
Laws, honoris causa, at our forthcoming commencement, which
takes place Sunday, May 17th. You know how happy I am at

this action and how deep a satisfaction it will give me to

hang an Amberst hood upon your shoulders. I hope that your
plans will permit you to join us at commencement.
The degree is conferred in accordance with the usual custom
in such cases, on condition that you are able to be present

to accept it in person. In the meantime, I must ask you to
hold this information in entire confidence until such time

as the College shall make public, just preceding commencement,

the list of those on whom honorary degrees will be conferred.

With cordial greetings, I am,
Faithfully yours,

SFanley King

363

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
INTER OFFICE COMMUNICATION
DATE

TO

FROM

May 15, 1942.

Secretary Morgenthau
Harold Graves

In accordance with your request, I attach a report
of unfilled orders in the Division of Savings Bonds as of
May 13.

I am informed that the Division of Savings Bonds

is up to date on its distribution.

364

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
INTER OFFICE COMMUNICATION
DATE
TO

May 13, 1942

Mr. McDonald

FROM Mr. Augustus

Confirming our telephone conversation of this morning, listed below
is the information you requested.
UNFILLED ORDERS AS OF MAY 13, 1942**

ADDRESSEE

TITLE OF MATERIAL

Mr. Lynch

"Stamps For Uncle Sam"

26,500

"Stamps For Uncle Sam"

49,250

QUANTITY

if
6

Washington, Building

)

Room 439

Hon. Steven P. Vidal

State Administrator
War Savings Staff
101 Federal Building
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Walter Phillippsen
246 Lynox Avenue

Bridgeport, Connecticut
Attached List
Distribution>
new waterial
Mr. Melcher
DeMoll Building
Washington, D. C.

"Keep It Up", posters

75 - 2-sheet

"Help Win The War With
The Money You Save"

"Stamps For Uncle Sam"

170,500

300

Major Connelly
War Bond Officer
Headquarters, Third Corp
Area

Baltimore, Maryland

** Note:

"Help Win The War - "

1,000

The reason for the above listed orders not being filled is
due to the fact that material requested has not yet been
received from the contractor doing the printing. Upon receipt
of this material orders will be immediately shipped.

365

367

366

Mr. Eugone Meger

The Washington Post

UNTIL

CONFIDENTIAL

RELEASED

PUBLIC OPINION NEWS SERVICE

For Release Friday, May 15, 1942

One-Third of U.S. Adults
Have Bought No War Bonds or
Stamps, National Survey Finds
of your wages or salary each pay

day to buy war savings bonds or

Compulsory Savings Plan to
Purchase Bonds Found Acceptable to

stamps for you?"

Twenty-five per cent of all
employed persons say they

Two-Thirds of Nation's Wage Earners

a

are already covered by
plan in which the employer
deducts part of their wages

for bonds. Another 43 per

cent say they would be willa

ing to take part in such

Compulsory Savings

program. The remaining 32

€ Claiming that voluntary savings are as "archaic and inade
quale for total tear as reliance on voluntary enlistment in the
armed forces," Rep. Gore of Tennessee has introduced in the

per cent expressed themselves unwilling at this time
to accept the pay deduction

THE PUBLIC

House a bill to require wage earners to put a certain percentage
Although

of their earnings into war bonds or stamps. The reaction of the
country to the principle of compulsory savings, and an indication of the amounts people are willing to set aside, is shown in

savings

little

of

adults

bought

cost

scheme.

Gallup

Poll

the following report by the Gallup Poll.

stamps

have

AMOUNTS NAMED

the
not

single

bond.

To shed light on the question of
much people in each income

believe they can afford to
spend for war bonds or stamps, the

By GEORGE GALLUP

put this question to all

fewer have purchased either

Director, American Institute of Public Opinion

or bonds than in any other

employed persons interviewed:

PRINCETON, N. J., May 14-Interviews with a crosssection of the American public from coast to coast
reveal two salient facts concerning the sale of war

level. Only half of this
group have bought bonds or

bonds and stamps.

75 per cent have bought. and in

stamps?"

the group earning more than $45

The average amounts indicated
by people in various income brac-

1. Two out of every three em-

2. Although war stamps can be

ployed persons in the country
either

ployer

to

deduct

have

regular

duction plan.

bought for as little as ten cents.

their
part

of

one-third of all adults in the coun-

their each pay day to buy

try have not yet bought a single

ready begun such an arrangement.

Of every 100 persons in the

for them. or have al-

war bond or stamp.

a

willing to accept a wage de

stamps. In the income group earning between $30 and $45 a week.
week. 86 per cent.

In order to measure the public

reaction to a payroll deduction
plan, the Institute asked all employed persons:

"Would you be willing to have

The other one-third are not at group earning less than $30 your employer take a regular part

is the largest amount out

of each dollar of your salary or
you would be able to put

savings bonds or

kets is shown below:
Amt. of Earnings

Amt. Willing to

Have Deducted

Less than $30

. week
More than $30
. week

8%

10

VLADEMINE HORDWITZ

May 7, 1942

Henry Morgenthau Jr.
Treasury Department
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. Morgenthau:

I am sincerely sorry that I could not fulfill my

agreement to perform on the America Preferred series

this month, but when I had accepted your kind invitation far this appearance, so me months ago, I had no
idea whatsoever of the technical circumstances sur-

rounding the broadcast -and subsequently found them

to be artistically unacceptable.

However, I am stil profoundly desirous of contributing my energies and services toward the great and
vital job of selling War Savings Bonds, and I feel
certain there are ways in which my professional re-

sources might be utilized at a greater profit to the

Treasury Department.

The other day I had a long conversation with Mr.

Rachmaninoff, who shares intensely my enthusiasm to
serve this great cause, and he has suggested a plan
whereby we might both have the utmost opportunity to

do our parts -and in a way that we feel would obtain

the highest possible results. If the Treasury

Department could secure the donated services of the
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra for one date during

the early part of next Fall, (the first few days in

October), we could give a concert at Carnegie Hall
with Mr. Rachmaninoff as conductor. and myself as
soloist in a program of his compositions. The audience for the hall would gain admission by the purchase of War Savings Bonds of the higher denomina-

tions, and the concert could simultaneously be
broadcast over a wide hook-up to reach a very considerable listening public -who might be urged to buy
Stamps and Bonds by some speaker from the Treasury

Department. Thus you would achieve the double pur-

pose of actually selling Bonds; and also contacting

a vast radio audience to activize their interests in
this direction.

I shall await your opinion on this project.
Yours very sincerely,

Vettorobity

c/o Toscanini
254th Street & Independence Avenue
Riverdale, New York

370

May 15, 1942

My dear Mr. Minister:

It may interest you to know that the marketing,
advertising and selling power of the entire drug industry
has been coordinated in the United States this month to
sell War Stamps. The entire activity has been conceived,
planned and executed by men representing all branches of

the drug industry. I write you about it because of your

interest in our War Bond and Stamp campaign and because
of your own splendid promotional record in Canada.

More than 50,000 drug stores are now displaying and
selling War Stamps to their 15,000,000 daily customers.
About 4,000 salesmen representing more than 400 wholesale

druggists are delivering War Stamps to the retail druggists,
and more than 7,000 salesmen of drug manufacturers are

calling on the drug stores to stimulate the sales activity
of their salesclerks.

Manufacturers and their advertising agencies created
the selling theme of the campaign, which is "Bullets 25d
a dozen at your drug store in the form of 25% War Stamps".
Special display material, including a novel 25g coin card,
was mailed to every drug store. On April 30th, the May
sales drive by druggists was inaugurated in a half hour

radio show broadcast coast-to-coast. It is estimated that
over $10,000,000 worth of War Stamps will be sold during

this thirty-day drive by the nation's drug stores.

I understand that Mr. W. B. Tingle, Mr. Harry Boothe,

Mr. William H. Budden and Mr. B. R. Hanna attended the
Treasury's Retailers Clinic meeting in Chicago on May 4th
and that this campaign was discussed at that time. However,

I thought that this splendid promotion should be brought
personally to your attention.
Sincerely,

Hon. J. L. Ilsley,

Minister of Finance,
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Department of Finance,

Ottawa, Canada.

(Signed) H. Morgenthan, Jr.

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May 15, 1948

Dear Archie:

Thank you for your letter of May 4th,
and for your interest in our payroll savings
program.

The letters to employers were prepared

before the enunciation of the President's

seven-point program, but I can assure you
that we shall keep the seven points in mind

in future letters, as we are already doing
in all of our promotional work.
Sincerely,
(Signed) Henry

Hon. Archibald MacLeish,

Director, Office of Facts and Figures,

Washington, D. C.

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OFFICE OF FACTS AND FIGURES
WASHINGTON

May 4, 1942

Dear Mr. Secretary:

I have seen with such interest the letter and leaflet
dealing with the payroll savings bond program, which you sent to
me under date of April 25. Both of these docurents are done with
great skill, and I cunt to congratulate your department on the
thorough and conscientious job which it has done in preparing this
gigentic campaign.

The one suggestion which I would make would be that more
emphasis be luic on the connection between the purchase of war bonds

and the other parts of the President's national economic program.
The letter to employers which you have sent to me properly lays

emphasis on the necessity of hond les to stem inflation. It would
appear to me most useful if, in future publicity along this line,

something on the following order were pointed out to employers:
The prices of the things you make and of the raw materials which
you buy have been fixed by the Government, and the President has
asked for the stacilization of the wages of your employees. These
things must be done in order to prevent & run-away inflation, which
would be disastrous to our war effort and to post-war rehabilitation.
These things cannot be done unless excess purchasing power is drawn

off. The large-scale purchase of war bonds constitutes a primary

means of drawing off this purchasing power.

As you perhaps know, the Office of Facts and Figures is
now preparing a program for coordinating information on all points
involved in the President's national economic program. I shall keep
you informed of further developments of this program.

Faithfully yours,
ancen
Archibald MacLeish

The Director
The Honorable

The Secretary of the Treasury
Washington, D. C.

373

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
BROADWAY AT 57 TH STREET

NEW YORK, N.Y.
Washington Office
200 HILL BUILDING

AND EYE STS. N. W.

May 15, 1942

Honorable Henry Morgenthau, Jr.

Secretary of the Treasury

Washington, D. C.

My dear Mr. Secretary:

Mr. Gamble, of your office, inquired as to the result achieved
from the campaign starting on April 16 to increase participation in the

purchase of War Bonds.

This campaign was known as the "GENERAL MOTORS EMPLOYES BOND
DRIVE FOR VICTORY."

We are pleased to inform you that from an employe participation

of 31 percent as of April 1, the participation of all General Motors

employes now stands at 99.2 percent as a result of this drive. As
a percent of the payroll, the participation of employee increased from
1.9 percent for March to 6.9 percent for April.

General Motors has ninety seven plants and units within the
United States. Employes of each of these units have subscribed for
and purchased War Bonds far in excess of our expectations. In eighty four
of these units, 100 percent of the employes are purchasing War Bonds.
In the remaining thirteen units, between 95 percent and 99.9 percent of
employes are participating.

There is attached a list of General Motors plants and units and the
percent of participation of each of them.

The following is a summary of the results of the drive:

Number of Employes Working (U.S.)

Total Payroll

Number of Employes Purchasing Bonds
Amount Subscribed for Purchase of Bonds
Subscription Per Employe Per Month

BEFORE CAMPAIGN

AFTER CAMPAIGN

MARCH 1942

APRIL 1942

222,819

$51,224,330
70,395
$965,529.50

Bond Purchases as a Percent of Total Payroll
Percent of Employee Participation

$13.73

235,090

$54,457,053
233,197
$3,756,173
$16.10

1.9%

6.9%

31.5%

99.2%

*These are prelimary figures based upon individual employe pledges and
projected on a. monthly basis.

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The bond drive was developed and directed by experienced executives of

the Corporation with splendid cooperation from all employes. In the mass
meetings, various representatives of employee played an active part in building
up patriotic interest and enthusiasm for the entire program.
In reviewing the foregoing, consideration should be given to the short
period of time since the drive started. Among the points stressed in the
promotion of bond sales were the following:

1. Furnishing necessary funds for the war effort.
2. Establishing reserves to help carry employes through any
post-war readjustments.

3. Constructively decreasing available purchasing power in line
with diminishing supplies of consumer goods.
The employes in the plants are currently averaging 46 hours of work per
week and earnings have been stabilized at high levels. Earnings were low
during December, January and February as a result of the curtailment* of nondefense production.

While the resulte are gratifying to date, the next phase of the program
will be directed toward encouraging employes to increase their weekly or
monthly subscriptions. The slogan will be:- "NOT LESS THAN ONE BOND PER
EMPLOYE PER MONTH."

We anticipate an increase in weekly and monthly subscriptions as the
war program develops and hours of work and overtime pay are increased.

I wish to take this opportunity to express our appreciation for the help

and cooperation we have received from the Treasury Department in preparing this
campaign and which we feel contributed materially to its success.
Very tmly yours,

#. W. Anderson

Vice President
hwa-em

encl.

GENERAL MOTORS EMPLOYES BOND DRIVE FOR VICTORY
*

*

SALES STANDINGS

* 374

CONGRATULARTORY FINAL STANDINGS

% PARTICIPATION

Aeroproducts

RANK

100

Allison

100%

Argonaut

100%

1

100%

,

100%
100%

1

100
100%

1

100%

1

100%

1
1

100

1

100%

1

100%

1

100%

1

100,0

1
1
1
1

1

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

100%

100
100
100
100
100

1

100%

1

100

100

1

100%

1

Fishor - Export

Fishor - Flootwood

100%

1

Fishor - Dio & Machino

100
100%

1

Fishor - Detroit Stamping

100
100%

1

Fishor Dotroit ...iroraft

100%

1

Fishor - Control Devolopment
Fisher - Contral Enginooring
Fishor - Contral Plants
Fisher - Cloveland

100
100

1

Eloctro-Notivo

100%

1

Dolco Romy - Muncio

100%
100%

1

Dolco appliance

1

100
100%

1

100%

100%

Dotroit Diosol
Dotroit Transmission
Eastern Aircraft - Baltimoro
Eastorn Aircraft - Lindon
Eastern Aircraft - Tarrytown
Eastorn Aircraft - Trenton

1

100%

1

100%

1

100

100%

Doloo Remy - Antioch Foundry

1

100%
100%

Chevrolet - Transmission
Doloo Brake
Dolco Radio
Doloo Romy - Anderson

1

Chovrolot - Tolodo

100%

1

Chovrolet - St. Louis
Chevrolot - Tarrytown

100%
1

Chevrolot - Muncio
Chevrolet - Norwood
Chevrolet - Oakland
Chovrolot - Spring & Bumpor

1

Chevrolet - Atlanta
Chevrolet - iviation Engine # 2
Chevrolet - Baltimore
Chevrolet - Bay City
Chevrolet - Bloomfield
Chevrolet - Exporimental
Chevrolet - Flint
Chevrolet - Grey Iron Foundry
Chevrolet - Indianapolis
Chevrolet - Janesvillo
Chovrolet - Kansas City
Chevrolet - Motor & Axle

1

Brown-Lipe-Chapin
Buick Motor
Cadillac

**PLEASE ANNOUNCE TO YOUR ELPLOYES**PLZ.3E GIVE YOUR STORY TO YOUR NEWSP..PERS

376

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100
100%

1
1

1
1
1
1

100%

1

100%

1

100,

1

100,0

1
1
2
3

4

5
5
6
7

Chovrolet - Forge
Buick Aviation

1

Pontino

1

100%
100%

99.46
99.2
98.8
98.43
98.0
97.8
95.0

Eastern Aircraft - Bloomfield

1

100,5

Detroit Contral Office
Cloveland Diosel

1

100%

100,
100,

99.2

Doloo Products

1

100%

AVERAGE ALL GENERAL MOTORS

New York Central Office

1

100%
100,

Fisher - Flint # 1

Chovrolet Goar & xxlo

Chevrolet Control Office

1

100%

99.99
99.97
99.96
99.9
99.9
99.89
99.84
99.79
99.73
99.7

Chevrolet - Entiro

1

100%

100/

AC Spark Plug

Fisher Tornstodt

1

100%
100%

100

Oldsmobile

1

100%

United Motors

Now Doparturo - Bristol
Fisher - Entire

1

Sunlight Electric

100%

1

Southorn California

100%

1

Motors Holding
Motors Insurance
New Departure - Koridon
Packard Electric
Rochostor Products
Saginaw Malloable Iron
Saginaw S. G. # 1
Saginaw S. G. Machino Gun

100

1

Modern Housing
Morning Products

100%
1

Guide Lamp

Harrison Radiator
Hyatt Boarings
Inland Mfg.

100%
1

G. M. Proving Ground
G. M. Research

100
100,
1

G. M. Oversoas

1

G. M. Instituto

100%
1

G. M. A. C.
G. M. Building

100%
1

Foreign Distributors
Frigidaire
G. E. I. C.

100%

1

Fishor - Tank
Floot Sales

100%
1

Fisher - Lensing
Fisher - Momphis aircraft
Fisher - Pontino
Fisher - Service

100%
1

Fisher - Garage
Fisher - Grand Rapids Stamping

8

9

10

11
12

13
14

15
16
17

377

Analysis of Exposure to Payroll Savings Plans
May 9, 1942

Number exposed

to payroll

savings plans

Total number
in the
country
(estimated)

Percent

of total

exposed

Part A - Summary by Number of Organizations Exposed

I. Business Organizations
(1) Firms with 500 employees or more
(2) Firms with 100 to 499 employees

16,759

6,520
26,920

(3) Subtotal - large firms

21,820

33,440

(4) Firms with less than 100 employees

54,510

III. Grand total

78
62

65

76,330

.

(5) Total business organizations
II. Governmental organizations

5,061

76,330

Part B - Summary by Number of Employees Exposed

(5) Total business organizations

3,573,016

18,739,984 1

*

(4) Firms with less than 100 employees

.

(3) Subtotal - large firms

15,166,968 1

#

I. Business organizations
(1) Firms with 500 employees or more
(2) Firms with 100 to 499 employees

1,246,701
19,986,685

30,400,000 2,

397,981

66

II. Governmental organizations
(2)

(1) Federal Government
State and local governments

1,073,881

1,700,000 2
2,700,000

(3) Total governmental organizations

1,471,862

4,400,000

III. Grand total

21,458,547

34,800,000 2

Office of the Secretary of the Treasury,
Division of Research and Statistics.
1 Revised.
Excludes agricultural employees, military personnel, employees on WPA or NYA or CCC projects,
proprietors, firm members, self-employed, casual workers and persons in domestic service.
Data not available.
2

23

40

33

62

May 15, 1942.

378

Firms Employing 100 to 499 Persons Participating in Payroll Savings Plans
(As reported by the Defense Savings Staff's State Administrators)

Northern California
Southern California

Colorado

Connecticut
Delaware

:

Arkansas

:
:

Arizona

:
:

Alabama

savings plans

Total
number

of firms
(estimated)

:

State

Number of firms with payroll

Percent of total having payroll
savings plans

Apr. 18

May 9

Apr. 18

May 2

149

167

18h

285

52

43

47

48

6la

67

73

44

45

47

142

31

32

33

512

536

555

555

92

97

100

756

783

792

1,171

65

67

68

124

91

622

45

92

45

48

May 9

May 2

59

75

113

115

277

279

116
282

21

32

40

84

25

38

34

35

38

94

52

53

57

152

Florida

147

155

157

157

94

99

100

Georgia
Idaho

133

167

175

589

23

28

30

31

31

31

39

79

79

1,386

2,252

60

62

475

586

71

78

81

61

65

68

District of Columbia

Illinois

Indiana

1,300

1,352

415

456

Iowa

165

175

185

271

Kansas

276

276

276

276

100

100

100

Kentucky

136
179

151

151#
206

312

4h

48

48

384

47

53

54

60

68

70

198

30

34

35

Maryland

177

204

210

405

44

50

52

Massachusetts
Michigan

639

652

658

1,523

42

43

43

689

740

764

1,022

67

72

75

Minnesota

376

379

406

406

93

93

100

60

61

143

41

62

59

43

Missouri

472

516

531

664

71

78

80

Montana
Nebraska

40

40

41

41

98

98

100

85

86

Louisiana
Maine

Mississippi

203

103

105

106

123

Bls

Nevada

14

14

16

21

67

67

76

New Hampshire
New Jersey

89

93

96

145

61

64

66

549

867

53

60

63

79

79

New Mexico
New York

North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohi

463

523

33

33

2,060

2,218

282

290

14

14

1,126

1,164

42

79

2,304

4,239

49

305

499

57

29

48

1,173

1,739

65

33#

140

52

54

58

61

48

48

67

67

49

Oklahoma

166

167

170

345

48

48

Oregon

211

239

248

271

78

88

92

1,682

1,743

1,780

2,032

83

86

88

154

165

167

224

69

74

75

71

81

87

174

41

47

50

91

Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota

21

21

21e

23

91

91

Tennessee

199

199

199

449

Wh

lils

44

Texas

326

361

394

1,375

24

26

29

38

38a

111

32

34

34

36

60

60

63

94

95

95

281

310

328

338

83

92

97

234

246

76

76

134
278

323
272

72

137

680

17

17

247
140
312
17*

17

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia
Wisconsin

Wyoming

59

Alaska

51

61

43

46

100

100

100

100

100

100

2

Total

2*

2

Railroads

294

50

49

2

Utah

Vermont

49

49

49

52

94

94

94

15,365

16,265

16,759

26,920

57

60

62

office of the Secretary of the Treasury, Division of Research and Statistics.
Date are for May 2, inasmuch as no May 9 report was received.

May 15, 1942.

.

379

Firms Employing 500 Persons or More Participating in Payroll Savings Plans
(As reported by the Defense Savings Staff's State Administrators)
Number of firms with payroll
18

41

Arizona

9

16

122

123

123

123

125

25

26

26

114

115

115

15

17

17

32

32

32

Delaware

District of Columbia
Florida

28

29

savings plans

(estimated)

Apr. 18

73

16

121

Percent of total having payroll

of firms

49

16

Colorado

Connecticut

41
9

Arkansas

May 9

Total
number

May 2

56

May 9

56

67

12

9

Alabama

May 2

:

Apr.

:

State

Northern California
Southern California

:

savings plans

75

75

22

73

73

73

173

70

71

71

75

76

78

93

96

96

76

76

71

71

161

27

151

29

24

63

53

60

60

64

44

45

60
45

Georgia

86

Idaho

97

97

111

11

77

11

87

11

87

391

11

400

100

401

100

100

88

101

101

25

26

Illinois
Indiana
Iowa

22

535

73

Z5

75
62

39

56

64

67

100

165

Kansas

23

Kentucky

23

24

24

96

38

96

Louisiana

39

39th

70

29

54

56

Maine

76

38

LA

1

41

58

83

88

91

105

80

82

Maryland

Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota

31

51

53

86

84

87

56

83

237

242

24h

267

346

68

271

70

271

308

71

86

88

79

79

88

79

84

26

28

94

94

29

37

70

108

76

103

110

132

78

82

100

100

100

74

77

77

80

80

80

31

94

94

94

192

74

79

79

100

100

100

71

73

73

65

71

74

Mississippi

Missouri

31

9/8
83

Montana
3

3

23

24
4

3

Nebraska
Nevada

24

31

4
4

142

151

5

North Carolina
North Dakota

29

29

152
5e

5

New Mexico
New York

29

5

New Jersey

5

New Hampshire

759

778

103

112

778
117

1,071
158

0

0

0

560

561

613

61

68

69

81

West Virginia

Wisconsin

89

50
63

12

50
72

12

93

96

49

50

36

127

Wyoming

39

130

102

92

5e

50

102

72

143
8a

12

14
12

o

84

69

71

100

100

90

91

92

75
82

100

100
49

44

50

50

57

57

57

100

100

100

96

93
69

39

61

1

1

30

3

3

3

Total

109

4,864

109

5,024

109

5,061

115

.520

Office of the Secretary of the Treasury, Division of Research and Statistics.
Data are for May 2, inasmuch as no May 9 report was received.

90

49

59
84

97

70

70

64

64

86

87

100

100

100

100

100

100

95

95

95

75

77

78

Alaska

Railroads

85

87

100

71

152

84

49

100

10

86

65

50

132

85

92

97

1

84

B

Virginia
Washington

48

8

Vermont

52

52

5

Utah

52

33

5

Texas

490

551

South Dakota
Tennessee

419

5

Rhode Island
South Carolina

48

0

Pennsylvania

31

418

0

Oklahoma
Oregon

412

0

Ohio

May 15, 1942.

.

93.4

93.1

94.5

87.0%

108.3

108.4

109.4

101.9

105.1

103.2

Quota

Sales

102.6

102:6

as & of

to Date

May 15. 1942.

to

77.3

41.7

94.9
120.3

Date
May 1

239.2

221.6

186.0

167.3

144.3

264.6

311.6

288.6

330.3

365.9

383.5

150.1

157.7

408.8

432.8

455.8

474.5

510.1

527.7

553.0

180.8

189.8

196.8

210.3

217.9

230.5

577.0

600.0

$ 23.0

Quota,

:

:
Total

to

72.0

39.4

Date

88.6
122.6

157.9

34.0

35.3

201.5

232.8

246.8

23.6

20.0

31.3

14.0

97.0

95.4

90.0

87.7

89.8

97.4

181.4

296.2

271.5

May 1
$ 20.0

:

Actual Sales

19.4

32.6

95.0

86.4

16.6

24.8

24.6

Daily
$ 20.0

:

:

81.1%

89.2

98.0

to Date

85.7

84.7

110.1

120.6

100.8

Quota

Sales

as % of

:

to

29.5

16.0

Date

May 1
Quota,

37.1

49.8

69.3

60.3

76.3

136.6

129.6

170.3

250.0

241.0

$ 9.0

:

15.2

25.5

33.1

48.8

67.2

60.8

72.8

80.8

85.4

94.4

to

102.1

Series F and G

Date
May 1

$ 7.3

:

6.4

7.6

7.9

5.6

8.1

117.3

115.3

9.0

4.6

7.7

Actual Sales

15.6

10.3

12.1

From May 1 through May 14, 1942

Daily

$ 7.3

Sales of United States Savings Bonds

(At issue price in millions of dollars)

Compared with sales quota for same period

90.7%

97.3

96.0
104.7

115.5

116.5

84.0

98.0

113.8

115.5

114.6

as % of

to Date

:

94.6

Quota

Sales

:

to

25.7

47.8

57.8

70.5

109.7

131.8

141.8

154.5

168.0

182.0

193.7

215.8

238.5

225.8

252.0

277.7

266.0

309.8

299.8

350.0

336.0

322.5

Date
Quota,

$ 14.0

May 1

:

:

:

Series E

24.3

to

46.5

55.5

73.8

97.0
114.2

Date

128.7

152.0

161.3

177.1

194.0

15.8

16.9

$ 12.7

May 1

:

9.4

8.9
Actual Sales

11.6

22.3

18.4

23.2

17.2

14.5

23.3

United States savings bonds. Figures have been rounded and will not necessarily add to totals.

Actual sales figures are deposits with the Treasurer of the United States on account of proceeds of sales of

Daily

$ 12.7

1
Date

2

4

5and6

7 8

9
11

12

13

14

15

16

18

19
20

21

22

23

25

26

27

28

29
Source:
Office of the Secretary of the Treasury. Division of Research and Statistics.

381

May 15, 1942

Dear Archiez

This is just to tell you that

I would be very glad to make one of
the speeches in your series to follow

up the President's anti-inflation

message.

I have no speaking engagements in

the next three weeks, and I shall do
my best to be available on any date you
may suggest. As soon as you have a

definite date in mind, I suggest that

you communicate with Mr. Kuhn.

Sincerely,
(Signed) Henry

Hon. Archibeld MacLeish,
Director,

Office of Facts and Figures,

Washington, D. c.

FK/cgk

By Messenger Harmon 2 35

Photo file n.m.c.
Ong filste Thompan

OFFICE OF FACTS AND FIGURES
WASHINGTON

DIRECTOR

May 9. 1942
The Honorable

The Secretary of the Treasury
Dear Henry:

In & conversation with Harold Smith about the President's 7-point
national economic policy, he suggested the desirability, even the
urgency. of a special series of speeches which would follow up the
President's recent message and speech. From what I can learn about
public opinion at the moment, I am persuaded that such a series by
high officers of government could perform an invaluable service.
The purpose would be fourfolds to spell out more fully the meaning
of each of the seven points; to show the relationship of each point
to the others; to explain how the needs of war compel us all
temporarily to reduce our living standards; and to demonstrate
that the Government is attacking inflation with a united front.
The program is of such overwhelming importance, affecting the whole

public so vitally, that only the highest officers of the Government
can present it authoritatively.
Would you be willing to make one of the speeches? We should like
to schedule the speeches as a series, and plan to arrange radio
time for them.

If you can participate -- and I very much hope you can - you may
wish to explain both the var bond drive and the new tax program, and
the determination of the Government to tax profits down to a reasonable level. We find that relatively few persons know the details
of the pending tax programs. We also have discovered, through recent
field interviews, that a significant number of industrial workers
suspect industry of profiteering on war contracts.

It would be most helpful, it seems to us, if all of the speeches in
this series could include a reiteration of the seven points in the
national economic policy, so that in time the public say become
thoroughly familiar with them.
Will you let me know your decision as soon as you conveniently can?

If this office can be of any assistance, please call on us.
Faithfully yours,

water
Archibald MacLeiah

Director, Office of Facts and Figures

383
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON

May 15, 1942

Dear Henry:

Many thanks for your explanation
of the delayed pay checks for now employees.

I do hope the matter can be corrected promptly.

Affectionately,

M.P.

V

384

MAY 13 1942

Dear Kleenors

The situation to which you refer in your
letter of May 9th, as to delays in receiving
their pay experienced by new employees coming

to work in Washington, is not due to any Tree-

sury inaction but to the failure of administra-

tive agencies to place the employees' names on
the payrolls
and to certify them to the Treasury
Division
of Disbursement.

I am told that the Office for Energency
Management has had difficulty in this respect
and it is probably true of other newly created
war agencies. It is a situation which should be
corrected and I have directed that it be taken
up with the various agencies concerned.
Affectionately,
(Signed) Henry

Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
The White House.

"P.S. Thank you for thinging this to my attension
Filin.m.C.

Any
WNTIaja

5-13-42

By Messenger Sincone 5:25

385
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON

May 9, 1942

Dear Mr. Morgenthau:

I am getting more and more protests
from people who are becoming aware of the

fact that Civil Service employees coming to
work in Washington do not get their pay for
several weeks after they get here. People
have come across case after case where young

people actually cannot eat and have to bor-

row money. Sometimes they get so discouraged
they quit and go home after working a month.

Is there nothing which can be done

to overcome this situation? Even in the
armed forces, the question of getting paid
on time is one of the things that concerns

people more than anything else.

Very sincerely yours,

Viaua Roncevelo

ghayoon

Muye

386

May 15, 1942.
Ferdinand Kuhn

Secretary Morgenthau

As you know, - Fritchie of Cleveland is in town.
I don't know what conversations you have had with Henry

about him, but I understand that there is some talk about
taking him on in the Treasury. Whatever you have in mind,
I just wanted to suggest that he is available this morning.
During the morning you might speak to me about this, because the idea is not clear in my own mind. Thank you.

Finished 5/15-

387

May 15, 1942

Telegram received from R. E. Wood
Sears Roebuck and Company
Chicago

"Fifty large test stores report sales increases during week ending May 7th over last year slightly better
in dresses and much better in all other soft lines

than increase ratio during week ending April 16th.
Furniture, floor covering, farm equipment increases
May 7th much less than increases week April 16th. Major
appliances decrease ratio May 7th 62 percent against
April 16th 24 percent. Small hard lines decrease
11 percent May 7th against increase 9 percent April 16th."

388
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
INTER OFFICE COMMUNICATION

DATEMay 15, 1942

Secretary Morgenthau

TO

FROM

Mr. Hasa 44

Subject: Recent Changes in Prices and Yields of Government
Securities

During the week ended last night, the market for taxable
Treasury bonds and notes showed a strong tone (see Table I).
The premium on the new 2 percent issue stood at 11/32 last

night as compared with 6/32 a week ago, and there was oom-

parable strength in the longer maturity issues. The 2-1/2's
of 1967-72 are now selling at a premium of 25/32, or only
2/32 less than on March 19. In general, long-term taxable
issues are now at approximately the same level they were on
March 19, while short-term securities remain substantially
weaker than they were on that date (see Table II and the
attached chart).

The bill rate was up to 0.37 percent this week as compared with 0.36 percent last week, but this week's offering

was the first of the enlarged bill program. Certificates

of indebtedness have shown some improvement, closing last

night at 0.49 percent as compared to 0.50 percent last
Thursday.

During the week ended last night, purchases of Government securities by the Federal Open Market Account aggregated

$47 millions, consisting of $33 millions of bills, $14 mil-

lions of certificates, and a minor amount of bonds ($137,000).
On the other hand, there were $17 millions of sales of certi-

ficates and $10 millions of bills matured. The net changes in
the portfolio of the Account, therefore, consisted of an increase of $23 millions of bills and a decrease of $3 millions
of certificates.
As of yesterday afternoon, total subscriptions to the
new 2-1/2 percent bond aggregated $859 millions. Late subscriptions, including those postmarked before midnight last

night, will, of course, increase the total amount of this

issue.

389
Table I

Price and Yield Changes of United States Securities
May 7, 1942 to May 14, 1942

(Based on mean of closing bid and asked quotations)
Prices

Security

Yields

May 7,

May 14,

1942

1942

Change

May 7

May 14.

1942

1942

(Decimals are thirty-seconds)
Bills

Average rate last issue

-

Certificates

11/1/42

Taxable Notes
3/4

12/15/45
3/15/46

Taxable Bonds

2

1

2-3/4
2-1/2

3-3/4
3-1/8
4-1/4
2

2-3/4

2-1/2
2

3-1/8
2-1/2
2-1/2
2-3/4
2-1/4
2

2-1/4
2-7/8
2-3/4
2-3/4
2-3/4

.49

-.01

100.06
99.21
99.08
99.19

100.06
99.22
99.08
99.20

.52
.89

-.01
-.01

.00

.53
.90
.96

.96

.00

+.01

1.11

1.10

-.01

101.02
100.10
100.06wi
100.01
103.17
100.28
102.24

101.04
100.14

+.02

1.81

100.20

.00

+.01

2.47

2.46

-.01

100.21
100.29
100.26
100.26
101.04
101.01
100.20
101.09
100.25

-.01
-.01
-.02
-.01
-.02
-.03
-.03
-.02
-.04

.05
.20
.33
.37

.04
.20

-.01

103.00
103.15
104.16
107.24
105.21
105.10

-.02
-.01

.59
.80

.60
.79

.00

.90

.88

12/15/44-54
9/15/45-47
12/15/45

103.02
103.16
104.16
107.24
105.24
105.12

3/15/46-56
6/15/46-48
6/15/46-49
10/15/47-52
12/15/47
3/15/48-51

109.24
107.13
107.25
115.10
104.20
107.20

9/15/48
12/15/48-50
12/15/49-52
12/15/49-53
9/15/50-52
6/15/51-54

9/15/43
12/15/43

6/15/44
9/15/44
3/15/45

Partially Tax-exempt Bonds
3-1/4
3-1/4

.50

-

+.05

6/15/62-67

9/15/67-72

1

3/4

+.01

2.27

6/15/52-55
3/15/56-58

Wholly Tax-exempt Notes
9/15/42
12/15/42
1-3/4
6/15/43
1-1/8

3/4

.37

2.08
2.13
2.26

2

1-1/8

.36

-

-.01
-.02
-.02
-.01
-.02
-.02
-.01

3/15/48-50
6/15/49-51
9/15/49-51

2-1/2
2-1/4
2-1/2
2-1/2
2-1/2

(Percent)

6/15/43-47
10/15/43-45
4/15/44-46

9/15/51-55
12/15/51-53

1.95

1.80
1.93

1.97wi

1.95wi

100.03

+.02

2.00
2.10

1.99

101.04
102.28

+.08
+.04

2.15

100.25

100.22
100.30
100.28
100.27
101.06
101.04
100.23
101.11
100.29

+.04

100.11wi +.05

103.22 +.05
-

1/2%

Change

.38
.39
.41
.43
.43

.37

.39
.41
.43

.45
:45
.47

.96

.00

+.04
+.02
+.03
+.04
+.04

+.02
+.04
+.01

-.01
-.02
-.02

.00

.98

-.03
-.02

1.00

1.02

.98

.99

109.22
107.11
107.24
115.08
104.20
107.19

-.02
-.02
-.01
-.02

1.16

1.16
1.15
1.18
1.32
1.14

-.01

1.39

.00

107.01
104.16
110.25
106.14
106.18
108.16

107.00
104.18
110.22
106.14
106.19
108.15

-.01

110.19
104.31
103.16
105.00
110.03
109.09
109.15
110.03

110.20
105.02
103.18
105.02
110.01
109.07
109.14
110.01

.00

-.01
+.02

-.03
.00

+.01

-.01
+.01
+.03
+.02
+.02
=.02

=.02

-.01
-.02

1.15
1.18
1.32
1.15
1.39

1.34
1.29
1.61
1.60
1.66
1.74

1.77
1.69
1.65
1.79
1.98
2.00
2.06
2.09

1.34
1.28
1.62
1.60
1.65

.00
.00

.00

.00

.00

-.01
+.01

1.74

.00

1.76
1.68
1.65
1.78

-.01
-.01

1.99
2.01

2.06
2.10

May 14, 1942.

Treasury Department, Division of Research and Statistics.

+.02
+.01

.00

-.01
+.01
+.01

.00

+.01

389
Table I

Price and Yield Changes of United States Securities
May 7, 1942 to May 14, 1942

(Based on mean of closing bid and asked quotations)
Prices

Security

Yields

May 7,

May 14,

1942

1942

Change

May 14,

May 7.
1942

(Decimals are thirty-seconds)
Bills

Average rate last issue

Certificates

11/1/42

Taxable Notes
9/15/44
3/4

3/15/46

Taxable Bonds
3/15/48-50
6/15/49-51
2%

2

/15/49-51

2

2

2-1/2

2-1/4
2-1/2
2-1/2
2-1/2

/15/52-54
6/15/52-55
3/15/56-58
6/15/62-67
9/15/67-72

1
1

3/4
1

3/4

2-3/4
2-1/2
3-3/4
3

3-1/8
4-1/4
2

2-3/4

2-1/2
2

3-1/8
2-1/2
2-1/2
2-3/4

.50

.49

-.01

.00

.53

.52

+.01

.90
.96

.89

.96

.00

1.11

1.10

-.01

-

-

100.06
99.21
99.08
99.19

100.06
99.22
99.08
99.20

101.02
100.10

101.04
100.14

+.02
+.04

100.03
103.22
101.04
102.28

+.02

100.06wi
100.01
103.17
100.28
102.24

.00
+.01

-.01
-.01

1.81

1.80

1.95

1.93

-.01

-.02
-.02
-.01
-.02
-.02

1.97wi

1.95wi
1.99
2.08

+.04

2.00
2.10
2.15
2.27

2.26

-.01

100.11wi +.05
+.05
+.08

2.13

-

2.47

2.46

-.01

100.22
100.30
100.28
100.27
101.06
101.04
100.23
101.11
100.29

100.21
100.29
100.26
100.26
101.04
101.01
100.20
101.09
100.25

-.01
-.01
-.02
-.01
-.02
-.03
-.03
-.02
-.04

.05
.20

.04
.20

-.01

6/15/43-47
10/15/43-45
4/15/44-46
12/15/44-54
9/15/45-47
12/15/45

103.02
103.16
104.16
107.24
105.24
105.12

103.00
103.15
104.16
107.24
105.21
105.10

-.02
-.01

3/15/46-56
6/15/46-48
6/15/46-49
10/15/47-52

109.24
107.13
107.25
115.10
104.20
107.20
107.01
104.16
110.25
106.14
106.18
108.16

6/15/43
9/15/4

12/15/4
3/15/44
6/15/44
9/15/44
3/15/45

12/15/47

3/15/48-51
9/15/48
12/15/48-50
12/15/49-52
12/15/49-53
9/15/50-52
6/15/51-54

9/15/51-55
2-1/4
2

2-1/4
2-7/8
2-3/4
2-3/4
2-3/4

+.01

+.05

Partially Tax-exempt Bonds
3-1/4
3-1/4

.37

100.25

2%

1-1/8

.36

-

100.20

Wholly Tax-exempt Notes
9/15/4
1-3/4
12/15/42
1-1/8

(Percent)

/15/58-63

12/15/60-65

-

1/2%

-

Change

1942

110.19
104.31
103.16
105.00
110.03
109.09
109.15
110.03

.33

.37

.00
+.04

.37

.39

+.02

.38

.41
.43
.45
.45
.47

.60

+.01

.80

.79
.88
.96

-.01
-.02
-.02

.39
.41

.43
.43

.59

.00

.90

.00

.98

-.03
-.02

1.00

1.02

.98

.99

109.22
107.11
107.24
115.08
104.20
107.19

-.02
-.02
-.01
-.02

1.16

1.16
1.15
1.18

.00

1.15

-.01

107.00
104.18
110.22
106.14
106.19
108.15

-.01

110.20
105.02
103.18
105.02
110.01
109.07
109.14
110.01

+.02

1.15

1.18
1.32

1.34
1.28

-.01

1.66
1.74

+.01
+.03
+.02
+.02

1.77
1.69
1.65
1.79
1.98
2.00
2.06
2.09

.00

.00

1.62
1.60
1.65
1.74

+.01

1.76
1.68

-,01
-.01

1.65
1.78
1.99

.00

.00

-.01
+.01

2.01

+.01

2.06
2.10

+.01

May 14, 1942.

Treasury Department, Division of Research and Statistics.

.00

1.34
1.29

-.01

-.01
-.02

.00

.00

1.39

.00

=.02

.00

-.01

+.01

-.02

+.02
+.01

1.32
1.14
1.39

1.61
1.60

-.03

+.03

+.04
+.04
+.02
+.04

.00

390
Table II
Price and Yield Changes of United States Securities
March 19, 1942 to May 14, 1942

(Based on mean of closing bid and asked quotations)

Yields

Prices

Security

March 19,

May 14,

1942

1942

Change

March 19,

May 14,

1942

1942

(Percent)

(Decimals are thirty-seconds)
Bills

Change

.20

-

+.17

.37

Average rate last issue

Taxable Notes
3/15/43

12/15/45
3/15/46
taxable Bonds

6/15/49-51
9/15/49-51
2

2-1/2

2-1/4
2-1/2
2-1/2
2-1/2

3/15/56-58
6/15/62-67
9/15/67-72

Wholly Tax-exempt Notes
9/15/45

1-3/4
1-1/8
1-1/8

12/15/43

3/15/44
6/15/44
9/15/44
3/15/45
Tax-exempt Bonds

2-3/4
2-1/2

3-1/8
4-1/4
2

2-3/4
2-1/2
2

3-1/8
2-1/2
2-1/2
2-3/4

2-1/4
2-7/8
2-3/4
2-3/4
2-3/4

5/45-47
12/15/45
3/15/46-56
6/15/46-48
6/15/46-49
10/15/47-52

12/15/47
3/15/48-51
9/15/48
12/15/48-50
12/15/49-52
12/15/49-51
9/15/50-52

6/15/51-54

12/15/60-65

-

99.29

100.06
99.22
99.08
99.20

101.28
101.04

101.04
100.14

100.12
99.31
99.21

-

100.11wi

-

.49

-

-

Certificates
11/1/42
1/2%

.37
en

.52

+.15

.76

+.13

-.13
-.09

.84

.89
.96

1.02

1.10

+.12
+.08

-.24
-.22

1.67
1.83

1.80
1.93

+.13
+.10

1.99
2.08

+.03

2.12

+.01
+.02
.00

-.06
-.09

1.95wi

100.12
103.23
101.06
103.05

100.03
103.22
101.04
102.28

-.09
-.01
-.02
-.09

1.96
2.09
2.24

2.13
2.26

100.25

-.02

2.46

2.46

100.27

100.21
100.29
100.26
100.26
101.04
101.01
100.20
101.09
100.25

-.15
-.14
-.10
-.09
-.12
-.09
-.07
-.07
-.07

5/32*
2/32*

.04

101.04
101.11
101.04
101.03
101.16
101.10
100.27
101.16
101.00

.22

.37

-5/32*
-4/32*
+.15

.26
.26
.34
.37

.39
.41

+.13
+.15

.43

+.09
+.08

103.21
104.06
105.06
108.11
106.06
105.28

103.00
103.15
104.16
107.24
105.21
105.10

-.21
-.23
-.22
-.19
-.17
-.18

.72
.91
.94

1.02

+.16
+.05
+.08

.90

.99

+.09

109.22
107.11
107.24
115.08
104.20
107.19

-.18

1.11

110.08
107.28
108.08
115.20
104.23
107.28

-.17
-.16
-.12
-.03
-.09

1.09
1,13
1.33

1.16
1.15
1.18
1.32
1.14
1.39

+.05
+.06

107.07
104.21
110.22
106.16
106.20
108.18

107.00

-.07
-.03

1.33
1.28
1.65

110.20
104.29
103.10
104.28
110.00
109.10
109.12
110.00

110.20
105.02
103.18
105.02
110.01
109.07
109.14
110.01

104.18
110.22
106.14
106.19
108.15

.00

-.02
-.01
-so3

.00
+.05
+.08
+.06
+.01

.20

.45

-.01

47

+.06
+.06

.41

.60

+.19

.57

.79
.88

+.22

.39

1.15
1.38

1.60
1.66
1.74
1.78
1.70
1.68
1.80
2.00

-.03

2.01

+.02
+.01

2.10

2.07

45

.96

+.05

-.01
-.01
+.01

1.34
1.28
1.62
1.60
1,65

+.01

1.74

.00

1.76
1.68
1,65
1.78

-.02
-.02
-.03
-.02
-.01

1.99
2.01

.00

-.03
.00

-.01

.00

2.06

-.01

2.10

.00

May 14, 1942.

Treasury Department, Division of Research and Statistics.
Excess of price over zero yield.
.

391
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON

May 15. 1942.
TO THE SECRETARY:

Total public debt receipts during the month of May
to the close of business May 14 are approximately as follows:

(In Millions)
Treasury Bills
Treasury Notes, Tax Series War Savings Bonds

$200
90

300

Treasury Bondet
2% of 1949-51

2-1/2% of 1962-67

1,292
859

$2,741

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY.

May 15, 1942.

Mail Report
Responses to new income tax proposals dominated

the mail during the week ending May 15. Needless to
say, unfavorable comments far outnumbered those in favor
of the lowering of exemption for dependents, and the
lowering of the personal allowance. Out of 15 representative comments on the subject, 12 were unfavorable,
1 favorable, and 2 simply commented on the result of

such action. It is interesting to note that a number

of the unfavorable ones come from parents of large
families and attack the Secretary for "penalizing" those
who have several children.

Out of 44 letters speaking of the lowering of per-

sonal exemption, 39 are unfavorable, 4 favorable, and

1 neutral. In addition, there have been perhaps 50 let-

ters from wives who outline their present budgets down
to the last cent, and who ask the Secretary how he would
suggest their changing the various items in order to pay
heavier taxes. Some of these letters are extremely
pathetic, and almost all of them represent an honest attempt to meet the problem and deal with it in the best
possible way. While the writers are naturally unhappy

over the prospect of additional taxation, they are not
abusive, but simply seeking help in working out their

personal problems.

There has been, however, a great increase in the
abusive mail during the past week. The anonymous letters
outnumber the signed ones by 15 to 3. In addition, there

are many anonymous ones which cannot be classified as

abusive, although they protest additional taxes and the

Secretary's part in making the recommendations.

393

-2Memorandum for the Secretary.

May 15, 1942.

The theme of economy in Government runs through

a great many of the oritical letters. There have been

12 letters which speak only of economy, without mention-

ing taxation. There also have been 3 letters mentioning
the
Rosenberg
andofofit.the 3, 2 say they will buy
no more
bonds expose,
as a result
One letter was extremely critical of the Roosevelt
family in regard to the $25,000 a year income ceiling.
"Tax the Unions" continues to be the outstanding
suggestion for more revenue; closely followed by the
appeals for a national lottery. This week, advocates
of the Sales Tax outnumbered those who opposed it by
39 to 7.

There was a dwindling in the protests from employees
of telephone companies who feared pension cuts, but a

sharp increase in protests from other types of pensioners older people living on a small, fixed income, and unable
to see how they can "get by" if these stipends are taxed.
Many of these older persons-list their medical expenses
and suggest exemption for those who must meet doctors'

bills, and similar charges incident to their advancing age.
Several letters from those in the income brackets
between $5,000 and $10,000 speak of heavy life insurance

policies which will have to be given up, and ask whether
this will not hurt rather than help the Government's
financial standing.

Others speak of the necessity of curtailing their
plans for the education of their children, but few specifically mention the proposal to permit exemptions, in

connection with future income tax changes, for educational

purposes.

There have been a few letters complaining of the
interest rates charged by small loan companies, and it
is evident that the current income tax payments have

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Memorandum for the Secretary.

May 15, 1942.

stimulated the business of these companies. One writer

complains that the farmer has had credit facilities

made available to him by his Government, but that the
city dweller has no Government agency to which he or
she may turn for simpler credit needs.

There is one belief which is constantly appearing

in the mail, although it is not as widespread as it

used to be. That is, the question of income tax payment

by the President, Government officials, and Government

employees. There are evidently many who still think that
none of these pay any income tax at all. This statement
appears particularly in abusive mail, and letters which
sharply criticize the President, Members of Congress, etc.
It might be well in some future statement on taxes to include a sentence or two that would remove this misunderstanding.

Gabrutte E. Forburk

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-1General Comments on Present Emergency

Mr. A. V. Powell, Utah Copper Company, Garfield, Utah.
Enclosed herewith is money order in the amount of $18 from
the Yard Gang of the Utah Copper Company, Magna Plant.
This fund is made up of odd pennies and change donated
by members of the Yard Gang over a month under the slogan

of, "Slap A Jap", and it is our wish that this money be
used-in the war effort to whatever use you feel it is most

needed. It will give us a lot of pleasure to feel that

it is going to the Japs in the form of some non-returnable
donation that will hit them in their most tender spots.

John S. Taylor, Taylor Cable Products, Kansas City, Kan.
Judging from our experience the widely heralded New Deal
for Small Business and The Forgotten Man has proved a dud.
Instead of the help promised, many in this less-fortunate
class are now being pauperized through Priority discrim-

inations, Bureaucratic control, and the Monopolistic
activities of Big Business. # * * For your information,
the writer was among the first in America to engage in the
manufacture of Battery Cables, was first to simplify and
produce an Interchangeable Cable, has several patented im-

provements to his credit, and for 20 years has supplied
this essential product to distributors throughout the U.S.A.
All this has now come to a halt, having been compelled to
cease production in our factory until we can obtain a

priority order that will be honored, or until other relief

can be had that will enable us to procure the small amount
of material we need to resume operation. This material
would not only continue our one means for earning taxes and
making a living, but would provide employment in an essential
industry, and make use of productive capacity now going to

waste in a fully equipped plant. We direct attention to the
fact that while production in our plant has been stopped
and its productive capacity wasted, Big Business using the

same materials, has been working overtime, some even build-

ing plant additions that will further extend their control

over our industry.

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-2The Secretary of State presents his compliments to the
Honorable the Secretary of the Treasury and encloses a
copy of a despatch from the American Vice Consul at

Victoria, Brazil, enclosing his check payable to the

Treasurer of the United States in the amount of $208.32,
representing one month's salary, as his personal contri-

bution to the funds for the prosecution of the war.

E. D. Thompson, Vice President, Stevens Metal Products

Co., Niles, Ohio. Attached to this letter you will find

copies of certain correspondence which we have had with

the Finance Dept. of the U. S. Army, located at Fort
Baltimore, Md. * # # About 35 days after the
invoice date, the Finance Dept. at Fort McHenry sent us
a voucher to sign, deducting 1%, which is only earned if
the bill is paid within 10 days from invoice date. We
sent this voucher back to them three times and they have

McHenry,

refused to correct it. I am therefore writing to you to

place the details before you and see if the policy of the
U. S. Government, who places strict restrictions on us as
to quality and time of delivery, with a penalty for failure
to deliver, is such that you can arbitrarily deduct a cash
discount, which has not been earned. If the Government
does not observe these terms, it is very unwise fornot
us to
be-

offer any discount for prompt payments. * I do
lieve that the U. S. Government, who expects full cooperation from all of its citizens, should try to "chisel" from
its suppliers, discounts to which they are not entitled.

Scott Newcomb, Inc., St. Louis, Mo. We have been attempting to get $40,000 loan from Federal Reserve Bank in St.
Louis for carrying inventory on stirrup pumps developed
by OCD for civilian use. Bank has refused loan even though
we have factory worth double amount of loan, and we have

many additional assets. The manufacturing of all our

products has been ordered stopped by WPB, and our inven-

tories are also frozen by W.P.B. Is it the intention of

Government officials to ruin all small business without
any consideration for them? Newspapers have carried articles stating that the Government was going to be liberal
in making loans to small business. Please wire us collect.

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Maxwell Desser, New York City. During the past four
years I have been associated with Mr. Wm. H. Rankin of
the Wm. H. Rankin Co. On my first trip to Washington,
Mr. Rankin gave me cards of introduction to about a

dozen of his friends. When I arrived in Washington,
the first thing I did was to go over to the Government

Information Bureau. If this Bureau is as helpful to

all new visitors to Washington as they were to me, they
will not only save themselves time and money, but will
cause Washington to have a far better reputation -- the
City, the Workers, and the Information Bureau! Mr. Rankin
feels that the Dies Committee, Senator Byrd and the newspapers have been most unfair to one of the best public
men - Mr. Lowell Mellett.

H. H. Banker, Cincinnati, Ohio. In the course of my daily
contacts, I occasionally hear the expression from men
whom I respect as sincere and able, that the Government
vouchers in payment for goods delivered usually require

from 60 to 90 days to clear in Washington. If this is

true, and were it possible through the assignment of an
expeditor to this function, to reduce the time element to
30 days, it might bring some relief to the short-term

money market. In other words, those same funds would then

perform double or triple duty in financing the war effort.
C. A. Liddle, President, Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing

Co., Chicago, Ill. Your letter of the 4th instant with

regard to the contribution by the employees of the Hammond
plant of this Company of check in sum of $4,372.75, which

is the equivalent of the value of one Howitzer carriage
and one 81 mm. Mortar, is acknowledged herewith. Your letter of appreciation is being bulletined among our employees
and I can safely say that your expression of appreciation

will in turn be appreciated by them. I might add that they
have by their laudable daily performance for many months
shown their appreciation of our national emergency, and

their loyalty to its cause.

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Richard S. Ely, Alexandria, Va. In the light of the

staggering increase in income taxes, made and proposed,
not to mention schemes for forced saving and perhaps

new restrictive credit regulations, what is to become
of the middle class fathers and mothers whose only

offense is that in years long past, they undertook

heavy commitments for life insurance and a home, who

have children over 18 to whom they would like to give
a college education, as their parents gave them, and
who for years have had no surplus with which to fan

the fires of inflation? In view of the fact that this
class has been following the very course recommended

by the President as anti-inflationary, and also in view

of the very far reaching economic and social implications
involved, may it not be possible to frame a program
which will not bear too devastatingly on these people,
and such highly desirable objectives?
Thomas B. Roscoe, Hackensack, N.J. I am raising a family

of five and having a hell of a time doing it. Exemptions
for children should be increased to at least $500, not

lowered to $300. We should strive for larger American
families, not smaller ones. They have almost reached

the vanishing point as it is.

Frank A. Spencer, Boonton, N.J. As a father of a family
of two boys, 13 & 15 respectively, and a property owner
in the State of New Jersey, I wish to protest the reduction of exemption from $400 to $300, as reported in the

Chicago Daily News. # * Are you penalizing men who

have the courage to raise families? If so, God help

America.

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Favorable Comments on Bonds

Hon. Jerry Voorhis, House of Representatives.
You asked for my comments, and I have briefly three:

First, I think your letter is a very fine one. Certainly
if a sufficiently large volume of War Bonds can be sold

on a voluntary basis, it will be of very real psychological advantage. I earnestly hope this voluntary effort
will be successful, but I frankly have serious doubts
that it will be -- particularly from the standpoint of
building up a substantial backlog of buying power for
the lower income groups for the post-war period. My

second comment would be that I like very much your em-

phasis on the constructive attitude which labor has taken
with regard to this whole question of the importance of
the purchase of War Bonds. * * # The only further suggestion I would have would be that I think you might well
have emphasized the importance of the effect on our post-

war economy and the problems associated therewith of having
a considerable number of Bonds in the hands of the people

generally, and particularly those of the comparatively low
income groups. It seems to me this would be a strong
argument to use with businessmen.

Norman C. Kurth, Detroit, Mich. I, Norman C. Kurth, employee
of the Packard Motor Car Company, do hereby pledge to give

10% of my earnings to the United States Treasury, my contribution to help defeat the Axis powers and for the preservation of Democracy. Beginning with May 16, 1942, a check
will be sent to you and also each week thereafter for the
duration of the war.

Mrs. B. B. Sapp, Austin, Texas. On behalf of the Board
of Trustees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, I
should like to express our satisfaction with the new financing policy involved in the Treasury offering of recent
date, whereby eligible subscribers to the 21% Treasury
Bonds of 1962/67 were allowed an allotment in full amount
of their subscription. Our subscription of $525,000 was
entered through our local depository, but we do want to
give credit to those who not only informed us but urged

us to make it an all-out drive, and offered their services
free in connection with the placing of our subscription.
The bankers and security dealers of Texas have been very

active in their support of the regular Treasury financing
program and in the sale of War Savings Bonds.

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Fred W. Allison, Pottstown, Pa. The writer being out
of a position as salesman on account of being forced
out of business, offers himself and a cane. This cane

was once the property of President Grover Cleveland
and was given to my father, and to me, before his death.

This cane is carved with the following: A head of

Thomas Jefferson, and the words, This cane was cut
suggesting it be
used in helping sell Bonds.

near Jefferson's Tomb".

Helen Ruggles, Detroit, Mich. You are absolutely right
in fighting compulsory savings. People will strain to
the breaking point to buy Bonds of their own volition.
If they start forcing them, they will buy only what they

have to and not one cent more.

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401

Unfavorable Comments on Bonds

Donald A. Rock, Superior, Wis. I have heard on several
occasions in the past week or two that the U. S. Government plans to issue an order in the nature of a freezing
order prohibiting the cashing in of Defense Bonds.

This letter is written for the purpose of securing a frank
official statement from you as Secretary of the Treasury
as to whether or not the Government intends to issue any
such freezing order prohibiting the cashing in of War
Defense Bonds, to the end that I may decide whether or

not it will be safe for me to make any further purchase

of Bonds. It is very possible that this and other such

rumors may be in circulation in other cities throughout
this country. If you can give me definite assurance that
there will be no restriction on the cashing in of war
defense bonds, I will then feel free to buy as many bonds
and stamps as I can possibly afford to buy out of my savings
and current income. If, on the other hand, you are unable
to give any such commitment, my war bond purchases will

then be limited necessarily to what I can afford to buy

out of current income only.

E. E. Michael, Manager, Birmingham Plant, Chicago Bridge
and Iron Company, Birmingham, Ala. We have been much interested in your correspondence on the subject of increasing the subscriptions of our employees for the purpose of
buying War Bond. We have also been doing quite a few
things to encourage our various employees to buy more Bonds
and to buy them oftener. * * * Here in Birmingham, our
Bond business has appeared unwelcome to those whose duty

it is to fill out Bonds. At one time we were buying Bonds

from a suburban branch of one of the larger banks, but we
found the service so slow that we determined to do business
with the downtown Post Office. The Post Office told us
they were unable to handle our business, but suggested that
we go to the Birmingham Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank.

For the past few weeks, we have been able to get service
in from 3 to 5 days from the Birmingham Branch of the Fed.
Reserve Bank of Atlanta, but this week we are disappointed

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and have been told that we must wait until next week
to secure the Bonds which we requested on Tuesday of

this week. In the meantime, we have received a letter

from the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
suggesting that we qualify as an issuing agency.
My suggestion is that the Government has before it a
most excellentopportunity to demonstrate to its people

that the Government itself is sincerely interested in

winning this war, and is willing to give its citizens

some snappy service. There must be thousands of employees
of the various Government offices who are now engaged in

non-essential activities, but who could be transferred to
other duties which would make it possible for the Federal
Reserve Banks or for the Treasury Department itself to
issue Bonds in not more than 24 hours after receipt of the

application.

J. Fred Anderson, Springfield, Ohio. I want to object

to the fact that apparently you permit banks and other
financial institutions to do what amounts to a misrepresentation of the bonds which are now being sold for the
war effort. I have known of many instances where people

with some accumulated savings have bought Series G Bonds

in good faith, thinking that they pay 21%, and after they
get the Bonds, if for any reason they have to have their

money within six months, they would receive the handsome

sum of 50g for the use of $1,000 for six months. Your
method of advertising I submit is decidedly productive
of lack of confidence in Government. The people of the
United States are not all infants. They can take it, and
they should be told in no uncertain terms what will happen
if they cash in their Bonds.
Charles Bell, Cicero, Ill. I have been purchasing a War
Bond through the payroll deduction plan. For an $18.75

Bond, the company has charged me $19.00. Is this 25g a

handling charge and should this be paid by me? If I pur-

chase Bonds through my bank, I am not obliged to pay this

25d, and I think it is to my advantage to buy them through
the bank, and not by the payroll deduction plan. Would you
please let me know if this 25g is a legal charge?

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E. A. DeMeritt, Dover, N.H. I visited the Dover, N.H.
Post Office today, or my wife did, to buy ten $100 Bonds.
The clerk in charge said he was too busy to make them
out, and we would have to come back again in an hour.
Mrs. DeMeritt could not wait, and we will have to make
another trip tomorrow. We will have to walk as we have

sold our car to help conserve gas and tires. This is
something that should not happen when you are asking

every one to buy bonds; this way of handling a sale was

not salesmanship.

Gerald Fox, N.Y.C. Attached is a copy of a letter addressed
to the Chief of the Division of Loans & Currency under
date of May 1st. As ten days have elapsed without receiving a reply, may I ask that you have someone in authority
take the matter in hand? Surely you do not want to penalize me for a clerical error, but rather you want to encourage

my family and myself to continue the purchase of War Bonds

to the extent that our resources permit. * * Incidentally,

I am Secretary-Treasurer of Oneida Paper Products, Inc.,
N.Y.C., and when you requested us to Install the Pay Roll
Allotment Plan for War Bonds, we gladly and speedily took
steps to comply.

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- 10 Favorable Comments on Taxation

Linden C. Weimer, Dayton, Ohio. In my opinion, you

are absolutely right on your new proposition to Congress
in reference to income taxes. This country has to face

severe taxation. Of course, nobody enjoys it, but after

all, we have so much more left than other countries
enjoy, we should not complain about it. If Congress

won't stand for your bill, they will have to resort to

a heavy sales tax, but I think your plan is preferable.
Your war bonds of small denomination should have that

clause, that you can cash them at the expiration of 60
days, changed that the time should be at least one year,
for I have very definite information that a great many
people feel they are compelled to buy these bonds, but
they will cash them as soon as possible.
Mrs. Edwin A. Graff, Chicago, Ill. I have been much interested in your new suggestions for income taxation.

I have always thought every one having an income of $500
a year should pay an income, as we all share the benefits

from taxes, and should all add, no matter how little, to
the amount. The collection of the tax could be in stamps
on the order of the Defense Stamps; receipts given when

paid - thus not requiring extra paid help. The Sales Tax
is another way. Every one pays that on a purchase.

Billie Blessingame, Akron, Ohio. I am in full agreement
with your lowering the Income Tax exemptions, instead of

putting a 10% tax on food and clothing. I was born and
reared in Georgia and I know how hard it is for the people
in the Southern States to exist now, for as a rule most
of the families there are rather larger than they can feed
and clothe properly now.

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- 11 Unfavorable Comments on Taxation

Carl F. Morgan, Hapeville, Ga. The workers and women
are burned up about your request for taxing the wages

of those who find it hard to eke out a bare existence.
They want to know why the billions in the banks are not
taxed, and they want to know why there are restrictions
on all decent legitimate businesses, while there is

absolutely none on the whiskey and beer saloons, which
are run mostly by foreigners who have always sent their
money to Europe before the war, and who are now hoarding

it. The poor people are willing to sacrifice. In fact,

the sacrifices already placed on the people are not re-

sented by the workers and housewives.

am
Thomas S. Egan, M.D., Mapleton, Ill.
country
Doctor. I get a check from A.T.&T. every three months
for $344.25. Since December, 1941, I have done this:
bought one Bond - $100. January, dividend day, I bought
4 Bonds - $300; deposited in bank, separate account for
I

a

taxes - $44.00; I spent the 25%. April 16, I repeated
the same act. I will do this every three months as long

as I receive the checks.
from my practice.

* I am unable to buy Bonds
Now, the A.T.&T. reading from

March 1 report -- F.D.R. has 500 shares; the 700,000 stockholders received in dividends 168 million dollars.
You can tax all the 168 million dividends away if you and
Congress care to do so, but it will be mighty hard on the
273,000 workers in the telephone company who are small

holders. I hope I have made myself clear, and that

we will win, but do not tax away all the feathers on the
goose that lays all the eggs, or she will DIE.
T. G. Evensen, Minneapolis, Minn. I am whole-heartedly
in accord with the President's view that the paying of

debts out of income is a very effective anti-Inflation

weapon. I have been in debt since 1929 and except for
higher income taxes, now and for the next few years, I
probably would be in a position to pay off these debts.
Increased taxation makes any reduction almost an impossi-

bility. Isn't it reasonable to suggest that those of us

who are in this position should be given some deduction
in our income tax statements for payments made on these
old debts, provided the payments are made out of earned
income?

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W. C. Brownlee, Inglewood, Calif. The State of

California levies an annual Franchise Tax which is 4%
of the net income for the preceding year, and the State

of Arizona has a similar tax of 5%. This Franchise Tax
is, of course, deducted in computing income subject to
Federal taxes for the ensuing year, but if the high rate
of activity should terminate suddenly, it is probable that
in the ensuing year there would be no taxable income. The
Franchise Tax based on the preceding year's income would

nevertheless have to be paid, with the result that Cali-

fornia and Arizona Corporations, and those of other states

having similar laws, will be required to pay to the two

governments in respect of income of the preceding year in
total combined tax of more than 100% of the income over

and above the excess profits credit. * So long as the

emergency activity is at a high level, corporations can
pay a given year's taxes out of the income of the past
year, but it is our belief that when the emergency terminates, many of them will be bankrupt by their inability to
pay taxes for the last year of high activity because in the
ensuing year there will be no income available with which

to make payment. It is therefore necessary for any management which has any concern for solvency to refrain from
making any expenditure which does not constitute a deduction
in computing taxable income. If the tax bill now under
consideration is passed, we will be afraid to expend large
amounts for experimentation for fear of impairing our ability to make our tax payments, inasmuch as expenditures for
experimentation are not deductible. The experimentation
which we have carried on in prior years has resulted very
beneficially to the war effort, in that we now have demands
the
from the Military Services for more than we can make of

products which were thus developed. We urgently sug-

gest that due consideration be given to the above-mentioned

points, to the end that the near-confiscatory rates would
not be enacted, or, if enacted, would be coupled with provisions which will enable corporations such as our own to

serve to the best of their ability during the war and to

survive the post-war period so they could again serve as
a medium for restoring normal business processes and the
employment of labor.

407
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
INTER OFFICE COMMUNICATION

DATE MAY 15 mm
TO

Secretary Morgenthau

FROM

Mr. Foley

For your information, there is attached a copy
of the Hearings on "Tire Dealer and Rebuilder Programs"
before the Special Committee to Study and Survey Problems
of Small Business Enterprises, United States Senate.

An item which should be of particular interest
is marked in red on page 456. In that item, Mr. Harry C.
McCreary (President, McCreary Tire & Rubber Co., Indiana,

Pa.) states, in effect, that he is having difficulty in
getting lease-lend business from the Procurement Division
of the Treasury Department, which Division, he says, is
working under an emergency system at the present time.

So 7h.

408

V

PROBLEMS OF AMERICAN SMALL BUSINESS

HEARINGS

Su paye456

BEFORE THE

SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO STUDY AND SURVEY
PROBLEMS OF SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISES
UNITED STATES SENATE
SEVENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION
PURSUANT TO

S. Res. 298
(76th Congress)

A RESOLUTION TO APPOINT A SPECIAL COMMITTEE
TO STUDY AND SURVEY PROBLEMS OF
AMERICAN SMALL BUSINESS
ENTERPRISES

PART 2
MARCH 3, 4, 5, AND 6, 1942

TIRE DEALER AND REBUILDER PROBLEMS

Printed for the use of the Special Committee To Study and Survey
Problems of Small Business Enterprises

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON : 1942

PROBLEMS OF AMERICAN SMALL BUSINESS

456

normal times, because they require deliveries all over the United
States. Well, 80 percent of our entire production is sold in the State
of Pennsylvania alone. So you can see our facilities for complying
under the general schedule are just automatically out of the window.
Senator ELLENDER. Does the quality of your product meet their
specifications?

Mr. McCREARY. Oh, yes; and exceeds it very materially.
Senator ELLENDER. You say you have no difficulty in obtaining
work through the lease-lend operation
Mr. McCREARY. I won't say we have no difficulty. We have had
difficulty in getting some lease-len business
Senator ELLENDER. Just why is that Is that because it is handled
by a different agency of the Government
Mr. McCREARY. It is the Procurement Division of the Treasury
Department.
The CHAIRMAN. They have a different procurement system?
Mr. McCREARY. Yes: they are working under an emergency system

at the present time and that is one reason I can't quite understand
the Quartermaster Corps.
The CHAIRMAN. Do the big national concerns get lease-lend business also
Mr. MoCREARY. Yes, sir.

The CHAIRMAN. If you were not in competition with the bigger
concerns, you would be able to get more business from lease-lend
1 mean to say, you could supply much more to the lease-lend, if you
were able to get the contracts with them
Mr. McCREARY. Yes: that is true, However, the requirements of
lease-lend are so tremendous I think it will take all that all of us can
produce to supply them.
The CHAIRMAN. Then why are you not getting more orders? Why
aren't you getting more orders from the lease-lend
Mr. McCREARY. I have no knowledge why I am not getting more.
The CHAIRMAN. But you are not

McCREARY. No: am not. I am in there fighting for it.

Senator ELLENDER. Now, coming back to this other matter. let me ask

you this: You spoke awhile ago of getting some work through a subcontract, did I understand
Mr. McCREARY. Yes.
Senator ELLENDER. Well, now, how did you manage to get that subcontract

Mr. McCREARY We just went out and went after it, like we go after
any commercial business.
Senator ELLENDER. To whom did you apply!
Mr. MoCREARY. To the prime contractor, who is the manufacturer of
the original vehicle.
Senator ELLENDER. Was it given you because he was so generous,

or was it that he could not manufacture it Just how did that

happen
Mr. McCREARY. Well, of course, you see the point is that the original
equipment of the manufacturer, the manufacturer's vehicle does not
have: he does not make the tire, and we as tire suppliers are in that
position.

Senator ELLENDER. I see. It is not rubber
Mr. McCREARY. Oh, no: it is not rubber. Oh, no.

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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
INTER OFFICE COMMUNICATION

DATE 5/15/42
TO

Mr. Harold N. Graves

FROM

George Fort Milton

Here is a summary of what I told you earlier about Albert
Gore,
and
his Fourth District of Tennessee, together with one or two
new facts.
Gore, a native of the Cumberland Plateau, comes by his
attitudes understandably enough. He lives on the Upper Cumberland

River at Carthage, a town of 2,000 - and about the third largest in
the District, being exceeded only by Lebanon (5,000) and Cookeville
(3,500), of Tennessee's 95 counties, 16 are in the Fourth: before
1941's reapportionment, to increase the number of districts from
11 to 12, there were 18 in it. It has about 240,000 population.

These are the names of the counties:

Bedford, Clay, Cannon, Coffee, Cumberland, Dekalb,

Fentress, Jackson, Lincoln, Marshall, Moore, Overton, Pickett,
Putnam, Smith and Wilson.

The two that were lost last year were Franklin and Rutherford.

The terrain of the district ranges from thin top-soil plateau
to semi-mountain, with quite a small fraction of the whole in rich
creek - or river-bottom land. Last year's movie on Sergeant York, was

laid in the Fourth District, and pretty faithfully picturized the contrasts in physical geography.

The people, who are somewhat less accurately pictured in the

movie, exist chiefly through small farming. Throughout the District

agriculture is a way of life, not an extractive industry, for yields

are small on steep hillside corn patches. Some luck has been had with
the Cumberland potato, and with sorghum, and with apples and cherries.
A few rafts of logs still come down the Cumberland, and a few raftsmen

still tell stories of the prowess of Cordell Hull's father in that work.
There is comparatively little industrial labor. Forty years

ago coal mining was a large factor, but most of the veins of the Sewanee

seam, and the Cumberland seam have been mined out. The miners have been

on relief for a decade. There are a few hosiery mills and other small
establishments. But labor is no more than a minor factor in the
emotional pattern of the Fourth.

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410

The people are 99 per cent native American, and about 97

per cent of Anglo-Saxon (or African) origin. There is, at Wartburg,
a colony of Morayians established in the early 'Seventies; as there

18 at Harrowgate, one which Thomas Hughes set up to Americanize his
Rugby scheme. Neither noble experiment outlasted a generation.

About 40 per cent of the folk are Scotch-Irish, an equal number
English, some (chiefly miners) Welsh, and a good sprinkling of
French Huguenots from South Carolina.

There is much poverty, but not of a proletariat type.
Most of the farmers feel themselves independent farm owners, des-

pite mortgages on their farms. The tenancy relations are not of
Black Beet type, and hunger and hearbbreak is not so large. The
chief economic interests are in mixed farming, sheep raising,
horticulture. The dulcimer is still played in mountain cabins, to
accompany "Barbara Allen," and the vocabulary is the closest to
Elizabethan English in America.
Such is the scene of Albert Gore's political operations.
"I am from Judge Hull's District" is part of Gore's stock in trade;
But he isn't Hull's choice. On the contrary, he was Commissioner

of Labor in Governor Browning's Cabinet, 1934-1936; Browning is a
Luke Lea follower, and Hull likes neither Lea, nor Browning, nor
the latter's supporters. By the same token, Gore and McKellar are
on opposite sides in Tennessee Democratic politics.

Gore used his State Labor job as a springboard to get to
Congress. He came here with tremendous ambition and energy. And he
came here with a smart, attractive young wife, an ex-school teacher,

who is his thinking general staff. She determines to find some way
for him to short-cut the path to National attention and influence.
Hull advised Gore, as he does all new Democratic Members from

Tennessee, to pick out two or three things, specialize on them, and
give them hell, whether right or wrong: That this was the way to
become something of a National man, and get ahead.

Gore's first shot was an attack on the New Deal's housing

schemes; the folk of his District liked it, and so did embattled reactionaries over the country. Then about a year ago the better idea

came of hooking up with Bernie Baruch. To this end he wrote the
latter a short, seemingly naive note that B.M. liked, and was promptly
taken on experimentally. Since then he has been Bernie's chief

fugelman in the House, as Arthur Krock is in newspaperdom. And now

he is all-out for the Baruch total plan.

A few days ago my own Congressman, Estes Kefauver, asked

Albert about his mail from the District. It is fairly heavy, with
practically no criticism of the items he insists on. A few farmers
write that they think the 110% parity would help them. But don't
make much of a point of it. Practically all who write like the antimillionaire, anti-labor ceilings. They don't know much of what the

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shooting's all about, but they indorse these targets. And they are
proud of "Our Albert" for having gotten into the front-page headlines;
they like this sign that he's an up and coming fellow. My guess,
which Kefauver confirms, is that the Fourth likes Gore's fight. He

has no opposition for renomination, though Wednesday's afternoon
papers had an A.P. squib that Alvin York was thinking of doing so.
I doubt if York could beat him - his conduct at home has been so
greedy and grasping that he has lost most of his Fentress County and

Fourth District friends. Nor is there much question of Gore's reelection;isexcept
in such
a landslide as the Harding 1920 one, the
District
securely
Democratic.

It would not be hard to get a spot checkup of this picture

of District opinion. If I were to go down to do it myself, the folk

on the spot would quickly identify the reason, and the Treasury interest, my official hookup being well known in Tennessee. My idea
is to get a dependable chap, who knows how to do it. I have such a
man, J. Charles Poe, who was my Managing Editor on the late lamented
Chattanooga News from 1924 until 1939, when he became Commissioner

of Conservation in the Cabinet of the present Governor Prentice
Cooper, and continues such today.

In this work, he runs about 37 State parks, several of
which are in Gore's District. Poe appoints their staff, visits them

frequently, has weekends at them, etc. And he would gladly go out
for
such
a check-up if I asked him, for he is a dear and intimate
friend
of mine.

George Fort Wilton
George Fort Milton,

Consultant

412
TREASURY DEPARTMENT

OFFICE OF THE SBORMPART

May 15. 1942

Received this date free the Federal
ReserveMent of New York, for the confiden-

tial information of the Secretary of the

Treasury, compilation for the week ended
May 6. 1942, aboving dollar disbursements
out of the British Repire and French adocuate
at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and
the means by which these expenditures were
financed.

lap-5/17/42

413
C

0

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF NEW YORK

May 14, 1942

CONFIDENTIAL

Dear Mr. Secretary: Attention: Mr. H. D. White
I am enclosing our compilation for the
week ended May 6, 1942, showing dollar disbursements out of the British Empire and French accounts
at this bank and the means by which these expenditures were financed.

Faithfully yours,
/8/ L. W. Knoke
L. W. Knoke,

Vice President.
The Honorable Henry Morgenthau, Jr.,

Secretary of the Treasury.
Washington, D. C.

Enclosure

Copy:vv: 5-16-42

Strictly

ANALYSIS OF BRITISH AND FRENCH ACCOUNTS

(In Millions of Dollars
BANK OF ENGLAND (BRITISH GOVERNMENT

War period through

2,792.

December 1940

Second year of war

(Official)(b) Credit(s) Balance

Gold

421.4

456.9

1,098.4

900.2

198.2

+220.1

722.1

- 13.2

38.9

4.8

34.1

8.8

-

8.8

30.1

154.1

35.3

0.3

-

0.3

0.5

-

0.5

0.2

150.1

41.9

0.3

-

0.3

0.3

-

0.3

133.6

-21.5

16.1

16.1

51.5

-36.9

0.8

0.8

0.4
0.4

0.5

68.8

- 33.0

0.2

0.2

0.4

1.0

56.2
171.4
70.1

-30.0

0.1

0.3
0.4

0.2

04

2,793.122,109.5

108.0

575.6

1,193.7

274.0
2.0

109.0

77.3

156.1

20.1

0.8

111.6

150.9
134.6

88.4

69.6

18.8

51.5

Jan. Jan. 28

102.3

73,2

29.1

69.3

Jan. 29 Feb. 25
Feb. 26 - Apr. 1

87.2

Oct. 30 - Dec. 3
Dec, 4 - Dec. 31

878.3

1,356.7

176.2

1,0

-

-

1942

121.4

Apr. 2 Apr. 29

98.1

-

57.2

63.8

23.4

86.4
64.2

35.0

171.2

33.9

70.6

0.5

50.0

-27.5

WEEK ENTED

Apr. 15
22
29

May

6

24.8
18.6
18.4
31.0

17.6
12.9
14.7
23.9

7.2
5.7
3.7
7.1

2.0

22.8
14.1

22.8
14.1

4.5

13.4

13.4

5.0

78.2

Average Weekly Expenditures Since Outbreak of War

France (through June 19, 1940) 199.6 Million
England (through June 19, 1940) 27.6 million

England (since June 19, 1940) 38.4 million

*For monthly breakdown see tabulations prior to April 23, 1941
ofFor monthly breakdown see tabulations prior to October 8, 1941.
(See attached sheet for other footnotes)

in Balance

10.8

1,425.6

35.0
31.7
44.5

Decr. (-)
+229.0

35.0

105.9

Credits
195.1(e)

420.1

140.9

Other

Sales
900.2

52.0

2,189.

of Gold

1,0953(e)

1,356.1

410.8

Total

Debits Credits
449.7

1,828.2

1,792.2

tures (d)

Other

416.6(e)

1,187.6

2,203.0

Total
Debits

Net Incr.
(+) or

866.3(c)

605.6

1941

Aug, 28 Oct. 1
Oct. 2 Oct. 29

Decr. (-)

FRANCE

CREDITS
Proceeds

-

-

-

1,793.2

Securities Other

Gov't
Expendi-

0.1
0.2

-

First year of war
(8/29/79-8/28/20)

Total
Credits

(+) or

-

Total Expendi- Other
Debits tures(a) Debits

OF

DEBITS
Net Incr.

Proceeds of
Sales of

Gov't
PERIOD

BANK

CREDITS

DEBITS

Contidentina

Week Ended May 6, 1942

-

0.1
0.1

-

0.1

0.1

-

0.1

0.1

0.1
0.1

78.2(f) +.47.2
Transfers from British Purchasing Commission to
Bank of Canada for French Account
Week ended May 6. 1942
Cumulation from July 6, 1940

162.7

-

-

-

-

-

0.4

15.7

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.2

0.3
0.4

0.3

0.4

-

0.3

+0.2

0.1

-

0.1

-

-

+0.1

0.1
0.1

million
million

+0.1

(a) Includes payments for account of British Purchasing Commission, British Air Ministry, British Supply Board, Ministry of
Supply Timber Control, and Ministry of Shipping.
(b) Estimated figures based on transfors from the New York Agency of the Bank of Montreal, which apparently represent the

proceeds of official British sales of American securities, including those effected through direct negotiation. In addition

to the official selling, substantial liquidation of securities for private British account occurred, particularly duringthe

early months of the war, although the receipt of the proceeds at this Bank cannot be identified with any accuracy, According
to data supplied by the British Treasury and released by Secretary Morgentbau, total official and private British liquidation

of our securities through December, 1940 amounted to $334 million,

(c) Includes about $85 million received during October, 1939 from the accounts of British authorised banks with New York banks,
presumably reflecting the requisitioning of private dollar balances. Other large transfers from such accounts since October,
1939 apparently represent the acquisition of proceeds of exports from the sterling area and other currently accruing dollar
receipts,
(d) Includes payments for account of French Air Commission and French Purchasing Commission,

(e) Adjusted to eliminate the effect of $20 million paid out on June 26, 1940 and returned the following day,
(f) Includes: (a) $70 million paid to the British Purchasing Commission by Treasury of United States for diversion of planes to
U. S. Government and (b) a transfer of $500,000 from Commonwealth Bank of Australia account here.

ANALYSIS OF CANADIAN AND AUSTRALIAN ACCOUNTS

(In Millions of Dollars)

BANK

CANADA (and Canadian Government)

OF

DEBITS

Total
Debits

PERIOD

First year of war
(8/29/39-8/28/40)

Proceeds

Official
British

of

Other

Total

Debits Credits

Gold

Transfers
Other

Net Incr.
(+) or
Decr. (-)

Credits

in Balance

British A/C
For Own

Sales

A/C

For French
A/C

REDITS

DEBITS

Transfers from Official

to

A/C

COMMONSEALTH BANK OP AUSTRALIA (and Australian Government)

CREDITS

Transfers

Strictly

Confidential

Week Ended May 6, 1942

Total
Debits

A/C

Net Incr.

Proceeds

to

Official
British

of

Other

Total

(+) or
Decr. (-)

Gold

Other

Credits in Balance

Debits

Credits

Salea

323.0

16.6

306.4

504.7

412.7

20.9

38.7

32.4

+181.7

31.2

3.9

27.3

36.1

30.0

6.1

4.9

December. 1940

177.2

16.6

460.6

707.4

534.8

20.9

110.7

41,0

<230.2

57.9

14.5

43.4

62.4

50.1

12.3

4.5

Second year of war
(8/29/40-8/27/41)**
Aug. 28 - Oct.

460.4

460.4

462.0

246.2

3.4

123.9

88.5

1.6

16.7

9.0

21.2

81.2
2.8

18.3

52.2

0.5

55.5
10.2

62.9

23.1

72.2
10.7

2.1

0.7

7.9

37.4
52.7
47.7

19.7
32.5
22.2

11.9
19.3
17.3

5.9
9.0
0.2

2.1

0.2

2.6

1.3

2.6

1.1

-

39.5

33.0

27.0

10.8

6.3

-

34.1

35.7

-

46.5

99.3

12.4
20.5

37.4

35.9

14.2

7.6

3.7
5.1
2.9

3.5

1

23.1

-

-

31.0

-

1941

52.8

0.1

47.7

1942

Jan. 1.- Jan. 28

39.5

Jan. 29 - Feb. 25

34.1

Feb. 26 - Apr. 1
Apr. 2 - Apr. 29.

46.5

37.4

-

-

-

-

7.8

17.7

8.2

5.5

2.7

8.0

13.2

20.3

10.3

6.9

3.4

11.6

1.8

2.1

2,8

4.9

25.5

3.9

-

6.0

6.5

23.3

1.6

4.5
8.4

-

7.7

-

Oct. 30 - Dec. 3
Dec. 4 - Dec. 31

37.4

-

Oct. 2- Oct. 29

29.1

71.1

52.8

7.8

4,5

10.8

5.3
1.3

3.1

6.5

1.6
3.6

8.0

2.9

16.8

16.8

5.9

1.1

12.3

12.3

11.2

2.1
1.6

2.1

3.1

1.6

2.7

0.3

0.3

1.4

-

21.7

1.5

10.9

4.2
6.2

0.3

1.1

5.9

5.2

5.0

4.3

3.0

0.2
1.3

1.7

0.5

1.2

-

War period through

-

-

1.6

6.8

3.6

4.2

NEEK ENDED:
22

7.6
5.9

29

16.7

16.2

7.9
11.8
6.7

5.9

5.9

10.3

Apr. 15

May

6

-

5.9

Weekly Average of Total Debits Since Outbreak of War
million
7.9
Through May 6. 1942
For monthly breakdown see tabulationsprion to April 23 1941.

-

.. For monthly breakdown see tabulation prior to October 8, 1941.

-

-

-

3.8

6.8

10.0

417

BRITISH AIR COMMISSION
1785 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE
WASHINGTON. D. c.
TELEPHONE HOBART 9000
PLEASE QUOTE

REFERENCE NO

With the compliments of British Air Commission
who enclose Statement No. 33 - Aircraft Despatched
- for week ended May 12, 1942

The Honourable Henry Morgenthau, Jr.

Secretary of the Treasury
Washington, D. C.

May 15, 1942.

418

NORT SECRET

STATEMENT NO. 33
AIRCRAFT DESPATCHED FROM THE

UNITED STATES DURING 1204

MAY 1942

TIPE

DESTINATION

ASSEMBLY POINT

BY SEA

BY AIR

FLIGHT DELIVERED
FOR USE IN CANADI

BOEITE

B 178 Fortress II

U.K.

Canada en route
1

CESSIA

AT 17 Crane TA

Canada

Canada
5

CURTISS

Kittyhawk IA

Australia

Melbourne

20

Middle East

Port Sudan

11

U.K.

Canada en route

U.K.

U.K.

12

Russia

Baarah

20

A 29A AC 151

U.K.

Canada en route

Ventura

U.K.

Canada en route

Mustang

U.K.

U.K.

Harvard

Canada

Canada

-

L

CO SOLIDATED

2

Liberator II

FAIROBILD
24

19

GLEWN MARTIN

Ba utimore

LOC

8

TH AMERICAN

Writing Air Commission

O 15th,1942.

107

25

6

TOTALS

44

1

C

14

419
OFFICE OF LEND-LEASE ADMINISTRATION
FIVE-FIFTEEN 22d STREET NW.
WASHINGTON D.C.
E R. Stettinius, Jr.
Administrator

May 15, 1942

The Honorable

The Secretary of the Treasury

Washington, D. C.

Dear Mr. Secretary:

I am sending you herewith, by special
messenger, a copy of the secret report on
the status of the Soviet aid program as of
April 30, 1942.

A copy of the letter of transmittal
to the President is attached.
Sincerely yours,

Floores B.le:Cala
Thomas B. McCabe

Acting Administrator
Attachments

SECRET
420

May 15, 1942

Dear Mr. President,

In compliance with your letter of March 17, 1942
requesting that you be kept advised as to the status
of the Soviet aid program, we are transmitting herewith
the report as of April 30, 1942.
The report shows the amount of each class of material that has been made available under the terms of the

protocol; also, for the first time, the proportion that

has actually been shipped, subdivided according to that

which has arrived, been sunk or is still on route.

A quick overall view of results is provided by the
first page of charts. Since the inauguration of the

program, exports to U.S.S.R. have approximated
$450,000,000, two-thirds of which have occurred during
the last two months.

It is unfortunate that exports this month have had

to be curtailed on account of convoy difficulty. Real

effectiveness in getting the supplies to seaboard had

been attained and the necessary ships had been made

available, in conformity with your directive that the
protocol commitment be fulfilled.
Sincerely yours,

Thomas B. McCabe

Acting Administrator
The Honorable

The President of the United States
JDE/m

SECRET
421

SCHEDULE OF AVAILABILITY OF MATERIAL AND SHIPPING

FOR U.S.S.R. - AS OF APRIL 30, 1942

Office of Lend-Lease Administration

THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION
APPROTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE
UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE

ESPIONAGE ACT, U.S.C. 50:31 and 32. THE
TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTESTS IN ANY MANNER TO AS UNAUTHORIZED
PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW."

SCHEDULE OF AVAILABILITY OF MATERIAL AND SHIPPING
FOR THE U.S.S.R.

As of April 30,1942

Graphic Summary of Shipping and Exports

Tabular Statement of Exports, Arrivals,
Losses and Availability
Graphic Summary of Exports, Arrivals,
Losses and Availability

Statement of Shipping to U. S. S. R.
Reports of Non-Protocol Items

Office of Lend-Lease Administration

SECRET

EXPORTS TO U.S.S.R.
CUMULATIVE SINCE OCTOBER 1,1941
Millions of Dollars

MONTHLY LEND-LEASE EXPORTS TO U.S.S.R.

IN % OF TOTAL LEND-LEASE EXPORTS

600

50%

500
40
LOST

400
30

300
EN ROUTE

20

200

10

100
ARRIVED

o
0

Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mor Apr May Jun
1942

1941

Oct Nov Dec Jon Feb Mor Apr May Jun
1942

1941

e

NUMBER OF SHIPS SAILING FOR U.S.S.R.
CUMULATIVE

MONTHLY

300

100

250
80

TO PERSIAN
GULF AND

LOST

200

FAR EAST
60

150

EN ROUTE
40
100
TO

NORTH
RUSSIA
20

50

ARRIVED

o

1941

1942

Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mor Apr May Jun
1942

1941
e

Oct Nov Dec Jon Feb Mor Apr May Jun
1

SECRET
Sheet 1

EXPORTS AND AVAILABILITY OF MATERIAL
UNDER THE MOSCOW PROTOCOL

Exports

Item and Protocol Number

Oct. 1 to
April 30

LA Planes Bomber

Arrived

Lost to

to

April 30

April 30

Scheduled as of Feb. 28 to

Made

Available

to April 30

be Available. Cumulative to

Protocol
Commi twont

April 30

May 31

June 30

411

266

18 Planes Pursuit

434

530

612

754

900

460

135

85

520

2A Tanks Medium

520

620

720

900

666

130

68

792

818

972

1,125

1,125

720

95

70

841

832

978

1,125

1,125

200

6,751
52,367

4,198
61,594

74,280

5,000
90,000

1,984

49,000

66,572

99,372

108,000

85,600
108,000

306,069

52,103

23,501

354,323

337,464

427,464

523,666

562,900

285

450

450

0

263

5,000

350

423

729

929

900

10,667
5,466

11,960
5,466

14,510

17,360

1,400

1,400

5,936
1,400

5,936
1,400

18,000
4,500
1,200

0

428

1,433

940

715

1,313

340

659

3,920
33,590

1,268
4,200

810

4,000

2,831

37,000

3,800
36,700

3,800
43,500

3,800
45,000

6,268

2,700
45,000

1,365

1,074

6,800

6,750

6,750

6,750

6,750

2,686
2,569
1,167

553

637

203

133

104

102

2,755
2,700
1,400

2,355
2,100
1,400

2,755
2,400
1,600

2,995
2,700
1,800

2,700
2,700
1,800

8,946

7,400

9,000

9,000

9,000

3,579
1,400

900

4,570
34,000
67,000

4,500

63,000

72,000
63,000
59,160

72,000
72,000
72,000

0

0

13

342

391

0

650

900

1,150

0

0

0

636

0

4,857
15,157

19

0
0

0

0

0

0

125

0

12,867
14,380
43,519

0

13

604

1,100
9,000

1,670

3,120

36,000

14,000
43,000

24,000
57,000

20,000
34,000

34,000

36,000

54,000
52,000

45,000

43,200

59,160

900

0

4,953

29 Tool Steel (tons)
30 Calibrated Steel (tone)
31 Hot Rolled Steel (tone)

34 C.R. Steel Sheet (tons)

55

5,000

7,660
4,867

546

32 Steel Billets (tons)

756

1,697

28 High Speed Steel (tons)

33 C.R. Steel Strip (tone)

152

10,415
14,891

0

($1,000)

63

576

0

25 Armor Plate (tons)
26 Hard Alloys & Cutting Tools

63

4,906
30,847
44,239

0

24 Ferrochrome (tons)

63

0

23 Ferrosilicon (tons)

4

22 Copper Products (tone)

0

15 Molybdenum (tone)

18 Rolled Bress (tons)
20 Zinc (tons)

4

14 Nickel (tone)

0

11A Alumina (tons)
118 Duralumine (tone)

0

8 Field Tel. Cable (miles)
9 Underwater Cable (km)
10 Submarine Cable (km)

4

7 Field Telephones

4

68 Trucks

63

4

64 1/4 Ton Rec. Cars

63

4

4 Anti-Tank Ouns

2

23 Tanks Light
3 Anti-Aircraft Guns

SECRET
Sheet 2

EXPORTS AND AVAILABILITY OF MATERIAL
UNDER THE MOSCOW PROTOCOL

0

0

0

73

Scheduled as of Feb. 28 to
be Available. Cumulative

Protocal

to

Commitment

to April 30

April 30

May 31

June 30

33,000
12,000

28,000
22,500
2,500

32,000
37,500
6,500

36,000
45,500
10,800

36,000
63,000
10,800

400

900

1,800

1,800

1,800

40

110

180

180

8

163

Made

Available

12

255

160

180

180

180

34,042
14,773

30,400
11,547

35,100
14,774

10,000

40,000
18,000
12,000

36,000
18,000
10,000

0

12,659
2,334

3,059

7,896
5,250

360

507

6,655

7,000

2,983
182,890

339

545

4,283

5,033

4,900

5,133

4,007
182,890

3,533

115,420

180,000

200,000

220,000

958

256

41

960

1,080

180,000
1,060

655

113

67

700

588

1,260
1,078

360

244

1,300
1,777

1,300

1,300

1,800

650
661

2,104

34,042

91

0
0

391

0

476

32

0

50 Dimethylaniline (tons)
51 Diphemylamine (tons)

0

49 Dibuty1 Phthalate (tons)

0

47 Sodium Bromide (tons)
48 Phosphorus (tons)

0

44 Phenol (tons)

45 Petroleum Products (tone)
46 Ethylane Glycol (tons)

0

41 Barbed Wire (tons)
42A Toluel (tons)
428 T.N.T. (tons)

1,764
0

40 Nickel Chrone Wire (tons)

Lost to
April 30

161

37 Steel Wire Rope (tone)

38 Steel Alloy Tubes (tone)

April 30
6,814

29,205
5,674

39 Stainless Steel Wire (tons)

to

0

36 Steel Wire (tons)

April 30

Arrived

0

35 Tin Plate (tons)

Oct. to

0

Exports

Item and Protocol Number

52 Colloxylin (tons)

1,810

123

53 Machine Tools (pieces)

2,420

565

50

243

900

900

2,050

1,300
2,200

2,200

760

990

1,200

1,200

600

750

900

900

2,234

2,688

2,741

2,700

3,073

3,073

3,689

4,233

102

60

68

83

140

123

123

175

245

627

1,860
1,429

2,460

3,060
1,997

3,660

2,709

2,700
3,600

744

900

54 Electric Furnaces (pieces)

102

55 Forging &Press Equip. (pieces)

115

26

6,199

1,714

686

971

296

92

59 Graphite Electrodes (tons)

1,403

140

64 Sole Leather (tons)
66 Army Boots (1,000 prs.)
67 Army Cloth (1,000 yds.)

7,543

1,846

1,367

1,200

7,697
1,400

9,197
1,600

13,500

16

8,000
1,367

6,197

555

1,275

272

75

1,455

1,192

1,192

1,192

1,000

13

13

13

1

0
0

803

1,429

Arming of U.S.S.R. Merchant

4
4

4

108

26

0

Boats

4

Armanent for 3 Ice-breakers
Packard Engines for Torpedo

13

13

13

4

Ships

1,600

3

58 Abrasives ($1,000)

5

56 Misc. Ind. Equip. ($1,000)

210

100

100

100

50

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SHEET 1

AVAILABILITY OF MATERIAL UNDER MOSCOW PROTOCOL
CUMULATIVE SINCE OCTOBER 1,1941
PLANES BOMBERS

PLANES-PURSUIT
1000

Commitment
800

800

to Avet

600

Exported

Exported

Lost

Mode

400

600

Made

Lost

Avail:

En Route

400

able

Avail:

able

able

400

En Route

200

En Route
200

Arrived

200

Arrived

Arrived

o

Feb Mar Age May Jun

TANKS LIGHT

o

Feb Mor Apr May Jun

Feb Mar Age May Jun

ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS

ANTI-TANK GUNS

1200

Commitment

175

800

Commitment

Commitment
150

1000

Scheduled

o

Avoil

800

600

Exported
<Lost

1000

Schedule

to be Aveil

Scheduled

to be Avoil

1200

Commitment

Commitment

Scheduled

Mode

TANKS MEDIUM

1000

to Avoil

600

125

800

Exported
Lost

100

600

400

Mode
75

Avoil
able

400

En Route

50

200

Avoil

Arrived

-----

Exported

Avail:

25

Arrived

able

Feb Mor Age May Jun

200

Made

Exported

Mode

Scheduled

Scheduled

to be Avoil

able

to be Avoil

E-En Route

0

o

Feb

Mor

May

Age

Jun

Feb

Mor

Age

May

Jun

,

1/4 TON REC. CARS

FIELD TELEPHONES

TRUCKS

65000
Exported

100,000

120,000

Commitment

Lost

Commitment
Commitment

4000
Scheduled

to be Avoid

to Avoil.

3000

Mode

100,000

80,000

Scheduled

80,000

Scheduled

60,000

to be Aved

Avoit

60,000

Mode

En Route

2000

Avoid
able

40,000

Exported

Lost
Mode

Lost
1000

Exported

20,000

En Route

20,000

able

Arrived

Arrived

Feb Mer Apr May Jun

o

FIELD TEL. CABLE (miles)

Feb Mor Age May Jun

Feb Mer Age May Joe

o

Arrived

SUBMARINE CABLE (km)

UNDERWATER CABLE (km)
600,000

Commitment

40,000

En Route

Avoil:

o

able

500

1000

400

800

Commitment

Commitment

500,000

Scheduled

to Avoid
400,000

to Avoil

300,000

Lost

Scheduled

to be Avet

Mode

200

Avail
able

600

300

Scheduled

Exported

200,000
En Route

-

Mode

400

Avent

Exported

200

100

100,000
En Route

Feb Mo Apr May Jun

o

Office of Lend-Lease Administration - May 14,1942

o

Feb Mar Agr May Jun

Feb - Age May -

o

Arrived

SECRET
SHEET 2

AVAILABILITY OF MATERIAL UNDER MOSCOW PROTOCOL
CUMULATIVE SINCE OCTOBER I, 1941
Scheduled

ALUMINUM (tons)

DURALUMINUM (tons)

20,000

6,000

Scheduled

Commitment

Avoil:

Exported

16,000

5,000

Lost

to be Aves

12,000

1,500

Made

to Avoid

Scheduled

be Avoil,

NICKEL (tons)

Exported

able

OL200

Commitment

4,000

Mode

Lost

Avoil
MODE

Exported

Avent

900

able

3,000
En Route

8,000

able

Lost

600

2,000

En Route

4,000

En Route

300

1,000

Arrived

Arrived

o

Jun

May

Feb

MOLYBDENUM (tons)

Exported 4,000

Mode

Mor

Apr

ROLLED BRASS (tons)

Scheduled

Avoil

Scheduled

Commitment

En Route

2,000

7,000

40,000
Exported

5,000
4,000

able

3,000

En Route

En Route

1,000

2,000
10,000

May Jun

Apr

Feb Mar Age May Jun

o

0

Feb Mor

Jun

May

1,000

Arrived

Arrived
Apr

6,000

Lost

30,000

Arrived

Mor

Commitment

able

Lost

Mode
Avoil*

Mode

Avoil

20,000

Feb

Scheduled

to be Avoil

-Exported

to Avoil

3,000

Jun

ZINC (tons)

50,000

Commitment

to be Avoil

LOST

Feb Mar Apr May

Jun

May

0

Apr

o

Mor

o

Feb

Scheduled

to be Avoid

(tons)

FERROSILICON

(lons)

3,000
Commitment

FERROCHROME (tons)
2,000

Commitment

to be Avoid

2,500

Exported

3,000

Scheduled

Lost

to be Avoil

2,000

2,000

Lost

able

1,500

Lost

1,000
Mode

Avoits

1,000

Exported

1,500
Mode

En Route

1,000

able

En Route

Avoil
able

500

Arrived

Arrived

Arrived
o

Jun

Feb

ARMOR PLATE (tons)

Mar

Age

May

Feb

Jun

ALLOYS a CUTTING TOOLS($1000)
10,000

Commitment

Apr

May

Jun

HIGH SPEED STEEL (tons)

4000

8,000

Scheduled

Mar

1,500

1,200

3000

Scheduled

to be Avoil

to be Avoid

Commitment

0000

6,000
Exported

2000

Mode

to Avoil

Avoitable

En Route

Exported

Scheduled

4,000

1000

2,000

Commitment

Exported
o

10

Office

Age

May

Jun

Feb Mer Age May Just

of Lend-Leose Administration - May 14,1942

400

Mode

Avail

300

able

En Route

Feb Me Age May Jun

o

May

o

Age

500

En Route

500

Mor

1,500

Exported

Mode

Aveil:

Feb

Commitment

Scheduled

2,500

o

COPPER PRODUCTS

SECRET
SHEET 3

AVAILABILITY OF MATERIAL UNDER MOSCOW PROTOCOL
CUMULATIVE SINCE OCTOBER I, 1941
TOOL STEEL (tons)

CALIBRATED STEEL (tone)

5,000

35,000

Commitment

to be Avoil

25,000

Scheduled

50,000

to be Avoil

3,000

20,000
2,000

15,000

1,000

Exported

40,000

Exported

Mode

Lost

Avoit

able

Aveil*

o

Feb

STEEL BILLETS (tons)

Mor

so

Apr

May

Jun

Feb

C.R. STEEL STRIP (tone)

80,000

80,000

Commitment

Mar

Apr

C.R. STEEL SHEET (tons)
80,000
Commitment

60,000

Scheduled

to be Aveil

40,000

Exported

40,000

20,000

Mode

o
Age

May

TIN PLATE (tons)

able

STEEL WIRE (tons)

40,000

Commitment

En Route

Feb Mar Apr May Jun

Jun

70,000
Commitment

Exported

Lost

20,000

En Route

Mode

Avoit-

able

En Route
Mer

20,000

Exported

Avoit

o

Exported

Feb Mor Agr May Jun
STEEL WIRE ROPE (tons)

12,000
Commitment

60,000

30,000

o

Feb

40,000

Lost

to be Avoi.

Avoil

60,000

Scheduled

to Aven
Scheduled

Jun

May

Commitment

60,000

Mode

10,000

En Route

En Route

Feb Mor Apr May Jun

20,000

Exported

able

5,000

able

En Route

30,000
Made

10,000

o

Mode

Avoit

Commitment

60,000

Scheduled

Scheduled

-

70,000

30,000

4,000

to be Avoil,

HOT ROLLED STEEL (tons)

10,000

50,000

Scheduled

8,000

to be Avoil.
Mode

40,000

Scheduled

20,000

to be Avoil.

En Route

Exported

Mode

Arrived

4,000

10,000

Aveil

able

o

Fab Mar Age May Jun

o

Feb Mor

STAINLESS STEEL WIRE (tons)
2,000

Apr

NICKEL CHROME

200

Commitment

Jun

May

WIRE (tons)
Commitment

.

150

Loss

1,000

100

so

Mode

Scheduled

Avoit-

to be Avet

200

Exported

Commitment

1,500

Scheduled

2,000

Mode

Avoil

En Route

able

STEEL ALLOY TUBES (tona)

to Aven

20,000

10,000

Feb Mer Age May Jun

6,000

Scheduled

30,000

o

Avail

to be Avoil.
En Route
100

Scheduled

to be Avoil.
500

50

50

Arrived

Mode

Avoilable
o

o

Office of Lend-Leose Administration - May 14,1942

Feb Mar Age May Jun

Feb Mer Age May Jun

o

Feb Mer Apr May Jun

SECRET
SHEET 4

AVAILABILITY OF MATERIAL UNDER MOSCOW PROTOCOL
CUMULATIVE SINCE OCTOBER I, 1941
Scheduled

to be Avor.

BARBED WIRE (tons)

TOLUOL (tons)

T.N.T. (tons)

40,000

20,000

12,000

Scheduled

Exported

to be Aveil

.

Commitment

Lost

Commitment

30,000

10,000
Scheduled

15,000

Commitment

to be Avot.

8,000

Mode

Aveil

En Route

able

20,000

Mode

10,000

Exported

Avoil
able

Lost

Avoit

10,000

5,000

En Route

6,000

Exported
Mode

4,000

able

En Route

2,000

Arrived
Arrived

Arrived

o

Apr

May

Feb

Jun

PHENOL (tons)

5,000
Scheduled

Mar

Apr

Jun

ETHYLENE GLYCOL (tons)
250,000

Exported
Mode

3,000

Commitment

to be Avoid

200,000
Commitment

Lost

1000

Exported

Mode

Avail

Lost

able

Avails

Exported

1200

Scheduled

Scheduled
to be Avoid

4,000

800

150,000

able

Lost

Mode

May

PETROLEUM PRODUCTS (tons)

Commitment

to be Avet.

Feb Mor Age May Jun

o

Mer

o

Feb

En Route

Avoil

600

En Route

able

100,000

2,000

400

En Route

Arrived

50,000

1,000

200

Arrived

May

-

o

Apr

Feb Mer Apr May Jun

o

Mo

Feb

Mor

Agr

May

Jun

0

Arrived
Feb

Scheduled

PHOSPHORUS (tons)

SODIUM BROMIDE (tons)

to be Aven

Commisment

to be Avoil
800

Avoil-

Scheduled

Exported

Commitment

to Aven

1200

able

2000

Lost
1000

Exported

Commitment
600

En Route

Mode

able

En Route

400

200

Arrived

Feb Mar Age May Jun

o

Jun

Arrived
Feb

Commitment

to be Avoil

Age

May

-

3000
Scheduled

Commitment

to be Aveil

Commitment

Scheduled

to Aveil

1000

Mor

COLLOXYLIN (tons)
1000

#1200
Scheduled

500

able

DIPHENYLAMINE (tons)

DIMETHYLANILINE (tons)

En Route

Mode

o

Arrived
May

1000

Avoit

200

Apr

Exported

600

400

Avoit

1500

800

o

Lost

Mor

2500

Mode

Scheduled

Feb

DIBUTYL PHTHALATE (tons)

1400

1000

2500

800

800

Exported
600

2000

Lost
1500

600

Exported
Mode

Avoit

Lost

400

400

able

Mode

Avail

Exported

Made

Avoil

1000

En Route

able

able

200

En Route

200

500

En Route
Arrived

o

Off of Land-Lease Administration - May 14,1942

o

Feb Mor Apr May Jun

Feb Mar Age May Jun

o

Feb Mar Age May Jun

SECRET
SHEET 5

AVAILABILITY OF MATERIAL UNDER MOSCOW PROTOCOL
CUMULATIVE SINCE OCTOBER I, 1941
MACHINE TOOLS

ELECTRIC FURNACES

5000

FORGING a PRESS EQUIP.

150

700

Came

4000

Scheduled

125

to be Aveil

Scheduled

- be Avoit

Avoil:

Lost

to be Avot
300

En Route

50

En Route

Exported
200

Mode

1000

Avail:
25

Arrived

Lost

able

o

Feb Mar. Apr May Jan

Feb

ABRASIVES ($1000)

10,000

3500

Age

4000
Commitment

2000

4,000

1500
Mode

En Route

1000

Lost

able

2,000

Mode

Avail

En Route

1000

En Route

able

500

Arrived
Arrived

Arrived
o

Feb

ARMY BOOTS (1000pairs)

Mar

o

o

Feb Mar Apr May Jun

SOLE LEATHER (tons)

2000

Exported

Exported

Avoil

Age

Jun

May

ARMY CLOTH (1000 yds)

14,000

Commitment

3000

Scheduled

to be Aveil

6,000

Feb Mot Apr May Jun

Jun

May

GRAPHITE ELECTRODES (tone)

Commitment
2500

to be Avoid

Exported
Lost

Mar

3000

Scheduled

8,000

Arrived

o

MISC. IND. EQUIP ($1000)

100

En Route

Arrived

Feb Mor Apr May Jun

400

Scheduled

75

able

2000

able

500

100

Mode

o

Mode

600

Exported
3000

Exported
Avoil

Commitment

1,750

1,750

Commitment)

12,000

Scheduled

Exported

to be Avail.

1,500

Lost

1,250

Scheduled
,Loss

6,000

Mode

1,000

En Route

Commitment
750

able

750
En Route

4,000

able

to be Avoil. #1000

En Route

500

2,000

250

Arrived

Arrived

500
250

Arrived
o

Feb Mar Age May Jun

ARMING OF
U.S.S.R. MERCHANT SHIPS

o

Feb Mor Apr May Jun

Feb Mer Age May Jun

o

Avoit

L250

Scheduled

Mode

Avoit

Avail
able

to be Avoil

8,000

Exported

1,500

Exported
Lost

Mode

10,000

PACKARD ENGINES

ARMAMENT FOR 3 ICE-BREAKERS

FOR TORPEDO BOATS

14

able

Scheduled

12

250

4

Avail

5

Commitment

Mode

200

Made

Avail:
able

Scheduled

to be Aveil.

to be Avoit
10

Commitment

150

as

a

Completed

Made

Scheduled

Avail

to be Avoit

able

100

6

2

Completed

Exported

4

En Route

.

2

Arrived
o

Office of Lend-Lease Administration - May 14,1942

o

Feb Mar Age May Jun

Feb Mar Age M Jan

o

Feb Mar Age May -

000

SECRET
STATEMENT OF SHIPPING TO U.S.S.R.
As of May 9, 1942
Number Sailed
Month

October

To North

To Persian

Russia

Gulf

To Soviet
Far East

10
5

Total

Arrived

15

En Route

As of May 9

Lost

14
1

November

1

9

3

13

12
1

December

14

7

4

25

22

1
2

January

20

4

24

18

2
4

February

13

2

2

17

12

2
3

March

31

April

62

May

11

6

6

6

10

43

22

20

78

73

5

14

3

1

14

(To May 9)

Total
To May 9

170

25

34

229

105

112

To date there has been a total of 229 sailings for Russia.
of these, 49 have been of Russian ships (32 from the West Coast,
and 17 from the East Coast), 14 of British, 1 of Swedish, and

165 of American.

In addition to the 229 sailings for Russia, there have
been 22 ships carrying cargoes primarily for other countries
which carried partial cargoes for Russia (chiefly deckloads
of bombers).

The 229 sailings were made by 212 ships, 17 ships having
sailed twice.
At lease 20 of the 95 ships now on route to North Russia

have been diverted to ports in the British Iales.
Figures given above are on the basis of most recent data
which explains certain discrepancies between this and previous
reports. For example one ship reported as lost in March has
recently been reported as having arrived safely in North Russia.

12

SECRET
EXPORTS OF NON-PROTOCOL ITEMS TO THE U.S.S.R.
October 1,1941 - April 30, 1942
Item

Quantity

Value

Military Items

Observation Planes

$ 1,359,949

30

Army Webbing and Duck

469,302

Other Military Items

21,179,658

Non-Protocol Steel
R. R. Rails and Equipment

Oil Well Drilling Equipment

Sheet Steel

Other Steel Items

16,422 tons
10,773 tons
1,813 tons

1,300,091
1,281,941

29,271 tons
5,030 tons
23,782 tons
1,485 tons
6,216 tons
6,563 tons
1,216 tons

22,889,975
2,230,158
7,007,383
1,097,497
13,960,151

79,303
199,539

Food

Canned Meats
Fat Backs
Lard

Pork Products
Dried Eggs
Dried Beans
Butter

832,669
917,401
221,024
963,958
525,757

31 tons

Seeds

Rolled Oats

3,350 tons
2,360 tons

Other Food
Chemicals

Aniline 011

920 tons
316,181 gals.
6,750 tons

Tetra-ethyl Fluid

Methanol
Other Chemicals

274,400

1,422,063
793,125

1,082,714

Miscellaneous
Truck Tires and Tubes
Radio Tubes and Equipment

1,867,040

86,500 pcs.

593,565
432,025
315,604
815,411

-

Vulcanised Fibre Sheets

597 tons

Motion Picture Equipment

-

Other Miscellaneous Items
Total

$84,111,703

EXPORTS TO THE U.S.S.R.
Cumulative Since October 1,1941 in Millions of Dollars

Protocol Items
Non-Protocol Items

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

16

27

53

78

139

230

362

12

28

84

7
2

4

5

Treasury Depar 422
Division of Monetary Research

Date 5/15/12
To:

19

Miss Chauncey

From: H. D. White

Please call this to the Secretary's
attention.

423
Treasury Department

Division of Monetary Research
Date
To:

May. 14, 1942

Mr. White

From: Mr. Ullmarn
Shipbuilding
In a Commerce Report marked "Secret",

the shipbuilding program in the first quarter
of 1942 completed 66 vessels of 513,000 grost

tons - or less than 10 percent of the
President's goal for 1942 (5.5 million gross
tons).

Furthermore, production fell off in
March

Total

513,000

gross tons,
.

March

Output
123,000
196,000
194,000

.

January
February

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other than A Governmental
Agency. (BR)

May 15, 1942
11 p.m.

AMEMBASSY,

LONDON, (ENGLAND)
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FOR CASADAY FROM THE SECRET' RY OF THE TREASURY.

Please send by air pouch SAMPLES of local news-

reels mentioned in your cable No. 2391 of May 5. If
British authorities are interested in seeing BO ME
samples of the films used here for similar purposes,
WE will be happy to send them.
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STATE DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON

In reply refer to
FF 8510.51/20

May 15, 1942

The Secretary of State presents his compliments to
the Honorable the Secretary of the Treasury and quotes for

his information the following excerpt from a report
received from a confidential source within the Government.
#French West Indian credits in Argentina

"As of possible interest to you, information has
been received from a reliable, confidential source to
the effect that in the early part of January, 1942,

M. F. G. Pollak, Buenos Aires, Argentina, was informed

by his bank which presunably is also in that city,
that a credit of $30,000 had been opened in his favor

by M. Louis Damoiseau of Pointe-a-Pitre, French West
Indies and that three credits of unknown amounts had
been opened in favor of Swift Company of La Plata,
Argentina, by some unknown individual in Guadeloupe,
French West Indies."

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WASHINGTON

In reply refer to
FF 862.6341/1

May 15, 1942

The Secretary of State presents his compliments to

the Honorable the Secretary of the Treasury and quotes for his
information the following excerpt from a report received from a
confidential source within the Government.
"German Soldiers Acquiring Gold

"An ordinarily reliable source abroad has
furnished information indicating that according
to an article appearing in "Phas", Greek newspaper,

published in Cairo, despite German propaganda to

the effect that gold has no value in the "New Order",

German soldiers in Greece, Bulgaria and Roumania

are selling food, tobacco and other commodities for
gold. The article further states that German
soldiers seem very anxious to obtain gold coins, both

old and new."

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Washington

In reply refer to

May 15, 1942

FF 853.248/58

The Secretary of State presents his compliments to
the Honorable the Secretary of the Treasury and quotes

for his information the following excerpt from a report
received from a confidential source within the Government.
"Purchase of airplane engine parts by
Portugal from the United States

"Information of a confidential character has
been received from a reliable source abroad indicating that the Portuguese Minister of Finance in

February, 1942, advised the Chase National Bank in

New York to place $3,375 at the disposal of a
Portuguese government official for the payment of
spark plugs intended for use by Aeronatucia Naval
(Fleet Air Arm).

"It was further reported that authorization was

also granted for the payment and shipment of seaplanes without engines, the engines to be shipped
separately.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WASHINGTON

In reply refer to
FF 740.00115 European
War 1939/3232

May 15. 1942

The Secretary of State presents his compliments to
the Honorable the Secretary of the Treasury and quotes

for his information the following excerpt from a report
received from a confidential source within the Government.
"Swiss francs transferred to the Uruguayan
Minister in Germany.

"As of possible interest to you, information
has been received from a reliable, confidential

source to the effect that during the latter part

of January, 1942, approximately twenty-two thousand Swiss france had been furnished to the
Uruguayan Minister in Berlin, Germany. This was
for the purpose of repatriating Uruguayan nationals
residing in Germany or in the occupied countries
should there be a severance in the diplomatic relations between any of the Axis powers and Uruguay."

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communicated to anyone

other than a Governmental
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Rec'd 8:20 a.m., 16th

Secretary of State,
Washington.

158, May 15, 1 p.m.

Referring to my no. 154, May 14, 11 a.m.

The Ministry of Finance yesterday issued an order fixing
exchange rate at 128 rials per pound for buying and 130 for
selling.
DREYFUS

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BRITISH MOST SECRET

(U.S. SECRET)

OPTEL No. '160

Information received up to 7 A.M., 15th May, 1942.
1. MILITARY

LIBYA. 13th. Marked general increase in enemy tank movement,
especially in SIDI BREGHISC area. The enemy withdrew on engagement.
RUSSIA. The Russian offensive in the KHARKOV area has made some

progress, but on the KERCH PENINSULA they have carried out a withdrawal.
2. AIR OPERATIONS

WESTERN FRONT. 14th. A total of 10 fighters attacked minor
objectives in Northern FRANCE and BELGIUM. Four enemy aircraft crossed the

DEVONSHIRE Coast. One was shot down by anti-aircraft fire.
MALTA. Between 4 p.m. 13th and 1030 a.m. 14th, ten bombers

escorted by fighters, some of which carried bombs, attacked. Our fighters destroyed 8 enemy aircraft, probably destroyed 2 and damaged 5. One Spitfire was
shot down and another crashed.
3. GERMAN AIR FORCE

The German long range bomber effort against GREAT BRITAIN from

January-May this year was about 20% of the effort of the similar period last
year. During the two weeks 25th April-9th May, which included the "Reprisal"
raids, about 25% of the, total long range bomber sorties were made by reserve

training unit aircraft.

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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
INTER OFFICE COMMUNICATION

DATE May 15, 1942

Secretary Morgenthau

TO

Mr. Kamarck

FROM

Subject:

Summary of Report on Far Eastern War by Lt. Colonel

W. J. Clear, U. S. General Staff

(This is a summary of a written report made by Lt.
Colonel Clear to the U.S. General Staff on his recent
return from the Far East. The American Army sent Colonel

Clear to the Far East in July, 1941 to investigate and to
report on the advisability of establishing a system of
secret intelligence in the Far East. He was in the Philip-

pines when the Japanese attacked and remained there until

February, 1942. He left Corregidor in a submarine on
February 5 for Java and was there for about a month. On
the fall of Java, Colonel Clear flew to Port Darwin,
Australia. Colonel Clear's information agrees in general
with that of Colonel Brink, whose experiences were reported
to you two weeks ago. The following summary covers the
information which is supplementary to Colonel Brink's
report.)

1. Japanese Psychological Preparations for War

In preparing the Japanese people for the war, the Nazi

error of holding up the glittering prospect of a short and
easy war was avoided. The Japanese people were told that
the war would be long and hard. Despite the fact that the
Japanese are intensely patriotic, reliance in maintaining

morale has not been placed on love of country alone. Studies
made before the war had emphasized that it is important to

give the officers and soldiers the vision of specific
rewards. The soldiers are promised that they will come
back to a Japan in which their future 18 assured. The
Japanese forces are imbued with the conviction that they
are fighting for not only national, but personal, material
gains. Every man is persuaded that he and his family will
be guaranteed freedom from want or unemployment in the
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In its propaganda among the natives of the Far East
prior to August, 1941, the Japanese had concentrated on
long-range educational and cultural propaganda designed

to win friends for Japan. With the arrival in the Far

East in August, 1941, of Captain Fritz Wiedemann, former
German consul-general at San Francisco, emphasis was

shifted to a short-run policy of creating as much enmity
against Western Imperialism in the Far East as rapidly
as possible. The appeal was made to all the millions in
the Orient who are cold, wet, and hungry that the western
powers were solely responsible for their misery.
When the Japanese troops came into the British and

Dutch colonies, it was under the guise of friendship for
the natives and hostility to the western masters. Japanese
scrip currency, similar in appearance to the Malayan and
the Dutch, was given away to the natives. The natives
were invited to move into or loot the homes and property
of the British and Dutch estates.
2. The Japanese Military Forces
The ten years' of campaigning on the Asiatic mainland
taught the Japanese army many valuable lessons and gave it

much valuable experience. Contrary to the impression given

in the press of the United States, the Japanese Command does

not expend infantry carelessly or callously. Soldiers are
not encouraged to get themselves needlessly killed, if tanks,
planes and artillery can do the hard work for them.
The Japanese, like the Germans in the western campaigns,

discovered that bluff is more economical than force. Infiltrating parties use every possible device to make their
presence known, once they have reached points behind the

enemy lines. By bursts of machine-gun fire, flares, rattles

and fire-crackers, they shake the confidence of the opposing

troops. The troops believe they are being cut off by large

enemy forces, instead of merely being harassed by small,

lightly-equipped groups. The freshly inducted divisions of
"McArthur's Army" in the Philippines were panicked in this

manner.

The Japanese army is peculiarly vulnerable to guerrilla

attack in the new territories it has over-run. The Japanese
forces of occupation in the new conquests are incredibly
small, as they are relying on the docility and helplessness

of the natives. There are in all these countries thousands

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of natives who would welcome the opportunity to strike at the
Japanese if they were organized and trained. Preferably,
guerrillas should be the natives of the country in each instance. It is physically possible to send white soldiers
into Java and the other territories today, but they would
stand as much chance of escaping detection and death as a
small Japanese force in San Francisco.

Untrained guerrilla units are now operating with limited

success against the Japanese in Java, Borneo, Sarawak and
Amboina, Timor, New Guinea and New Britain. Guerrilla operations in the Philippines are more widespread and successful
than in these regions.

The Germans are helping the Japanese air force. Prior

to the war, the Germans sent several thousand German tech-

nicians to work in the Japanese aircraft industry. These

men are helping the Japanese to produce a new model Messer-

schmidt 109. (The Me-109 is the best German fighter.)

All Japanese fighter planes lack armor protection for
the pilot and engine and are not as fast as our latest

types of fighters. They are, however, highly maneuverable.
The Japanese "Zero" fighter has proved itself in combat to

be definitely superior in maneuverability to our P-40.
In the highly successful Japanese air raid on Port
Darwin on March 19, the Japanese demonstrated a new trick in
air fighting. In this attack, eleven out of seventeen ships
were sunk and direct hits were made on the power station,
telephone central and other important targets. Although

American P-40 fighters were up on patrol and saw the bombers
coming, no warning was received by the ground defenses of
the Japanese attack. The Japanese found the radio frequency

of our planes and jammed the attempted reports. The radio

at the operations office at the airport merely received an
increasing roar. This was finally interpreted as indicative
of an air-raid, but it was too late to warn the personnel

at the field.

3. Malaya

The loss of Malaya can be attributed primarily to British
lack of preparation for the defense of the Peninsula and

Singapore. From the moment the campaign began, the military
leadership was hampered and bedeviled by lack of planes,
troops and equipment by which to meet successive situations.

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The military leadership was not entirely blameless, as, for

example,
the necessary number of airfields were not prepared
on
the Peninsula.
The British suffered from being over-mechanized and

over-trucked for jungle warfare, rather than from the lack
of equipment. As a result, the British system of supply was
cumbrous and made necessary keeping to the roads with long
transport columns that were vulnerable to attack from the

air and ambush by small enemy parties.

The Indian troops, with the exception of the Ghurkas,
were disaffected. The Sikhs threatened to mutiny before
and during the campaign.

The civil government of British Malaya did not render
reasonable assistance to the armed forces. The government
did not keep communications and transportation running

efficiently. Fire fighting defenses were not provided. Dock

labor for unloading supplies was not properly provided or
cared for. The civil government did not assist in the

preparation of emergency defenses.

At Singapore, 80,000 British soldiers surrendered to
20,000 Japanese. By this time, there was only a disorganized
mass of human beings confronting the Japanese. Squads had
lost their corporals; platoons their sergeants; companies
theircolonels.
captains; and battalions and regiments their majors
and
4. The Campaign in the Philippines

The main reason for the reverses suffered in the Philippines was the lack of a continuing, consistent foreign policy

in the Pacific, and the resulting refusal in the interests of

political expediency, to consider and support the recommenda-

tions and requests of responsible military and naval authority.
Philippines. In Manila, a considerable number of Chinese
The Japanese Fifth Column had had some successes in the

appeared to have been in the pay of the Japanese. The American

army and naval officers were particularly indiscreet in guarding their information.
American troops performed well under fire, even those
experiencing combat for the first time. The successful
defense of the Bataan Peninsula was not a static defense of

infantry and pill-boxes in trenches waiting for an attack.
detachments of 75 mm. artillery on half-track trucks and antiSuccessive enemy attacks were smashed by small, highly mobile

tank guns. Bataan was not whipped; it succumbed to dysentery,
malaria and weakness induced by inadequate rations.