._—WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS_ Fleets Rake Japan as Big Three Parley Points up Peace Talk; Senate Moves for Global Unity fry Western Newspaper Union. _____ (EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions are expresses in these eslarans, they are these el Western Newspaper Union's news analysts anS nst necessarily si this newspaprr.) ( Frightened by Invasion of V. S. marines of Island off of Okinawa, Jap women are pat at ease by Lt. U. P. Barrand of Stamford, Conn. PACIFIC: Keep Goinp While the nation's capital buzzed with peace talk and Australian newspapers hinted of sensational de velopments, U. S. and British carrier planes continued to rake the Japa nese homeland and the Allied fleets kept up the bombardment of Nippon's sprawling coastline. Scorched by Allied fire, the Japs still refused to come out and fight. Propagandists were seeking to calm the populace with the assertion that the U. S and British attacks were designed to feel them out and they would strike at the proper time. Having joined with the fleet in rak ing shipping and transport facilities linking the coal-producing island of Hokkaido with Honshu, and pound ing factories on Honshu itself, car rier planes swept over Tokyo bay to shoot up combat vessels at anchor. Presumably remnants of the once proud Imperial fleet, the warships were covered by a heavy screen of anti-aircraft Are as U. S. and Brit ish airmen closed in. Peace talk was pointed up by per sistent rumors that Marshal Stalin might have brought Japanese peace terms to the Big Three meeting at President Truman (left) greets Prime Minister Cburehlll at Merlin. Berlin and the report that President Truman presented the conferees with American surrender conditions drawn up by the war, navy and state departments. Rumor that Russia's Big Boss might have borne Jap terms was ac centuated by a newspaper report from London that a high Soviet of ficial revealed that the Reds would transmit a definite surrender offer to the U. S. if it was forthcoming, and that Moscow would have to give the deepest consideration to entry into the Pacific war in view of the heavy losses suffered against Germany. Reportedly in the possession of Mr. Truman, the American surren der conditlons'supposedly include the relinquishment of all military equip ment; the disbandment of Jap forces; destruction of war indus try; supervision over enemy ship building, manufacture and port facilities, and punishment of war criminals. Rife In the U. S„ peace talk was equally lively in Australia, where 1 the Sydney Sun editorialized. "The end of the war may come with dra matic suddenness . . . Hirohito is still the god-emperor. By one stroke of a pen he could relieve Japan’s terrors and make peace There is every reason to believe that United States policy is preserving him for that part in the drama.” Meanwhile, U. S. military chief- j tains, sticking to the American max- ! lm that the game is never over until the last batter is out. discounted the peace talk and hewed to the big job ahead. SENATE: Global Pacts With public opinion strongly cast for co-operative effort to prevent fu ture warfare, international security and monetary agreements headed FARM NOTES... Though supplies of chicken and turkey will increase season ally from now until fall, demand is expected to remain unusually strong for the remainder of 1945. reflecting scarcity of meat, a high level of consumer pur chasing power, and large army procurement Prices received by farmers for chickens and ‘itr keys probably will be higher for the rest of 1945 than in tha corre . spending period of 1944. for comparatively quick passage in the senate. Overwhelmingly approved by the house, the Bretton Woods monetary agreements creating a bank of re construction and fund for stabilizing currencies passed the senate, with Taft (Rep., Ohio) leading a losing fight against the measures. Charging that high pressure tac tics have been employed to sell the agreements to the country, Taft sought to amend the $9,100,000,000 bank and $3,800,000,000 fund so as to assure the responsibility of bor rowers drawing upon American con tributions of $3,175,000,000 to the bank and $2,750,000,000 to the fund. While proponents of the Bretton Woods agreements declared that the bank was necessary to permit the economic development of foreign na tions, and the fund would permit countries to obtain currency at fair levels for international trade, oppo nents charged that there were no provisions in the plans compelling the members to stabilize their in ternal conditions to guarantee full redemption of their obligations. Concurrent with the agreements, the senate considered approval of the house - passed increase in the lending authority of the Export-Im port bank from $700,000,000 to $3, 500,000,000 to finance sales and pur chases abroad until the Bretton Woods pacts can be implemented. With only 1 of 22 members of the senate foreign relations committee in opposition, the United Nations secu rity charter was sent to the upper chamber for speedy passage. Al though not promising that the pact would prevent war, the committee declared it provided the basis for peaceful settlement of disputes. FOOD: Plain Talk Along with the war, food remained the major item of interest to Ameri cans, with Secretary of Agriculture Anderson warning of tight supplies into 1946 even while the Office of War Information prepared to launch an all-out propaganda drive to convince the U. S. of the necessity of tighten ing its belt to help feed impov erished Europe. Declaring that the present food shortage was the result of faulty planning last year, Anderson said prior to increased production in 1946 his office would seek to relieve present scarcities by stiffing black markets, improving distribution and holding army and foreign relief re quirements to minimum*. Except for milk, wheat, potatoes and fresh vegetables, most foods will remain in tight supply. Anderson said, with continued scarcities in meats, fats, oils, condensed and evaporated milk and canned fruits and vegetables. Rice and dry beans also will run short, he revealed. Meanwhile, the OWls mapped its propaganda campaign upon orders from the White House, followiag the report that the U. S. would have to provide most of the relief shipments to liberated Europe. In addition to pointing out the need for supplying the continent, the OWI also will is sue periodic statements on contribu tions being made by Great Britain, Russia. Canada and other nations. Pertinent to American relief ship ments abroad. Senator Wheeler (Dem., Mont.) told newspaper men that after having been promised adequate supplies by American au thorities. Europeans expect this countiy to stand by its word. "Al ready In Europe, people are saying that they were treated better be fore they were liberated,’’ Wheeler declared. Army Feeds Civilians Since the liberation of European countries began last year, the army has shipped more than 2.000,000 tons of foodstuffs, mainly wheat and flour, for “wake of battle’’ feed ing of civilians in liberated and oc cupied countries. Feeding of civilians in these areas by Allied troops is an obligation of the army insofar as this feeding may be necessary to prevent dis ease riot or unrest such as might prejudice military operations, or en danger the lives or health of G.l.s. : WAR PRODUCTION: Tapering Off Having already dropped to an an nual rate of 49.9 billion dollars in July from 60.7 billion in March, war production will be further slashed during the rest of the year, reflect ing decreased demands for a one front conflict. By December, production of air craft will be down to 800 million dol lars from the July figure of 1 bil lion; ships 500 million from 700 mil lion; guns and fire control 100 mil lion from 200 million; combat and motor vehicles 200 million from 300 million; communications and elec tronic equipment 200 million from 300 million, and other Items and sup plies 900 million from 1 billion. Of major munitions, only produc tion of ammunition will hold steady at 600 million dollars, with doubled output of rockets helping to offset reductions in other explosives. HARD WORKERS: More Meat In line with its policy of provid ing extra meat and other foods for persons engaged in hard physical la bor, OPA announced that miners would be granted additional meat rations starting in August. OPA action followed the walkout of 10.000 miners from Illinois pits, climaxing a series of strikes throughout the country. Leaving their jobs after their leaders de clared they "can’t dig coal on let tuce sandwiches,” the Illinois miners demanded an extra meat ra tion of 50 red points per month. Though 1,500 foundry workers in neighboring localities joined the j striking Illinois miners, OPA action did not include workers in other strenuous occupations in the liber alization of meat rations. RECONVERSION: Old Prices Working to head off runaway prices in the reconversion period be fore demand can more evenly bal ance with supply, OPA has drawn up an elaborate formula aimed at holding the cost of consumer goods to the 1942 level. Under the formula, manufacturers doing an annual business of $200,000 a year or more may add increased labor and material costs to their prices, but may apply only half the industry-wide profit margin of 1936 to 1939 so as to keep the overall gelling figure down. Producers in the lower brackets, however, may apply their own profit margins to their prices. To help speed reconversion, indi vidual manufacturers will be per mitted to work ouj their own prices and submit them to OPA for ap proval before the government can formulate general industry - wide costs. Wife Defends II Duce l.ong in the background, Donna Kachele Mussolini emerged briefly to holly challenge declarations that the late II Duce uas an irresponsible philnn derer strongly influ enced by a bevy of mistresses. Stating her husband uns closest to her when he tons down, and most distant when he was up, Donna llachele averred that “Mussolini never had | anything to do u