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HYANNIS, Mass., Sept. 6.—Amer ica’s diplomatic communications al) over the world were "blacked out” in the crucial weeks before the fall of France be cause of the ar rest of a code clerk who had access to docu ments contain ing “exact and complete” data on Engl an war plans, Jo seph P. Ken nedy, former Ambassador to Great Britain, disclosed yester day. Mr. Kennedy said \ that after Tt" the arrest in October, 1940, of Tyler Kent, who was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment after a trial on charges of violating the British Official War Secrets Act, it was suspected that Germany had re ceived not only copies of original documents, but also coded copies. It was assumed then, Mr. Ken nedy said, that Germany had pene trated the code, and thus could have access to any diplomatic mes sages transmitted via cable or radio anywhere in the world. Blackout for 2 to 6 Weeks. The blackout lasted for 2 to 6 weeks, he said, until couriers reached embassies with new codes. Mr. Kennedy indicated that Italy may have been ordered to stay out of the war for the first 14 months of the conflict because she was more useful to Germany as a trans mission belt for information on Britain's activities. Mr. Kennedy stated that Kent had copied 1,500 documents covering vital British war plans, but it wasn't until after his arrest that a con nection was found between Kent and the Italian Embassy in London. “Italy, you remember,” Mr. Ken nedy said in a telephone interview, "did not go to war until after Kent's arrest.” Mr. Kennedy denied Kent was an emissary between President Roose velt and Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty, as was charged in the British Parliament by John McGovern, British Laborite. Charged Secret War Deal. Mr. McGovern asserted that Kent had been imprisoned to prevent dis closure of a reported prewar agree ment between Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Churchill, which was described as a pledge for the United States to help England if she entered the war. In Washington, Kent’s mother. Mrs. Ann M. P. Kent, said the State Department's statement issued Sat urday, “left entirely unanswered the point on which the American peo ple demand an investigation, i.e,. the existence or nonexistence of se cret prewar agreements made by the President of the United States with out 'the advice and consent of the Senate.* ” Mrs. Kent's statement was in a letter to Secretary of State Hull which she made public. She said her son had been called upon to code and decode “secret agreements between Roosevelt and Churchill.” and she quoted her son as having said after his sentencing in England: “At times I was almost nauseated at the part I had to play.” Mother Denied Passport. Mrs. Kent said she had been re fused a passport to visit her son in England, and said 'she planned to petition Congress “for redress of grievance.” “The department doubtless heard of my intention and accordingly issued its release at this time,” she said. Mr. Kennedy said his first knowl edge of the Kent affair came when a Scotland Yard man called at the Embassy and laid the facts before him. Later, Mr. Kennecy said that “we went to Kent's rooms and found copies of 1,500 documents locked in a strong box.” Mr. Kennedy said that Kent had been followed to a photography shop where the documents were copied on microfilm, but that while Kent was suspected of delivering the material to the Axis, the “beans were spilled” when the Italian Embassy called Kent’s rooms while Scotland Yard men and American Embassy officials were there. Copied All Secret Data. Mr. Kennedy said that Mr. Churchill had agreed to supply “ex act and complete” information on Brtish war plans and preparations to President Roosevelt, when the war began. The documents which Kent had copied, Mr. Kennedy said, covered “all the messages between Churchill and Roosevelt.” “Churchill had given me a very frank and complete picture of Eng land's unpreparedness,” Mr. Ken nedy said, “of her military and naval power and military placements, the status of her industries and week by-week developments for forward ing to President Roosevelt.” Mr. Kennedy said that if this country had been at war he would have recommended that Kent be sent back here to be shot. As it was, he waived diplomatic immunity with the approval of the State De partment, and turned him over to the British authorities for trial. Can’t Understand Kent’s Action. The State Department in Wash ington has said that American action in the Kent case awaited completion of his sentence, when he would again come under Juris diction of American courts. Mr. Kennedy said that he could not understand Kent’s action, "but somewhere along the line he had developed an anti-semitic complex." “When he was arrested I asked him what ha could have been think ing of. He showed no remorse, but went into an anti-semltic blast that was a terrible thing." Army Insists on Equality In Camps, Patterson Says By the Associated Press. MONTGOMERY, Ala., Sept. «.— The War Department, Acting Sec retary Robert P. Patterson asserted in a letter to Gov. Chauncey Sparks, has insisted during the war that "all soldiers, regardless of race, be afforded equal opportunity to enjoy the recreational facilities which are provided at Army posts, camps and stations." Jfr. Patterson added that the War Department Is “not an appropriate medium for effecting social read* Justments.” His communication was In reply to a recent telegram Oov. Sparks sent to President Roosevelt protesting a War Department memorandum eliminating segregation of races at miltary Installations. Mr. Patterson said Gov. Sparks’ telegram had been referred to him for reply.' * “I agree,” said the Governor In commenting on Mr. Patterson’s let ter, “that Negroes should be given equal facilities, but not the same fa cilities as white soldiers. There should be segregatoln.” Pspsi-Cola Company, Long Island City, N. Y. Franchised Bottler: Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co., Washington, D. C. MAKES YOU LOVELY 1 color in your hats end gowns—color In your Make-Up—and more color’m your Face Powder, the b»tl-dr»u»d women use Frances Denney FACE FOWDER _ ESSENTIAL It* vital root-system reaching '=/ > deep into the earth, a great tree receives the nourishment essential to maintain life and sturdy growth. So too does the American way of life depend upon the huge network of rail roads which developed the resources of the nation, moving on through great agricultural and industrial areas, carry ing the essentials of America’s life and growth. Of this network, 8,000 miles are the ROCK ISLAND Lines. Here are 8,000 miles of well-kept steel highways which draw from the resources of 14 middle western states. ROCK ISLAND helped to bring growth and success to that vital area, at the same time serving the entire nation through interchange of traffic to all points. Essential in the early building of our nation—vital today in moving steady streams of war supplies—ROCK ISLAND LINES will have a big job to do in the ? future, too. ' / When America's chief concern is the building of the peace, ROCK ISLAND'S responsibility will be the moving of the essentials to another period of Ameri can prosperity. 9 At yostorday— and today—to tomorrow ROCK ISLAND'S solo purposo is to provido tho ft not t m transportation. 4 ROCK ISLAND LINES i ONI OF AMERICA'S RAILROADS — A_Lt UNITED FOR VICTORY Why your gasoline dealer’s Ethyl pump may be dry ¥ ’ ' - J . .• - ’ *f’’ - *■ r f It has become necessary to limit the supply of premium gasoline to civilians-in spite of the fact that the production of Ethyl fluid has been increased tremendously since the war began. We would like the millions of Ethyl users to understand why this wartime short age exists, and why it is, in fact, good news. ■ # When you drive up to an Ethyl pump these days the dealer may tell you he has no Ethyl, or that he can let you have only a little. The reason for this shortage is the simple fact that "More and more Ethyl is going overseas.” Failure of the Luftwaffe to prevent the Allies from bombing practically at will, means our airmen can make more raids; and so use more {ligh-octane gasoline. Failure of the Japs to stop our Pacific offensives means America has more bases from which to strike; bases that must be supplied with gasoline. . Failure of the Wehrmacht to stand off invasion means that Allied ground forces can send their tanks, trucks, jeeps and other motorized equipment plunging ahead— and this, too, calls for more gasoline. • - * $ This is good news! But it means that military demands for high-octane gasoline —practically every drop of which contains Ethyl fluid—have reached an all time high. It means that there is less Ethyl fluid available for civilian use. To conserve this vital material, the Pe troleum Administration for War recently directed that the quantity of premium gasoline be cut in half. The total amount of civilian gasoline was not changed by this order, only the quantity of premium gasoline. In our opinion there is no doubt that this decision was correct. We feel sure that as long as the needs of war have first claim on Ethyl fluid, you will gladly make the best of whatever gasoline is available. dzuuikvM Prmideni * Mqri CotponUuo, Chrysler Building, New York, N. Y. MORI AND MORE ETHYL IS OOINO / OVE RSEAS .