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From First Statesman, March 18, 1831
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO.
CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, President
Member of The Associated Press
The Associated Press la exclusively entitled to the use tor publication of all
news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in mis newspaper
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Six Months of War
It was around noon, here in the Pacific
time belt, when the first astounding news of
Pearl Harbor came flying over the air waves.
R was six months ago today, and on a Sunday.
The news was astounding. We were going
to say that it was thought-paralyzing. In a way
that is true but in this sense it was not: Each
of us knew in an instant what it meant, what
this nation had to do.
The task was clear, but not its magnitude,
gix months have passed; the time is appro
priate for reminder that many assumed six
months would see it completed. One big naval
encounter and it would be all over so Ameri
cans thought. They had not yet learned that our
Pacific fleet had been badly crippled that very
day; had not reckoned the possibility that the
enemy would avoid open battle between capi
tal ships even after that damage had been
mended; had no adequate conception of the
enemy's air power nor of the dominating role
it was to play. Briefly and bluntly, we under
estimated Japan.
There have been times since then in
which we have overestimated the enemy, large
ly through failure to graps the influence of
distance involved. He looked like an irresist
ible force in the Philappines and in Malaya, in
the Dutch East Indies and in Burma. Now we
begin to get the perspective. He was irresist
ible because we were not there in adequate
force. The apparent feebleness of his attack
upon Dutch Harbor points the contrast
Meanwhile we have amassed something
like adequate strength in Australia and pre
sumably in Alaska. In east Asia, on the con
tinent, we have not; and though the enemy's
failure to push on into India sheds light on
the limitations of his miitary extension, grave
concern over the fat of China, its ability to
withstand the renewed pressure while cut off
from sources of supply, is in order. On that
front we can only do our best and hope.
But if on December 7 we underestimated
Japan, it seems equally true that Japan's war
lords underestimated us. Looking at America's
asserted disunity and Americans' softness and
love of east in the lighjt of their own viewpoint
and experience, they assumed that we would
by this time have cracked up internally and
given up the struggle.
The rhythmic rattle of assembly lines from
which roll huge engines of war, hourly with
no letup for Sundays and holidays, is the an
swer to that one. Most of our military victories
re still to be won; the basic production name
already is won.
It is our belief, further, that a significant
battle of morale has been -or is being won. We
are learning to take setbacks in stride, to re
frain from gloating unduly over minor suc
cesses. We are just beginning to learn that it
Is both futile to .complain, and unnecessary to
have cat fits, because some few individuals are
failingMo pull their share of the load. We are
learning the philosophical implications of the
familiar saying, "the devil take the hindmost."
In other words, we are beginning to act like
adults doing a serious job.
But the battle of the home front has not
yet reached its climax and it will not do to
be too complacent. We have not yet learned
the meaning of actual, physical wartime sacri
fice. Can we take it?
Now i by -coincidence, on the "semi-anniversary"
of Pearl Harbor, it appears that the
great naval battle which we thought would
immediately follow, may be under way not
far to the east of that initial war scene.. It
appears further that our forces are moving to
ward victory, as we had faith that in such a
battle they would. The trend and even the
coincidence are encouraging signs. Once again
we need to avoid over-optimism as to the im
mediate results. There is no need to avoid
optimism as to the eventual results.
We may have to fight for a long time. We
can't lose. -We can't compromise. So we just
have to win.
Half Dozen of the Other
If it were the government's policy to pay
rental of local rationing board offices, Salem
and Marion county would justly object to be
ing made an exception. Since it appears that
the national policy is to expect communities
to bear the cost, no objection is in order. Even
tually the cost comes back to the same tax
payer. 'The next question is 'that of finance. It is
a small item, but of such are huge governmen
tal budgets composed. If space such as Chair
man John Heltzel of the rationing board esti
mates to be necessary is provided, the cost will
approximate $1000 a year.
But it so happens that the city of Salem
has adequate and well-located quarters avail
able quarters which are used briefly two
nights a month.
. We refer to the council chambers.
Well, why not? To the best of our knowl
' edge they possess no dignity nor majesty which
would forbid their more extensive use for such
a purpose. There is room back of the railing
which separates the mighty we refer to the
aldermen from the common herd, alias the
aldermen's bosses. The rationing board's desks
and filing cabinets could be placed there, pos
sibly moved back into more condensed space
"on council meeting nights the attendance sel
dom is heavy and even this might not be
.necessary."? "T . :v -
After all, it is fitting that "the more Im
portant functions of ? government be carried
on in the more commodious and imposing
quarters' at the community's disposal. And we
foresee, if itis not already, an actuality, that
the most important of government functions in
.each community is going" to be Jthat of rationing.
The galleries of horror which the "comics'
have become in -their new4 booklet form, have
received comment heretofore in this column.
A series of booklets which must constitute the
last word in this, direction, we recently have
seen advertised: "Hangman Comics."
Jeeps in Peacetime
"Tomorrow, when the world is free Uncle
Sam is going to have on his hands a huge fleet
of those unprepossessing but .amazingly' utili
tarian vehicles, loosely styled "jeeps" though
the process of assigning each divergent model
a distinctive name is now under way. Since
total demobilization is unlikely for a long time,
Uncle will still have use for a great many
but not for all these vehicles. What to do
with them?
It is the cold, unadorned fact that war
necessity has produced some new gadgets of
notable peacetime value. It will produce more.
If the tire situation gets a great deal worse,
we may almost count upon the appearance of
a fairly satisfactory substitute for rubber.
But about the jeeps; it is said that they
will pull a harrow, or even a light plow, and
perform a great many other farm tasks. Their
diversion to such duties will be simpler than
"beating swords into plowshares." Moreover,
someone has. suggested after watching these
things bounce across rough terrain, that they
may eventually replace the west's familiar
cow pony. We trust Pendleton will never
awaken to the extent of staging a jeep rodeo.
Elsewhere in the United, States there may
be some firecracker-shooting on the Fourth of
July, but it is banned entirely here in this
war zone. We would be pleased if General
DeWitt actually could assure' us that there
would be "no fireworks." He will do his best,
but the enemy may have some voice in the
matter.
News
The News
By PAUL MALLON
(Distribution by Kins Features Syndicate Inc. Repro
duction In whole or in part strictly prohibited.)
WASHINGTON, June 8 The ardent liberal
campaign to banish all so-called isolationists from
public life in the midst of war was started by the
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should be exterminated because
they opposed getting into the war before we got
into the war. The liberals hammered that reason
for a while, but it left matters just as much In the
dark as ever, because Mr. Roosevelt opposed get
ting into the war before we got in.
His speeches and statements show this to have
been his announced policy in his reelection. If that
is the measure of isolationism, then the president
was an isolationist and so were most of the people
of the country.
Any real reason for the campaign continued
to be unexplained until the New Republic's June 8
issue came out this week. Then it offered a good
reason.
It said it was not socking isolationists be
cause they were isolationists, but because most of
them were against the new deal, quote:
"The enemies of .the new deal are the very
ones who could keep us from winning the peace.
This is an issue which must be fought and won
on the domestic front, and it must be won while
the war is being waged."
That clarifies the matter. The attack, it now
appears, was timed all along for the primaries
and the congressional elections, for domestic po
litical reasons which are fair enough in them
selves. But such a clarification certainly requires
the liberals to drop that fake mantle of patriotism
under which they have been hiding this purely
political sword.
The question then is whether the New Re
public and associates are going to dictate the
peace and future domestic politics after elimi
nating their political opponents from the discus
sion during the coming elections.
Behind
New Reoublie maeazine for
reasons not clear at the time.
The -implication was that
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1 inspection of their voting rec
ords in congress since December
7 showed they generally sup
ported very war measure and
were not talking much. Actual
ly they were no obstacle to the
war effort.
When that reason thus fell
down, other publications which
took up the campaign, turned
to the point that the isolationists
Mourning about the new tax bill is wide
spread among those who are making it and who
may bring it out in about two weeks. Designed
to curb inflation and raise $8,600,000,000, it does
neither.
The government economists are clicking their
teeth about it because it will make the nation's
total federal tax bill about $24,000,000,000 a year,
only about one-fourth of our national income and
that income may go to $120,000,000,000 by the
time the bill becomes effective. They all say it
therefore cannot be a guarantee against inflation.
Mr. Morgenthau first asked for a $7,600,00,
000 bill and then sent up supplemental requests
which would bring it up to $8,600,000,000. As it
stands now the bill would raise less than $8,000,
000,000. If a $2,000,000,000 sales tax were added, the
revenue raising deficiency would be met, but the
administration is inherently opposed even to the
phrase "sales tax.
The bill does- not touch those taxpayers in
the lower third of the income tax brackets where
most of the "excess income' is, the income which
the . administration economists fear will cause
inflation.
Lower exemptions will touch this group light
ly, but the committee agrees that many in the
group are not accustomed to paying income taxes
and did not get into the habit when the brackets
were dropped .last time, so they do not consider
the added burden as onerous.
In general the bill. gets added revenue from
the same sources the government has been tapping
more and more in recent years business and the
Investing' class. The corporation fax (normal plus
surtax) is 49 per cent, and the excess profits tax
94 per cent in addition. ,
While the committee has turned down many
specific treasury recommendations, it has In gen
eral followed the treasury pattern, This, of course,
is a campaign year.
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On Pag 7
By KTRKE K SIMPSON
Wide World War Analyst
For The Statesman
Among other cheering notes
on thejwar for the United Na
tions as the first week of June
pagses without evidence that
the axis la Europe has anywhere
. regained the initiative is the
drastic change that baa come
over German high command
statements.
Tsweavbevt the whale
eeaiM of the war those pro
gress bane tins always have
dealt somewhat In exaggera
tion, bwt never before to the
extent they are bow eetuist
eatly overstating nasi military
successes and understating
nasi reserves.
Just why this official German
appeal to hyperbole is deemed
necessary now can only be con
jectured. Just when it started
is easier to calculate.
It began to be a definite as
pect of German high command
statements last winter, when
Hitler took over supreme army
command in Russia and purged,
one way or another, highest
ranking German professional
soldiers. There is now ample
evidence from American Press
observers who were stationed in
Berlin before the United States
entered the war, that this resort
to Hitlerian fiction was at least
one bone of contention between
the nazi egoist and his generals.
It violated their professional
pride and conscience.
The change bespeaks growing
uneasiness in Hitler's inner cir
cle, perhaps in Hitler himself,
over German public reception
of war news that truthfully pre
sented, even within the limits of
military requirements, no long
Crime at
By EDITH BRISTOL
Chapter 34 Continued
The signature on the permit
for the gun was in Lance's writ
ing but disguised! This was
what the district attorney was
going to claim. The city, hand
writing experts were to be con
tradicted and outsworn by other
experts to bo called by Stevens.
A mysterious "key witness"
his name we could not learn, but
I was suspicious from the begin
ning that I could have named
him had appeared before the
district attorney, volunteered the
testimony that Lance was seen,
on the evening of the killing,
leaving the ranch by the back
road, and in a state of mind
"much disturbed. ,
As for motive this was being
read into the charges L a n c e
was assumed to be Martha's heir.
Martha was Walter's heir. The
assumption being, then, that
after killing his uncle, Lance was
supposed to.be ready to do away
with his aunt and so inherit
Castaway.
It was all so horrible. So far
fetched, speculative, unreason
able. It was more like a bad
dream than like the logical pro
cesses of a reasonable case. I
said to Allen:
"What's back of it all?"
"Two things in addition to
Stevens ambition to win a con
viction. The Gallina police are
determined to make monkeys
out of the city detectives. The
San Francisco detectives said
there wasn't enough evidence to
hold Lance. Therefore the Gal
lina master minds" I had never
before known Sheriff Allen to
be guilty of sarcasm "the mas
ter minds of Gallina are out to
prove that there was enough evi
dence. They're going to hang
that gun on Lance and try to
hang Lance on that gun."
"Stevens will have experts to
swear that was Lance's signa
ture just as many experts as
Lance will have to swear it
wasn't . . ." Allen didn't think
much of handwriting experts.
"Somebody will swear he saw
Lance drive away from the ranch
as if that meant anything.
"But what else is behind it?
There must be something we
don t know.
"There is. The directors of the
Gregg Construction company are
after Stevens. Somebody's sold
. them a bill of goods. They're
making it hot lor the DA's of
fice, insisting on a victim. And
It looks Hke Lance, so far, is the
victim."
One more trump was in the
hand held by the district attor
ney. He didnt make it known.
But by that mysterious grape
vine that carries secrets in the
small town it crept out and we
heard it. '
"On information received,"
agents of the district attorney
searched Lance's car, the road
ster in which he and I had driv
en together so happily to Gallina
dam. -';"'
Nobody knew who suggested
the search. That was still being
kept a secret by the assiduous
district attorney. But the results
of the search leaked out in the
' lining of the ear, safely tucked
- away in a bidden .compartment,
were found ten of the missing
er could show smashing nazi
victories in every engagement
reported.
Turning back to the German
official bulletins from Scandi
navia, the low countries, France
and the, Balkans aj the victory
tide swept onward, the striking
thing about them was that they
rarely proved inaccurate. The
$ strategic battle keys reported
taken invariably were already
captured or so cut ofjt that they
soon fell to German armies.
They were always specific,
not general. They mentioned
cities, forts, important rivet
lines. While the comment that
enemy resistance on a given
front had been broken frequent
ly proved premature, all too
often even that prediction was
promptly verified.
By contrast, since Hitler
took personal command la
Russia none of the flamboyant
claims that Kasslaa resistance
was wholly shattered have
ever been realised. While his
armies stul were on the march
eastward last year, the geo
graphical data tnelnded m his
bnlleuns later usually proved
well f sanded, bat not the
claimed effect of the victory
en R assign morale.
Now even the pretense oi
documenting a sweeping victory
claim with names of cities and
towns taken or river defense
lines breached has been aban
doned. It is such generalities in
German official claims of a
smashing victory over the Rus
sians on the Kharkov front that,
considered with Russian re
ports, warrant suspicion that
Hitler received a jarring, body
blow at Kharkov which he dares
not reveal to his people.
Castaway'
bills left by Durfee on Walter's
bedside table!
That, in the estimation of the
Gallina grand Jury, combined
with the possession of the gun,
formed evidence conclusive.
On that evidence. Lance was
in jail. On that evidence, they
would try him for murder. On
that evidence they would, if they
could, sentence him to the fullest
extent of the law.
"And what about the Durfes
killing? I demanded. "What
about Estelle?"
"They don't dare include thoso
in the charges Allen said in
the tone of a man who has lost
all hope! "But they'll get those
into the minds of the jurymen
if they cant get into the record
of the court."
Lance stubbornly refused to
let us come to see him in the
Gallina JaiL
Isn't it strange how the small
est trifle will prove sometimes
to be the most important clue?
That was the case with the
final solution of our mysteries
and I wonder now, as I look
back on it, how it was possible
that we were blind enough to
overlook the clue so plain before
our eyes.
It was a few slivers of broken
glass that started me on the trail
that was finally to lead to th
solution of our crimes at Cast
away, and this is the way it
came about.
(To be continued)
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refined, always full of love and
helpfulness! Peace be to her
beloved memory!
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