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From First Statesman. March 28, 18S1
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THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher
Member of the Associated Press -The
Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all'
new dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper.
Recognition for Service Men
- In wartime, even in a democracy, the in
dividual counts for less. His rights are restric
ted, his grievances receive scant attention.
This of course in a democracy is only on the
surface. Emphasis is on the nation's fate, for
the nation is in peril; but the nation still exists
for the individual and the war is being fought
for his ultimate good. Nonetheless he has cause
ttf feel,' for the time being, a bit neglected. That
goes for the civilian; as for the fighting man,
individuality is submerged in the uniform and
in the military organization. . .
Yet in this war to an unprecedented degree
Pvt. Joe Doakes, USA, is getting a break.
His pay is somewhere near adequate, his uni
form is designed at long last for comfort, he is
well fed so long as food can be gotten to him.
If wounded he receives the best possible care
considering the circumstances. American mili
tary strategy strives to achieve objectives at
the least possible cost in casualties. He is not
tcannon fodder" to be carelessly expended.
Perhaps most remarkable of all, he. Pvt.
Joe-Doakes, is receiving recognition for his
sacrifices, his valor and his achievements-
In the training camp the "public relations
office" is at great pains to publicize the en
listed man. The extent to which this is possible
varies with the different services but from some
of the training centers, notably the air corps,
the armored service and the marines, comes a
great volume of news releases dealing with in
dividuals. These come, of course, to the newspapers.
Yes, this matter of giving due recognition to
service men inescapably involves the news
papers and they are doing their part. No par
ticular credit is claimed at this point; this is
news, and news is their merchandise. Yet it
is proper to point out that newspapers are
doing this part of their job better than ever
in the past. The "servicemen's column'' is an
innovation of this war. The Statesman, inenden
tally was among the first to install it.
"Credit where credit is due" seems to be the
slogan of the armed services and all con
cerned. Commendable as is this new attitude,
the objective can never be fully attained. News
of the individuals on the firing line is, un
fortunately, more difficult to obtain than news
of those in training. There is, for one thing,
the censorship most of it necessary. Some of
the more hazardous and valuable services are
oi such nature that they can receive no men
tionUntil the war is over, or at any rate until
the ' performing of them is no longer active.
Necessarily, there is a dearth of news about na
vy; men on sea duty. Navy men say "You never
see k; snip s name in the paper until it is sunk."
Yet in the reporting of actual combat, a bet
ter .job than ever betore is being done in this
matter of individual recognition. Trained re
porters wno are non-commissioned officers
accompany the troops in at least some types of
comoai. oth they and the regular war corres
ponuents who ooiain eye-witness accounts of
tne ugnting are uiii&ent in obtaining the names
ana iiume aaaressta oi men wno perform ex
ceptional teats. .
ine war news contains a great many more
names oi lnaivuiuais man ever bei'ore. Aside
from the satisiacuon tneir lamnies and they,
when they have time to learn aoout it derive
irom tnis development, and the aid to morale
in what is at uesi a &nm business, this is a
heaiiny sign, democracy is, essentially, re
cognition oi the inutvinual. Vve were airaid
democracy would sulfer in wartime. In this
respect at least., n n.
Shipyard Work Week
iuc cut-down Oi worK m the shipyards with
maritime commission contracts by eliminating
Sunday work will not seriously cripple pro
duction, and it will save considerable by end
ing double-time pay tor Sunday work. While
the ' oiiicials say the present complement of
.. workers will be retained and used on a six
day schedule, this is prooaoly window-dressing
for the inevitaoie scaling down of total num
bers of workers employed. This can be secured
with discharges, simply by failing to make
tarings equal the number of workers quitting
employment. Irlere is a tremendous turnover
. in lieip at the Kaiser yards, and it may even
now: be true that- the number of employes is
somewhat below the peak for the three yards'.
Meantime other employment opportunities
wiU open up. It is expected that Portland will
become more important as a debarkation point,
which will call for more labor. And workers
can find jobs in packing plants, retail stores,
and on farms. There is no cause for alarm that
the ghost of unemployment will presently stalk
the streets of Portland.
As far as the shipyards go the productive
efficiency of the yards has been improving
steadily. The cut-back to a six-day week will
: not hurt efficiency, and may even improve it
by giving a more orderly work-week.
Plant Conversion f
We refuse to get excited when industrialists
. prognosticate on their postwar production. Hen
ry Kaiser, for instance, has projected the
thought of turning his shipyards into plants for
making automobiles, or cargo planes,' or Tight
weight trains. Henry Ford says he will use Wil
low Run to turn out cargo-passenger planes.
What these men forget is that older; plants in
the business, with ample capital and more ex
perience, should be in position to get that bus
iness first. ..- ; ;: 1 ': . i- ; '; j ; ''
Most of the people will be satisfied if Ford
will keep on producing a low-cost automobile,
economical to operate. He should let the plane
makers "try their wings" on low-cost, econo
mical planes. As for Kaiser, the prediction now
is that his yards will close the day the last ship
contract is filled. Without government funds
to finance conversion and experimentation the
yards will not turn to .any peacetime produc
tion, though, one or two rnightibe continued for
restricted work in shipbuilding. . j
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Fox to Defend Coast
Hitler's answer to Teheran's' threat? of in
vasion is the appointment of Marshall Edwin
Rommel as commander : of the defenses of
Festung Europa. Rommel is a foe worthy of his
designation as "desert fox" won because of his
earlier successes in North Africa. Finally fooled
and overwhelmed by Montgomery and Eisen
hower, he nonetheless is regarded as an able
general. He has made allied progress in Italy
slow and costly, and is probably the best gen
eral Hitler has for the western command.
Recently Rommel is reported to have inspec
ted defenses in Norway and Denmark, and to
have reviewed invasion exercises off Jutland.
All his cunning and all his strength will be de
voted to foil the allied invasion when it comes.
Hitler very clearly is not relying on his own in
tuition but on the veteran and proven skill of
his ablest field commander, Rommel.
North Africa proved that Rommel could be
defeated, but it must be admitted that his re
treat of 1500 miles across he head of the con
tinent was masterly. While the popular song ap
plies: "We did it before; we'll do it again," we
must recognize in Rommel a commander of
great ability whose defeat will call for super
ior strategy and tremendous force.
L
Gov. John Bricker lashed out at the Roose
velt administration in a bristling campaign
speech in New York city Saturday night, just
as though he were candidating in 1936.
News Behind
The News
By PAUL MALLON
WASHINGTON, December 13 The administra
tion has opened a drive to "dispel disunity .
Top rostrunvmen, Speaker Rayburn, War Pro
duction Vice Chairman Charles Wilson and War
Mobilizer James Byrnes, have
spoken on the subject in rapid
order.
Mr. Rayburn was trying to
quiet the house, where criticism
of the administration's domestic
war effort Is continuing to
mount.
Mr. Wilson spoke to the Na
tional Association of Manufac-
"Alv'- 1 turers wnere ne saia too ma
iAaCiL'i ii i ny were preparing their post
paid Mailoa war positions at the expense of
the war effort.
Mr. Byrnes, on the radio, went after the big four
brotherhoods (first time any administration man
has dared attack this most powerful of labor groups)
and other labor and farm groups, seeking to break
the government's price .policies.
Altogether, it looks like a well -managed cam
paign. The country is truly in a perplexing condition.
Whether "disunity" is the proper word for it is
certainly open to question. Take, for instance, the
inner background from which Rayburn spoke.
The house itself is idling without much to do.
Its investigating committees, however, are constant
ly digging up evidence of mismanagement along
the line of one committee which recently heard the
charge that although $13,000,000 had been spent for
one plane plant in North Carolina, only one plane
had been produced.
Such things have political ramifications. Nothing
in Washington now or from now on will be non
political. The election campaign already has start
ed in the minds of the politicos.
Indeed, Mr. Rayburn himself is considered a
vice presidential possibility, although his state of
Texas is reported to be one of the four most criti
cal of the new deal in all the south.
Only a few days before he spoke for unity, his
own administration wheel-horse. Sen. Guffey, was
at work bitterly promoting disunity in the party
with personal attacks on southerners in the senate.
This peculiar situation is presented almost daily
in a certain newspaper in New York, which howls
for unity on odd numbered pages and openly op
poses disunity on the even numbered ones, with
such hate-filled headlines as:
"Rep. Rankin Sneers at War-Heroes," and "Cot
ton Ed Smith Backs Lynch Law."
This is the prevailing state of the whole admin
istration itself calling for unity and good feeling
alternately with inflammatory attacks upon ad
versaries. Or consider the inner background of Mr. Wil
son's words. He is certainly non-political. His
warning that the country may go too far in its
swing toward the right was certainly sound.
But, in submitting his warnings of disunity, he
also offered war production figures indicating in
dustry is doing an excellent job an evidence of
considerable unity. He put forward no suggestion
that production is falling off.
Indeed, his figures led the American Federation
of Labor weekly to carry a banner line "War Pro
duotion Over the Top" (citing shipyards and war '
plane records to December 1).
Mr. Wilson also spoke of "men who preach dis- ,
unity (not naming any), "plunging us into, dis
astrous internal strife." If there are any sudCu)-'
questionably they should be named, jailed or sub
dued. The administration has great powers to pun
ish them outside the courts if they exist in business,
and if they are an important factor. -
But I read the papers and magazines probably
as fully as anyone, and I see little real hate and
no campaigns for disunity only good production
figures.
I also see a confusing contest of various political
and economic groups contriving campaigns and wal
lowing dazedly in their own confused and con-
flicting advice, or striving to promote their own
welfare primarily. This is not disunity, only ty
pical American politics.
It is not good, wise, or beneficial, but it exists.
Not confined to one side, it is not likely to be cured
by one-sided campaigns. If all administration
spokesmen were Raybums, Wilsons and Byrnes,
it might die downconsiderably, but ? this cannot
even be hoped for. nf.v
Disunity? No. No public spokesman favors giving
in to the axis, or abandoning Britain or Russia.
All want extermination of our enemies. No riots or
open demonstrations of protests have occurred,
such as have characterized previous wars of this
country. . - ;;--
For victory, for production, for utmost fighting
,,efforV this, nation has been unified, as probably
never before the war. Politically,-economically,' it
has not been, and probably never will be. -
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War Sacrifices
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Today's Garden
By LILUE. L. MADS EN
JCN of Salem gives us this in
formation in reply to an earlier
"request: r ; ;
"Isn't it possible that Mrs. H.
R. means by "bronieas the native
genus brodiaea, of the lily fam
ily, represented in Oregon by 15
native species, of which at least
four are common about Salem in
late spring? These four are hya
cinthina, corona ria, pulchella and
grandiflora var. howeUiL Somi
botanists include these in the
genus hookera. Some of 'them are
locally ' known as -'fool's. onionV ,
They are very pretty little
plants, but I nave never seen
any of them in cultivation
though the European B. uniflora
is sometimes seen in gardens. .
"I feel sure that Mrs. CAJ'
Sweet Anise is nothing but the
common fennell (foenipulum vul
gare, of the parsnip family). It 4s
very common in door-yards and
waste places about Salem, and
ever since I have lived here I
have heard it called 'anise I
suppose because of the resem
blance of it aromatic odor to
that ol the anise. But we have no
anise here, except in the, drug
stores." .v -"-v
- Thanks, J.CJ. I have never
happened to hear the fennel re
f erred to as "anise" but I can
see where It could be. I saw some
of the native brodiaeas grown In
the gardens -of Carl Purdy at
Tjkiah, Calif, and they were re
ally very lovely there. In the
iris gardens, above Molalla, they
were also cultivated to some ex
tent. Their long "necks- keep
them from making much of a
showing,, but they are rather at
tractive at that. , .
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the office of the public utilities
Word has come to F. J. Butns, chief of the rate division in
i,.
t divisic
commissioner atj Salerh, George
TT. YlaeeL that little Patricia Ducker has been bombed out of her
London home, but, with her mother, has survived the recently
renewed raids by the enemy Hins. "Pat" is the little four year
old whom PUC people have tried occasionally to cheer by send-
ing little things that cannot now
be purchased in England. -:
Wben their home was struck
in the November raids, the me
ther was running for the bomb
shelter in the rear yard, carry
ing the child In her arms. Little '
Pat was tossed through the en
trance, and the body ef her mo
ther was - blown along to : land
on top of the youngster, and
both only slightly injured.
The G e r m a n bomb hit the
ground a short distance from the
home of the Duckers. It destroyed
four adjacent residences and
smashed j the windows and doors
In the Ducker place, knocking off
plaster, poked holes in the roof
and walls and Littered the floors
with chunks of clay.- The clay!
came from a bomb crater that was
excavated to a depth of 20 feet.
Little Pat is living now in the
top flat of a building that puts';
her "way vp in the sky," and j
there she has received the first J
of several Christmas boxes sent
by PUC; associates of Mr. Barns,
She is due for six more . stvn
. ning surprises if the- mails get
through, each five - pound con
tainer being filled with sweets,
toiletries and: food Items that
English; folk are short of.
"This i has been all-American
week for us," wrote Mrs. Duck
er. "Besides the box, there were
letters and a birthday card from
six Salem girls whom I do not
know. I am almost speechless as
I think j of how wonderful it is
that so I many people, all stranf
gers, should be Interested in ua.
And all of them seem to ready to
do something; It 'provides some
thing to think about. '
"Before the war there existed 1 1
terrific j gap between our tw
countries. - ( r
"We average citizens knew
very little of each other, but we
have come to have a. better bb
derstanding. There is a sympa
thy in existence now that was
not known before. What I mean
may be illustrated when I sayj
year type of humor has become
as enjoyable as ear own, . and
the sensibilities of
is Just fun.
, We used jto make fup of your
non-com officers among Ameri
can fighting boys j because they
wore their stripes up: ide down.
We don't anymore, be -ause they
honor their insignia regardless of
how it is worn, and so do we. We
are learning: about Mr and .Mrs.
America, and When tl lis I war is .
over Mr. and Mrs. . B itain ; will f
welcome ' a firmer frie; idship be
tween us, politically aiid person
ally. V-: ?-., : frl i ! -i .
- "We are certainly reminded that .
America i fights with us . and of
(Tend lease arrangements, for your
jeeps are all over the place, and
the'Forts and Ubs are j-ontinyally
over London oh - j ther- way , t?
bombing France! and dermany.
4-
neither of us intend to
thd o
wound
other. It
Around Orc&on
By the Associated
Pre ' -
guard cox-
Manzanita,
. James Burke, coast
swain pn the tender
received a silver Hfesaving medal
at ceremonies in Astocia fori res
cuing j a drowning man
get sound last February . . The
Clackamas I county Republican
club named George Ni ckles, Ore
gon City, presidenlj . . , :
, A seven per cent ju np in food
prices was predicted y Earl C.
Hald, district OPA pi ice execu
tive, if congress kills he subsidy
program . j . . . i Treve Jones ; as
sumed the presidency of the Port
land .;, junior chamber
of com
merce . . j Thomas Regs, Dallas,
was named to Phi Lai nbda Upsi
lon, national chemistr y honorary
at Oregon State college . . JJ ,
: American war dadsj undeterred
by Gov. Snell's refusal to call a
special legislative session to ear
mark, state income , tajx surpluses
for postwar work,! drafted at Port
land a formal appeal to the gov
ernor . . j . The second r of three
274-foot barges built for the mar
itime commission was launched
Saturday- at the Columbia 'River
Packers association shipyard . . .
interpreting
Th War News
By KIRKE L. SIMPSON I Copyright 1843 by
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the Associated
The climax of the battle in
Russia seems at hand in . the
Kiev bulge. : :
A military disaster of first
magnitude for one. side or the
other is In the making there and
on its outcome may rest Russian-allied
hopes of bringing the
war in Europe to an end next
year.? . j
Moscow and Berlin agree thai
soviet forces have taken th of
fensive in the Malin sector !at
the center of the south-southwestern
face of .the Kiev bulge;
but disagree as to the nature of
the red army attack. The Ger
man 1 version describes it ' as I a
counter-offensive, in reality j a
local defensive-offensive opera
tion.: Russian official reports
say soviet troops have now tak
en up a definite offensive after
more than four weeks of defen
sive fighting that has exhausted
the enemy. r
Regardless, there can . be no"
doubt that what happens in the
Kiev bulge within the next few
days may go far to determine
the duration ' of the war in Eu
rope. '" . . ' ; jr
Malin, a station on the Kiev
Korosten railroad 55 miles. west
of Kiev, Is virtually at the cen
ter of an arc against which the
Germans have been driving. A
German . break-through there
would not only gravely threat
en the Russians' penetration'be-.
yond the Dnieper in the Kiev
sectorj but also undermine both
Russian flanks forming
bulge.
German failure to reach Kiev,
on the other hand, would height-:
en for the axis the deadly peril
of .the red army's main thrust
beyond the Dnieper to commun
ications linking the nazi right
Hank in Russia directly with
Germany. '
Russian advices say the over
due; heavy freeze weather is now
it hand in the Kiev bulge I as
Press
well as to the norti where the
first full scale Russi; m'cold-wea-.
ther offensive j of this .winter
seems poised! for action. If that
is1 the case, it shoild work to
Russian advantage.. It may be
the circumstance oi i which Rus
. sian counter action in the' bulge
: was waiitng.j " I . . ! '-
The -1 Russian,' co inter j stroke
' south and sbuthwfst of Malin
apparenUy is a departure from
the usual technique of soviet at
tack since it appears to be a
frontal drive at th very center
of the German line Throughout
the Russian marc h from the
Volga and in all cu rent Russian
attacks to the nort t and jto the
south of the Kiev h ulge the pin
cers technique has invariably
characterized j Rus; ian' rianeu
versJ ; (, ; ;f : : , V j ,
fThe change to a frontal drive
at the center of the: German
thrust at Kiev miht either in
dicate Russians h ve informa
tion as to the cu nulatiye ex
haustion of the na zis men and
equipment I or1 ; tha ; the j colder
weather has provided better go
ing f or; Russian tajiks.' There
have been many indications that
for defensive ' purposes in the
Kiev struggle the Russians have
been relying j on pelf-propelled
field guns to j blast) massed nazi
tank attacks, reserving their
own armored units.
fensive operations.
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