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- From First Statesman, llarch 23; 1&31
THE STATESMAN, PUCUSIIINC CtMLPANY , !
CHARUE3 A. SPRAGU, Editor and Publisher
: , Itanber of the Associated Press f
The Associated Press Is exclasirely entitled to the us for publication of all
new dispatches credited to it or not otherwise- credited in this newspaper.
Tli President's--Message'
Most of the comments on tha president's'
message to congress relate to his recommends-1
Hon of a national service Uw, which is another;
term for conscription of labor. It is based on
the theory of university service and democratic
sacrifice in wartime. But while this Trecom-i
roendatkoi draws the most attention because it,
would affect intimately the lives, of thousands
of citizens, it is quite improbable that such a
measure will be passed. At a "time when the
problem of labor supply has been licked in the
areas of greatest need, and when shutdowns
of T war industry are starting which release
workers for other employment it will not be
possible to convince congress or the country,
of the necessity for sucfr an enactment now.
The truth is that the president picked this
up only when the labor issue became too hot.
He first proposed it as an antidote to the Smith
Connally bill last summer.' He now revives it
after his unfortunate experience with coal,
railway and steel unions. The
commending the act says that
strikes, though he does not make it clear why
direct legislation against strikes in wartime
Is an improper solution. .
In a time of grave national danger universal
labor service may be necessary, along with uni
versal conscription' fori military, duty, but our
immediate danger has eased since December 7,
1941: Our production has reached or exceeded -the
set goals so there is no apparent need for
forcibly shifting workers in their employment.
Why then a national service act now, unless as
a device to head off strikes? Used for that end
would not our national service fail to gain wide
spread popular approval as the response of the
people to a great and pressing danger? Would
It not partake rather of a penal nature and be
applied largely to force people to stay on their ;
jobs? If that is what it would mean why not'
attempt direct legislation against work stop-
The labor, difficulties have been in consider
able measure the result of conflicts in authority
among the several federal " agencies, j and the
overriding of decisions of responsible agencies
by the president himself, either directly or
Indirectly. The results are deplorable. Labor it
self feels aggrieved at its treatment; the public
is scornful of the stability of administrative bo
dies in critical periods. To enact a national ser
vice law however would not erase the frictions
over wages; and its administration would ne
cessitate another L huge ' bureaucracy. ' j
"The president will have to meet the . labor
issues head on now, and not dispose of them
by the device, of a national service law. ;
Other specific recommendations of the pre
sident are: :
' I. A realistic tax law which will tax all un-'
reasonable profits, both individual and eorpor-
ate, and reduce the ultimate cost of the war 1
to our sons and daughters. The tax bill now un-
dfT consideration by the congress does not
begin to meet this test. r 1 ' j
2. A continuation of the law for the renego- j
nation of war contracts which will prevent !
exorbitant profits and assure fair prices to the
government. For two long years I have pleaded :
with the congress to take- undue profits out i
of war. - "
3. A cost of food law which will enable the J
' government (a) 1 to place a reasonable floor ;
under the prices the farmer may. expect for his !
production; and (b) to place a ceiling on the ;
prices a consumer will have to pay for the food j -
ha buys. This should apply to necessities only,
and will require public funds to carry out. It :
will cost in appropriations about 1 per cent of i
: the present annual cost of the war. '
" , 4. Early re-enactment of the stabilization sta- 1
tuts of October,! 1942. This expires June 10, i -
1944, and if not extended well in advance, j
.the country might Just as well expect price v
chaos by summer. - ;
" The country will go along on efforts to take
! undue profits out of war. The pending tax bill
weakens the basis of renegotiation of contracts
and will j prevent . the recapture of excessive
profits. But the general burden of income taxa
tion is just about heavy enough, with the only
productive source remaining a . general sales
or spendings tax. i
Whether in his cost of food" law the presi
dent proposes a new plan to sustain production
and restrain consumer prices or merely wants
to see the subsidy provisions continued is hard
ly clear. The. objective is meritorious, it's the
details that are controversial.
Once again . the president left the people j
quite in the dark as to what happened at Tehe- s
. ran.' His address on Christmas eve said he would
give a fuller report to congress, but the presi- !
dent discloses little factual information as to
what transpired there. He assures us that while
military engagements ; were made for prose-1
cuting the war, there were no secret treaties
or political or financial oonunitments.' He re
Dorts that all the Drincinals consulted at Cairn
and Teheran were agreed on the
'
curity national security and economic secur
ity; but agreement on goals is far different
from agreement on routes and methods. Evi
dently these subjects remain for
mination. ' :
The presidents message flacked a ringing
challenge to Americans to unify for victory.
Its tone was rather complaining one, critical
of a popular. let-down. The enunciation of r
second bill of rights which remain to be achieved :
i.i the future is hardly as timely as a moving
crpsil to so forward in the immediate task.:
cf forsan victory ia the war.--;. V.'J-H
ITc v we Era getting information about a jet
l r:r:I!:I plir. with a speed of over SOD miles
: rl ciir, tut it C2 uses little esacitement among
h y i . julr r. Amtricans have become numb to
: L .isvcT tr.s. s ci mveniion (
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New German Air Defense
.The old axiom 'of warfare that improved of
fense . is always met with improved defense"
: 1 was demonstrated again in Tuesday's air bat-!
ties - over Europe The American Eighth ' air
force admits the loss of 59 bombers out of 705
encaged in flights over the continent, while
, the Germans claim they shot down 124 four
' engined bombers. We claim a bag of 100 enemy;
' interceptors against a loss of five fighter planes.
; While 'our losses must be measured by the de-j
gree of damage to enemy industries rather than
' by the number of enemy planes shot down,' the
ratio of loss is unusually high.5 f '
The Germans used their newest tactics and
r their; newest weapons. Their fighters flew in
precision formation and . threw out smoke to
screen their operations. The new defense proved
Itself in the battles. . ' , - - .!
, While our losses come as a severe shock it
Is recalled that after a similar experience In
: battles over Schweinfurt when' the new German
president in re- rocket gun was
it will prevent
their tactics to
selves? A lot of
feat to suceess
News
By PAUL
1 Ml tm
rani etallen
fascist robbery of
This new law
to draft strikers
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hut to allow him to draft everyone, women (18 to
50) as well as men (18 to 85) I into any work he
chooses by proclamation. Thus the proposition is to f
punish all for the sins of the labor unions. :
Then again, this Austin-Wadsworth bill was pro )
posed a few years ago strictly as a manpower short- '
aga measure. But the president 'did not mention a f
manpower shortage as a Justification for attempt- I
tag to revive it j- Si , t -t r; ,: f.
"His manpowerist McNutt testified to congress on
draft-fathers some, months ago that he expected to
be over the hump, on the then crucial problem J
by the end of last year. Senate ; Committee Chair-
- man Truman said only a few days ago he expected ,
the opposite condition unemployment to develop J
before the end of. 1944. &. !; . J ' ! . !
At any rate, manpower necessities have been get-
ting less and less government publicity since the I
draft threat was used so effectively "to crowd peo K
pie into defense industries and Other related steps
developed and the president did not seek to justify '
his draft extremity on that ground. - 'i
But even more perplexing, he tied his appeal
for Ihis measure to a condition that congress do all
of several other things or else forget his recom- f
mendation, and some of these conditions they will f
never fulfill. ' . ..';
The senate practically rejected immediately his
first condition ra tax bill five times as big as tha
one lt.will pass. : ;v(f ?-- . ; ;
So what he proposed cannot be enacted, and tha
whole thesis he advanced therefore fails, as he knew I
it must fall when he chose the words of his re- j
commendations. What then is this all about? l i 1
desire for se- y'Rooaevtit yearned
. 1 Mnnl. that 'll.
people that he would handle labor properly. The
method Of dotnf it. frl n'mMsa? in ir,nirr- mm fnr
later deter
Just a fourth
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used the Americans adapted
meet the German, methods and
so reduced the loss ratio. Without doubt com
manders and fliers will profit by this exper
' ience. In fact there is an intimation in thsrnews
that the Germans were tricked into - revealing
their new aystem of defensej If that is true
Tuesday's loss may teach lessons that will save
many planes in the collision of aerial fleets in
the coming invasion. j ;- l f.
This fact stands out, however, that we must
press the war to a decision. Time is not a one
way street. The Germans are using It to perfect
their defenses just as the allies are using it to
polish up their plans for the great offensive.
While we should not be premature in our; at-l
tack, neither should we be tardy. Too late is
as dangerous in war as too soon.
Gov. Wills of Vermont is I afraid the pro
fessional politicians in killing off the WilUde
nomination for the, presidency may cause the
republican party to commit suicide. , But does
he expect the professional politicians to let him
get way with it and commit suicide them
them would prefer party de- '-
- with - Willkie. f
Behind
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MALLON
.OMatributed by Kin Features Syndicate, tmm. :
aeproducttow fcs whole or as pert strictly pre- ;
hlbtted.) , . . , ' ? v
. WASHINGTON, January 12 fn and out of con
gress, the reaction to Mr. Roosevelt's many-sided
new legislative program sounded partisanly squeaky
or devastatlngly quiet. ,1 . ;
This was almost necessarily so. The ideas them
selves defied straight comment
or analytical sifting.
Tor Instance, tha president
proposes to get tha power to
draft people Into industry in
order to prevent strikes. But
there already is 1 a law sup
posed to prevent strikes direct-
ly, the Smith - Connally : act,
providing a cooling - off per
iqd, government seizure : and
penalties. (Union leaders shout
ed a few months back this was
their rhcht to strike.) Mr. Roose
velt does "not propose to amend that or make it
stronger.' r;:-".' ; : ? -'';rilfi
which he now wants
is not ona :
into the army or make them work,
One new dealing senator : privately thinks Mr.
most to tell the army and navy
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legislation ha cannot expect to get, will not draw 'tratk ,to risip German pub-:
many, to accept this conclusion wholealthough it I Uc pprehension over night
may contain some truth. ; ; . j r ? :p Land-day, Anglo-American attack
On the other hand, the anUtiew loealers sav it f as the hour for west front invas-
term political platform designed
to enlist tha popular appeal of the country against I
strikes (while the republicans were meeting In -Chicago),
that it was just smart politics. ..
This explanation has many defects also, espe- '
dally as to use of the word fsmart." Tha Ideas
might possibly appeal, on their face, , to the 10,-;
OOOfiOO already drafted and enlisted, but how will
tha other 10,000,000 or so react politically at being '.
made subject to industrial draft by proclamation?
More important, both radicals of the new deal
stripe left labor as well as right) and conservatives :; .
are against tha proposal, and no votes are likely
to be made in those groups. Thereby what it does
do politically is to place Mr. Roosevelt in a tscri
popular rhetorical position regarding union strike
without forcing him to do anything.
Therefore, any commentator seeking to furnish
enlightenment might just as well go into a revolv
ing door with this subject and spend tha afternoon
there. '
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Tho War .Weivb
By JORKE I SIMPSON
; Heavy 1 as American air losses
were ' in jthe - Wasting - by 700,
bombers on nazi fighter assem
bly plants which led to ' what
Berlin terms the greatest air
battle of the war, there are sev
eral ; conclusions of .major sig
nificance to be clrawh from . the
results.- : j ' T'i. '
American losses of 59 bomb
ers and five fighters,1 reveal that
the chortling nazi official broad
casts exaggerated by more than
100 per (pent Berlin said 138
American planes Hit of them
four-engine . bombers, -had been
knocked down, - ; ' -;
That " exaggeration, officially
trumpeted; ' for" German home
front . consideration, can be "
iuii urnwi ciose. nerun is aeuo
erately seeking to mislead j the
nazi. home front as to the effec
tiveness of the - protective air
screen set up to meet the allied
air attacks. s ; i i ,
- That is urgently necessary for
two discernible reasons. It is not
only designed to' milet growing
public alarm in . Germany under
the sustained air attack from the
west; but to justify the transfer
of air power from the Russian
front to the home frontHa move
tlut has exposed the whole ri.t
flank of the German army in
Zlussia to the possibility of a mil
itary disaster. ". ; . ; . . .
'.It is a striking arpect cf the
battle in Russia that there lias
been almost no .recent mention
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in German tor Russian! accounts -on
t the eastern front, fighting of
any extensive . nazi ah action. -:
The greatest land battle of the
war; is. being fought in Russia
": by German forces reeling under
massive Russian , blows without -'
any substantial . benefit of the
once boasted luftwjaffe. ' '
t N a z 1 air power is obviously '
' ' concentrated ' for protection ot
the German home front; or in the
west in anticipation of 'Anglo
American, invasion. To what ex-
tent that allied aerial second
front in the west has been and
: Is ' contributing " to , astounding i
- Russian land victories in the east
can only, be conjectured "but it .
Is j a . major factor in the Euro- :
pean war equation right now.
The fact that the targets of
the American air .attack wejs
German fighter plane 'assembly -
plants means that they were giv-1"
en greater protection by the na- '
. zls than almost any other, war
; plants. Greater output Of Cshter
planes is virtually the only pos--l
sible way nazi leaders i can " cope 'i
with either the .; growing cross-i
channel air attack or ; with an
" Anglo-A&erlcan - Invasion from ,
this, west . ' r
Attrition warfare against, nazi
fighter strensth, both ia air bat
tles and by bombing is an essen- .'
tial clesnt cf allied; Invaslca
plannlr:. Dlrruptlon of fighter .
production lines on the ground
must be adiei to the baz of nazi
plartes ; t dov.-n ia action to ar
rive at t!. trj rela'Jrities cf
the great
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; 1 (The t onowing story was written by SUA t. rred Feldkamn. ;
;"'-"e)f Now York City, a marine corps combat correspondent. I
SOMEVnUZlE IN.TIIE SOUTinVTEST PACIFIC ( Delayed )
All good marines know that when anyone in the marine corps has
any troubles he takesthem to the chaplainl But no one had fig
ured out Where the chaplain takes his. -5 "
Master Tech. Zoe W.Poquet, 33, of Osceola, Iowa, has tha
answer.The chaplain goes to the
mail clerks, those long-suffering
marines ' who . make i and lose
friends ' overnight, ! depending on
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MaUr Tech. Si$t, Poqut, whoj
e ' a ra e - a m. niirh I
Is head mail clerk hare, can vouch
for t the15 fact that leach cleric
confronted with the -same ques
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tic over and over , all d?y
VSUU v wwws, aasi - Z r k I
Where's my mail?f The men who
" Ltl thai
nut thn niierr usually take tne
Vij r-lcrir Is ner
tonally responsible; for the lack!
ox a jexier iraa mmw. i .
Aa hour's visit to the marine
Bostoffica here couldn't help Im
pressing you very favorably with
the efficient way the i mail goes
throuah to the boys. : in double-
mi irk time. Sometimes Lis means
working the clerks; overtime, but
they're always glad; to pitch in.
Poauet always has had an urge
to tnr to -line up three: marine
"calls' side by side: Pay. chow
and maiL He wm give you odds
that the percentage: of marines in
either the nay or chow line would
be m small by comparison as to
be negligible. To a maime wno's
been overseas for anything from
a month or two up, a. letter from
home is like shot in the ann,
aa far as his morale is concern
ed. "Even a newspaper : from his
home, town, which the may never
have glanced at back there, sud
denly becomes a very t important
.tern Joe reports. ; C
The mall system here in the
field Is not only fast, but it may
be even more thorough than the
ordinary au-civilian variety.
"A civilian sostmaster is com
pletely within his rights in stamp
ing No record at this address on
letter if the addressee cant be
located at the' address; indicated,
(Continued tram Page J)
All this is what congress did
to the taxpayers,! and congress-
.. men, remember, are paid $19,000
; a year and sit almost continu
ously to perfect legislation.
Now take look at the sUte
- income l tax return. The Walker
plan is there, in just One line: -mDiaommi
is 13 per eeat;
net tax payable Is 25 per cent
. ef Item z . . . " i
There is the Walker; plan, sim
ple and effective.; And state leg
islators get $8 a day for SO days!
. I know the federal tax prob
lem is f a r mote complicated
than the tax problem bf the state
of Oregon; but why did tha con
gress evolve such a mathemati
cal headache for busy citizens?
There is absolutely no justifica
tion for" it; and the sooner the
congress moves to simplify its
income tax system the sooner ft
will gain public favor
"Meantime in Oregon the only
criticism of the Walker plan is
that tha discount is too high. But
the principle" is sound: It meas-
' urea the income tax levy by the
sums needed to meet the needs)
AND NO MORE.! Certainly tha
state legislators deserve garden
las for evolving a plan which Is
as simple as that embodied ; in
- the single line on the tax return.
Taxpayers will appreciate this
after they Wade through;. th
federal forma. t - " -p.
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Garden Hour.
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30 Story Time.;
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and returning . the letter to the
sender,' the headmail clerk ex-
j Trained. Tut ia the marine corps
we keep forwarding the letter, no
W" MJCCJP MAWaUUUlg; a aS'
wetter bow many stops it makes,
' a. a-s ii A. .HMgSl
until eventually it catches up with
the tnan. This of course Involves
a considerable amount of check-
1 . an 1 1 W
ing' on personnel files, .which;
Hq UU aawuivs ii" , -
keeps a bunch of the boys busy all
. . tm .
the time."
Among the a s s I s t a n t mail ,
at this base are. three Cali-;
foi-nla men' Staff SA Keen Chil-,
dressTjr, 24, of 919 Chester street, n
way, 31, of 625 Robinson avenue, .
San Diego, and Sgt Dante A. Rid-! ,
olfi, 22, of Redding. "
A number of. the boys spent ;
onncii4rahle time On duty Oil both ' -
Guadalcanal and Tulagi during
the Solomons campaign, and some
will accompany fighting marines .
In the next large-scale offensive ;
against the Japs, to be sure that
the men get their mail from home ,
as fast as the planes come in with '
it from this base. -
Japs or no Japs, the maQ must r
go through and does. , " . j .
HolseySeeliQ
Tokyo Capture,
Dictated Peace j
: By HAMILTON W. FARON ' 5
WASHINGTON. 'Jan. 12
Nothing less than tha capture of
Tokyo and a- peace dictated tbera
will satisfy Adm. William r. Hal- ,
sey, jr.,. 1 w - ; ,
The fhmtinK commander, of the
south Pacific fleet made that abun
dantly clear ; here with press
conference plea: And dont let
them stop us until we get it- ru
tell you there is only one definite !
place that has got to be taken, and .
thafa Tokyo." ,f - ;r v '' : !
The 81-year-old admiral warned
against peace moments again in
reply to inquiries about the appar-
ent reluctance of t h e Japanese ,
fleet to meet American forces in a
showdown naval battle.
One reason, he said, might be
that They think they can wear us
down by attrition tactics and well
get tired and make a peace suit
able to them which, God. knows '
w- Jeae"' . ! a na . -
ir nope no one wu. pernut y w
There is plenty of strength to ,
carry the battle on to the enemy's
homeland, Halsey said,-and move
ment of a fleet to Japan is no
more the problem than movement
of a fleet anywhere else. -
"We have definite superiority in
the air, on the sea and in land for- .
ces wherever we are he sayti
"Wo are going to keep on press- ,
ing and hitting him (the Japanese) '
contihuo usly and unceasingly.
He'll never know when, -the next j
blow is coming. Hell get set one
r ... . ' .
other." - "h--:-' r-i-"'-
Halsey reported that the Japan
ese war fleet has been crippled
seriously- in the battling thus far,
end that: th ' mmot'i - mrwhamt -
shipping also is "seriously crip- !
pled" as the result of daring sub- ;
marine warfare. . '
But, he continued in reply to a'
question, the Japanese still could
muster a fleet large enough for a
serious battle with the American
navy In the Pacific which "very
decidely" is anxious for a show
down fighL-v; ' ::-'"..': ''"-.'
Evidence exists, Halsey said, of
Nipponese efforts to overcome
heavy naval losses with a build
ing program' "which we hope and
believe is not going too well .
7Ud Cow Plunges to
Death Over Qiff
PENDLETON, Ore' Jan. 12 -p)
A. wild : cow- escapee from the
stockyards knocked, down and :
trampled Mrs. W. Osborne of near
by Rieth. 4 - .- "
A neighbor, Connie Weiss, rode
to the rescue and roped, tbe ani
mal. It turned on .him and charged
his' horse. The horse sidestepped,
and the cow went over a cliff to
her death.
Lef t Eye nemoved
In Recent Operation -
ZENA V- Howard Goodfellow
had an operation for removal of
his left eye at Salem .General hos
pital last Friday.
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