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i -so i r- PAG2FOU3 Tt CZZCCri CTATTZT-L-JL Ccte.vOrsa, Tuesday Kis-. 1: x::i n n ff rvn . , "No Favor Sway Ut;'So Fear Shall Atot; " . j; From rirrt Statesman, March 28, 1851 ' r . THE STATES3IAN PUBUSHINC COMPANY j, CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher II 1 llember of the Associated Press ,i . - , l - ' - Th Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all " ' news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this newspaper.. ,"; No Axis Conference i - . The Statesman is' inclined to agree with Pre mier Tojo that a conference of the axis; pow-; . ers, Japan, Germany and Italy, to frame a dec- . laration to counter that of Cairo would be "de void of benefit." The world already knows what the axis concept is. It has been thundered forth at the Sportspalast, at the Nuremberg party ral- lies, and from the balcony of the Palazzo Ven ,ezia. Tojo himself has declaimed in the Japan ese diet plans for the "co-prosperity sphere", while other Japanese spokesmen have talked of writing the peace hi the White House and of ultimate world power. ' . : j- Besides being "devoid of benefit", the holding of such a-conference would be a bit difficult right at present. Mussolini might get a parole from whatever hospital he is resting in; but where would the Big Three or the Big Two hold their meeting. They couldn't travel by au to any common meeting place. Their only chance would be by submarine, and it's a long, long way. from Tokyo to Wilhelmshaven. "Neutral" - Argentina might welcome such a conference, . but is too far distant.. - The truth is that the axis has broken down. Italy is out of the war as a factor of consequence ' to either side. Germany and Japan are now fighting their own battles. The latter has resisted German pressures to attack Russia, which shows Its independence. There is no more harmony between Hitler's and Tojo's objectives than between Japan and Britain.- If the axis should triumph, it would not be long before j there ; would be the battle of these Titans in a final Armageddon. All of Hitler's contempt for any but the German people and all of Japan's pride of race would bring the two countries into inevi table collision. ' :. , The only basis for the present alliance is their . 'common enemies in Great Britain and the . TJnited States. But each has its particular foe. Germany has Great Britain and Japan has the ; United States, while Russialying between is the natural foe to both, though at present the open "enemy of -but one. Germany and Japan have x put their feet in the path of national aggression, Japan setting the pattern with its rape of Man churia in 1931. But the mere fact that they have similar aims and are being resisted by common enemies does nothing to weld the two with any ; bonds of affection or fidelity. Each fights its : own war in its own wayT each tries to profit by the other's successes; each hopes to 'carry on even if the other falls. , - " I- ' Premier Tojo's speech brushing aside the idea . of an axis declaration did contain a paragraph - contrasting . the Cair,e statement ' with Japan's program: - ' v- "The Cairo declaration is nothing more than a declaration enslaving other' Taces,5 whereas" the .(Japan's) East Asiatic' 'joint declaration proposed to the world the elimination of race discrimination, and a cultural upliftment throughout the world." i This may not be discounted merely as rhe ; toric. No matter how sincere our own purposes may be, the heart of the matter now is the effect on the populations of the far east. Japan is work ing industriously to win over the loyalty of the peoples of east Asia. If the seeds of preju- ' dice can be sown they may yield a harvest of ' present support of Japan and of future leaning on Japan even in case of allied victory. This means we must look beyond this pre sent war and prepare to adopt policies that will . effectively and permanently foil Japanese ag- . gression in east Asia. Otherwise,- like the Ger- mans, the Japs will merely await a favorable -; hour to., strike again to gratify their -ambition for Asiatic hegemony preliminary to world do- '; minion. ' In the Casualty List ,.- - -r -, . The daily sheaf 1 of mimeographed sheets' Teaching this office, comprising; the army's list of wounded, missing and killed-in-action, is be-; coming thicker but not as thick as it may b later. One arriving Monday for release today listed 743 men wounded. Of these only two had next-of-kin in Oregon.'. " ' ; jj . I r But there 95 names of men from Hawaii, wounded in action, in the Mediterranean thea tre, halfway around the world from, their homes. On this list there were no such names as Smith, Moran, McDonald, Gonzales, Makowski, Schwartz names suggesting varied European ancestry. There were instead j such names as Hayashi, MatsumotaJ Nagasaki.! Some had such given names as Paul and Richard, at least two were 'guys named Joe' while others were named Yoshito and Sakai; one's first name was Tokio. There were a few, exceptions, including two sergeants named Gora who apparently were cousins living in the same block In Honolulu, but if was clear that nearly all these men had some Japanese ancestors or were full-blooded Japan ese. It's a point which will not and should not affect anyone's thinking about! the war in the Pacific; but it is an item to be filed away for future reference, .when the postwar treatment of loyal American citizens of Japanese ances try is up for consideration. - The anti-Willkie book f by the ex-mayor of Akron has other people than 'Mr. Willkie squirming. Ickes' ' man Briggs who admits he helped "document the piece" says he is being thrown to the wolves, a victim of "power poli tics." Most everyone has been put on the spot but Willkie. The book was a bazooka with fire at the wrong end. j j I News Behind The News By PAUL MALLON J j (Distribution by King Features Syndicate. Inc. Repro auction in whole or in part strictly prohibited.) WASHINGTON, January 24 A leading child welfare authority diagnosed the juvenile delin quency problem is a labor magazine something like this: - i r:s - - : r. .. Children feel that they have been pushed around, by the war, that they are "in trouble," .'and this is due to a spiritual ; ( i X :- 211.! v - - : - a'1 - aJaw T UV J II rW I .-' ; By KIRKS L. SIMPSON Copyright 1944 by the Associated Press The Windy Gty Today's. Kacflo IPirogirainnis .,, . Ml" IMH i J Crack-up on Labor's Political Front The American labor party which flowered in New .York state as a militant political arm of "workers has been floundering of late on the , rock of communism. Violent dissension has aris en in ALP'S ranks as the pink right wing has sought to foil the red left wing of the party from capturing the party organization. As it stands now the reds control the New York City setup and the pinks the state organization. T This feud extends to Sidney Hillman's CIO political action committee which wants to spear head the labor front in the campaign for con tinuing the new deal administration.1 The ALP is fighting the Hillman slate in the coming pri mary election, claiming it opens the door for communists to get into control. This 'boring from without may be expected the more since Earl Browder announced the dissolution of the Communist party as a political party, turning members loose to affiliate with existing parties. Splits and divisions are characteristic of ra dical parties which rarely are able to agree among themselves.' Despite all this it may be ex- : pected that labor will line up for the fourth term, :JX:Cy- i Oregon folk will be happy to learn that MaJ. : Gen. John C. H. Lee has been named by Gen. Eisenhower as his deputy US Commander in the European theater of war. Gen. Lee, then a col- . one! of engineers, was division engineer ; for the war department : in the Portland office in ! succeed OenRobins, rthecolonet Tor j tSJJSSt many months now Gen. Lee has been on duty in j fects of stern discipline. " England in a very responsible position, and his I do not know what the answer for aU spIritual election as deputy of Gen. Eisenhower is a re- ; hungers is, but I know where I would start irakHn cognition of -his great abilitySince Eisenhow- h church, . not around army ; camps. That Is er's command has been extended to include com- . where most adults would staft to look for it, and my "trouble" uuu(n.i .11 - - 5. . ; . Now I hesitate to take issue, as an amateur,1 with so eminent and experienced a. professional leader, but t would like to sub mit to her and to those many readers interested approvingly, in my recent columns on the subject- that One main thing wrong with the problem 1s the attitude she reveals in her di- rai Hints agnosis4,,'-- $ ,; -;"?; From her own analysis can be gleaned the proof which should convict her of her mistake. She says girls' cases in the courts have swollen 38 per cent, boys, 12 per cent Chief girl offenses were "un governable behavior," "running away, and "sex offenses.:, ; How in the world does she expect to cure these problems no matter what else she does if . she coddles the miscreants jwitl the ' thought that they are -just 'in trouble due to "spiritual hunger of their own dear little' adolescent selves? . ' Instead of going at it that way,1; why not try to "cure ungovernable behavior; running away, and sex ; . offenses by stronger discipline Including some on parents responsible for such delincjuencyt .. i .r ., She tells, for example, of a "Julia, whom she describes as: ' s : : H- r- - "A little 14-year-old girl found living wiui her girl friend, aged 15, wife of a soldier in a nearby camp. Both girls were j having many soldiers visit them each night. The police picked them up one . night In a tavern near the camp. life in her village was 'so dull as compared witn life around an army camp." v' : ' i'- '-tiX,:tvu Dull, huh? Well, that Is what Julia told the so ; cial workers anyway, but obviously there must be more behind Julia than that in a family background and the lack of discipline or respect for It in either the home, school, or church. Julia got away with this explanation to my friend, the authority, who only asks In her article: ' 3 j j ; Must the fun children have always be danger- ws?" ... .,; .J-aU - '. : Apparently so. Sixty-one per cent of all the re- 1 cent burglaries, robberies, and hold-ups In Seattle, " she then says, were committed by youths from nine to 18, who, no doubt, find life at home also dulL My complaint Is that, to look at the problem that 0 way invites juvenile delinquency, creates the , ex j cuse for: all the little IJulias, who after all, have j minds of their own and have learned to get around 1 doting parents and social workepC m i Spiritual hunger? Is that what really caused Julia to embark to the camp and the boys to start ; robbery as a career? They may have thought it, but v they are adolescents, and if the free expression of their own little minds is going to be any guide in 1 national handling of the problem, I wouldn't say the nation was being furnished the best possible leadership. ; 5 kw ." - .-. . . ...-,.! r i; r "Julia" does not sound genuine to me. But say there Is a "spiritual hunger" on Uie part of the ! young, a genuine hunger which causes juvenile delinquency. Even admit Julia had it 1 - . ; L Is a lax, fondlinir attitude . toward ' hor erin rn- Ing to make It any better, or is It going to encourage ftSLat TUESDAY IStf Ka, 70 Mews. 7 :C5 Marion Farm .as Homax 7:is Risa n' Snin.a. T. -45 Morning Uoods. 0-Cherry Oty Neva. S.-05 Procram Farad. S:lft Muaie. 8:30 Tango Tim 40 Pastor's Cail ' 1:15 It's the Truth. ' :30 Cliff .Edwards. HJ-Orchestra. " JO -Musi. 10- 00 News, 105 Song and Dance. 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SAO Grace CUiott Reporfa. 3:15 Glenn Howard. 30 Ozark Ramblers. 4 AO Awake at th Switch. -4 30 Hop Harrlgan, -4:45 Th Sea Hound- ' SAO Terry and th Pirates - .15 Dick Tracy. . " 5:3 Jack Armstrong. 45 Captain Midnight, AO Thre Kom.- . . -t 1 - 1 :15 News. 30 Spotlight Baada ; .. . 65 Sports. " 7A0 Swing. :i' (Continued rrom Page 1) , 7 jo Re Ryder. - ' . -' - SAO NeWS, . ... . : invasion of Sicily and had sent " g$juttr Ab' : -military forces to Rome at: the - im-Music. tune; of Mussolinrs ouster Italy jj'fFrw W,th . might have fallen without much - " struggle. The naris then were aj ' caught off balance, but the tern- jjllO ' porizing over policy gave them ,r-. -m f f 'time . to recover and , move : in JjQ V Q UQIVO ) their own armies. . ' : " . Another i thought - suggests . it-' Accidents Don't Happea self from 1 this operation near;. To the Editor: - " Romer and that is, that the Cer mansr have not been able to f or- tify the whole line of seacoast in; western Europe. The first land-! ing . parties found only : a . few. mines to impeoe ineir progress, i I like yeur editorial "Accident misnomer" appearing jbi the Statesman Saturday; morning. January 22. You close with' the suggestion that a new word "ne gligent" be substituted but ex- WhOe it may be assumed that.; press little hope for its general western Europe Via-far more adoption. .. . 'I For years I have worked on mand of all US troops in European duty, the deputyship is of very great importance. - -t " -. . S i It's safe to say American soldiers will be tired of digging and living in foxholes by the time the! war is over, A publicity release" reaching the editorial desk warns that unless there is adequate planning, a lot of them will Lave to live in foxholes after they return. There will be need for many new homes after the war, l ut this r,-rrJii2 doesn't disturb us too much. a lirra tnat s interested in recoramaidations ; for. rem , 1 ..,T.rT, H point Is that the time has come to let the adult ouuook on the problem prevail over the child out-:' looav -'7 -"' My friend, the expert's' cures run along this liner " t A nation at war , must : assume 4 responsibility, make up for the absence of fathers and big bro thers, and these are exact quotes "compensate the children of mothers required to work, for the loss of their time and attention," "keep schools open," "maintain social services "open new so cial centers." H ;;, ;,:;-;.v . f v :- I do not believe any of those thirigs will do much with the problem, but I think a change of attitude a the part cf child welfare leaders roi;l.L - - strongly, fortified, and perhaps made almost impregnable at the most ' probable points f inva-' slon, : there; must be weak joints In the armor, which if they, ! could ' be : located 'and seized,' would greatly ease the allied opening of the western front . i The thrust toward Rome ra ' ther redeems the winter stale mate on the fronts of the allies.1 JSexL' Eisenhower was not ready' to unpack his power-punch in1 the west. The Gustav line across' the Appenlnes had stalled the fifth and . eighth armies . of Americans and British, The suc cess at Nettuno gives fresh zest to the allied caused tike the first pussy-willow or the first ' robin. It Is a harbinger of spring, the spring that we expect to be' Z.2 c'.lnax cf thaTurcpean war.: the theme that accidents don't ; happen that they RESULT from ; CAUSES, s preventable in -most tases.'.The unfortunate ef-. i feet is so much easier to observe I than the cause which, while, us- . UiUy discoveritle, remains un-. - reorded. Terhaps it Is a comfort-. ing. alibi for troubled souls a to ' csll the thing an "accident-" . - ; A better approach to "awaken the reluctant mind than use cf - some pew word mit be to em phasize the fact that accidents tfaat UATTZTl. TLzt tLry are tha CrFECT cf r re vea title exrsts. - '. If thi3 realistic approach ij no incentive ta discover a CAUZZ, th-n there Ij VVtls real :nand ; f-r a tsttrr urldcrstandlrT. '71.1. IL CItAVt j. w.D. SOtN CBS TUESDAY- Ke. AO Northwest rarm Reporter 6:15 Breakfast Bulletin. 30 Texas Rangers. :40 True Story. v 45 KOIN Klock. 7:15 Headline New. ' -'730 News. ---- i i 7:45 Nelson Prlngl. Newt. 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S AO Ray Dady. 2:15 Texas Rangers. - 30 Yours for A Song. 25 Wartime Women, -SAO News. ' " . . SAO Radio Tour. 3:1 S Treasury Star Panda, . S 30 Music. ' 1:45 Bill Hays Reads th Bible 4 AO Fulton Lewis. -., 4:15 Johnson Family, v , 7 - 430 Better Business Bureau. 4 33 Rainbow Rendesvoue. AO Learn to Daac S.-15 Superman. 30 Show Tun. 35 Norman Nesbitt ..... , AO Gabriel Heatter. . C:15 Believo It or Not.- 30 American Forum, . 7:15 Fulton Ousler. 730 San .QuenUn, AO Gus ' Arnheim Orchestra - 930 Hasten the Day. . S I anhatters. AONews. . :15 Rex MiHer 30 Faces and Places. 0:45 Fulton Uewls. 10 AO Orchestra . 10:15 Bien Veojdos Amlgoe 1935 News. 19:45 Music. , . - 1 1 AO Sinf onletto. 11 3 Orchestra. 5 -.' 11:45 FooUight Rhapsody.-, - . , Caught flat-footed by. the al ; lied sea-borne flanking attack just south of Rome -the nazl high command is , confronted with the same sort of dilemma In Italy that it faces on a larger scale in Russia. , It must decide, and decide .. now before it is too late, to run 'for it in Italy, abandoning Rome ; - , nd -eubstantlally- all of the ' Italian - -peninsula - -couth, of the Livorno line, or fight, it out at the risk of disaster. That choice probably has been, made, al - ' though the 1 decision is not yet discenilblefc-i- -; The first indicated nazl reac ' . tion to the allied blow came in furious . counterattacks against fifth' army positions on the Cas-sino-Minturno line far to the - south. : They served - to blunt , somewhat th Anglo-American-French threat to the Cassino gateway to the Liri valley, in terior land route to Rome. Yet they may turn out to be only tear guard operations to screen a wholesale! nazl retreat north ' '.ward.' " : The extent of the allied beach : holdings is; not clear. It Is rea " a sonably certain from both al " lied Jmd Berlin accounts, how , ever, that the objective is not . Rome directly; but the roads and ' railroads that , fan south and . eastward from that transporta T Uon .hub. 1 i-, F.irst allied official accounts told only of the taking of, Net tuno with its undamaged port facilities and landing beaches to thej north; and south. It was - a - - walk-ashore; operation . ; t h a t forged four miles or more In- - . land at the first rush. , : ' ? ; . Under the cover of that ad vance, allied;-air power and na- - vaT guns, heavy reinforcements in men, guns, tanks and all the - ' necessary equipment for major action were ; landed. The crlti cal phase of j any amphibian as sault seemed over almost before it had begun. . The result Is obvious. The nazl command - is faced on its western sea ! flank not with a precarious ' allied beach foothold as at Salerno, but with a pon . derous threat that has brought under gunfire a dozen or so vi tally Important supply and es cape 4 routes; t tor nazl . troops , south and east of Rome.. . - The main RomerNaples' coas- ' tal route, the. Via Appia, is al ready useless to the enemy, for - defensive or offensive - pur p-o s e s. Tank-bolstered - allied spearheads! obviously "ar push- i lng-upc the Nettunosterna ; road to reach and cut th Via Appia and up the Anzio-Albano (route to nip it again closer to ; I Rome. ; - :i . -. : i ; Within striking distance be yond lie the Rome-Cassino and Rome-Pescara spokes .of the Roman transportation wheel up- ' on which the whole nazl defense of the center of the Italian pen , insula and Rome depends, p : The Nettuno landings, the f core " of , the allied sea-born t thrust, were - aimed at what r i seems the most - vulnerable sec 4 tor of the nazl sea flank. By -a striking above, the soggy- Pon- tine marshea, the allies ' have j converted a; potential liability S- A MA m inu a prune muiiary asset, mi marsh shields their Nettuno ' beachhead from nazl attack from the south. ' . - : ' -The- Nettuno-Nazio landing j point has another great advan - toge.-It .permits columns to fan out on both sides of the Alban 'hills just southeast of Rome . wnicn wouia nave proved a se rious obstacle to a drive on the capital from .the Cassino sec- rtor. - It probably Is the allied de- j sire to by-pass Rome. Wash i ington and London have sought j to avoid bringing ; th eternal S city under actual attack. Rome- will become " another wuj oy uerman cnoice. j The world has the' word of i President Roosevelt - and Prime Minister. Churchill for, that. to Turn Next to Pacific, Consul Reveals Loan Thought For Today Beads Fit lMclsre What is nearest and dearest to you is th 'safe return of your son or brother or husband. You want to see. all the boys from this com munity come horn e .' soon and safely. You wont be very happy if that -empty chair will still be empty - when the BIG DAY at long last comes. ; ;. . - B u y i n g an . EXTRA WAR t BOlto or two fits into this pic ture,: Brig. LG e n Albert J. Browning, one of our top rank ing supply men, tell you: "Where opposing -armies have nearly - equal equipment, losses are. usually; heavy on both sides. But where one aide has superior ' quantity and t quality, ' its losses of men are low, while those of the other side' mount appalling- - Extra war bonds foot, the bill for extra war equipment' Your $100 war bond has paid for-an a all-important tommy gun or an extra clip of bullets, or an extra . medical packet. You have made it possible. Attack" with extra war bonds. 430 Nova tim. 4 :45 Adventures Tn Research. AO On the Upbeat, 30 Story Tim, ; :45 It's Oregon's War. C:1S News 30 Evening Farm Hour. 730 March of Dimes. . 7:45 Soars. 735 Basketbau. r ' 30 NeWS. . :45 Evenlne Uedltsoons, UAO Sigtr Off. , .Tnere is no doubt in the mind of any Britisher that when the European war is over the full at tention of the United Nations, will be turned to the war in the Pacific, James McDonald, 'British consul in Portland for the past ' five years, declared Monday to Salem chamber of commerce. , Speaking at ihe noon luncheon meeting cf the' organization, Mc Donald reported briefly on the vrt.IA TL. . 1 A. S. M . . vian ue paia nm uriusn isles last summer and fall at the behest of his government. Life of the .Eng lish, people centers about the war in- all . its phases, but even those . 1 mm ' - wno nave uucen up their dwell ings in the caves of the white cuns of Dover retain social in terests outside war work, he said, i '.' At j. , a . .... : aiiu ui, uw-1 y u aayiignt raids' on " London ' have been largely repaired, and that city Is not the shambles persons in this country are Inclined some times to believe it, accordinc to Me, Donald.- Restaurant food there he described at "dull" although he maintained that in private homes "due to, the ingenuity of the housewife"; appetizing mealj still , are served. dared, is the fact that the "av erage American for the first time Is meeting th average Britisher. Insofar as they are able. . under rationing, the British people, are attempting to make the American soldier feel . at home and the doughboy is as happy as is nossl. ble so far from home. McDonaM Said. -' -: . The story of - how Edinburgh's only serious bombing shattered a wni&xey storehouse causing the gutters to run with Scotch brought from his audience roars which grew as McDonald explained that ne did not "thmk the Scots will ever forgive Hitler for that." - : Cash Wheat Price Drops PfllTTT.AWn mt ir a decline in cash wheat crices and low offerings from wheat grow ers were reported today by the war' food administration. Activity during , the past week was concentrated on deliveries of earlier purchases, the WFA. said. Puget Sound and Columbia River terminals recorded 922 cars uo 122 ears over the preceding week. Portland received 178 cars., Midwestern buyers were unable to secure all their requests for short red: and white wheat from this area as growers continued the waiting policy which has prevail ed since ceiling prices went into effect. Except for a heavy feed wheat demand, orders from coast millers and elevator operators were moderate. , roAC TrrsaAT :i sa. 11 r'ews. 1 1:1 i l "ne IT omenta kers Hour 11 J f- chool rt Air. 11:15 WalU Tune. 1 . ll:J- Concert, Kail- , - -' 11-t rs ews. 11:1 Noon rarm Hour. ' 1 BMim th Rang. l:i Treasuyr Salute. - 1:. Vnely Time. !.- J t uos V.'nrldf ' " -wry Lo of slusls. 1 f i 4. 4. cf t frt X l Ji lt k.. - ALL JUVnXBY IVORK DON'S C?f A a Ja m iU4J r -- Or.!y a Ctevcsi- gj iJ Maahj - m' aa ae r ml ' mr TI:s Gtever.3 CnZAU DcsIrtJ 71