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Tli OZSGOH STATTCMXa Cdaa. Oregon, Thgriday Motrin April 23. 1SU Wo Foror Sways (; No Fear Shall Aire ' . ' - " rrom Tint Statesman, March 28, 1831 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY j CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and-Publisher ' ' ' ' t Member of the Associated Press J i 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. ; f Wallace to China Aside from the fairly obvious political con notations of Henry Wallace's impending trip to "China oh lucky Chinese, to meet our vice president! there may be some military and strategic considerations hovering in the back ground. The trip, at first glance, seems to be a con venient means of getting the ever-glowing v. p. out of the country at a peculiarly delicate time, specifically, at the time when the democratic party must pick its next vice presidential can didate. Since the dope for some time has been that Mr. Wallace will be eased off the ballot this year, the trip seems to be one way of ac complishing that particular operation as pain lessly and as noiselessly as possible for the Demo party and for the administration. How ever it is now reported that Wallace will be back in time for the convention. "Domestic politics excluded, there are other possible considerations. At the moment, at least, things are not going too well in north eastern India. The supply lines to China, meager at best, are definitely threatened by the Jap anese advance around Imphal, and despite plen ty of confident communique-talk given out by the British command, the Japs still seem to be making some gains. If they do succeed in cut ting the main railroad line supporting Gen. Stilwell's forces, and if they eliminate a "brace of the forward airfields used in the transport plane route to China, the situation will undoubt edly become very grave so far as a continuance of China as an effective ally in the war against Japan is concerned. Added to these ' immediate strategic consid erations is the strong probability that the Chi nese, and particularly General Chiang, were not notably pleased at the result of the Cairo conference with President Roosevelt last win ter. True, the Chinese nationalist commander and his wife received notable recognition in their own country and the world for having gone to Cairo, and undoubtedly promises were readily given of eventual undivided support of the effort against Japan. But the General issimo can hardly have failed to overlook that in the seventh year of the Chinese war against Japan, when the resources of the Chinese ar mies are at their very lowest, his western al lies still insist on finishing the-war in Europe first, and to that end openly divert the sub stantially greater portion of their resources to that theatre of .combat. To the leader of a valiant, dogged, and uncompromising nation, which is nevertheless almost without material resources of its own, the arguments for Euro pean victory first must sound a little too doc trinaire to be altogether convincing. It may, therefore, be with this situation in mind that the 'vice president is going, or is being sent, to generate some good neighbor-lift ess in the-beleaguered capital of the Chinese. By late June it may be quite necessory to have an American representative there who can speak with somewhat more authority than the American diplomatic and military : people al ready stationed there. There is, in fact, only one catch. Henry Wal lace, at best, is only a talker and a promiser; he is not one who is given to accomplishing the vast designs to which he sets his name. And the Chinese have had talk from this country, and promises out of number, since long before we entered the war. A commitment, therefore, for two quarts of milk on every Chungking doorstep, and no specific plans for the deliv ery of tanks and more planes, can hardly seem very worth while to the Chinese. f This having been said, there is only one thing we want to know: is Henry learning Chinese now, having mastered Spanish and Russian? Secretary Stimson makes the point, and oth ers have also, that the Italian campaign "pins down" several .divisions of splendid German troops. But does it not also "pin down" several divisions of allied troops and consume quanti ties of supplies and shipping? So when you pin that argument down it doesn't amount to much in defense of the campaign. j interpreting The War News By KIRKE L, SIMPSON Copyright ISM by the Associated Press - Although the Japanese thrust in India toward communication lines of General . Stilwell's Chinese-American ' forces has centered public atten tion here and in England on that sector. It is a fair guess that developments a thousand miles to the south are gravely troubling Tokyo. An American air raid on the Andaman islands in the Bay of Bengal has been reported from Ad miral Lord Louis Mountbatten's new headquar ters in Kandy, Ceylon. The planes blasted at Jap anese shipping in Port Blair harbor on the lower end of the South Andaman group. That Is the best harbor in the Andaman and : Nicobar groups- that lie off Burma, the Malay . peninsula and; Sumatra. They form a Japanese defensive are nearly 800 miles long guarding-Bay of Bengal approaches to the Straits of Malacca and Singapore. There is no doubt that they figured importantly in allied high strategy concepts un derlying the creation of .the allied southeastern 'Asia command and the -assignment of Admiral Kountbitten to that post , The Jurisdiction, of this, outstanding British navy exponent of amphibian commando operations extends also, apparently, to northeastern India and northern Burma. His assignment left no reason able doubt, however, that the main allied attack from the west on the Japanese-held Dutch Indies and the Malay peninsula will be an amphibian thrust from bases across the -Bay t Bengal In southern India and Ceylon. : v That is Mountbatten's offensive front. His land forces and air power in Burma and India are pri marily on the defensive. That distinction to mili : tary minds is iharply drawn. It probably accounts for the optimism with which both Mountbatten's headquarters and General Auchinleck, British conv i c.-nder in Inclla, nave viewed the . Japanese in cursions into India. . , -.-. -;, - yU' wwiw w?f . ? J: l Charter Vote News Behind The News By PAUL MALLON tV -rsv 3 Sevastopol ;. J The blood sacrifice of the German armies to capture Sevastopol over a 'year ago was all in vain, for now the city is or soon will be in Rus sian hands. The German defenses in -the Cri mea have crumbled under the sweep and thrust of Russian armies. ! Thousands of blond nordics of thef "master race" died in storming the hills about the Cri mean port. The Germans finally prevailed but the blood they shed there weakened them for later struggles in the heart of Russia. Now death or surrender is the prospect fairing the majority of the Germans left on the peninsula. How long will home morale stand in the face of such losses and such defeats? The fu tility of it all must be dawning on the con sciousness of thinking Germans. All Qiat sus tains them is fear of the nazi party ofi hope Of a breach among the allies or the desperation born of fear of vengeance in case of defeat. The hopes and promises of Hitler broken on the battlefields of Russia and the knowledge of the impending blow on. the western front ljaust, to gether with the drumming of the air raids, de press the Germans almost to the point of melancholy!. s Voters of Eugene will vote on a 'proposal for a city manager plan of city government on May 19th. To get the matter before this voters, sponsors of the plan have organized for a direct and active campaign, hoping it will fesult in approval of the change. 3 1 Similar organized effort should be Jmade in Salem to avoid a third defeat of this plan. The junior chamber of commerce, which has been zealous in promoting it, might well lead out with organized effort in behalf of the) charter changes which go to Salem voters on the same date. - 3 . I (Diitrlbution by King Features Syndicate, lae. B pro duction la whole or to pert strictly prohibited!) WASHINGTON, April 18 What is behind this fantastic draft foolishness is being explained by all the interested government bureaus in their own conflicting ways. I S You can get nearly any story you wani that is, any except the right one. ; i a Bureaucratic muddling is the commonest ex- planation in congress, but even this falls! short of accounting fully for trie depths of public confusion in which men are called to quit their jobs, are sent back, caljed again under orders from gashing ton. You would have to devote yourself seriously to muddling for a long time to get that bad. . Then there is a louJ official whisper dealing with tjie grand assault on Europe and "reserves in the Pacific and Atlantic area. Paul Maiton Tansuy, u aoes noi explain anything and, therefore, is not worth repeating even if it' could pass the censor, and it would not Those most intimate with the inner situation , absolve Drafe Director Hershey of major respon- ' sibility for the orders he has been issuing1 and at tribute the mess to a struggle between Manpower Paul McNutt and the armed services. MrJMcNutt, apparently, now is the man who is making the man-: power decisions, or thinks he is. Mr. Roosevelt had the problem in his own lap for some months, but is supposed now to have passed control back to McNutt I f Now McNutt Is personally opposed to ithe pro posed industrial draft act (the national service bill), although Mr. Roosevelt presumably still wants it and the army and navy are now building up toward another campaign to justify Its passage by congress. I McNutt takes the position that such' a! draft of labor opposed by labor, management and most of the politicians, as well is not needed, or at least no need has been shown far it. The draft policies of the army and navy frequently appear to be adopted, with a thought of not discouraging a need f or it j " I The plain evidence indicates clearly, &cNutt Is right The Cleveland economist Cot Leonard Ayres, who set up the war department economic bureau at the outset of the war, says in his current Cleve land Trast company bulletin: ii "This latest manpower crisis Is largely verbal.' and almost surely less serious than it is claimed - to be." : He says the peak of our war production prob ably was passed last October, and industrial man-; power requirements have declined since then. He is such an impartial recognized authority! that his ; evidence seems almost to close the argument Nevertheless, you still have McNutt "and the i armed services Issuing conflicting or contrary di . rectives-to the bewildered General Hershey. The y only way the confusion will ever be cleared for t certain is to put one man fully in control, falthough it might help if the armed services lost interest in the labor draft act ; At ihe moment there seems no likelihood that ' either of these hopes can be accomplished. As at revealing sidelight on the Inner unsettlement con- j gress recently started stampeding toward i the idea ' of drafting the 4Ts into labor battalions or putting them to work in industry. f ? . The army seemed to side in with the notion as a substitute for its labor draft act But the house military7 affairs committee hearings have: discour aged action. It became dear the 4Ts would rather go into the army than Into labor .battalions and) also the' complexities offered by their various physical de- -fects cast some doubt upon the effectiveness of ' such a move. The theory of drafting phyWcal de- -f actives for labor furthermore gathered Some re pugnance. The army thus Is falling back on the labor draft act , Above all, there seems to be a total la?k of ex- titement about the whole manpower matter on 1 every hand, except that of the army and navy. Thus, it seems likely that the existing 'situation -will continue to drift along on its present level. In- -x ducting men under 28 for battle quotas, end men older if the changing quotas cannot be filled other wise but with no labor draft of any kind. fvi.; -f- 4, -. .v." j,--w- -.v .. ' - -. , ! - ' ' t i :M: mm, "L 1k "T" Time in Tokyo KSLM MBS THURSDAY U9 Ke. 30-Rise V Shine. :4S Nws. 70 News. 7:15 Farm and Borne Program. 730 ifcady VaUejr. 7:45 Mornin Moods. 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Hull's plan of recipro cal trade agreements may be too pallid a treatment lor the disturbed ,post-war situation. This matter of foreign trade la vital to world security. There must be trade which makes pro ducts and raw materials avail able in the community of na tions. Not even the United States can live alone and like" it! But the exchange of goods and ser vices must be in; balance. Gold la used to settle aexounts, but we sucked in most of the gold in the period between the wars. We dont want .to extend credit to finance exports. . I It is probable that the sub ject will be one for prolonged and continues discussion among representatives of the great trading powers. ' Individual na tions will naturally look after their own . Interest, but that in terest will involve consideration of world trade as well. 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Doutliobor Draws 2-Year Jafl Term NELSON,; BC, April 1-(CP Vera Sbitneff was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary when convicted In police court today on a charge of nudity. Migg Sbitneff was one of 12 I)oukhobors who stripped In front of the jail here Saturday. - Hearing of charges against the 11 other Doukhobors is continuing. Two of these are members of the Union of Spiritual ' CommuniUes of Christ, the others belong to the- Sons .of ' lYeedom, radical upuxnoDor sect Anzio Target Range in Easy Reach of Enemy's Gunfire . By KENNETH DIXON ANZIO BEACHHEAD, April 13-(Delayed)-VOrdinarily the sound of small arms.' fire anywhere near the front is enough to make' the averaga man hit the dirt and, start sweating! for the . crackle of rifles and the ripple of automatic weapons is strictly a conibat line sound. . . - 1 But at one place here such sounds are ignored by passing soldiers. It's the beachhead . rifle range-i-believed to be the world's only, target range within easy reach of the enemy's guns. Built by beachhead engineers, the range has a score of uses. Vis it it during the average day and you will find some 25 soldiers shooting at targets . ' 200 yards away, ! using every type of small arm from machine gun to sniper's rifle.- t , : "Just like the target range in any camp back home," says Ma jor Tris L. Bledsoe, of Marlow, Okla who had been in charge of an infantry battalion, but who is now temporarily running the range. This range is used some for new replacements who have been away from the feel -of. rifles so long they, need to get their trigger, touch again before going into the line. But it is used more for zeroing new weapons, check ing sights- and stuff like that The boys check, all kinds, and when they get through they know pret ty much just what the guns will da f , .i - "Mostly though, the range's big virtue lies in its aid to snipers," said Lit. John B. Myers, 23, of Orangeburg, SCX, who was com manding the infantry ' company then using the range. "When a sniper gets a new rifle he knows what the zeroing point . is supr posed to be according to factory marking. But what it's supposed to be and what it has to be are two different things when.it comes tone to use it i; ! , - "As you might guess, ''. the snip er doesn't gei much chance to test a new rifle when he's busy with his 'day's work' it has to be right the first tune," My era grinned. "So this range Is a god-send to him. He 'brings- his rifle down here, gives it a good going over and test its sights, and when he leaves he knows exactly what its zero ing point is." As he spoke a big, lanky Okla- Tulelake Japs In Gvil War KLAMATH FALLS, Ore, April 19 -(ry- Growing tension between troublemaking and peaceful Jap anese at the Tulelake segregation camp was reported today by the Klamath Falls Herald and News. The newspaper said a series of arrests, climaxed by yesterday's sentencing of three Japanese to the Klamath Falls jail, indicated the camp was splitting into two factions those who favor cooper ation with camp administration, and me "no-work group which advocates active opposition. An evacuee coordinating com mittee, which resigned to allow an elected group to take charge, de clared in a statement that their work had been carried on despite threats and name-calling. Harry L. Black, acting director, said the camp does not plan any further ; segregation within the camp. ; " Third of Oregon Land Will Be Hurt by Lack of Water Except for varying amounts of April precipitation which came after the annual series of Oregon forecast jmeetings, the state's 1944 irrigation water supply prospect has shown but slight im provement since the first of February, reported R. A. Work at the annual meeting of the Columbia River Interstate Water Forecast committee in Portland, April 18. I ? r"; Work, who is in charge of snow surveys and irrigation water forecasts in Oregon for the son conservation service and the OSC experiment station, summed un the situation by sarins? that 70 per cent . of irrigated lands have in sight rood to fair water sun- plies. These are the lands chiefly served from reservoirs containing substantial hold-over .from 1943. umy a lew areas depending for irrigation troon unregulated stream flow have adeanate water in shtht hence they- are mostly- listed as racing a deficient, or at best only fair water season. Total water stored in all reser voirs is about 12 per cent less than at this tiine in 1943. 1942 and 1940. It is 8 per cent under the 1941 total. Probably the most deficient reservoir: supply is In the Ochoco reservoir, serving parts of. Crook county, which Is not likely to ex ceed a peak content of 25,000 acre- meet this spring, compared with a total capacity of 47,500. ; Enutuvlnci Too! In Our Own Shop Steven r - homa boy with a 45th division patch on his shoulder reared up off the sandbags, shing his rifle over his shoulder with a satisfied' grunt, lit a cigarette and stalked off the range. ' : 'There goes one sniper now," said the sergeant supervising the firing. 'Next time he uses that gun it won't be in practice.' Senators Still After Bone To Quit Job Washington, Apra 19 A ' threat by senate republicans that they j might demand recon sideration of the confirmation of Senator Bone (D-Wash.) as a member of the ninth circuit court of appeals was shelved today at a meeting of the republican steer ing committee, j Instead of seeking reconsidera tion republican leaders, it was learned, decided that Senator White (R-Maine), acting minority leader, Would voice on the sen ate floor Friday his party's views that Bone, having been confirmed, should resign from the senate and take the judgeship. White previously had said he might ask ; reconsideration of th nomination: because he had heard reports that Bone did not intend to' resign from the senate until after the November election. Such action by -j Bone f would prevent Governor Arthur B. Langlie, of Washington, a ' republican, from appointing a : republican to suc ceed Bone.' Bone said yesterday he had made no plans about resigning as he has been in the naval hospital far treatment of a leg injury since the day his nomination was made. Previously he said he would clean up work of his office and the sen ator patents committee of which he7 is chairman, before resigning. Heldid not; indicate how long that wotdd take. -I 850 More Mexican Laborers Due ; PORTLAND, Ore, April 19-(ff) Eight hundred and fifty additional Mexican farm laborers will arrive here Sunday, bringing to 2500 the n u m b e r of Mexican nationals working on northwest farms. The office of labor of the war food administration said 600 of the workers due Sunday will be sent to the Yakima area in Washington, and the remainder to Idaho and Wyoming, j A farm labor camp has been established jin Portland for Mexi cans who twill work on truck farms of the area. A camp to house 400-500 work ers at Hood River will be started in May. j .j " Reservoirs supplying main Des chutes county irrigated lands' and the Klamath county projects,- on the other hand, have abundant water stored. In the southern Ore-, gon area water prospects are good for approximately 75 per cent of the irrigated land, with mOd to critical shortages in prospect for those areas depending unon un regulated stream Cow. Reports gathered by Work throughout the state indicate that fallow land soil moisture is gen erally good but moisture In cron land is enough below normal that early Irrigation is necessnrv in many localities. Precipitation ac cumulated In Oregon valleys since October 1 Is considerably . below normal and is the least for this six months' period for all years since the start of Oregon snow sur vey reports in 1938. LOCKETS We have a new shipment - of Lockets. 'mm 'mm?, V