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Th OREGOII STATESMAN. Salem, Orecjoo, Tuesday Morning, June 12. 1943 PAGE FOUft "No Favor Sway Us; No Fear Shall Aw f . irrom First Statesman, March 28, 1851 & THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY j; CHARLES A. S PRAGUE, Editor and Publisher. l Member of the Associated Press i "s H The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication nf aL news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper. Stilwell as Prophet Ogaret Tax General Joe 'stilwell, commander of U. S. ground forces, has been on Okinawa checking up on 'the fighting there. In an interview he discounted prospects of an early end of the Japanese war. He said it may last two years, Here weget to vote again on a cigaret tax, this time with a school support label attached. This measure, which was passed by the legis lature with referendum, is! the legislature's final attempt to dig up money for public schools. Since "Vinegar Joe" has had plenty of ex- More money is diverted from state income tax . . . a w 1 M fl . A. il 1 A I perience fighting the Japs and planning for victory in the Pacific, his judgment is probably as good as we can find. Barring a sudden decision of the Japs to capitulate, of which there is not the slightest indication, two years does not seem excessive as an estimate if ; everything has to be done the hard way, jay killing off the Jap fighting men. Okinawa has fewer than 500 square miles, which is a space only 20 by 25 miles in dimrhe sions; yet it has taken, 72 days to drive the Tm v..lr In tttm tact Kit nt oTnnnil thpv VrlH aaa wavn w w. .u. .w...... - - . - Measure that with the area of Japan's home islands, which surely will be defended as reso lutely, and Stilwell's estimate may seem opti mistic. ( The veteran of the Burma-China campaigns said it would take an invading army of 500,000 men to strike atHonshu. Jhink what this means in terms of ships and munitions and supplies for the initial strike and then for the continued supply of, men and material. This will be no : . m . i 1 : u o- 4 v.a mere Crossing VI U1C Jugiuil lliaiuici aa m. Normandy invasion. If the Philippines are the base it means a haul of 1847 miles from Manila to Tokyo. It is "doubtful if we are anywhere near ready to mount such an attack. Recalling how long it took to build up supplies for the invasion of Europe we can understand better the length of time required to pile up strength for the final onslaught on Tokyo. We may as well draw a deep breath and settle down seriously to this business of licking the Japs. It is going to be an operation taking a lot of time, a lot of men, a lot of production, a lot of bond buying, a lot of taxation, a lot of blood plasma, a lot of Red Cross work, a lot of volunteer work of various kinds. Nor should we think we can do the job in a one-handed way, with one hand free for normal activity. If -we use both hands vigorously we can get the job done that much sooner. All Americans, therefore, should get under various war projects (right now the seventh war loan) and carry their burdens without faltering until the job in the Pacific is finally concluded. surplus for schools, bu thai, goes to reduce local property taxes f and not for increased spending. Moreover, it is by no means perman ent, being only what is left in the reservoir after state needs are all taken care of. ! - We find no great enthusiasm for this meas ure. The foes of a sales tax denounce it as an entering wedge for that hated means of raising money although theyfmake no effort to Repeal the gas tax which is ? also a j sales tax. j Some people do not like it because cigarets and other forms of tobacco are already burdened! With heavy federal taxes. Still others say it fi poor morals to teach the kids the evil effects of tobacco and then tax cigarets to pay the teacher her salary. Another argument against the pro posed tax is the pinning of its proceed to a special purpose instead of putting them, into : the general fund for such appropriation as the legislature may see fit., fl j The argument for the cigaret tax is that it is productive, that many states have sikch a tax, and that this chiseling on a' vice is standard practice in government; also fihat the schools need the money. j j There seems little Aoxxhi that the negative side will appeal to more voters than thie f af firmative. However, as a gesture of sympathy for school support the writer:! expects tci vote in the affirmative en the cigaret tax question. I j-iJlM GET THIS EXPENSE .HOUSE . ' ' . i hr wit wMk Thm WriliKu Staff j - J 1 ! j ! - . . - " w i .. ''V i ...TtHTFRoVrn Yank Rafions and Qgarettes Coavict -" 17-Yeor-Old Man Kenneth Dlxoo : of Ger Fighting Togs Parks to Be Improved f l The budget commission did a good job In providing additional money lor public parks, lifting the budget allowance, to $21,550 as against $6,667 for the current year. Of the sum $10,000 is to go into park improve- allowed, ments, Very Confusing Really the Russians should make up their minds about Hitler's fate. The correspondents who were admitted to Berlin last week wired back the report that the Russians had located one body which they felt supe was Hitler's. Next day came the quote from Marshal Zhukov giving his opinion that Hitler was alive and in hiding. All of which is very confusing, to say the least, which may have been quite as der'fuhrer 'wished it. j We have the following stories of Hitler's fate: " j . , - ' Admiral Doenitz: Died at his command post in the rekhschancellerie. Himmler: So sick he would not live two days more. His secretary: Remained at reichschancellerie with Eva Braun determined to meet his death there. Vfim Ar&inr' TTitlof wna vrv ill and T arl ministered a drug to end his misery. And now the two Russian ' reports, neither one of which offers much credibility. Oddly enough, no one other than the doctor has come forward with any report of Hitler's final fate.-It is scarcely conceivable that all who were with him at the Jast perished. If any survive they have kept the secret well. The doctor's story lacks corroboration. i While many are disappointed not to know positively that the chief villian of Europe's recent tragedy is deed, there is no doubt that his Germany that was to reign for a thousand years has fallen in utter ruin. These are fears that rumors of Hitler redivivus will keep the underground brownshirts alive and plotting. On the other hand those rumors will haunt the allies and make them do their police job more thoroughly. Birthday greeting to The Gervais Star, which had its - 54th anniversary last week. Mr. and Mrs. I. V. McAdoo took over the weekly news paper 18 years ago, continued to publish it in Salem for a time when fife destroyed the plant in 1929, and since December f that year have produced it in its own home in Gervais. Editorial Comment s i? it' This gives good response to the appeals; from various I parts of the city for betterment of parks. In addition there will; be available for park improvement proceeds 'of a special ; tax which will amount to about $35,000. This will go a long ways to ovfrcomejthe city's defici ency .in! this, regard. ! ... If the Bush pasture! Is purchased, as we trust it will be, no mdney in amounts of any consequence should be diverted from these sums which are -needed for j Improvement:'' of parks the city already ownsj and as far as we are informed no such diversion is contem plated. The Pasture can be left as woodland and meadow until the 'city is ;teady to develop it. The only matter f f urgency with respect to it is to acquire the land land save it for Salem's permanent public usel The! Literary Guidepost By W. G. Rogers .i .. 1 "THE BRICK FOXHOLE." fey Kick are Brftoks (Harper; 1 If you can get over one hurdle, youH find this an unusually good novel, grim, realistic, ex citing, written in a clipped, stac cato style. 1 The hurdle comes in the first few pages, when Jeff Mitchell, stuck in an army camp at home, lets hiniself believe an utterly unbelievable rumor that his young wife Mary has been un faithful.!; Clear that high one, and it's iswif t sailing to the dl-, max. Jeff sets out on leave for Washington to even things up, and a girl named Ginny gives him all the help he needs. Then a man has his head bashed in with the flat top of a toilet, there's a police and MP hunt, and a scene in a movie, and an other in a museum. It gets you to tingling all over, for one rea son or another, and you tingle to page 238, where it ends. But this is more than a thriller. Who killed Cock Robin is 1 part of it, but after you've finished, the question is less who, rather why. Brooks has something to say, as well as a story to; tell. It's a grand treat to find worth while thinking fixed securely as the basil for a tale so tense and gripping!; ! News Behind the News By PAUL MALLON (Distribution by King Features Syndicate, Inc. Reproduction In whole -' or in part strictly prohibited.) WASHINGTON, June U-fl)--In a very quiet way, Mr. Tru man has started choosing judges on a democratic party basis rath er than for their new deal ism. If he has any intention of re- Iron Mining company, although organized labor Is friendly to him. He also is a qualified man, and Hannegan complimented Du luth for going to Roosevelt in the last election if "compliment" is By Kenneth I Wxob BAD, HARZBURG, Germany, -(-Siegfried Benz, 17-year-old Nazi storm trooper who tried to carry on the war two weeks af ter I Germany's surrender has been sentenced to death by an American court ?mZ-ZZ7 "1 (martial in one t-V of the first con- victions of its type. - - His final at tempt to kill Yanks failed, but he was con victed of "con- jtinuin the armed attack on Allied forces in defiance of the terms' many's surrender. j He was captured In the Harx mountains sector after having fired on and thrown hand gren ade at three members of the U, S. 280th field artillery. German civilians throughout the VS. 83rd division's occupa tion zone immediately began to speculate as to what would hap pen to Siegfried. After all he had killed no one at least this last time. And did not every one say Americans were soft? i They got their answer after a four-hour trial marked by no sign of softness except a deter mination to give Benz a fair trial. j I Now there is considerable thoughtful discussion because the' story of the trial spread over the ; grapevine almost as fast as did word of Siegfried's doom. j The devout follower of Hitler; sat pokerfaced while Lt. Roydenj B. Bowen, cub plane observer 'from Houston,' Tex., and CplJ ; William B. Hunter of Fresno,' Calif., gave the testimony which condemned faun. It was those two and Cpl. Robert Engebret forxning the federal Judiciary, -the proper word. At any rate ion of Beark Lake. Minn, who1 JuH I Interpreting The War News i By KIRKE L. SIMPSON Auociated Trim War Analyst General MacArthurs inclusions of the Labuan beachhead on the west coast of Borneo on his airborne inspection trip! of his long front suffici ently testifies to his intense Interest in develop ments there. ft s The Borneo squeeze-play by Australian and Dutch troops with American air and naval support has a definite relationship' to the whole allied strategic conception against Japan. Recapture of oil sources in northern Borneo would help solve Pacific logist ics problems. I - i l ; That probably is the first primary objective although air and sea bases on Borneo would sup plement the firm control of the! south China sea already established from the Philippines. It is the oil pool of northern Borneo at which both the east and west coast operations are directly aimed, however. Both on the Tarakan side and in Sarawak and Brunei in the west where- first Australian main island footholds have been gained the oil is of such high grade that ft can bt Used "SHORT P STORIES- fey James Street (Dial; S2.SS). These' 1 14 stories are each ac companied by a foreword telling how it happened to be written. This idea seems to be coming more and more into fashion, and I confess I find it an added rea son for wanting to go on and read how it all turned out Most of these series, which have a sentimental popular appeal, have appeared in the Saturday Eveningf Post or Collier's and some have been made into radio scripts or movies. "HALF-A.HDNDaKD . . TAXES BT GREAT AMERICAN WRITERS," edtua, i wtta tetr4aetla, fey Charles: Gray tM (BUklstaa; S3). This U an anthology that makes more sense than most; it's composed of stories not in cluded ii most other anthologies. The selections are good.' Among the authors tare Bromfiekl, Faulkner, Hammett, Herges beimer, felcTee, Pyle, Sherwood, Steele, Thurber, Tully, Wilder, Richard Wright The rebec was an ancient musi cal instrument somewhat Uke the That is virtually thaj only od source beyond the Pacific to which naval andfiupply line! ship- 1 ping can look at any I early date to refill its I i tanks. Otherwise the .whole vast needs of ? tha (IRINi AND BEAR IT army and navy xn the pacific front must be sup. V"A x puea xTom we united sutes. ; . There is no information as tof lhe present 1 state of Borneo wells. That the Japanese succeeded in getting them into production 'on a considerable scale soon after their conquest pi the big island has been indicated by their use of Brunei bay and other Borneo harbors as fleet bases f until they were driven out : by MacArthurt adyance to the Philippines. f j Enemy efforts to destroy theiWells and ecu in. ment are to be expected on Borneo if that has not already been done. The Japanese position there however, it wfll require his life time at least. In four terms, Mr, Roosevelt chose about 85 per cent of the present judiciary. His ap pointees were not weighed so much in strict ly judicial scales, for su perior legal minds or even handed sense pf justice, but for their advocacy of new dealism . and its social Ideology. rsal MaUea You can begin to see a fresh line being started by Mr. Tru man, in the facts down behind his first three choices. These set what seemed to be strictly a party rule, holding that where the new dealers are locally in control he will name their men, but where democrats wield the dominant influence He will nom inate theirs arbitrating any clashes with compromise selec tions of his own. , You can also seel behind the ins and outs of these first three . cases why Attorney General Bid die is being ushered out of of fice so hurriedly. ' . , Truman's first appointment Was Donald GiUiarn as federal judge of North Carolina. Gil man is not a reactionary and not a new dealer, but Was recom mended by a southern anti-new deal democrat Senator Bailey. Gilliam has a good reputation - as a lawyer, yet 'Bailey's effort to get him nominated was block ed in the justice department by Biddle for months before Tru man came in. Biddle wanted to dispence ideologies as well: as justice from the bench, says Bail ey. The senator trotted down to the. White House, saw Mr. Truman, and Biddle' was ; over ruled. s . .-v-; ; '; !: For the Minnesota federal judgeship, the inside story is that Democratic National Chairman Bob Hannegan intervened be tween factions to name, another man against a Biddle candidate. At any rate, Mr. Truman nomin ated Dennis Donovan, of Duluth, who was attorney for the Oliver Biddle wanted District Attorney Victor Anderson, although labor did not The third appointee for the eastern district of Michigan, Ar thur A. Koscinski, Detroit was charged with being a commun ist although the charge seems to have been false, judged by the evidence here. Koscinski once presided at a banquet of a Slavic organization which is pro-communist, but the chief speaker at the same banquet was Biddle himself. More convincing proof, however, is that Koscinski is a Catholic and a member of the board of a Catholic institution. At any rate Biddle held up his appointment many months, for one reason or another, although it bore the backing of the Polish congressman of Detroit and had the support of the state party or ganization as well as the national committee. Koscinski is CIO and a new! dealer, but his naming can be accurately characteriz ed as a party appointment These three all have in com mon the backing of their state, senatorial or congressional or ganization, although strictly only one of a new dealer. They also have in common the opposition of the departing attorney gen eral. ' 4 This chonge of judicial line has proved popular in congress; nev ertheless, it must be reported the honeymoon is about over. When ; the new president followed the . Roosevelt pathway and rebuked the house rules committee for blocking the fair employment practices bill for Negroes," one southern democratic leader (a senator) privately prophesied the south would not stay with Tru man as long as it did with Roosevelt "if sharp sectional is sues, like this, develop." It is his' view the south took, much from Mr. Roosevelt for his Hft ing of the cotton price and other anti-depression measures. In any event it must be re ported that where Truman has followed the Roosevelt line (825 a Week employment insurance instead of $20, as well as. FEPC) congress is developing signs of formidable resistance. captured Benz and killed his rade. ' ; j 1 They told how they had been Informed of the SS hiding place by German civilians -who had; been fired on by the two Nazis,' 'and how they had discovered a small camouflaged tent f "I called on the occupants to come out several times. So did one of the German civilians with me but we received no response, Bowen testified. , Swiftly Cpls. Edgar Shipper and William Baer, both new Yorkers, appointed to aid the storm troopers defense, translated for him. Seigfried sat stolidly and con tinued to chew his gum. j Bowen said he then fired two shots into the ground and a hand grenade was tossed from the tent All three Yanks! took cover but It would have been too late if the grenade had not been a dud. .."Hunter then! emptied a clip from his carbine Into the tent" Bowen continued.' After that there were two pistol shots from inside the tent and another gren ade that failed to explode.' Shortly after that Benz surren dered. r' A search of the tent revealed that : Hunter's 'shots had mor tally wounded the 'other storm trooper, which jthe prosecution5 insisted proved j that Benz had fired the pistol at the Yanks and had thrown at least the last hand grenade. - It was on this point .that Sieg fried's attorney f an American ! captain based much of his de fense, stressing jthat the young storm trooper who was slain had thrown the first grenade and that , Benz denied any knowledge 'of the pistol shots or the second grenade. 1 1 However, thej main defense was built arounct Siegfried's con tention that he did not know that the war was over. He testified that he had been in hiding for three weeks and; had not spoken with any civilians or seen any American military government proclamations, jj But the prosecutor another captain promptly proved that one such proclamation printed in German was posted less than 500 yards from Siegfried's hideout That point prdbably convicted Siegfried. But although he sat still expressionless to the trial's end, his counsel ' fought on to save his life, asking the court's leniency on thi grounds that Benz was captured without any American being lulled. It was that sort of thing that puzzled the German civilians this business of an American pleading for the fanatical ene my's life even in jthe court room. These Harz mountains have housed many examples of Ger man military justice but instead of courtrooms it consisted of cre matoriums, concentration camps and torture chambers. : ' . But if this was a sign of "de cadent democracy's softness" it was belied swiftly by the court's pronouncement of the death sen tence. Yet even the Germans understood the probable reason why the court denied leniency. Inside his tent they had found American rations; and American cigarettes. But they had found no sign of the American sol diers to whom these articles had once belonged, j j m 1 0330000 t i 1 By Lichiy A SAILOR S SAT ON 8UTTS Civilian, did you ever try dancing in bell-bottom trousers? Did you ever have on a sailor suit and is hopeless in any case and with! Japanese use of uy io unu fuij luuig a yuiAct uiat wwuu me suuin uuma sea lor communications purposes hold folding money, I. D. cards, change, knife, reduced to no' more than a trickle of . shipping at matches handkerchief, and the other things a fellow best the oil on Borneo is of small value to the likes to carry? That is, except for that one little foe. j I f patch on the left-hand breast of your jumper. The useful How can be restored more quickly And speaking of jumpers, did you ever have- on Borneo than in Burma or on- Mher oil produc- to press one oi we uungs; iou ao ji wun me- ing isianas ozone uuicn inaies, nevertheless, due garment turned inside out you know. And, boy, how it has to be folded just sol. And how you have to go over those white stripes on your dress blues with bleaching, fluid! And that huge collar ever try to put on a pea jacket without mussJng It all up? It simply cant be done alone. And who do you suppose ever designed those ridiculous, practically useless hats including the absurd blue "flattie"? And the fellow who thought up the lJ-button square patch on the front of the pants that make 'em look like you had 'em on backwards deserves the Pulitzer prize for sabo tage. - '. -;; '-, V- ";; " WelL ci-ilians, it's" good news that the navy has a special board on the job planning modernized sailor uniforms. Anything could ' be t an improve ment But the tough part of it is that it won't come till VJ-Day, when - we hope to be on the v way toward getting back home and into loua to the high grade of the; product; it! comes i from the wells. No doubt the allied f forces closing in on northern Borneo are closely followed up by the skilled workers and the equipment to get i the wells going again at the earliest; possible moment' ; ": 'X--' t ' l - $ -i- British observers meanwhile note-that for the second successive wet monsoon season In -Burma British forces are managing to conduct active ; cam paigns. The divisions which cleared lower Burma and captured Rangoon have ; made no pause to refit and rest or to await formation of thai new British 12th army based at Rangoon. f ' Gen. Horace Sewell, official British commentator, notes that the stage is being set in Burma for a post-monsoon offensive "likely to have far reach ing effect in southeast Asia." Sewell added: " mm UK'S. 0 V ' V J "As the main strategic plan develops in southeast Asia and China the Japanese in Siam and Indo- "Hen. Spy; learn despicable American habit wish te know If after sports suits. Anyhow, that's how, sailors feci about v. China may be squeezed bet ween; Jthe. British and years faithfal service. Imperial Government js-ni , present h&n rt Christian Science Monitor--- " -- ' a vmnese." - . - - -j- .-.g.,...-wita engraved gala wcar" Japanese Hearings May Be Held in West Coast Cities AP Special Washington Service WASHINGTON, June ll.-(ff)-Pacific coast cities where prob lems of Japanese-Americans have flared during war months may have a chance to participate in hearings on . various phases of Japanese citizenship and immi gration rights. , . Rep. Stockman (R-Ore) re ports he-has asked the immigra tion committee, of which he is a member, to hold hearings in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Klamath Falls; Ore and Portland. Stockman Just returned from a week's - hearings in : New York. where proposals concerned liber alizing naturalization require ments, admission of aliens ' and deportation problems. ICC to Investigate Oregon Train Wreck PORTLAND, Ore- June U.-Vf) Interstate commerce rxsmmission inspector G. B. Winter will hold formal investigation Tuesday into ine railroad wrecK .wnicn y ester day injured 18 persons. :, Winter today inspected the scene of the passenger-freight train wreckage at Willbridge station near here afterjtaking testimony xrom txaua crev.ca. . (Continued From Page 1) Small parcels of .material, left overs from other jobs, or get hold! of reject lumber. If you Watch such jobs and note how Slowly they progress you will See' how. difficult it is to build under present conditions unless one has a green light in the way of- a favorable priority. The recent, modification of order L-41 does life the require ment for, a permit on amounts for home construction up to $1000, for commercial stores and shops up to $5000 and for indus trial buildings up to $23,000. But until supplies are released from the mills to retailers the builder has a very difficult job to get lumber for any job which doesn't have a priority. I When will more lumber be available! for civilian, non -priority use? Not until, the Jap war is much farther ; along. Every time the army moves to occupy a new island fresh bases must be bufit and lumber is the material first in demand.: Then, for the long shipment across the Pacific, sturdy boxes or crates are required for munitions and all heavy supplies. i' The earliest date that has been mentioned for an increase in lumber for private use is in the fall or about the first of the year;j and the chances are that even f then , the increase will be smalt By next spring, though, it would seem that the govern ment's needs, except for current use, would be pretty well met and that fair supplies of lumber will reach retailers for general distribution. j If you are planning to build, patience" remains a prime virtue. Two Jajjs in Klamath Area, Marine Says .''-"' '' i KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., June 10. (P) Mounted patrols and ma rine corps combat veterans to night searched the j timber and brush covered mountains north of here for two men; a marine said were Japanese. The two men were sighted yes terday afternoon on a lonely mountain trail by PFC. Wayne Curtis, who said he knew from experiences at Guadalcanal they were Japanese. 4 Curtis told Colonel George Van Orden, commanding officer at the marine corps barracks here, that the. men stepped onto the trail he was hiking on and' didn't see him immediately. "When he called Hey, you, there"! they turned, saw him and dashed Into the thick brush and disappeared up the steep mountainside. Veterans Hospital May Be Enlarged . WASHINGTON, June ll.-Wh Senator Cordon (R-Ore) has re referred a proposal to expand the Sam Jackson veterans hospital at. Portland, Ore, tol the veterans administration. ! The proposal asks addition of 2,000; beds which Cordon said he understood the administration has authority to build without addi tional legislation, i Rep. Angen (R-Ore) recently urged an enlargement of the 500 bed hospital. . Mediord Will Vote On $825,000; Bonds MEDFORD, OreJ JunV lt -iP) -City electors will vote tomorrow on six improvement proposals in a; special, municipal Jbond elec tion asking $825,000 for new sew ers, sewage disposal, bridge ! and park work and library expan sion, i .' : ;. ;.v; . ' ' UrtS of Jeivelry fr Dad Slevess f 1 ..-v-P Kings . Hatred ; . . Modern Design Terms Gladly - Arrange 'W7 6 XS9 Court 'Street Store Hours age - 6:o