'4 Capital Journal, .Salom Ore,, Wednesday, April 21, 1943 1
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'Tunisia Only a Portent
The Allied troons. especially the Americans have been
enthusiastically greeted as
Tunisia, pelted with flowers and cheered with enthusiasm.
'They are welcomed as liberators because for the past six
months the towns have been
and the inhabitants treated as those of all. Nazi-occupied
countries, as slaves compelled to serve their masters while
being systematically looted of supplies and valuables, left
on the verge of starvation while shiploads of food went to
the Axis ma nland.
It is a new experience for the Allied soldiers, who are
. getting a great kick out of it. When the British occupied
Libya, and the Americans Algeria and Morocco, they were
greeted with pleased relief
but mixed with questions and reservations but not acclaimed
with joy, because most of these countries had not experienced
the terror of German occupation, as Tunisia had.
One of the American soldiers in the truck service sup
plying food and essentials to
spondent: "Some of the townspeople swarm all over us and
it isn't just because we have
goes deeper than that. They like to give us little presents
and they do everything they can to make us comfortable.
Sometimes we get a little tired of being always on the move
but whenever we see some scared little kid's eyes bulged out
at the sight of the first real food he's seen in months it makes
things look up for. us."
, If this is the reaction to Allied invasion in Tunisia after
a comparatively brief German occupation, what will it be
in Europe after years of brutal systematic exploitation and
looting, of servitude and executions, when the armies of
deliverance arrive? It is only a mild prelude to what awaits
"the forces of liberation.
Let Common Sense Rule
There are grounds for the suspicion that considerations
other than reason or the legal problems involved had some
thing to do with the near defeat by the city council of a pro
posal that officials of St. Joseph's school be permitted to
block off Winter or Cottage street, between Center and
Chemeketa, during daily recess periods to provide addi
tional play space for the pupils. The request was made by
the principal after he had been informed by the state super
intendent of schools that more space was required to con
.form to the state law regarding school playgrounds.
Several councilmen voiced opposition to the proposal, the
principal opposition being to the establishment of such a
precedent. The aldermen were, apparently forgetful of the
fact, or ignorant of it, that the practice has been followed in
the case of some public schools in Salem and is general in
many cities where the schools have outgrown, their play
ground facilities. They also seem to have forgotten the
numerous occasions when the council has granted permis
sion to street carnivals and similar attractions to occupy
an entire block of a busy downtown street throughout the
days and nights of an entire week.
T Applications for free use of the streets by these noisy
nuisances have invariably been granted by the council with
out a word of protest, and have usually been accompanied
by a waivure of the customary license fee. But when an
established institution, providing a valuable wartime serv
ice to busy parents in supplying day care for their children,
asks the use of a little used side street for a few minutes
each school day some of the august aldermen throw a fit.
t It is to be hoped that the traffic committee, to which
the matter was referred with power to act, is less given to
technical objections and more inclined to view the matter
from a common sense standpoint.
The Spiral of History
History winds back in a spiral if it does not exactly
repeat itself and history of the first World war is being
repeated in the second, with the Germans victorious well
into the fourth year of the struggle, when the tide turned.
Reports that Hitler's Balkan satellites are trying to get
out of the war before an Allied blitz hits southern Europe
recalls the fact that the strength of the central powers in
il918 crumbled first in the Mediterranean sphere rather than
'on the main front. And it came after the Allies had suffered
many reverses in Mesopotamia, Turkey and Salonika, Ger
man war power began to fail at the farthest points of the
far-flung battle front.
The Axis powers are on the verge of defeat in Tunisia
and the Allies about to reopen the Mediterranean to Allied
shipping, which probably means an attack on Germany
through southern Europe to join Russia, at least the Balkans
expect one arm of the attack to hit them. This is shown by
the changed altitude of Turkey.
t Rumania, Bulgaria and Hungary are weary of the war,
balking in sending additional forces to slaughter for Hitler
and only kept in line by pressure. Jugoslavia is seething
with ravolt and Italians are ready to oust Mussolini and only
German forces have kept Italy in a war for which Axis
victory spells servitude.
Farcial Shoe Rationing
By its constantly increasing list of exceptions in the
general rationing order applying to leather shoes OPA is
making a farce of the whole program, and arousing public
suspicion of the need for any restrictions at all. Its latest
relaxation order applies to athletic shoes and has the effect
of making them available to anyone who wants them, and
who will go through the rod. tape required to get them.
'' . Professional baseball clubs are permitted to buy such
hoes as they need for their players, provided title to the
shoes remains in the club.
Individual professional athletes, members of semi-pro
Mid company teams, along with individual amateurs are not
eligiblo for supplemental ration tickets with which to buy
athletic shoes. But if they use their regular ration stamp
17 for the purchase of sports footwear and then find them
iclves with less than two pair of "wearable or repairable"
Hreet shoes they may apply for an additional ration for
ordinary shoes.
If an athlete uses his regular stamps for athletic shoes
he is eligible for supplemental rations for regular shoes, but
he cannot secure extra stamps to buy sports shoes. There's
more than one way to skin a cat.
Separated Long Time
Falls City Clarence Fleming
f Indiana arrived here to visit
tia parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marion
Homing and two sisters' famil
ct, Mr. and Mrs. John Boozer
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they enter the white towns of
under Axis military occupation
and the welcome was friendly
the Tunisians told a corre
brought them something. It
of Portland and Mr. and Mrs.
Otto Boozer of Dallas. This is
their first meeting In 25 years.
New Zealand recently was
compelled to reduce its sugar ration.
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By Don
Warning comes from the agri
culture department that the
gooseberry fly is at hand and
will soon be working on the
gooseberries and farmers should
act accordingly. This is timely
information and should be at
tended to, but we still can't fig
ure out why a fly can see about
a gooseberry that's so doggoned
hot.
Tish, Tush Item
(Statesman)
Several council members
charged that Alderman Tom
Armstrong drafted the resolu
tions without consulting other
members delinquency.
Maybe this whole thing
Novelties
In the News
(By the Associated Press)
Birthday Present
Fort Jackson, N. C. Hitler
bought a $1,000 war bohd for
Hitler's birthday.
The war bond belongs to
Capt. Paul Hitler of Brooklyn,
N. ,Y., for 31 years a member
of Uncle Sam's fighting forces
a birthday gift to Adolf Hit
ler.
Mixup
Charlotte, N. C. Mrs. Kicli-
ard Kent, Jr., received a letter
from Lieut. Richard Kent,; Jr.,
an army flier in the southwest
Pacific area, saying he enjoyed
her many letters, "I'm pleased
with the snapshots of yourself"
and he was sorry he wasn't her
husband, but really, he was a
bachelor.
You guessed it; the letters
were intended for her -husband
Lieut. Richard Kent,' Jr., an
army flier on duty in the south
west Pacific.
O, Happy Day!
Los Angeles Mrs. George
Adam's 70th birthday celebra
tion: She set out at 5 a.m. from
her Tujunga home for an all
day slroll. Reaching Los An
geles' Exposition .park at 10
a.m., she visited the museum,
later calling on friends in the
city.
By 7:30 p.m. she was home
again.
Her mileage: 42. And she
does it every year.
Younger Generation
Denver Commando John
Armbeck, 9, placed a mattress
atop a downtown garage, climb
ed to the roof of a business
building nearby, look a long
run and jumped into space.
Hurtling 30 feet, he missed
the mattress, hit the garage
roof and caromed off another
15 feet to the alley pavement.
Physicians treated him for a
slight head injury.
High River by
Saturday Predicted
Portland, April 21 W) The
weather bureau predicted that
the Willamette river will reach
a height of 17.5 feet here by
Saturday, a half foot below flood
stage. Tuesday's reading was 16
feet. A 17.5 foot mark also was
forecast for Vancouver, where
flood stage Is 15 feet. The Co
lumbia river measured 15.9
there Tuesday.
Needle Club Invited
Falls City The Tuesday
Nccdlccraft club met at the
home of Mrs. E. G. White. Mem
bers present were Mrs. Eva Teal,
Mrs. Maude Brown, Mrs, I. C.
Mehrling. Mrs. D. J. Grant, Mrs.
F. E. Driggs, Mrs. Laura Horn
and Mrs. E. G. White.
Supper
Upjohn
should be turned over to a com
mittee on committees.
Whistling De Luxe
(Pendleton East Oregonian)
"She is a 'teeth and tongue'
whistler; has whistled since she
was a tiny youngster the per
formance of this art, of course,
being interrupted when she lost
her baby teeth; the child Esther
explored the vacancy with anx
ious tongue and when the new
teeth obligingly put in appear
ance (and lovely white ones
they are, too) she went right
back to whistling again. She
studied whistling in the Califor
nia School of Artistic Whis
tling." From Rex Putnam, our well
known stale school superintend
cnt, comes a little note of appre
ciation relative to recent social
item in our column about him
and Rev. George Swift, both
grandpops of the same baby,
holding a joint celebration over
"the first grandtooth." Writes
Rex, "I thoroughly enjoyed see
ing my name coupled with Rev
Swift's recently in your society
column, 'Sips for Supper.' It is
true that Grandpa Swift and
Grandpa Putnam did celebrate
Rocky's first grandtooth, and all
appropriate ceremonies were in
dulgcd in properly and In i
dignified manner, I assure you.
However, details must remain
as a military secret for the dur
ation." Ah, there he leaves us
all sitting out on a limb wonder
ing just what those two usually
sedate old boys did in honor of
the phenomenon that is sooner
or later going to lead little
Rocky into the FT & BA, sure
as shooting. Gosh, we can hard
ly wait for the war to be over
so we can find out.
Adolphus Shicklegruber Hit
ler celebrated his 54th birthday
yesterday, as the world now
knows. But it's not so widely
known up. to now that Donald
Streptococcus Hendrie today is
celebrating his birthday; which
we'd guess maybe would equal
about the same. However, Don
ald celebrated his by mistaking
his right hand for a frying pan
and pouring same full of hot
grease Intended for the pan.
The moral to all this is if
there is a moral that the
wrong guy got fried in hot
grease.
11,000 More
Doctors Needed
. Seattle, April 21 W Dr. Karl
Schaupp, ninth service com
mand chief of procurement and
assignment, told a sectional
meeting of the American Col
lege of Surgeons Tuesday that
between 42,000 and 44,000 of
the nation's 130,000. effective
doctors already arc in service
and an additional 11,000 would
be needed by the armed forces
this year.
"About 5000 young doctors
are graduated each year and, as
soon j as they have completed
their inlerneships, they will be
taken into the service," he said.
"Our task Is to see that the
armed forces arc supplied first,
after which comes the war In
dustries, Then we must keep the
medical schools supplied with
capable teachers, after which
comes the community needs.
"It would not be difficult if
the doctors were equally distri
buted. About 6.000.000 of the
population has shifted from In
active districts to the defense
centers. We have no authority
to compel doctors to go to any
locality."
Capt. Waltman Walters, sur
gery chief of the naval hospital
at Corona, Calif,, told Interview
ers that 99 out of every 100
wounded in this war are recov
ering, compared with 95 out of
100 in the first World war.
Kelly Says
Northwest Called
Enemy Target Area
Allies in Pacific
Still on Defensive
Australia Almost
Fighting Japanese Alone
By John W. Kelly -
Washington, April 21 There
are eight aircraft factories on
the Pacific coast. Very little
of their output is allocated to
the war in the Pacific against
the Japanese. Most of the planes
and bombers produced from Pu
get sound to San Diego are be-
'ing ferried to the United Na
tions in the eastern hemisphere.
They are flown to various points
in Africa, to the British isles, to
Russia. They are being used
against the Germans and Ital
ians. The Pacific situation is
pathetic; the Pacific northwest
is menace, it is a target area.
Bataan and Corrigador have
neither been recaptured nor
avenged: China, Australia and
General MacArthur are increas
ing their cries for assistance,
and at the moment are in par
ticular need of fighter . planes
and bombers such as the Fly
ing Fortress bomber manufac
tured by the Boeing plants in
the Puget sound country, the
kind that Americans are operat
ing in their daylight raids over
European cities, based on air
dromes in England.
Administration Criticized
The allies in the Pacific are
waging a defensive, not an of
fensive, war. It is impossible
for the allies to do otherwise,
considering the highest strate
gists are throwing everything
they have, save a small per
centage, into the war against
Germany and Italy which ab
sorbs their principal attention,
The impression exists in the Pa
cific that the administration
does, not realize the seriousness
of the war in that quarter, in
asmuch as repeated appeals for
aid have not been complied with.
If the thousands of planes which
have been given to Russia and
the British had been sent into
the Pacific the story of the war
in that theatre would be differ
ent. China, says Chiang Kai-shek,
is now in its darkest hour. The
hoped for support from the Uni
ted States is not even dribbling
in. There is little to show for
the Chinese mission trip to
Washington, D. C, nor for the
White House conferences of Ma
dame Chiang Kai-shek, despite
the popularity with which she
has been received by the Ameri
can people. The military mis
sion dispatched by General Mac
Arthur accomplished little, ac
cording to report.
Dr. Herbert V. Evalt, minis
ter of external affairs for Aus
tralia, came to the national cap
ital to make his pica and, so far
as known (and judging from
the talks, is returning empty
handed. Promises, yes; but
promises have been given for
more than a year. Gen. Sir
Thomas A. Blarney, like Joe
Stalin, says that Australia is al
most fighting alone against the
Japanese. Stalen said the red
army was fighting alone against
the Germans, not mentioning the
.5000 planes that were given him
by, the United States. General
Blarney gives some small credit
to the American troops, but in
sists the Australians arc carry
ing the load; the bombers and
soldiers and supplies promised
by "the arsenal of democracy"
have not been forthcoming in
the quantities needed or ex
pected. Japanese Worst Threat
All major engagements of
United States forces (sailors,
soldiers, marines, and fliers)
have been confined to the Pa
cific and the casualties outnum
ber by many thousands the list
of casualties accumulating in the
North African adventure. The
number of Japanese is also far
greater than the number of Ger
mans or Italians in the African
campaign. It is difficult, if not
impossible, to find a resident of
Oregon or Washington who be
lieves Germany is as much a
threat to this country as are the
Japanese.
It is known, of course, that
the United States has planned an
all-out offensive against the Ja
panese and is now making pre
parations, but the immediate
task is centered on Europe. On
the other hand, Chiang Kai-
shek, General Blarney and Gen
eral MacArthur are petitioning
for help now and not in 1944,
The box score for the Pacific
discloses that the Americans arc
sending warships, transports,
supply ships and planes to the
bottom, but notwithstanding
these victories the Japanese are
still holding practically every
island that they invaded and
held more than one year ago;
and they have not been driven
out of the Aleutians.
Washington's Senator Bono
has invited government agen
cies to give serious considera
tion to the heavily mineralized
belts in that state with the ob
ject of establishing a steel in
dustry, The Washington stale
fi Serving Uncle Sam
Cartoons is one method Cpl.
Howard Larkins, who is in Aus
tralia, has of communicating
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs,
Ben Larkins, station A, Salem,
They have received several hu
morous drawings illustrating
the life of a soldier. Three of
the Larkins boys are with com
pany B, 162nd infantry of the
41st division. The other two are
Staff Sgt. Marvin E. (Buck)
Larkins and Sgt. Mclvin (Tiny)
Larkins. The two latter i were
formerly Capital Journal car
riers. The letters are the first re
ceived since January,
Master Sgt. Wilfred R. Mc
Kay has been transferred from
Fort Lewis to Camp Cooke,
Calif. Mrs. McKay (Clara Bell),
is entraining for Santa Barbara
Tuesday, where she and Master
Sgt. McKay will make their
home.
PFC Norman W. Bell, who
has been stationed in the Ha
waiian islands for the past year
with the army air force, sur
prised his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
F. W. Bell of Portland, by call
ing them from San Francisco
recently.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Van Pelt
received news of the promotion
of their son, Franklin, to cap
tain. Capt. F. H. Van Pelt is
now stationed at Camp Bland
ing, Fla.
Recruit training began at Far-
ragut, Idaho, this week for Ed
ward Lee Brandle, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Brandle, 112
Abrams street, Salem, who is
a recent arrival at the training
station.
Lieut.-Commander Verden E.
Hockett, now on active duty
with the navy, is spending the
week in Salem on leave from
Bremerton, Wash. Until going
on active duty, Commander
Hockett was in charge of medi
cal activities of selective service
for Oregon.
PFC William Armour of Sa
lem is doing well in the naval
hospital at Mare Island, Calif.,
where he is confined by wounds
suffered in February while serv
ing as a tank commander in
Guadalcanal. His mother, Police
Matron Bessie Armour, return
ed Tuesday from San Francisco,
where she visited him. Wheth
er the tank stopped a Japanese
shell, or just what happened
"Bill" doesn't yet know, for he
was rendered unconscious and
when he woke up he was on an
airplane, being ; taken from
Guadalcanal to New Zealand. '
Gordon Reeves of Salem, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Reeves,
has finished pra-flight course in
the army air corps at Santa Ana,
Calif., and has been transferred
to Cal-Aero field at Ontario,
Calif., for primary training.
Just about a year ago Second
Lieut. James Haley left the
Oregon public utility commis
sion in Salem, and went to join
the signal corps in . the Ameri
can armed forces. Yesterday
he came back to Salem wearing
the insignia of a first lieuten
ant. The interim between en
listment and return was largely
passed with the troops in Eng
land. On his return to America
he came on to Oregon by plane.
"And, does this old state look
good to me," said the lieuten
ant. "I was glad to get back to
Seaside for a visit with my folks,
where I spent a week. After a
visit in Salem I will 'be on my
way to Alabama, where I will
become an instructor for a time
at least."
Pvt. Joe A. Klein, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Peter Klein, of Mt.
Angel, was promoted this week
to the grade of private first class.
He is stationed at Keesler field,
Miss., where the army air forces
technical training command is
training thousands of future
ground crews to service and
maintain the B-24 Liberator
bombers which are helping car
ry the war to the axis.
Mt. Angel Miss Vivlonne Le-
Doux and Miss Edna Brack of
Woodburn, have left for Texas
and California. They will visit
Aviation Cadet Raymond Le-
Doux at San Antonio; Aviation
Cadet Joseph LeDoux, at Corsl
cana, both in Texas and Robert
LeDoux and other relatives at
Stockton, Calif.
John Larson, officer on a Brit
ish ship now in Portland, was a
recent guest at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Alois Keber. Ho was
accompanied by Miss Ursula
Keber of Portland. Guest from
Salem was Miss Madlcn Keber.
Mrs. Joseph Berchtold and
sons, Kenneth and Jimmy are
houscgucsts at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Saalfcld, while her husband is
in Montana where he flew to
senate adopted a similar resolu
tion which has been referred to
the senate special committee to
investigate the national defense
program. The legislative reso
lution says that whenever such
development has been proposed
it has been blocked by Indus
tries already existing in other
sections of the country.
bring back a plane to Bend,
Ore. Berchtold is chief flight in
structor at Tilse Flying Service
at Bend for the navy.
Pvt. Joseph Lebold, with ord
nance at Fort Lewis, Wash., vis
ited his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Lebold, Sr., over Satur
day and Sunday. PFC Ambrose
Schaecher of Camp Hatheway,
Wash., visited his father, Henry
ochaecher over the week-end,
Falls City Mrs. Clarence
Dornbecker, daughter Mary and
Mary Jean Westbrook have re
turned home from a three
weeks' visit with her son, Fred,
at San Diego, Calif. He is in the
navy.
Rickreall Mrs. Ada Rplknan
has received a federal communi
cation stating that her vnnne
est son, Eddie BelknaD. has been
seriously wounded in action.
Sergeant Belknap was a gunner
on a a lying Fortress somewhere
in England and the message stat
ed the action was over Europe
on April 4 at the time he was
wounded.
Woodburn A group of men
inducted into the army April 12
left for active duty Monday af
ter a week spent at home. The
men gathered at the city hall
at 5:45 a.m., where a brief pro
gram was given by the North
Marion County Service commit
tee with M. D. Woolley as mas
ter of ceremonies. Coffee was
served by Margaret Simonson of
the American Legion auxiliary,
Elaine Steele, , Agnes Maricle.
Lillian McGonegal and Evelyn
Paulson of the Junior Woman's
club. A large group of rela
tives and friends and represen
tatives of the various organiza
tions were present.
TIlOSB leaving fnp Krvli. war. nUmrtt
Danskey and Laurence M. Quale? of
Woodburn: victor w. Mattlson and Henry
Wllmes from Hubbard: Charles T. Slev
ers. Cloyde D. Becker, Wallace M. Easten
son and William T. Hook of Sllverton:
Duane M. Sorenson. Lester W. Wrlaht and
Wallace M. Boock of ftnlem; Willi, n
Sink of Aurora; James a. McOrath of
uonald: Conner B. Ellsworth of Crem
awa: Walter F. Ebner and Frani-l. wrhi.
of Mt. Angel: Elmer 8. Schuh of Ger-
vais: wence j. uioaia of scotts Mills.
Cloyde D. Becker was appointed acting
corporal by tho army officials at the time
of Induction and was In charge of the
group from Woodburn to the reception
center at Fort Lewis. Paul Earler. who
was Inducted at the same time as the
above men. went directly to the Induction
station at Fort Lewis without taking ad
vantage of the 7-day leave at home.
Transferred to other boards for Induc
tion were Harold Theodore Tilden, Loren
Tyler Edmo and Wesley Joe Smith.
Accepted by the navy were Alvln Elmer
Hollln of Silvcrton. Samual Joallen Keeb
ler of Salem, Patrick Joseph Ebner of
Mt. Angel and Amos Bonacker of Wood
burn: by the marines, Floyd Otto Langsev
of sllverton.
Sjcio Private Otto Weldman,
U. S. army, has returned to the
Jordan farm, having been dis
charged by reason of having
reached the age maximum for
present induction. He had serv
ed since last September at Cali
fornia and Arizona bases. He
was in service in World war I.
MR. WHAT. WHAT'S THE MATTER RAIN-IN-THE-FACE?
MR. WHV OH, I
WISH I WERE YOUNG
ENOUGH TO GET
INTO A UNIFORM AND
MR. WHATi'OU CAN FIGHT PLENTY . . . '. . j
TELL IT TO MY DRAFT BOARD! UNCLE SAM THINKS I
I HAVEN'T ANY FIGHT LEFT IN ME.
MR. WHAT" LISTEN
THERE'S PLENTY OF
FIGHT LEFT IN YOUR
CHECK BOOK. PUT
MORE OF YOUR DOL
LARS IN UNIFORM!
MR. WHVi DOLLARS
IN UNIFORM! WAR
BONDS. ..AND THOSE
DOLLARS WILL COME
HOME WEARING
SERVICE STRIPES Of
INTEREST.
BUwtM
Donald Gonser, MBCG, serving
at an Oregon base, has return J
ed to service after visiting brief-l
ly at the home of his parents,!
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Morris.
Lieut. Howard G. Eberlyf:;
the air corps who had a narrtAvS
escape from death when his
plane fell Into the water during ij
the battle of the Bismark Sea.f
writes Coach Spec Keene of
Willamette that he Is recovering j
from his experience, although f
still confined to a hospital. The a
letter was written March 25 and
said "we really had fun in the I
Bismark Sea. I was lucky to j
make my way to shore." j
Tom King of the U, S. marine i
corps, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. I
G. King of 1770 South Liberty a
street, is spending a brief fur-
lough with his parents. Young I
King has seen considerable ac
tion since Pearl Harbor, includ
ing service in the Coral Sea and
Midway battles. The ship on i
which he is a gunnery instructor j
"stopped a torpedo" at one time j
but managed to make port:
a
Lieut. Bert Victor, with 1VX
Victor, arrived in Salem Tues
day evening from Stockton,
Calif., where Lieut. Victor is
connected with the ordnance
department. He entered the
service August 12 last year and
has been handling motor trans
port problems in that depart
ment. He is on an official as
signment in the northwest and
stopped here briefly for a visit.
Suit Accuses FDR
And Churchill
Pueblo, Colo., April 21 (U.W
A suit charging that President
Roosevelt "conspired" with
Prime Minister Winston Chur
chill of England to involve Am
erica in war has been filed-sf-i
federal district court in PueiJl?
it was revealed Tuesday.
The suit, filed Monday by
George J. Knapp, an unsuccess
ful contender for the 1938 demo
cratic nomination for governor,
asked the court to void the sec
tion of the selective service act
under which men 45 to 65 years
of age are required to register.
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey,
national draft director, and Maj
or Howard E. Reed, Colorado
selective service head, were
named defendants.
The suit alleged that Mr.
Roosevelt, "through the device
of said registration ... is at
tempting to nullify the constitu
tion of. the United States and
to reduce, unlawfully, the peo
ple of the United States to a
condition of serfdom." ,
It further charged that the
president "resorted ' to evif"
available device to involve -.mJ
United States in the European
war on behalf of his Britannic
Majesty's government." , . '.
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