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ifCapHal .TnttrnaT, Salem, Org., Wednesday, June 21, 1344 Capital Journal SALEM, OREGON ESTABLISHED MARCH I, 1RM An Independent Newpaper Publnhud Everj Afternoon Exrrt nrd si 44 Chemekta St. Phone BuitntM Offie ISHi New Room 571, Boeletj Editor IS7I GEORGE PUTNAM. Editor and Publisher rt'LL LEASED WIRE SERVICE (IF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND THE UNITED PRESS SUBSCRIPTION RATESt BT CARRIER) Wtfkty. I ll: UDthl. 17b: One Tear. HOC BV MAIL IN OREGON: Month!? ISO; 8ti UonthR. IS 00; On Tor ISM UNITED STATES OUTSIDE OREGON; Month!. I 80: Six Month!. 11 Mi Tear. SI M. The Associated Pirn la eicliirtrrl? entltlrd to the use lor publication of ill dupaiehti rrrdlted to II or other win credited la thia paper, and alio local oe puDllfhrd herein The Battle of the Marianas Only last Thursday the Oretfonian in commentinK edi torially on the attack on the Mariana bases of Japan by an American task force declared that "the activity in the Pacific is nicely calculated to prevent the public from becoming im patient little more. For that reason we decline to bally hoo such a raid," although in the initial effort 13 Jap ships had been sunk, 16 others damaged and 141 enemy planes destroyed. The Oregonian continued: They (the American people) do not need to have this stupid pre tense imposed upon them to the effect that full-scale offensives are being operated on both fronts, when actually the blow is against Europe and the Pacific actions are 'just enough.' Let's look at it that way and have done with this shoddy manipulation of the public mind." Now the Mariana attack was as important in the Pacific war as the allied landing in Normandy in the European theater, and as daring. The Marianas are the heart of Ja pan's defensive line, the attack is not mere island hopping. Saipan will afford a base for shuttle bombing by Super-Fortresses of the Japanese mainland, hence Japan's desperate resistance, both on land, sea and in the air. The seizure of Saipan has evidently accomplished Admiral Nimitz' objective by bringing out the Japanese naval fleet and air force in an all-out defense and a show-down battle. Already 600 enemy planes have been destroyed along with many ships by the Americans, and it is reported that a show down naval battle is in progress, for the first time since Midway. Nimitz said at a press conference: "If a full-dress knock-down, drag-out naval battle comes, it will be a development worked for by the Pacific fleet ever since Midway. I know of nothing else we can do to provoke those people into a naval battle. American forces invaded the Marianas on the assumption that the Japanese would bring out everything they possibly could. We've put muscle enough into our 5th fleet to take care of everything the Jap could muster. There is enough power to be favorable to us in a decisive engagement. We hope the Japanese will stay in that area, as long as they do, we have a chance to get at them." Yet the swivel chair strategist of the Orcgonian calls this all-out American attack on the enemy "a shoddy manipula tion of the public mind" to "prevent the public from becom ing impatient"! Allies Rule Air The full extent of the destruction wrought by months of raiding by the Allies over JMirope begins to reveal itself in the failure of the German Luftwaffe to make a better show ing in opposition to the invasion. So far the allied superior ity in the air has amounted to absolute dominance. From the first day, wVien our. fliers laid an unbroken ceiling over the landing forces crossing the channel and on the beaches, the American and British air forces have com pletely controlled the skies over the Normandy peninsula and beyond it. This mastery has been exercised with con summate skill, daring and effectiveness, While swarms of fighter craft suppressed feeble attempts of the nazi airmen to interfere, fleets of light, medium and heavy bombers have been operating in direct support of our ground forces. Even our largest bombers have been used to lash at tactical targets behind the enemy lines such as refueling points where troops and transports were concentrated. They have likewise ex tended a protecting curtain of bombs in an arc extending 50 miles inland from the deepest point of penetration. All the while they have continued their strategical bombing of the Reich, with particular emphasis on railroad junctions and other facilities needed by the enemy to bring up reinforcements. While there is doubtless some basis for the argument that nazi air reserves are being held back for the defense of more important interior positions and of Germany itself, the fail ure of the Luftwaffe to offer stronger resistance to the Allies gaining a toe-hold on the continent can reasonably be in terpreted as a sign of weakness; that whittled down in the air by its resistance to our long continued bombing of the Reich and deprived of replacements by the success of that bombing it dared not risk further depletion by engaging in battle with our highly superior air forces. Germany s much vaunted mastery of the air has vanished and with it her last chance of victory or even of a stalemate, The Wail of a Self Starter Henry Black, the Portland painter whose name appeared on the republican primary ballot as a candidate for president of the United States, as a candidate for the United States senate, and as a candidate for delegate to the national re publican convention is quoted in Washington dispatches as claiming that he would have won the senatorial nomination except for opponents "free publicity. Black told the senate campaign expenditures committee that both Senator Guy Cordon and ex-Governor Charles A. Sprague his opponents for the seat of the late Charles L. McNary received three times more newspaper space than he did. He recommended that newspapers be compelled to give all candidates equal space, and that congressional as pirants be permitted to mail campaign advertising under a frank, Mr. Black has the modesty and self assurance that charac terizes self-starters under our primary system, lie has an unconscious sense of humor that adds jest to political zest. Everyone is nut of step but the plural candidate with his impervious egotism. No petitions were filed by voters in behalf of any of his candidacies, he represented no group or faction, and no contributions were listed for his campaigns. He evidently catapulted himself into the election with his recorded J1475 contributions evidently out of his own pocket. and his messianic delusions. Mr. Black's remedy is as logical as his candidacy. He wants a law making it compulsory on newspapers to give all candidates equal space and the government to mail cam paign literature free. Most of his rival candidates paid for whatever publicity they received by advertising. He had the same privilege. Editorial opinion is not for sale and not to be commandeered as long as a free press exists. nominee for U. S. senator had a part in settling many wartime labor-ma nagemrnt issues. The state must accept federal aid In providing post-war em ployment but must not surren der its sovereignty, declared Gov. Earl Snell. The state can not handle the burden alone, he said. L. C. Stoll. slate manpower director. rrpriitpH th Art. in ! Oregon with leading the way in showing the nation the virtue of a voluntary plan to meet W(tin;c production schedules. Morse Addresses Labor Convention Eugene. June 21 m 'The Oregon state Federation of La bor's 42nd annual convention went into ils second day today after hearing Wayne L. Mose urge post-war labor-management collective bargaining and less government handling of la Dor's affairs. As a former member of the or labor board, th republican j I x I s- y 7c35 The War Today By DeWitt Mackenzie An Interpretative analysis of war developments by a fam ous Associated Press war correspondent. whose only word of his plans Is that he wants to get at the enemy. From this distance it ap pears a 200-mile front from the Seine to St. Nazaire would let us at just as many of Hitler's legions as would the more heav ily fortified north. Novelties In the News (By the Associated Prm) Reporting for Duty New York PFC Eunice Sheppard of the marine corps women's reserve, Danbury, Conn., reporting for duty after completing boot training, en tered headquarters, peered in tently about the room where eight marines sat at desks. Snapping at attention: "Sir," she said, 'I joined the marines to free a man to fight. Who's leaving?" Well WisheT Salt Lake City H. P. Lea tham, Utah drivers' license bureau director, asked an ap plicant to explain a five-year discrepancy between her listed age and birth date. "It's a helluva state of affairs when a gal in an attempt to grow old gracefully can't deduct five years off'n her age without getting caught," wrote the ap plicant in reply. Leatham sent the licety;e and appended this note: "May you never grow old." Jackson Gains In Valuations Modford. June 21 W Jack son county's real property tax able value for 1944-45 has been set at $22,847,110 by Assessor C. A. Myers, a gain of $252,550 over the 1943-44 fiscal year. The personal property valua tion was fixed at $4,900,560, up $150. Total taxable valua tion, not including public util ities, increased $633,700. Fo rum Contributions to this column must be confined to 300 words and signed by writer. Star Salesman Pueblow, Colo. St Herb Sch ul man hopes the stork is an understanding bird. After starring in a war bond show presented by the Pueblo air base, the sergeant planned to leave for New York to await the arrival of an heir. But the war bond committee asked an other performance. So Sgt. Schulman will stay in Pueblo so more war bonds can be sold. Manpower Note Los Angeles A jury of 12 women was chosen to try a murder case. Three alternates were selected also. They're women, too. Timely Tumble Shenandoah, la. Water Commissioner Nye had a lucky fall. Nye dislocated an arm and was taken to a hospital where a doctor was summoned, the operating room and anesthetic prepared. Just as he was getting onto the operating table he slipped and the injured arm snapped back in place. Volatile oils present in a cedar crest kill moth larvae. To the Editor Through my clipping service I have received reports in your paper of June 12 and 13, regarding the sena torial situation in Salem. I am sure you have no ill-will to ward me, and I call to your at tention that the statement made by Wayne Petti t in the Ore gonian, the only man I talked to while in Salem, was correct. Unfortunately, the A. P. some how misquoted him, changing the complexion of the story en tirely. I corrected this twice be fore it was finally in line with Mr. Pettit's story. Your item of June 12 un doubtedly came from the A. P. Your item of June 13 still did not clearly state the facts. In fact, it very unfairly misrepre sents my attitude as evidenced by the last paragraph of that item. I was not seeking to have the offices declared vacant. I did not ask the attorney gen eral's office for an opinion and my contention was not over ruled. This action was taken, entirely I believe, by the sec retary of the state's office. It seems to me in fairness that I should not be charged with action against my fellow senators in the state senate. Lew Wallace. 23 Delegates Leave Tonight Portland, June 21 Mi Twenty-three of the republican dele gates, alternates and party of ficials who will represent Ore gon at the republican national convention will leave here to night. The group will arrive in Chi cago Saturday morning and will caucus that afternoon with earlier Oregon arrivals, said Henry Collier, 'delegation chair man. The delegates are pledged to Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York for the presidential nomi nation and to Gov. Earl Warren of California for the vice-presidential nomination on a basis of write-in votes in the May 19 pri mary election. By J. M. Roberts, Jr. ' SnrjMitut :nt lor Devil t MirKmili Capturing of Cherbourg, now dependent on how many Ger mans want .to die first, will bring the allies to a new phase of the invasion the establish ment of a continental base from which to start for Germany, That means a concentration which quite possibly would need to occupy all northwestern France, including the Brittany peninsula (Brest) from Loire (St. Nazaire) to the present beachhead, and Le Havre, which commands the Seine basin. Otherwise, there seems to be little anchor for the allied south ern flank as it turns for the ad vance into France. Hitler went through northern France in 1940 without regard for French threats on his southern flank. But, while his army may be the one tp disintegrate this time, i allied commanders may not want to chance it. There could be many reasons j for recent bombings of Avran- ! ches, Laval. Rennes, Bain, and ' Nantes, but designs on the Brit tany peninsula would be a good one. For purposes of surprise, the allies did the illogical in land ing. As someone put it, they selected an area where nobody could establish a successful beachhead, and then did it. But when preparing for battles on a large scale presumably more than a million men will be on each side when the campaign really gets going terrain can not be ignored. Two Logical Flanks The Loire and the Seine are quite logical flanks for a drive toward Paris. Of course the location of the present beachhead is the only indication we have that the drive will be toward Paris. The allies still have plenty for a new landing around Calais and an ultimate campaign across the traditional battlefields of north ern. France and Belgium, But the enemy is much more con centrated and highly prepared there. His rocket bomb emplace ments indicate that, since his use. of them when landings in the area failed to materialize he had been saving them for defense. Both areas meet the require ments of General Eisenhower, It's too early to tell what has happened or is happening in the far Pacific, but there's some thing very special in the tone of Admiral Nimitz' voice today. Draft Dewey Leaders Busy Albany, N. Y June 21 W Governor Dewey disclosed to day he had been in telephoned contact with New York repub lican leaders at Chicago but re mained silent on their state ments he would accept the re publican presidential nomina tion if drafted. The governor told a press conference he talked by tele phone yesterday with Herbert Brnwnell, manager of his 11J3 and 1942 gubernatorial cam paigns and one of the New Yorkers who have established republican "draft Dewey" head quarters in the convention jity. J. Russel Sprague, New Y republican national convention and Edwin F. Jaeckle, statu chairman, are on the scene with Brownell. 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