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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
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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. They have laid
Dewey will accept if drafted
and will go to Chicago to ide
liver an acceptance speech.1
The governor declined com
ment on these statements nd
also withheld details of his con
versation with Brownell.
There are more than 1,150
war department theaters in 615
army posts.
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