Capital journal., August 14, 1945, Page 4, Image 4

4 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Tuesday, August 14, 1945
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Exonerating Hirohito
A unique contribution to Japanese psychology Is the Dome!
broadcast from Tokyo announcing to the Japanese people
the imperial decision on surrender, though it did not say
what the emperor's decision was. Only 130 words were
broadcast to the Japanese press when it was broken off and
the editors instructed to "hold this item," stating that "to
morrow, Aug. 15, at noon sharp (8 p.m., Tuesday FWT), a
transmission of unprecedented importance will be made, so
the 100,000,000 people without exception must listen at
tentively.
As recorded and translated by the FCC the dispatch read :
"How shall the 100,000,000 people, filled with trepidation, reply
to the emperor? His majesty's subjects are moved to tears by his
majesty's boundless and infinite solicitude.
"Aug. 14, 1945, the imperial decision was granted. The palace
grounds are quiet beneath the dark clouds.
"Honored with the imperial edict in the sublime palace grounds,
the mob of loyal people are bowed to the very ground in front of
the Miju-Bashi (the bridge which leads to the palace).
"Their tears flow unchecked. Alas! In their shame, how can
the people raise their heads?
"With the words, 'Forgive us, O emperor, our efforts were not
enough,' the heads bow lower and lower as the tears run un
checked.
"Ever sine Dec. 8, 1841, when we received the Imperial re
cript, causing his majesty deep anxiety. . . ."
So the god emperor is not to blame for losing the war, but
the Japanese people because their efforts were not enough
to bring victory. So they weepingly beg forgiveness for
their sins and humbly express their contrition figuratively in
Back cloth and ashes. Presumably there will be a wholesale
epidemic of hara kiri to atone for their transgression.
The working of the oriental mind, at least the Japanese
mind is incomprehensible to the occidental and accounts
for the failure of American propagandists, with their mil
lions of dropped pamphlets to influence any of the Japanese
people. The only thing the Japanese understand is force as
expressed in atomic bombs. Martyrdom only strengthens
the living god myth, so perhaps the Allies are wise in tolerat
ing Hirohito as spiritual ruler and dummy emperor.
Why Shelve the Persuader?
If the world needed further proof of Uncle Sam's humani
tarian irtstincts and practices even in warfare that want has
been supplies by the performance of the United States in
handling the Japanese peace proposal. While the sons of
Nippon stalled and sidestepped in answering the ultimatum
they had asked for, the American forces in that theater
softened their attack for nearly two days and made no use
whatever of Its most potent weapon, the atomic bomb.
Not until yesterday were planes of the carrier force and those
from Okinawa directed against the tricky enemy in anything
anywhere near approaching the ferocity of their usual smash
ing tactics.
Taking Japan's professions of a desire for peace, the
Americans deliberately pulled their punches, despite the op
portunity for treachery it gave the enemy an opportunity
which gave the yellow men' the chance they are forever
seeking. It was like inviting another Pearl Harbor sneak
attack.
If past performance did not justify our high command in
doubting the sincerity of the Jap proposal, their conduct in
these latest negotiations were in themselves sufficiently
unorthodox to warrant continued prosecution of the war on
an intensified scale until the enemy had formally surrendered.
It was the atomic bomb which struck terror into the hearts
of the Japs and hastened their decision to sue for peace.
Another sprinkling of the home islandsvith the new weapon
would have brought the enemy speedily to its senses and
aaved precious American lives.
Official Hog-Tying
Ignoring a warning that such action might result in the
cancellation of some log hauling permits and despite the
declared need for every foot of lumber that can be produced,
the war production board has rejected an application of the
Marion county court for permission to purchase a much
needed motor road grader. The application was filed only a
month ago, after the release of hundreds of pieces of this
kind of equipment for use in supplying the needs of the
military in the Pacific.
Only by heroic means have the road graders owned by
the county been kept serviceable during the war. All of
them are at least ten years old and most of them completely
' worn out. During the past four years the antiquated ma
chines have done yeoman service in keeping the roads in
passable shape to handle the h;avy war traffic which has
damaged the lighter roads to a point where they are about
beyond repair.
Last year it is estimated that around 220 million feet of
logs were hauled over Marion county roads, to say nothing
of the millions of feet of sawed lumber also hauled. This
year the government is asking for even more lumber which
means a greater strain on the weakened roads. Yet with
the customary lack of coordination and cooperation between
government bureaus, the equipment necessary to meet that
demand is refused.
Portland Noisy
On Peace Eve
Portland, Aug. 14 U.R Relief
from suspense given through a
Jap radio announcement of im
pending lurrender threw down
town Portland into a riot of
noise early today as thousands
of servicemen and their friends
paraded up and down city
streets in a mass celebration of
the inevitable victory announce
ment from Washington.
Military and civil police were
helpless to handle the milling
and lusty-throated throngs and
leemed willing to Join in the
merriment, City fire engines
had difficulty In reaching a
downtown fire after merrymak
ers mobbed the trucks forcing
them to a standstill.
Hotels and downtown apart
ment housea emptied their room
ers Into the streets at auto horns
and the clang of the victory cen
ter bell allowed no sleep.
The Portland Oregonian's ir
culatlon office was besieged in
th irly morning hours by peo
ple hungry for news of the Jap
anese announcement.
Workers at the Oregon Ship
building corporation were not
taken from their work but news
of the surrender announcement
spread quickly through the
yards.
A real "all out" celebration
still awaited the official White
House declaration that peace
was a definite reality.
Banks Will be Open
As Usual Y-J Day
Washington, Aug. 14 U.R Na
tional banks will transact busi
ness on V-J day as usual unless
the announcement of the end of
hostililies should fall on Sun
day or a regularly designated
holiday, according to an offi
cial of the office of the comp
troller of the currency.
The banks will remain open
for business regardless of whe
ther the president announces the
day a legal holiday, it was said,
as the chief executive has no
statutory authority to designate
holidays except is authofUed
by congress. i
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Sips for Supper
By Don Upjohn
If V-J day were to continue
in the offing for many more
days they'd probably have had
to get a priority for a new set
of hinges for the doors at the
state liquor store.
We went to apologize for on
Injustice We did to W. H. Billy
Woods, manager of the Pro
ducers Cooperative Packing
plant, by letting Billy open
our annual hollyhock marathon
just before we left on a vaca
tion. To those of short memories
we'll recall that Billy made
the opening entry in the mara
thon with a hollyhock 12 feet
1 Inch tall which was growing
at 650 E street. We reported
one or two others and then
closed the forms on the column
for a couple of weeks. When
we met Billy the other day he
looked like a beaten man. He
Novelties
In the News
rsr thft AwuKlattd Vttis)
Sugar Blues
Stilwell Mrs. Harve Danner
had a new ration problem to
cope with yesterday a husband
who didn't read the label.
Farmer Danner went to the
pantry to get salt for his live
stock, grabbed a likely Con
tainer and distributed Its con
tents to his mules. The animals
licek up the offering and wait
ed for more.
Danner made a return trip to
th pantry, Where an irate Mrs.
Danner informed him that he
had mistakenly given away her
reserve supply of sugar.
Complete Sellout
Milwaukee tarly shoppers
had cleaned out L. W. Musch's
meat counters when an alderly
woman entered the market.
"Have you any beef?" she
asked.
"No, I'm sorry," Musch said.
"Any pork?"
"No, I'm sorry."
"Any lamb?"
"No, I'm sorry."
"I iust wantnH In tinnf vnn
snv that." thp wnmnn laid uHVi
a laugh. "I don't have any red
points either."
said ever since his phone had
been ringing and folks were
hooting at him for a hollyhock
only 12 feet and 1-inch high. "It
made me feel like going out and
kicking over the hollyhock,"
said Billy. Fred KlaUs, the ice
cream mfr. also happened to
report to us he had one in his
yard oved 13 feet high he got
that far and quit measuring
and that was two weeks ago or
so. It seems the hollyhocks have
n't been affected by rationing
or other inconveniences of war.
They've just Topsyed right
along regardless.
Poetry Is Where 011 Find It.
(Ad in Eugene Register-Guard)
"Just a line, hot off the Press,
From F. B. H. and O. L. S.:
We're sellin' lots and. tracts of
land,
And makin' dough to beat the
band.
But we can't sell and keep sub
sisting If you don't help us with your
listing.
A man comes In and wants a
farm,
And throws his hands up In
alarm;
If we don't have Just what he
craves,
He beats the air, and rants and
raves.
Another comes and wants some
lots
He's watchin' but for bulldln'
spots.
If you have property t& sell
And want a price that suits
well,
Come In and tell us what you've
got;
A farm, a store, a house, or lot,
We'll sell it to some rbvin' gent,
And settle up for five percent."
Have a Heart Item.
St. Louis, Aug. 14 () There's
a limit to all things even
"beefs" about no beef.
A sign in a suburban market
here reads;
"Please limit Bbufce of the
butcher to five minutes."
A swarm of bees started look
ing for a permanent home in a
crack in a courthouse wall. No
doubt attracted by some of the
honeys who work around the
place.
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Education for
Vefs Advised
"Sound advice for disabled
veterans is to take advantage
of the government's vocational
training program."
That statement was made to
day by Verne L. Ostrander,
commander of Salem chapter
No. 6, Disabled American Veter
ans, who said disabled veterans
are eligible for college and
other training under Law IB.
"Unfortunately," he s a i d,
"many young men, after being
discharged from the armed for
ces, are putting off vocational
training until later and taking
Jobs. In the opinion of the DAV,
this Is poor judgement. From
our experience with World war
I men, those disabled veterans
who came off best after the last
war were those who took part
in the government's vocational
training program."
The DAV commander said
that disabled veterans who have
vocational handicaps may at
tend any public or private edu
cational Institution pending ap
proval of the veterans adminis
tration. A single veteran, un
der Public Law 16, receives $92
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rieWar Today
By DeWitt Mackenzie
An interpretative analysis of
war developments by a fam
ous Associated Press war correspondent
The Japanese war-lords' delay
in making irp their minds
whether they are licked was
only adding to their nation's
anguish, for American Super
fortresses loosed more than 5,
000 tons (and that's 10,000,000
pounds) of bombs on the un
happy country.
The huge Third fleet and a
British carrier task force were
idling off the Japanese coast
ready for further action. It was
clear that the allies had no in
tention of taking any nonsense
from a dawdling Tokyo.
Despite this delay we have no
cause to worry for fear that we
haven't got Japan on toast.
Even before Tokyo made its
first inquiry about the terms of
surrender last week, it was
clear that the allies had smash
ed Japan as no other major pow
er, excepting Germany, ever
has been smashed since the con
querors of old.
Greed Costs Empire
It seems passing strange that
Nippon should have to learn
that crime doen't pay by making
war on the United Nations. The
fact that she had the termerlty
to do so Is just another proof
that she hadn't yet emerged
fully from the dim past. She
thought naively that because
she had a big army and navy,
she had caught up with the
western world. But it is clear
that she still was treading the
paths of by-gone Centuries.
Japan's greed will cost her a
big empire. She no longer will
rank as a great power. She will
drop back to about the place she
occupied in 1853-54 when our
Commodore Perry introduced
her to civilization.
Since that time she had ex
tended her domains vastly, part
ly through receiving islands
under mandate after the last
war, and partly through aggres
sion which brought her Korea
and finally great and potentially
rich Manchuria. She had got
clean away (at least temporar
ily) with her theft of Manchu
ria from China, and she might
have contlhued long In pos
session of it if she had recogniz
ed her limitations.
Punishment Terrific
But now she will be a four
island kingdom. She will be
deprived of her navy, her air
force, her army and every in
dustry which could be utilized
for purposes of war. She is to
suffer the indignity of having
her sacred islands occupied by
allied troops, and of being under
allied military rule.
It Is a terrific punishment for
Japan. And one wonders
whether the peculiar Japanese
code of honor may not result in
some shocking "face-saving"
sacrifices after capitulation has
been made effective. Through
time immemorial it has been
the practice of the Japanese to
commit hara-kiri to wipe out
stain upon honor. We have seen
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Urgently Needed
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Producers Cannery
FULL TIME OR VICTORY SHIFT
No preliminary trip necessary to se
cure work; just report to the person
nel office, 7:30 p.m. or 7:30 a.m.
This is an urgent call. So please re
port today or tonight. Men, other
than Victory Shift Workers will need
a statement of availability from U. S.
Employment Service.
1 block north from Edgewater St. on
Patterson Ave., West Salem.
'Also, this plant is cooperating with
the Salem Canners Commtitee.
United Press Steps Up Probe
In Wire-Tampering Incident
New York, Aug. 14 U.R The United Press stepped up Its
investigation 'today into the false flash which was fed into its
wire system Sunday night and which said Japan had accepted
allied surrender terms. A re-
ward of $5000 was offered by
the U.P. for the identification
and conviction of the person re
sponsible. The American Telephone and
Telegraph company, reported to
the federal communications
comcommission and the U.P.
that an investigation had shown
that the false flash did not orig
inate in any of Its test stations.
The U.P. leases its news wires
from the A.T. & T.
The A.T. & T. Issued this
statement yesterday in response
to a request from the U.P. and
the FCC to investigate:
"The American telephone
and Telegraph company today
completed a check of its various
test stations along the route of
the United Press circuit where
last night's false Jap surrender
flash originated.
A.T. & T. Not Responsible
"As a result of this Inquiry
the A.T. & T. reported to the
federal communications com
mission, and made a copy of its
reports available to the United
Press, that the flash could not
have originated in any A.T. & T.
test station. The reason for this
is that the flash was transmitted
by automatic tape and these test
stations are not equipped with
the equipment to perforate tape.
The A.T. & T. said It would
continue to cooperate With the
United Press and the FCC in
their investigation of the incident."
innumerable cases in the pres
ent war.
With high military and naval
officers, and members of gov
ernment, immolate themselves
on the altar of "honor" in this
fashion?
There have been even sug
gestions iat the mikado himself
might abide by this code and do
away with himself.
I"m not suggesting that these
things will happen, but only
call attention to the possibili
ties in this great drama.
Chester J. Laroche, vice
chairman of the American
Broadcasting company, last
night telegraphed Hugh Baillie,
U.P. eresident,-that his network
would "be pleased to contribute
a substantial amount of the re
ward offered by the U.P. for the
apprehension and conviction of
anyone found guilty of the
fraud."
A. P. Help Offered
Kent Cooper, executive di
rector of the Associated Press,
last night recommended to the
A.P. board of directors that the
A. P. "add an appropriate
amount to the reward offered
by the United Press Association
for the apprehension and con
viction of anyone guilty of the
incident of fraud as reported by
that news agency."
Cooper pointed out that there
is a law against tampering with
wires in Interstate commerce.
Chiang Accused by
Chinese Communists
. . .. .... i
charged today Chiang Kai-Shek'jVf
resii tuning uiuci iu wie com
munist 18th route army violated
the Potsdam declaration and
called it further proof of
Chiang's "preparation for civil
war."
The Yenan broadcast, record
ed by the FCC, said a Yenan
correspondent had prepared a
comment on the Chiang order
which commanded communist
Gen. Chu Teh to take no ind
pendent action against the Jap
anese. "The comment calls on the
people of China and allied coun
tries to oppose Chiang's plans
for civil war and claims that
armies of Chinese liberated
areas which have borne the main
burden of the war in China
should participate with the al
lies in receiving the Japanese
surrender, the broadcast said.
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