4 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Tuesday, August 21, 1945
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Poor Arrangement
It is difficult to understand the insistence of Capitol Post
No. 9, American Legion, in reserving for its own use each
Monday evening the facilities of its building which are under
lease to the USO as a recreation center for servicemen, par
ticularly when for the first time since the center was opened
nearly three years ago there is a demand for the center on
that night of the week. Surely the Legion could make tem
porary arrangements to meet elsewhere for the short period
of time the building will be needed to accommodate the
servicemen from Camp Adair.
The Legion has done a complete about face in its attitude
toward leasing its quarters since the proposal to establish a
USO club was first broached here three years ago. Then
they actively campaigned for the selection of their quarters
for the recreation center, and left no stone unturned'to secure
approval of their undeveloped and mortgage ladened club
house as the USO center.
During those three years the Legion has collected nearly
$7000 in rent from the government and the USO. It has
also benefited to the extent of approximately $11,000 ex
pended in remodeling and improving their property. From
October, 1942, to April, 1943, they collected a monthly rental
of $200 from the FSA. From April, 1943, that $200 was
supplemented by $40 a month from the USO until November,
1944, when Camp Adair closed down and the center went
on a restricted use bases. From then until June of this
year the local USO council paid $60 a month for limited use
of the building and in June the rent was again raised to $100
a month. Under the lease just signed USO will pay the
Legion $250 a month for use of the building with Monday
nights reserved' for the Legion's use. The Legion further
retains full time use of one room for office purposes.
Under this arrangement servicemen from Camp Adair and
elsewhere who happen to be in town Monday nights will have
to torego use of the center and will have to be content with
such makeshift accommodations as can be provided at the
Y.M.C.A. But the mortgage has been lifted from the "old
homestead" and there is no promise that Uncle Sam will play
Santa Claus in the distribution of additional improvements
or that he will move the USO elsewhere, so the Legion is
riding high.
Unrest in Defeated Japan
Tokyo radio broadcasts report that beaten Japan is on
the verge of an internal upheaval and fear of a public outburst
is voiced in appeals to the people for maintenance of "peace
and order." Other broadcasts warn that the "hot-headed"
militarists might take direct action because of distaste for
alien occupation and resentment. However we are assured
that the greater part of the military will "strictly obey" the
emperor's appeal for strict discipline in the armed forces.
The great industrialists, intent on the rehabilitation of their
plants advocate co-operation with the enemy for a long range
rebuilding of the empire along lines acceptable to the
conquerors.
The fact that Japanese armies in China and Manchuria
and on the scattered islands are surrendering, although those
in Singapore, Indo-China, Thailand and Burma are still de
fiant, indicate that the fear of uprising is confined to the
home islands among forces which the Tokyo reports say "re
main intact without any actual defeat on the field of battle
and their morale unimpaired."
News of the surrender came as a great shock to the Jap
anese people, for outside of the bombing of cities and in
dustries, which did not seriously lower -their morale any
more than it did that of the Germans, they had experienced
few of the horrors of war and been kept in complete ignor
ance of their defeats on land, sea and air, and fed only the
propaganda of victory. It took actual invasion to destroy
Germany and force surrender and Japan never experienced it.
If there is an uprising in Japan it will be due largely to
long suppression of news and the substitution of inspired
propaganda since long before Pearl Harbor. In fact suppres
sion of the free press in all the Axis countries contributed
largely to the wars of aggression backed by misled and de
luded people. The Japanese people, led by a living god,
thought defeat impossible as Japan fulfilled their divine
mission of world conquest. Whether the bitterness of dis
illusionment and of national collapse will sow the seeds of
another war by inspiring an unconquerable hatred of the
conqueror among the Nipponese, depends upon the wisdom,
firmness and fairness of their treatment by the foreigners.
The Clash in China
Chiang Kai-Shek has again dispatched an urgent message
to the Chinese communist leader, Gen. Mao Tze-Tung, at
Yenan, asking him to reconsider his refusal to attend a con
ference at Chungking to avert a civil war, and formulate
China's national policies. The Reds are trying to force the
Japanese to surrender to them instead of the National gov
ernment forces, and take over the territory now held by
the Japanese.
Chinese Reds are counting on assistance from Russia,
though none has been received for years and it is doubtful
if it will be forthcoming, for Russia is working with the
Allies and is desirous of harmony and the Allies are backing
Chiang.
Unofficial reports state that Soviet Russia has agreed to
"soft pedal" the Chinese communist issue in return for con
siderable territorial concessions in north China. These are
believed to involve Chinese concessions as follows :
1. Chinese have agreed to a free port for the Russians at Port
Arthur.
2. China Is ceding to Russia the strategic Tanu Tavu area on
the border of Outer Mongolia and Siberia, and giving the Soviets
a free hand in Outer Mongolia.
3. Considerable concessions have been made in the long disputed
Sian Iang area whore the central government recently replaced the
pro-Soviet governor with a diehard Chiang Kai-Shek follower.
4. China agrees to a Soviet sphere of influence in Korea.
This would permit China to retain Inner Mongolia and
obtain control of Manchuria, necessary for China to become
an industrial power, and avoid breaching the Cairo declara
tion and incurring Anglo-American displeasure.
There is little similarity between Chinese communism and
Russian communism as developed under Stalin the realist.
Job tor. voo Q45
Solidarity of Big Three
Tested by Eastern Situation
By DeWitt Mackenzie
fA.P. Fortirn AlfBiri AnilyaO
The shadow of that most dreaded of all conflicts civil war Is
striking across China and, if we accept Tokyo reports, Japan also
is hearing internal rumblings which grow out of her surrender
to the allies. Thus we see po
litical dissension tearing at the
focal points of the far eastern
theater, just as it did in Europe
with the collapse of the Axis.
The difference of these two ex
tremes of the eastern hemis
phere is that the explosions in
the Orient easily may be more
violent, although there still are
the makings of strife in more
than one of Europe's trouble
spots. Specifically:' the dangerous
feud between Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-Shek's Chungking
government and the great body
of northern Chinese communists
is reported to have burst Into
flame in one spot, when regular
forces clashed with Chinese
communist troops in Shansi
province. Meantime from To
kyo came a stream of broadcasts
carrying the implication of in
ternal unrest. The Japanese
government even informed Mac
Arthur that it would be neces
sary for the present to keep
armed Jap forces both in Japan
and on the continent to main
tain order.
Those are the facts, but they
don't warrant us in jumping to
sweeping conclusions. Develop
ments alone will tell the story.
Severe Test Possible
The point which we can stress
legitimately is that relations
among the Big Three Russia,
Britain and America may be
put to the acid test by these po
litical difficulties In the Orient
and in Europe. That's of far
greater importance to the peace
of the world than is a civil war,
or half a dozen of them. We
can't repeat too -often that in
ternational peace depends on
unity of the Big Three.
This trio doesn't always see
eye to eye in the matter of han
dling the political problems.
That's nautral and nothing to
worry about unduly so long as
the disagreements are kept well
in hand. However, let's rec
ognize at once that some of tha
crises both in Europe and in
the Orient are potentially ex
plosive. -,
We have an example in RusL '
sia's sphere of influence in the
Balkans. Last Saturday, U. S.
Secretary of Stale Byrnes noti
fied the Bulgarian government
that the United States consid
ered it didn't fully represent
the people of Bulgaria. Yesler
ay British Foreign Secretary
Bevin told the house of com
mons that Britain won't recog
nize the government of Bulgaria,
Romania and Hungary at pres
ent because they "do not in our
view represent the majority of
the people, and the impression
we get from recent develop
ments is that one kind of to
talitarianism is being replaced
by another." Bevin didn't men
tion communism specifically,
but the implication was there.
That is only one phase of the
situation in which the whole
eastern hemisphere is swinging
"left." This poses two blunt
questions: Can we expect Russia
not to look with approval at this
swing? By the same token, can
we expect Britain and America
always to look with approval at
extreme tendencies?
I think the answer to both,
these questions is in the negative.
Japs Report Death
01 Hsiao Chu-Hsuan
(By the Auoclnt'd PrfsM
The Japanese Domel agency
today reported that Gen. Hsiao
Chu-Hsuan, S3, former war min
ister of the Japanese puppet
government at Nanking, died
yesterday morning.
Gen. Hsiao's death followed
by two days that the Chen Chun,
president of the Examination
Yuan of the Nanking puppet
government, whose passing was
reported yesterday by Domei. In
neither case was the cause of
death disclosed.
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By Don Upjohn
upper
A local business man was tell
ing us yesterday he had three
applicants for jobs. One from
a draftsman and the other two
from welders just let out at an
aircraft plant. This is about as
many as he had during the war.
Each of the applicants said they
were willing to do any kind of
Novelties
In the News
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Dog Days
St. Louis, Mo. Dog-Catcher
Norman Blum swerved his truck
in the nick of time to avoid an
accident yesterday, then:
The truck jumped the curb,
flattened 16 feet of fence and
overturned.
His brother, Claude, riding
with him, was hospitalized; the
truck was damaged to the ex
tent of $200, and all 11 of the
impounded dogs he had been
carrying escaped in the confu-
work if they could get a job.
Maybe coming events still cast
their shadows before. .
Fred Shay, the well known Ice
man, is urging us to start a cam
paign for restoration of good
old fashioned time the way it
existed before this daylight sav
ings blight fell onto the coun
try. While we're a long way
from where it is decided wheth
er folks will get up and go to
bed like normal human beings or
be shunted around into all kinds
of odd habits, we side with Fred.
It seems to us that Fred, the
ice man, is in a good position to
throw cold water on the day
light savings idea himself.
The Insignificant Detail
Portland (P) Martin Tideman
dropped police a post card today
explaining he forgot part of his
clothes when he left jail re
cently. Would they please for
ward them, he asked. Better
call for them at the station, po
lice advised him through a let
ter sent to general delivery
and while you're here finish
serving that 30-day sentence.
The Voice of Experience
(Corvallis Gazette-Times)
Enjoy yourself while you are
young. After you pass the mer
idian of youth you will be Jcept
so bus picking seeds out of your
teeth that you won't be able to
participate in any of the good
times. I
People who have been throw
ing away their ' ration stamps
should hesitate. Maybe they
should keep them as souvenirs
to give to their grandchildren.
They might get to use them in
the next war.
An Echo From Up-Rlver
(Independence Enterprise)
Sips for Supper of the Capital
Journal must be taking his va
cation, at least his column has
been missing from the paper
this week. A rest is good at
times for anyone, even readers.
We bet in foregoing paragraph
the editor of the Enterprise is
trying to say something mean, j
Since the speed limit has been
lifted for cars a lot of the
boys now can drive the same
way they have been but without '
fear of getting arrested. 1
Warriors Defeat
Oakland Twice
Fort Lewis. Aug. 21 (IP) The
Fort Lewis Warriors baseball
team won their 29th and 30th
straight victories, tromplng
Oakland's Pacific coast nine
11-3, and the Los Angeles An
gels, 5-3, yesterday in afternoon
and evening encounters.
The Warriors made five runs
In the first inning of the after
noon Oakland game, aided by a
homer by Gale Bishop, former
Washington State college star.
In the second game, though the
going was a bit harder, the
Warriors drew first blood in the
second with three runs, the An
gels tied it in the third, but the
Soldiers came In with one each
in the fifth and sixth.
Sorboe Promises
T Program, WSC
Spokane, Aug. 21 W Coach
Phil Sorboe, who will fill Orin
E. Hollingbery's shoes as foot
ball mentor at Washington State
college, yesterday promised the
T-formation would be part of
the W.S.C. strategy this fall.
"I can't promise how many
games we'll win this fall, but
you'll see something new In
football," said the former W.S.C
grid star.
Regarding the T-formatlon:
"Even the nation's great power
coaches, men like Bernie Bier
man of Minnesota, are swinging
over to It. They like its versa
tility and the fact it can cover
all types of offensives."
Washington State begins its
season against University of
Idaho at Moscow September 29.
Portland, Aug. 21 W Two
of Portland district OPA execu
tives have resigned to return to
private business.
George I. Curry will return to
the Electrical Distribution com
pany, and Ed H. Shea returns
to the Royal Spring Canyon
Standard Utah Mines sales of
fices here.
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