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'4 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Friday, Sept. 21, 1945
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Contrasts in Treatment of Japanese
Those who have been criticizing General MacArthur's
''soft treatment" of the Japanese are pointing to the Aus
tralian and British method of handling . the surrendered
enemy garrisons in the recaptured Pacific islands, Malaya
nnd Hour Konjf as the ideal we should follow in the Kip
homeland. Correspondents report concerning British occu
pation in Hong Kong:
' "Here the .Japanese know they have lost the war and no
jion.scnse about it. When British officers tell the Japanese to jump,
they jump and jumping Japanese troops and sailors in the colony
vere rounded up in the first few days of the occupation, disarmed,
'and put into concentration camps. Scattered rations were Riven
.them. When they complained, the British told them: 'This is
just what you fed allied prisoners. If it was good enough for
litem, it's bloody well good enough for you!' "
' The only time the Japanese are permitted by the British
to come out of the concentration camps is to repair roads,
'put the airstrips back into service and clean up camp areas,
jjritish did not ask them to turn in their arms when they
took control. They made them strip naked, then made sure
that all weapons were confiscated.
' There is of course a great difference between occupying
tand governing isolated recaptured garrisons of several thou
sand troops and occupying a country of 70,000,000 people.
The success of MacArthur's occupation speaks for itself.
Js'ot an American life has been lost and two thirds of Japan's
great home army has already been demobilized and the dis
arming of the balance will soon be an accomplished fact and
that without bloodshed.
General MacArthur is gradually tightening control, war
iprisoners being rounded up for trial, munition plants de
stroyed and the punishment, just beginning, will be long
and bitter, he states. The Japanese are not being treated
.brutally, but the surrender terms, no matter how harsh, are
being rigidly enforced.
! Japan is being treated in a civilized, humane way con
sistent with American traditions and to repeat the barbarism
the Japanese practiced on the Allies would lower us to level
of the conquered, create bitterness and strife and undo our
objective of democratic reform of a nation destroyed by its
pwn aggression.
Snell Proves Mettle
I Governor Earl Snell certainly did not. endear himself
politically with state CIO leaders and their PAG followers
when ho ordered the state police to intervene in a jurisdic
tional labor dispute at Klamath Falls to prevent threatened
violence and disorder. But he did win a lot of compensating
credit from impartial advocates of law and order. Although
the governor acted at the request of the local sheriff, he
could have dodged the demand for assistance until it was
proven that the situation was beyond the power of the local
officers to control. Suffice it to say, he didn't dodge.
' The situation which he directed slate troopers to assist
in handling grew out of a strike of CIO operating employes
of the Weyerhaeuser Timber company mill for a closed shop
,to squeeze out AFL machinists. The latter, serving as main
tenance men, had been kept from work for several days by
threats and implications of' violence on the part of CIO
pickets. Twice during the past week the machinists at
tempted to return to work but turned back before reaching
the picket lines when advised by Sheriff Lloyd Low that
he could not provide them with adequate protection.
, By his action Governor Snell has served notice upon union
leaders that he does not propose to have jurisdictional squab
bles interrupt and interfere with the orderly processes of
protection in Oregon during the period of reconversion, and
that he will countenance no violence in connection with
strikes.
i The Klamath Falls incident provided the governor with a
timely opportunity to clearly stale his position as regards
interference by striking unions with the constitutional right
of individual citizens to work and earn a livelihood. That
he did not grasp the opportunity to clarify his position for
all time is regrettable, but this failure to do so does not
permit of any misinterpretation of his attitude in the matter.
Strikes and peaceful picketing have a recognized place in the
settlement of legitimate labor differences. But jurisdic
tional quarrels between unions and violence which imposes
Upon the rights of the public, employer and innocent individ
uals does not. The people look to the governor and other
public officials to prevent such abuses.
Thrice Paid Bonuses
! For reasons that are not readily apparent, considering the
at titude of returning servicemen toward pampered war work
ers, the administration continues to court political favor of
his element by further coddling thorn in shaping the unem
ployment compensation bill over which the senate is now
battling. Typical of this legal bribery is the action of the
upper house in defeating a motion to'strike from the bill a
section under which war workers who took jobs requiring
them to leave their permanent homes will be paid up to $200
to defray the expense of returning home or traveling to a
pew job.
Shorn of all its altruistic camouflage this provision
femounts to the payment of a third bonus to thousands of
workers in war industries and constitutes further economic
discrimination against other civilians and the men and women
who served in the armed forces. The first bonus was paid
when literally hundreds of thousands of these favored work
ers were offered and paid transportation to their war jobs.
The second was contained in the premium wages and out
rageous overtime they were paid on their jobs, which should
have enabled them to lay aside ample money on which to
return to their homes. This third bonus is so unexpected
that it comes as a surprise to even the most optimistic of
its beneficiaries.
: Previous to rewarding these workers with a third bonus
the senate had rejected a proposal to pay a minimum unem
ployment benefit of $25 a week and had directed that the
employment service be turned back to the individual states.
But this was done because the demands of their constituents
whom they will have to face at the polls next year were
louder in their ears than the pleas of administration leaders.
$ips for Supper
By Don Upjohn
As 7:30 approached this a. m.,
the time set aside by the Los
Angeles prophet for the end of
the world to be consummated,
the fatal moment found all of
the downtown restaurants that
happened to be open, crowded
with people shoving grub into
themselves just as though it was
their last meal and they wanted
to be blown over to the other
side well prepared against any
eventuality. However, nothing
more happened than the custo
mary calamity of having to pay
the check for what they had
eaten and then getting off to
work. It was quite a disappoint
ment all around. Probably the
guy who did the guessing got
hold of a last year's calendar
by mistake and was jostled off
the beam. Maybe he'll do bet
ter next time. However, the
end of the world is the only
holiday that Art Rahn and Har
ry McWhorter forgot to get on
their current calendar in red
letters.
We hear quite a bit of rejoic
ing around that it's possible now
to go ahead and get a new house
built without any government
restrictions. So anyone who has
the money can now get a $1500
house for $10,000 if he feels like
it.
Novelties
In the News
(By the A.Moelatd Press)
Tables Turned
Albuquerque, N. M. Rather
than try himself in police court.
Judge E. C. Gober forfeited
five dollars;
The turn about case occurred
when Gober, rushing to preside
at police court, parked his red
truck in the alley.
Moments later the mayor fol
lowed by the city manager
started for their homes to find
their way barred by the truck.
A policeman was called and
Gober forfeited his bond thus
escaping trying himself.
Women's Ingenuity
Hollywood New ideas for the
entertainment of returning ser
vicemen are becoming a habit
Willi the fairer sex.
The latest ingenious bit has
been added to the list by Dinah
Shore.
Dinah announces that when
the next shipload of veterans
arrives from overseas, she and
a guitar player aboard a blimp
will hover just above deck and
welcome them home with song
and music.
Problem in Mathematics
(Random Lengths)
Soldiers who wish to be a hero
Number practically zero;
Those who wish to be civilians
Number way up in the millions.
He was an elderly gentleman,
reposing slightly at an angle on
a cane, standing on a' downtown
street corner evidently waiting
for a bus. A rather chunky
young woman came tripping
along, attired in shorts. The
elderly gentleman watched her
as she passed and followed her
with his eyes, his lip curled
slightly in disdain. A minute or
two later along came a woman
who weighed about 195 pounds,
but she was in slacks. The old
man's eyes also followed her
until she turned a corner. As
he looked back to see if the bus
was coming he remarked to the
world in general, "Holy cow,
there oughta be another flood!"
Revamping the Trouseati
(Exchange)
"The bride is to be resurfaced
with brick, laid herringbone
style on a bed of sand with
concrete mixture in the joints."
Sports commentators on the
radio are beginning to make
predictions about coming foot
ball results just like they used
to before the war and the pre
dictions still continue to be
good things not to bet any
money on.
Next thing we know football
pools will begin bobbing up
surreptitiously in odd places
and the sucker race will be on
once more.
Increase Sharp
In Traffic Deaths
Portland. Sept. 21 (41 This
city's traffic deaths increased
68 percent during the first eight
months of 19415 compared with
the same period last year, the
traffic safety commission said
today.
Traffic accidents climbed 13
percent. August, Month when
gas rationing ended, showed a
34 percent rise in accidents over
last year.
Points Off Low
Beef Grades
Washington, Sept. 21 fn
The three lowest grades of beef
will be sold without ration
points on October 1, food offi
cials said today.'
These grades, known as can
ner, cutter and utility, are
used principally in canned and
processed meats, hamburger,
sausage and boiling meat. They
make up about 20 percent of
the beef supply.
Pork, lamb and three top
grades of beef commercial,
good and choice will continue
to require ration points. The
three top grades of beef are the
source of most steaks, roasts and
other popular table cuts.
The low grades of beef will
remain technically on the ra
tioning list, although their ra
tion values will be reduced to
zero. This makes it much sim
pler from an administrative
standpoint, officials explained,
to restore them to ration con
trol should it became neces
sary. Act ion on the three lowest
grades of beef, they said, re
flected an increasing supply of
beef, particularly of the-lower
grades. Marketings of cattle
from western and southwestern
pasture and range areas are in
creasing sharply to follow the
normal fall marketing pattern.
There has been no indication
when the rationing of the other
meats may be terminated. Of
ficials have said that this will
be determined largely by over
seas commercial and relief re
quirements. Statehood Predicted
By Alaska Delegate
Portland. Sept. 21 (.? E. L.
Bartlctt, Alaska's delegate in
congress, predicted here the ter
ritory would attain statehood
within the next few years.
He stopped here briefly with
a congressional delegation en
route to sutdy Alaskan post
war problems.
MacKenzie's
Column
By DeWitt Mackenzie
The big five council of for
eign ministers in London seems
to be moving with determination
(though with due caution) for
a closer inspection of the several
crises in the Balkans those
small but troublous states which
comprise the political atomic
bomb of Europe.
The matter of immediate im
portance is to clear the way for
the framing of peace treaties
with the axis satellites Hung
ary, Bulgaria and Romania. In
the interest of accuracy it should
be said that Hungary technical
ly isn't one of the Balkans, but
it's a Danubian country and so
is generally included.
The situation is difficult and
it is delicate, for it presents a
sharp clash of views between
the Anglo-American allies and
the Russians. Indeed it's so deli
cate that allied statesmen have
hesitated to give things their
true names and have dealt ra
ther in euphemisms. The fur
ther the conference of the big
five ministers proceeds, however
the more openly the matter is
being handled.
Russia in Background
The background of the whole
picture is the emergence of Rus
sia as dominant power of the
eastern hemisphere.
Since the Balkans represent
one of the red hot spots it's well
for us to get clearly in mind
what is involved. To take the
lid off the kettle, the position
is that the new governments of
Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria
are strongly communistic, which
represents a heavy swing to the
left. England and the United
States refuse to recognize these
regimes, on the ground that they
don't represent the people as a
whole. Washington and London
want fresh elections held under
conditions which will guarantee
representative governments.
Russia, on the other hand,
maintains that the present gov
ernments do speak for all the
people. Moscow is well satisfied
with them an attitude which is
easy to understand, since the
Soviet government would in
deed display an odd tendency if
it went about ousting other com
munistic regimes.
Naturally, this situation has
given rise to debate in diplo
matic circles whether these red
governments of Bulgaria, Hung
ary and 'Romania were in ef
fect installed by Moscow whe
ther Russia is taking unilateral
action in the Balkans. The So
viet answer is that it favors
these governments and that they
are truly democratic.
No Compromise Seen
Anyway there's no compro
mise in sight among the big
three. Uncle Sam and John Bull
both insist that peace treaties
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shouldn't be signed with the
present governments.
And what is likely to be the
outcome? Well, I don't think it
matters a hill of small potatoes
to the final picture what hap
pens to the present governments
of Bulgaria, Romania and Hung
ary. Russia already has estab
lished herself as the dominant
power of the Balkans, barring
Greece and Turkey, where her
influence will be strongly felt
though they probably will con
tinue to lean towards England.
Now of course acceptance of
this viewpoint doesn't mean that
America and Britain shouldn't
stand fast by their principles
and insist on elections in these
satellite countries. My point is
that no matter how you add it
up whether ,rou have new elec
tions or whether you don't you
will get the same answer, which
is that the Balkans already have
been incorporated in Moscow's
sphere of influence. That's not
so surprising when you stop 10
think that before the war the
Balkans (down as far as Greece
and Turkey) were in Germany's
zone of domination.
536 Added to
U. S. War Casualties
Washington. Sept. 21 O-i U.
S. war casualties have reached!
1.071,266, or 536 more than a
week ago.
Comparative army figures in
the latest count are: killed, 205,
569 and 205.045; wounded 571,
698 and 571.608; missing 24,
131 and 25,082; prisoners, 120,
988 and 120,657.
Navy figures: killed 54,068
and 53.809; wounded 80,236 and
79,752; missjng. 11,197 and 11,
262; prisoners, 3379 and 3605.
Neuner Rules Against
Wallace Challenge
No state law can be declared
unconstitutional because of the
composition of the legislature,
because the legislators them
selves judge election and quali
fications of members, Attorney
General George Neuner has in
formed Sen. Lew Wallace of
Multnomah county.
Because Multnomah did not
have as many legislators as the
constitution allows, Wallace had
questioned the legality of such
a body's action. Neuner replied
that if Multnomah county had
more legislators, other districts
would have less, because the
constitution limits the total
number of legislators.
The law must set up ma
chinery to take a census every
10 years to make a. constitu
tional provision for such a cen
sus, starting with the year 1865.
effective, Neuner also explained
to Wallace.
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Race Clinic Wants
Negro Nurses Trained
! Portland, Sipt. 21 iPi A rec
ommendation that all hospitals
with nurses' training here ad
mit negro student nurses was
on record today from a one-day
race relations clinic sponsored
by the Portland Council of
Churches.
The clinic also urged Port-1
lnnders to patronize restaurants
"which do not discriminate
against serving negroes and
other minority groups." An in
vestigation was requested into
a policy preventing permanent
federal housing from accommo
dating negroes.
Principal speaker al the clinic
was Dr. George E. Haynes. New
York, for 20 years director of
the race relations department
of the Federal Council of
Churches. '
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