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By Arthur Parry
This is Labor Dny. It Is being
observed, including by many,
who have never been caught at
it. For many years, it was on a
par with Ground Hog Day, as far
aa the public was concerned.
Now H ranks with the Fourth of
July, in the number of rodeos
and auto accidents.
.
Mora words were written and
apoken ancnt the Japanese sur
render aboard the battleship Mis
souri, than sliots fired during
the war, at tho Oriental foe. The
historic proceedings, definitely
alapped the major arrogance out
of them. They were repeatedly
reminded, their conqueror,
America, had yanked them out
of a cave 02 years ago, and were
able to ram them back into one,
if they failed to behave, in the
future. None of the Imperial
and infernal royal family were
on deck, but tho Prince Premier,
called upon his subjects and con
stituents to "fully repent," in
stead of fanatically joining their
ancestors. Henceforth, the little
brown brother, will cooperate
with tho rest of tho world, and
do all the cooperating. Ho is now
ns fanatical for friendship, as he
was for flcndlshness. Described
by one of their spokesmen, as a
"shy and timid people," they will
remain that way. America will
sink no more of their own bat
tleships, to demonstrate their
love of peace. There will always
be an Allied cannon in the mid-
die of their backs, and just across ,
the narrow Sea of Jnpan a Rus
sian bear, who fulled to get Into
the war, soon enough to give
them much of a hug.
JOYS OF JOURNALISM
(Fort Gaines, Cla., Georgian)
"I had mutorial for a good,
paper this week, but since I
could sell only a few adver
tisements I have decided that
this week anyway I would Just
go to press with what I already
set. I apologize if your article
is not in. Perhaps we will be
able to get it in next week. I
appreciate the coope ration
some of you haye given, and I
. feel sorry for those of you
who are so poor you cannot
afiord a small ad."
e
The army 1ms rclcnscd ID-million
pounds of Jam for civilian
use. This is enough Jam to smear
tho entire anatomy of every
amall boy on earth, Instead of
only the lower part of his face.
Shirts Rnd shorts have been
stolen by local clothesline, the
police hear. Nothing is sacred
any more.
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"MURDER HELD BIG MIS
TAKE" tlldline Exchange) It
hight even be listed as a "griev
ous error."
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Berlin. Sept. 3 (UP! An
American Negro today fur the
fcecond tune was to serve as guest
conductor of the Berlin phil
harmonic orchestra.
War Correspondent Rudolph
Dunbar, who lived in New Yolk
City, will appear in a concert
for allied troops only today.
Yesterday his performance re
ceived tremendous applause, and
lie was a definite hit with the
crowd of 2,000.
Dunbar, who represents the
Associated Negro Press, featur
ed William S. suit's Afro-American
symphony which was new to
Europeans and Tschaikowsky's
aixth symphony.
Born in British Guiana In
South America, he came to New
York at the ag'- of 12 and studied
tinder Waller Pamrosch. He also
Itudied In Leipzig and Vienna.
Monday. Sept. 8, 1943
Back of The Headlines
By Ralph
United Press War Analyst
Japan will take her first step
towards limited democracy to
morrow (Tuesday) when the diet
begins its two-day extraordinary
session to prove to a auspicious
world that Japan really repents
for her wars of aggression and
desires to live at frank peace
with her betters.
The first step in Japanese re
demption must necessarily be
the elimination of the militarist
clique from any hand in govern
ment and the substitution of a
popular government by general
elections. A second step must be
the reform of the Japanese elec
toral system by the permanent
elimination of the Nippon Sciji
party which ruled with an iron
hand and the revival of at least
two and if possible an unlimited
number of political parties.
Tokyo dispatches report that
the two big parties, Minsei and
Ssyu, which "were supplanted by
the Nippon Seiji, are to be re
vived, but if Japan is to become
really democratic there must be
labor and agrarian minority par
ties, and perhaps even the in
ternational parties. Socialist and
Communist.
Japan very apparently Is in
for a shock when the truth of
her military defeat and deficien
cy is told to the dipt this week.
Prince Naruhlko Higashi-Kuni,
although a general in the army,
holds no brief for the military
caste. He has announced his in
tention of telling the diet, hence
telling the Japanese people the
full story.
He will tell, for example, that
430,000 people were killed in
the bomb raids, 05,000 of them
alone in Horoshlma in the first
atom-bomb raid. That will be a
shock because until now official
statistics have never gone be
yond total of 200,000 casual
tics. It is an Interesting comparison
that our air raids alone took a
total of Jap Uvea more than 9
times greater than the total num
ber of American lives sacrificed
In the whole Pacific war on all
fronts. Against Tokyo's new esti
mates of 450,000 air raid dead,
official Washington casualty re
ports show that the war against
Japan cost the United States 82,
2U7 lives. Of the 165,666 wound
ed many returned to action. Of
the 20,511 "missing," barely
6,000 have been safely recovered
from Jap hellhole prison camps.
It Is likely that many thousands
will never return alive from pri
son camps which were as bad as
anything in Germany.
Japan's outstanding hope for
democracy liea undoubtedly in
her laborious masses, long ex
ploited ruthlessly by the big-busi
News Behind
The News
By Paul Mallon
Washington, Sept. 2 Too
much has already been written
about the Tcarl Harbor reports,
but yet nothing
which wo u I d
stablish a
clear public!
understands g
of what hap
pened. This Is be
cause the re-1
ports them-!
selves are in-!
credible. The
facts offered
are generally
true and full,
but thev have been presented
as if 25 lawyers and clients were
shouting all at once their Indi
vidual accusations and defenses
in a mass trial.
For Instance. War Secretary
Stlmson generously covers Mr. !
Roosevelt from blame, with e i-1
denco that the late president
predicted what happened 13 and
again 11 days in advance, it!
never entered Mr. Stlmson's
mind that if Mr. Roosevelt hfcd j
such Information or belief and ;
did not advise Gen. Marshall and i
Adm. Stark he was culpable be-1
yond their guilt. What Is the
all too-appnrent fact of the mat- j
ter? Mr. Roosevelt expressed !
many hunches and beliefs at j
many times, and this happened ,
to have been one expressed '
twice, upon which neither hei
nor anyone else acted. Now !
this double-scintilla of evidence!
is magnified to create a picturo i
which is not accurate. I
...
"THE report Is all like that.'
Mr. Stimson says army tn-1
tt'lligence had Inside informa-!
tion Nov. 17 the Japs were to
attack five days later, and he 1
congratulates that service on ,
this Incorrect Information which, i
having proved false at the time,1
may have led the army chief-1
tains to be suspicious of that !
source and relax vigilance (if
anyl.
The navy blames State Secre
tary Hull, claiming his ultima-'
turn to the Japs Nov. 26 pro
voked the attack, whereas the i
army and navy had advised tne
government two weeks earner
it was not ready yet for wat,,
as the Japs were superior. This
rU
Helnjan
ness classes which were as am
bitious for empire as were the
militarists for empire meant
trade monopolies and rich re
sources to tap.
Until now that potential lib
eral core has never been effec
tively organized. Neither the sec
ond nor the third international
ever made progress on an exten
sive scale in Japan, despite the
fact that the Japanese worker
was exploited to a greater de
gree than in any western coun
try. The greatest menace to demo
cracy comes undeniably from
the militarists. Long dominant
they have been forced out of
power by what they might term
a palace trick. Hitherto they con
trolled cabinets and brought
their downfall merely by jug
gling one general.
It was political tradition that
the minister of war -was a gen
eral on active duty. When the
army clique wanted to overthrow
a cabinet, they merely resorted
to a trick they moved the min
ister of war from active duty
to the reserve. That brought the
cabinet down.
Now however, Hirohito has
made it impossible for the mili
tarists to play that game by nam
ing his blood relative, Prince
Naruhlko to the dual post of
premier and minister of war. He
is on active general and he can
not be put on the retired list
without gravely offending the
emperor.
The Japanese militarists,
tricky, ambitious, conniving,
never told Japan the truth about
the war. Their communiques
padded our losses, minimized
their own. Not only did they
completely fool the Japanese
people who were stunned by the
emperor's proclamation of sur
render, but apparently they fool
ed themselves.
It is doubtful If anyone outside
the Imperial general stuff really
knew after Midway that the war
was lost. Prince Naruhlko in
tends to tell the truth to the diet.
If ho docs he may shock Jap
anese public opinion Into at least
a mental reaction against the
militarists.
But the militarist menace re
mains. It is a sizeable part of the
most influential part of tho Jap
anese population, and it is out of
step with the rest of the world.
Still imbued with the age-old
Shinto religion and the Samurai
traditions ,the militarist caste
continued to believe that Japan
is designed to rule the world and
that this, their first setback, is
but an accident which time can
repair. Only Japanese demo
cracy, tho rule of the people, ap
pears today as a likely dcterc.it
to the Shinto-Samurai rule.
seems to be the common service
conviction, and is in accord with
the theme of all the reports in
which everyone involved blames
every other one except himself.
...
WHAT are the known (and
omitted) facts about that?
Usually In these matters I would
grapple with the 200.000 words
of the documents and then set
out to find tho answers, but this
time it would be a waste of eye
sight and foot leather.
Tho Jap attack on Pearl Har
bor, any military man will tell,
could not have been organized
In less than three months. The
whole Jap campaign of war, as
it skilfully developed against
us, with perfect timing of the
seizure of Guam, Invasion of
Malaya, conquest of Singapore
and Invasion of the Philippines,
took six months to organize and
12 months to plan.
No American official, men
tioned or unmentioned, knew
about this, or did anything
about It. All officialdom failed.
The nation -was caught flatfont
ed and now In reports all offi
cialdom Is trying to say: "It was
not I who failed, it was the
other official.'.'
...
IN my opinion, the Japs had
been planning this war for;
20 years, and the attack actively j
for a year, and seized the mo- j
mcnt when we were getting
deeper and deeper involved in
Europo to stab us In tho back.
They chose the moment when
our European commitments had ,
reached such proportions we
could not handle them and
reached for the knife they had
been whetting so long to Just j
the precise point. i
This. I am sure, will be the .
judgment of cool history. Yet i
in one election campaign, the
responsibility for Pearl Harbor
was successfully laid by the
Rooseveltian democrats upon
those who had a few years
earlier voted In congress against
an appropriation for Guam.
Such is politics.
...
"yilE report makes at least one
thing clear. Any observer
reading of the superficial stones
must now know why Kunmcl
and Short were not court mi:r-
tialcd and tiled. They ha.i the,
goods on higher-ups m Washing
ton. and a trial would have given
them the opportunity to present
it.
There t. no particularly In
side story being handed around
here on the matter, except t!:at
Mr. Truman was nd ;-i d to de
lay the rercrts until the Jar-,
I nese occupation quieted down.
I Congressmen told him to hold it
until occupation was complete,
1 or publication could serve some
I purpose. He does not seem to
be "the political timing kind,"
as he chose the day of occupa
tion of Japan to do it.
Also many congressional au
thorities were so displeased
from the outset that a Joint con
gressional investigation seemed
certain.
No investigation is needed to
show Pearl Harbor was the
greatest failure of the Roosevelt
government. the whole govern
ment from top down (for they
could not find a goat to hang it
on) and perhaps the greatest
failure in American history.
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Opinion Changed by
Atomic Bomb
To thu Editor:
A few days ago a man. appar
ently of average intelligence,
said to me: "That is all bunk
about the atomic bomb. It is just
too fantastic to believe."
In one of your editorials you
write. "Few people yet realize
the vital world-shaking signifi
cance of that event." (Discovery
of the atomic bomb).
About a month ago, or a little
more, you published a letter I
sent you In which I strongly ad
vocated universal military train
ing. Since the terrible and de
structive power of the atomic
bomb has been revealed, I agree'
with vou that "such training is
completely meaningless."
Yet It is a human failing that
when our finite minds are long
trained in one direction, that is,
in ont groove, or special busi
ness, we are often oblivious toj
the significance of important
events along other lines. We sec
this in military men. still talking
about universal military train
ing. Large armies are absolutely
obsolete now. Their power, force
and elficiency, except as a police
force, is gone and nullified for
ever by the discovery of the
atomic bomb.
I have admired your editorials
concerning this terrible weapon.
Also, your good judgment in ad
cating that the secret for its pro
duction be not kept secret for
long. For verily, if another na
tion were to discover the secret
for its construction, and started
a war of conquest, all humanity
would be in danger. As the
"Manchester Guardian" of Man
chester. England, wrote: "We
are well on the way to self de
struction." Let us hope that we can follow
the good advfre as expounded in
your editorials and avoid self de
struction. To be safe all the world ought
to be under one government.
Fantastic dream, maybe! But it
is just possible that it will be
realized in the next century, or
sooner.
Sydney S. Barker
Central Point, Box 217
Graetlngt Trom the Holloways
To the Editor:
With our subscription renewal
vvc send our greetings to our
Medford friends. We miss them
all very much.
We wish to be remembered to
Herb Grey and Tommy Ginn
especially at the Tribune office,
also Mr. Ferguson.
We notice many strange
names in the paper but welcome
(.11 news of Medford and Rogue
River Valley.
The grocery business Is a hard
task master, as always, but we
can't seem to stay out of it.
Otii- regards to Mrs. Ruhl. We
hope to see some familiar Med
ford faces now that gasoline is
unrationed.
(Mrs Wm. A. Holloway)
Georgia Holloway
Thoenix Arizona, Aug. 27.
Ha Doesn't Trust Stalin
To the editor. President Tru
mnn an id that the United Na
tions can live together without
war. tho same as does the U S.
ir citoH a water disnute. settled
peacefully, but overlooked the
graver matters of slavery andj
secession.
This writer is quite pessimis-
tie about this world organization f
either ending war. or materially ;
delaying the next one; because :
every continent still sccths with ',
economic creed, race hatreds, i
corrupt politics, tricky diplo-
maey and clashing ideologies, j
World peace" Not yet.
The weakest spot in this ,
world organization is Russia.!
Stalin has shown little real in- j
tercst in it. He Is glad, of course. ;
to have western demociacy play I
with the idea; but his own in
terest centers in his own dis
ruptive world organization,
through which he njw becomes
the world's No. 1 aggressor.
The weakest link in this new
peace chain is the one which
gives aggressor No, I the veto
on any real move to stop aggres
sors. The Manchurian and Ethiopian
cases demonstrated that national
selt-intcrest was stronger than
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Howard Hobson, basketball coach at the University of Oregon,
who will address service clubs in Medford and Ashland Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday. He will speak at the Rotary club meet
ing tomorrow, Kiwanis and Lions clubs Wednesday and at Camp
White Thursday. He will also address the Ashland Lions club
Tuesday evening.
national desire to stop aggres
sors. Now the self-interest of
strong nations is legalized and
reinforced by this veto power.
What more could Stalin ask?
He can veto any democratic en
forcement act, while his own
world organization is left un
fettered. And right now his
contempt for our peace plan is
manifest, but no one says to
him, Stop! He has seized cen
tral Europe and thrown around
it his wall of rigid censorship,
saying, in effect, to his gener
ous allies, "Hands off!" His idle
eastern armies waited till we
had Japan groggy then he rushed
in, hks Mussolini into France, !
for the kill and the grab and j
N. B. it is after Japan surrend-1
ers that he seizes the bulk of .
Manchuria, Korea, S. Sakhalin, !
Paramushiro, parts of China and :
probably Hokaido. And where !
Stalin's armies go, Sovietism is j
planted. Still no one says to
aggressor No. I "Stop!" j
Americans now boast of be-:
lug "the most powerful nation 1
on earth." Stalin says nothing, I
but knows well that we will not
fight him.
America is rapidly demobiliz-1
ing and reconverting to a peace
time footing. Stalin is rapidly
extending his borders and in
creasing his military power. Is !
there not some ground for pessi
mism? Is world democracy j
halting aggressor No. 1 any-'
where? Is Stalin asking the !
democratic world what he can, i
or cannot do.' His apparent at-(
tiUide toward our world plans
may oe expressed by the word
"piffle."
EDWIN DEACON,
Talent, Ore.
Daily Weather Report
FORECASTS
Medtord and vicinity: Clear tonuht
and P..rtly cloudy Tuesday. Cooler
Tuesdn..'
Oregon: Increasing cloudiness In
western portion with lisht rain west
ot t ascutes tonn ht. and tew scattered
showers in northern portion. Tuesday
p.-irtly eloudv Willi scattered showers
in north portion and cooler. Moderate
to Ireah aouthwest winds off coast.
LOCAL DATA
Temperature a year ago today:
Highest 4; Lowest 4.V
Dedu-iency for the month: .01 Inches
Total precipitation mice September
1. 1114 20.41 inches.
Kxcess lor Iho season: 3 SI Inches.
Relative humidity at 5:30 p. ni. yes
terday. SI'.; 5 .10 today: 70",.
Tomorrow
Sumise fi:39 a ni. Sunset 7 42 p. m
Ohscrvntions Taken at 4.30 a. ni
120 Meudian Time.
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Tribune 10. 20 and 34 years
aqo.
TEN YEARS AGO
September 3, 1935
(It was Tuesday)
Medford Corporation to re
sume operations September 10.
Special session of the legisla
ture to be called by Gov. Mar
tin in October.
League of Nations begs Musso
lini and Emperor Selassie of
Ethiopia to make peace vows. II
Duce defiant.
Men of relief rolls In state
who refuse to work in harvests,
to be cut off list.
Continued fair. High 98, low
34 degrees.
Portland beer halls have win
dows smashed in labor dispute.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
September 3, 1925
(It was Wednesday)
Prospect High School has new
S10.0C0 addition.
Dirigible Shenandoah crashes
in storm over Oklahoma and 14
killed
Feat navy plane lost in Pa
cific. Fair High 112, low 50 degrees.
Oregon farmers are prosper
ous; all state loans paid.
Pear pickers needed in or
chards Cars shipped to-date to
tal 700.
THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO
September 3. 1911
(It was Sunday)
Oak tree 100 years old cut
down to make room for new pub-
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lie library, and action li eon-t
demned in editorial.
Rain in Cascades extinguish
forest fires.
riirj handiti hold uo Espce
train at Redding and get $7000.
William Vnn rier Hellen. the
Eagle Point hustler spends day
in city.
BRITISH DENIAL
PRINCESS TO WED
E
London, Sept. 3 (U.R) A
Buckingham palace statement
last night denied reports that
Princess Elizabeth was engaged
to 24-year-old Prince Philip of
Greece, who is now serving on
the staff of his uncle, Admiral
Lord Louis Mountbatten.
On Aug. 22 palace officials
were obliged to deny another re
port printed by the Belgian Cath
olic newspaper Libre Belgique
which claimed that Elizabeth
would wed 41-year-old Prince
Regent Charles of Belgium.
In 1944 the Earl of Dalkeith, j
heir of the Duke of Buccleuch. '
and nephew of the Duchess of
Gloucester, was mentioned as a
possibility for Elizabeth.
The prince was 19 in. April, j
The only official dictum on her i
eventual marriage was made by
King George who said, like any
other fond father, that when his
daughter was legally old enough
to marry at 21 he would give
his assent.
It was understood, however, !
that both the king and queen I
insist that when Elizabeth does i
marry it will be a love match ,
and not a union of convenience.
PRESIDENT ON CRUISE !
Washington, Sept. 3. (U.R) ;
President Truman boarded the I
presidential yacht Potomac to-1
day for a Labor day cruise.
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