W AIMltW
mm
fin
mm
IS
Wslcws W
-nuv IF.NKINS
JV sttll oi'D1 s'ws m
"r.. i winds from Europe,
the nc " ls hlird alld
,w racuiv. --., ,. i.,i
look at the worst
ffS take
' first-
, .... .1 r.ovniiit (uu on
Iti'.V ":f; 7 surrounded
P." 0ff, Menmvnuu me ui
P"",. f inward Ttmgkwan,
P",he Yellow river breaks
trt'"r.. mn,minins t ike the
and he NO. providing
A" the great 'interior of
tino to 700 miles to the
Some
nf this pass, reached
fSng rivor-valley routes.
L Chungking, the present seat
P.wv!i - nvnrnment.
lie uw v ,
lr L at least a fair guess that
I' r r trt IrnnnW
iM Japs are j
'completely out Www.
ajet effective help to her.
TO in Burma, we are try
tn to blast through a land
iV which wc can get of-
r.7... 'u.in in Ch na trying
Ewntily, DARINGLY and, as
Lirlv as can be Judged from the
U we get, intelligently. I
He news irum u"
fW-. . Meiu ""-
1dm (American Biiimi
ititoina. Tliey nave uiw
tj mMoeaune. the nearest
Ebase. to keep the Japs from
King to the rescue of My it
fini. Airborne reinforcements are
...;. into Mvitkvina airfield.
KaWE HOLD. Eighty miles
L ,k. .t tn noo Chinese are
DUG iwi ' . ...
thing through rugged ana air
l.-jlt mountain tuuiu.jr
bcrt to effect a junctlc
In an
junction with
iitMyHKyina. -
c.h function, we are told.
Lm make nossible the LINK
ING of the Ledo and Burma
lt enabling us to bring In
L.irv uminment to the Chinese
r.,j vn--. . . - . ,..
Itoresent we can uring in umj.
.T I! U.. Un alp fnlltA
:;oi supplies n WI
tr the Himalayas.
IT looks like a race, you see,
between us in the soutn, trying
i jet help to the Chinese before
h too late, and th Jf.ps In
it north, trying to knock out
,! Chinese Deiore wo can gui
Itlp to them.
IAC ARTHUR takes another
'tien in New Guinea.
ffadke island, long bombed, is
LANDED ON and we're reach-
ii today for its airfield some
1)00 feet long and capable of
being extended to 7000 feet to
lecommodatc heavy, bombers,
from this field we can reach
laiiu island, 695 miles away,
se Dutch East Indies Jap base
it Halmahera, 750 miles away,
.id even Davao, in the Philip
pines, 1000 miles away.
Ihe south Facillc war is
hepping-stone war (so far), and
ridke gives us another siep
iaj-stone. , -
jTHE Tokyo radio says today we
it Dutch naval base in Java) on
Wednesday and again on Thurs
W. According to the Japs,
Wednesday's attack was by naval
pombers from a task force and
fiiursday's by long range heavy
lombers. Dresumablv from Aus-
Bralfa.
We're keeping the Japs as busy
M we can EVERYWHERE, so
Vtr w 11 be afraid to CONCEN
PATE anywhere.
GENERAL ARNOLD (U. S. air
r force headl toll. ho Wash.
fcgton reporters today that the
rirwar over Germany has YET
PO REACH ITS PEAK. He
'Peaks of an air COM RAT fnrci.
ft 2,300,000, and adds that we
fint know what air war can
f',5 the way of knocking out
lujminued on Page Three)
GOP Hopefuls Eye Oregon
For Grass Roots Support
Millworkers
Walk Off Jobs
SEATTLE, May 19 UP) At
Wjt 700 of Seattle's 3000 saw
U workers walked off their
m today protesting the nation-
war labor board's denial of
increases to the 130,000
mployes of the, Pacific north
irif. 1ine and Douglas fir indus
ej, It was announced by John
LS rbtcnn, president of the
northwest Council of Lumber
Sawmill Workers (AFL). By
- forenoon, four mills had
en shut down.
vaiii rli nsen sald he Pleaded in
that mass mcctlng last night
iS tVi . Tn remain or the job
"iSfiisdustry whlch has been
iuSd fS,,a crltical war pro
o n lhcy J"st t0'd me to
hate8' he addcd- "They said
"v. H? Jus' th5 ld mullarkey
wfeSivi1 thcm for the
'wmorelw ad been assured
eral Y,han a year- by various
:b to Si nnB lncreae from 90
wVgrantcnd.m'nlmUm Pay
ecatb
ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRICE FIVE CENTS
One-Two Punch
TO
TREND STALLED
BY NEfFIGHTS
Bus Strike Strands
Many Wa r Workers;
15,000 Idle .
A bus system strike delayed
or stranded wousanas oi war
workers In Pennsylvania today
while a back-to-work trend de
veloped in several other labor
disputes and approximately 15,
000 men and women remained
away from their jobs.
A walkout 01 00 arivcrs tiea
up the buses o( tne acnuyiKiu
Valley Lines, Inc., principal
transportation company serving
inn. noo nersons in Norrlstown
and about 20 smaller communl-
tim In southeastern - Pennsyl
vania. The strikers, mombers ot
the Amalgamated Association oi
Street, Electric Railway and
Motor Coach Employes (AtW,
were enizaeed in a controversy
over a bonus wage plan.
Ask Raturn
I.Mders of the CIO Textile
Workers union advised the war
labor board they would aek
striking members at the three
Duplan corporation. Plants in
Hazelton, Kingston onu ourw;,
Pa., to resume, work . APProxi-
mately '2000 had Boon onoctea
at IhncA rpritprs.
The WLB directed union chiefs
to call off a strike of 125 ad
herents of the AFL International
A.snrlntlnn nf Machinists which
had made 1800 workcra Idle at
the Granie City, Hi,, bteei com
pany. DiiMlcitton Knumid
Publication of the Wilkcs-
Rarrp Pa.. Times-leader Evening
Now) and the Wilkes-Barre
nArri un rosumcd when print
ers returned to their posts after
an 11-day stoppage in u
tract disagreement.
Tho unrk.stooDagcs. none at-
Xccting more than 2000 employes
at any Individual plant, affected
a variety of Industries and
nnrhid four sections of the
(Continued on Page Two)
Unlucky Housing
Job Going Again
The unlucky Klamath fcderol
hnnaina nn lect was getting Into
full swine today after a struggle
with waae problems, materials
wu nnrl finally a flood,
Monday's flood from the gov
ernment canal spread over the
project site near the southeast
city limits and slowed down the
start of work. '
Contractors' men said today,
however, that the flood had sub
sided, materials are on hand, and
wnec auestion nas oeen ironeu
nut nnri thn Inh wag looking UP,
Forty units of war housing will
be built by r.. r. nenaerson,
Longvlew, the contractor,
By JACK BELL
Associated Press Staff Writer
The rank and file's chance to
designate Its choice for the re
nnhlinnn presidential nomlna
tion arrived in a strategic place
Oreeon's nreferential
nrlmarv where write-In ballot
ing will pledge that state's 14
convention votes to the winner,
Although the Oregon delega
tlnn tn the GOP meeting is rela-
tlvely small, the psychological
stakes are high since the win
nor will he credited with gross
roots- support in a northwest
ern area expected to be a bat
tleground between the two ma
jor parties in November.
As elsewhere, the leading
candidates apparently are Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey of New York,
who says he isn't- in the race.
Gov. John W. Bricker of Ohio,
tuhn a v he is. and Lieut.
Comdr. Harold E. Stassen, who
unvff hp will run if he is nomin-
ated. Some write-In strength
also is expected to show for
Wendell L. Willkle, who quit
the race. -.
A victory for Dewey, , who
has demonstrated strength on
BACK
(Continued on Page Three)
IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1944
TripSe Offensive Hits Japs
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STATUTE Mllf5
Black arrows indicate allied
Japanaa with a triple offanalva. British troops are prasalng tha
Japi tn tha Imphal area. In north Burma General Stllwell's
Chinese-American iorcas prll tho town of Myltkylna attar cap
turing tha airport two days age.
westward in an attempt to loin
"ppir
louta from
mala to
China.-
Nazis Mow Down 47 RAF
Officers in Prison Break
LONDON. May 19 (IP) For-
clgn Secretary Anthony Eden
disclosed today 47 ka officers
had been shot by Germans after
a mass oscupo fronvtie-ppl!Mn-camp
near Dresden on March 29,
Sovonty-slx officers participat
ed tn the break, Eden told the
house of commons. Flfteon were
reported captured alive, and 14
still at large.
Shot for Resistance
Some were shot resisting ar
rest and some In the course of a
new escape attempt after they
were captured, Eden said.
It was the first such episode of
the war.
"The government Is profoundly
Pension Bill
Passes House
WASHINGTON, May 19 lP)
House passage by a unanimous
voice vote sent to the senate to
day legislation to give monthly
pension to widows and children
of World War One veterans
whose death cannot be attrib
uted to service-connected dis
ability. . Existing law requires a show
ing that the veteran, at the time
of his death, had a service-Incurred
or service-aggravated dis
ability, i
Longer Threatens
Tax Bill Delay
WASHINGTON, May 19 (IP)
Senator Longer (K-. u.) vnrouv
ened todoy to delay senate action
on the house-npprovea tax simpu
iirmtinh hill because lcoders de
clined to postpone consideration
of the measure until Monday at
his request. , ,
Aunrllne that he had hod no
time to study the bill because pt
the press of committee worn
T.nnecr ealnod the floor and com
menced reading the ' 86-pnge
printed measure a device some
times employed In senate flllbus-
tnrtt.
Senator McCarran (D-Ncv.),
who joined with Langcr in offer
ing an amendment to tho mea
sure which would reduce the pre
sent 30 per cent cabaret tax to 10
per cent, apparently ' attempted
to persuade Langcr in whispered
conference to abandon delaying
tactics, but the North Dakota
senator waved him aside.
Rubber Chief
Sees No Liquor
WASHINGTON, May 19 (IP)
Rubber Director Bradley uewey
told senate liauor shortage inves
tigators todoy he sow little pros
pect of a substantial diversion of
alcohol from the synthetic rub
ber program to whiskey manu
facture within less than a year
and a quarter.
While petroleum is contribut
ing more and more butadiene for
rubber -making to supplement
butadiene produced from alcohol,
he said tho need of alcohol for
high octane gasoline raised an
nther hiff auestion. .
"The military demand for avia
tion gasoIlne1'f1,he declared, "is
insa table." T .
ani
Hits Soerabaja
forcas which ar batattlno the
rrom cnina troopi ara driving
Stllwall and thus open land
shocked by this news and I have
urgently requeued ine protecting
power, (SwIUcrland, through
which notification of tho deaths
-eanre-to the relatives" qnd tho nlf
ministry) to demand i from the
German government a full and
immediate report of the circum
stances in which these , men met
their deaths, and art explanation
ot Its alluro to report the facts
at once to tne protecting power,"
Eden said.
. RAF Member
The men were members of the
"RAF Dominion Allied" air
forcoi, tho customary terminol
ogy embracing the RCAF,
RAAF, RNZAF and other nation
al groups In the RAF like the
Poles, tho Dutch and tho Norwe
gians. ,
As far as Is known there were
no Americans involved, although
Eden did not say so specifically.
The dead , Included several
heroes of the bnttlo of Britain
(Continued on Page Two)
Trappers Spark
Foresi Fires
PRINCE GEORGE, B. C, May
lO-r-(CP) Trappers' camp fires
buried in the snows nf northeast
ern British Columbia last winter
which' smouldered throughout
tne spring In the dense under
growth of tho muskeg country
were blamed today by fire-lighters
for the giant forest fires now
raging In uncontrollable, fury
along tne lower stretches of the
Alaska highway.
At least 30 major fires and
hundreds of soot fires ere rag
ing northwest and, southwest of
the Peace river block, an aerial
survey has revealed. There are
about 14 major fires along the
Alaska nignway.
New Low in Vote Volume
Seen in Klamath Primary
A handful of voters had gone
to
the -polls by mtd-atternoon
and it appeared the 1944 prl-
mary wou
w
lov
Id mark up
a new rec-
ord low in
balloting
volume
here.
An examDlo was precinct 6.
where the polling place is at the
Presbyterian church. At 2:15
p. m., 24 republicans and 14
democrats had voted, out; of a
registration of 124 republicans
and 136 democrats,
Mora Republicans
' It appeared that generally,
more republicans are going to
the polls than democrats, desplto
the lead in democratic registra
tion. Weather conditions were ex
cellent, but a lack of interest,
absence of many registered vot
ers, and , pre-occupatlon ! with
other matters, were ' factors
keeping the voting volume down.
County Clerk Mae K. Short said
she did not believe voting would
reach 38 per cent of all voters.
Help Short ;
Considerable difficulty was
encountered as a result of a
shortage of election workers,
but the Job of receiving the few
votes cast was proceeding
smoothly this afternoon. Countr
NEA FEATURES
Number
L
OF WAKDLISLE
Chinese Picture Not
So Rosy; Loyang . .
Men Trapped
By RICHARD C. BERGHOLZ
Associated Praia War Editor
Allied bombers smashed twice
at the powerful former Dutch
naval baso at Socrabuja In tho
Netherlands East Indies, Tokyo
radio reported today, simultan
eously with land offunslvcs that
brought tho Wukde area of
Dutch Now Gulneu and a Jap
anese air . base at Myltkylna,
Burma, under allied control.
Tokyo radio said the flrnt
blow at Soeraboja Wednesday
apparently was struck by SO
carrier-based -planes making- a
during sweep from .the Indian
ocean. Heavy bombers, presum
ably from Australia, made the
second strlko Thursday morn
ing. Htavy Raid '
If , true, this Is tho heaviest
raid carried out on tho great
naval baso slnco the Jnpnncso
coptured jt two years ago. Soer-
sduju, - on wio laiunu ui unvn,
lies 1000 miles ' southwest ; of
Wukde -and 25U0. ,mlle(i-outh-east
ot Myltkylna. It has been
periodically bombed by- small
forces ot heavy bomberr from
northorn Australia.-
American sixth army troops
hopped more than 100 miles up
tho Dutch New Guinea coast
from Hollandla for a speedy am'
phlblous conquest of tho Wakdo
island area, site ot an Important
air base from which General
MacArthur's forces might speed
tho clean-up of New Guinea and
bring tho Pnlnu and Philippine
lslunds under nlr assault. . '
Wakde Nips Pinned
Latest reports Indicated the
Americans had pinned tho last
Japanese defenders of Wakde
against the edge of tho 4700-foot
coral airstrip and were wiping
out determined enemy mortar
gun crews. On the whole, Jap
anese defenses -were "neglig
ible," MacArthur said.
Allied headquarters said the
strip can bo lengthened to 7000
(Continued on Page Two)
7.763.000 Leave
Army Since 7947
WASHINGTON, Moy 19 (IP)
The war department announced
todoy that separations from the
army from Pearl Harbor through
March. 31 of this year totaled
1.163.000.
Tho term "separation" Is used
by the department to describe
all personnel losses, including
discharge, death or enemy-capture.
Separations ran as high as
90,000 a month the latter part of
1043 but averaged only 50,000
a month during tho first quarter
ot wis year.
ing boards, coming on at 1 p. m.,
were having an easy time of It,
and were well caught up on the
count. That Indicates an early
completion ot returns tonight,
You're Invited
Klamath eitiiens ara wel
rome to visit The Herald and
News office or to telephone
for information tonight on
election returns. Doors will
ba open throughout tha eve
ning, and tha blackboards
will ba in operation.
Radio station KFJI Is co
operating with The Herald
and News in gathering and
tabulating returns, and will
broadcast local Information
obtained under the joint en
terprise. Aasoeiatad Preas wires will
bring statewide aleetlon In
formation . Into . Tha Herald
and News office. This will ba
available to visitors at tha
office and to those who In
quire by telephone.
First Information available
at 8 p. m. and mora from
than on Into tha waa hours.
T
GRABS
GDNTHU
tVtfJVWll. L JI "
10111
Admits Wife -
' ' i i.
wM'-'i i
Pvt. Joseph F. JHolllnmworth (left) ot Canton, 0 admittad to
Colorado Sprinqs, Colo., police that his mniotionnl story of tha
"trunk murder" of his wife was a hoax after Seattle. Waih.,
detectives found pretty Mrs. Hollingaworth (right) alive and well
and vary much surprised to learn that aha was a murder "victim."
Berlin, Brunswick Bombed
As Allies Resume Air War
By GLADWIN HILL
" LONDON. May 10 ((') Amer
ican Fortresses and Liberators
and fighter escorts, described of
ficially us a strong forco mid
probuply numbering up to 1500
planes, resumed the allied aerial
onansive otter n nvc-nny inpsc
.today and -struck at targets in the
Berlin and Brunswick areas.
Tha attack, coming less than
24 ihours uftcr Gen. Henry H.
Arnold, chief of U. S. army air
forces,- had declared uormnny
had not yet seen the full weight
of allied oir power, precipitated
a running air bnttlo right across
Wiff Rogers
"Going Home"
CLAREMORE. Oklo.. May 19
(p) The body of Will Rogers is
coming homo to a new resting
placo in the soil of his native
state.
Tho last remains of the famous
Oklahoma humorist will bo taken
from tho Glcndale, Calif,, ceme
tery tomorrow ana win be in
tcrrcd.ln a native stone crypt
bcsldo'.the Will Rogers Memor
ial musdum here.
A brief private ceremony will
be conducted when tho body ar
rives. Members of the family
requested that the time of the
burial ' bo kept secret to avoid
curious crowds.
Less than 100 persons will be
invited, ' including - newspaper
men and photographers.
4FL. CfO See
Pay Denial Harm
PORTLAND. Muy 19 (IP)
Crinollne of the wor-vltnl lumber
Industry In tho northwest be
cause of tho war labor board's
denial of wage Increases to log'
HOrs and lumber workers, was
predicted todoy by AFL and
CIO leaders. .
- Tho rank end file "may take
things In their own honds, ' Ken
neth Davis, executive secretary
of the AFL. Northwest Council
of Lumber and Sawmill Workers,
warned.
Claude' Ballard, vice president
of the CIO International Wood
workers of America .predicted an
exodus of loggers to other Indus
tries unless Increases woro grant
ed. He said no could not Commit
himself on a strlko possibility
until after a meeting of tho In
ternational executive b o a rd
meeting here Monday.
High Wind Rips
12 Big Gliders
MINNEAPOLIS, May 19 (VP)
Winds which reached a velocity
nf more than 65 miles an hour
ripped 12 troop-carrying gilders
from tneir moorings at me
Northwestern Aeronautical cor
poration base at Wold Chamber
inln almort last nleht. destroy
ing eight and .damaging four
others with loss estimated, at
$200,000.
Some, of the gliders were to
have been towed away today, ac
cording to John E. Parker, presi
dent of the corporation. It was
the second time in less than two
weeks that gliders parked' at the
edge oi tne airport were uproot
ed by strong wind and damaged.
May 19, 1944
Mix. (May 18) 80 Mln 39
Precipitation lait 24 hour .00
Stream ytar to date 7.70
Normnl 10.69 Last year 18.25
Foracaati Rising tomparaturaa.
i ..............
Killing Hoax
Germany to the sky over tho Ger
man capltul, ticrmon broadcasts
indicated.
Cuts Broadcasts '
Tho ensuing bombardmont
the U. S. strategic air force's 10th
uttuck on the nuii hub and the
third on the capltul this month
wax so heavy that It. disrupted
German news broadcasts. -
From the RAF and the USAAF
Berlin has taken ubout 46,000
tons of bombs up to today,
Hit North France
' Channel observers sold tho
parade of aircraft setting out for
tho continent today was the big
gest seen during the war.
While the American "hoavlos"
were smashing at Berlin and
Brunswick, small formations of
allied expeditionary air force
und RAF Mosquitos, Typhoons
and flphtcr-'bombcrs attacked un
specified objectives In northern
Franco this morning, taking ad
vantage of clear skies to press
iiuniu mi; aitacK.
Ward Workers
May Call In WLB
CHICAGO. Moy 19 (IP)
Henry B. Anderson, president of
local . 20, United Moil. Order,
Worehouse and Retail Employees
union (CIO), said today that the
U. S. conciliation service and
eventually tho war labor board
would be called upon again "be
cause of tho unyielding stand"
token by Montgomery Word and
company on a new union con
tract. All but three of 17 demands
submitted by the union for In
corporation In a new contract
were rejected by the company
lust . night, Anderson .said as
negotiations for the now ogree
ment got under way with com
pany officials, The meeting
broke up after a four hour ses
sion and union officials and com'
pnny representatives said further
meetings wouia oe nein.
Homan-Morse Vote Battle
Spotlighted at Polls Today
Bv PAUL MILLER
Chief of The Associated Praia
Washington Bureau
PORTLAND, May 19 Ore
gon nominated candidates for
two U. S. senate scats and re
corded presidential, preferences
today In a primary command
ing notional attention chiefly
because of the fight involving
Senator Rufus C. Holman. -The
contest in which Holman
faced Wayne L. Morse, former
public member of tho war labor
board and Oregon law school
dean, wound up in new charges
by Holman that Morse was
an inexperienced professor
backed by big money; by Morse
that Holman was a dangerous
Isolationist and incompetent.
The presidential preference
balloting offered:
1. Another test of strength
between Gov. Thomas E., Dewey
of New York and Lieut. Cmdr.
Harold E. Stassen. former gov
ernor ' of Minnesota. Oregon's
IB- renubllcan national conven
tion delegates; will -be pledged
to the one receiving the. most
votes.
2. An opportunity for Oregon
tcontmuea on rago. i woj
GERMANS FLEE
TO
Allies Pound Toward
Sant' Oliva; Nazis
Lose Equipment
By NOLAND NORGAARD '.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,.
NAPLES, May 19 (IP) French
troops and U. S. tanks broke In
to tho Hitler lino at its very cen
ter today in a smash toward
Sunt' Ollvo, a front dispatch de
clared, as the allies hammered
all along the front at this new
mountain wall manned by tho
Germans after "a disorderly re
treat." Sant Ollva only four miles
from Pico on the lone road sup
plying the nazl front is at tho
tip of a pie-shaped wedge driven
into the mountains between
Pontccorvo and French-captured
Espcria.
Fall Back
A headquarters officer de
clared tho Germans had made "a
disorderly retreat instead of a
mcro withdrawal" between the
Lirl valley and the sea wheri
they fell back from their smash
ed Gustav defenses to the Hit
ler line under combined Amcr,
lean and French blows.
The nazis suffered high losseij
In equipment, and their artillery,
strength particularly has dimin
ished, he asserted.
Push Westward - '.
Even as tho French support
cd by American tanks threaten-',
ed Sant' Ollva, U. S. troops
struck close to the key Appian"
way junction of Itri, menacing;
tho German supply road from
the coastal end. British and
Poles troops were pushing west;
(Continued on Page Two) i,','
Nazis Bomb Red ;
Communications '
" LONDON,- May 19 (IP) -R
ports of heavy nazl bombing of
Russian communication lines in
eastern Poland reflected mount
Ing Gorman anxiety today that
tho rod ormy Is massing strength
to break a long lull In land fight
ing with a now smash on the cen
tral front along tho shortest Una
to Berlin. - - .
The Berlin radio reported
"concentrated attacks" on rail
yards , and trains at Sarny,
Rowne and Zdolbunow, the lest
about 10 miles south of Rowne.
Earlier the Russians an
nounced bursts of action on two
sectors of the eastern front as re
fiorts from both Moscow ana Bcr
In continued to dwell on the
theme that renewal of battle on
a grand scale was close at hand.
The Russians announced cap
ture of a "height of considerable
Importance" southeast of Stanis
lawow, in Old Poland, and the
slaying of 600 Germans who at
tempted a counterattack in tha
lower Dncstr region northwest of
Tiraspol.
Steffinius Mum
On Swede Trade d
WASHINGTON, May 19 (IP)
Undersecretary of State. Stet
tlnius suggested today that ne
gotiations, with Sweden 'to stop
ball bearing shipments to Ger
many have reached the point
where it would be well to let
the matter rest In the hands of
diplomats. .
He made, the observation ot a
press conference after declining
to discuss reports that Stock
holm had prepared a compro
mise proposal.
Landing Craft
Get House Nod ;
WASHINGTON, May 19 (IP)
The houso voted to the navy to
day authority to build another
million tons of landing craft,
with a vociferous demand of
some members that General
Douglas MacArthur- get most of
them "so he can carry tne iignt
Into the heart of Japan."
There was no dissent on- tha
bill but it provoked a sharp de
bate between Rep. Fish (R-N. Y.,
and Majority Leader McCormack
(D-Mass.), over who was to blame
for tho Pearl Harbor disaster.?
Fish called it "piecemeal leg
islation" for the navy to seek tha
$1,800,000,COO worth, of landing
craft now, the third million tona
to be asked, when, he said, all
3,000,000' tons might have been
contracted for a year ago.
"It will take at least a year to
build them,'? " Fish sold. ; "but
when they ore built I nope a
large part of them will be sent
to MacArthur so he can carry
the fight into the. heart of Ja
pan." T ;,'
DISORDER