Adm. Kimmel Asserts He Vas Misled
By Pre-Var 7arning Into Believing
No Jap Attack On Hawaii 'Probable'
i WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 P)
Rear Admiral Husband E. Kim
mel asserted today he was "mis
led" by a pre-war warning into
bellevinc that the navy depart
ment thought no attack on Pearl
Harbor was "Imminent or probable."
A crowd of 200 spectators
gathered as the gray haired
former Pacific fleet commander
appeared before a senate-house
committee to tell publicly for the
first time his story of tne dis
astrous Japanese attack on
Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941.
Attired in a dark suit with a
bright blue tie, the 63-year-old
retired naval officer began read
ing a 25,000-word statement in
which he asserted that washing
ton officials had denied him in
formation he said might have
made Pearl Harbor an ambush
for the Japanese.
Report Published
' Before Kimmel took the stand,
committee counsel Seth Rich
ardson placed in the record a let
ter from former Associate Just
ice Owen J. Roberts, who headed
a commission which investigated
the attack. Roberts said the
full report of the commission
had been published after it was
turned over to President Roose
velt January 24, 1942.
Senator Ferguson (R-Mich.)
had asked for the original copy
of the Roberts report, but Miss
Grace Tully, secretary, informed
the committee by letter that it
could not be found in the White
House files.
Reading in a strong voice,
. Kimmel contended before the
committee:
1. He was not supplied infor
mation available in' Washington
from intercepted messages
"which told when and where
Japan would probably strike."
2. That, withholding this in
formation, the navy should have
instructed him specifically to
"be on the alert against a hostile
overseas raid."
3. If he bad had Washington's
knowledge of intercepted Jap
anese messages, he would have
considered revising war plans
to provide "an opportunity to
ambush the Japanese striking
force as it ventured to Hawaii:"
"War Warning"
4. Orders he received the same
day he got the Noveraiajr 27
"war warning" message to trans
port army planes and troops to
Midway and Wake, "indicated to
me that responsible authorities
in Washington did not consider
an air raid on Pearl Harbor
either imminent or probable."
5. The war and navy depart
ments knew that long range
reconnaisance from Oahu was to
be flown "only when a carrier
strike against the islands was
probable within narrow time
limits."
6. He would have ordered the
fleet to sea if he had known
what Washington knew on suc
cessive dates from November 27
to December 7, but without this
Information he kept his battle
ships in harbor where he thought
them safer against air attack
than at sea without carrier sup
port.
Kimmel's testimony placed
him in direct opposition to much
the committee heard from Ad
miral Stark, the last witness be
fore it recessed January 5 until
today. Stark said he considered
the war warning messaee suf
ficient to alert the fleet to a war
basis. . .
When Kimmel's testimony is
completed, possibly late this
week, Major General Walter C.
bhort, Hawaiian army com
mander at the time of the attack.
is expected to follow him to the
stand.
Kimmel told the committer in
his statement that "no reason
able man could have been ex
pected to consider that Stark's
.November 27 "war warning"
message "was intended to sug
gest the likelihood of an attack
in the Hawaiian area."
Negotiation! Cease
The message said diplomatic
negotiations had ceased and "an
aggressive move by Japan is ex
pected within the next few
days." It said there were in
dications of "an amphibious ex
pedition against either the
Philippines, Thai or Kra penin
sula or possibly Borneo," advis
ing Kimmel to "execute an ap
propriate defensive deploy
ment . . ."
This did not warn the fleet
of an attack in the Hawaiian
area, Kimmel said, adding:
"I did not state expressly or
by implication that an attack
on the Hawaiian area was im-
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Crater Lake
Phenomena To
Be Studied
Crater Lake national park
authorities reported progress
toward the observation of pos
sible phenomena at the lake
when a group left by snow-cat
Tuesday morning to establish
quarters.
Geologist Cather of Wash
ington, D. C, and J. Carlisle
Crouch, chief park ranger, with
Paul Herron and Darrell Pal
mer, park mechanics, met Mon
day at Union creek to get an
early start into the area.
Living quarters will be es
tablished at Rim lodge and Her
ron will remain with Cather as
mechanic and boatman to assist
in installing a sound recording
device at the bottom of the
lake. A cable from the instru
ment will be connected with
a machine at the lake rim
where daily readings will be
taken to determine any vol
canic disturbances, v
A short wave radio will be
set ud at the lodge for daily
communication wun je,. f. i,eav
itt, park superintendent, Med
ford, and Assistant Superinten
dent T. C. Parker's office in
Klamath Falls. Findings wiU be
announced as soon as received,
they advised.
Palmer is the son of a for
mer park mechanic, Martin Pal
mer, resident of Medford. He
spent two years in a Jap prison
camp after the wreck of a sub
marine on which he was serv
ins in the U. S. navy. Herron
was with the park service be
fore the war' and both are ex
perienced in their work. Crouch
is a returned veteran of World
War II, and he has resumed his
position with the park service.
Enrollment At
SOCE Doubled
Enrollment for the winter
quarter at the Southern Ore
gon College doubles that of a
year ago with the men outnum
bering the women. This ratio is
unique in the history of the in
stitution. Fifty-five of the 70
odd men enrolled are veterans.
The college has resumed most
of its pre-war activities. The
social program started off with
an all school skate party this
week and next week the plans
call for a dance.
Nearly three squads of men
turned out for the first basket
ball practice last Wednesday.
Jerry Gastineau, former coach
at the Ashland high school is
basketball mentor for the re
mainder of the season. The
college team plans to play inde
pendent teams this season, be
cause of the late start.
Students may register for an
other 10 days in any of the
curricula offered at the college.
These include teacher educa
tion, junior college or lower
division, medical-dental assist
antships, merchandising, secre
tarial science, and radio-electric
service. Many men are enrolled
in preprofessional courses lead
ing to engineering, business and
law, which they plan to pursue
at the state college or univer
sity. All students have been sat
isfactorily housed. Living ac
commodations are still avail
able.
minent or probable. It did not
repeal or modify the advice pre
viously given me by the navy
department that no move against
Petri Harbor was Imminent or
planned by Japan. The phrase
'war warning' cannot be made a
catch-all for all the contingencies
hindsight may suggest."
The information he continued
to get from various sources up
through December 6 all pointed
at a Japanese strike in southeast
Asia; Kimmel said.
He added that even the in
formation on December 3 that
Japanese consuls had been or
dered to destroy most of their
codes meant to him that the Jap
anese were taking precautions in
case the United States and Brit
ain declared war because of Jap
anese attacks in southeast Asia.
He also contended it was not
unusual that radio calls of Jap
anese carriers were not identi
fied after December 1. During
the six months preceding Pearl
Harbor, he said that 12 times
in periods ranging from nine to
22 days there was no radio
trace of the Japanese carriers.
Kimmel recalled that Stark
had written him October 17 say
ing that "personally I do not be
lieve the Japanese are going to
sail into us and the message I
sent you merely stated the pos
sibility.
Not Probable
"This letter made it clear to
me that when Admiral Stark
stated certain Japanese action to
be 'possible," he meant that it
was not probable, Kimmel said.
It was one thing, he said, to
warn a commander of "the prob
able outbreak of war in theaters
thousands of miles away and
"it is quite another thing to
warn commanders at a particular
base of an attack to be alerted
in their own locality."
Kimmel said it was his con
viction that if he had known by
November 28 everything known
by the navy department in Wash
ington, he would not have sent
carriers to Wake and to Midway
to deliver planes.
"I would have gone to sea
with the fleet and endeavored
to keep it in an intercepting
position at sea," he said.
Even early in the morning of
December 7, he said that if he
had received the "significant in
formation" the navy department
had, he would have moved all
light forces out of Pearl Harbor
and put the remainder on a "gen
eral quarters" battle-readiness
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The basketball game which
was scheduled for tonight to be
played with the Mcdlord Tor
nadoes has
been post
poued until to
morrow night
because of the
c o m m u n ity
concert which
is to be hold
tonight. This
game is ex
pected to urw &
quite a crowa
because of the
heated compe
tition between the two towns.
Medford, according to a brief
editorial in the Tornado's high
school paper, is feeling quite
strongly toward the Pels be
cause of an editorial in the
Klamath Kratcr. Looks like it
might be an interesting game!
Schedule Changes Effoct Many
The hall was jammed with
kids changing their schedules
yesterday. The home - room
period was prolonged until 9:45
to allow for the changes. The
counselors were working most
of the day as well as all last
Friday. Schedule changes wore
due to failures, dropped classes
and switching of classes.
And Incidentally
Cards reporting the student's
grades for the last semester will
come out tomorrow.
The Book Exchange lias been
busy selling and buying books
to and from the students for the
term.
An assembly is scheduled for
tomorrow to bring pep to the
halls of KUHS.
Body Of Drowned
Woman Identified
PORTLAND, Jan. 15 (JP) A
sister has identified a woman
found drowned in the Columbia
river as Mrs. Vera Ada Len
hart, 36, a mother of three
children, the coroner's office re
ported today.
Officials reported Mrs. Paul
ette Clark said her sister left
her home here Nov. 19, and the
husband was now in California
seeking her.
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Road Travel
Hindered By
Heavy Fog
SALEM. Jan. 15 UP) Fog was
hindering highway traffic this
morning on the Pncific highway
from Portland to Medford, at
The Dulles mid Pendleton, and
on the Wlpinitln cutoff, the stalo
highway commission reported.
The road report also said:
Government Camp Fog, 21
degrees, total snow 49 Inches.
Packed snow and ice throughout
district.
Santinm Junction Clear, 10
degrees. Packed si)ow and lco
throughout district, but Minded.
One-way traffic on South San
tinm highway at Upper Soda.
Odell Lake Clear, 12 de
grees. Packed snow cast of mllc
post 55, partly sanded. Packed
snow at higher areas, rough.
Grader operating. Total snow
103 inches at Summit. One-way
traffic between Oakridgo and
summit.
Siskiyou Summit Icy in
spots, sanded.
Roads Normal
Klamath Falls All roads nor
mal. Temperatures 2 below at
Sun mountain, 12 above at Kcno,
5 at Quartz mountain.
Eugene Two-way trnfflc at
Blue River bridge on McKcnzie
highway.
Astoria Columbia River
highway closed at east city lim
its of Astoria, detouring through
Tongue Point naval base. One
way traffic on Oregon Coast
highway at Mnnznnltu junction.
Nehnlem secondary highway
now normal.
Pendleton Foggy and roads
frosty.
Mcncham Packed snow on
Old Oregon Trail between mile
posts 250 and 269.
Bend 500-foot detour 10
miles west of Mitchell on Ocho
co highway.
John Day One-way traffic
north of Service creek.
Austin Temperature 0. roads
clear.
Flashes Of
Life
FIREMEN'S WORRIES
SALT LAKE CITY. Jan. 15
(A1) A woman's telephoned re-
Co r t of a "roaring inferno"
rought firemen with all equip
ment of the Salt Lake county
flro department to find tho "In
ferno" had been quenched with
a pull of water.
Mrs. J. Raymond Spencer,
discovering a fire in her attic,
called to a nolghbor to summon
the fire department,
The excited neighbor did.
HOW ABOUT A (SAIL)T
PORTLAND, Jan. 15 (!)
Vlco Admiral Daniel E, Bar
bey, back from directing the
Korean occupation, went shop
ping for "civvies."
Like Gl's, he found storo
shelves bare of what he could
wear.
So the admiral's wearing a
stilt borrowed from a relative;
a shirt whipped together by a
Chinese tailor from "some of
my old bed sheets."
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 15 UP)
The most acuto laundry prob
lem in Los Angeles:
A thief stole tho only wash
ing machine In a trailer court
where 125'WorId War II veter
ans and their wives live.
Mora than 100 of them have
babies.
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HERALD AND NEW EIGHT
Britton Brothers
Deny Fatal Shooting
SEA'ITLK, Jim. 15 W) Do
toctlvo Chief Jumps Lawrence
said last night tho Urllton
brothers, Richard, 28, and
limner, 20, hnvo denied any
connection with tho fatal shoot
ing here of shoo store manager,
Clayton W. Stockuorgcr Doc.
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