Herald and news., March 21, 1946, Page 6, Image 6

Stimson Discloses War
Cabinet Talked Attack
On Japan Before Pearl
Bv WILLIAM T. PEACOCK
WASHINGTON, March 21 (JP)
former Secretary of War Henry
U Stimson has disclosed that
President Roosevelt's "war cab
net" discussed and rejected nine
lays before Fean Harbor an
American attack on Japanese
lorces. "without luriner warn
1 ng."
Stimson recounted this in 8
itatement sent to the senate-
louse committee investigating
Japan's surprise blow on Decem
ber 7, 1941. The committee made
It public today.
Stimson related that on the
nomine of Friday. November 28
1941, he received information of
lapanese movements along the
Ptsiatic coast. They were of such
l "formidable character" that ne
ivent to the White House.
Mr. Roosevelt was still abed
but received his secretary of war
nd they discussed the matter,
Story Continue!
The Stimson story continued:
"He suggested that there were
Ihree alternatives, as my notes
ihow: First, to do nothing; sec-
Oregon Road
Report Issued
SALEM, March 21 (JP) The
jtate highway commission issued
the following road report today:
Government Camp Clear, 28
degrees, total snow 108 inches,
road bare throughout district.
Santiam Junction Broken
Dvercast, 40 degrees, road normal
throughout. Total snow at sum
mit 153 inches, at junction 81
Inches.
Odell Lake Clear, 25 de
crees. 156 inches of snow at sum'
mit. Spots of packed snow be
tween mileposts 61 and 64 are
being sanded, rest of road
normal.
Astoria Lower Columbia
highway still closed by slide at
east city limits of Astoria, de
touring via Tongue Point naval
bare.
Lifer Killed
In Stir Tiff
WALLA WALLA, March 21
(P) Percy Everts, -prison in
mate from Yakima, will appear
in court today in connection with
an altercation inside the prison
walls last week in which George
Cox, Spokane county life termer
was fatally injured, Prosecutor
iiarley w. Allen said.
Everts signed a confession,
state patrol investigators said,
stating that he and Cox had a
dispute over some tools. Everts
hit Cox with his fist, the con
fession averred, the victim strik
ing his head on a concrete floor.
Cox was found unconscious the
morning of March 7 in a cell
block corridor and died the next
day without being able to reveal
his story.
Investigators told Allen they
held from the facts that Everts
had no intention of killing Cox,
Pine Mill Pact
Will Be Talked
' SPOKANE, March 21 . (JP)
negotiations between pine mill
operators and CIO International
Woodworkers of America union
ists will -be resumed probably
Monday, leaders said after an
opening conference yesterday.
Manager C. S. Hoffman of the
Timber Products Manufacturers'
association said another meeting
would be necessary as no agree
ment was reached at the first.
Business Agent O. D. Armstrong
of the IWA said the meeting was
on a "get acquainted" basis.
The union has asked for a
40-hour week, closed shop and
checkoff, and a minimum wage
of $1,171 per hour.
Housing Commission
Leases 7 Blocks
SALEM, March 21 (JP) Sa
lem's special housing commis
sion announced today it has
leased seven blocks in southeast
Salem as the site for 40 federal
defense apartment dwellings,
which will house the families of
120 veterans.
The buildings will be brought
here from Seattle. The lease is
for three years at $1440 a year.
Fish Buyers Want
Fillet Prices Upped
ASTORIA, Ore., March 21 (JP)
Lower Columbia fish buyers
want the OPA to boost the ceil
ing price on consumer packages
of fillets, to pay for the cost of
the containers suitable for ci
vilian trade.
Buyers said military needs
for five and ten-pound lots took
nearly all the fillets during the
war.
WiseAmericans Row Fight
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ond, to make something in the
nature of an ultimatum, stating
a point beyond which we would
fight; or, third, to fight at once.
"I said that I felt that to do
nothing was out of the question
and the president agreed with
me. As to the other two alterna
tives, the desirable thing to do
from the point of view of our
own tactics and - safety was to
take the initiative and attack
without further warning. It is
axiomatic that the best defense
is offense. It is always dangerous
to wait and let the enemy make
the first move.
"I was inclined to feel that
the warning given in August by
the president against further
moves by the Japanese toward
Thailand justified an attack
without further warning, partic
ularly as their new movement
southward indicated that they
were about to violate that warn
ing. "On the other hand, I realized
that the situation could be made
more clean cut "from the point
of view of public opinion if a
further warning were given."
(During its hearings, closed a
month ago, the committee
learned from state department
records that Mr. Roosevelt
warned the Japanese ambassador
in August, 1941, that the United
States would take steps to de
fend its interests if Japan en
gaged in further -aggression to
ward soutneasi Asia.;
At noon on that same Friday.
Stimson said, the so-called "war
cabinet" met. In addition to
Stimson its members were Secre
tary of State Hull, Secretary of
the Navy Knox, Admiral naroid
R. Stark, the chiet oi naval oper
ations, and General George C
Marshall, the army chief of staff.
Talked Attack
Stimson said this meeting dis
cussed the possible meaning of
the Japanese move possibly an
attack on the Philippines, on
Thailand, the Dutch East Indies,
Singapore or Kangoon.
-"The possibility of an attack
on Pearl Harbor was not dis
cussed." he said.
Stimson went on to say that
all agreed the Japanese expedi
tion must not be allowed to land
in the Gulf of Siam, "that if the
Japanese got into the Isthmus
of lira, tne isruisn would ngni;
and, if the British fought, we
would have to fight." -
"We decided,; therefore, that
we could not just sit still and do
nothing," he continued. "On the
other hand, we also decided that
we could not attack without a
further warning to Japan, and
we discussed what form the
warning should take. The presi
dent suggested a special telegram
from himself to the emperor of
Japan. After some discussion it
was decided that he would send
such a letter to the emperor,
which would not be made public,
and that at the same time he
would deliver a special message
to congress reporting on the
danger and reporting what we
would have to do if the danger.
happened.
- Program Not Followed
As it developed, this program
was not followed. Stimson ex
plained that the president went
to Warm Springs, Ga ,or
Thanksgiving and that in the
interim between his return Dec.
1 it was learned that the Jap
anese expeauion was lanaing in
Indo-China rather than going on
into the Gulf of Siam.
"This appeared to give us a
little respite, since it - indicated
that perhaps they were not going
to invade Thailand at. once," he
said. . .
Stimson's 38-page statement
was accompanied by an addi
tional au pages of memoranda in
diary form of events during the
days immediately preceding the
war's outbreak. He sent the ma
terial to the committee in reply
to a series of written questions
submitted to him. Because of ill
health he was not called as a
witness during the hearings.
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SHARPSHOOTER
MILES CITY, Mont., March 21
(JP) Betty Lowe persuaded her
brother, Lt. James Lowe, to take
her flying in his civilian plane.
"I'll take this shotgun along,
just in case we see something
to shoot," she said.
The pilot grinned as he sighted
and pursued a coyote along
Pumpkin creek. "Okay, Deadeye,
let him have it."
Miss Lowe poked the gun bar
rel outside the cockpit, aimed,
fired and watched the coyote bite
the dust. "Nothing to it," she
explained to her open-mouthed
brother, who was unaware she
had belonged to a Seattle gun
club during the war.
COMPETITION .
LEWISTON, Mont., March 21
(iP) Lewiston hens are extrem
ists. A month ago a Leghorn
laid a whopper.-
Not to be outdone,- a half
dozen other hens produced king,
size eggs all from five to eight
inches in lengthwise circumfer
ence. Now another farmer has
proudly added two eggs to the
collection his hen claiming the
title for smallest eggs, with two
offerings about the size of a
large marble.
BEARDED PROPHET
SOMERSET, Pa., March 21 (IP)
Residents of this mountain town
believe this early spring means
to stay because ea-year-oid Ed
Friendline has parted with his
"chin - warmer" weeks earlier
than usual.
Ed, a teamster and truck
driver for a grocery firm, grows
a beard each fall and parts with
it only when spring arrives.!
Airlines Buys
Stratocruisers
SEATTLE, March 21 (P) The
Boeing Aircraft company and
American Airlines system an
nounced yesterday the latter's
purchase of eight Boeing Strato
cruisers at a cost of more than
$10,000,000.
The airlines added that its
orders for planes now have
reached $112,000,000 and will
provide employment for approxi
mately 14,000 people.
Construction has started here
on the first of the eight planes,
,each of which is to cost more
than $1,300,000, and deliveries
are to begin early in 1947.
The Stratocruiser is the peace
time conversion of the B-29
Superfortress.
City Fears School
Will Up Anchor
PORTLAND, March 21 (JP)
If Portland adopts an aircraft
carrier as a vocational school,
city authorities want assurance
that the ship will not suddenly
up anchor and leave, School
Supt. Willard B. Spalding said
today.
: .Declaring mat tne proposal
needs "careful study," he pointed
out that machinery would have
to be installed on the vessel and
its location should be convenient
for students.
Ray Kell, ex-naval officer who
made the suggestion, said he
would ask veterans' groups to
endorse the plan.
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Derby's Music Co.
Everything Happens At
Once fit Klamath Falls
Everything happens at one In
Klamath Falls. Consider March
27, for example.
The Knlfo and Fork club and
the Klamath Community Con
cert association, which have
numerous duplications in mem
bership, will botti stage programs
on that evening.
Knife and Forkers have Dr.
Beryl Orris, noted psychiatrist,
as their speaker for an evening
dinner at the Willard. The con
cert association will present
Bartlett and Robertson at the
Pelican theatre.
Originally, these events were
not in conflict, but recent shifts,
beyond the control of the locol
arrangers, brought about the
mixup.
The Knlfo and Fork club, an
ticipating a reduced attendance
of regular members, has an
nounced that any member may
have two guests at the dinner,
a privilege not usually granted.
Those two events are not all
the happenings of the night of
March 27. It is planned to send
several carloads of Klamath
men to Alturus that night to bo
guests of the Modoo county de
fense council, which Is planning
entertainment for members of
the Klamnth chamber of com
merce for that night.
There are probably half n
dozen other events scheduled
for the evening in question,
These three are the ones that
are most likely to attract thu
same people.
Red Subs Reported
Off Coast Of Java
BATAVIA, March 21 (!) Re
ports circulated hure today that
Russian submarines were lying
off the south coast of Juva,
The supreme allied command
and the command of allied forces
in Batuvlo made no comment.
(A similar dispatch was trans
mitted from Batavia by the of
ficial Netherlands news agency
Ancta, crediting "apparently re
liable reports" and circulated In
Great Britain by Reuters.)
Schaupp Gets
Highway Post
Arthur W. Schnupp, member
of the state hltfhwny commission
and well known Klnmnlh Falls
attorney, whs reappointed to a
three-year term on the commis
sion by Governor Earl Suell,
Tho appointment was an
nounced Into Wodnosduy after
noon, Tho now term la effective
April 1.
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