Show Views of the Nations Nation Press A bill bilI now pending in congress con- con congress congress gress which requires every American to be fingerprinted and to carry an official identification identification identification cation card gets the support of the Federal Grand Jury association association association asso asso- of this district in the current cur cur- rent rent issue issue of the Federal Juror The association has long advocated advocated advocated ad ad- universal fingerprinting fingerprint fingerprint- ing urging that every resident of the United States be identified identified fied registered and finger finger- printed If anything were needed to remove the last remaining vestige vestige ves ves- tige of civilian prejudice against fingerprinting the obvious needs and risks of war should be I enough Few citizens can fail to see what certainty of identification might mean in cases of suspected espionage or in any scale large-scale damage and loss of life resulting from air raids Fingerprinting is the surest of all means for establishing identity For his or her own protection protection protection tion therefore every person inthe in inthe inthe the United States should accept registration and fingerprinting as rational measures for greater common security i To Ta see only criminal implication implication implication cation in fingerprinting has become become become be be- come childish Those who shrink from it stamp themselves as benighted New esi York World World- Telegram TeI The state department may have have- information unavailable to the public that justifies its playing playing playing play play- ing along with Vichy in face of reports that the Petain government government government govern govern- ment is aiding the nazis in Africa and the Japanese in Indo But if so it hasn't been revealed publicly American blood is now paying for two years' years appeasement of Japan with oil scrap iron and other war essentials That must not be repeated with Vichy and its nazi overlords What does the state department advance in rebuttal to the charge that Vichy's connivance at aiding General Rommel in Africa constitutes constitutes constitutes con con- grounds for treating Pc- Pc Petain's tain's tams government as an enemy Detroit Free ree Press Tress t |