| Show GENERAL HUGH s. s I JOHNSON RELIEF FOR FINLAND ERE are some hard- hard HERE H boiled thoughts that are sure to get a barrage of dead cats The writer has accord accord- accordingly accordingly accordingly retired to the bomb bomb- bombproof bombproof bombproof proof shelter of a hospital The futile defense of Fin Fin- Finland Finland Finland land was as fine a chapter as there is in either military or political politIcal political ical history skill valor loyalty and fortitude fortitude all all were there at their highest and best everything best everything that is meant by the motto of West Point Duty Honor Country This column insisted from the be be- beginning beginning beginning ginning that it was hopeless and that Finland would have been wiser to have accepted Russia's earlier and milder demands A glance at atthe atthe atthe the map will show that the natural defenses of her front yard were in inthe inthe inthe the hands of Finland Resistance was hopeless because Finland could not overcome the mass of Russian power even though as this column also pointed out before the fighting began that power was mushy mushy brave brave but stupid soldiers bad equipment bad trans trans- transport transport port bad staff bad officers yet without help Finland couldn't hold Help as a practical matter was im im- im- im possible It was Impossible from v P l d ri 4 K 1 r y z M R There is J still much suffering in our own oun country ry the allies for both political and mil military tary reasons reason It was impossible from us by reason reason of sheer physical factors Now voices of several great Jour Journalists are raised to say that since we did not rush in with force of ot arms to save Finland we should now open the federal treasury to rebuild her ruins That would be both Christian and kind But in doing all these noble things that cost billions we must cut our coat to suit our cloth There are arc many other acts of charity and mercy that we could do If do-If if we had the dough There is still much suf suf- suffering suffering fering in our own country that we haven't cured and cant can't cure for lack of funds There are many similar good works abroad If we have a n duty to rebuild Finland we have a like duty to rebuild shattered Poland and shattered China Chinal v That would cost more but these bleeding bl eding hearts seem to think the deed so worthy that we should not count cost The great generosity of of some of them has ha's h s already strained our debt and taxing power to a limit that has paralyzed the return of prosperity and weakened our defense Yet that seems not to check the urge to find other occasions and obligations obliga obligations obligations to pour out more of our de do- declining declining clining dining wealth That suggests a great solution Let those whose generosity so burns their bleeding hearts raise the necessary necessary essary millions by voluntary con con- contributions contributions contributions from those of like minds SMEAR Sl HOOVER CAMPAIGN CAl Attorney General Jackson is standing loyally by his associate Chief Man G-Man Hoover He issued an order the effect of which is to pre pre- prevent prevent prevent vent wire tapping in criminal cases by any federal bureau In doing so he made it clear that Mr Hoover opposed and forbade wire tapping tapping in FBI until ordered by a former attorney general to use that method In extreme cases Yet In view of the tow-row tow kicked up by Senator Norris Norris' indictment of FBI and the proposed senate reso reso- resolution resolution resolution lution for an investigation of wire wiretapping wire wire- wiretapping wiretapping tapping this order may look like a retirement under fire In the very obvious smear Hoover campaign that tha t is going on Neither In Senator Norris' Norris letter nor in hi the senate resolution was there any intimation whatever or any complaint by anybody of any FBI invasion of civil rights Mr Hoover has continuously pro pro- protested protested protested tested and prevented wire It is well known throughout FBI that it is worth any agents agent's Job to tap a wire in any case not specifically specifically authorized by the chief him him- himself self seU and that has never been done except where a 3 human life was at stake or at the climax of the clean clean- cleanup cleanup cleanup up of some like Dillinger-like bandit or racketeering gang i That doesn't mean that plenty of wires have not been tapped by other departments of ot federal government I J j. j t i |
