| Show N. N National I Wh Whirligig Ir 1919 By Albeit Ray Leman tucker and V WASHINGTON When WASHINGTON When General General General Gen- Gen eral Douglas A A. A MacArthur r forecast a a long war with Japan Japa that can end only in a crushing defeat of ot its land forces he merely voiced the opinion which top ranking military tary strategists in Washington have held for months But he told only half the story German resistance in Italy and Russia gives but a faint Intimation intimation intimation tion of the violent and kiri hara-kiri sort of battle Nipponese the will put up when our forces advance across the Pacific Even after the Philippines Formosa and the have been taken and used by the allies as air and naval bases cases it is believed that thal Tojo will have a novel trick up tip his sleeve Should he play It It th the fighting in that hat area might last for years The Tokyo government according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to the view prevailing here may pull up stakes abandon abandon abandon aban aban- don Japan proper and retreat to the mainland of China of Manchuria and the regions farther farther farther far far- ther south Factories shipyards shipyards shipyards ship ship- yards railroads and barriers have been built since the acquisition acquisition acqui acqui- of these territories from The foe would oc occupy occupy occupy oc- oc cupy a powerful defensive tion As M MacArthur says an offensive offensive offensive ive against an enemy so heavily entrenched would require millions mil mU- lions Hons of infantry and coordinating coordinating coordinating ing arms anus It is the doughboy who must make the kill under such circumstances The Japs Japs' stand would admittedly be one of desperation but that would not lessen the time or the hazards hazards hazards haz haz- ards involved in the fulfillment of unconditional I surrender terms The reticence of ot Anglo Amer ican sta statesmen about abou t Russia does not mean that they have not evolved a definite policy In regard to Stalin's recent baffling baffling fling moves That is they have adopted a as specific a program as possible under circumstances which leave the state dep department department depart depart- rt- rt ment and Whitehall no more Informed Informed in informed In- In formed on the Soviets Soviet's ultimate aims than is the man on the street London and Washington take an utterly r realistic viewpoint which official spokesmen try to impress on querulous members of congress congre s and commons Moscow Moscow Moscow Mos Mos- cow they say Is a a. a in brother arms and so far tar ha has had dealt Hitler more crushing blows than all the theother theother theother other thirty-odd thirty members of the united nations combined They point out that had the reds lined up with the nazis or had they been permitted to remain at peace the conflict might have ended long ago in a victory for forthe the enemy For the present therefore the western nations nations meaning meaning President President Pres Pres- ident Roosevelt and Prime MinIster Minister Min Min- ister iste Ch Churchill must Churchill-must must grin and bear it They can cnn only pray th that t the Kremlin dictator will willbe willbe be a tractable fellow at the peace peace table and riot not upset t too o many democratic and ideologies The fix this situation presents is not entirely a novel one for forthe forthe forthe the United States Slates History offers precedents In 1778 we had no particular love for monarchial Paris but we sch schemed mcd for French assistance against the British crown Durin During the Civil War Var we were happy to receive the ruthless czars czar's moral aid when it seemed that England was about to recognize the Con Con- And In 1918 1914 Japan was one of ot the countries fighting fighting fight fight- ing to make the world safe for democracy Labor particularly the mil mil- odd lion-odd railroad workers is furious at the discovery that I Economic Stabilizer Fred M M. Vinson was given a twenty-five twenty per cent pay increase at the very moment that he opposed approval approval approval ap ap- ap- ap of an eight-cent eight an hour raise rate for them The tion officials official's salary was boosted from to a year plus as a bonus based on increased living costs The c complainants note that the total hike of the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House aids aid's compensation exceeds exceeds ex ex- by 10 per cent the advance allowed under the Little Steel formula The question of favoritism favoritism favoritism favor favor- will be raised by Philip Murrays Murray's C CIO I O 0 lawyers at forthcoming forthcoming forth forth- coming war labor board hearings hearIngs hearings hear hear- ings when they demand that this ceiling be abandoned |
