Show Washington Round Merry Chinese Stop Jap Drive Upon India By Dy Drew Pearson WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Now Now that President Roosevelt has stepped up the pace of the drives against Japan more attention is being given to the part which Chinese troops can play in the war In Inthis Inthis Inthis r this connection one of the most important unwritten chapters of the war now can cal calbe be revealed the the part which Chinese troops and the United States air transport transport transport trans trans- port command played in blocking blocking blocking block block- ing the invasion of India At the time lime the Japs were driving into northern India last spring several thousand Chinese Chinese Chinese Chi Chi- nese troops were flown into In India India India In- In dia and succeeded in stopping the onrushing Japs Day after day t the h e British army had been pushed back until the Japs menaced the Imp- Imp hal rail line and seemed on the verge of spreading out d in into n t to o northern India Indian British-Indian troops ha had been powerless to stop the Jap advance One year before at Quebec the advance through Burma had been announced announced announced an an- and Lord Louis Mount- Mount batten had been placed in in charge Instead of an advance through Burma however the Japs reversed the process In this emergency the U. U S. S air transport command loaded several thousand Chinese soldiers soldiers soldiers sol sol- sol sol- diers into transport planes flew them over The Hump the Himalayas Himalayas Hi Hi- highest m mountain o 0 u n t a i n range in the world and dumped them down in m northern northern north north- ern India racking Packing Em In The In-The The Chinese were packed into the I planes lanes in such n numbers u m b e r s that they p practically r a c ti c a II y lay on top of each other They Tiley were 11 literally literally liter liter- ter- ter ally like e sardines Flying over feet over the Himalayas they were without oxygen tanks and numbers o of them passed out Unloaded in India many were dragged from the plane unconscious laid out on t the h e ground and h had d to be revived However given food and a weeks week's r rest st they bucl bucked ed up and made admirable soldiers They proved tough jungle fighters which the British and Indian troops are not Thus the Japs were stopped and the Assam valley was saved Two facts stand out as a re result result result re- re sult of this hitherto untold chapter chapter chapter chap chap- ter in the war One was the amazing performance of the air transport command which flew flewIn flewin flewin in all kinds of weather over the most difficult terrain in in t the h e world They took Gen Chennault's Chen- Chen na naults lt's gasoline and flew it in m reverse not to aid China but butto butto butto to aid India The other was the example of what the Chinese troops could do in a pinch and what they might be able to do against Japan in north China if properly properly properly prop prop- erly equipped and led Early in the war before the Japs took Burma and Singapore Generalissimo Chiang shek Kai formally offered Chinese troops to Prime Minister Churchill to fight in India or any other place in ln the Orient The offer was re refused re- re fused The Chinese believed at atthe atthe atthe the time lime that Churchill did not want Chinese troops in Burma a country once part of China which the Chinese sometimes talk about getting back Chinese on the Job Since then the Chinese have done donea a great job in b u i 11 1 l d n g the airports from which U. U S S. S B take off for the bombing of Japan Ja Ja- Ja- Ja pan And with proper leadership leadership leadership leader leader- ship and equipment many believe believe be be- lieve they could do an A 1 job jobin jobin jobin in taking other objectives The final decision probably depends 1 on political factors factors factors fac fac- tors 2 on transportation Regarding the latter the air transport command continues to perform miracles in carrying carrying carrying carry carry- ing every drop of gasoline all airplane parts perso personnel nel food and every conceivable type of equipment to U. U S. S air bases in China Hoovers Hoover's children Bachelor children Bachelor J. J Edgar Hoover who has jailed more desperate criminals than any man in history has a secret weakness which not many people people people peo peo- know about He likes Children chil chil- dren On many an afternoon you will find a group of boys going through F FBI B I headquarters getting gelling p points on crime de de- de- de If he is not too busy Hoover himself will take time timeto to say hello Hoover has spent much time studying children feels that a healthy younger generation is the best insurance against crime once even wrote a magazine magazine magazine maga maga- zine article If I Had a Son Here is some of the advice he gave If I had a son Id I'd probably be frightened Ive I've never feared criminals but if I were a husband and father I might be afraid So much would depend on me If I had a son Id I'd do one thing Id I'd tell him the truth Id I'd never let him catch me in a lie And in return Id I'd insist that he tell the truth When children go astray it isn't the fault of the children but of their parents A spoiled boy grows into a spoiled man Id I'd try to be a pal to my boy Id I'd encourage him to join the Boy Scouts and boys' boys clubs but before he joined Id I'd make a point of getting acquainted ac- ac acquainted acquainted ac ac- with the leader of the troop Id I'd have my son go goto goto goto to church What's more Id I'd go with him But above everything else Id I'd try to understand understand understand un un- un- un by son For if I didn't Id I'd be a a. failure as a dad Copyright 1944 by United Feature Syndicate Inc |