Show Lets Let's Have t the e Facts on Pearl H Harbor ARMY ARMY and navy boards of inquiry investigating the Pearl Harbor disaster er have rejected martial courts-martial procedures against Rear Adm dm Husband E E. E Kimmel and Maj Gen Walter C. C Short navy and army commanders at Hawaii at the time This was revealed in simultaneous statements by the secretary of the navy and the secretary of w war r but the actual reports of the boards of pf inquiry have not been released for reasons of military rY security We Wc do not think that this is a satisfactory conclusion to the Pearl e rl Harbor question It leaves too many things still un un- fettled s 's The Roberts commission which investigated the disaster disasters disaster's ai laid raids there was dereliction of duty on the part of the two commanders That charge still stands It is not wiped out bythe by bythe the bo board rd of inquiry reports The names and reputations of Adm Kimmel and Gen Short are still clouded and they will remain clouded until the full story is told For th their ir sake ake if they are not guilty there should be a full fun and public inquiry According to to the statements of both secretaries there were errors of j judgment not only in Hawaii but in Washington Washing WashIng- ton as well Whose errors r As it i is now Kimmel and Short are bearing the full brunt of the criticism If they are not to blame or if they are only partly to blame the others who were responsible responsible responsible sible should be made known Are Arc the authorities authorities' covering up up- up a and nd if so for whom Have Kimmel and Short been made the scapegoats for some higher authority authority and and will they be forever the sc scapegoats Lastly we are getting a little tired of this reiterated re refusal refusal refusal re- re to give the American merican people the facts on on one of the worst military blunders in the history of this nation for reasons of military security Bunk After three years with the w war r having moved thousands of miles away in distance and many many many months s in time from the disaster of Pearl Harbor th there re is no longer any possible excuse for covering up this matter on the gro ground nd of military s security We think the American people are mighty tired of the Pearl Harbor inquiry maneuverings and mystery They are tired of rumors and suspicions They want the facts facts and and we think they are entitled t to them NOW |