Show Views of the Nations Nation's Press I But however grave the re responsibilities responsibilities responsibilities re- re of each of these commanders General Short and Admiral Kimmel may have been the conclusions of the Roberts commission seem too sweeping in exculpating their superiors in Washington from blame and in too easily casily finding that each of these fulfilled his obligations Those who appointed them must accept re responsibility responsibility responsibility re- re for failure to make certain that the duties of these men were properly being per per- formed New New York Times limes Of course an raid raid air attack attack attack at at- tack not was considered by General Short and Admiral Kimmel because both these men were with a common occupational disease of the army and navy two dimensional minds that have for too long persisted in looking on air power as only the glorified carrier pigeon service ervice that it was when our air corps was an auxiliary of the signal corps New New York l Mirror I The report of the presidential board of inquiry on the Pearl Harbor disaster presents presents' a dismal dismal dismal dis dis- dis- dis mal picture of leisurely routine action in a time of Immediate emergency The old preparations preparations preparations against the old danger of a bombardment attack by a a. sur sur- face fleet were still in good or or- der The new preparations against the new danger of an anair anair anair air attack seemed to assume that the war would begin next year San San Francisco Chron Chron- icle It is a common saying that so and was born too soon meaning that his actions and ideas disapproved at the time were later justified by events Prominent among Americans born too soon was the late General General General Gen Gen- eral William Mitchell and among Babylonians the 1 late ate a t e eK K Kin King i n g who made the headlines in the brick tablets of his day by eating weeds Now plundered countries under under under un un- der nazi rule have discovered that weeds can be eaten and are area a lot more nourishing than empty air But even more to the point is the announcement by botanical botanical botanical botani botani- cal experts that many weeds are superior especially In vitamin vitamin vitamin vita vita- min value to the better known vegetables Pigweed wild mustard mustard mustard mus mus- tard catnip milkweed swamp mallow goldenrod and cattails are only a few items on the list of modern groceries highly praised by these experts and offering a means of beating the high cost of living Washington Washington Star |