Show National Whirligig By Frederick Moore Substituting for tor Ray Roy Tucker WASHINGTON WASHINGTON The The political practices being followed by President Roosevelt in this global war are radically different from those of President President dent Wilson in the She he 1917 18 conflict The equipment equipment equip equip equip- ment wh which ch the present chief executive brought to the biggest job of all time is proving valuable to the united nations as well as to the United States As assistant secretary of the navy in the former strife when strife when many officers thought him a man of broader vision than Secretary Josephus Josephus Josephus Jo- Jo sephus Daniels he Daniels-he he was on the side lines but like a substitute in m a football game who might be called upon at any moment he observed in intently in- in every formation One error he saw saw the head coach make was antagonizing the players President Wilson caused a great deal of disunion disunion disunion dis dis- union in the team He would have no Republicans cans on it Nor would he cooperate fully with Great Britain Up to a month or two before we went to war he fought the London government diplomatically over freedom of the seas and after we became participants he insisted we were only an associated not power an ally Franklin Roosevelt early took G. G 0 O. O P P. P members members mem mem- bers into his cabinet He also avoided opposing the British as soon as it became evident that the Germans were likely to be our enemies again And when they declared war on us he adopted the term united nations Unity of Command Is Good The president saw that unity of command was essential to success The faulty cooperation cooperation cooperation tion between our arm army and navy exhibited at Pearl Harbor on December shocked him and he proceeded at once to adjust that by a system of regional combined headquarters such as never existed in any previous war At Hawaii Hawaii Hawaii Ha Ha- for example Admiral Chester W W. was put in charge of both martial branches F. F D. D R. R then attempted to effect as much coordination coordination coordination co co- co- co ordination as possible with the Russians and Chinese as well as the British We are fighting the enemy not each other is a printed slogan posted on the walls of many government offices in Washington and there is a notable exhibition of what difference in leadership leadership leadership lead lead- means Woodrow Wilson with all his high ideals was not a personally friendly man and American uniformed ranks ranks' followed his aloof aloof- ness Franklin D D. D Roosevelt with all his shortcomings shortcomings shortcomings short short- comings is personally well-disposed well toward others and United States officers now directing inter-allied inter activities have taken the wiser cue In China the supreme authority is that pf General Chiang shek Kai and American air forces there are serving him with high efficiency In England the U U. U S S. S air and Ranger units are training training training train train- ing under the British who have already had years of experience flying over Germany The generalissimo generalissimo generalissimo gener gener- of the second front has not yet been announced announced announced an an- but it will be either an American or a Briton There will not be two commands Problem of Japs' Japs Prisoners The welfare of of- of O or more Americans who are prisoners of the Japanese has has' been a source of grave anxiety to the state department and the Red Cross From all parts of the country letters and telegrams have been sent to Washington since last December by relatives and friends of the victims It is the largest number of United States citizens ever held by an enemy abroad The Germans did not capture so many during the entire 1917 18 struggle This figure includes soldiers sailors marines and airmen taken at Guam Wake the Philippines China and th Dutch East Indies There are are re also over a thousand men women and children interned in Japan China and the Philippines Exactly how many were seized alive is not yet accurately known Working through the Swiss government Mr Hulls Hull's representatives have been endeavoring to obtain the list of names but have not yet completely completely completely com com- succeeded They are also striving to learn whether the lost people are well sick or wounded But the global war is not being conducted according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to codes observed during former con con- |