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Show -G G - U D BEEN EN ENWashington i iK iBE K BE Washington Washmgton D CI:11BARGO CEIIBARGO C CEMBARGO DEBATEDThe DEBATEDThe DEBATED DEBATEDThe : EMBARGO I:1\1BARGO I:1 I1 1BARGO EIIBARGO \ % ON JAPAN The croup group inside the cab net netv netv netvhich v hlch hich favors a complete stoppage stoppageof materials of war warespecially warespecially warespecially of Japan s raw especially her oil 011 includes Seere Score Seeretary Scoretary Scoretary of ofthe ofthe ofthe tary of War St 6t mson Secretary the Navy Knox Secretary of InterJor Interior InterJorIches InteriorIckes InteriorIckes Iches Ickes and Secretary of or the Treas Treasury Treasury Treasury ury Morgenthau-also Morgenthau also Morgenthau - also certain certam adml admi admlrals admirats admirals rals rats in the navy Perhaps it is slg sig slgn sign sign n ficant that the strongest advocates advocatesof advocateso1 of o1 complete embargoes aga nst Ja Japan Japan Japan pan are the three Republican mem members members members bers of the cab net-Stunson net Stunson net--Stinson Stinson net - - - Stunson Knoxand Knoxand Knox Knoxand and IckesOn IckesOn Ickes IckesOn On the other hand the state de department department department partment plus some of the admirals admiralsfavor admiralsfavor admiralsfavor favor a go slow policy toward Ja Japan Japan Japan pan They believe in applying the theembargoes theembargoes theembargoes embargoes gradually or as Mr MrIckes MrIckes MrIckes Ickes describes descnbes it cutt ng off the thedog thedog thedog dog s tail tall by mchesThe inchesThe inches mches inchesThe The state department concurs that thatI thatcuttmg thatcutting thatcutting cuttmg cutting off Japan s o oil would papa pa-a pa a papaIyze paalyze pa'alyze paalyze ' - I Iyze lyze her fleet after her present Wimonths 21,2 212 2i 21,2months 2imonths , months supply was exhausted But Butthev Butthey Butthcv thev they also believe U It would force Ja Japan Japan Japan pan to move into the Dutch East EastInd EastInd EastInd Ind es immediately in m order to getmore getmore get mpre more oil 011 Last week one argument over , inispoint nIS nISpomt pomt point and over general gencral naval pol pal cy cym cyin cyin m in the Far East developed into a ahot ahot ahot hot debate between the navy on one oneside oneside oneside side and Hull and Welles on the theother theother theother other It took place at the Wh te to teHouse toHouse teHouse House in m front of the President , , .ho ho who whodid . whodid .hodid did most of the l1stcnmgHull listeningHull listening l1stcnmg listeningHull Hull and Welles contended that If Ifwe ifwe ifwe we stopped Japan sOil s oil supply she shev.ould shecould shewould v.ould vould could . certainly certamly attack the Dutch DutchEast DutchEast DutchEast East Ind lad es and that the Un ted tedStates tedStates tedStates States could not possibly afford to tohave tohave tohave have sh ps in m that area because they theymight theymight theymight might be needed in m Atlantic waters watersWenes watersWelles watersWelles Wenes Welles po nted out that the Germans Germansmight Germansmight Germansmight might se ze the Azores or the French Frenchnaval Frenchnaval Frenchnaval naval base at Dakar West Afnca Africa Africawh Africawh .h h wh . ch would menace South AmencaTo AmericaTo America Amenca AmericaTo To this Admiral Leahy now gov govern governor governor ern ernor or of Puerto Rico RJCO and one 01 of 01Roosevelt ofRoosevelt otRoosevelt Roosevelt s closest naval adv sers sersrepIled sersreplied sersreplied sersrepliedGentlemen repIled replied repIledGentlemen repliedGentlemen Gentlemen we don t have to toworry toworry worry " , orry about Dakar and the Azores Azoresno Azoresno Azoresno no v The Brit BrJt sh fleet can still pre prevent prevent prevent vent Germany from taking them themBut themBut themBut But a few months ! from rom now it may maybe maybe maybe be d fferent By next spring sprmg or oreven oreven oreven even this winter wmter the war may have havegone havegone havegone gone against agall1Et the British Bntlsh in m the Med Med1terranean Mediterranean Mediterranean 1terranean iterranean and then we 11 U have t vo vooceans vooceans vooceans oceans to defend No v " , we e haveonly haveonly have haveonly only one . . . U S BORN JAPANESEOnly JAPA'sESE JAPAsESE JAPA\ESr JAPA ESr JAPANESE JAPA'sESEOnly ' \ ' : Only ins IDS ders are aware of it but butthe butthe butthe the new nationality natlOnal1ty act slaps down downanother downanother downanother another embargo on JapanIt Japan JapanIt It plugs up a hole in m the old unm1 unmi unm1gratlOn unmigration immigration gratlOn gration laws which .hlch hlch . permitted Amer American Amerscan American ican scan born Japanese to go to Japan Japanserve Japanserve Japanserve serve several years in the Japanese Japanesearmy Japanesearmy Japanesearmy army then return to the USA USAand U USAand S A Aand and resume c t zenship zenshlp zenshrp This has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been quite qwte common among the large largeJapanese largeJapanese Japanese population in 111 Hawaii Hawaiiwhere Hawaiiwhere where many Japanese Jap"nese Japnese " parents con consider consrder consider sider srder it 1t their duty to the emperor emperorto to send their thelf children to Japan tor for tormil formil formil mil tary serviceThat service That the new law is speclfica11y specifically specificallyaimed specificallyaimed auned aimed at Japan-and Japan and Japan - and her Axis al aI al1 1 eS-IS eS IS es - is shown by the fact that when whenthe whenthe whenthe the act was originally onginally written wntten any anyone anyone one . who .ho ho enlisted in a foreign army armyautomatlca11y armyautomatically armyautomatically automatlca11y automatically forte forfe ted cItizenship cItizenshipThis citizenshipThis citizenshipThis This would have expatriated expatrJated Amen Amery Amencans Amerycans Amencans cans serv ng with the Canadian and andBntIsh andBritish andBritish BntIsh British armiesThe armiesThe armies armiesThe The b 11 actually passed the house housein housein house/in house in / in th s form but then the senateImm senateimm senate | imm gration grabon gratron committee did some someediting someediting someediting editing As finally tinally passed cit cll zen zensh zensh zensh sh p is 1S not lost if no oath of alle alleglance allegsance alleglance glance gsance is taken Canada and Bnt Brit Bntam Britam Britam am do not require requlfe the oath of Amen Ameni Amencans Amenicans Amencans cans Japan and her Axis pals doNoteThe doNoteThe do doNote Note-The Note The Note - - The new law also provides providesthat providesthat providesthat that Amer can parents of children childrenborn childrenborn born abroad must have resided In Inthe inthe inthe the U S at least 10 years prior to a ab ab ab b rth in m order to transmit cJtlzen citizen cJtlzensh citizensh citizensh sh p Th s la is a med at e.patnates epatnates e.patnateswho e expatriateswho ; . pariates pariateswho { who retain tl tI eir elr emr citizensh cltIzensh p with all allIts allits allIts Its obi obl gations on the governmeat government to toprotect toprotect toprotect protect them but don t think thmk enough enoughof enoughof of the United States to live bve in m it . . . APMT AP'IY APIY AP1I5 ' ' PPO'IOTJOSAny PPO PROMOTIONS PPO'IOTJO\S PPO'IOTJO PPOIOTJO S PROMOTIONSAny ' IOTIO\S IOTIO S IOTIOSAny ' \ Any lowly recru .ecru ecru . t m in the new con conscr consen conscr scr sen pt army has a chance to be- be become become be become - - come an officer with wlth n the smgle single smgleyear singleyear singleyear year of trammgThere trainingThere training trammg trainingThere There has bein betn been a lot of confusIOn confusIOnabout confusionabout confusionabout about th sand s and ed tonals torials have been beenwritten beenwritten beenwritten written complaining that this is not notpossible notpossible notpossible possible But Gen George C Mar Marshall Marshall Marshall shall chief of o1 staff wants it known knownthat knownthat knownthat that the army is still democraticMarshall democraticMarshall democratic Marshall points pomts out that after the thefirst thefirst thefirst first nine months of service any anyrecru anyrecru anyrecru recru t has a chance to qualify for forthe forthe torthe the cand rand date schools to tram train re recru recru recru cru ts is for commissions These Theseschools Theseschools Theseschools schools w U 11 ll be organ zed during durmg the thelast thelast thelast last three thrce monti montl monU s of the year of ofserVlce ofservice ofservice ofserviceIn serVlce service serVlceIn serviceIn In other words as Napoleon put put1t putit putit 1t it E\ E Es E\ery E ery Eerr \ err ery errsold erysold solder sold er carries carrJes a mar marshal marshal marshal shal s bat1 baton : > n in his knapsack . . . POLITICL POLITIC \L L tL \ iLcn CII l ti ' rOemoerat r l ' rUcmociat Ucmociat Oemoelat Oemoerat c a Rep Rtp Rcp Bill ' Schulte 'Schulte ot of otInd ofInd otInd Ind ana won a lot of ot kudos hudos tor for h m mself mBell self el ! from both b\th b th \ ) the A r of Land LandC L and andC andC C I 0 O for lis 1 is pre preva va 1 I nglge ng \\lge lge wage wageamee \ wagearnei \ lgeamel : amel amee dmer dmerts ts to the b 11 tor for the con construct construct construct struct on of barracks barr3chs for draftees dr3ftees drafteesL dr3fteesL L bera berate hep hcp Frank Havenner of ofS'ln ofSan ofSin S'ln Sln San ' Fraoc FraClc Franc sco seo got an u usual send sendoff sendof sendoft off offhOll of ! \ when \\hOll hOll \ 1 I e departed to open opcn his hiseampal.n hiscampaign hiscampaign eampal.n eampaln campaign . President Roosevelt sent senthUll senthun senthim hUll hun a good luck telegram and andSpeaber andSpeaber andSpeaker Speaber Sam Rayburn a letter.bI letterbI letter.ba letterba lette . . ba : I 1 Img 1mg 1ing mg him as one of tho the most valuable valuablemen valuablemen valuablemen men bers of the house . . |