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Show 1 J 7T . -1 PROVO. UTAH COUNTY. UTAH, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUAHY 14, 1945 Editorial - t For whether Is cuter, to say. Thy sins be f arrive ar-rive thee; or to say. Arise. and walk? Matthew - , ' , " fH that had never seen a river imagined the first he met to be the sea; and the greatest things that have fallen within our knowledge we con- elude the'extremes that nature -makes of the kind. Montaigne. SiCo-Prosperity in Manila ' Thepltiabfe condition in which the Ameri--, cans found the city of Manila and its inhabi- tants stands as a final, convincing proof that alt the Japanese talk of "co-prosperity" and It, "Asia for the Asiatics" was never anything - xnore than a cynical smoke screen of propa-., propa-., sanda. Ten years ago those slogans must have sounded plausible to many Orientals. The - vast Colonial territories of southeastern Asia &pd Oceania were fertile ground for such "'. talk, even though anyone with a nodding f. - acquaintance with the Japanese national spirit must have known that any promise of actual equality in "Greater East Asia" was 'T absurd. ' The Sons of Heaven have even been able to - give their Nazi partners a few ideas about racial bigotry. Yet for all of that, some ; - Asians might have been .willing to trade ."white supremacy? for yellow domination, if other improvements were forthcoming. They were not, of course. The history of Manila under- the occupation has shown that there was not a particle of sincerity in the Jap slogans..." 'Manila presented the Japs with a grave challenge. . Here was a splendid city which combined an ancient culture with modern comfort and convenience. Its people enjoyed thej highest living standards in the Orient. Already, they enjoyed almost complete independence, inde-pendence, and the end of America's benevolent: benevo-lent: guidance was near. If the Japs were Xjomjr to do better they. would have to do awfully well. rtBut Manila offered them a great opportunity, oppor-tunity, too-. All they had to-do was keep the Wheels going in a system already established, and. they would have a model example of life in Greater East Asia. " Japan's occupation of 4,the -pearl of the Orient was somewhat comparable to Germany's Ger-many's occupation of Paris. But the Germans Ger-mans apparently were awed by Paris. They tried to keep it as Parisian as they could, and to" make themselves as Parisian as possible possi-ble for the duration of their stay. The effort ef-fort was ironic and insulting, but at least their arrogance was shaken by contact with the magical city, even though that arrogance was replaced- by craven cruelty and clumsy imitation. But the Japs obviously had no such feel-injf feel-injf about Manila. They might have succeeded suc-ceeded where the Germans failed, for the city was long out of the thick of the war. Instead, In-stead, however, they missed their chance to build any prestige. They took a city that was clean, healthy and prosperous. They left it a place of filth, starvation, disease and despair. Manila has paid a sad price. But in doing so it has given the world an enduring translation trans-lation of "Asia forthe Asiatics" and "co-prosperity1 "co-prosperity1 subjugation, exploitation, and stupid, barbarous, heartless neglect. A World Bill of Rights The Commission to Study the Organization Organiza-tion of Peace has proposed that the United Nations security organization include in its final structure a Commission on Human Bights and Fundamental Freedoms. Certainly Cer-tainly this is eminently desirable, but first it is going to be necessary to define such rights and freedoms. That will not be an easy job, for those x . . . x J : a. lenns mean auierent tilings vo uuiereni na- tions. The Dumbarton Oaks conference did 1 not attempt the definition, but obviously it must be attempted in the future. For hu-vnan hu-vnan rights and fundamental . freedoms I TJiould be the foundation stories on which iny structure of world peace is bunt, it is Sficult to see how it might stand without Idr support. snce denneci, human r ignis ana iunaa-ol iunaa-ol frooHnmo shnulH not hp merelv the concern of one division of the organ- They should be the concern of tone of that organization's delegates, s and employes. Every action and de- I on every problem which comes before I gahization should be tested for the te effect on these rights and freedoms, jless they are preserved there can be e of enduring peace. The Washington Merry-Co-Round "1- lation On An Old Theme ten the Air Force colonel's dog gets the le ride, and the Air Force colonel gets congressional dog house, "that as you tave noticed from reading the papers rs. Ire's no economy in. saving on one thing can buy. another unless it's a War .tiStics show heavy sales of second-hand -those .things you purchase in haste epaint at leisure. other thing to be blamed on the hard fer vrill be the highways that -will make easyf or people to get into a rut. seasier to stfck.to a diet if you just re- 4 hber that figures don't he. has,thcre always seems to-be room for 1 A Daily Picture of What's f? c5T 'rSSS? --: u. t XT-i.; .1 a & Allan 6i UUU1X VU IU AUW9 tiV dUtji WASHINGTON Real reaann wh th fV. or-fiffht hill will nmhahlv nni nut marnmr l m. highly diluted form is some back-stage personal When the work - or-fight bill was passed fairs committee, a meeting of inter-cabinet rep- Lucius Clay, assistant to War Mobilizer Byrnes. And it was arreed that all mmRM aHnKti.. the meeting should write letters to the senate nuuwry aixam commuiee, reconimendinff that uic wua auriiHiu na ampi inwi eriirimt iitaiaai Byrnes the power, of administration. This meant that Byrnes would put things in the hands of Paul wsnwi" war manpower commission, rather than under General Lewis Hershey's selective service as originally specified in the house bill. It was also agreed that each member at the meetins would show other mmhpn nrknn -mm m - - w W.B Wff Of the letter he wrote in nntiw k.i 4k - v v ... - MTO. C IlllUI no crossea wires, nowever, Under-Secretary of War Bob Paterson wrote a milk-and-water letter, let-ter, and not to be a very vigorous endorsement ui me aenumenu aaopiea at tne meeting in favor of the Byrnes amendment. BIC NUTT VERSUS PATTERSON WhereuDon War Mannoiwr rnmml.dnn.. if. Nutt called Patterson and told him that if he didn't write a strone-er letter he MvNuh i tell the senate committee what he really thought "ic wnoie legislation, in nis heart, Mc-Nutt Mc-Nutt has consistently' opposed any labor draft, believeing the whole manpower problem was better bet-ter solved on a voluntary basis. Following McNutt's threat, Under-Secretary rengn apparenuy got worried about hte administration ad-ministration of the work-or-fight bill under Mc-Uutt's Mc-Uutt's WMC. Presumably he and his army advisers also Al A A1 1 . . - K " mh wey coma control uenerai nersney and his draft boards more easUy than McNutt. At any rate, Patterson sent General Wilson B. Persons Per-sons up to interview members of the senate military affairs committee, including Senator Chan Gurnev of South Dakota to tn th ht actuauy tne war department did not favor the Byrnes amendment and would favnr nHmtnUt ra tion of the work-or-fight bill under General Her- - - a a. . . bucjt ana me selective service orart boards. This reversal of rnl Irv wa wh.t v.i the meeting and eventually torpedoed the whole work-or-fight bill. Several Senators, including Thnman hieur ntt steam regarding the army's reversal policy. None "ie least ox tnese was . senator Ed jonnson oz Colorado, mvernor of that atnt nrhn Vm til lf. Nutt" was governor of Indiana. Both are close inenas ana past leaders or tne American Legion. So Johnson, leavintf the senate tnilitarv nffol committee, walked over to his office and dictated a StrOfie Statement to the nres hlavtinir th armw for double-crossing. PreviOUSlv. the senate mmntitn halt mmet to approve the work-or-fight bUl. But when dis sension . oexween inter-aepanmentai groups was revealed, the committee voted to hold hearings, and now both Democratic and Republican members mem-bers have cooled materially regarding the oroginal drastic work-or-fight act CAPITOL CHAFF ' Most of the seditionists who were on trial here last year will go completely free, with new cases being brought only against some of the more important credit for reestablishing contact between the Baptist World Alliance and the small body of French Baptists goes to representative Brooks Hays of Arkansas, who undertook the assignment as-signment last year during his European trio. . . Those who remembered the Coolidge era social battle between Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth widow of the former speaker of the house, and Mrs. Dolly Gann, half-sister of Vice President Curtis, were amused by the seatlna arraneement at the Lincoln day dinner last week. Mrs. Gann was at the speaker's table, while Mrs. Lone- worth was on the floor with the common people. But Mrs. Longworth drew more attention as she made side-remarks about the sneakers while they were speaking especially poking fun at nouse minority leader Joe Martin's Irish brogue. The gathering showed the efects of the war there was only one orchid at the speakers' table Of 38 workers referred by the War Manpower commission to the Kelly-Springfield tire plant, in Cumberland. Md.. in one day recently, recent-ly, 33 were turned down for hernias. Most of them are now working on railroad or other industry jobs. RULES COMMITTEE RUDENESS Many members of congress, long accustomed to hurly-burly debate, said that a new high for rudeness was reached when the rules committee com-mittee heard the house banking and currency committee's request for consideration of the George Bill which would strip Henry Wallace and the commerce department of the lendina agencies. Ohio's fiery. Republican congressman. Clar ence Brown, teed off with a vitriolic cross-exam ination of Democratic congressman Brent Spence of Kentucky, chairman of the House Banking and currency committee which had passed the oeorge bin and wanted it reported to the floor tor a vote, . . "How much time did your committee give to this legislation?" asked Brown. I don t think that has any real bearing in tne issue," repude Spence. "Yes it has," snapped Brown. "I want to know how much consideration your committee gave-this bill, i think . a committee ought to spend more than half an hour on such important legislation." & pence replied that his committee had devoted many years to studying the RFC and its structure, Knew the subject backwards and sideways. Illinois' snow-haired, chairman Sabath of the rules committee interrupted Brown reDeatedly. tried to aid Spence who is both elderly and nearly blind. However. Georgia's Gene Cox demanded tnat sabatn shut up and let . Spence answer Brown's questions. T don t see any reason why I shouldn't help him answer," said Sabath ' -wen," replied Cox. "I dont want your answers. That's like going to a goat's house for wool." Congressman' John H. Folcer of North 'Caro-1 iina, another of the banking and currency, commit tee, got so burned up. at Cex'and Brown -thaf. he rose to his feet and demanded that the line of questioning be changed. "Our committee,' Spence said, endorsing Forger's For-ger's views, "knows as much about this subject as any witness that could be brought up here. You've no right .to criticize us." r However, Brown; Cox, Indiana Congressman Charlie Halleck, and Howard Smith of Virginia, all trying to stall for time to prevent Henry Wallace's confirmation, persisted. . ' In the end, southern Democrats joined with Republicans on the rules committee to prevent the George bill from "reaching the floor of congress. con-gress. Congressional leaders are so riled they, wilt try to by-pass the rules committee today. In fact they are so sore at the recalcitrant rules commit tee they will try to by-pass it regularly. The com-1 mittee may have cut off 'Its nOse" to to spite its f flrCC. Copyright, 1945, ty.tfar Bell Syndicatei Inc. CI Did Someone Say MacARTHUR?'r Ernie Pyle Writes From The Pacific ..Editor's Note: Ernie Pyle is with the Navy in the Pacific Pending receipt of his dispatches from the war theater we are pub' lishing a few articles he wrote before his take - off from San Francisco, of which the following is one. Forum'n Agin'em Letters By ERNIE PYLE SAN FRANCISCO Every once in a while you see or read or feel something that you go head over heels about, and can't quit talking about. 'That has happened to me re cently about two things. One is a movie, the other is a show. The movie- is called "Fighting Lady." and was produced by the Navy. The show is a musical extra va ganza on roller, skates, called "Skating Vanities." Let's get to the movie first It has already gone into general showing in several cities, and will eventually be shown everywhere, in regular theaters. If you ever see it advertised, for goodness sakes. so see it. It is the story of life aboard an aircraft carrier in the Pacific. It is in Technicolor and it's all genuine. It wasn't produced in Hollywood from fancy sets. It was all taken by Navy cameramen camera-men right on the spot. It is as beautiful, and as thrilling, as any thing I've ever seen. A good third of it was taken by automatic cameras in the noses of fighter planes. You dive on Japanese islands as though you were in the plane yourself. You can see your own tracer bullets shooting out ahead and fingering into Japanese planes. You see the Jap planes suddenly explode in a wave .of red flame, and see them twist down and down into the sea. Not one or two isolated and far-away shots but scores of them, close up and vivid And you see our own crippled planes come back to land on the mother carrier. You see them crack up. skid over the side, catch fire and burn on the deck. You- see one poor fellow who ran out of gasoline when he was only 50 yards from the decK, and had to go in the water "Fighting Lady" is a magnificent mag-nificent piece of work. You'll know considerably more about what war feels like after you see it. "Skating Vanities" hn nothing to do with the war. It is. rather something to take your mind off the war. It is just a great big beautiful musical show and cir cus on roller skates. There are several big ice shows touring the country, but "Skating Vanities", is the only one using roller skates. It has just been on the west coast, and is now work ing its way eastward again. You'd think that the grace and lithesomcness of dancing couldn't be accomplished on rollers, but it can. This show has 100 penorm-ers penorm-ers who are genii on wheels. They say it would be impossible to create another show of this sort, because there simply aren't an other 100 outstanding roller skaters in America. It took almost a year of combing comb-ing the country to get enough skaters to start the show. 'Marriage 'Mar-riage and the draft keep whittling down the cast, and they have to hold try outs in every big city they play, to .dig up new skaters. Right now three dozen of the old cast are somewhere in the armed forces. A dozen of the men now skating have served in the Army, and the rest are either 4-Fs or below military, age. One of the -exceptional skaters was a soldier in Italy. One of the 4-Fs has such poor eyesight he cant see where he's going, and the other skaters have to call "right" or. "left" to him as they skate along. The otar ef the ehnur la a mao. lirMuiian f. '- iuk ' - ' .- idficeht littlu , blond' eieaturel '4dvJ Utah Artillery Men Voice Appreciation Editor Herald: We, the undersigned, are writ ing this letter in an effort to show our appreciation for the article printed in your paper, January S, 1945. entitled, "Utah Artillery Outfits Begin Fourth Year in the Pacific." Thanks for the plug. Though we have no hopes of returning to the mainland (or the Old Country as we call it over here) in the near future, it is heartening to know that at least someone back there knows "what the score is" over here, and is attempting to do what he can to wards remedying the situation No one hopes more than we do that your attempts in our behalf will not be in vain. One comment to . be made on your article, however, is the fact that those members -oithe- old 222nd field artillery Who fall in the category of "the forgotten men of the Pacific" are those who are now in what is known as the 225th field artillery Battalion. As lar as we can learn, the Dresent 222nd battalion has been subject to a rotation and furlough policy similar to that which exists in the 41st division, most of whbnr are now home in the states on furloughs. Many of the undersigned are not residents of Utah, having been drafted into the servicerBut most of us have been with the organization since mid-1941, and all of us came overseas together. Once again we thank you for your efforts to help us, and we an hope that some day, in the not too distant future, "rotation" will become an actuality and not just a subject matter for a letter home. Editor's Note (The letter is signed by 37 enlisted men.) named Gloria Nord. Like most great skating stars, she is of Nor wegian descent. Her name was actually Nordskog, but that's too much of a mouthful for the show business. Gloria did a skating act in Betty Bet-ty Grable's "Pin-Up Girl," and as a result gets about 500 letters a week from soldiers overseas. She sends each one a pin-up pic ture. She and her mother, who travels with her, do this them selves. Gloria eats supper about four hours before showtime, because be-cause she can't skate on a full stomach. One big problem in putting on a roller-skating show was tp cut down the noise, for rollers are noisy. This is done with a special floor of Masonite, which. the shpw carries with it and Jays in sec tions. , Also the skaters use skates with precision bearings insteaH of "regular "reg-ular roller bearings, which also diminishes the noise. One of the stars named Lew Testa won't use the precision skates, because he says he learned on the old fashioned kind and damned if he's going to change. They hope eventually to put a small edition of "Skating Van ities overseas to entertain troops. The catch right now is in the floor. They have to have one thati will remain the same in any cli mate. -7 The Masonite people are now working on a floor that won't get sticky or buckle or shrink under changing climates and temper atures, as soon as tney get it oerfected. I am going to learn to roller-skate and go overseas witn the show as a down."' SANDBURG MEMORIAL GALESBURC IU. 0J.R A civic crouo has started a subscription fund to buy the cottage in which poet and biographer Carl Sand burg was born here in 1878. Learn Lessons About Bombing ...... " -V Reader Appreciates Robertson Column Editor 'Herald: You are to be congratulated in acquiring the service of Frank C Robertson. I follow his Sunday articles carefully and find them very refreshing. The truth means, more to him than any one's pet theory or political party. It is refreshing re-freshing to read from one who can cast aside his prejudices, his jealousies, his out moded theories and steer directly toward the truth. Of course; a writer must have the required knowl edge as well as a desire for truth. Some of our Free. Enterprise writers would do well to learn something about the subject before be-fore they write instead of writing first, and then finding that they know not where-of-the- speak. In-a democracy it is a wonder ful thing to have freedom of speech and of the press. But it is an awful nuisance to have to separate reliable writers, and reliable- information .from that which is not reliable. This is particularly par-ticularly true of young people who are reaching out for information inform-ation and knowledge of life. Take for instance in Germany and Japan. Their young people (and old too) read and listened to a bunch of idiotic leaders and believed be-lieved in them until they lost all sense of right and wrong. It became be-came more important to follow these crazy leaders than to preserve pre-serve the great ideals of which the human race has discovered and inculcated in religion and science. Thus they have caused their own destruction. Blessed be the man who has risen high enough to see over his prejudices' into the sunlight of truth, whether it fits into his political party or his religious creed or his old cherished ideas. We need more good writers such as Walter Lipmann and Frank C. Robertson who have constantly in mind a desire to be right rather than famous. And may I close by quoting from one of the greatest thinkers of all time whose birthday I am celebrating by writing this article. It is the twelfth day of February. Lincoln said "You can fool all the people part of the time and part of the people all the time, but you can t fool all the people all the time." And. let me add that ignorant, prejudiced, stupid writ ers fool a lot of people a lot of the time and it takes a host of good writers to repair the dam- 8- - prof. s. w. wuiiams an d As . Q What are two other names for the groundhog? A Woodchuck and marmot. Q What is significant about Alexander Kirk being u. s. Am bassador to Italy? A No other large powers have yet sent ambassadors to the new regime. Q What president was the first born an American citizen? A Martin Van Buren, Demo crat (1782-1862). Inaugurated in 1837. Q What Is the population of Koenigsberg, in the East Prus sian war zone? A 370,000, prewar. Why Thousands off Doctors Have Prescribed It J M (DUE TO COLDS) C- ' Peituasln must be good when thousands thou-sands upon thousanda of Doctora hare prescribed It f or so many years. Pertussin acts at ones to reUeve-your coughing, it loosens and main phlegm easier to raise. Safe and effective for fecta cliand young, eoeipensivel (AdrJ Br PETER EDSON . NEA Washington Correspondent U. S. ARMY AIR FORCES TACTICAL TRAINING CENTER. Orlando. FU Feb; 14 In spite of the bomb blasting given Germany and Japan, top strategists and tacticians at this aerial warfare planning headquarters now teach the doctrine that it is Impossible to completely Knock out a na tion's Industrial capacity by air attack alone. This being the con- elusion ot three years of con? centrated attack on Germany, all the pre-war talk heard in this country about "Germany can be bombed to defeat" is at last reduced re-duced to its true and negative importance. In planning the combined American and British attack on Germany the Royal Air Force was given the assignment of dislocat ing German industry and the housing of the German worker population to lower German morale, while the U. S. Army air forces were given specific targets for strategic bombing of highly industrialized areas. in three years of concentrated attack, however, the RAF has been able to destroy only about IS per cent of Germany s in. dustrial capacity for war pro duction. On the other side of the pic ture, Germany's combined air and ground attack knocked out a third of Russia's industrial capacity and took over 60 per cent of Soviet coal and coke output, yet Russia came back. Japan Knocked, Bat Not Oat The U. S. combined air. sea, submarine and ground attack on Japan's shipping has in three years reduced this maritime nation's shipping from seven million tons to four-and-a-half million tons a year ago, and an estimated two million tons today. This has put the Japs up against the tough decision of whether to stop imports of raw materials or cut down on supplying ner troops in the field, but it has not knock ed Japan out of the war. These results support tne American strategical belief in the bombing of selected bottleneck targets which will most seriously cripple an enemy's war produc tion capacity. One-third of Ger many's aircraft ball bearings and two-thirds of her industrial ball bearings being concentrated in the Schweinfurt area, this was a natural target. Nearly 95 per cent of Japan's coal, coke and power production being concentrated in six main areas, they have .been natural targets. In a year's strafing ot German railroads. Allied planes were able to knock out some 1700 locomo tives. It sounds like a lot until measured against Germany's capacity to build new locomotives, which was 1200 a year. The net loss was therefore only 300 locomotives loco-motives a year. That made the bombing of locomotives' not so good from a strategic standpoint. though it was. good tactically if it tied up a supply line to the front for even a-short time. But aS the Germans became pretty proficient in patching their rail lines that made the game still less worth the candle. . Recuperation a Factor The ability, of an industry to recuperate from bombing loss is still another factor in determln ing whether it will pay to bomb it. In attacking the German air craft industry, the Army air forces let the final assembly plants more or less alone because they were easy to replace. Instead U. S. bombers were sent after the engine assembly and the finished parts assembly plants which, because of their special. ized tooling, were harder to re place. Since the German single-engine fighter craft losses in recent months have been running as high as 50 per cent a month, if this aircraft production could have been stopped for two months it could have been stopped com pletely. Yet it never was. . All these facts are analyzed here at the Orlando Tactical Cen ter not to minimize. the part of the Army air forces have played in this war or will be capable of doing in the next. But they do show that the aerial branch of military science . is still in the process of development, and many of the early and fantastic claims made for airpower have not been realized. Desk Ghat VALENTINE Shall t send yon - -A Valentine With a heart Of Violet Embroidered with A triolet? Or shall it be With staggered line That may not Seem to be in rhyme? I would choose violet "Cause otherwise You might fume and fret If I used red or blue. To convey 1 My Valentine thoughts To you. A color scheme Of violet j Is proper and apropos To make my message Sincere inviolate And I feel You would prefer It so. Nothing is easier than fault finding ... no talent, no self denial, no brains, no character are required to set up in the grumbl ing business. :4 BUT WHERE IS THE MARKET? A writer whose interest in TT I 1 1 1 I- LU V; vreuuu LiviMuijr cjuaaaia uu knowledge of supply and demand says: "If, instead of boring holes in the earth for oil. everybody would dig a hole and plant a fruit tree, there would be millions in it A fruit tree is almost a sure thing. An oil well is a guess." Many books have been pub lished and many lectures have been delivered on 'How to be come a Newspaper Reporter.' But here is an example of how NOT TO BECOME a star reporter: It seems a cub reporter a .discharged .dis-charged veteran of the RAF who had come to the USA to make his success and who had been repri manded frequently for relating too many unimportant details and drilled in the virtue of being 'brief,' finally handed in this gem: . "A shooting affair occurred last night at the Biltmore Country Club. Major Oldrags complained of feeling ill, took a highbalL. his hat. bis coat, his departure, no notice' to his friends, a taxi, a pistol from his pocket and fin ally his life. Nice chap. Regrets ... and all that sort of thing. Yesterday's Tomorrow's Simile: As inconspicuous as a typographical typo-graphical error in a story of the war on the Polish front. YOUTH Nothing old Is beautiful To- youth, Heedless, angular. Blundering and lonely, This is the Goal of youth But of youth only. Ever crying For loveliness Dreaming last And first, Youth needs Its hunger Youth obeys Its-thirst. - Nor, are the old Any wiser, In spite of what They have learned Of truth All their hope Of Heaven They would give For youth. The sun travels through space at the speed of 11 miles a second. Because of the proposed promotion pro-motion of Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt to the rank of brigadier general, many civilians are a bit confused as to the proper order of Army promotions. Starting with buck private, the following advancements for noncommissioned non-commissioned officers -are: private first class, corporal, duty sergeant, ser-geant, staff sergeant, technical sergeant, first sergeant, master sergeant. For commissioned officers: Sec ond lieutenant, first lieutenant, captain, major, lieutenant colonel, colonel, brigadier general, major general, lieutenant general, gen eral. The brigadier general is desig nated with one silver star. An nual base pay not including foreign duty pay is $6000 a year . while the pay of lieutenant colonel is only $3500 a year. Seventy-six officers recom mended for promotion at the same time, but only ONE made the front page headlines! lT2 9 ar .F 3J If Jg |