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Show PROVO. UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27. 1945 Editorial .. . Go and cry onto the Gods which ye have, chosen: let them deliver you in the lime of your tribulation. Judges 10:11. '. If Ihcre were no God, it would be necessary to invent him. Voltaire. The Washington Merry -Go A Daily I'iclaret ot What's 5y ,ciw 'SSSSn (ioing On in National Affairs r.uVe 3 - Round O B utyt A Time of Confusion Right now there is a good deal of confusion confu-sion in'the public mind over the highly important im-portant matters of occupation policy for Japan Ja-pan and demobilization of our own army. Some of it comes from official sources and some from unofficial, but important army spokesmen. General Eichelberger has said that if the Japs behave themselves the occupation may not last more than a year. General Wainwright, with his painfully acquired ac-quired knowledge of Japanese character, says it should continue for 20 years. General Earney Giles has tipped the occupation estimate esti-mate to a full century. Generals don't decide the length of occupation occu-pation or initiate any formal government policy, though they may-be consulted. When the state department announced that Japanese Japa-nese policy would be made in Washington, not by American occupation forces, it was stating an obvious fact. It was also, by general agreement, rebuking General Mac-Arthur. Mac-Arthur. This rebuke may have been called forth by the general's remark about reducing the occupation forces in Japan to 200,000 in six mxnths. Or it may have been because of some unpubheized disagreement over policy or operation between Washington and Mac Arthur headquarters. At any rate, it suc ceeded in getting the public pretty well mixed up. Some people seem to have the idea that the 200,000 figure applies to the whole postwar post-war army in the Pacific. They are disturbed dis-turbed by the feeling that we are taking unnecessary un-necessary chances with Japan. In other quarters there is an apparent fear that the army is retaining a lot of men needlessly, need-lessly, although the immediate size of our force in Japan is not the determining factor in demobilization. Probably most of this confusion is inevitable, in-evitable, and probably the only remedy for much of it is patience. It takes almost as long tp unwind from a war as it does to wind up for one. There are still supplyl and transportation trans-portation problems, as well as separation-center separation-center bottlenecks, to slow the rate of demobilization. de-mobilization. But there is an element of danger in this impatience. Every family with a member in, the armed forces wants that memljcr home as quickly as possible. That is right and natural. And because it is, it might tempt some congressmen and other officials to turn the whole thing into a political foot ball, and Tobey of New Hampshire, Congress already has its eyes on the 194Gi1ioiJSinG inflation elections. And what the country doesit need right now is a scramble of legislators to see who can make the most promises for quickest demobilization, and to introduce numerous hurried, ill-considered and time-wasting time-wasting bills to .implement those promises and impress Ui votrrs. The immediate result could only be more confusion. And the ultimate result might be a national defense bused on blind faith in the atomic bomb and another skeleton army and luny. WASHINGTON Inside fact about the General Gen-eral MacArthur-Dean Acheson row is that for several sev-eral weeks the war department had been trying to get MacArthur to work out a reasonable program pro-gram regarding the number of troops he would require in Japan. The original tables of organization called for 900,000 men for occupation work in the Pacific and 500,000 men to occupy Germany. These figures, however, were set to cover all emem encies and at a time when no one knew what kind of guerrilla warfare the American army might face inside Germany and Japan. Since then it has become apparent that no such large armies would be needed. General Elsenhower Elsen-hower has been extremely cooperative in answering answer-ing war department estmiates regarding the troops he would need, but Washington sent all kinds of messages to MacArthur as to the number of men he would require, without getting a peep. He simply ignored war department inquiries. Then suddenly, out of the clear blue, came MacArthur's statement to the press, without consulting con-sulting anyone, that he would need 200,000 men. Meanwhile he had failed to answer Washington queries not only regarding the size of his army but the length of time he would need an army. Thnt was why under secreary Acheson, on di rect orders from the White House, issued his statement that it was not MacArthur's ' job to formulate policy. Note What some administration advisers figure is that MacArthur wants to get pushed into a position where he can resign, put up the cry of persecuted martyr and be free to run for presi dent. TRUMAN- AND DEWEY Men around the White House have been almost al-most breaking their necks to make the public feel the new president is politically non-partisan. But now and then Truman tips his mit to the fact that he does have political enemies. One such ocacsion came- the other day when Tuman received genial, politically astute Willkie-Republican Willkie-Republican Milt Polland of Wisconsin. "Mr. President," Poland opened up, "You've seen Dewey, Hoover and Landon, but I guess I'm the first Willkie-Republican to drop in any pay my respects. Truman said he was delighted to see Polland and confided that he had a lot of respect for the late Wendell WillkJe. "I remember .just how Willkie always used to refer to Tom Dewey." Polland continued. "He used to call him that little mustached son of a ." "Well, that about describes him," replied Tru man grinning broadly. Polland told Truman how he and a few other Willkie-Republicans are determined to make a fight for liberalism in GOP ranks. "Were especially anxious to see that men like Nye and Ham Fish never get back into congress," con-gress," Polland said. "We're also after guys like Shipstead s scalps. "Thats swell," replied Truman. "I hope you continue to fight them. They deserve to be lick ed again and again.' Note Polland didn t discuss with Truman, but he hopes to convene some of Willkie's former close associates including Kusseti Davenport, juem Jones. Senator Ball and Bart Cnim in order to srl up a program which the Willkie people can follow. They're particularly anxious to unseat the old Kaard in congress, hope to rally around them GOP Senators Aiken of Vermont, Morse of Oregon ItScems to Be Getting Results Foruiii'jv Agin'em Washington News Notebook Minutia DesDite warnings by top-flicht economists and historians, the Truman administration is failing to take sufficient steps to prevent disastrous postwar post-war inflation. Swift relaxation of production controls, with no provisions for the manufacture of low-cost merchandise, and the rapid weakening of price controls arc already starting the nation into a higher-price, era. Last week, in the face of repeated warn ings from OPA, John Snyder, chief of the office of war reconversion, took the back to normalcy advice of his special construction consultant, Hugh Pnttcr. ex-president of the National Association of real estate boards. Without warnine. Snyder announced that WPB rontrols on construction, contained in WPB order L-41. would end October 15. This abolished the WPB provision that new By PETER EDSON NEA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 In cracking down on General Douglas MacArthur for assuming to dictate terms of U. S. occupation occupa-tion in Japan. Under-Secretarv of State Dean Acheson was merely roiiowing the lead set by his boss, Secretary of State Jimmy Byrnes, only a few days previously. Just before Byrnes went to London, the Pearl Harbor reports of army and navy examining boards had been made public. In the army report the three generals went out of their way to criticize criti-cize Secretary of State Cordell Hull for not having given army and navy full information on his negotiations with the Japanese officials in Washington. President Truman, Secretary of War Stim-son Stim-son both went to Hull's defense, but Byrnes went even farther de claring this was the first time in U. S. history that any armv officer of-ficer had dared to criticize a civil ian official on the conduct of foreign affairs. Acheson was merely following this Byrnes lines in indicating where the authority of army officers of-ficers should begin and end. gei advertising space. With a $400,000 advertising appropriation to spend in the fourth quarter of this year and $4,000,00 appropri ation to spend next year, the Cleveland firm which was given the advertising contract finds it difficult to schedule space in trade publications most likely to attract war plant buyers. A Children's Home Society in the midwest recently wrote the Surplus Property Administration. "We have been receiving your various bulletins listing surplus government property for sale. There is apparently an error in putting us on your mailing list The first bulletin called attention to a quantity of nipples to be disposed of, but these were all plumbing fittings, and, of course, the babies under our care could not use this type of nipple." Official Definition Nylon, say the du Pnt people who makcj houses may not cost more than $8,000 and means it is "'A. o-enerie term fnr -inv nnir chain vn- no1 omv lnal Pr,ccs wr nouses now wu wc hum- u, is a genetic term lor any long-ciiain syn- Ret win shoot but that builders wiU use the tnetic polymeric amide which has recurring sman suPpiy 0f building materials now available amide stouds as an integral Dart of the main for more expensive houses. Already 'houses in Dolvmer chain, and which is carjable of beinori southern Florida formerly price at $5,600 last week formed into a filament in which the structural struc-tural elements are oriented in the direction of the axis." We paxs this information along to those ladies of our acquaintance who persist in the imprpcise and stubborn insistence that nylon ny-lon is a rare and precious material which won't run, snag or sag, which can be washed and dried in half an hour, and which, for a weary long time though very successfully has been oriented in the direction of the Axis in the form of parachutes and such. Proper Title Some historians have been having a well-mannered well-mannered academic dispute over the proper title for the war just concluded. Should it be called the Second World War, the World War, Part Two, the Global War, the Atomic War, or what? We're not going to enter the argument. Instead we are going to persist in the hope tlxat mankind's intelligence and good will can advance to the point where it can be called, truthfully, the Last World War. No 'Government GirV "By and large," Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt told a New York audience, "I think that, day in and day out, a job in government service and a rather dull job at that is rather confining." Recalling Mrs. Roosevelt's long term of can reserve a bote room in Philadelphia during have shot up to $6,500 even though WPB order L-41 does not expire until next month In spite of the fact that the OPA rent control division has done a good job as possible under dif-fieult dif-fieult conditions, it is probable that the number of homes for rent (already 30 per cent smaller than before the war) will become so tight that thousands of returning servicemen will have to postpone their plans to marry and have families because they will have no place to live. In the midst of this shorta'ge, there is no authority to prevent a builder or any seller of a home from, taking advantage of the shortage and pushing his price up to double or triple its fair value. Nor is there any protection for the thousands of families living in government housing projects which are to be sold. Unless they pay more rent or buy new homes, they can be turned out on the street the minute the government sells a' housing project to a private operator. Note The department of agriculture is worried wor-ried because farm prices are now 57 per cent above 1937-39 averages and still going up. MERRY-GO-ROUND The entire California delegation in congress will ko to the White House this week to demand that President Truman intercede with the RFC on behalf of the western steel industry. They feel Yet at borne we are insisting that t t u t:te. : u. oil's" . ni,,.,jj.l ! .. uii i i . . - , Congressmen of both narties who are in full support of the administration policy of international interna-tional cooperation to promote peace. express concern over mounting opposition to the of a post-war loan to Great Britain. Bri-tain. To the boys Who believe in trying to help the rest of the world get back on its feet, this opposition looks like a. revival of pre-war isolationism. What they fear is lthat this single issue of ma xo Britain will be seized upon to rally the isolationists and diock all attempts at world re construction through UNO. uiNtuiA, Bretton Woods or even American Republics collaboration Army's "Pocket Guide to .Ta. pan." intended to wise up GI's on Japanese life and customs, was prepared well in advance of the intended invasion, but the entire edition had to be scrapped when the Jap's surrendered. Reason was that in the original text the em' peror.was portrayed as leader of the enemy that had to be overthrown over-thrown and done away with. A new edition is now in preparation. prepar-ation. It changes the line on the emperor, recognizes that he is to be kept on the job as head of the government. An American bsuinessman recently re-cently returned from Germany says, but declines to have it attributed at-tributed to him. that he can't understand un-derstand the difference between U. S. -policy towards business in Germany and U. S. policy towards business in America. "In Germany,', Ger-many,', he says," we are insisting that big businesses be broken up so as to prevent the Germans from becoming a strong nation. o rem Jesse Jones' old friends in the RFC are prejudiced in favor of eastern steel and want to close down wartime western steel plants. . . . President Truman Tru-man may go to New York on Columbus day to make .a major address While the British delegation in Washington is negotiating for a loan or gift, London is trying to swing a big financial deal with our political enemies in Argentina. 1m plication is that unless the British get what they want from us they will cement closer relations with Fascist Argentina Army and navy brass hats have taken another step which won t endear them to civilians. The have reserved every room in every hotel in Philadelphia for the week end of the Army-Navy football game. No civilian uusy, ir unoincmi. government service, it seems likely that her disparaging remarks did not stem from her own experience. Cer tainly we snouiei not envy the boss whose responsibility it might have' been to keep iurs. tvoof-eveit contined to one desk, or one joo, or even to Washington Perfect Example William Joyce, sentenced to hang for his treasonable Lord Haw Haw broadcasts from Germany, has at least given the world a. concrete illustration of a familiar figure of', I' It I It a ma " . ' . If a murder were to.be committed in the area (southern shore of Potomac between Virginia And District , of ,C61umbia' tomorrow, there would be grave doubt that the cuilty person would vn h SDeech" He literal! v talked himself t rlenfh .l0 ,ri? DC,cause of the uncertainty over pitwi.. lie uitiauj laiKea llimseu to death, jurisdiction. Rep. Howard W. Smith, Virginia. that weekend without Army-Navy consent Watch ex-Governor Bricker of Ohio as a dark horse Republican candidate for the 1048 presi dential race. Harold Burton's promotion from the senate to the supreme court leaves the way open tor nim secretary of state Byrnes, who has already gobbled up OWI and the office of straseic services, is now inheriting the foreign economic administration and lend-lease. This will make his state department one of the biggest of all. eovern- ment bureaus. (Copyright, 1945, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc) our big businesses be broken up so as o xeep us strong. New council of American business bus-iness the liberal offshoot of Dusinessmen who think National Association of Manufacturers, and U. S. chamber of commerce are too conservative will hold its iirst convention in Chicago. Octo ber 10-12. N. C. A. B.'s Washington Washing-ton representative, ; e-Cpngress-man Howard J. McMurray of Wisconsin, Wis-consin, is in charge of plans. Idea of the first session is to set up a national board of directors with a representative in majority lines, then announce a prospectus of liberal business principles. It will probably be close to the present administration policy.. One of Defense Plant corporation's corpor-ation's difficulties in disposing of surplus war-plants is that it can't Radio Instructor Carl Skinner and wife from Williams field, Phoenix, Arizona, are visiting with Mr. Skinner's parents Mr. and Mi. Horace Skinner. A group of friends from Orem met at the home of Mrs. Florence Wilkinson in Vineyard on Sept. 18, the occasion being ber birth day anniversary. A pot luck lunch was served to Mrs. Effie Millet, Mrs. Charlotte Skinner, Mrs. Mary McEwan. Mrs. Agnes Nel son and Mrs. Mae Reese. B. F. Dickey has returned to his home in Honey ville after visiting visit-ing his son and family Mr. and Mrs. Alen Dickey. Mclvin (Buddy) Nelson has returned re-turned to his home in Richmond. Calif., after spending the summer with his grandmother Mrs. Agnes Nelson in Orem. Mrs. Pearl Jepperson and Mrs. By RUTH LOUISE PARTRIDGE NEW YORK CITY I was eating breakfast in Chris place (Chris is very nice to me because one day when he had no help I washed wash-ed his dishes for him) and a man sitting at the counter beside me said, "That's a very pretty ring you have there." I told him it was a Navajo Indian ring. "Do you think I could find one like it anywhere in New York.' ' It seemsj to me one could find anything ini the pawn shops and curio stores on 3rd Avenue and said so I guess you're right. I have a ring I'd like to show you when it's done. I'm having my family crest put on it. I was interested at once. Have often thought I would like to do the same thing. The crest of mother's, family is very plain and simple and would lend itself to a ring. Sooo we began to talk of this and that and herald ing of which I know nothing but am still hopeful ot being taught. I know what rampant and couchant mean, also bar WANTS TO KNOW WHAT'S BEHIND CHARTER MOVE Editor Herald, As a citizen and taxpayer I am definitely interested in the move now oemg maae to set up a charter government for Provo. I have tried -to watch your columns for some definite information re garding it, especially the . ad van tage for such a change from our present form. Mr. Dunford gave' some splendid splen-did articles regarding the legal status for prompting the charter form, but I was unable to draw any definite conclusions from his lengthy articles as to its virtues, improvements or benefits, over our present set up. If it is good and better than what we now have, then they should be able to tell us many good reasons for wanting a change. We appreciate that there may be some things dene more hastily under a charter form, but what the voters want to know is what these things are. There are many, many things come up in a city government that it would be better for all concerned if they were not handled so speedily. I would like one or more definite examples where a charter will help us., Who is sponsoring this move and, what is it for? We have read the names of the various committee com-mittee members, but who are the primary promoters? Let this thing be thoroughly aired before we are asked to vote on it, I for one will not vote for any change unless convinced that there is a definite' advantage and I am sure the greater majority of voters feel the same way. The sponsors should be able to tell us the advantages, and by the same virtue, tell us of any dis advantages. We realize that no man or government is perfect, so it is only fair to all of us to be informed by them as to why they want a change. We also want to know why we are even asked to vote on a proposition that is so well screened. Hoping this will bring out more facts for, or against the change. Surely the sponsors, if they know anything at all about it, and are not merely tools for some higher ups, should be able to airly well cover both sides of the question. L. E. Waid. Desk Chat Answering Curious Cynic . ...if you would abuse a man, praise him for something he does not deserve. . . . if he argues that 'creative work is more exhausting than physical labor, you can bet - that he works less than four hours a day. . . . man reaches theage of discretion dis-cretion when he has lost the capacity for indiscretion. . . . he who will not accept advice cannot be helped. -oOo REAL HAPPINESS Some search for happiness Throughout the years They search both near and far They seek it in the next town Or, perhaps, in a distant star." Some seek happiness On lofty mountain peaks Some on the rising tide Some seek it close to home Others 'wander far and wide. Some seek it thru jungles' Dark with forest shade. Some across the deserts' wide expanse ex-panse Others in palaces old and new, Some look for it Across the meadows wet . with dew. Some seek it over The vast countryside, Some thru the city's mart But why journey near or far When, if you'll but realize Happiness may be found only Deep in your own heart. .u luuwwm iiicBH, . 8i?u oar hirn Tf--vi sinister and deter, .and I know " what guarterings are, vaguely. The man said his crest had 40 fquarterings. So I said, as was to be expected, "What is your fam ily?" and he said, "My name is Morgan. Then we were off again as Morgan is Welsh and the New England Williamses from whom I'm descended are also Welsh. Well one thing led to another and I was almost late for Macy's. That evening as I was supping at Chris," a voice hailed me. "Hello Duch ess." It was the Morgan again and the whole thing startup all over. Suddenly he said "Oh excuse me but there goes (I think he said Joe.) Goodbye. I'll see you again and out he went like a shot. A moment later he stuck hit. head in the door a"nd said. "It's the Baron Rothschild " and then he dis- Q's and A's Q What is France's major in- 'Yesiterest in the Big Five meeting in London? A France wants internationalization internation-alization of Ruhr industries, severance of the Rhineland from Germany, with the Rhine as a defense line, and establishment there of an autonomous state, o Q Who received the surrender of the Japanese in southeast Asia and the East Indies? A Britain's Lord Louis Mount-batten, Mount-batten, from Japanese Gen. Sei- Q What was the wartime personnel per-sonnel of the Japanese navy? A Nearly 1,300,000. - O. What does Marshal Stalin of Russia advocate as a policing agency of the United Nations? A An Air Force between 3,000 and 4,000 planes. Q What -is the population of Seoul, Korean capital .occupied by U. S. troops? A 935,000 in 1940. Industry: silk, paper, mats, fans. Once News Now History Twenty Years Ago From the Files of . THE PROVO HERALD Of Sept. 26, 1925 Poss Parsons, Denver Post sports editor, came to Pthvo in an airplane to write the RYU football prospects for his paper. He was met by Coach E. L. Roberts. - The Philippine legislature has adopted a policy of complete indifference in-difference to recommendations on measures up for consideration made by Governor General Leonard Leon-ard Wood. High navy officials may be called to Washington to explain why the ill-fated Shenandoah, navy dirigible, was , sent on- its flight over the Missouri valley, when the commander of the ctait, Za chary Lansdowne had recommended recom-mended postponemnet. Registration of college students at the BYU had reached 1.008. the top registration figure of two. years before. Births were reported as follows: Boy, Mr. and Mrs. J. Raymond Clark: boy, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Eastmond. . Tobe Raile joined the Cougar athletic staff as trainer of the football team. The 30-calibre Garand bullet spins at a speed of 200,000 revolutions revolu-tions a minute when it leaves the rifle, or 10 times the speed of the 37-mm. artillery shell. Morgan and sat down beside me. The ring is too big. I m having it cut down. By the way. if you can use this, you're welcome to it." This is a tiny gold and enam eled flower stick pin. which he appeared again. Sooo vesterdav I Agnes Nelson attended the funeral I was eating breakfast at Chris mit into mv hand as he left. Well.- of Nephi Jepperson in Brigham ( place and a voice called "Hello if anything else happens, I'll let City on Monday. Duchess," and here comes the you know! The pin is exquisite. ' Wanted To Buy . . A USED SAFE CAN USE LARGE OR SMALL SIZE! Will Be in Provo Friday. Will PayTop Cash Price! WRITE BOX 22 THE HERALD Guy's Place : Day and Kite. Cafe Open Till 3 a. m. Try Our Steak and Chicken Dinners! and Compare Our Prices! 459 WEST CENTER ! "' l"" 'MWaiiiM i iiiiiliiiftm i i i' "WHAT DO YOU SAY, TOM? 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