Show -- - lir EDITORIALS tstabUsled April 15 1871 101:mA6ifp44i40WoW M 5alt galit Vibunt Issued every morning by Ms Salt Lake Tribune Pub lisbing LET'S FACE IT It Sunday July 22 1945 Co Salt Lake City DAVID LAWRENCE Japanese in China Give Homeland Concern Utah S YOU'RE GOING Isolation Elements Weak But Determined To Hamstring the World Councils According to the American Institute of Public Opinion "if the question of ratifying the united nations charter were put before' the people of the United States in a special national referendum the result would show a rote overwhelmingly in favor of adopting the charter" A cross-sectio- n of the entire population re- cently completed indicates approximately 49W0000 people favoring ratification with 21)400 opposed Expressed in terms of perrectage- this would show 96 per cent for and 4 per ceril against the charter This means a decided almost overwhelming swing away from the isolation trend of eight years ago and a growing realization that the peace and prosperity of the United States depend upon unity and cooperation among the united nations That defeatists are at work even as they 1919 to expose this nation to another were-i- n global war with deadlrer weapons increased casualties and incalculable indebtedness is apparent in their following of 2000000 recalcitrants on record It is more than Hitler was able to muster when he impressed a population of 60000000 enslaved some 20000000 aliens and slaughtered 10000000 miscellaneI ous victims Nor is there any sense in ignoring this de Shun Overoptinlism As to the Duration Heads of the war and navy departments are justifiably disturbed over the danger of this country developing a premature case of reconversion fever One recent move to dampen the too prevalent feeling that the war is about over and that it is time to get back to peacetime jobs and products is the organization of groups of battle veterans to impress on the minds of civilians the magnitude of the job ahead in the Pacific One such group—known as "task force 30" – —is touring the Ninth service command and similar teams are working in the other commands One need not agree with the view that the war will last two or three years longer to see the logic of the position of the armed services To proceed on the theory that the Japanese have two or three years' resistance left in them and then have the war suddenly and dramatically end in six months would cause no serious harm But to proceed on the theory that the enemy will collapse in six months might well result in a prolongation of the conflict To overestimate the eneray's strength is riot a fatal error for a mistake on that side would be a pleasant surprise But there should be no underestimation For a mistake in that direction could be and probably would be costly in both lives and time - Avoidance of Accidents A Theme for Farmers An executive proclamation has been issued calling upon the people of this nation to observe the week beginning today as a period devoted to the promotion of safety on farms Attention is called to the appalling loss of life and of valuable time as a result of able accidents in rural sections of the republic According to figures submitted by the president fatalities on farms every month represent a loss equal to wiping out an entire regiment of soldiers every thirty days It is likewise estimated by expert statisticians on the safety council that 125000 other Americans engaged in agricultural pursuits are in- jured every month to an extent that means the loss of health of savings of time and of service to the nation in its need President Harry S Truman makes this appeal for caution not only to prevent bereavements and sufferings and deprivations but for the conservation of man power in a critical period of the development and expectations of humanity Churches clubs and classes have been re quested to take part in the programs and pro- posals suggested in the proclamation to the end that a comparison of precautionary means and measures based on observation and experience will result in a lessening of accidents that may affect all mankind as well as any unfortunate victim of an oversight or a momentary lapse of vigilance There are 6096799 farms in the United States of America embracing 1060852374 acres under cultivation The farm population is estimated to be 31000000 in normal times The number of persons actually engaged in farm work during periods of peace is 10267- 000 The call to arms reduced these figures by hundreds of thousands Farmers are handicapped for help They have imported labor but unfamiliar language methods machinery and climate keep production at a lower level than it would be with regular farm hands on the job The need of exceptional caution now being emphasized is obvious The week just beginning should be one of introspection of communion of reminiscence and resolutions intended to inculcate maxims and habits of care and Parks and Playefr rounds To Curb Delinquency Acquisition of a choice plot of ground between 30th South street and the city limits of Murray as a public park and playground is commendable The location will accommodate a section heretofore outside of the zones of recreation and amusement and is believed by those who engineered the transaction to offer encouragement to all who are trying to curb juvenile delinquency While parks and playgrounds equipped with facilities for wholesome enjoyment are potential factors in directing the energies and taming the impulses of youth it has been found that juvenile training does not begin with youngsters old enough to enjoy outdoor sports It must begin at home—in the family circle at the mother's knee under the father's eye Too many parents are prone to think the e opening of a plat with swings and chutes with a tennis court and a baseball diamond will relieve them of further attentions and anxieties That is an error of which recollection as well as observation should sound a double warning With parental care and counsel unrelaxed with adults taking an interest in youthful enjoyment and recitals of the day's adventures or achievements a comradeship is established and maintained which will enhance the value of parks and playgrounds as molders of character and developers of citizenship ?THOMAS L STOKES Grouping to Combat Democrats Popular Chief WASHINGTON—Republicans and rather far afield for issues to combat the Democrats and the latter's popular new president They do not seem to feel so rare as do others that the mongrel party held together for a dozen years by the late Pres Roosevelt is likely to fall apart and become an easy victim due to the growing rift between the new dealers and the southern wing which Is giving Pres Truman trouble already So stocky Joe Martin of Massachusetts the house Republican leader has been doing his stuff to create issues His first effort a proposal for a two-terlimitation on the presidency drew varying re E po nse Some lauded it as statesmanship of the higher sort because it was timed when no political personality was directly involved Others—mostly DemocrMs--analyzed it as a m of the popularity of Truman Harry His second effort did not catch on at all rather the contrary This is his proposal that congress defer action on compulsory military training until an attempt is made to get other nations to do away with it A splendid ideal but hardly prac— tical was the consensus Joe Martin held most of his party together in the house against the reciprocal tariff program of the administration But there Is some doubt that this is likely to prove a good political issue with the trend in the country today Subsequently a majority of Republicans in the house went along on the Bretton Woods agreements for an international bank and stabilization fund which may have been due partly to the sour reaction to the party's tariff stand there But it's in the senate that the gressiort TO SOME ! 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WASHINGTON — Something undoubtedly is happening behind the scenes in the Japanese government which occasions such an extraordinary statement as that broadcast by the Tokyo radio concerning General Okamura's refusal to withdraw Japanese troops from China to help the homeland The very fact that this subdiscussed at this ject is being time leads to the belief here that friction between the the age-ol- d army and navy in Japan maybe responsible for the declaration by Oka mura The general is when he says that it would right two take years to withdraw the Japanese troops from China but this is because the amount of shipping now available is so small that the 1000000 or more troops couldn't possibly get back to Japan in a long long time to help in the homeland defense even if the ships were not harassed by pur submarines and airplanes It was estimated by competent authorities here several months ago that the Japanese army could not get back to Japan in less than six months even if it nad all the shipping' it needed This was before the revival of Chinese and American day military strength since For many months it has been an'integral part of the American war plan to capture bases from which the United States forces could dominate by air and sea the approaches to the China coast Our submarines have been going close ta the coast of Japan arid China The blockade of China has been growing tighter every week The Tokyo radio says that Okamura raised the question himself but undoubtedly he did so as supreme commander of all Japanese expeditionary forces in China because of some criticism that had been leveled against the Japanese army plan Apparently the critics are saying now what has been reported from time time before— namely that the Japanese war lords overextended themselves in China and did not effect a withdrawal of troops so that the homeland could be defended The strategy of the Chinese and American generals on the other hand has been such in recent months as to interrupt communications and make difficult any kind of a retreat even toward north China The new gains by the Chinese army however are not sporadic They are part of a plan by which the United States army gave the Chinese equipment and supplies and training so as to break up the V-- E JAY (1 HAYDEN Japs Will Play Same Role As Germans Last-Ditc- h American Newspaper Alliance WASHINGTON — Enthusiasts over chances for peace in the far east would do well to hold their hats and bets until it is disclosed whether there Is any authority in Japan capable of effective surrender What happened in Germany may be a criterion As now a great number of disclosed na- Gexman leaders—military val political and Industrial— were joined in the plot to assassinate Hitler and make peace in July 1944 Almost all members of the once Prussian military caste were in on the play and so were many of the highest ranking naval officers But Hitler still managed to defeat the revolt and hang its principal leader s Thereafter almost a year passed before the war ended and then only because the German army navy and air force were so completely destroyed that they could not go on There is very little doubt that in Japan the big industrialists headed by the Mitsuis and Mitsubishes long since became convinced that the military outlook was hopeless and the same probably is true of the naval and foreign office chiefs Experienced observers of the far east both American and British believe that Adm Suzuki Japan's present' premier d is a creature of these groups They also believe that the men Immediately North around Emperor ly are taking provided 'peace plished without Hirohito mostthe same line can be accomdisplacing their God-rul- er The Japanese counterpart of is the the nazi army still largely intact and especially bolstered by its domination of Manchuria and Korea As long ago as 1931 when the war in Manchuria was precipitated the then secretary of state Henry L Stimson believed that it was largely a business of the Kwantung army running amok and Joseph C Grew in his book "Ten Years in Japan" holds to this same view By a prOcess of terrorism including assassinations or attempted assassinations of many industrial and political leaders the Kwantung clique gradually extended its authority to the Tokyo government until it was able to precipitate war against the United States The constitutional structure of Japan plays into the hands of these militarists It always has been true that war and navy ministers were picked by services No the heads of government could be formed without their sanction Recent defeats in the Philippines Iwo Jima and Okinawa must have been a severe blow to army prestige but at ths same time their stock may have risen due to the almost complete obliteration of the navy reducing the power of the admirals And the army still has last-ditche- rs Manchuria and Korea to fall back on The :7! are the factors which cause the experts to wonder whether the Tokyo cabinet or even Hirohito could deliver a surrender of the army The same situation explains why the bulk of state department opinion favors preserving the Japanese throne if not necessarily the present emperor Inteerviews with Japanese prisoners show the great majority of them to br still fanatically devoted to Throhito For ex:- ample there was the case of the Japanese officer at Oldnawa who was quite willing to stop but insisted that he could not surrender until the emperor consented to his doing so If there is any authority that can induce the Japanese army to give up it is believed to the emperor well-organiz- concentrations Japanese China trained - se This Is Wheie Utah's Oldest Jewelers Started science There the ringmaster—though his manner is more that of the schoolmaster—is the irrepressible Sen Taft of Ohio He is trying desperately to G 0 P keep the party stand-pa- t He held a majority in line against the reciprocal tariff program though a segment including some newcomers with minds of their own broke away to form a progressive bloc that may become more powerful Outstanding about Sen Taft Is his refusal to acknowledge defeat His next opportunity was Bretton Woods The odds against him here were greater but he had the advantage of knowing more than anyone else In the senate about international finance He plagued the Democrats with his penetrating questions He made his first fight for a He wanted to get symbol Sen Vandenberg (R Mich) on his side because of the latter's influence with the party and because Mr Vandenberg's support would be most embarrassing to the administration as the Mirthigan senator was a delegate to the San Francisco conference "SENATOR FROM SANDPIT J FRED DAYNES By RAM PARK man' s own manner and character is what most becomes him—Cicero Silhouette I have long been an admirer of William R Wallace Even before I met him personally I admired him for his innate courtesy his ease of manner and his immaculate appearance Eminently successful in business there is nothing of the stuffed shirt about him He has the rare trait of seeming to listen with interest to things he knows all about when they are told him by a person who knows nothing about them Good breeding is the essence of his Progress How pleasant the life of a bird must be Flitting about in each leafy tree! Well that's what the poet wrote long long ago But living in his day he couldn't know That man would fly where birds couldn't go Away from the trees and over the heights Through sunshiny days and dark lonely nights The lark the eagle thet'‘condor outdoneSpreading his wings toward the port of the sun On errands of mercy or missions for Mars Communing with God in the realm of the stars I wonder if searching for new objectives He'll really find out some day where God lives? —Nellie E Mar ler Logan Utah IyqAow - Notes on the Cuff Department Gordon Jennings top flight special effects genius of the motion picture industry was back home on a visit last week He proudly announced that he was a grandfather—his son John having become a father recently John Gordon said was out of the army and back in St Louis where he is studying dentistry Bette and Howard Means and Upton Leonard dropped in on us the other evening It was nice to see the youngSters and we hope they'll come out often Lawrence Nink who has been on a fishing trip to Fish lake is back in town with a fancy growth of dial foliage for Covered Wagon Days Remember the magician Hermann the Well Lawrence looks Great? like he did around the chin We had summer squash on our Inenu last night in spite of the squash bugs It's due I think to a bit of strategy I used I about a dozen transplanted squash plants and put them in widely separated spots and the bugs have worn themselves out hunting them The time a woman gets paid a man's wage and then some is when she sins Look alikes: Robert Fisher the cellist and Lawrence The rapid rise and fall of certain demagogues in this country reminds me of the saying that what really kills the skunk is the poor publicity it gives itself J Fred Daynes president and general manager of Daynes Jewelry Is carrying on the business founded by his father John Daynes in 1862 serving five generations of satisfied customers Today a modern four story building at 128 South Main houses Daynes Jewelry Company 0- BRING THE SPARKLE TO HER EYE WITH THE SPARKLE OF A DAYNES DIAMOND Diamond Ensemble Beautiful Engagement ng to Ring with Wadding $250 Match 3 Perfect Diamonds Magnificent blue white five 14-gold mounting k Always diamonds in distinc $125 The The Daynes Name on the Box has - Kai-shek--- of ' A - from area to area betind the Japanese line of communica- tions and make considerable trouble for the Japanese troops It is conceded however that the Japanese commanders will try to move northward to join the forces in Manchuria so as to protect Japanese interests against a Russian entry into the war The Tokyo radio also maybeto appease domestic a cover-u- p opinion which would normally demand that the troops in China be brought home to help in the defense There has always been a faction In Japan which believed that peace could be made with China Indeed the rumors are that directly and indirectly the Japanese have been making peace offers to the Chinese during the past year in the hope of releasing the troops for use against the United States Generalissimo Chiang ' course will not listen to any separate peace talk but it is conceivable that if Japan wants to surrender she will try to reach some understanding first with China The Okamura statement could be a preliminary step toward the justification of a Chinese-Japaneunderstanding The ar- gument might well be used that since the Japanese troops can not go back home on account of the blockade it is inevitable that an agreement should be reached with China "It is better to stay here" Is the concluding remark of General Okamura Whether that comment Is or is not related to some peace move the fact Is almost everybody here agrees that in a military sense it is right The Japanese army is marooned in China while the homeland Is being bombarded by the heaviest attacks from air and sea any nation has suffered in modern times Naturally the Japanese people want help in their defense but they cannot get it from their troops in China The Japanese army is credited with having started the adventure into war with China The Japanese navy may well have opposed the move and now may be pointing the linger of criticism toward those who imperiled Japans position All in all the Okamura broadcast is revealing of the plight of the Tokyo government which does not hesitate to use the radio to argue its own critical position' Reproduction Rights Reserved the peace-minde- LI There is reason to baileve that a number of these Chinese diviand sions newly equipped have been operating as mobileforces which c‘n move ten-acr- party really is struggling these days with its soul and con- G0P triVe EAT termination to cripple or kill the world charter In the same manner that "a little group of willful men" nullified the achievements of allied forces 25 years ago making this war not only possible but inevitable certain influential statesmen are now trying to neutralize the victory over Germany and the advantages tt gained over Japan to L Thomas According Correspondent Stokes the task of actually mutilating the charter presents so many difficulties that "defeatists may undertake to stifle a necessary spiritof confidence in the document" He is convinced by watching maneuvers among the isolation members of congress that they will abandon attempts to revise the agreement which has been signed sealed and delivered only to cripple the organization to curtail the activities of the American member of the world council to reduce that tribunal to a vassalage under congress and to cripple the entire structure in partisan fights to be started every time the council has an opportunity or an obligation to function The public should keep these facts in mind should watch developments along these lines should support and protect the organizations created to carry out the mandates of the charter In no other way can its objectives be attained and a just and durable peace be established and maintained - are grouping To A Buyer Gains Who- 1 D'ah Stood For the Best!! with Daynes! 4 ' |