Show TIIE WEEKLY (Rtltued by WeiMrn Newspaper Unloo) CAISSONS ROLL ALONG’ IN A NEW TEMPO AS I SIT AT THE WINDOW of the room in which I write and watch at “the caissons go rolling along' some 40 miles an hour it causes me to think of the changed tempo oi 90s war since the days in the when I was engaged in and knew something of soldiering on In those days and in fact through much of World War I the caissons went rolling along at about four miles per hour the speed of a team when being urged by a husky “mule skinner" In those days the cannoneers rode the caissons with iron rimmed wheels and took all the jolts of the highways and battlefields War in those days was a slow leisurely operation that could be bloody when one really got into it but you could not get in— or out— so quickly The doughboys walked and their speed was not more than 10 miles An enemy 100 miles away a day could not reasonably be expected to attack within less than 10 days and that allowed time for preparation Yes the doughboy walked and carried his equipment on his back Aside from the field and staff officers about the only things that enj— oyed the luxury of transportation other than shank's mares— were the company pots and pans in which were cooked the beans the sow belly which and coffee together with hardtack was what the commissary provided DEATH EVERYWHERE SETTING-U- EXERCISES were not prescribed for troops on campaign The soldier got all the exercise he could take care of without any of a prescribe kind He did not need a lullaby or a crooner to put him to sleep at night He seldom yaited for "taps” asleep d it the earliest opportunity and only to cuss the bugler for blowing reveille Washington Napoleon Wellington Bismarck Grant Lee Pershing Foch and Haig commanded slow armies as compared with the speed of today In those old days you looked for death only on the ground You would get behind a shield but you did not also have to get under one Today death comes on the ground from beneath the ground and from the skies As I watch the caissons go rolling along on rubber tires at 40 miles an hour I realize the speed of war today and the need of youth to maintain that speed I do not question the worthiness of our cause I do question the necessity of war in general I question the necessity of destruction as a means of attempting to settle disputes But at soldier age i saw glory and romance and adventure in the tramp tramp tramp of the doughboy in the clatter of the wheels of the caissons in the pounding of hoofs of the cavalry horses The young men of today see the same things in the roll of the d wheels of the great guns and trucks in which they ride in the clank of the tanks and the whirr of the airplane propellers We can be thankful that when we must fight — as in this case we must — we have youth that sees these things in the same way their fathers grandfathers and saw them in days that are gone The caissons are rolling along to eventual victory because of the valor of our American youth AN AMERICAN LEADER— AND A SOD HOUSE IN THE EARLY 1890s sod houses were not unusual on the plains of western houses Nebraska They were with dirt floors dirt walls and dirt ceilings In one such house a man child was bom of a pioneer mother I cannot tell you his name for to do so would be breaking a confidence Today he is one of America's leading economists occupying an important place in American life At the age of six he began attending school for five months each year His school was a affair presided over by a young woman who taught only the three R’s He wanted knowledge and he purchased It for himself his way working through college and majoring in economics that he might find out what made America tick He improved the opportunity America offered and today is making every possible effort to maintain that opportunity for America's boys and girls— the American way of life SIXTY MILES AN HOUR and burn them up! We will never miss the rubber until our tires wear out —Buy Defense Bonds— BORROWING DEBTS AND BANKRUPTCY ON DECEMBER 15 1941 the federal government debt was On December 12 the federal government's gold borrowings —an obligation of the ted to $20551000000 The bonded indebtedness of the local snd of all states was state governments That adds up to $20246000000 To thatjvill be added new bonds to pay for war expenses amounting to 125 billion dollars bringing the total to $222528000000 Washington D C DONALD NELSON EXPLAINS his radio appeal for an imme25 per cent increase in war Donald Nelson anproduction nounced that joint management-labo- r committees would be set up in to devise methods of inevery plant There has been creasing output considerable conjecture since then over the scope of these committees run the should whether they plants or merely be advisory The other day Nelson explained just what he had in mind in a' private talk with Walter Reuther forceful vice president of the powerful CIO United Auto Workers who more than a year ago proposed the "Reuther Plan” fois the quick conversion of the auto industry into a unified mass producer of hundreds of planes and tanks daily While in Washington on union business after Nelson’s broadcast a mutual friend suggested to Reuther that he have a talk with the War Production chief whom he had never met Nelson greeted Reuther cordially remarking that he had heard a lot about his plan but had not In diate GARLAND TIMES GARLAND ANALYSIS NEWS By ITTAH Edward C Wayne Navy Brain Truster Jap Dreams of Easy Conquest Fade As U S Aid to Australia Grows President's ‘Victory Plan' Depends On Successful Offensive in Pacific (EDITOR’S art UtM NOTE lit VICTORY: Navy Forces For — Whu pinla art txprttttS la Ikttt ttlttmt thtj tialytt tU ttctturllp at this twtptptr) by Western Ntwipaper tTni iRUard MACARTHUR: And His Job The sending of MacArthur from Almost coincident with the arrival of General MacArthur in Australia Bataan where the man in the street had regarded him as a sort of “dead the first great word of an offensive — certainly a hdro hero” but conagainst the Japanese had been redemned had hailed ceived and the U apparently to either death great naval victory in New Guinea or a Japanese prison— to Australia Head of the brain trust of the U S where he could start with a clean First reports had been of the sinknavy is Rear Admiral Frederick J man to Admiral ing of 23 Japanese vessels a dozen page in the defense of that continent Horne of them vessels of war and though had been greeted with w'ild enthuErnest J King commander-in-chie- f few details were announced it was siasm from one side of the nation Horne is in charge of the naval opobvious that it had been a battle of to the other in new staff erations the navy the air rather than of the sea Paeans of praise had resounded in the first dispatches not only in the press but upon the Important had been the word that they were streets and the general view was RUSSIANS: “island based” forces of the United that the whole move had been made States and Australia and this had cleverly because while General Clamp Down been comforting in the extreme for MacArthur had given his Bataan job The Russians having carried out until this point America had not into the hands of General their continued offensive during the known that there were any island he was still technically in coldest of the winter had clamped bases left to us in the Pacific theacommand as the Philippines were down on several important points ter with the exception of Hawaii placed under his jurisdiction Including Kharkov and Vyazma and It had been learned of course that seen its details claimed that 200000 German troops No less was the delight felt by after Wake were trapped in the latter area taking "I can tell you all about them in the Japanese the Australians who had demand island had later abandoned it but ed MacArthur to lead them three minutes” said Reuther The Germans also the Reds had The few believed that our own navy had American public "Shoot” replied the war chief were asserted steadily giving regarded it as sigNelson listened intently asked a moved back in there nificant that the move had been ground irt the Kharkov region Aside from where about few speculation ordered in late February but had dubbed the Pittsburgh of Russia questions then remarked: “Eswould was base a fact the Japs not been carried out until sentially your objective is the same the also There had been considerable like dearly to know the victory itas mine The only thing on which thus that MacArfavorable military activity in the self was Important In the battle of thur was not showing after we differ is the way to go about it” rushing personal district of Smolensk which for a Java sea we had lost one heavy honors or safety "How's that?” and that he would time rumor had it had been Hitcruiser ourselves and our allies had ler’s personal headquarters said Nelson "Simply this lost four “We both want the auto industry In the meantime the Russians had In this battle the Japs had lost all the airplanes tanks taken over the suburbs of Kharkov two heavy cruisers one light cruiser tojn Your plans sir! runs It can and had started what they described and other ships of war of lesser imfor joint committees to galled as the fiercest sort of house to house port The rest of the ships sent to din let the conversion with a fighting the bottom or put out of action were In each of these encounters the government representative parsome of them being used freighters adviser Russians had been able to mass ticipating as a as troop transports I believe In doing it differently— troops in superior numOFFENSIVE: one man for action and committbers over the Germans and in the ees for sdvlce That’s why I Aussies’ Vicivpoint Staraya Russa sector they had ashave one man my representatserted that the Germans were reAlmost coincident with the arrival ive in Detroit directing conversfusing to yield and were gradually Gen Douglas of General MacArthur his chief of Maj Gen ion with the committees yon being exterminated MacArthur Sutherland staff Maj Gen Sutherland and the Even in the southwest where Hitproposed advising him It’s your rest of his parjy official Australia not leave his plan only in reverse” command until he had ler was supposed to have ordered a to talk and think in terms of the Russian maNelson also told Reuther that he began an offensive against the Japs on a been given time to arrange things chine was still to suit him MacArthur Was accommoving ahead Moshoped the joint committees would scale hitherto not dreamed of cow had reported take their work seriously and subpanied by his chief of staff Maj As to the Japanese themselves Gen Richard K Sutherland and by mit every practical plan for increasiafter having previously reported SUICIDE: ng production However Nelson weeks ago MacArthur’s flight from Brig Gen Harold H George of the stressed that he and not the com- the battlefront to Corregidor Confirmed and air corps mittees would decide on the merits other untrue stories about the comConsiderable editorial praise had A roundabout method of confirmof the been heaped on Mrs MacArthur proposals that the function of mander they were considerably takthe suicide of General Homma the committees was strictly “ad- en aback by the news that the com- when it was learned that she and ining the Philippines by the hara-kivisory” her son had not chosen the compara mander was in Australia method was discovered by Carlos of Note interntive Manila and After first approving the safety did just what President Barry a Chilean newspaper man They Joint ment but had chosen to go to the stationed in Tokyo committee plan Secretary Roosevelt had predicted and de- Knox battlefront with the general and later told Nelson he was opHe sent a dispatch to the newsthen to take the long and perilous because it would "Sovietize posed paper El Chileno in which he said U S Knox contended plane journey to Australia with him the suicide of "General Masaharu industry" that management do alone should As to the general’s job in AusHomma for failure to destroy the the job Nelson brushed aside Knox's tralia it was the toughest of the American and Filipino defense fears and declared that without the V whole war That was conceded on forces had been confirmed” full of labor the war all sides For he was taking on his He did not say that Tokyo concould not be won “I expect full coshoulders the command in an area firmed it but added: from the navy on my operation where all had been defeat thus far “The confirmation came through plan" Nelson said firmly "or else the fact that his successor General The Japs were figured to attempt And if you doubt my word there is the Australia blitz despite the fact Tomoyuki Yamashitawas announced a man in the White House who will that they had learned that American officially” confirm it for you’’ This under the rules of the Samutroops "in force” were on the continent and that more were on the rai can have only one meaning Homma would not have been permitHULL AND TIIE ARABS way before left Shortly The Australian occupation was so ted to live through this disgrace Secretary Hull on his present protracted holiday vital to the Japanese however that He must according to the code reColonel Donovan had worked out a were apparently ready to ri k tire to his room and retire himself they plan to send an American “Colonel the showdown battle that would with a sword Lawrence’’ to visit the Arabs around surely ensue LOTTERY: Dakar There was little question but that The idea was that just as Colonel Australia was poorly prepared for Number Three Lawrence had won the support of Prime Minister John Curtin had service Washington’s selective the Arabs for the British in the last been stressing that since the beginheads aided and abetted by draft war so the United States could win But with considerable Amerboards from coast to coast swung ning over the Arabs in French West Afaid it was hoped that the deJOHN CURTIN of PRIME ican MINISTER into the task classifying and callrica especially around the vital ’’American aid is doubly welcome” fense could be carried out successing up 9000000 men drawn in the base of Dakar the jumping off place third draft lottery to South America dared that General MacArthur had fully The word had gone out that not MacArhowever So Col Charles Strategically Sweeney who has "run away” from the Philippines thur’s job was even bigger than de- all would be drawn for military had much the and then went on to say that “Amerexperience with service but that many might be Arabs was delegated to undertake ican resistance in Australia would fending Australia for if President Roosevelt’s victory plan were to be drafted into defense industry this difficult and important mission be shortlived” In the nine millions of men beit was up to him not out carried But when Hull of heard in Secretary The resistance Bataan had tween the to Australia successfulage limits were many the Donovan plan he hit the ceiling stood as a monument to Japanese onlybut todefend be “in at the death” of the of the older men more settled— the ly Calling Donovan into his office Hull falsehoods and false hopes of easy lectured him at length declaring: hopes in the Pacific and heads of businesses and owners of conquest and some believed that Japanese to carry on from Australia as a property and their reaction to the "You are trying to interfere with MacArthur’s assignment to Austrahop-othe conduct of my relations with a lia spot the successful offensive draft had been just as enthusiastic might give the Japanese pause that would at least so America as had that of the younger men in friendly country” in going through with the invasion Hull hoped knock the Nipponese out of the previous groups flatly refused to give Colonel At any rate Prime Minister CurIn this lottery as in those prethe war So no attempt tin had said: Sweeney a passport has been made to win over the MacArthur on his arrival had vious there had been some small "It is most gratifying that the two numbers having turned errors Arabs of West Africa more than American found just American troops are now here in 6342 2069 and one and Note: he up missing on found British intelligence reports force Their numbers are most subthe ground had troops that three French an air force which was carrying out being duplicated 2885 warships sailed stantial from Dakar last month bound for “We are the base from which to his own ideas on Bataan— striking often and fiercely at the enemy beMadagascar This will relieve the strike at the enemy MISCELLANY: danger to Brazil but it may in“American aid is doubly we- fore be arrived on the scene crease possible danger to British-lcome because Britain could not carThere were few who believed S shipping routes through the ry the burden of the Pacific while MacArthur even by a miracle of Washington: In order to improve Indian ocean to Suez and India deengaged in a life and death strug- strategy could prevent Japanese the war spirit of the people generalpending on whether the French warsgle with Germany and Italy landings on Australia even as he ly President Roosevelt had said that will from protect hips Madagascar "Our nation musj demonstrate to was unable to prevent them on the he would like to see more military the British or from the Japanese But many hoped that history that it has the moral and Philippines “It Is time to wave the parades physical stature to stand up and he could and would find some methflag” the President said trade punches with the enemy not od of striking such forces such terMoscow: The Russian press dis C Henderson’s Price administration for six weeks or months but year rific blows as to drive them into missed with one paragraph the news soon wili crack down on tire bootlafter year if necessary giving odds the sea and prevent their organizathat General MacArthur had been eggers especially in Pittsburgh and but fighting the enemy to a standtion into any sort of a successful made supreme commander in AusWashington still land army tralia and sound d C For some "If we fail ourselves nothing will Montevideo: Street rioting fol ' advice by real experts on what to save us We have to show ourselves PRODUCTION: lowed the announcement that an do in the event of air raids get the of aid” A demand by congress that WPB Axis submarine had sunk a ship of worthy newly published handy book “CivilHis sentiments were echoed all Director Nelson report formally on Uruguayan registry ian Defense of the United States” over Australia followed some apand in the halls of production-"haBoulder City Nev: Forest rangby CoL R Ernest Dupuy and Lieut congress at Washington senate and parent dissatisfaction with the naers were searching for two “swarthy Hodding Carter Colonel Dupuy is house leaders in in turn had men” who had fired on a Chairman tional output which joined author of a number of outstanding Snyder of military affairs said aft- come to light after a vital resignaand his troop of Boy military volumes and is an ace au- er the applause had died down: tion within Nelson’s group Scouts out for a hike thority in his field Nelson himself had come out with “I hope from now on many of our San Francisco All machinery was C Another newly published small ‘swivel chair generals’ will remema fighting statement threatening in progress for the moving of 90000 book that will be very helpful in unber that on this day many things coolly to “knock down” any individJapanese from the Coast to Interior derstanding military developments are under way which will be just uals or groups that showed any points Bargain hunters were havis "Defense Will Not Win the War" as pleasing to them when they find tendency to interfere with the ing field days in Chinatown as the by Lieut CoL W F Kern an of the out about them as is the change in smoothness of national war producJap stores having to move were regular field artillery General MacArthur’s status” tion selling out at terrific reductions v- - s' Portrait Alan i Thoughts: The Front Pages: Bruce Bliven Freda Kirchwey and other editors of the opinion weeklies argued that the U S war propaganda copies the methods of the last war and also the Axis pattern The Axis tactics must be all right the way some of our elected officials are mouthing its The Sun found a silmessages ver lining in the trials of France’s at Riom Daladier’s The Sun points out have put the accusers on the defensive The reddened the court’s kisser by delivering a long spiel praising De Gaulle which Berlin won’t care Dan Parker’s for of the race tracks for making the customers finance the owners' patriotism was lifted by another a mer But for some reason exThe UP’s pired in one edition figure wizard broke every heart in Hollywood with his breakdown of the proposed new income tax An income of a million he estimates will eat up enough U S and California taxes to leave the receiver approxToo imately $20000 in the red many correspondents are guessing that Hitler won’t have the stuff for his Russian Spring offensive Two years of underselling Berlin should He simply loves teach us better us to get optimistic TYPEWRITER RIBBONS: Edmund R Chaffee: The majority af us are for free speech only when it deals with subjects concerning which sue have na intense conLin Yutang: He was talking victions Willa Cather: in an unbuttoned mood Puffy whits clouds racing hks lambs let out to pasture in tbs spring Mary Roberts Rinehart: She was gnawing on her Jan grievance like a dog on a bone The apple tree buds soere as Struther: tightly rosily clenched as a baby’s fist Maurice Walsh: The cold spit oj rain in the wind’s mouth The Story Tellers: Vogue like lots us is disgusted with the way theater audiences respond to The National Anthem The mag is sore at “the ridiculously casual way in which the audience giggle and whisBanper while ‘The ner1 is being played — as though it were a device to enable them to put on their coats and powder their noses to music” The blackout John Gunther reports after sampling London’s is “an unmitigated nuHe isance" urges (in Liberty) that the U S avoid them as long as A possible beauty expert in Collier’s advises gals to be natural to be themselves He says they should leave their faces alone except for foundation cream powder rouge lipstick mascara eyeshadow What no newsreels? and bluing of The SEP editorialist ex is a Set: This good Dep’t: The one of the few has remained excerpt from an editorial reminder for our Cliveden is who “It is sink or swim Japan is not waging war on the President Hitler is not warring on Dorothy ThompIn defeat if you escape with son your life you will escape with little else depend upon it “The British the Germans the Russians and the Japanese have no illusions They know they are fightand the devil ing for take the hindmost So are you” Some people think freedom of the press only gives you the right to agree with them Happiness doesn’t depend en having a lot or a little It depends on haring what you think is enough Doing silly things occasionally prevents us from being silly It is weU to ignore the permanently detractors uho disagree with what you say because they would disagree with anything Funny that it’s easier for a you say friend to remember the one favor you didn’t do than recall the many favors you did The Clivedunces would rather try win an argument with the President than help him win the war An honest columnist is bound to step on many toes because there are so many heels around Any kind of constructive criticism will always be considered destructive by those criticized Some Congressmen think of the people only when Some they need their votes be should reminded that you can’t love freedom if you use it to hurt the country fighting for it A gal doesn’t have to be intelligent to outwit the smartest gent —she just has to be beautiful Uncle Samson can’t hold back the enemy if he can’t trust the people behind hia back The time to worry about what your enemies say is when your friends start to believe them — Buy Defense Bonds— The Wireless: There was a message from a Tokyo broadcaster which should make licking the Japs a duty It told that American prisoners of war have been put at hard labor These prisoners were the defenders of Wake and Guam The first tip from the loudspeakers that the RAF had blasted Paris carried of You irony recalled plenty that the Parisians when France surrendered rejoiced that the Heinle pineapples had spared the burg Wednesday night lost Fred Allen but picked up a capable comic to sub meaning Ransom Sherman to |