Show W R A washington D 0 ALE ALEUTIANS IMPORTANT behind tho the army navy aftem attempts apts to blast the japs out cut ot of the aleutian islands Is more than natural antipathy to having an enemy on amer lean toll soil or the fear ear ot of an invasion of alaska these are important bu but in ad events in egypt may mean that more than ever we shall have to use these vital stepping stones of the aleutian islands to carry tho the war to the heart of japan to get the full significance of tho the picture it la Is necessary to recall that ever since pearl harbor there has been an honest difference of opinion among U S war strategists as to whether we should concentrate cen ren on fighting japan in tho the pacific or hitler in europe at one time shortly atter after pearl harbor high up U S naval advisers worked out an elaborate war plan which Is no longer a secret for con cent rating almost all our naval strength in the and making a direct attack on the japanese Is lands at a time when the japs had their lines dispersed to manila singapore and the south sens seas but the plan meant leaving the atlantic coast relatively unguarded also virtually abandoning convoys to britain and russia in the end it was decided that the russian front was all important and must be supplied at all costs the wisdom of this decision seems to have been borno borne out by subsequent events japs worried however those who urge the all out war in asia have persisted and their argument has been strength ened by recent developments one is the fact that the japs obviously scared at the prospect of a second front in asia are fighting feverishly to clean put the chinese before china gets important help from us vear idear of a second front in asia also was why the japs nipped part of the aleutian islands main development however was tho defeat at bobruk and the serious nazi threat to the entire near east for if the near east falls with its vital supply route opened by american railroad engineers from the gulf of persia to the caucasus then it may be absolutely imperative to open new supply lines to russia via alaska and siberia and even more important the entire focus pf af the war so far as the united states Is concerned may turn to the far east tor for if hitler secures the oil of iran iraq and it may be the wisest strategy to knock japan out of the war first because the nazis will have the resources to continue for a long time 1 0 0 WHAT IS AN EXPERT when federal chairman lawrence fly appeared before the house interstate commerce commission recently he was asked by representative clarence brown of ohio what is your dennI definition tIon of an expert well replied fly 1 I once heard an expert described as any damned fool away from home do you pick your experts at the FCC on that basis inquired con gressman brown no said fly we generally take them from the industry where they have proven their worth 1 I am asking the questions because of a pe peculiar cull experience I 1 had recently explained the ohio congressman and went on to tell how a congressional committee had referred him to an expert on accounting a young man who graduated from college in 1939 and was still a trifle wet behind the ears A short time later brown continued he called at the war production board on another matter and was referred to an agricultural expert per lo 10 0 an and behold the e expert proved to be the same young man following this I 1 again called at the on a matter pertaining to metal said brown this ibis time I 1 was referred to an expert on copper and believe it or not mr fly it was the some same agent and brown warned the chairman of the federal communications commission if I 1 ever come down to your commission and find and this chap you and I 1 are going to tangle ME MERRY RRY GO ROUND favorite rejoinder of senator harry S truman when a member of his bla war contracts investigating committee objects to his strenuous pace if you dont like the heat get out of the kitchen silver thatched representative cliff woodrum of virginia faces a primary fight from moss A plunkett a militant virginia liberal mrs Roosevel ts close friend congresswoman gress woman caroline oday of new york will have democratic competition this year miss martha palmer active worker among the young Dem democrats rats buffalo N Y M has joined the select list of big cities in anich all the large stores store havo hav turned over their sales forces to the sale of war stamps and bonds it costs taxpayers a year to operate the senates subway train that shuttles lazy senators one block from the senate office building to tao ane capitol |