Show OR v v C EN washington D C EMBARGO ON JAPAN DEBATED the group inside the cabinet which favors a complete stoppage of japans raw materials of war especially her oil includes secretary of war stimson secretary of the navy knox secretary of interior ickes ind secretary of the treasury also certain admirals in the navy perhaps it is significant ant that the strongest advocates of complete embargoes against japan are the three republican members of the cabinet stimson knox and ickes 0 on n the other hand the state department part ment plus some of the admirals favor a goslow go slow policy toward japan they believe in applying the embargoes gradually or as mr ickes describes it cutting off of the dogs tail by inches the state department concurs that cutting off japans oil would paralyze her fleet after her present wi 2 months supply was exhausted but they also believe it would force japan to move into the dutch east indies immediately in order to get more oil last week one argument over this point and over general naval policy in the far east developed into a hot debate between the navy on one side and hull and welles on the other it took place at the white house in front of the president who did most of the listening hull and welles contended that if we stopped japans oil supply she would certainly attack the dutch east indies and that the united states could not possibly afford to have ships in that area because they might be needed in atlantic waters welles pointed out that the germans might seize the azores or the french naval base at dakar west africa which would menace south america to this admiral leahy now go governor v of puerto rico and one of Roosevel ts closest naval advisers replied gentlemen we dont have to worry about dakar and the azores now the british fleet can still prevent germany from taking them but a few months from now it may be different by next spring or even this winter the war may have gone against the british in the mediterranean and then well have two oceans to defend now we have only one U BORN S JAPANESE only insiders are aware of it but the new nationality act slaps down another embargo on japan lt it plugs pings up a hole in the old immigration laws which permitted amer ican born japanese to go to japan serve several years in the japanese army then return to the U S A and resume citizenship this has been quite common among the large japanese population in hawaii where many japanese parents consider it their duty to the emperor to send their children to japan for military service that the new law is is specifically aimed at japan and her axis allies is shown by the fact that when the act was originally written anyone who enlisted in a foreign army automatically forfeited citizenship this would have expatriated americans serving with the canadian and british armies the bill actually passed the house in this form but then the senate immigration committee did some editing As finally passed citizenship is not lost if no oath of allegiance is taken canada and britain do not require the oath of americans c an S japan and her axis pals do note the new law also provides that american parents of children born abroad must have resided in the U S at least 10 years prior to a birth in order to transmit citizenship this is aimed at expatriates who retain their citizenship with all its obligations on the government to protect them but dont think enough of the united states to live in it ARMY promotions any lowly recruit in the new conscript army has a chance to become an officer within the single year of training there has been a lot of confusion about this and editorials have been written complaining that this is not possible but gen george C marshall chief of staff wants it known that the army is still democratic marshall points out that after the first nine months of service any recruit has a chance to qualify for the candidate schools to train recruits for commissions these schools will be organized during the last three months of the year of service in other words as napoleon put it every soldier carries a marshals baton in his knapsack 0 POLITICAL CHAFF democratic rep bill schulte of ind indiana i ana won a lot of kudos for himself from both the A F of L and C 1 I 0 for his prevailing wage amendments to the bill for the construction st of barracks for draftees liberal rep frank havenner oi of san francisco got an unusual send off when he departed to open his campaign president roosevelt sent him a good luck telegram te le gram and speaker sam rayburn a letter hailing balling him as one of the most valuable members of the house |