Show 1411 EV S 0 N released by western newspaper union DIAMOND HEAD AS GOOD AS GIBRALTAR SEVERAL YEARS ago I 1 sat with captain wi wilson ison on the veranda ol of his bis home looking over the placid waters of pearl harbor near hono alulu the harbor is but a salt water lake opening into the island ol of bahu oahu from the pacific it was angl naly not much more than a marsh larsn that had been dredged to a depth ol of some 60 feet in places it is a lake lot many arms and bays with sufficient anchorage room to accommodate all of the american navy on the far side across from we the homes of the naval officers is the club house of the honolulu yacht club and the landing place of the pacific clipper planes near the center is an island on which is is lo 10 bated the naval air field i there was no war or thought or of i war when I 1 sat there with captain wilson there was not even an appearance pe arance of any preparation for war on the far shore a clipper plane in from manila rode at anchor and was being loaded with mail for san francisco in that i same arm several small sail boats were engaged in a race in another arm a battleship and cruiser were anchored and near them were two or three destroyers no one of these fighting ships offered any evidence of being ready for sea they did not mar in any way the peaceful appearance of the scene this does not look like the impregnable fortress I 1 had expected to see I 1 said to captain wilson it was not intended that all tile the defense preparations should be in sight but an enemy would find them here was his simple reply he did not tell me more and should not have done so but while in the islands I 1 learned a little of what these preparations were no effort was made to cover up that entire division of american soldiers at schofield field the army headquarters in hawaii and as fine a division of fighting men as one could find in any mans army officers of the army quite properly would not permit me a view inside of diamond head crater a veritable mountain fortress I 1 know it is literally filled with great guns each capable of throwing 1900 pounds of steel for a distance of more than 20 miles in the subterranean passages of that fortress are stored sufficient munitions food water medicines an dother materials to last tor for more than a year diamond head is not a second but a first gibraltar along the shores of oahu bahu are other great guns one of them within a block of the royal hawaiian hotel at waikiki beach and another beside the honolulu harbor at pearl harbor there were vast quantities of storage facilities for oil gasoline and naval munitions there were dry docks a and nd repair shops everything to complete the most formidable naval base in the world into it the government through the years since the annexation of the islands has poured something near like a billion dollars now it is worth all of that and more it insures the safety from serious attack of our western mainland coast I 1 saw pearl harbor and the fortifications in peace time it is a different picture now the big guns the warships and the airplanes ar are doing the job they were put there to do the place of hawaii in our defense will advance its claim for statehood as the forty ninth state partnership PARTNERS III SHOULD H ULD BE LABOR EMPLOYER RELATION I 1 WAS IN EUROPE in 1918 and for a short time in that section section of belgium retaken from the germans just before the end of the war on my return a belgium acquaintance aca acq uain tance who operated a c hain chain of laundries in chicago called on me to learn of what I 1 had seen in his native country during his visit the sub eject of the new attitude of labor was discussed and I 1 explained what english leaders ha had d told me would be needed to appease labor in that country labor is not entitled to consideration era tion said my iny visitor labor has no brains if I 1 were to turn my business over to my amplo employees tomorrow in six months it would woul d be left wrecked there would be nothing 1 possibly that is true I 1 replied but there is another thing that is true should you find yourself without the help of labor tomorrow and unable to get other employees you would be out of business at once he did not like my state statement ment and one of our troubles of to today day is that there are too many employers emp who tail fail to recognize the partnership between labor and capital PRICES snoot SHOULD BE REGULATED AMERICA CAN and will pay the cost of defeating the axis axi S powers whatever I 1 it t may be but america should not and must not have to pay an excessive price ic because ause of waste or greed the government can take from capital any profits made on war production but the price of ships planes tanks tan ks guns of all war equipment is largely determined del ter mined cd by the price of labor ue nc need a regulation ot of prices including the price of labor |