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Current Comments
From Washington
Over in Syria. Noah’s tomb has
been bombed. In his era. a hun
dred men or so, attacked a like
Dumber, with sling-shots or
- clubs, and that was war. If Noah
were to return, he would lose no
time in reaching the conclusion j
that the good old times were
gone, so far as war is concerned.
Modern defense plans call for
more than piling up behind a
barricade, a heap of stones of
convenient throwing weight.
The United States expects to be
turning out five hundred bomb
ing planes a month by 1942. a
date which is distressingly far off.
considering the rapidity with
which events are moving abroad.
It is hard to tell how actively
defense production will be going
forward in 1942. Something other
than manufacturing equipment is
necessary. A strike of nine hun
dred men is in progress at Indian
Head, a military establishment 50
miles down the Potomac from
Washington. Similar situations are
known elsewhere. It will do little
good to take over and convert in
dustrial plants, with a view to
getting ready for invasion, if the
American Federation, the CIO
and the industrialists continue to
carry on a three-cornered civil
war.
A strike presupposes a demand
and a refusal to comply. Either
or both may be unreasonable.
The blame may rest with eithc.
side, and neither is to be con
demned as a matter of course.
Without going into the questio
as to who is responsible, a con
dition exists in which the con
testants are playing directly into
the hands of the Nazi-minded,
much as the fighting faction
may disclaim such intentions.
The ability of H.tlsr to make
trouble for the United States is
not to be doubted. There are
others, having none of his vic
iru-ness, but afflicted with a dis
torted perspective, who also can
make trouble.
The phrase “freidrm of the
teas” is not on the public tongue
to much as it was in the years
during which President Wilson
occupied the White House. Sec
retary Knox would put it into act
ive currency again. He brands
the Neutrality Act as a terrible
blunder, and claims President'
Roosevelt as an ally. Mr. Knox
would permit vessels of the Unit
ed States to enter War areas and
dock at ports in war zones. One
of the arguments which he ad
vances is, that an air attack is
a shipping hazard which did not
exist when the Neutrality Act
was sound teaching.
In all probability, a return to
the freedom of the seas doctrine
would be the last straw on the
back of the anti-intervention
camel, and what would follow
is not pleasant to contemplate.
On the other hand, although the
world has changed since 1914
1918. it has not altered to such
an extent that something worth
fighting for then, necessarily is
inconsequential bosh now.
Statistics generally make poor
mental fodder, even for a hungry
reader, but now and then they
take on interest. The bombing of
the British Isles raises havoc in a
territory about the size of New
York and Pennsylvania. England
furnishes 505 human targets to
the square mile. New York
would offer 281, and Pennsylvan
ia 220. As to area, trouble in,
Greece is practically equal to
trouble in Alabama. If all that
Hitler wants is room to expand,
he might swap Germany for Tex
as, and get the best of the trans
action by a region the size of
Kentucky. On the whole, interna
tional hostility in Europe may be
said to be caused by lack of el
bow room. Residents of Iowa
would be irked if the boundaries
of that state were under the mil
itary surveillance of Nebraska,
South Dakota, Minnesota, Wiscon
s;;-., Illinois and Missouri.
The request of the German For
eign Office that American diplo
mats be withdrawn from Paris
by June 10 and retired to Vichy,
is based on the thin excuse that
Paris no longer is part of Free
France, if any part of that coun
try indeed may be called “free.”
Theoretically, the same line of
reason cannot be requisitioned
in order to get German consuls
and other diplomats out of the
United States. Practically, they
arc a menace and a direct \vire
between every defense project
and Berlin, but nothing can be
done about it with out open and
hostile break. The horse must br
stolen before the padlock can be
snapped on the doer.
The Danes continue to treat the
Nazis with cold disdain. The mar
riage of Germany and Danmark
wa - strictly platonic.
THE WASHINGTON
MERRY-GO-ROUND
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By Drew Pearson and
Robert S. Allen
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■WASHINGTON — When, the
auto makers (with the exception,
of General Motors) thumbed
their noses at Price Administrat
or Leon Henderson and boosted
prices, they fanned up more
trouble for themselves than they
ever imagined. Possibly they
.started what Britain long ago in'
stituted—the curtailment of auto
production.
For War Department chiefs im
mediately advised the White
House that if the auto moguls
were unwilling to cooperate with
the Government in the control of
prices, then it was time the Gov
ernment stepped in to curtail pro
duction, which should have been
done long ago.
Army and Navy heads long
have been sour about the fact
the OPM ordered only a 20 pej
cent reduction of auto output.
They wanted a reduction of at
least 50 percent.
Recent admissions that a ser
ious steel shortage is in the off
ing have added point to this de
mand. Next to defense, the auto
industry . is the chief consumer
of steel; also of alloys, which
are of supreme importance in
making tanks, planes and other
arms.
A confidential Army memoran
dum 'to the President reported
nearly 200 specific instances in
which companies could not prom
ise to deliver urgent defense or
ders in less than eight to fifteen
months, because of heavy auto
industry commitments.
This memorandum flatly assert
ed that the only way to obtain
the huge amounts of steel re
quired for pipeline, freight car
and ship construction is to cut
down the amount going into auto
mobiles. Otherwise, it was declar
ed impossible to meet the produc
tion schedules set by the Presi
dent.
NOTE: Ambassador Winant ex
pressed astonishment to Roose
velt at the high level of produc
tion that auto industry is being
allowed to maintain. He stated,
that Britain long ago geared pri
vate auto output to defense
needs.
Steel Priorities
Proposed solution of this bot
tle neck is mandatory steel prior
ities, now possible under the new
ly enacted P*iorities Act. The
auto industry would get only a
proportional share of the metal
left over after allocations had!
been made for all defense needs.i
Defense orders would not have
to wait their turn. Instead, steel
output would be apportioned ar
bitrarily on the basis of defense
requirements first; the rest divid-j
ed among consumer industries, j
Incidentally, this last allocation
would be in the hands of Render
son, no lover of the auto makers.
Under such controls it is pos-<
sible that auto output would be
slashed by as much as 75 per*
cent. There are some defense^
chiefs who contend that if a cut
of this size had been made three
months ago, there would be no
steel shortage now.
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Jap Boats
In Bristol
Bay Again
Japanese fishing boats are oper
ating in Bristol Bay this year.
Brig. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buck
ner commanding general of the
Alaska Defense Command, said
on a recent visit to Juneau.
The General said one large
and to small Jajanese vessels had
been seen “ground fishing,” ap
patently for either crab or sal
mon in waters outside territorial
limits.
Japanese boats have not been i
n Alaska waters for the past two
seasons.
The General flew to Juneau
from Anchorage by Army bomb
er, accompanied by a Medical
Board which examined Maj. Wil
liam Walther and 1st Lieut. Ger
ald McLaughlin, who have been
selected to attend the Infantry
Schol at Fort Benning. Ga.
Ketchikan ‘Cow
boy’ Strung Up
Still Unconscious
KETCHIKAN, June 25 — Ed-1
die Akins. 11-year-old son of
Walter Akins, native of St.
Joseph, Missouri, entered his
11th day of unconsciousness as a
result of an accidental hanging,
while playing cowboy with some!
young friends.
A noose was tied around young
Akins’ neck and the board on
which he was standing broke
and the lad was left suspended
in the air.
Adults were immediately sum
moned, but Eddie had lost con
sciousness which he has not re
gained. j
Physicians hold some hope of.
recovery.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS I
No. 638
In the Probate Court in and for
the Cape Nome Precinct, Sec
ond Division: Territory of Alaska
In the matter of the Estate of
EMIL C. STROM (sometimes!
known as Charles Strom). De
ceased.
Notice is hereby given that by
order of the Probate Court in
and for the Cape Nome Precinct,
Alaska, the undersigned has been
appointed Administrator of the
estate of EMIL C. STROM, de
ceased. All persons having claims
against said estate shall prsent
them, with proper vouchers at
tached, within six months from
the_ date of this notice to the un
dersigned, or to him through his
attorney, Leroy M. Sullivan, at.
his office in the City Hall in
Nome, Alaska.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, June
30, 1941.
Nels Swanberg, Sr.
Administrator
Publish June 30, July 7, 14, 21
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<, behind a great war bird. This photo was made just as a night bomber squadron began its moonlight trip to Germany,
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