The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-08-27
Gte Gaecma Gimes
. FLIGHT
President Cen Take
Bad News With Good
Knew Beforehand He'd
Be Licked in New York
American Brand Of Red
Has Seen His Best Days

American Brand OF Red
Has Seen His Best Days
ny FREDERICK MOORE
WASHINGTON - The Pres
ident can take It 20 his In
ner circle declares. Already
he has "bobbed UP serenely"
and laughed of the defeat
Of his candidate for the New
York rovenorship. And Why
shouldn't he, II comes a.
no surprise to him He knew.
for at least ten days In advance
Of the convention, that Jim
Fariey's candidate would win
hands down. That In one rea-
son for =. ID. R.'s not keeping
up the battle 20 the end.
Several Of Roosevelt's close
personal friends-as well a.
many not % close-are glad he
received q bloody nose and hope
he win take the lesson. They
think the job Of fighting Ger
many and japan Ia large enough
for any man. They do not
want him 10 blunder into the
error Woodrow Wilson made in
1918 in trying TO run the homo
partisan front as well.
Franklin d. Roosevelt Is fast
cutrrowing his resentments. He
used 10 carry grudges too far
at times but in recent years he
has noticeably matured and
mellowed. The task he has
now before him is bigger than
any personalities behind him. He
IL showing constantly by his
appointments that he Is aware
Of this.
The person who can help in
winning the war Ia now more
important to the president
than = deserving Democrat.
The support he gave Senator
Nead's campaign may prove to
be his last mcddling with state
politics for the Duration.
Such Ii some Of the sober talk
IN Neutrality-suspicious. to reali-
xation Of the gravity of the
emergency.
The day of the Red. American
brand. In contemporary at
least He has not even access
TO the Kremlin's diplomatic
headquarters in Washington
now. Earl Browder would have
q hard time obtaining an APP
pointment to see Maxim Lit
vinov, the ambassador. So far
discreditcd In the great United
States Communist Party that
the Dies committee has diff
Guilty finding material for pub
licity. The congressional group
has been notably quiet Of late.
Our u. S. A. brand Of Inter-
national singers Is out ON a
limb-obvious even to some of
the radicals. The War and
Navy Departments, of course.
don't want them and are not
using them. A former White
Russian now has a better chance
to secure q Job as translator in
the capital. And the Soviet EN-
bassy seems to approve the
American government attitude.
For important reasons the ar
rival Of the Gripsholm, bring
ing the first contingent of our
exiled countrymen from Japan.
China, Thailand and lndo-China.
was eagerly awaited. There
were approximately 1900 Ameri-
cans aboard the ship - though
$1,000 were left behind in enemy
hands as prisoners Of war. Many
Of the passengers are anxiously
awaited because there are vital
positions for them TO assume.
Many are to be placed in the
departments as specialists on
Far Eastern developments. and
20 or more are urgently needed
because OF their knowledge Of
the Japanese written word. All
bureaus have sought in vain
for the number of Nipponese
students they now require for
TRANSACTIONS. Many American
born Japanese, citizens of the
United States. already are en-
ployed here by government
agencies. But there il gener-
ally a distrust Of them. And
also very few have a good work
ing knowledge of their parents
speech Most learned English
and neglected Japanese.
Notable among the returning
Americans IL an expert who In
probably n near a master Of
the tongue ~ any foreigner.
Eugene Dooman- Upon Dooman.
who was counsellor Of the en-
bassy in Tokyo. Ambassador
Grew had TO depend for interpre-
tations. He is the outstanding
career diplomat who specialized
in the Japanese language. and
is expected now TO be invaluable
70 the most important war
branches Of the administration
Independence for India has BE-
come almost as serious an
American issue as was freedom
for ireland during the last war.
President Roosevelt seems TO be
willing 10 accept London PROM
Uses, Just as President Wilson
did in 1e17-1s, but many Ameri-