The Nome nugget., 1942-03-20
Washington Current Comment

Strategy today more than keeping an army or two on the move in country Helping the Chin seems like doing good work afar from home: yet the American and British Council is alert respecting both China and the Soviet Union It is alleged that for time to come, Japan will continue to be the aggressor and it is act of prudence to keep China busy at her back The importance of the excellent work being done by the Soviet at arms calls for no em phasis by diplomat tactican. A juncture between Jap and German forces is one of the many matters that give boards and the like headache
 One hardly knows what to think about those fifteen planes that appeared Los Angeles. The Navy n- cllnes to the opinion that such planes The Army not only is that the incident was cauS- ed by something other than poor eyesight but gets down to figures regarding speed and height Who shall decide when doctors disagree? The nature of the planes make 1t unlikely that they took off from the deck of carrier The most attractive theory is that they flew from a base in Mexican jungle The facts regarding the flight over Los Angeles may be as hard to get it is to find out who ordered the charge of the famous Light Brigade.
 Careful newspapers do not leave their readers in doubt to greater degree than is absolutely necese Sary. After referring to Mir Wendell L. Willke they add that he the Republican candidate for the Presidency in l940 and then venture to quote him as saying that America must stop talking about defense and have more to say about oense and striking back General MacArthur, frequently lamented being in the last ditch got out of it while ago long enough to give the Japanese small scale drubbing at least What could he not do if he had more than a corporas guard and did not have keep anxious count of the shells remaining in the pile,
 The French fleet although the power that it was before the days of De Gaulle still is forcefu enough 10 give the United Nations, and England in particular something to think about It is reported that Hitler tightening his hold the vessels It is said that French WarShp, pounded in a naval battle off the Af- can coast is ready for service after what is referred to lightly as eighteen months repair work" It tainy is profitable to keep out of range of the other fellows guns. No matter who gets the French fleet ultimately 1t will be worth something to have the agony over
 Detroit is city capable of great things in a mech anca way yet she says that it will take six months or more to get into production in quantity. Op cratng thousands of machines specially built to turn out single part of auto, Detroit has millions of dollars worth of equipment which had to be dragged away to the she'd smeared with grease and left out doors under canvas covers. In the Civil War there was not tank arplane Cannons of the small pOpgun variety. Yet there was delay then, and there must be delay It seems however, that the must should include strikes in defense industries
 A newspaper says that after 'hothouse" debate the plan to suspend the eght-hour law laid on the shelf Florists really had nothing to do with the affair The House of Representatives had the say. Labor lead CTS fought hard against change in the eight-hour rule and insisted that it applied to non-defense as well as defense work and that it made provision for overtime pay
 In both the Senate and the House. informal prem- mary steps are being taken to counteract morale destructive criticism and attempts to undermine fdence in the Commander in Chief of the armies of the United States in other words, Knocking the President. The problem has up during every war in which the United States has been engaged No satisfactory answer has as yet been found
 
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