Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-31

Ter OF kentucky was en- route lt
Spokane, Wash, today as chair.
man of A Senate subcommittee
which will 60 TO the Arctic terri
tory 10 investigate everything thai
is going on behind the fog banks
OF Attu and Kiska.
Senator Robert r. Reynolds oi
North Carolina, chairman of the
military affairs committee, who
appointed the Chandler Subcom.
mittee, told newsmen after saying
good-by 10 Chandler that the time
had come ito blast the Japs Out
OF the Aleutians.'
PRAISES UNIFIED COMMAND
81 heartily commend the ac-
ton of the navy In establishing
permanent unified command
under naval officer In the
Aleutians, as announced by the
navy department" said Senator
Reynolds.
I'VE must guard against the
laps reaching these bases in
the Aleutians from which they
might easily reach Nome in
three hours, or establish air
bases i'm the PribilOf Islands.
These islands are az level a. the
floor of the capitol. the soil IN
sand and gravel and they are
without vegetation.
al realized when l visited them
that IL would not be necessary
to build landing fields there.
These islands are natural land
Ing fields.
MUST DUST JAPS
1--WE must get the laps out
81 the Aleutians. We must get
them out of the Pribilofs II
they are already there. We
must get them of OF American
soil"
Senator Chandler said. before
leaving Washington. that he would
be joined in Spokane by other
members of the subcommittee who
already are on the West Coast
and that possibly two other sena.
tors would join them from Wash
ington. lie said they would be
taken TO Alaska by army plane
and that the subcommittee prob
ably would need about 20 days &c
complete its work.
"We intend TO get behind the
truth OF what IN going on In
Alaska" said Senator Chandler.
I'VE are going 10 get all the
facts and when we get them we
are going to give them 90 the
senate"
Meanwhile Rep. Homer d
Angel of Oregon, in speech lr
the House, called attention 10 the
unified command that had beer
established in Western Alaska.
CONFUSION IN CAPITAL
There seemed 10 be some con.
fusion in Washington as 10 Just
how sweeping and Just how new
this policy Of unified command
really is
The first paragraph Of the
statement. issued by the navy de.
partment Wednesday for "irhme-
date release, press and radio
meaning a spot news release
read as follows
Carrying out the principle OF
establishing unity of command
In whatever theaters OF fighting
may develop. the current joint
operations by naval units and
army aircraft In the AleutiaDs
have been placed under the uni
fed operatiOnal command Of
naval officer In that area"
That language referred only tC
the AleutianS, where the presence
of heavy Japanese forces which
have not been dislodged has beer
causing increasing criticism In
Congress-.
The official navy department
communique No. 9S, issued July
i, said in Paragraph u:
"Our naval patrol planes,
army bOmbers and submarines,
under the unified commany of
the navy, have conducted the
following attacks on the enemy
forces which have made land
ings In the westernmost island
groups which include Attn and
kiska.' The earliest of these
attacks listed was on June ).
CONFLICTING CoMMUNIQUEs
There were some in Washington
who were confused by the appar
ont conflict of the communique o.
July II and Wednesdays nav,
release.
II will be noted that the com
munique of July II refers 10 Z
unified command, including planes
army bombers and submarines
whereas yesterdays navy state
ment is so ambiguously wordeC
As 10 lead to the impression tina
possibly aircraft units only were
included.
II appears that what has actu
ally happened in the navy is tina
p temporary unified command
hastily organized early in June I,
meet certain immediate contin
gencies and of relatively small
force. has now been placed on ;
carefully worked out permanent
basis with a much larger force
Navy spokesman said today tina
Wcdnesday's news release wa
10 Relieve MONTHLY