The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-07-30
Straight From
Washington
BY STEPHEN NJ. YOUNG
Congressman at Large, Ohio

ashington.-Congress has slashed
one and one-half billion dollars from
the governments usual non-war spend
ing. This is real economy. For example,
the WPA appropriations for 1943 is
600 million dollars under 1912. EX-
penditures for the National Youth Ad-
miniStratiOn We're cut 80 million dol
lars. Abolishing the CCC results in
saving of 24O million dollars. Without
a doubt, Congress will continue to make
reductions in non-defenSe expenditures.
Billy Mitchell
General Billy Mitchell, Outspoken
exponent of air power and opponent of
appropriations for battleship construc-
ton, was court-martialled in 1925 and
found guilty. He resigned from the
Army and has since died. Doubtless,
he was tactless and aggravated gen
| erals who were Sneering at the idea
| that bombs from airShipS could destroy
| warships or arsenals. General Billy
Mitchell stated, Neither armies or
navieS can exist unless the air is con-
trolled over Them He was laughed
ut for this statement and drummed out
of the Army. General Dougles Mac
Arthur was one the army officers who
joined in the unanimous verdict of
guilty. Wonder if General Macarthur
ever thought of this when his men were
being bombed in Bataan? Our war
situation would be better right now if
brass hats had respected General Billy
Mitchell instead of laughing at him
and vilifying him.
Prediction
Don't be surprised if before Decem-
ber Secretary of War StimsOn resigns.
The letter Secretary Stimson wrote tC
Senator Lodge (R-Mass.) praising that
Senator who is in the midst of a cam
paign for reelection, is regarded as be-
ing in bad taste. The new Secretary OF
War? Don't overlook the probability
that Lister HILL United States Senator
from Alabama, will he the next Secre
tary Of War. Senator Hill was Chair
man of the Military Affairs Committee
of the House of Representatives before
becoming United States Senator. He is
. fortyeight years of age. He was &;
gallant soldier in World War One anC
, would make Il fine Secretary of War.
Nostalgia
An army doctor who likes to uSt
big words caused Congressman Greg
HOlbrOck (Ohio-3d District some
extra work early this week. The army
| cont S..ln ia,
soldier home with report that he wa:
to 'recuperate from an attack of acut,
nostalgia" In other words, the boy wa
homesick. The indignant mother wror,
Congressman HolbrOck that her bO,
never had trouble with nostalgia unit
he was taken into the army and tha
f the Congressman must see the Secre
k, tary of War and do something about it
Censorship
| Brass hats are seeking 40 keep to
!. much information from the people
American people can take it. 1t is al
wrong to refuse under the guise o
censorship to release news of battles
, defeats and losses to our people eXcep
i'm the event such information wOui
= give aid and comfort to the enemy
l. Elmer Davis, newly appointed head o
!. the Office of War lnformation is seek
L ing to give the public more news
n Brass hats in the Army and Navy ar
standing pat. They even want to pre-
?. vide less war news. Let us hope tina
t Davis wins.
J. Let Them Come
:, Americans should not be discourage
e nor feel that we are being licked. Th
Z fact that the .IapS have a foothOld o
$ the Aleutian Islands is Il serious mat
y ter but were the JapS to remain q
y their side of the world-weSt of tn
lSOth meridian--we would be at Il dis
advantage. Were they to remain in tn
Far East it would be extremely diff
cult for our forces to get ut them du