The Omaha guide., 1942-01-31

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THE REPORT ON HAWAII
The Presidents committee which
Investigated the Hawaiian debac,e
Of December 9TH, 1e41, made its
report last Saturday and placed
the blame on Admiral KimmeII
and General Short Apparently
the Army and Navy heads believed
the ocean made the islands inn
mune from attack, just as we have
assumed that the Atlantic ocean
protects bordering American cit
les from German bombers.
In 1910, President Roosevelt
gave this warning; that New York
Chicago, Omaha and Kansas City
may be bombed. The warning
was received with scorn. We know
now, that such a bombing is quite
feasible. But we are not as well
prepared for it as was Hawaii.
The report on the failure Of the
Navy and the Army in the Pacific
area should serve as a lesson to
the whole country.
We are very glad the report was
published.
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The REPUBLICS Or THE
WESTERN HEMISPHERE
Last week the conference OF tie
Republics of the Western Hcmis-
phere arrounced agreement. on
A.t':,'s policy, bue fell snort y
an 6. ~ declaration Of h ,siiilty TO
ee':asy. Italy AMI Japan, A.;cn.
IT,. as.d Chile opposed an omen
b'eak with the axis, cvcn dipicm-
a. ~, Both COURT IS are pre-.
dor.:nartIy Spanish and isaIis !.
with ! large Ger ~ po:tiau.r.
Tic state religion OF the Arm
t,. S Homan Caii. T-.ts fact
c-u,t' with S.3s:.sa Influence
which is pro-German may explain
the reluctance of the Argentine to
90 all out against the axis.
Brazil, however, the most pow
erfuI of all the south American
The unity of the peoples of the
States, led in the movement 10
break with the axis powers.
Western hemisphere is a good
thing.
THE OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
AND TEACHERS PAY
The Omaha Public schools have
been much in the public eye rec
emily, because of a demand on the
part of teachers and other employ
e for a living wage. The dis
cussion has developed the fact
that Omaha teachers and other
school workers are receiving sr-at
Ter wages than paid by any other
city of its size in the country.
To the neglect the teachers and
other school workers and at the
same time talk about defending
democracy and freedom, is abb
surd.
To do justice to these workers
will not require anything more
than an equitable assessment of
taxes and their collection and pro-
per handling.
The Omaha Junior Chamber of
Commerce selected the outstand-
ing young man of Omaha for 194J
by designating all of them who
are now serving in the armed
forces.
AUSTRALIA IN THE NEWS
Mr.. George sokoIsky. a nation
ally known writer, was quoted in
Sundays Omaha World Herald as
saying: The White race, not the
Japs, must fight to the death in
the Far East "to save face" or we
will find ourselves the whipping
boy of the Asiatics".
1--WE should stop III shouting "a
bout Japanese treachery, face the
facts->uuit thinking a person has
to be white to do a job well. The
hystericaI calling of names won't
win this war and the sooner we
realize it and say it with bullets
the better off we will be-.
The PHILIPPINES and Singapore
he counts as already lost. Aus
traIia is the place for the allies to
concentrate their power with the
"United States defending it it II
takes ten million men,.
He points out that a japanese
victory will extend Japan's inf'u'
ence over three quarters of a mil
lion people; that they Will contro
all trade in the Far East n WI
regard white men as inferior
At least, Mr.. Sokolsky, possess
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