The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-05-21
Straight From
Washington
By STEPHEN M. YOUNG
Congressman at Large, Ohio

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WaShington.-An Ohio soldier is lin
love with a beautiful nurse but an
unwritten law of the Army forbidS
buck privateS to have dates with Army
nurses because nurses are commission
ed as md L~ieutcnantS. JoSephus Dan
iels, Secretary Of Navy under Woodrow
Wilson, Ambassador to Mexico under
President Roosevelt, and publisher of
a leading North Carolina newspaper.
wrote: This rotten tradition stinkS.
An Army Colonel, proud that he is Il
West Pointer. reports that this I'M
written law is based on the relation
ship of superiors toward subordinateS
as pertains to commissioned officers
of the Army and is solely Il matter of
discipline which to be maintained on
duty cannot be broken down off duty
This sort of poppycock is all wrong.
If young men indicted into our armed
forces are good enough to fight for
their country they should be good
enough to associate with Generals or
with Army nurses. ~SnobberN in our
Army and Navy should be eliminated.
Off duty Il private or seaman, md
class, and %colOnelS and admiralS are
equal. Is this a wal for democracy or
is that simply a slogan? On duty or
derS of ranking officers are entitled to
obedience and our young men give this
obedience readily and unquestioningly.
Great Aviator
Jimmy DoolittIe, famed World War
FLYER. test pilot. stunt flyer and one
of the great aviation pioneers has been
promoted from Lieutenant Colonel 10
Rrigadier General on recommendation
of President Roosevelt. General Doc
little has been perfecting new types
and methods of bombs which, accord
ing to reports, have proved highly
I successful. Maybe we shall be reading
about General Doolittle and those
bombs pretty Soon now
Lcahy
Admiral William u. LeahN Gccallel
for consultation from his post as Am
basSador to Nichy, Franco would be
the ideal Commander i'll Chief of naval
operations or Secretary of Navy. In
fact. his forty-siX year record of ser
vice as Il naval officer is outstanding.
As Il young officer he was On the bat
tlcShip Oregon in the Spanisll-American
war. He is familiar With .ASiatic wat
erS having served in the Philippine
Instruction and Boxer uprising. In
the World War he had an important
command i'm the North Atlantic and
was later Chief of Naval Operations.
In World War | American naval yes
sells were under the command of Brit
iSh AdmiralS. This should not be per
mitted in the present struggle. 1t was Il
tragic mistake that at Java the gallant
Dutch Admiral commanded our war
ships as well as his own little squad
ron.
Had Admiral Leahy been in com
mand of our fleet at Pearl Harbor it
is safe to assert the officers and men
would have been alert and the disaster
would not have occurred.
Victory
In Washington there is increasing
optimism Over the war outlook. Our
Navy and Air Force won Il magnifi-
cent victory III the Coral Sea. Other
than this great naval victory there
may not be much very tangible to JUS
tify prevalent optimism but time Is
with Us and the people back home are
doing great work helping win the vic
tory which will ome-SOOn On the
debit side of the ledger, cutting off the
Burma road by the JapS was Il great
military disaster which should not be
overlooked. 1t will be much more diff
ticult to send in aid to China and we
have lost, temporarily, some fine bases
for mass air, land, and sea attacks on
Japan.
Martinique
Your Government is not fOoling in its
negotiations with the Nichy French
Government. Our mission to Martinique
has made definite proposals to the
French Commandment. 1t is likely he
will refer the proposals to the Nichy
Government and may be instructed to
refuse our demand, which is that the
United States take over Martinique.
The armed forces of our nation will
take possession of Martinique and Ill