Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-31
Crackpotism
At It's Best in
Wallace Plan
But You Can't Beat Japs
With Human Mouth
By GEO. ROTHWELL BROWN
XIIASHINGTON, Dec. 81

ASHINGTON, Dec 81
w Some Of the "blueprints"
Of Vice President Waliace's lat
est outline Of a universal new
deal. after the war. are not Just
ordinary crackpotism. such as
We have become accustomed 70.
Here YOU may find crackpot-
ism raised as il were 10 the
Nth power.
One cannot in small space
analyze the whole Of Henrys
recent speech, which was
deemed 70 he so good--by him -
that II was broadcast 70 the
entire palpitatlng world, with
tho very hottentotS Of Central
Africa glued 10 their radios,
acog for the latest dripplngs
from the fount of wisdom.
But one paragraph may he
taken AS sample-one docs not
have 10 eat whole cake 10
discover that it is half-baked.
Mr.. WALLACE holds forth to
-'A the American taxpayers of
the postwar era an allurlng
prospect.
Supervision, or NJ least In
speetieH, of the -seheeE systems
nj Germany and Japan, to undo
SO far as possible the diabolicaI
work of Hitler and the japanese
warlords in poisoning the minds
of the young"
Play that one over a couple
Of times on your pianola, Get
the soft, seductive rhythm OF
It, What a tune!
We must, after the war, not
only police and disarm the
whole of Germany and Japan,
but we must police the very
thoughts in the brains OF the
German and Japanese people.
Wallac, says so, in so many
words.
Psychological disarmament"
he calls II with that fair of the
fiuffy-rlnded for the neat and
pungent phrase
WELL. think II over. You'd
w better. II is your future
that is going to be menkeyed
with in bringing it about. This
one idea alone. in any public
address, would stamp the author
Of the remarks as being I'M
worthy Of serious consideration.
How in the name of common
sense can the American people,
after the war, police the public
schools Of Japan:ssto undo the
. .diabollcal work of the warlords," "
Granting that the work Of the
war lords has been diabolical
how many persons in the United
States does Mr.. Wallace think
are familiar with the Japanese
language? The number has been
stated as something ridiculously
small, perhaps under a hundred.
So first. we shall have 10
familiariZe a great number of
American scholars with the in
tricacies of the Japanese tongue.
and il is one Of the most difficult
of all languages TO learn.
LOW many years would be
IL required TO train a force of
say $4,000 Japanese speaking
American scholars, 10 create this
army Of shoppers?
How long would il take them
to become familiar with The
peculiar psychology of the Japa-
neSe children, TO come 10 under
stand them, to acquire a
compelling hold upon them?
Could so fantastic a thing as
this he accomplished by mere
presidential directive. and the
appointment Of Jimmy Byrnes
as Nipponese psychological sta
bilizer?
Isn't Mr.. Wallace himself
enough Of psychologist 10
understand that an army of
American bulglngbrows couldn't
police the Japanese mind if il
devoted A thousand years 10 the
task
Doesn't he realize that this
outside effort 10 police the Japa-
nese mind would only have the
effect Of driving the Japanese
people closer 10 their own
civilization and their own lead
erS9
Well, every sensible person
can grasp that al a glance. and
the same holds true with respect
of the German mind.
OF ALL the Utopian night
~ mares that have pranced
through the troubled dreams of
the starry-eyed MIR Wallace
this is the most fandangled
There are two suggestions
that might he made 10 Henry.
One is that his latest idea prob
ably would make very success
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