The Wilmington morning star., 1942-02-24
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Clapper
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BY RAYNO\D

~ a.; 1slueAt Roosevelt nos ~ ny
That's the most s,oa$ sans.s1 0lg,
'dvlce that has ccma ',Sr"le o,,. ss
ngton this week. II aIes I@' oi VIZ,
hat Mr.. Roosevelt Al 49, io.. Io'scas,
o o1t talk turkey, If he is Isl. IS so2g
'oina ak geography, 20 rap then he e sos' sSn,' +
.orai .orng TO tell US how t5js must ,1 b
concerned. ana graye',
Until We study the ,,,.,
fool ourselves. A msu s'OOe' We
deceptive as a Seed Iap na, Is az
a's;.1 as I discovered Sc while Ils's,Gsae. s11s'a
with a friend from N1;, 'alkirs
the other day. -''iines'sa
He was describing th,,
raid protection orrsr;-a "nelf air.
asked if there was 'ra'lon, .na |
in taking precautions sHs point
air raids way out tbero a! asa!nst
nesota. fas ia. 1t was too far u i,1aa. Mn;
But my Minnesot, tu, f.ia
been studying his GLOBE I9p0 sad sad
ne gave men a lesson in saa nna
gong gong over his globe 'tl,a tsa, 0.
flight of German ho sna' a
coming in around the u,.Is,s nor.bs.s
route or up from Latin l|I a,ns,1 mem
ca ca could hit Minnesota as ,,,,i' ass
ly as New York. A' eas'
IT would be no farther, cam
from the south, to hit Al II ,up up
supply of iron, for iust,Doa t. oa'
"lons the northern bordp,
congress is being urged t,4''. to ,et
quickly on an authorizati'o 't' ~
protect the 500 locks on ,bs ~
great Lakes, They are ri,,I I
to transporting ore 70, "'a! ar.
steel industry. They Il. % MI
farther away for cs,n,o r'
bombers than munition, ,,,,,
In New York and New ,,s Js,,.u
We think Of the japanese div,
IN the Far East as something c,,,
corning the Pacific. But +,s i.r, f,-'
anese are now moving in.o n.
ocean. VIZ
Never before has the hdi,,
ocean meant anything 10 US. B.4
through it must pass sunpIie.
which 60 across the Atlantic and
around Africa destined for the Mid.
die East, Russia and China #
Japan blocks off the Indian ocean
we are cut off from helping that
whole half of the world.
Right now that is one Of the
most dangerous possibilities in the
whole war picture. Some here
think that keeping Japan from con.
trolling the Indian ocean is The
urgent task Of the Unie
Nations noW-that and savi..
Egypt from its imminent DANCER
I that effort fails, we are driven
back into the Atlantic The Axis
would control water route; from
Hawaii on around to Gibralai. By
Suez, Germany and a.
pan would join hands in the In.
dian ocean and unite their re.
sources in enc common pool. CHI.
ia would be isolated. Russia would
be isolated. The United States and
Britain would be left barely hang
ing on the fringes of the old world
In both oceans the guns would be
pointed straight at the Western
hemisphere.
Insiders here know this. But they
can't get the rest of us to realize
it.
A pack of German submarine;
already is nosing around close 70
the Panama canal. Once HAVING
cleaned up the Indian ocean, 3M
secure in the Western Pacific. tie
Axis would be in a position 10
press its advance pincers agalni'
various parts of North and SouA
America.
Form er isolationist senators
Walsh of Massachusetts and JoL'
son of California, already are yen
ing to have portions Of the ileF
hauled back to guard New I'll:
land ard California, Even they 'F
beginning to see that there Is az
tual danger OF attack on our o"'
shores.
But the control points are ~
the other side of the oceans liz
best way to keep the fighting W
American sell is to block Jap'-
in the Indian ocean, block W. ~,
in North Africa and the ||
die East, and assist in hoIdlng I'
British isles as a base, for Il Wv.
went we would have no too'ly1
left in Europe. Pull back TO su',. '..
our own shores and sure enO1s,
the fighting will move over 70 W, y.
own shores. It must be Kep' T., T.,
oceans width. We can do tha' VI, ~,
by sending our force across -; ,
oceans to do the blocking thele'
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