The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-22

N0aTleS Il "a " "a > a - - =
Stewart w a h ingtons
su bdivI sions,
evidently with capitalized initials
intended.
The names virtually become Of
fetal and may appear in the next
editions of Biographies and other
works Of reference.
1t has its conveniences for pres
ent purposes. For awhile 1t was
proper to speak Of the anti-Axis
alignment as the "democracies,"
but that classification doesn't quite
fit, now that Russia's included in
the aggregation, and saying anti
AXIS" every time was getting mo-
notonous. The ABCD democra-
cies can be United Nations in COM
bination with the Soviet Musco-
vites, though. and no inconsistency
whatevers involved in labelling
the quintet accordingly.
The United Nations, in framing
itself up, hit on quite a cute
method of unifying their war eff
fort against the common enemy.
It had been recognized that their
multiplicity Of campaigns needed
consolidating, to give maximum
effect to them jointly. The diff
Guilty was that this seemed to re-
quire a single supreme commander
at the head Of all their forces-an
American to give orders to Brit
ish. Chinese, Dutch and Russians,
or a Briton or a Chinaman or a
Dutchman or a Russian to boss
everybody, ourselves included
Now, it didn't appear very likely
that any one Of the United Ma
tons group would care to acqui-
esce in such a surrender Of author
ity to one of the others.
No Top Man Named
The United Nation fxers lodged
the possibility Of any such friction
by the simple process Of splitting
the war into major theaters, with
a military stage manager, Of diff
ferent nationality from all the rest,
In charge of each Of them. Il
lustratively, General Sir Archibald
Wavells on the job, as a Briton,
in the southwestern Pacific, &c.
eralissimo Chang Kai-shek's run
ming things on the Asiatic main
land and. Premier Joseph Stains
to make his own selection for con-
tlnental Europes benefit.
The Dutch East Indies weren't
assigned'to domination of a clean
cut sphere, but they didn't want ii
Their islands are more in need OF
protection than anything else, and
General Wavell suits them perfect
~ as superintendent Of it--though
their idea is to do their full share
Of helping him to protect them.
And the United States? Where's
our major theater? And who's
our stage manager in it?
Why, the truth is that the Unit
ed Nation organizers didn't specify
very clearly on these points. Not
that they had the slightest inten-
ton Of circumscribing us. Quite
the contrary.
II they limited US to some par
t!cular theater, they were afraid
we'd disregard the others, and they
wanted to keep US responsible for
the entire earth's surface-against,
Of course, the Axis. AS for our
stage manager, President Roose-
welt is it," 100 per cent.
Roosevelt Is No. 1
AS a strict matter OF fact, In
the strictest confidence, for it
would make the BCDR fractions OF
the United Nations jealous to real
ize it, Roosevelt is the supreme
commander over all. But they
didn't dare 10 point to over-ob-
viously, lest they antagonize them
selves Winston Churchilrs a high
up deputy but not the main
squeeze Of the United Nations,
bodily.
Lately it's suggested that the
United Nations. while a wartime
amalgamation for war purposes,
should slop over into subsequent
peacetime. TO rearrange the world
as It wasn't successfully rear
ranged after the last war.
Pessimists already doubt that II
can be done after this one. either
but, with some folk, hope springs
eternal"
No, the various United Nations
are pledged, among themselves, to
make no separate peaces with the
Axis belligerents. but they can. as
a union. make separate peaces