The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-08
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uleekIisf New Authors
OF Al Out Air-Wsrfsrs
Ground Troops Needed
10 Win Big Victories
NJ RAY TUCKER
WASHINGTON - Army navy
strsteEists are grsvely concerned
about the rash Of books and maya
nine articles maintaining that the
T. 8. can whip Germany by air
power alone. To be specific. they
have placed writings BY such su-
thors a. seversky. Eff and Will
lama on the black list.
The high command no longer
ninimizes the value Of the plane.
although II did for many years
A hattlsship man. President Roose-
welt. has stopped building sea
wagons and has shifted TO aircraft
carriers Whereas only Is aerial
experts were serving on the gen.
eral staff when France fell "a
months ago. there are now 81 fly
ers On the planning board. Deputy
10 Chief Of Staff Marshall 10 Ma
5or General Joe" McNsrney. .
veteran pilot and an advocate Of
Intensive cloud warfare
Washington finally has awak-
ened 10 the possibilities OF =
stratospheric bntxkrieg. thanks
largely to the persistent pounding
- the publicists mentioned above
and to the other present-day de-
scendants Il the late Billy"
Mitchell
However, these enthusiasts ar
gue that mass bombingr alone can
crush Hitler. Consciously or un-
consciously. they convey the idea
that We can win without q land
invasion and heavy losses Of men.
That theory 10 all wrong. accord
Ing to our topnotch military ex-
perts. Except for the sky sdver-
tisers, no worthwhile high ranker
believes that Germany or Japan
can be defeated saw through an
attack by ground forces which VIII
sustain serious casualties.
A confidential survey Of Ameri-
can manpower discloses that there
are three and . half million poten-
tial soldiers now engaged In nom
productive enterprises. The men
n these categories might ~ well
wind up their affairs now and
start kissing their wives gcod-by.
They win soon be summoned to
the colors.
So far only five per eent-or
As. o0O--of these economic and
martial bystanders have been
placed In uniform. Although the
following II not . full list by any
means 1.-THE details Of the canvass
constitute Q prime military secrep.
here Il . rough description Of the
kind Of people who face the next
drsft: One hundred and seventy
three thousand lawyers whose Ia
bors are not essential. 1.2oo. 900
retail clerks. $1,000 walters and
bartender. 5000 actorsand stage
door Johnnies. 10000 beauticians
and barber shop operators. 10000
Kamblers connected with race
tracks or roulette joints.
Al . result Of the revelations.
the selectivs service or manpower
commission win soon issue work
or fight" order to individuals In
these classea II they are within
the CONSUMPTION limits they must
5oin the army or navy or enter
some industry manufacturing mu-
nltions. regardless Of age or num-
Der Of dependents.
Supreme Court Justice Felix
rranlxfurter now ID In the bad
graces Of the White House. where
he once had the run OF the place
a. legal and partisan sire of the
shot doggers-" First he switched
from . liberal to . conservative
viewpoint on the high tribunal.
Then recently he affronted F.D.R-
by attempting TO interfere with
the management Of foreign poll
eiea
Few months ago there APP
psared several stories intimating
that Secretary cordell Hull was
too III to continue in office The
fennesseean was on vacation and
ihe rumors about his health OBJ
tanned some credencs In high cir
cles. Almost at the same time
articles were published insinust-
inx that Under Secretary Sumner
WelIes also was not well and
therefore would resign soon
WeIles was astonished though not
alarmed by the medical and po-
1ifical diagnosia
Nov II b charged that Frank
furfer spread these ideas 10 =