Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-01

At It's Best in
Wallace Plan
But YOU Cant Beat Jops
With Human Mouth
BY gro. ROCKWELL BROWN
WASHINGTON. Dec 81

IA \ - II IN u j I'm Ice. oil
w Some of the "blueprlnts"
Of Vice President Wallaces lat
est outline Of a universal new
deal. after the war, are not Just
ordinary crackpotism such as
We have become accustomed TO
Here YOU may find crackpot-
ism raised. as II we're, 10 the
Nth power
One cannot in small space
analyze the whole of Henry's
recent speech. which was
deemed 10 he 50 good-by him
that n was broadcast 10 the
entire palpltatinG world. with
the very hOttentotS OF Central
Africa glued 10 their radios,
aCog for the latest drippings
from The fount Of wisdom.
But one paragraph may be
taken as a Sample-one does not
have 10 cat a whole cake TO
discover that il is half-baked
Mr. WALLACE holds forth 10
vi the American taXpaverS Of
the postwar era an allurlnG
prospect.
Supervision. or at least in
Spection, of the school systems
of Germany and Japan. 10 undo
N far as possible the diabolical
work Of Hitler and the Japanese
warlords In poisoning the minds
of the young"
Play that one over couple
of times on your pianola, Get
the soft, seductive rhythm of
u, 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 il. with that fair of the
fluffy-minded for the neat and
pungent phrase
WELL, think it over. You'd
w better 1t is your future
that is going TO be monkeyed
with in bringing il about This
one idea alone, in any public
address. would stamp the author
of the remarks as being UNI
worthy Of serious consideration.
How in the name of common
sense can the American people,
after the war, police the public
schools of Japan. 10 undo the
diaboliCal 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 TO
familiarize great number Of
American scholars with the in
tricacies of the japanese tongue,
and It is one Of the most difficult
of all languages 10 learn.
How many years would be
H required 10 train a force of
say $4,000 Japanese speaking
American scholars, TO create this
army Of shoppers
How long would II take them
10 become familiar with the
peculiar psychology Of the Japa-
nese children, 10 come 10 under
stand them, TO acquire a
compelling hold upon them?
Could so fantastic a thing as
this be accomplished by a mere
presidential directive, and the
appointment of Jimmy Byrnes
as Nipponese psychological sta
bilizer?
Isn't Mr.. Wallace himself
enough of a psychologist TO
understand that an army of
American bulgingbrows couldn't
police the japanese mind If il
devoted thousand years to 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
erS?
Well, every sensible person
can grasp that at 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 Mr.. Wallace
this is the most fandangled.
There are two suggestions
that might be made 10 Henry.
One is that his latest idea prob