The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-08
Inside
Washington

WASHINGTON.-All media f.,
the written word and the vo,.
have before them a reQues.
the Office of Censorship NOT
present statements on the secro.'
of radar.
Censorship does not forbid 3.
fact it encourages, telling the %
toners that the reason for ~.
blackout is that radar has ors'
possibilities and obviously we
not want the enemy to gain ,r.
ideas from speculative discuSsC
| in the United States.
Insistent clamoring by msr,,f.,
turers and the press generally f-~,
ed the Army and Navy 10 reIer,
somewhat last spring from
original hush-hush policy III.
brief, carefully edited official 3,
nouncement did little more -r,.
confirm existence of radar
| However, that disclosure evoked
growing advertisements and rog,
stories, each a bit more reveaI..
than the last.
But there was another reaso,
for the blackout on radar II yto,
med from concern that the rs..
of publicity was placing an unfs.
burden upon the thousands o,
workmen in radar, and even roos.
secret electrical devices, who real,
ly know the still hidden secret,
and have Loyalty kept PLEDGE n
utter silence almost to the ma,
for 81 months of war.
Paul v. McNutt, war manDowo.
director, continues to adhere n
voluntary procedure TO supply h.
Dor for war plants. His refusal IA
say that compulsory Legislation
must be passed now comedies with
views of many legislators tina,
there are still some other tbjr.s
that can be done 10 augment t5o
army of war workers.
The recent orders of Economic
Sterilization Dire tor Jamo.
| Byrnes to relieve the war plapt,3
manpower shortage on the We,t
coast are believed TO be in tta
mature of an experiment
If Byrnes' plan to Coordinate
employment agencies, soac..ye
service and the efforts Of man.
agements of war plants succeeds
in mobilizing the west coast or
the added burden that VIII FAN 10
it when the war against Japan
goes into high gear, the formula
will be applied to other tight
labor spots.
UNIFORMED aviation enthusiasts
got some cold water poured on
their dreams of post war air trans.
portation when it was learned tina,
conversion of t h e thousands i
Army bombers into peacetime fly.
ing planes is considered impgac,
, teal by the experts.
Army bombers, according 10
their designers, are so consiruC',
ed that their balance is achieved
by placement of guns, armor ard
other wartime equipment. To Stt9
these ships would destroy the bal.
ance of the planes and make then
unairworthy.
But there is a bright side, Ion
Already, major aircraft plants ale
planning rapid conversion to peace
time plane production as soon &.
: the war ends.
Gen. George c. Marshall, Arm
chief of staff, who likes and Igs
newsmen and does not believe
hiding everything he knows und.
a brass hat. is letting neWsmo
see a 30, 000-word report containir
colorful and hitherto secret sid
lights on Americas part in tG
war.
Of particular surprise to the Wa
departments public ella ii O NJ
branch, which had closely guarded
the document against neWSmeh
eyes, is General MarshalIs DIS
closure that American tr oop S
probably Air Force patrols - arr
stationed along the west coast o
South America.
Troops are stationed at strategN
points in Chile. Peru. Ecuador AM
the off-coast Galapagos islands q
) prevent Japan from kicking tn
United States in the pants with
surprise invasion of South Amer
ca, or to make a thrust at tn
Panama Canal.
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