Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-28
POLITICAL
PARADE
BY George
RothweII Brown

- entirely indicating the po-
litical judgment of the Go left
wing which virtually dictated
his nomination on the Roosevelt
fourth term ticket.
He has opened his mouth
again. only once more 10 put
his foot in it.
The fnepTtude or a remark ne
made TO the Associated Press at
Chicago has intensified the de-
mands in Congress for a full
disclosure of the truth about
the naval disaster at Pearl
Harbor.
AS reported by the press
service, Senator Truman, dis
cussing the recent controversy
between himself and Adm. Kim
mel--in which the latter raised
the politically embarrassing
question of veracity in the
midst of the presidential cam
paign-expressed himself as fol-
lows:
THE evidence against Kim
mel and Short tthe army COM
mander) Is available in Wash
ington. It's in the record"
THE implication in that re-
Il mark is plain. if the senator
was correctly quoted, and other
press services carried virtually
the identical language.
1t can only mean that the
New Deal vice presidential cam
didats, who is a United States
senator, has been given access
to confidential in m t i o n
about the frightful nava !
tragedy at Pearl Harbor THAT
FOR TWO AND A HALF
YEARS HAS BEEN DENIED
TO ALL OTHER UNITED
STATES SENATORS.
It revealed the New Deal
candidate for vice president bas-
ing a magazine attack on Adm.
KimmeI on information which
has been refused 10 the Con-
gress, and which presumably
Adm. Kimmel has been prohlb-
tied from using in his own de-
Tense.
And who has prevented Adm.
Kimmel from saying single
word in his own defense. and
has compelled him TO suffer in
silence, without even the right
of a court martial before which
to offer his defense?
The man who has sealed Adm.
Kimmels lips is the Commander
in Chief, on whose presidential
fourth term ticket Senator Tru-
man is running as sort of
makeshift second fiddle.
THIS does not leave the New
Il Deal vice presidential can
didate in very distinguished
role.
Whether through mate SIM
plicity of nature or downright
unsophistication. the senator
from Missouri has permitted
himself to become the medium
of a smear against one of the
highest officers of the navy.
Doubtless he has overlooked
the fact that Adm Kimmel
must realize that if the Roose-
welt ticket should be elected in
November Senator Truman Will
become a most influential men,
Der of the administration.
1t was only natural that in
dignation IN Congress over the
whole kimmel incident, and the
suppression of the truth about
Pearl Harbor until date a full
month after the presidential
election, should have flared up
anew over this disclosure that
Senator Truman, by his own
admission, has been permitted
W Stt NOlll liilui AlOii
which his senatorial colleagues
have not been allowed 10 in
spect.
THERE have been a number
Il of limitations in Congress
recently that the responsibility
for Pearl Harbor in reality
rests upon the commander in
chief.
Thus so far as those in Con-
gress who demand a square deal
for Kimmel are concerned, il
looks as though the lid had
been put on Pearl Harbor in
the political interest of the
fourth-term candidate.
The best way for the adj
ministration TO dissipate such
an unhattering theory would be
for the navy department to
authorize Adm. kimmel 10 tell
his side of the story 10 the
American people without fur
Their restraint.