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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-09
FAIR ENOUGH
BY WeStbrook Pegler-

-.t4t4 tt-tttt the
curb.
-L4AIeH Al4e-eHf4e hack his
tOothSome morScl of Tightly
American femininity was sitting
IN his chair, waving has news
paper.
Look at this" she Squaw<cd.
Red stamps re-, SS become
valid Sunday and so forth and
80 on until YOU don't know
whether YOU are planning
meal for your family or betting
on automobile numbers.
{nd do YOU KNOW what I'm
going to do tomorrow, first
thing I'm going To organize
the Elmview Height de-garden-
ing club and I'm going 10 get
out there with FIVE gallons of
the strongest weed killer l can
find and I'm going to de-garden-
ize every tomato plant and
onion and shoot and sprig i'm
that dizzy patch, and get me
some petunias and panSies and
geraniums and a mess of seeds
and plant me the SWEETEST flower
garden YOU ever saw.
And if they are playing an
other one of their jokes and il
comes next winter "A no-fooling,
;owdown. hungry famine, that
- certainly going TO be laugh
on my loved ones"
Copyright, 1914. by United Features. synd
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-09
MARK
HELLINGEIs
The Cost
Of T arawa
srerlal 10 rHrprrRolr INNS.

special 10 THE DETROIT TINES
T4RANpA, April y tdelayedJ
L What is Tarawa like to-
day. some five months after we
captured it at staggering cost?
Wen. its something Of a menu
DRY noW-but IFS a memory
that VIZ Americans must keep
III OUT hearts f0VeFef.
Oh. there's war here all right.
Don't ever kid yourself about
that. It's far from the country
club that some folks have been
picturing it recently From
some of the reports Id heard,
| thought | might find q first
cousin TO Miami Beach or ~
the very least. a second cousin
to Far Rockaway.
Not so. my friends It's hot
rainy, uncomfortable torlorn.
THE stencil Of dead laps re-
Il fuses 20 vanish and, every
once in a while. they still catch
A live one on a neighboring
island. He doesn't smell so good
either.
They allow no women on Ia
rawa. not even natives,
Yes. there's bar mere In
the officers club But its a
bar that would make any self
respecting drunkard take the
cure in a hurry.
You know somebody in your
neighhorhood who objects 20
that type of club for the men
who risk their lives daily out
here? If YOU do, kick hum IN
he ideal spot three tunes VIII
YOU Twice for me 49,.
The food is standard and
plentiful Nothing fancy. natu-
rally, and 30 fresh vegetables.
4 r NIGHT every one who is
"a not working goes 10 the
movies. There are four screens
on the island and you never
find an empty seat anywhere
The pictures are practically
all of ancient vintage. For eN-
ample. my old friend. the late
Joe Penner. passed away some
two and half years ago. Know
ing hlm as ! did | am sure he
would be amused TO learn that
ne was starred on Tarawa last
night in the Boys from SYRIA
CuSe'
Bit by bit this island is being
cleaned zap. Bur II viii take
years TO do the iob thoroughly
and | would say that fully
three quarters OF the spot Is
exactly what h. was when
rarawa was FIRST secured Signs
OF death are everywhere you
turn.
7 OOKING around today I
Il marvel 1T the tact that We
were able 10 capture the place.
The accomplishment OF the mis-
sion borders on the incredible.
The JapS had pillboXeS 20 and
so yards apart Concrete rcycl-
mcnjs with sand. Concrete
bloCkhouSeS that our guns
couldn't penetrate.
They had tank traps every
whore - SCulleS of pyramid
shape weighing 400 pounds
each. Heavy barbcd wire. two
and three rows deep in spots.
Pot mines IN all directions:
mines that would bc touched off
by A light weight of 10 pounds.
They had dual-mount 5-inch
guns. and four large coastal
guns. They had ammunition Of
every type and size. including
aerial torpcdocs larger than
ours
Add 10 these items the JapS
own tanks, plus surprise ele-
mentS such as their concealed
guns an The old. beached inter
island boat q harmless hulk
today bat a hidcous dealer OF
death on Nov. 20, 1913.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-09

CONGRESS and the American
y public face a battling wartime
dilemma.
In the face of the exigencies of
fast moving total warfare, it has been
deemed expedient temporarily to
enlarge the area Of discretion Of the
President
But the stretching of the large
executive authority to unattended
extremes by President Roosevelt, as
in the seizure of the Montgomery
Ward plant, dramatizes tile feeling
of insecurity which comes from war
time building up of the powers Of the
presidency.
1t seems to us that the way out of
the dilemma is TO bring new face to
the White House in the November
election.
If there could be brought to lead
ersmp at this time IN American,
THOROUGHLY DEVOTED TO
THE AMERICAN CONSTITU-
TIOEAL SYSTEM. it would be
feasible TO reposs IN such chief ex
ecutlve, as trustee. extf ordinary
war powers WITHOUT FEAR
THAT THEY WOULD BE
ABUSED OR RETAINED BIZ
YOED THE EMERGENCY.
4 T PRESENT. there re spec.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-09
The Dilemma of the Presidency

member that the seizure of Mont
gomery Ward, as an extreme ex-
tension of the potUer of the executive,
is kin to course and attitude that
existed BEFORE THE WAR.
1T is unhappiiy not possible for
the country to look upon the RooSe-
Oeit administration as one uOhich, in
normal peacetime, had meticulouS re-
gard for the Constitution; tUhich rOas
careful to restrain itself t0ithin the
limitations Of its executive potOers,
careful to haze regard for the powerS
of Congress and the courts, and for
the rights of citizens.
THE COUNTRY IS OBLIGED
TO LOOK AT THE PRESENT EX-
IRENE ASSERTION OF EXECU-
TIVE POWER DURING THE TINE
IN THE LIGHT or A COURSE or
ACTION THAT WENT ON For
SEVERAL YE A r S PRECEDING
THE WAR.
s.. The apprehension is that ex-
tensions of executive authority prac-
ticed in time of war, and for uUhich
Qualifications is c a m d on the
ground of uUor, may haze an effect
after The tUar.
THUS, it seems self evident that,
Ainstead Of being the "indispensa-
bic man for fourth term, Presi.
dent Roosevelt is to a decisive degree
DISQUALIFIED as q war leader
because Of his past record of grasp
ING for power beyond tie constitu-
..clal limits.
Selection as his successor of a
ompetent administrator, profoundly
oval to the American constitutional
V5tam. would represent change of
highly constructive character
, q ga
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-09
Knowledge Test
BY DIR. SAgINA- CONNOLLY

Score Yourself one for the
first five questions and five for
the last question Score $40
brilliant; rs, bright, 4-6, aver
age 0-3 dull.
IA. NJ d. G. means Cav
medical and dental corps
tbl greater glory of God
tcJ defeated Germans
"A. L. S. president was nick
named The Canal Boy
ca Theodore Roosevelt; lb)
James Garfield. (c) John
Quincy Adams.
3-A mackcrel Sky is one. fa)
with a rainbow; (b) with q
rcd sunset; (c) with small
white clouds
Vodka is made from. Ca
rye. (bl corn. (c) hops
5 John Steinbcck's famous
novel has a title like one OF
these. Ca The Sun Is Down
tb) The Moon Is Down. tc)
The Stars Are Down
g Match these columns cor
rectly You viii find a part
of each Item of Column one
m Column Two:
tafeye tVi oitact1ry re-
grpt0r
t1l ear $50 Eustaf1rv nerve
90 nose tvi scIer1tic coat
$50 t0nGur tEi rutanedgs segse
tel unEers fft rnchlca
ANSWERS on opposite page
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-09
VNHERE was q sound Of crash

Ing glaSs-aCCompanled by
something that could have
passed Tor imprecatlons in the
cellar of the SpelvinS love
bower the other night and
George -SpclAin31 American, put
down hlS papers TO make inqul-
rieS.
"Ahat seems TO he irritating
my tres>urc?" Mr., SpelVin hol-
Tered down the stairs three
times before he was able TO
make himself heard above the
+ CHATTER. ---
"Crazed housewife suddenly
goes berSerk." Mrs. SpelVin re-
piled Explains, II am glad did
IT," Muttcrs incohercntly about
last years victory garden and
drudgery of canning peas, beans,
carrots. dandelonS, applesauce,
bcetS and hurdock.
The crashing sounds resumed
and Mr.. Spelvn. with pru-
dcnce born of considerable eX-
pcrience IN emotional crises,
waited for his helpmeet to re-
sumo her account voluntarily.
- IL summer I am out hoe
n ing and wedding that
lousy garden and >natching the
feathers off those dumb chick
ems. and cutting my fingers off
peeling things because if don't
my loved ones are going TO
starve TO death and ] am "A sturdy
throwhack to my pioneer ances-'
TORS" Mrs. Spclvm said.
"AIl winter watch the papers
f0r the famine, and when | try
10 shove my wares on my spouse
and the BARNS, YOU would think
I was trying To feed them
ground glass.
NO. they don't want To eat
our precious little hoard.
They will be brave and eat
grocery store canned goods,
until no more can lie had.
But always more can he had.
and now there Is blue mold and
seaweed floating around on the
precious little hoard, and those
buns all OF u sudden yell. April
fool. YOU old fool and the cOun-
try has got 80 much canned
goods not even the Russians and
the Arabs and the Chinese will
take il of our hands.
And ~ now, what do YOU
know, those mugs take "A look In
the cooler and discover we have
got 80 much meat that il il our
patriotic duty To eat meat three
meals "A day and IL was all "A
Joke about the way they got me
60 pot those chickens and those
no-Hccount. >crawny fish that
my wonderful. reSOurceful hero,
another worthy descendant of
the hardy pioneers caught last
summer at great sacrifice of his
comfort mp at lake 0oitygoofty."
sTS Wy treasure taking inNen-
tory ." MIR Spclvn inquired
softly
Your treasure il tossing our
precious little hoard into &. 1.
can. bottles. crooks. washers and
all. and with q tremendous
~mash), there goes the last two
Of those dumb. corlIeyed Rhode
Island Reds that stuffed all
that chicken feed into last
summer.
And II hear any sound of
hautcring mockeTN from YOU,
my ideal will part your hair
with this axe and ! am Just the
one Who can do If.
II ought 90 come up there
aud make YOU eat every one OF
these fish right now, and a
couple of crooks Of these picked
green tomatoes, done with dill.
W~t like Your mother used To
make and, boy how you were
going 10 feast your silly. eN-
prcssioule~s face on them when
Wc got down to hard pan last
February"
Mr. SpEfNIN ventura d
O. 'reIy down The stairs.
I.4l..f fn. cam On hc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-09
Quick Questions

W-secnnd mental test. Score s for
starred questions. 10 for Others answered
within 10 seconds Average weeks
scores for rating and try to improve II
each week.
l. Naval con ander who
opened Japan 10 the world In
1888 advised his COuntrymen
10 observe once and for all
that spying and deceit per-
wade the japanese entire poll
icy His name was Farra-
gut Decatur Perry, Dewey?
> Lowest average aged person
mel is in WhIch-army navy,
marine corps?
3--All people are classified in
one OF five races Caucasian.
Malay, Amerindian, African
and ---?
4 Right or wrong: Ca) black
is the mourning color among
all peoples.
) A wedding ring is worn on
what finger?
Cam a clergyman perform
marriage ceremony for him
self?
answers on opposite page)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-09

77EE excuses Tor tie a1a1 seizure
Of tie ward plan. offered by
ha. Ike, tie CcWmIss at.d ettiets
of mushroom New Deal boards are
i7uu 17d spec.oUs-
lAs zI instance. William II Davis,
charm p al the Wan Labor Board
las defended tie reieu2l OF the
Mont 0meIY Ward case to president
Roosevelt. saying Ia letter TO the
Senate that otherwise 1.-The whole
structure of the wartime industrial
relations would crumble
Thisis not true IN any particular.
But il IS true that If the Presl-
dent can become an arrogant die
tator and take over private business
at his whim ana without authority
from Congress the whole structure
of constitutional government and IN
dividual liberty has crumbled and
our free American system is reduced
TO Communist tyranny,
THE essence Of the act Of the Wal
1 Labor Board in passing the
buck to the President is taclt con
fesslon that Mr. Davis knew the
illegaLty inherent in using the army
TO seize private iHeFefsefFtt55 5rtftt ne ne
sought 10 wash his hands OF the
whole proceeding
But Atty Cen Biddle, who is
now the new No. / ja4 ia man OF the
administration extra constitutional
acts is more compliant.
In defending IN the federal court
in Chicago President Roosevelt's
wartime powers III the seizure of the
Chicago plant of Montgomery Ward
he uttered the most revolutionary
ideas that have been voiced by a
public official in this country since
the foundation of the republic
The attorney general of the
United States said:
"No business or property is I'M
u,une to a presidential order"
That sounds as if it came from
the Kremlin or Berlin.
Just how befuddled yes man Bid
die IS is revealed when he stated be
fore making the above announcement
as to the powers of the President
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-09
vs.. Constitution

Constitution
IN lime Of rDar, il is true, that in
taking ouer plants the goUerlYnent IS
s subiec TO the regulation of the fifth
amendment 1.-THE amendment IN the
Bill Of Rights which prohibits the
government from taking private
property without due process oE1aIY-
1nd without compensation.
These two statements are, how
even. something more than a'betud-
died contradiction.
TTY. GEN. BIDBLE plainly
\ says that what the government
is prohibited bYth Bill Of Rights
Ilom dong even in time of war;
the President of the United States
may co.
In his own words, no business
or property IS immune to his (the
President 81 order, no matter what
the Constitution says
II that is not raising the Presl
dent to the very heights Of all out
dictatorship what IS IT'D
Neither Congress nor the Constr
tuition has ever conferred this power
ON the Chief Executive.
But President Roosevelt has as
sumed this power, aided by New
Deal attorney general, who has "de
cisions " ready made for his chief for
any emergency" actual or cooked
up.
OTHER anti American and dan
" gerous ideas announced dogmat
ically in the Chicago federal court by
Atty. Gen. Biddle were:
7-"The government does not need
and did not need a court order to
ttr+,c possession.
can executive order" was all
that was necessary, which, in the
attorney generals opinion, makes
Mr.. Roosevelt "the government. \
O-"The size of corporation has
SIS much to do with the Presidents
poUer."
I'm a word, the President is the
ABSOLUTE JUDGE of what cor
porations he may or may not order
the army to occupy.)
The action of the army at the be
hest of President Roosevelt and
Atty Cen. Biddle threatens, indeed,
our whole structure of constitutional
government.
OUR individual liberties at this
~ moment hang in the balance for
the first. time since 1889.
And no matter what the decision
of the federal court in this matter
the ACT OF SEIZURE itself re
mains.
And it may be repeated again and
again for according to the Roose-
welt attorney general of the United
States court orders no longer have
any power
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-09

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-09

ANSWERS on opposite page
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-09
Letter To the
Editor.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES:

THE cabinet post of secretary of state is held in
L name by Nh Gordeii Hull but the head of the
state department in fact is Mr.. Roosevelt. Just as
Mr. Roosevelt is his own secretary of the treasury,
his own secretary of labor, his own secretary of
the navy his own secretary of war, his own secre-
tary of interior and so on around the table
No one who disagrees with Mr.. Roosevelt or
HIS policy remains in his cabinet
So when Mr., Hull speaks the voice is his but
the words are Mr.. Roosepeltas
Bradley beam., 1944-08-05


 Although he has seen no foreign service with the AAF, Sgt. James H. M. Campbell has probably been over as many of the battle areas in Europe and North Africa as any other man on this Base. He has walked along the beaches of Salerno, flown the length of Italy, seen all that there is to see in North Africa (and some that isn't fit to see), and is as familiar with Paris, Rome, Naples, Florence, London, ct al, as he is with his own native Hartford.
 Sgt. Campbell was born in Hart- ford, 21 February, 1908, and, after completing his grammar school education at Kingswood Country Day School, he enrolled at the Taft School, from which he was graduated with honors in 1926, From then on, until his transfor- nation into GI, Jim's time was taken up primarily by his studies. He matriculated at Yale and ma jored in Greek, Latin, Italian and History, and during the summer vacation in 1929 he took a course in Italian language, art and litera- ture at the University of Florence. In 1881, he received his BA from Yale and went on to an MA in romance languages. For the first year and two-thirds at Old Eli, Jim was in the ROTC, Navy, and completed training cruise on the former battleship, Florida. He att tended the University of Rome in 1932-3 to study Italian language, history and literature under an Italian Government Fellowship, and returned to Yale in 1933-4 to receive a fellowship in medieval history. To add to his other let ters and degrees, it might be fit- ting to point out, at this time, Jim is also known as THE Bachelor of S-2.
 Upon his return to Hartford,
Bradley beam., 1944-08-05
A Ya,k tn King Arthur's Court :.

for a minute or two on the wis dom of getting to the pub before the crowds got there. He spoke briefly, too, of a terrible and nag ging thirst that possessed him and threatened to strangle him. In time I let myself be persuaded and together we walked the 200 yards down the lane to the pub.
 Because we were so early, the first as a matter of fact, there was no one present except of course the barmaid who was a gaunt mid dle-aged woman, sometimes known as Kitty. Kitty, the story goes, was brought up in the smuggler's tradition, as proof of which they offer the information that she had been fined a number of times for selling beer after hours. Further proof is that this is the smuggler's country. Exactly as Godfrey Far mol had written about it. Peaceful and farming during the day and mysterious activity in the night.
 Kitty gave us our beer and we retired to bench against the wall. Gaffer did nothing but gulp at his brew, while I slipped delicately at mine. English beer is not like Am erican beer. It doesn't have that same bounding energy that our beer has. It is not aerated at all, but pumped up from the barrel by hand. Today it is somewhat wat cry although the natives speak of bygone days when a glass of the brew could make a mans tongue waggle at both ends. Therefore, Gafer gulped and I slipped.
 Having finished our beer, we played darts for while. Gaffer has an uncanny way with the fea- thered bolt. Invariably, he beats me-badly. He says I shouldn't feel bad about that because he was a great darts champion in his youth.
 I lost two games. Gaffer and l drunk much beer. 1 was tired and I wanted to go home. I said so to Gaffer who sneered at my soft ness. He doubted not but that l was sulking off because he had beaten me so badly. I didn't even notice that remark. We walked to the door. Gaffer tottered about a bit, orienting himself to his sur- roundings, blinking against the bright sunlight. Soon he had his bearings, and giving me farewell poke with his stick, trotted off.
 I settled my cap on my head and began the four-mile jaunt to camp. I had hardly walked hundred yards when light RAF lorry pulled up and offered me q lift. The driver was a very pretty WAAF.
 "Well," I said, "I planned to walk to camp but since you are so nice and pretty I'll accept your off, fer of a lift. Thank YIpu!" The driver laughed. I climbed into the truck. There was a soft grinding of gears and in a moment we were bowling along to camp. The swirls of dust hung in the air long after we had passed.
Bradley beam., 1944-08-05
"His Majesty" D

Jim took a position on one of the local newspapers. Starting as a copy boy, he passed through all the stages of the editorial offices from cub reporter to feature writ CT and wound up writing editorials and in charge of night makeup of the editorial page. With this back ground, it is only natural that he has been of great help at times with material for the BEAM.
 He was inducted into the Army at Camp Devens, Massachusetts, on 7 June 1941 and, on July eigh- teenth, Sgt. Campbell arrived at Bradley Field as part of the group to organize Base Headquarters. He was assigned to the Public Rela- tions branch of the S-2 Office and with the exception of two periods in his Army career, his cheery, Base Intelligence Office, Sgt, Campbell speaking," has been a certain answer to those who have had occasion to dial that exten- sion.
 The day before Washington's Birthday in 1942, he reported to OCS at Camp Lee, Virginia, and month later was seriously injured in an automobile crash in which his best pal was killed. During the following sixteen months, he was at Walter Reed Hospital, Wash ington, where he had to have both of his broken legs mended and bone grating surgery per- formed. In the latter part of July 1943, he returned to Bradley to take up his duties at S-2 once again.
 In the middle of April of this year, after being pronounced phys ically fit for active service, he again reported to Camp. Lee to pursue the OCS course at the QM School there. After two months of intensive training, he found out that the two years which had pass ed since his unfortunate accident had taken their toll on him and he was unable to finish the course.
 He returned to Bradley Field once again and resumed his duties at the Base Intelligence Office.
 Jim would like nothing better now than to join Major c. E. Rob- inson, who was the Base Intelli- gence Officer at Bradley when the Sergeant arrived in 1941. The Ma jor is now stationed in the South Pacific and Sgt. Campbell, who is directly descended from the found- CTS of Hartford, would like noth- ing better than to leave his be- loved Nutmeg State for the chance to see some active duty in the jun- gles of that hotbed of fighting, the rkey-gobbler shaped New Gui- nea.
 (Ed. note-It should be explain ed as to the reason for this partic- ular photo of Sgt. Campbell, that S-2 may be up to most anything silence is golden.)
Bradley beam., 1944-08-05
ASSORTED FACTS:

Slot machines are civilian booby traps. High heels is contrap- tion invented by a woman who tired of being kissed on the fore head. A girl with pretty limbs can always branch out. A kiss is a contraction of the mouth due to enlargement of the heart.