The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-29
Observations
Taft Still May
be Candidate
For President
81 Helen esssry


and watching closely. They recall
Taft lost the nomination TO Wen
dell Nillkie IN Philadelphia m
1910. but the sands Of Republican
sentiment have shifted Willkie
appears 10 have little chance OF
once more being the COP standard
bearer.
Apparently out IN front m TIC
COP political scramble is Cover
nor Thomas L. Dewey Of New York
state. Observers point out. how
ever. that in event Of a deadlock
at the Republican Chicago couyon-
tiou. Taft may develop into the
fair-hsired candidate although he
has consistently disavoved an!
ambition TO run for president this
year
In this respect he closely follop5
Deveys stand The New York
governor has said publicly he viii
finish out his goyeruorshlp before
tackliuS a presidential campaign.
Taft with a favorable record ~
the United states Senate, probah-
ly would be highly acceptable 10
the rank aud file Of the Republi
cans.
Meanwhile. Ohio Governor Joan
Bricker with A background OF
sound middleV estern conservative
has been assured Of Tafts sup
port. Broker at the present time
appears 10 have not TOO bright
chance OF getting the nomination.
The War Department has tossed
heavy handled monkey wrench
into the national capitals already
muddled news situation.
Despite public resentment over
the Armys handling Of the Bar
shin bombings in Italy, the Lieut..
Gen George 5. Patton. Jr, slap
ping incident in Sicily aud other
minor items. the War Department
stln holds firmly to the view that
II has vested interest IN the
way war news Is presented.
This point of view is expressed
in an Army guide issued to infor-
nation officers, cremation course
instructors and other personnel
officials. The guide specifically
states that in time Of var the
armed forces are creators of news
and have therefore a vested inter
est in the way II is reported aud
edited" by its press and publication
officers
With this statement, some here
in WASHINGTON forsee continued
Army-censored war news BLACK
outs. lack OF an overall govern
meut policy on the subject OF war
news and the possible emascula'
ton OF the Office Of War lntorma'
ton as the primary disseminator
OF headline copy during the com
ing Allied offensive IN Europe and
the Pacific.
In the background, capital quar-
ters also see Owl Chief Elmer
DAVIS vaging a valiant, but futile
battle 10 channel all war news
through a single government agen'
cv Davis has, for many months.
pleaded his cause with President
Roosevelt. Secretary OF War Henry
j. Stimson, Secretary Of the Navy
Frank Knox. Secretary OF state
Cordell Hull and other depart
meut heads-but apparently TO no
avail
Dive bombing IS not on the way
out as some airmen believed iol-
loving the Bismarck sea victory
over the Japanese in which Amer
lean Army pilots used skip-bofnb-
ing tactics so successfully lney
wiped out an enemy armada OF .
ships.
The Navy and Marine Corps are
showing no tendency TO scrap the
dive and glide bombing technique
and. in fact. these two branches
OF the service are improving TINS
method OF destruction.
Navy airmen do not minimize
the value OF skip bombing against
some types Of vessels--cargo ships
aud small vessels-and they cred
II the Army Air Corps for develop
ing this type of attack.
However. pilots returning from
the South and Southwest Pacific
will tell you that there is nothing
more effective or more terrifying
to the enemy than mass attacks ny
formations of dive and glide bomb
ers
The difference between the two
is that dive bombers roar doen
almost vertically against the tar
get. release their bombs and pull
out. The glide bonbers carry
heavier missiles aud their ap
proach is at a more conventional
angle.
The "invincible' Japanese have
been known to run in terror from
their guns when dive bombers
-ome screaming down on them.
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