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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-05

Chairman of the National Commit tee,' Hannegan said, and he was the first man to suggest that I should fill his shoes as Postmaster General" Hannegan voice d what many feel about Frank Walker-one of the most unSelfish, lovable persons ever to hold high office .. When gracious Senator Tom Connally spoke at the swear ing-in ceremony of Attorney Gen. eral Tom Clark, he began: Gen eral Riddle, General Clark, and any other Generals who may be here" mey Tom Clark didn't lose his sense of humor when
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-05
20 YEARS AGO TIT fmE EMPIRE
JULY 5. 1925

5,
 the Fourth brao all contestants She rode special float in the parade
 The Miners defeated the Eks and American Legion ectively n July 4h ball
 over Douglas defeated baseball Juneau 13
 Barbara prize the best decor ted
 big hit by giving concert playing in Musicians Fred M Dick Frank A. Friend H w. Frawley, Duffy Mcintyre Earle Hunter Jimmie Jack Johnnie Harris
 advance for Mrdock who had closed his Coliseum left the Admiral Watson for Petersburg George Alaska arriving from Seattle the next 
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-05
Role of Airships
(NeW York Times

A study by the Goodyear Aircraft Corporation of the poteniates of arships indicates that they could occupy useful place in the overall picture of post war commercial air transportation In no sense is it held that they could replace the fast arpane Rather they could provide of transportation of middle speed two to three times that of the surface ocean vessel of comfort and spacousness, and of range of operation to be found in any other air carrier
 An arship of ten million cubic feet capacity, which might cost about eight million dollars would have range of 1000 miles. It could easily make the journey to the Orient to Australia nonstop Several passenger arrangements for as many as 112 people have been projected Such travel would have the additional advantage of 65-knot speed absence Of disturbing motion and great quiet Studies made before the war show noise level in various types of vehicles of 91 decbes for subway train II for an airplane, 59 for an ocean liner and 51 for the airshp Hinden- burg.
 The big airship has so much lifting capacity that it should be able to play an interesting role in air cargo For example 180,000 pounds could be carried nonstop from San Francisco to Honolulu, and lesser amounts for longer ranges at cost per ton-mlle which would fit in does the airship speed, between that of the faster airplane and the slower surface liner The case for airships is a strong one as a vehicle suppementing other modern travel forms This country is in a position to take full advantage Of 1t.
 For plain fancy, extemporaneous, artful and catch catch-can lying, the Victory gardener has
 +Ia char11
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-05

layers presided Goddess of Liberty the Fourth cee ng all contestants She rode special floa ie.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-05
HOROSCOPE E "The stars incline
 bat do not compel"
FRIDAY, JULY 6

Benefic aspects rule strongly today which should be favorable to am- bilious projects, especially those con- nected with the Government.
 HEART AND HOME
 Kindly stars guide women today. There is a sign of romance for girls and adventure for those who serve the nation in uniform. Actresses come under a promising sway; they will lead in starting fashions that feature modesty in modes and man ners.
 BUSINESS AFFAIRS
 There is a sign that seems to pre- sage pressure for Government ac- tion to outlaw strikes. Perils to pub lie welfare and to commerce through stoppage of production will arouse the people.
 NATIONAL ISSUES
 Black markets will continue to traffic in food which may be ex- tremely scarce this summer despite good crops Shortages will occur as surprises to Government officials entrusted with stabilizing of sup plies.
 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
 South America will attract world attention as summer progresses. In- dustrial progress and shift in poli- tical objectives, also danger that Fascist refugees will establish under ground activities are foretold.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of year of hard work, at times discouraging, but prosperity will be attained. Love affairs will complicate plans for many return ing soldiers.
 Children born on this day probab- ly will be clever but difficult to un- derstand They should be taught the importance of service and sac rifice
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-05
Daily Lessons in English v v. L. GORDON

WORDS carton (paeboard boxes) cartoon" pictorial skech).
 OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Parafin ain first A as in AT in first syllable
 OFTEN MISSPEILED: Lilac; K
 codd kiss, embrace pat
 a times and it is yours. Let us Todays things; We a labyrinth of facts and figures
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-05

The and Miners defeated the Eks and American Leg specvey the July 4th ball games
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-05

Benefic aspects rule strongly today which should be favorable to am bilious projects, especially those con- nnctnd with tha Government
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-05
RAINBOW GIRLS GIVEN
 NOTICE ABOUT PICNIC

All Rainbow Girls who plan at tending the Shrine picnic are asked to notify Mrs. Dean Goodwin not later than 5 D. m., Friday, July 6. This is for the purpose of arrang- ing suitable transportation for the girls attending the event.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-05
FlVULNN LIluULIIL ROBERTA LEE

guest remain for while, following informal luncheon?
 A. a special provided the afternoon he should remain O. be al o a sitting along talking
 dance with another should be
 
 O. napkins placed at formal dinner? rS A. On
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1945-04-25

Rigia als 8etIeI, ote com &aiier 5u-
riifgeforoert tperoe, auslieferten, tud-
rem fte al9 oerpfli9tet, ibr @efo1ge
ntit3uf9ifen, apeldes Damn 5uglei9 nit
ibr unter ben 5dub bes @aiiers ee.
ltellt tperoe. Ster fflii1terte er 9ompo"
|nia gu, 1nter oieiem 8ortpat6 tonne
fie Dem i1,neen @Gobeu 10 biele
Sflaoen mitgeben, als ibr Gngemeiien
eri6eine, 6enn Ser Genturio oiirfe 6e-
ren @lufndbme ntdt bertpetgern.
Stir @igta lag 6arin Elm getpiiler
Eroit, uno Bonponia tpar frob, oaB es
ibr geitattet tpar, eine &nsabl altser'
tpdblter Diener mit5ui6iden. Sober
beItimntte fie l1rius, dotpie 0igias alte
@etponbbiitenin, 8lpet i'm 6rtiteren ge-
iabte Oe666en aus Cyprus uno 6tpei
germoniI6e 8aoe6ienerinnen our 8e>
9leitung. Bon1ponias @ab1 fie1 aus.
idlieBli6 auf 8etenner bes neuen
@loubens, a,n6 6a ou6 l1rius bieiem
@lauben felt mebreren Sabren onge-
b0rte, fonnte iie auf Die Ereue Dieier
Oiener 8b1en, ft6 aber ou6 5uglet6
nit ben @eoanfen tr0iten, bob nun
elm Saottorn Der neuen 9ebre i'm Sous
Ie 6es @Giars ausgeitreut tperoe.
Dur6 einige 3eilen enrpfabNte 2tgio
nod Dem G9ube Mctes, Der @reigeloie
Ienen Neros. 3tpor bate Pomponta
6ieIe niemals bel oen Beriammlungen
Ser Mnbdnger 6es neuen @laubens ge>
ieben, oo6 botte fife bon oieien gebort,
oaB Mcte ibnen nien1ols einen Dienit
bertpeigere uno 6oB Sie eifrig in ben
8rieFen 6es 8aulus bon garfos leie.
Mu6 tpor ibr betannt, baB bie iunge
5reigeIoiiene in fttler Erauer oabins
Iebte, gan5 berf6ie0en tpor ron ben ons
bern eSrouen in Neros Squire uno i'm
angeneinen fir '6en guten 8eiit bes
Polaites galt.
Sa1ta berfpra6, @cte 6en @rief eins
8ubGn6igen. Da er es fir felbitoers
itdn6I6 5ie1t, oaB cine &0nigsto@ter
elm eigenes 8efolge baben muIIe, ma9s
te er ni6t 6ie gertngiten 5Gtpiertgte1'
ten, Die Diener in ben 8alait mtt5uneb=
men, uno er tp1n6erte ft6 iogar iiber
oie geringe Mn3abl, oo6 bat er I'm
@i1e, tpeil er ionlt fiir6ten niilie mon
t0nne ibn Der Galtnieligfeit in Der
@usfiibr,ng Der fatierli6en 8efeble
5eiben.
Die Srennungsltunoe tpar gefom>
men, @onrponias uno 9igias @ugen
fiillten ht6 tpieoer nit Ebanen,
Mulus Iegte nod einmal Die Sano anf
oes Mfdo9ens &aupt> uno bon oen
@ebrufen bes fleinen @ulus begleitet,
tpeI6er, Inn Die Sdtpeiter gu ibiiben,
benz Gentnrio NIT 6en Heinen GGl1iten
orobte> fibrten 6ie S0lb1inge 2igia
in bas Saus 6es &aiiers.
Ser alte @rteeer befabl, feline 5anf>
te berett 5u balten, bann f6loB er ft6
nit 8ontponia in Die an ben Sefus
fteben6e 8inacotbeca Elm uno fagte 5u
ibr: ~'&0re MIDI on, @ontponia. Sd
gebe gum &at tier, obtpobl i6 glalbe,
6a es bergeblib fetn tpir6, un6 aud
at Seneca, trosoem oteier 1tidts mebr
iiber geero bermag. @as sen Gdiar
Ielbft at1belangt, 10 bat er biellet6t ME
mails in ieinenn gonsen Geben bon bem
8oHe Der 2ieier gebort; apenn er al'o
Die Muslieferune 2igias als elmer Gel
lei forberte, 10 bat er es, tpeil iemano
,h.. S~,t, ;., hnf a.r,S n2 Sst Io;ch4
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1945-04-25

Ini9t mebr 6asu berbetlaiiet, 2igia tpte'
Der frei 81 eebeu.
Mit elmer eieentli6 gegen fi6 ielbit
aert6teten beiBen6en Sronie fiibr Der
olte 8eiie fort: ~giele Sabre bin6itrb,
8lautius, bait on 1tt6ts bon Dir borert
loien, rno Der &aiier begt teine Bor'
ltebe fiir Die, ipel6e i'm S6peigen Der'
borrenI @esbolb GuBerteit Du ni6t
0etn @nt3iiden iiber feline 5d6nbett,
feline Sugeno, ieinen @eiang, iiber feline
1eflamation, ietne &unlt oes 8agen'
lenfens unb iiber feline Serie? Bes'
boIb erfd fdten Sir Der Eoo bon 8rttan'
nicus ni6t riibmensmert, lpesbolb biel'
| teft gu feline 2obreoen 5u Gbren oes
Wfuttermoroers, 1pesbo1b bro6telt Du
nidt Deine @liidtpiini6e 5ur @rorohe-
| luna ser Sctobio oar2 Sir gebridt 3
IN Der gorli6t, Iulus, tuelbe mir, Die
k1rir oos Slid baben, am Sofe 81 leben,
iu ent1pre6enoem Mobe beiiben."
So fpredeno, ergriff er ben 8eder,
Sen er am @iirteI trug, i60pfte 8olier
aus Der sSontaine oes Smp1upirms uno
ucbte bamit oen brennenoen @aumen.
u@d, gero bat Elm oanfbores Ser3' "
eroriff er beirut tpie6er 0oS 8ort, "er
ltebt 0id, neil bu &om geoient nno
rc1Ien geamen big at Die @ren5en Der
gyelt befonnt ge1na6t boit, 11no er liebt
MIDI, &peil i6 Ser 2ebrer ieiner Sugeno
tpor. 0esba1b itebit Du, bin i'd ou6
iiber3eugt, ooB bieies 8aiier fein @tft
entbGlt. Sd trtnfe es oober rub1g.
lleber oen g8ein in metnem Saule
fornte i6 ni6t 10 it6er nrteilen, ober
gSoiIer fannit gu gefabrlos trtnte1,
tpenn gu buritig biit. Son oem Al'
bonergebirge fiibrt es 11ns bic SSal1er'
leitung 5u, uno per es pergtften toollte'
tpiir6e aGle 8runnen in Gom oerg1tten.
g8ie gu 1tebIt, fann man iosor IN oteler
gselt unbe1oret iein uno Elm rubtges
g(1ter boben. Sd bin freilt6 trant,
1ber meine Seele lit tpeit franter als
mein &orper."
u@oler slnnGus," ltnterbra9 1eBt
9(ulus oie bitteren Heoen beS Seneca,
nicb tpeiB, tpie Dir Ser &oiler bic Sur
1orqe lobnt, sic gu ibm in ietnen ST.
oenoiabren ongeoeiben lieBeit, ober
8etronius bor ollem lit i6ulo, ooB u1s
un1er 9ino entriiien tpurbe. Glib mir
Elm WettteI an, ipte i6 auf i'm 1ptrten
fonn, 1age mir, tpelden ginfliiiien er
8nadngli6 lit, uno tpenoe ibm 9eeen'
iiber sic gan5e 8ereoiamteit auf, 5u Der
Sid oie alte Sreunoi6oft fir mild gu
tegeiItern bermag."
,8etronius uno i6," a11ttportete
9eneco, utpir geb0ren 5tpet eon5 ettt'
gegengeiebten 2agern an. SD tpetB
nidts, tpos ouf i'm einlpirfen fonnte,
uno 3u beeinfluiien lit er ean6 uno ear
pi6t. @s fann fem, ooB er BEL al iet'
ner 8eroerbbeit nod mebr tuert tit, ols
all biele S6urfen> bic iett bic um'
qeb,nq geros btloen. gs ipGre iebo6
eitel 3eitpergen6ung, tpenn man i'm
5n iiber5eueen iu9te, er babe cine
idlimme Sat begangen. Betronius bat
l0ne1t bic Sabigfeit ber1oren, @ntes
bonn 8oIen at unteri9ei6en. Sete ibm
ouseinanoer, tpie baBli6 iein 8erbal'
ten tpor, oonn tpirb er it6 idamen.
Sobolo i6 ibn tpieoeriebe, iage i6 ibm:
,Deiner &anolungstpeiie nod miBteit
GIL pir1 eEreineInfiener 1ein.f @enn bog
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1945-04-25
Neitflpodl, ben Is. apriI 1916

e4pige 8orutber5igfeit tpaltet, no ftatt
6es Sbmepses etptge 5renbe berridt,
tpo es feine RBdnen, ionoern ,,ltr etptee
@onne gtbt." % ..,..,~ 49,.
Damn begann 8omponia bon f9
fe6f gu fpreden: Sui Der 5rieben
mar 8u ftnoen - ober tbren Serset
tpar oo6 cine @unoe eei61agen. Denn
iiber Den Qugen ibres Qulus lag nod
6tnlternis, Die auelle bes 9tdts tpar
nod ni6t ifber i'm ausgegoiien. Qu6
ftano es ibr ni6t frei, ibren Sobn In
Der tpabren 9ebre gu er5ieben. -
Da fie alio ba9te, oaB es bieueibt
Bis an ibr 9ebensenoe 70 ble11ben Unto
boB btellei6t 6er 9lugenbltd Der
Srennl1ng fiir iie tonrmen tper6e, Die
unelet6 ldnger uno fur6tborer fei, als
oie seitpeilige, tporiiber fife beibe iebt
flagten - berno6te file 3td nt6t oor-
Suitenen, 6aB dte obne ibren @atten
rnb ibr @tno Ieben, boB fife ft6 iogar
i'm Simmelrei6 glidli6 fiiblen Tonne.
11no i6on oiele De66te binour6 batte
iie betBe GrGnen pergofen, oiele @G6>
te unter ittbriahI Itieern @ebet ber-
bra6t uno @ott Tim 8armber3igfeit
uno @no6e angeflebt. Dod tpollte fte
al[es 60 ttanbeimitellen, auf i'm tpon-
te fife bauen. l1no nun, oa Elm neuer
66loe fte trof, 0a Der ~8efebl 6es
Sprannen file Der Go6ter 6erauben
foate, Die 9lula1s bas 9i6t ieiner 4ugen
genannt batte, tpor tbr @lauben nod
ni6t eri6iittert, tpetl 6te barauf baute,
baB es cine Ma6t gebe, Die nod gr0s
fer nor als Die geeros, cine 8arm>
ber3igfeit, Die nod ftarfer tpas als fein
Grimm.
l1no 8omponia briidte 6os 4opf6en
res iuneen MGo9ens nod inniger an
ibre 8rlit, 2igia aber 1anf 5u ibren
siiBen ,tteber, uno Die @ugen in ben
Salten bon Bo1nponias @etpano ber-
bereen6, berbarrte ite lange 3eit in
S6peigen. 9Ils fte fi6 en6lt6 tuteoer
erGob, 5et6te it6 auf ibrem @eft9te
iGon ettDas mebr Saiil1ng.
-~@s miro mir i6per, bon Sir 5r1
eeben, Mutter, uno bon oem 8ater rno
Dem 8ruoer, ober t6 tpeiB, ooB ieoer
gioer1tano bergeblt6 tpdre uno eu6
ollen 8er0erben brd6te. gber td) ges
lobe Dir, bob i6 i'm &atierpalaite Sci.
ner 8orte einge6ent ietn tper6e."
Nod einma1 i6lang ite Die &rme Inn
Den Sals Bomponias, ltno als beibe
tpieoer in ben Sefus auriidsefebrt tpa-
rem, nabm iie Ibi6ie6 bon Dem fletnen
8lautius, bon oern alten @rie6en,
ibrem 2ebrer, bon Der @etuanbbiiterin,
bon Der iie als &tn6 9etuartet tporoen
tpar, uno bon allen Sflaben.
@iner bon bieien, ein bober, brett
fdulterieer 2ieier, oen man i'm Sauie
nrius nannte, ,1no Ser ieineraeit lantt
atbern Dienern nit 2igia uno oeren
Wsntter ins r0niide 2ager eefommen
mar, fiel 5uerit au oen SiiBen oes
iungen 0&o6ens 1,ioer, beugte oann
a16 Die &nie Dor ontponia un6 rief:
- Domina! geftatte mir, meine Ser
rim gu begleiten,, bamit id ibr oienen
t.no i'm Raifenpalalte iiber iie tpa9en
fan1." .@
yDu biit 1,idt unfer Diener, fon-
Der Der aigias, e1,tgesnete 8onponia
ben GintriH geifatten2 lln6 spie ee-
@r6cinn. nQber miro man Dir audi
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1945-04-25

SoIge oabon, oaB tpir etnen bon bieien
ebrIoieh eetptiienlofen Menf9en iiber
.uniere S6tpeIle gelaIien boben. 8er'
fludt iei Die @tunoe, ba 8inicit1s nr'
fer &aus betrat. @r fiibrte uns Retro'
MUS 5r. 8ebe iiber 2igia!
sSn ieinem 3orne, ieiner obnntdd'
tigen 8ut uno in ieinem Summer nm
ote 8flegeto9ter 5ii6te er beim Spre'
den nod ftdrfer als eetpobnlt9. @inige
3eit fGmpfte er nit ftb ielbit, nno na1r
oie eebollten SGuite berrieten ben
i6peren inneren &ompf.
v8isber bobe i6 Die @0tter perebrt, 1"
loete ct, raber iebt m06te id faft
gIouben, oaB es gar feline @otter iiber
uns eibt, ouBer oem ginen, oem Der.
ru6ten l1ngebeuer, oas itb Nero
ne1,nt."
uglulus!" rief 8omponia, uNero tit
nur cine Sonobou Staub I'M gergletb
en @ott."
Nulus ging erregt in Ser Btnocos
theca hi numb Der. Seif btSbertges
2eben >por ret6 an 9roBen Saten ge'
toe1en, ober groBes l1ng1iid botte er
|ni6t fennen 9elernt, nno er >por oaber
ni6t ooron getp0bnt. gr liebte 2tgio
inniger, o1s er fi6 ie1bit betpnBt tpar'
uno iebt fonnte er it6 ni6t in ben @es
confen finoen, oaB ct ite perloren Bot
te. 8uoem fiib1te er lif geoemiitigt.
Sic Sano, oie arf ibm 1aitete, bera6-
tete er, auein ct fiib1te nur 5n gut, bob
1re mG6tiger mar, als Die feline.
9lls es linn enblid gelungen &par,
ben 3orn 5u eritiden, Der ietnen @e-
oonfengong it0rte, iagte er: SD glau>
he ni6t, baB 8etroniuS fie fir ben
Sal ier beItin1mt bat, 90 er ftb i6tperltb
goppGa 3ur~ ~Seinoin MAIDEN tuiu. @lio
nobm er Dos MGo6en enttpeoer fir it9
1elb1t ODER fir 8tnicius =. Seute nod
ion mir &larbeit bariiber tperoen!"
8alo oorauf lteB er ft6 in ieiner
GGnfte na6 oem Salattnus tragen.
Bomponio ober begab iid gu Dem tlet'
ren Mulus, oeien Erdnen I'M bic
G6me1ter nod nt6t beritegt poren nno
Ger forttp6breno Orobungen gegen ben
&oi1er ous1tieB.
6iinftes &apitel
gu1us batte ri6ttg bermrtet, er
tpuroe i'm &aiierpalaite ni6t porgeloi'
Icn. Mon beoeutete i'm, Der @aior itbe
1idb inn @eiang nit oem 2outeni6lager
Tcrpios, uno er pflegte iiberbaupt nur
o1eienigen gu empfaneen, Die er ielbit
berufen babe. SSn onoern 8orten, slu'
lus m0ge au6 in 3ufunft fetnen Ser
iu6 MAIDEN, i'm 5u ieben.
Seneca bingegen lit 5tpar geraoe
OIL Sieber, en1pfang aber ntdtsoeltotpez
niger Sen olten Selbberrn NIT aller
ibm gebiibren6en gbrfurdt. Do6 o1s
CT borte> nm tpas es fi6 banoelte> bra6
er in bitteres 2a6en aus uno iagte:
SD fann Sir nun einen Dtenit er>
tneiien, ebler @lautius, in6em idb Dem
Sd Jar niemols 5eige, 6aB mein .Ser5
Mnteil on 9einem S6mer5e nimmt,
ODER baB i6 Dir eerne belfen m06te.
Denn ser eeringlte Argtpobn 6es &ai>
iers III bieier Sinfi6t tuiirbe i'm oobon
abbalten, Dtr 2teia 5uriidaueeben, 1no
pore es au6 nur aus Dem @runbe,
mir einen Soften 51l iptelen."
Iu6 riet er 6abon ab, ii6 an Sigel.
linus. an 3otinius ODER on 0iteIIinus
Evening star., 1945-09-10
On the Record
By Dorothy Thompson

have had during the war, and think
better guess is 100000 to 5000 900.
But again wage rates affect job de-
mand. Where the chief breadwinner of
the family has relatively high wage
and an outlook for stable income, his
children go to school longer and his
wife does not go out to work, SO the
demand for employment is reduced
What veterans fear is that the war
workers will have gathered the cream;
that with their return there will be
slump in employment and lowering of
wages. Mr. Baruch is entirely-and
historically-correct in pointing to the
social danger in such situation, where
veterans might easily become the prey
Of demagogues.
The original impetus to both Fascism
and Naziism came from demobilized
and disillusioned soldiers.
The United States, with production
released for consumption, is fully able
to raise the internal purchasing power
to the figures suggested by Mr.. Davis, if
free of labor management strife
Furthermore, great increase in in
ternal consumption will ease interna-
tional economic strains.
For the whole world not only admires,
but also fears American production.
Most countries, and especially Great
Britain, must export or die; exports are
the only means of financing essential
imports, especially now, when Britain
has used up for the war itself her bal
ances abroad. Normally speaking, ex-
ports pay for necessary imports The
relation between potential exports and
necessary imports is out of balance in
abundant America, and although freer
tariff policies can modify this situation,
they will rot basically change the fact
that America has surpluses of every
thing except certain raw materials. and
that the tendency of modern techno-
logical industry is immutably toward
the production even of it's own raw
materials.
So far. it seems to this writer that we
are weakest in our international eco
nomic planning. Certainly American
long-range prosperity and progress will
be strongly Influenced by the world
situation. A rise in the standard of
living everywhere would be greatly to
our benefit and the prime promoter
OF peace, but we are not showing much
imagination about how to accomplish it.
Evening star., 1945-09-10

apart from strategic considerations;
the question Is whether there will
be economic justification for large
scale synthetic production If cheaper
sources are available to us In Asia.
Moreover, in an international sense,
we must give thought to what will
happen to the economies of British
Malaga and the Dutch East Indies
main producers of the natural prod
uct-if the United States, the great
est prewar buyer, imports only a
minor fraction OF its prewar aver
age. Mr.. Snyder's instructions to
the new interagency committee
clearly indicate that all such aspects
OF the situation are to be thoroughly
explored.
Evening star., 1945-09-10
Singapore

The people of the British Com
monwealth OF Nations have been
accustomed to regarding Singapore
as a symbol of their power and in
terest in the Orient. Even more
than Hong Kong, the metropolis of
the Straits Settlements represents
the imperial cause in its worldwide
aspect. The British made both cities,
created them out of their own
colonial genius. Inevitably, they met
some criticism, encountered some
resistance, yet it is only fair to say
that their gain has been mankind's.
Singapore grew in the middle of
a swampy island OF the southern tip
of the Malay Peninsula. 1t was
nothing but name when an agent
of the British East India Company
established a trading post there in
1919. Five years later the Sultan of
Johore granted the merchants a
concession which in theory, If not in
fact, covered the entire 224 square
miles Of marshy territory on the far
side of the strait. The settlement
developed as a free port and pros
pered accordingly, Traffic from east
and west moved in a constantly in
creasing stream through the harbor.
Gradually the jungle was cleared,
the original town expanded, new
residents arrived from China, India
and from all parts of Europe.
Modern principles of engineering,
sanitation and business were intro
duced. The climate remained hot
and damp, but the community even
tually achieved condition of health
and well-being exceeding that of
many northern towns.
Meanwhile, the strategic signifi-
canoe OF Singapore was recognized.
1t stood at vital crossroads OF the
empires communications system
and was key to Australia and New
Zealand as well as to Burma, Ceylon
and many points west. Defenses
justifying the title "the Gibraltar of
the East" were constructed along the
coasts and on nearby islands. The
naval base of Seletar was equipped
with all the facilities regarded as
necessary for q station Of its char
acter. It was the japanese absorp-
| ton Of Siam or Thailand that gave
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have afforded an excellent starting
point for the same committees to con-
tlnue an examination of the whole
basic structure of our foreign and mill
tary policy, with view to making rec
concentrations for the future.
committee entirely composed of
members of Congress cannot work this
out as well, at least cannot do it with
as little intrusion of partisan considera-
tions, as can a committee of nonpolitical
individuals.
1t is of the greatest importance that
the Pearl Harbor Committee should
have expert advice, and that is hard to
get because If the Regular armed serv-
ices are drawn upon for the purpose, the
officers concerned must always be think.
ing of the views of their superiors, and
rejecting how what they say and do,
be they ever so impartial, may affect
their careers in future. Even If Re-
serve officers can be used, still service
loyalties are very strong and can in
f1uence mans thinking.
Yet on the other hand it is obviously
essential that the investigating commit
tee should have at hand some one who
can ask the proper questions. For
example, if it was considered that the
water in Pearl Harbor (about As feet
in depth) was too shallow for effective
airborne torpedo attack, why was the
British Mediterranean fleet able (on
November IL, 1940) to carry out highly
successful attack of this type against
the Italian feet in the harbor of Taran-
to, in AZ feet of water?
And if they are assured that Admiral
Kimmel's decision not to carry out dis
tant reconnaissance was sound, the COM
mittee must have expert guidance in
finding out whether this is really true,
or whether the underlying reason re-
fleets upon Admiral Kimmel's judgment,
or upon those who failed to provide
him with what he considered the neces-
sary means or whether some one Just
failed to make do" with what was at
hand.
The point to be kept principally in
mind is that there is now no necessity
for scapegoat. What is needed is the
unvarnished truth, not in order that
regulations may be blasted or protected,
but in order that the Nation may be
more secure in future, in Q world where
insecurity may carry with it far greater
penalties than those we suffered ct
Pearl Harhor In December, l941.
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