The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-17
Observations
Doom of Japan
Seen by Those
Favoring Planes

seen Dy 1nOse
Favoring Planes
Supporters OF about air power as
means OF Gripping the enemys
fighting ability are certain that
they can knock Japan out OF the
war in the next few months ana
force the empire TO sue for peace.
However, more conservative Of
ficers are certain that Japan's
homeland will have TO be invaded,
and tina the Nips will be defeated
only after their armies are crushed
completely,
The next four months should tell
the story. or at least give some idea
OF what may be expected.
Officers who are directing the
aerial blitz believe Japan's war IN
dustries can be knocked out by
wiping out less than so cities. Con-
sidering that Tokyo was reduced 10
rubble in few raids, this shouldn't
take too long.
Actually, no one know the answer
TO the big question: when will the
war end in the Pacific? However,
the fact remains that in a few
months proportionately more dam
age has been done in Japan than
was accomplished in the years IN
Germany by the Raj and the Unit
ed States Army air force.
Should the Japanese choose TO
fight on, they are certain TO become
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life, because their cities will be
gone.
PRESIDENT TRUMAN is an i'm
patient man when it comes to put
ting the governments house in
order.
II was a common joke after he
assumed office that coffee hours"
those IL a. m. tete-a-tetes-in
government buildings would be in
terrupted by the Presidents pers-
onal presence.
But it is no joke that Mr.. Truman
Is wedding out a lot OF deadwood
personnel and making bureau heads
economic on the use OF public
funds.
The President is in earnest about
consolidating agencies and making
them perform their maximum use
fulness in the government. The
huge bureaucratic empire left by
the late President Roosevelt after
IL years OF unprecedented govern
ment expansion is due for the
sweat-box treatment
The latest of the Presidents
moves concerns federal funds. In
a surprise memorandum for which
the White House offered no explain
alton, the Chief Executive directed
agency heads to take vigorous
disciplinary action" against any
one guilty OF misuse Of public
money.
Mr.. Truman said there isn't much
evidence OF abuse, but just the
same he wants his memo on every
agency chiefs desk Just in case.
LABOR HOPES TO SEE its long
fight against the little steel wage
freeze crowned with success in the
next four of six weeks.
One proposal advanced by labor
members Of the War Labor Board
is making Roadway. It would leave
management and unions free to
negotiate wage boosts above the
little steel ceiling as long as they
do not form the basis for a rise in
prices.
Union chiefs contend that wage
adjustments are imperative to
Offset cutbacks and loss OF overtime
pay. They found support for this
argument in Fred Wilson's recent
reconversion report.
THE HEAT REMAINS ON OPA
on Capitol Hill-and friendly
letter Chester Bowles wrote legisla-
tors didn't cool it percepitibly.
Bowles wrote that OPA wants to
cooperate with Congress-which
brought derision privately from
senators who have been charging
for months that the agency pays
no attention TO Congress" but
makes its own laws.
He wrote also OF his recover
sion plans. That brought a change
from Senate Food Investigating
Committee Chairman Elmer Tho
mas (D) of Oklahoma, that OPA
must be planning to make itself
permanent body.
Tenacious Senator Morse (R)
OF Oregon, wants a special commit
tee set up to look over OPA's shout
der permanently and continuously.
Morse charges that the agency
"reeks with incompetence, and
wants permanent group to inves.
tigate 0PA policies.
All in all. congressional tempers
seem to indicate that OPA's trou-
bles on Capitol Hill were not end.
ed by passage Of the price control
extension bill.