Detroit evening times., 1945-09-09


gloom.
The hotel is a hundred-year-old
building the one-time summer
White House of President James
Buchanan-in a section between
Altoona, Pa. and Cumberland
Nd, the Carlsbad OF America.
GET TOP SERVICE
From nearby Bedford. Pa, the
Department Of State recruited
gardeners, work crews. bellhopS,
char,bermaids, cooks and wait
resses 10 serve a gang Of Japa-
neSe admiralS. generals, colonels
and navy captains who, by claim
ing diplomatic immunity have be-
come wards of our government
nj So a day and 50 ration points
per person per month.
They are moi military prisoners.
according 10 Edwin A. Plltt. head
Of the special war plans section
Of the department Of state, but
diplomatic internees.
Contrasted with the horrible
conditions experienced by 1t. Gen.
Jonathan NJ. Wainwright, who
was hit repeatedly by Jap SEN
tries, and the 10 high ranking
army and navy officers. who were
forced al bsyonet point 10 work
In a Jap prison camp-were
stripped and Inundated IN public
parade-our meticulouS diplomats
selected a resort hotel famous for
its health waters in the shallow
belief probably that by being nice
20 war criminals their Tokyo
leaders will be good 10 US during
the occupation.
JUST A COMPARISON
Wainwright's men received no
Red Cross packages, but our war
department commisSaries sen d
trucks from Washington and Bal
tirnore with nouriShing food 10 be
prepared by American chefs at
the mineral water spa.
This first-rank war criminal
lineup came over from Europe 10
New York on the liner Queen
Mary.
Air conditioned Pullman cars
carried the honorable Japanese
guests - about 80 of them - 70
Cumberland. Md, where chartered
buses and trucks carried the cap
tives and unlimited quantities Of
personal effects TO the mountain
valley retreat.
No one was placed in the holds
Of freight boats, barges or oil
tankers. and none had 10 walk
100 miles over dusty, hot roads,
prodded with bayonets, as in Man.
churia.
EVEN HAD CASH
The Japs arrived with hundreds
Of fine leather goods pieces, golf
bags. walking sticks, tennis rae
Quets, lap robes. radios, fine tweed
suits and overcoats. perambula-
tors and $4,000 in American cur
rency.
One appreciative Jap tipped q
bellhop with a $50 bill; others
tipped with S. greenbacks.
Unlike internment camps under
japanese control these arch Axis
plotters have newspapers. maga.
zines, ping-pong tables. shuttle.
board, card games, organized
childrens sports. Four hundred
pounds of ice a day is provided
for warm weather drinks and re-
frigeration.
Expert American medical at.
tention is given, (although two
japanese doctors are among their
group and pints of perfumed hair
tonic and oil are available. with
q special merchandise concession
for kimonos, shoes, clothing and
drug store items.
FOOD PLENTIFUL
Two complete meals are furn-
ished, cafeteria style, noon and
night, with dairy products, cereals
and fruit juices for breakfast.
A japanese language paper, the
Rocky Shimpo. is sent 10 them
from Denver, Col. publication Of
flee. National Geographic is fsv-
ored for general reading When
the internees found old copies OF
magazines with Pearl Harbor dis.
aster photos our honorable guests
produced magnifying glasses tc
inspect the damage which they
% toyfully celebrated in Berlin
Dec. s. l941.
Prior 20 the Jap occupation the
u. s. Navy conducted 4 radio
training school in the rambling
old hotel. The floors had no rugs
but our diplomats thought the
japanese were entitled 10 them
Somewhere in the State Depart
nnent budget American taxpayer
paid for rugs from local Bedforc
stores and additional furniture.
The state d epartm ent say'
radios are not permitted, but
learned that on surrender night .