The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-26
OCCUPATION MAY
. LAST MANY YEARS
Confined from Page One)

The Japanese Ministry or COM
merce and Indsutry in its first re-
port to Macarthur said raids mast
ened Japan's collapse, cutting ma
chinery production this year to
nearly half what it was in 1914 and
shearing off oil and alcohol out
out almost two-thirds.
Macarthur statement on t b
length of occupation was in the
form Of an elaboration of a signed
article by Ted Dealey, president OF
the Dallas, Tex, Morning News, IN
which the Supreme Commander
was quoted as saying the Army
of occupation might be withdrawn
in six months IF we are not too
ruthless and cruel"
A headquarters spokesman said
this impression was incorrect,
and what he (MacArthur) said
was that occupation forces, under
favorable conditions, could be re-
duced to minimum size in SIX
months
He has stated" the spokesman
continued, that the occupation IT.
self might last many years.
Qn Dallas, Dealey said the
quotation he used was copied from
diary notes which he made a few
minutes after he and other pub
fishers lunched with the General
in Tokyo earlier this month. He
added that the question probably
revolved around what Macarthur
meant by an Army of occupa-
tion.")
The Nippon Times said Ameri-
can authorities had notified major
Japanese moving picture producers
that their output must be tied to
the broad program to make Japan
more democratic.
The order approved pictures
showing peaceful reconstruction.
rehabilitation, racial tolerance,
and those tending to encourage
free speech, free political activity
and freedom Of labor unions.
The ban on militarism was ex-
tended to the news reels, which
must stress pictures showing a
faithful execution of the terms OF
Potsdam.
The occupation of Aomori might
have made a good news reel for
the Japanese, because 1t was
peaceful enough.
Green-clad soldiers of the 81st
Infantry Division which fought at
Palau splashed through the surf
with fixed bayonets. Destroy
ers and cruisers lay off shore
ready to open up at any sign OF
trouble, while planes snarled over
head.
The troops were met by lone,
middle-aged, grinning japanese in
terpreter.
1t. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger
said the suspected japanese war
criminals were being shifted from
Yokohama prison to Camp Moa-
tox on a tiny island in the bay be-
tween Tokyo and Yokohama be-
cause 1T was good enough for
the Americans and think it is
good enough for the Jap"
He said the prison would be dis
infected, but otherwise it would be
left the way it was when American
captives were lodged there.
Eichelberger was considering
whether to put TOTO and the mem
bers of his Pearl Harbor cabinet
in the uninviting camp.
i Former Foreign Minister Shige-
nori Togo still was too i'll from a
heart ailment to be moved from
his home in Tokyo. Nobuyuki Abe,
deposed Governor of Korea also
wanted by Macarthur remained
under guard at his home in Tokyo,
where he is ill.
Inosuke Foruno, president of Do
mel, said that three major Tokyo
dailies were considering organizing
new Japanese Press Association
and it would be impossible to
make both ends meet with h S
agency now shorn of it's govern
ment subsidies.
If the board of directors meeting
later this month votes to dissolve,
there will pass from the japanese
scene powerful agency which for
the last 10 years has been the
chief news and propaganda source
in the nation.
Prince Takamatsu, second broth
er of Emperor Hirohito made his
sympathy plea in statement he
read to American correspondents.
His answers to written questions
were regarded as only the type
of propaganda which the Cabinet S
Board of Information wishes to
spread. The board itself arranged
the interview.
Japan should regain her right
full place in the community of ma
tons by stabliizing her nation
al life and inaugurating a healthy
society,"" the Prince said.
He thought it necessary to en-
courage freedom of speech" saw
"the granting of women's suffrage
as welcome tendency and was
Optimistic over the future de-
velopment of democracy"
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