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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-02
The Deep Silence
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4 House during the Roosevelt regime.
Ed Kennedy prevented the peace
with Germany from being buried
In q barrel Of caviare. But q few
robins do not q spring make. Pots
dam has been another example OF
journalistic tripe dished out BY gov
ernmental press agents.
The American people do not
know what IL going on. They have
hardly an idea Of what IL happen
ing to the billions Of dollars that
they have been giving to their gov
eminent. They do not know how
much OF that IL being handed to
foreign countries and for what pur-
poses. They are suffered TO accept
what their government and other
governments want them to know.
II 10 the Russian, not the American
way.
The voluntary censorship OF the
press was never intended for any
thing but matters related TO mill
tary security. II never could have
been meant to cover up the errors
of government officials, the incom:
petence of military officers In
Washington, general extravaganza
and profligacy. Mr.. Roosevelt dis.
liked American newspapermen and
kept them from the news, with the
result that some Of the most I'M
portant political items during the
war were released in London while
still secret from the American peo-
pie. The American press protest
ed but II did not breach the volun-
tary censorship because 1t feared
! even more the institution OF a gov
ernmental censorship. The radio,
which lacks the traditions OF free
Journalism, increasingly avoids dis
cussion OF controversial subjects.
II. v. Kaltenborn. Walter Winchell.
Drew Pearson, and Fulton Lewis,
Jr., and q few others still night to
speak what they choose. and we
should support them even II what
they say may not be acceptable to
YOU and me. The press need never
become enslaved to government
policy and decision AZ radio has be-
come. The voluntary censorship
has outlived its usefulness and
should be abandoned.
Il Is true that Stain does not
understand our form OF freedom.
The Russians have time and again
protested against free American
writer's who speak what they be-
lieve to be true. The most vicious
attack was made on w. L. White
whose Report on the Russians.
Is an excellent example Of the best
American journalism and even the
mild Walter Lippmann evoked Rus
sian ire. There 10 no reason whv
the Russians need to understand
US: there is less reason why we
should sacrifice an iota OF our
liberties to please them. II we
have to degrade our freedom OF
the press to please Stain even az
ter the European war, then Stain
had better be displeased. II volun-
tary censorship or involuntary CEN
sorship, which in my opinionc ONE
to the same thing, has to be con-
tinuel because Stain objects to the
truth being uncovered by competi-
tive free journalism, then Stain.
not Freedom Of the Press can with
greater safety be ignored.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-02
SideIights on The News

! da chieftain OF the Emperor, would
blame miscalculations on the Navy,
with which the Army has been at
odds for years.
A japanese officer does not trans
late humiliation in our terms.
Scratch the surface and you will
nnd a primitive mind, especially In
the military. He would die In COM
bat or kill himself for his failure
to protect his God Emperor.
Few japanese heard the surrend-
er terms. The declaration was 70.
layed from Honolulu and Saipan to
Japan by radio. This owl effort
sounds impressive but the radio
method is ineffective In reaching
japanese masses. An estimated
500 short wave sets are govern
ment controlled. The average list
ener has no short wave and II he
did. he wouldn't dare use II. Con-
troll OF a Nip's thoughts Is so
thorough that radio stations as
near as okinawa would be nearly
useless.
We told the japanese that parts
Of their territory would be occu-
pied. To accept, would mean a
bitter loss OF face.
We mistakenly told the Japa-
nese they could retain Hokkaido.
This island Immediately north of
Japan must become a permanent
U. S. base.
We told the enemy that after be-
ing disarmed they would be per-
mitted to return home. am
certain that the commander-in-chief
OF japanese armies In China fears
that upon surrender his men would
face immediate massacre by Chi
nese students. peasants and sol.
diers. l suspect that Point Ten
on war criminals was agreed upon
by the British Foreign once and
our State Department to avoid In
clusion of the Emperor as a war
criminal.
The Allies told the Japanese TO
guarantee freedom of speech. re-
ligion and thought. Freedom Of re.
ligion would be impossible unless
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-02
rHE DEEP SILENCE

In the days before we knew any
thing much about telephones. tele
graphs. teletypes, television. re-
porters set out 10 get the news
without heed to danger OF the opin.
ions OF the great concerning what IL
good for the people to know. After
all, that was something for the
people themselves to decide,
Now a deep corruption has taken
place in journalistic practices. In
stead OF the British and American
conception OF freedom OF the press.
which makes II a moral crime for q
a reporter told the truth or lied,
the news, we have succumbed to
the Russian conception OF Journal
ism which is that the press and the
radio are organs OF the State. exist
ing TO publish only what those In
power care to have the people
know. We used to assume that IL
a reported told the truth or lied,
the free-for-all competition In journ-
alism, unhampered by censorship
and government interference.
would ultimately bring the truth
to the surface. The history Of
American Journalism. going back to
John Peter Zenger and running q
straight and clear course since his
day. has been a struggle among
brave men to uncover the truth that
all may see.
That has not been true in this
war. The news has been CONTROL.
ed; the truth has been curbed. AL
ready two secret agreements at
Yalta have been disclosed by Bert
Andrews OF the New York Herald
Tribune. Westbrook Pegler has
opened wide the sluice-gates to
doubtful practices in the White
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-02
THEY say

Pearl Harbor-Real Adm. vii.
liam P. Blandy, commander OF Pa.
cihc Fleet cruisers and destroyers,
scotching rumors OF an early peace:
The war is not near over as far
as anyone knows"
London Prof. Harold .LaskI,
British Labor Party leader outlin-
ing the plans OF the New London
government: I'VE are going in q
Straightforward, orderly fashion, TO
socialize stage by stage the owner
ship OF the vital instruments Of pro-
duction."
New York-P. X. Yost, Jr., east
ern manager of Lockheed. referring
to sensational speeds Of the Jet
propelled planes of the future:
Within Is years we will be at
tanning speeds OF a thousand miles
an hour in transport vas well as
military planes"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-02
Nv lanes r. YOUNG

AlI JAMES ~ AO1ANN
The Three Power l3-point sur
render term package rejected by
Japan would be interpreted by To
kyo commentators as just another
bundle OF Anglo-American-Chi
"insincerity and lack OF proper un'
derstanding". TO use a term IA.
miliar in Japanese newspaper Ian
guage.
The Potsdam warning was our
fifth In IL years. We first told the
Japs to halt their 1891 Manchurian
invasion. A pre-mediated attack
sank the U. s. gunboat Panay at
Marking in December 1887. Fol-
lowing that we pulled back the ears
OF Japan's burr-head militarists,
then let them 90 with their usual
bowling apology.
On Nov. 26. 1871. We handed the
laps a ten-point proposal which
Ambassador Joseph c. Grew des'
cribed as being "a broad gauge
objective and statesmanlike docu-
ment". We offered practically
everything IL japan would stop her
aggressive policy. President Roose-
Welt sent a triple priority message
Dec. 6, 1874. telling Hirohito that
his leaders were sitting on a keg
Of dynamite. Our latest ultimatum.
Point Six. somewhat paraphrased
the pre-war notes.
The language In these messages
carried explosive contents. can
think OF no Japanese who would
dare to translate them, literally, TO
the Emperor.
found glaring omissions in the
Potsdam document Had Japan &C
cepted, we would not have won the
peace.
Japanese officers at Imperial
Headquarters must have bristled
when they read Point Four-that
they were self willed militaristic
advisers whose unintelligent calcu-
lations have brought the Empire OF
Japan to the threshold OF annihila.
tion." This group. the Uyeda gang,
headed by a veteran old line pro-
fessional soldier from Manchuria
who is now the iron-flsted propagan'
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-02
T. HAT TER and
- q Fact or two

IT'S ODD. points out zadok
Dumkopf, how quickly a tree
leaf can change from a thing Of
beauty on the limb to a con-
founded nuisance on the lawn.
1!
One thousand bees weigh, to-
gether. one pound - newspaper
item. And its Betcha Dollar
Dyer who wants 10 wager they
can whip their weight in wild
cats.
I! I
Another hing those postwar
planners should Do something
ubsvf ere those chronic eighth
place baseball elvbs.
/!
Some slunlxs, according 10
Photographs, consider live hor-
nets an edible delicacy. In this
csse-just who Is the victim?
A.!
Grsndpsppy jenkins says the
kids think he's telling q fairy
story when he. relates how. in
his day. the usual sffer-schooI
snack consisted Of . piece Of
buttered bread literally spriH-
HE'D with sugar.
!
Jap sir force about knocked
out, according TO some rspsFfs.
A. lost, Il seems, the Son Of
Heaven Is about 10 be grounded
/! !
In certain areas Of Africa the
natives use large, fat stones for
coins. In those spots q fellow
can't throw his money around
without hurting somebody.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-02
DRUG USEFUL

East Lansing-AP-The use OF
penicillin in veterinary medicine
has been most successful in the
treatment OF mastitis, an udder
infection in Dairy cattle, c. 3.
Bryan, head OF the surgery and
medicine division OF the Michigan
State College Veterinary Depart
ment, declared today. He said
"penicAlin has proven" to be the
least Irritating ''' agent thus
far studied and its use causes only
a slight drop in the milk production
Of an animal"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-02
Your Health
Operation Found
For Congenital
Heart Ailment

AANoA @hAAAAANHN
By HERMAN NJ. BUNDEsEN. NJ. q
SOME months ago, we told our
readers in these columns Of new
operations devised for treating
defects of the heart present ut the
time Of birth, known as eongen-
ital defects. In the past, no form
Of treatment was available for
these conditions which in any way
alleviated them. Now, operations
have also been devised for diff
ferent types Of eongenital heart
defects.
Two Of these conditions are
known rs pulmonary stenosis and
pulmonary atresia. Pulmonary
stenosis means narrowing Of the
opening through the pulmonary
artery. Babies with these eondi-
tions are called blue babies" be-
cause when they are born they
suffer from cyanosis or q blush
color to the skin due TO lack Of
oxygen in the blood and tissues.
Pulmonary Stenosis
In pulmonary stenosis, there 10
a narrowing of the blood vessel
which leads from the heart to the
lungs and this means that Insult
Gent oxygen gets into the blood
to be carried 70 all the body
tissues.
Doctors Alfred Blaloek and
Helen B. Tausig Of Baltimore
have operated on three children
with a severe degree of pulmon-
airy stenosis and all of the pa
tients seemed to have been greatly
benefited. In two instances, in
both Of which there was . deep
cyanosis, the condition diminished
or disappeared and the general
condition Of the baby improved
in proportion.
Operations Differed
The operations carried out dif-
fered in detail. depending on the
type Of defect present. Even
though these children were not in
good physical condition and were
suffering from q lack Of oxy-
gen they seemed TO withstand
the giving Of an anesthetie
satisfactorily.
The operation consisted Of
uniting 4 branch of the aorta
which is the large blood vessel
coming from the heart, with one
Of the pulmonary arteries which,
rs / have said, passes from thu
heart to the lungs. When cyan
osis is present for q long period
Of time, there is an increase in the
number Of red cells in the blood
as well as an increase in the
amount Of hemoglobin or eolorinx
matter. 1t was found that in the
patients operated on, the number
Of red cells decreased following
the operation and that the hemo-
globin also leseened in amount.
Furthermore, laboratory tests
showed that the amount Of oxy.
gen in the blood was greatly
increased.
OF course, this type Of opera
ton cannot be used for all con-
genital heart defects, but it would
appear that in those conditions
in which there is q blocking Of
the pulmonary arteries, q salts
factory operation can be per.
formed which should result in
great lengthening of the patients
life.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-02
cosTs EXCESSIVE

Lansing-Miehigan's 10000, 900
state building program virtually 10
at a standstiil because Of "exces-
sive" building costs. A. N. Langius,
state building director. declared to-
day Langius said bids on projects
now ready for construction are run
ming 20 to IS per cent ahead Of re-
vised 1s45 appropriations. adding
I'VE are going ahead with plans and
specifications but we certainly
don't intend to release Jobs at pres
emit prices"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-02
Fifty Years Ago

The Cleveland Club which defeated the Ypsl.
antans by nine points last week will play
the future
In spite Of the much lamented hard times business nsu
tons OF Hpsanu seem TO be in condition
factory running full force factory has
much business conveniently managed The usual
force numbers about S. The wooden mill taking
new operatives and to have
lack Of business
Death James Thompson S. the OF his SON
in-lav, Henry Miller.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-02
HlJRT IN CRASH

Lsnsing-Waltsr Taylor. 81. Ian
sing, a student pilot. and Dorothy
Lecureaux. rs. also Of Lansing, an
instructress, were slightly injured
Wednesday evening in the crash OF
. two-seated plane at the Lansing
City Airport. State police said the
plane crashed from a height OF
about 100 feet when the ens'av
ataliAd
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-02
Half Forgotten Days
Twenty Years Ago

Eleven friends Boughner Physical Training
department the Normal College apartment
png her her birthday Later they Pennsuar Grove
and enjoyed beefsteak dinner.
Mt and Mrs Ray Fletcher and and
tanned II guests at dinner the Fletcher cottage Portage Lake
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-02

less We destroy gao shinto shrines,
occupy 70 palaces OF the emperor,
level 30 major cities and pledge
ourselves TO prevent so much 40
an imperial regency.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-02
One-Mnute Test

i. Which Of the following must
cal instruments are classified as
wind. percussion. brass and string
instruments: Bassoon, tuba, vo-
loncello. tympanum!
2. What brilliantly eolored
North American bird II cousin to
the crow and raven7
3. What have the following In
common: ketch, felucca, dhowf
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-02
TO "STYLEH CAP

Detroit-Howard A. Darrin, inter.
nationally known stylist and engi.
neer, was on his way today to the
Pacific Coast where he will style
the Kaiser, product OF the new.
ly former Raiser-Frazer Corp. Oar.
rim recently completed designing
and styling OF the Graham Paige
Motors new automobile, the "Fraz.
err.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-02
Today's Horoscope

Today's Horoscope
II you are celebrating q birth
day today. you are forcefui.
warm-hearted and sasy.going.
You have executive ability and
flexible mind that adjusts itself
to change. You are q fluent
speaker and attract others with
your vivacious personality. You
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-02
Rural Events

SATURDAY
Plttsfeld
Ladies' Aid, Gilbert House. 227
N. Grove st., potluck dinner, 1880.
Members, former members, and
families TO furnish table service.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-02
Words of Wisdom

True hope IL swift, and files
with swallows wings: kings II
makes gods, and meaner crea-
lures kings.-Shakespears.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-02
Hlnts on Etiquette

After the brides father has
given her away. he slips into the
pew with his wife. either in the
aisle seA or slipping past her so
that the mother may Be nearest
the bride.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-02

greatly love comfort, ease and
luxury. Your intimate talents
can be expressed wildly II you
make the effort to put them In
the umelight. Do not scatter or
waste your charm, .inteliigence
or Wit. Always choose your audi
enee for Its appreciation.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-02

JAPAN's FLEET, as q fighting force.
Is virtually knocked out, accord
ing to military reports. Third
Fleet carrier planes took their lat
est toll at the Honshu naval base
Of Maizuru when they destroyed
or damaged es surface craft and
227 planes.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-02
One-Minute Test Answers

One-mfnuto Teet AnsWtfB
1. Bassoon. wood-wind: tshs,
brass: uoIoncello, string; tympe-
mum, percussion.
2. The biuejsy
3. All are types Of sailing w.
sells.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-02
BRANCH MANAGER nIEa

Ludington-Walter NJ. Zick, a.,
branch manager OF the General
Electric Supply Co., Lansing, is
dead. Zick died Wednesday at re.
sort here.
Evening star., 1945-07-10
Truman Plan 10 Add
JobIess Aid Benefits
Faces Rough Road
BY the Associated Press.

A rough and uncertain congress
sional course lay ahead today for
Legislation embodying President Tru-
mans plan to broaden unemploy-
ment benefits during reconyersion to
peacetime production.
Chairman Dougnton OF the House
Ways and Means Committee, who
introduced the measure "by request"
of the administration, refuses to say
what he thinks of it.
Representative Knutson, Repub-
lican, of Minnesota. the committee S
Republican leader, predicted its de-
feat.
The legislation would provide:
l. Raising to s25 weekly maximum
unemployment payments to individ-
uals from present averages of SIS to
$l8 weekly varying by States.
2. Increasing to 26, In any one
year, the number of weeks of COM
pensation. Workers In approximate
ly one-third of the States now can
receive no more than 16 weeks of
benefits.
g. Blanketing under unemploy-
ment compensation coverage around
5000, 900 Federal workers and 160,-
600 to 100000 maritime workers. In
addition, agreements could be made
with the States for coverage of
other groups.
The Federal Government would
pay the cost of the increased pay
ments and broadened covefage.
Mr.. Truman asked for such a pro-
gram in a special message to Con-
gress May %, saying that decent
unemployment benefits would serve
as bulwark against postwar defla-
ton" and that workers held to war
production have created "a moral
obligation" on the part Of the Gov
eminent.
Mr. Doughton called the Ways and
Means group to meet tomorrow, with
indications pointing to committee
decision to put off action on the
bill until fall.
Evening star., 1945-07-10
Sunshine Hats
Baseball Game .
At Pacific Base

Baseball games have been called
on account of rain, darkness and
snow.
But Sergt. Red ODonnell, Ma
rine Corps combat correspondent,
reports that a contest between the
Sd Marine Division and Seabee
team was halted on a field in the
Pacific in the ninth inning, with
the score tied, IL, because of-sun>
shinei
1t seems that a glaring sun, shin
ing out of center field, made it i'm
possible for the batter. catcher and
more important, the umpire, to see
the ball.
The teams agreed to meet again
on a cloudy day.
Evening star., 1945-07-10
U. s. Reserve Board Bans
Easier Credit for Veterans
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Citing infiationary dangers, the
Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System has rejected pro-
posal to exempt veterans from war
time credit restrictions on INSTALL
ment purchases.
In a letter made public yesterday
by Representative Eberharter, DEM
ocrat, of Pennsylvania, Board Sec
retary Chester Morrill, said such a
change might drive prices up and
saddle the veterans with debts.
Mr.. Eberharter had urged veteran
exemption from a regulation which
requires purchasers of durable goods
to make substantial down payments
and complete the purchase terms
within a year.
IF as a group they (veterans)
should find upon their return that
the prices of things they desire
were out of all reason they would
not feel that their interests had
been protected. In their absence" /"
Mr.. Morrill, said. He added:
Nor would they find 1t in their
interest If it were made possible
for sellers who would like to be
relieved from this regulation to load
them down with goods at wartime
prices under the lure of easier credit
terms"
Evening star., 1945-07-10
House Opens Inquiry
In Judges Activities
Er the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
A House Judiciary Subcommittee
today opened its doors for a public
airing of its investigation Of former
Federal Judge Albert w. johnson
Of Pennsylvania middle district.
The Judge, whose resignation was
accepted last week by President
Truman, was not present or repre-
sented, at the hearing.
Chairman Kefauver said the hear
ing will continue for three or four
days.
Judge Johnson, 72, and a veteran
of 20 years on the Federal bench,
gave his age as his reason for re-
signing on full pay at $4,000 year.
M. H. Goldschein, committee coun-
sci, opened the session with a pre-
pared statement giving a financial
history of the Williamsport Wire
Rope Co. receivership case, which
was under Judge Johnson's jurisdic-
ton.
When he referred to a hunting
lodge, identified as the T-springs
Lodge, which Judge johnson had or
ganized, Mr.. Goldschein was inter-
:upted by Mr.. Kefauver, who said:
He (Johnson) was the chief user
Of the lodge. Others paid $500 to
join. Practically every one who
Joined was made receiver or other
officer In receivership cases"
Mr.. Goldschein told the committee
that Judge johnson had appointed
his son-in-law, Carl A. Schug, as q
receiver of the Williamport company
in 1882 at fee which the judge fixed
at $1,000 month.
Mr.. Schug later resigned, accord
ing to Mr.. Goldschein, after his fee
was criticized by judges of the Thirc
Circuit Court.
Evening star., 1945-07-10
Salvage Shows
Jap Sailors
Died in Trick
y the Associated Press.


MANILA, July 10.-Sunken Japa-
nese ships in the entrance to Ma
Mia Bay have yielded evidence that
their crews we're duped by their own
command into a suicide mission.
Four ships were sunk in the Japa-
nese attempt to block the narrow
passage. The second was being re-
moved today by crews under Com
modore w. A. Sullivan Of New York,
head of Navy salvage operations.
Bodies have been found on all
ships" Commodore Sullivan said.
Apparently the Japs either sent
out suicide crews or the crews were
duped into thinking they would
have time to get off before the ships
were sunk.
"It is necessary in such an opera
ton to sink the ships quickly when
in place, to avoid drifting. The crews
might well have been told they had
plenty of time to get off after set
ting their demolition charges and
have been duped by having the
charges explode Immediately"