Evening star., 1945-08-10

quit last winter with Hitler still
ruling"
An Army chaplain now working
in the Walter Reed wards entered
in the discussion. II was prisoner
of war Of the Japanese from Bataan
until last September. I'm q minis
ter Of the gospel and / hate to see
lives lost, but feel that II We let
Japan end the war with Hirohito
still in power We would have lost
the war of ideas, and another war
killing millions OF men would fol-
low"
Pvt. Aristy Clemeno, shipping
clerk from Ipswich, Mass, now
being fitted for an artificial leg,
said: "It's not my fight any longer.
The fellows you should be talking
to are the ones on Okinawa, but
speaking from here I'd like to see
us go on fighting until we blow Ja-
pan off the map"
Same. Reaction Found.
All the men had their earphones
on listening to the radio.
On downtown streets the reaction
was the same.
Make 'em eat Recommendations
surrender Cornelius Smith, a
truck driver, 2120 First street NV,
told reporter.
Two Marines on leave from Camp
Lejeune, N. c., said that If only for
the sake OF Marines who died at
Tarawa and Saipan, Japan should
be made to accept unconditional
| terms.
"The Marines deserve that, don't
you Think" said Pvt. Tom Ellis OF
Kansas City, Mo-, and Pvt. Howard
Haney, Brookfleld. N. j.
Grandmother Hits Soft Peace.
A grandmother, Mrs. Elmer Blak-
Ier, 30l Wesmond drive, Alexandria
Va, said If the Allies did not make
Japan behave now. her grandchil-
dren might have to fight the war
all over again in few years. De-
spite the fact that a son in the
service may have to 60 overseas
soon If the surrender is not &C
cepted, Mrs. Blaker was in favor
of sticking to the Potsdam condi-
tions.
WAVE Yeoman &c Loretta Micka-
losky said the Navy deserves ar
unconditional surrender, too.
"The Navy will have to do lo'
of the work keeping the Japs ir
line. We ought to have things oul
way" she said.
A barber. r. z. Backenstoss, 3114
Quebec place NV, declared, "Ws
wouldn't have let Hitler or Mus.
solini stay in power. Why thai
monkey?"
A naturalized Japanese, Diechirc
Uyeno, a stamp dealer, said he
thought the surrender should be un.
conditional. He added, however, that
his former countrymen worship the
Emperor SO much that they might
prolong the fighting unless his po-
sition was guaranteed.
Cites Religious Significance.
A liquor dealer, Sam G. Marmel-
stein, TIC Tewksbury place NV, saio
the Emperor had such religious sig
nificance for the Japanese that per-
haps it might be better to accept the
Japanese surrender with their con-
dition attached.
A Labor Department clerk with 9
husband on his way home from Ger
many, Mrs. Stephanie Petrovski
1889 Eighteenth street NV, sale
THAT even If it meant her husband
fighting another war in the Pacific
she thought the Japanese should
surrender Internationally.
| A veteran Of four years overseas
service, S/Sergt. Richard Peterson
Erie, Pa, said the Allies would never
get anywhere keeping the peace Il
they could mot even make Japan
end the war according to Allied
conditions. r 80 t~..sf
A waitress, Mrs. Idabelle Flowers
2l321a H street NV, said:
Il don't know much about 1t. But
it seems to me we ought to make
them do what we say
why, those Japs ought to take
what we say, and like 1.-THE En-
peror, too," said Al Cordez. as he
passed another case Of beer into the
back of his truck.
| At the United Nations Service
Center those interviewed were al
most unanimous in the opinion that
the Jap offer should be rejected.
! Elmo Little, Navy air gunner OF
Seattle, said: He should be tried a.
war criminal, because he coulc
have stopped the war in the begin
ming. He has the greatest influence
on the Jap people"
THE Allies should accept only un-
conditional surrender" was the COM
ment of Pvt. Richard Nyhus, Mason
City, Iowa.
Ccrpl. Helene Hervey, East st
Louis, ILL.,, a Woman Marine, said
Il don't think the Emperor should
be kept"
Should Accept Surrender.
Sydney Dorset, executive assist
ant manager of the center, said,
however:
"If that is condition of immedi-
ate surrender, it should be accepted
to save American life"
Other comment at the center in
cluded:
Mrs. A. j. Valentine, $3.50 Thirty
ninth street NV, an information
clerk whose son James is in the
Army: "The Emperor should be
punished as war criminal"
Richard He4frick, Navy aviation
machinist's mate, Crestline, Ohio
"The Emperor is only a flgurehead.
We should accept the Jap surrender
offer"
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