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Tongue of Little Japanese Teacher
Freed For First Time In Generations

anese knew the score before the
end came and is not afraid to say
so now-even though his watchful
gendarmes an d thought police"
are still all about him.
Our Emperor in his rescript
told us to cooperate and not make
trouble. In Tokyo, at least, there
were very few suicides. There
may be some, but l am sure not
on any large SCALE" said Kasuga.
So much, too, for Tokyo's story
last week that Inundated Japa-
nese were committing mass hara-
kiri in front of the palace.
Then Kasuga said a significant
thing. Asked by O'Malley what
American prisoners of W were
fed, he said the government did
not let any such information reach
our ears. We know little or nothing
of prison camps"
Now it is probably true that they
did not knoW-very much. And it
is also generally true, that no Jap
anese dared lift his voice in in
quiry, much less protest, about
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Your CT Rights s: ;s: :s':''

position. However, if there exists
a position which you are qualified
to fill, of like seniority, status and
pay to that of the position which
,ycu held at the time you entered
the service, you should be assigned
to that job.
g. Are members of reserve corps
units entitled to preference for Jobs
in the Federal Government?
A. Yes, upon furnishing proof
that they have performed active
duty for other than training pur-
poses and have been honorably sep
arated from such service.
@. Who has the authority to de-
eide whether 1 am fit physically
IT, return to my former Govern.
merit job?
A This responsibility rests with
the appointing officer. Denial of re-
instatement in a job for 4 physical
disability must be on the grounds
that the disability makes perfor
nance of duty impossible, Or re.
duees job efficiency to a level be-
low what is normally acceptable.
@. Does the son of man killed
in action get veterans preference
for Government jobs?
A. No. Preference may be grant
ed only to veterans, their widows
and wives.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-31
Save More Paper

The Junior Chamber of Commerce met with
fair success in its waste paper collection last
Sunday The total was not up to expectations
but showed that Wilmington people and its
suburbanites were still saving paper, despite
the end OF the war.
Waste paper drives cannot be abandoned just
vet. It is advisable, then, to warn the COM
rnunity that sooner or later another collection
day will be set, and it would be an excellent
idea for the boarding to be started now so that
the Jaycee's ambition to top 100000 pounds
may be realized, for their own satisfaction and
the country's need.
w. Thomas Hoyt, chief of the WPB salvage
division, has announced in Washington that
There is still an insufficient supply OF waste
paper to meet our anticipated packing require
noants. Volunteer efforts must be maintained
Until commercial facilities take hold
That tells a lot. Primarily it says that in
supplying our occupying forces in Germany
and Japan, there must be plenty OF reprocessed
paper for containers, or some OF our men will
60 short, particularly men in hospitals will go
short on medicines and surgical dressings and
special canned foods needed for their speedy
recovery.
II Once more we point out, as we did in con
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-31
Pearl Harbor Reports

The reports on the Pearl Harbor attack,
which President Truman has made public,
place the chief blame upon General Marshall,
the Chief OF Staff; Admiral Stark who was
chief of naval operations; Corden Hull, then
Secretary of State: Maj. Gen. Gerew chief
Of war plans division of the War Department;
Rear Admiral Kimmel, naval commander at
Pearl Harbor, and Maj. General Short, Army
commander at that time.
Marshal is blamed for failing to keep Gen
eral Short fully informed Of critical develop
ments; Admiral Stark for not keeping Admiral
Kimmel properly advised; Secretary Hull for
not telling Secretary of War Stimson of the
ten-point proposal he had presented the Japa-
nese ENJOYS at Washington after scrapping the
Army Navy proposal for three-month truce;
Kimmel and Stark for using bad judgment.
Although Secretary Of the Navy Forrestal
has ruled that Stark and Kimmel are not again
to hold any position in that department in
volving responsibility no recommendation Tor
further action against anyone involved is pro-
POSED in the reports. Official investigation Of
the episode that precipitated the Pacific war
AN'~~ y
historians, delving into departmental records
and private correspondence, will be able to
fill at least some Of the gaps laymen find in
press accounts of the reports and philosophers
and critics will draw their own conclusions.
For our part we feel chief blame rests most
upon the State, War and Navy departments
and the Executive branch Of government but
in lesser degree, for failing to effect necessary
cohesion and cooperation in face Of the i'm
pending emergency. Obviously Marshal, Stark
and Hull were not acting entirely together. It
was the Chief Executives duty to see that
they did, but President Roosevelt is to be
exonerated, save in this single particular, for
he did put them on warning that the japanese
probably would strike within forty-eight hours.
1t would be supposed that with this alert"
from the Commander in Chief at conference
when all the others were present, would have
brought immediate cooperative action and the
Army, The Navy and the Air Force at Pearl
Harbor would have been ready to combat the
Japanese when they came, instead OF being
caught Oft guard. Was it, perhaps, that Presl-
dent Roosevelt did not have the full confidence
of his subordnates, and that they viewed his
warning with skepticism, considering him as
merely what the children call "scary-cat?"
However this may be, it is obvious that the
men in positions Of chief responsibility did not
work with the unity of effort and harmony
that the situation required.
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condition among prisoners - and
that's assuming that the japanese
people thought about them.
The Imperial gendarmes and the
Army authorities who ran the
camps enjoyed not only the famil-
lar immunity of Japanese militar-
lists but they ruled the people with
such terrorism that merely to be
suspected of thinking about what
went on could be a crime.
Such off: Gals ruled in an aura
of secrecy and frightfulness which
compares very well with the oper-
ations of the German Gestapo.
They had been doing it longer, and
were if anything more practiced
and sure of themselves than 90
Nazis.
Kasuga San, in h S generation,
ha~ had little chance to overthrc.1
this state of affairs. How they
came about is not entirely a mat
ter of the present. The real causes
lie partly buried in the past, in
the complex of things that went on
both inside and outside Japan
to make her what she has become
today,
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The Literary Guidepost

But when he breaks away from
background material and states his
conclusions, his account rises to a
level of dramatic interest unusual
in history books; he speaks his
mind bravely and persuasively.
European peasants, he says,
were worse off in many respects
in 1889 than in 1941. Overpopula-
ton checked their economic devel-
opment. Oppressed by wealth or
royalty at home, neglected by west
ern Europe, culturally backward,
they had no chance to enjoy, or to
appreciate even from afar, a DEM
ocratic government. On the other
hand, they were not persuaded by
the Nazis, or by conservatives in
the democracies, that communism
is the big bad wolf.
Seton Watson reports COM
munist Russia enjoys considerable
prestige in Serbia and Bulgaria,
Siovakia and Croatia, and among
Szechs, .C1ovenes, Hungarians and
Roumanians. Admitting that the
peasants may not understand just
what communism is in Russia, he
claims they are sympathetic to
what they think it is. And he does
not see why they shouldn't be since
they have so little to lose in a world
which has treated them badly.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-31
BY JAMES D. WHITE
Associated Press Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 3o.-The
tongue of grey little Japanese
school teacher was freed in Japan
today.
He spoke through an American
correspondent, Richard K. O'Mal-
ley Of the Associated Press.
Let US listen closely, because
this apparently is the nearest thing
to the common man of Japan talk
ing we have heard so far. What
he thinks-on the basis of what ne
knows or doesn't knoW-about the
war may be more important than
the vague rescripts of his Emper-
or, the sudden self criticism of
some of his militarists, or the
groupings Of his regimented press.
Hideyoshi Kasuga, instructor in
English at the h gh school of Meiji
University and now serving as an
interpreter to Japanese surrender
ceremonies at Yokosuka Naval
base, modestly confirms Admiral
Nimitz' statement of yesterday
that the war was won the hard
way.
After the fall of OkinaWa, said
Kasuga, 1--WE knew that our fate
had been sealed; we knew that the
war was lost"
So much for Tokyo's claims that
only the atomic bomb and Russia S
declaration of war did it.
I'VE had been deceived before,
and never knew of our reverses in
the Philippines.
Since January, K su 6 a said,
Tokyo had eaten only rice and
beans and peas. No meat or fish.
Wearing a baggy grey suit and
button shoes, the teacher went on:
Our people are detected, but their
hearts are warm. I am sure no
one will attempt to make trouble. !"
Later ne said: I'VE know the war
is lost; there is nothing left to do
but to cooperate and act correct
w."
Just how warm" the hearts of
the Japanese people are today re-
mains to be seen, but it is refresh
ing to learn that at least one jap
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COUNTER
C0UR7ESIES viii.
RETURN SHORTLY
BY ARTHUR EDsov

WASHINGTON, Aus, m NV
Pretty soon; no more V ss,. e.
the lass behind the count ss nom
The boss is fed up with 'S h..
hlm) too, Just as you are "'' ="
,,, That's the good word TO-DAY g.,
Walter Morrow, president NJ nom o
American Retail Federation VI ii.
he says that, along with eIsc...
irons and innerspring matt r.es,,l'
courtesy soon will be bact ,'' e
nations stores. W Ill III.
And that's not all. There Nil,
such added services as once aal J. "
deliveries, gift wrapping, eyts s,s',
credit and bigger retail store rsl'.s'
in the newspapers. sc'
The wartime restrictions
rapidly being lifted. They'll h. a. y
fairly soon. So will the retsii. Oh
The Office of Defense Tr rsr,,,,'
tation drops its delivery h., y,''
vember /. Relaxed credit sba ~,
be coming along. Big. iuicv Wy
will wait on: ."
l. Something to sell.
2. The end of the new,c,i,.
shortage. p''"
cts a funny thing about Nj,
BUSINESS unused Morrow in =,
interview. "Retailers made mo,s.
in this war for two reasons TN,
did an immense amount n, b,,;
ness, and they cut down on fl,
services they once gave their ~,
toners.
Nov the OPA has put a.
squeeze on us with its ceiln,
prices, so much so that manv ,
firm won't be able to break even
You wouldn't think that in ths
face OF that we would return {,
services that will cost us plenr
would you?
But we will, we will"
Morrow said there's simple ey.
PLANTATION for this. The fellow
down the street decides the way
to make money is to do lot, Of
business.
And the way to do lots Of busi.
ness is to advertise a lot and 20
in heavily for special wrappnss
easy credit plans and other Gus.
toner ticklers.
So he does.
So everybody does. They hay.
to, if they want any business.
As for courtesy, some trend a.
ready has been observed.
A filling station attendant has
been caught red-handed cleaning
windshield. A sure sign d
peace.
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Federal Judge Uphold,'
Rights OF Vets 10 J''

NEW YORK. Aug. 3O.-Vs ,,,s,l,
eral Judge Matthew Ill.,. i, n %, VI:
erans TODAY in decision {gLss,,
in test stu case brought by Abtan'r
Fishgold, a forne- servlG 1ors al
gainst the Sullivan Dry r5p.oootlyr
Repair Corporation Of Bf''' s',ir,
The case involved in .5ss3s uie
of veterans seniority f.g 81
the selec' i've Service Ac'' 4, ID.
company's counsel, AOr seshis pitt
clared there was no al an we .sta'
about ala, the act that took the WV
''. "Th his Act now saves the s vsi'ih,
his pension his insurance .sid.
Social Security" ADrozzo 81 intend.
In In my opinion, CONGRESS IS I r;ga,
ed to give the veteran cs Ill into
he left when he was aassed BY
service and the statute peaoIIectia
Congress supersede!s. c0D
BARGAINING contracts
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-31
Still Don't Understand

Every day the Japanese offer new evidence
that they do not believe they are defeated.
The latest example is the announcement by
the Tokyo radio that they are getting ready
for an election which they propose to hold
Lefore the year ends. This can be interpreted
only as indicating the Japanese refuse to ac-
cept the fact, obvious to the rest of the world,
that they are not in control of their govern
nent They do not understand that Hirohito
is allowed to remain not as actual emperor
but only as liaison officer between Supreme
Headquarters and themselves.
When the Allies, on the advice Of General
Macarthur, consider the time ripe for an cleo
ton, an election will be called, and not one
day before.
It is not intended to interfere with normal
life in Japan during the occupation, but it
certainly is also not intended to allow the
japanese to take political action OF any kind
until the military group has been disposed OF
and the danger Of further war making is
eliminated.
There is much to be done in the home
islands before an election will be permitted.
The japanese war lords and their war in
dustries must be wiped out in advance; JAP
anese armies scattered throughout the Far
East must be disarmed and employed in
peacetime pursuits, and the incentive for con-
quest stemning from belief that the Japa-
nese are a superior race fitted for the ruling
of other peoples eradicated from the arrogant
upper classes.
Tbao has ro$or A9feefAd Hyhe
japanese have won a right to govern them
selves in peace, there will be time enough
for the occupying powers to consider extend
ing to them some of the privileges the Tokyo
radio and belligerent elements in the popula-
ton are now claiming as their due.
With the surrender completed on Sunday
and MacArthur's headquarters probably set
up there instead of at Yokohoma, where they
are at present, it is to be expected that
Radio Toxic will no longer be the Japanese
mouthpiece, nor will such men as their Gen
eral Ishihara, adviser to the East Asia Fed
Grafton, be able to throw out such warllke
declarations as the one attributed to him yes
terday when he warned the Allies not to use
EARNED might in attempts to force things
on the Japanese people. He may be sure that
if General Macarthur finds the use OF armed
strength the only way in which ne can carry
out the surrender and occupation program OF
the Allies he will use it without batting an
eye.
1t is to be hoped that the occupation may
be peacefully carried If it is disturbed the
Japanese and they alone, will be responsible.
The japanese will find it to their advantage
to accept the reality of defeat and deport
themselves accordingly.
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EDITORIAL COMMENT
PROTESTING DUTCH"

For some centuries we Hollanders have been
burdened with the totally illogical and unde,
served denomination of "Dutchmen.' UP till
1914 that might have been called very queer
misnomer but since the Deutsche (German3
people showed their true cunning the woro
"Dutchman'' is not only a misname but a
more than painful offense for us. Therefore
gould most urgently request YOU to use that
horrible name no more. and to use instead
the substantive ''Hollander'' and the adjective
"Hollandish" &c. J. j. Valette, Of ReeuwjJk,
Holland, in letter to the editor OF the London
Times.
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New House OF Commons
To Have Unique Systsn

LONDON, Aug. 3.-P)-Brl'sIm sn
new House of Commons 10 repre- y,
the historic chamber destroyer ~. y
German bombs will have ul ~.
air-conditioning system by WIN. ..
control engineer will wa'ch ". ".
members through a perlscops ~, ~
regulate the temperature u o n,
them comfortable, it was ailllON'
ed today. u..
The architect, Adrian GlIP \,
Scot, did not elaborate I. IN NM,
necessity for installing a pellst M.
nor did he specify how 'ns ~ n,
neer would be able 10 tell WIFE, ,,r-.
members needed cooling Oh w.
ing, as the case might BE-
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-31
BY DOUGLAS LARSEN

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.-Here
are some questions from former
Federal employees in the service
and veterans who are interested
in getting on the U. S. payroll:
@. AS veteran, what rights do
1 have for reinstatement in the
Government if my former job has
been reallocated, or reclassified
while I was in the service?
A. If your former position has
been re-evaluated to higher level
without substantial change in
duties and responsibilities you are
entitled to all benefits OF the reallo-
cation. If the position has been re-
aliocated to a lower grade without
substantial change in duties and
responsibilities, you have manda-
tory right of restoration to that
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nection with the Red Cross appeal for nurses
aides, that though the war is over, the "dura-
ton is not. As long as the duration" con-
TIMES we ought all save all the paper that
comes into our homes or offices - not oily
newspaper and magazines, but scraps that find
their way into waste baskets, and cartons.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-31
FIREMEN SAVE STORE

TRENTON, Aug. 30.-New Bern
firemen sent pumper truck here
to assist in fighting fire which
burned the second foor of the gen.
eral merchandise store of Pelle-
,ier and Weeks. The second story
was being used as residence. A
nearby warehouse was saved, as
were also the grocery stocks from
the store.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-31
Civilians To Go Short
On Shirts, Pajama Suits

NEW YORK, Aug. 3o.-R)-
Civilians will have trouble find
ing shirts and pajamas until tn.
spring of 1916 at least, Max Lowell,
execu' i've secretary of the National
Association of Shirt and Pajama
manufacturers, predicted today.
And those available will be of
limited selection because they will
be produced from fabrics made
before VI Day, he added.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-31
THE BIG ONE GOT AWAY

Prophetic indeed is the Encyclopedia Amerl-
cana's description of the horsefly as usually
large robust" Our all other pests turned
up their toes when DOT was SPRAYED on rattle
at the University OF Missouri's farms .as'
ta.1s .hsrr t,,,;,,r. ~ d;srnav. strongly rem
ini.s.a+ - ~ t;ta th;. varnoit inf1icts on bare
HID 81 ~. n1d su;n, ming hole.-Chicago SUM
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QUOTATIONS

Our nation has been fortunate during this
war in owning automobiles which have h .e.s
developed to provide such nigh degree Of
and long life.-Jo6n OSWALD
General Motors Corp. 0'"a'o'
Safety OF lying personnel and the public
will De protected if planes are not f1nwn
over cues. except in direct emergenciesM
BioomlnR!oa' ILL.,, Paragraph,
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.sCOTCH-INDIAN CATTLE.

The iberia Livestock Experiment station at
Jeanerette. La, has bred Brahman bulls 10
Aberdeen Angus cows to produce high mild
producing stock that will prosper in hot eli
mates Tod daet more than 400 calves have
been born-Middle American Information Blu
reau
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TRAINS

All trains are badly overcrowded these days
alas, the trian of editorial thought
Times.
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Fair Enough

Editors note.--The Star and the News
accept no responsibility for the personal
views of Mr.. Pegler, and often disagree
with them as much as many of his read
ers. His articles serve the good purpose
of making people think.)
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WITH ACCENT

Mai Celment Attlee went into office as La
Dor prime minister carrying Oxford accent
Indianapolis Star.
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Women's clubs existed ns .
fore the United States 0e''''
nation.
The Valley settler., 1945-10-05
N EWS |TE MS

Roland Snodgra s has been passi ne out cigars to the men and candy to-. the ladies the past few days. The occasiOn----1ook in, the Hospi tai News first item.
 We unders tand from very reliable source u at a request has been made for GA reservati ons in the new hotel for next summer during the' months of July and Angus t. Bus ines certainly looks promi ing.
 L.c. Stock has purchased farm about ; mi le south of Palmer.A yet there is only a cabin on this land Due to the change of time back to Standard Time from War Time, one pc ople found thems Ives working an hour that they could not find. Wilbur Loss ing has been di 8 charged from the United States Army. Rev. B.J. Binele Is in town this week end.
 The Farm purchased by L.C. Stock va the former Arvid Bergs trom place. Mr. Stock has house that he intends to move onto the place. He will try and get his basement ready this fall.
 Boys who have become 1o since the beginning of school should file requests for postponement of ind-, ct
The Valley settler., 1945-10-05
F.S.A. MEETING IN .1oLL,ER

F.S.A. MEETING IN oAL,ER On Friday October 5, I.M.C. Nn6ers on and Howard Bert ch were in Palmer for the purpose of appointin hnd setti ng in mo lon a. Local F.S.A. Comittee. Those appointed to the c ommittee are: Harold L. Thuma ,Merle Ander on, and Frank Linn. The local
 cormi ttee received their ins truc- t ions from the F.S.A. at a meeting he Id wi tn Don L. Irwin today.
 ----------.------
 George W. Gasser, Territorial commi ssi oner of Agri culture, has been in Washington DC. conf ferring with authorities there on Ala ska's hgri cu1 tural probl ems.
 Smith: "Do you believe a rabbits Foot can brine good luck?"
 Brown: "Some times, yes: My wife found one in my pocket once and she thought it was a mouse."