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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-10
Battle of the Generals
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 Now the longest of the battles of World War 1T has begun the battle of the generals and who say when the last salvo-cothbound 63O pp. with index will be fired
 Ralph Ingersoll touched it off with Top Secret D laudatory of General Bradley unenthusiastic about General Eisenhower bitter about General Montgomery. Brenton G. Wallace carried it forward with Patton and the Third Army bestowing the laurels of the St. Lo break through General Patton instead of on General Bradley. There is stopping it now. Cam pagn by campaign, the whole will be fought again in the Pacific and in Europe and Asia alike and the thin shades of Causewitz will be summoned forth to speak spectraly for each side of every new conflict
 Why not? The Civil War still rumbles on and the knotty question of whether Longstreet erelct in his delay on the second day of Gettysburg still generate debate enough to melt long standing friendships between experts.
 It's harmless enough academic pursuit, and it may even serve purpose in destroying the censor ship preserved illusion of military omniscience and in sevng for history the glitterng chips of truth from brass bound legend.
 There is single danger in it. Arguing the merits of commander against commander, refighting the battles on block of ruled paper where regiments and battalions become only part of a pencil line the world may forget that victory really belonged to certain Corporal Smith who tossed two grenades into concrete pllbox- that the was lost forever to certain Staff Segeant Jones dead in a foxhoe
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quarters In favor of incoming colonels. It makes no difference how many children the younger of ficers have, they must vacate in difference to the colonels, whose children usually are grown and away. Paragraph of the order states that other quarters will be found for younger officers, but paragraph 2 was revoked orally immediately it was issued. 5. For eign Minister Bevin confided to British Dominion Foreign Ministers at recent Empire meeting that Secretary of State Byrnes was too changeable. We never know what
 policy Byrnes is going to adopt next" Bevin complained. Be- yin, however, is now reported veer- ing over toward closer friendship with Russia. Walter Dilling- ham, long power behind the throne in Hawaii, is out to depose able Governor Ingram M Stain back. Dillingham; is Republican. Mrs. Stainback, Missourian, spits like tigress against anyone who breatheS one word of criticism against fer idol-Harry Truman.
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Diamond Mclean tried to get a house in Hollywood recently, but they wanted $8OO,0O0. Too much, she decided. ''Errol Flynn is sore at me-" says Mrs. Mclean. He got sore over a perfectly triv- ial thing. He gave party in my honor and failed to show up." !. Says Spanish Ambassador Cardenas: T want you to meet my Minister for Cultural Relations. He is really my Minister for Propa- ganda but that is very bad word, so I call it Cultural Relations D. ;. General Eisenhower was standing, rigid, hat in hand, while taps sounded over the grave of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington Ma
 tional Cemetery. Beside him stood
 Mrs. Eisenhower. Few noticed it,
 but as the bugler sounded the last
 taps, tears came to her eyes, and
 her fingers stole over to his.
 (coPyR1cHT. BELL SYNDICATE. INC. 19s6)
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BROWNIE TROOP V
 GIVEN AWARDS AT
 CHURCH YESTERDAY

The B Brownies of Troop No. V, who were not included in the re- cent Girl Scout Court of Awards, attended services at the Methodist Church yesterday and received their awards in ceremony conducted by the Rev. Robert Treat at the close
 of the regular services.
 Brownie Troop No V is the youngest group of Brownies, and is sponsored by the ladies of the Methodist Church. Their awards are medallions for attending meet ings for a year, with gold star for perfect attendance. As the
 medallions have not yet arrived
 the girls were given cards showing they are entitled to receive them when the regular meetings start again in September
 Before presenting the awards, the
 Rev. Treat gave a talk explaining the meaning and purpose of Brownie membership, which is to prepare the younger girls for Girl Scouting
 later. The girls were accompanied by their Troop Leader, Mrs. George Clark. The Brownies who qualified fol
 gold stars include Connie Brown Mary Ann Buchanan, Carla Carter Dawn Chamberlain, Georgia Clark,
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tracks. country clubs and non-es- sential commercial construction, while veterans are left in the lerch. The report points finger squarely at the Civilian Production Administration John Small ad- ministrator as the guilty agency.
 Since the Budget Bureau oper- ates directly under President Tru- man and is responsible to him per- sonally, its findings are in the na- ture of a Presidential rebuke.
 Wilson Wyatt. National Housing Administrator, also is up in arms over the allocation of building ma sterials to commercial construction, rather than veterans. He has taken the matter up both with President Truman and CP Administrator Small.
 Here are some of the most glar- ing things he complains about:
 l. New race track built near Asbury Park, N J., using hard-to- get construction workers plus scarce lumber and steel.
 2 In first five months of 1946 more non-essential, non-housing construction was ok'd by CPA than ever was contemplated for the en- tire year. Local CPA construction boards, composed of building trades people, are largely respon- sible
 3. Building materials have now been bought up by commercial builders, so that veterans housing is set back for about nine months
 4. News leaks ito the trade" per mitted the trade to get ahead oi gover ment regulations. Last March, just before the housing or der was issued, private builders were tipped off in advance and { hurriedly stuck pieces of steel into the ground all over the country These were then classified as fin tegral parts of construction" and on the theory that a building had been started, its completion was ok'd.
 Meanwhile. the boys from fox holes who were looking forward to homes of their own, have to pound the pavements looking for apart ments or else double-up with mo- thers- -in-l law.
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ADMINIsTRATIoN-LABOR DIVORCE?

For the first time in decade the picture of the President of the United States does not adorn the convention hall of the CIO United Steel Workers. Further the convention has heard MT. Philip Murray, President of both the CIO and the Steel Workers blame Mir Truman for pending national anti-abor legislation.
 On this score MT Murray's argument is question able He said that when President Truman asked Congress to pass his fact-fnding bill, he up "the signal for the reactionaries Congress to take the wraps off all the antiabor legislation they had been cooking up since the passage of the National Labor Relations Act" Maybe but to most people 1t looks as though MT John L. Lewis did much in 40 days to fill the Congressional hopper with anti-abor bills than Mir Truman could have done in a month of Sundays and the Maritime Union is finishing the job.
 This however is one of those arguments that will never be definitely settled What is interesting is the question of whether labor and the admnistra- ton are coming to the parting of the roads and, if so what effect this will have the 1946 and 1948 2 elections.
 Even now it seems fairly certain that union members will not mark their ballots for MT. Truman with the almost worshipful enthusiasm with which they cast them for Franklin D. Roosevelt However unless labor intends to stay away from the polls in droves it still is hard to how, in general, it can support any but administration candidates. True there is hopeful stirring of liberalism here and there in the Republican Party, but whole that organiza- ton seems more intent than ever to stand pat M So although the labor politicians getting cooler and cooler toward MT Truman they would seem to be in much the position the man who to the courthouse the other day seeking a
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IRATE SPANISH CONSUL

When the BrooKIyn, N. Y, Chamber of Commerce held it's an- nual dinner the topic was foreign trade and the principal speaker, U. s. Senator Owen Brewster of Maine.
 However, before the Maine Re- publican laid aside his napkin and warmed to his subject one dis tinguished guest nearly walked out on him.
 It was the irate Spanish consul who learned that the flag of the Franco Government was not among the many foreign banners in the banquet hall. Instead, the colors of the former Spanish Re- public were prominently displayed, having been supplied by Rotary International for the dinner.
 The Franco representative almost blew his top when he saw the Re- publican flag, but after much hud- dled whispering, finally consented to remain at the dinner. He was a most unhappy individual the rest of the evening.
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20 YEARS AGO TIT fME EMPIRE


 P those who the Chlkoo there about 20
 radio supply ship Swallow arrived in port yesterday enroue routine inspection officials welcomed to the city by President Allen Shauk and Sec Frank Boyle of the Chamber of Commerce Cable Officer in Charge w Whitman, and Charles Goldstein.
 Biological Survey port Capt K. c. Tamadge.
 Ton brother of Earl Cleveland a visit in the States
 employed Mining had left 
 H. Skinner children left Yukon planning to visit in the Pacific Northwest.
 Weather: Highest, lowest
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Sharon Day, Joann Erbland, Judy Floss, Linda Kassner, Helen Claire Lister, Lorna Dee MacKinnon and Patsy Mantyla, and those who re- ceived the medallions were Kay Fisk, Yvonne Guy, Sandra Junge, Rose May Kronquist, Linda Phillips, Beverly Poole, Margaret Ann Pyle, Sylvia Swanson, Marcia Van Sandt, Burnetta West and Lorraine Will jams.
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MERRY-GO-ROUND

Iranian Prime Minister Qhavam almost fired his Ambassador to the United States last week, but Sec- retary Byrnes intervened and sav- ed him. The American Ambassador to Iran, George V. Allen, called on the Prime Minister at Byrnes' request and asked that Ambassador Hussein Ala not be recalled. For a time, Ala was making statements to the United Nations Securities Council without authorization from Teheran. Mrs Evalyn Hope
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CAPITOL CHAFF

{ Here is how the caste system operates at the Army Base on Gov
 ernor's Island, N. r., Gen. Court
 ney Hodges 1st Army is now trans
 ferring to Governors Island, so an order was issued in advance that younger officers must vacate their
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Mrs. Art Keough, Max Mielke Peter c. Dalgard, Edward Johns Mrs. John Benson, Mrs. Albert Va cura and Mrs. Ben Peterson, all medical patients.
 The Government Hospital admit ted Margaret Austin, Klukwan, and dismissed Peter Johns, Angoon.
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HOROSCOPE "The stdrs incline
 but do not compep
TUESDAY, JUNE II
HEART AND HOME

HEART AND HOME Domestic servants and all others in menial situations are favored under this configuration. This is a good day for planning weddings and anniversaries. BUSINESS AFFAIRS Many who have assailed price re- strictions may have good reason to regret their actions Few believe that price limits are not necessary but the itch for freedom from all controls is inherent in the Ameri- can way of life. Self-denial hurts, but often pays big dividends.
 NATIONAL ISSUES
 There are indications that a new school of isolationists soon will te quietly but energetically busy. Part of the responsibility will be attri- buted to Russias aggressive atti- tude, but the basic reason will be that there are many in this coun- try who are still living in the pre- war world and honestly believe that isolation is not only possible but desirable. They may have a rude awakening.
 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
 The Mediterranean may be the focal point of world attention in the near future.
 Persons whose birthdate this is are promised by the stars: A year of unusual social activity and many new friendships.
 Children born today will be in- telligent, diplomatic, trustworthy and successful.
 Copyright, 1946)
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MODERN ETIQUETTE SoprprA Sg rrr

O. When introducing say ] wish to make you acquainted with Smith?
  vaing introduction S O. It is possible this mpersona.
 How long should of fnauiry A. longer S to maket the inquiry
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Daily Lessons in English v v. L. GORDON

OFTEN NGIsUSED: a person departing country settle permanently elsewhere IMMIGRANT a which native 
 MIsPRoNoUNCED: ogle. NO, as in
 OFTEN MISSPEILED: Surprise ISE not IzE PRIZE. SYNONYMS Last (adecive), final, ultimate, eventual WORD STUDY: Use three
  CALUMNY false malicious and injurious "A probable is the first caumny."-Proverb.
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H05pITAL NOTES

St. Ann's Hospital admitted Govt Day and Mrs. Anna Carlson for medical attention over the week end and dismissed Mrs. Bess Vim,
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LOOK and LEARN 9zy c. GORDON

At what should the average person greatest2
 graduation in Army?
 B. Who Virginia 4 In what did Braddocks B. What story is the epic whaling industry?
 ANSWERS:
 Between 30 years. lieutenant The first child of English parents colony Virginia.
 4. In the French and Indian 5. "Moby Dick, by Melville
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Evening star., 1946-07-21

The majority failures OF these commanders at Haton
"erors OF judgment and not derectons OF duty"
The minority The disaster Pearl Hdrbor rests not
Nth the military officers scene Nth high
1nand in Washington which placed them there
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even though he knew that Washing
ton knew what he had previously
done. In using the words this dis
patch is to be considered a war
warning" every one in Washington
felt the commander in chief would
be sharply, incisively and emphat-
ically warned of war; Admiral Kim
mel said he had construed all the
messages ne had received previously
as ,Dar warnings. Every one in
Washington felt that upon advising
Hawaii the japanese were destroy
ing their codes it would be under
stood as meaning war in any man S
language; Admiral Kimmel said
that he did not consider this intel
ligence of any vital Importance
when he received it.
The War Department warned Gen.
Short that hostilities were possible
at any moment, meaning armed hos
tilities; Gen. Short felt that sabo-
tage was one form of hostilities and
instituted an alert against sabotage
only. Washington ordered the COM
manding general to undertake re-
connaissance; the latter took for
granted that the War Department
had made a mistake and proceeded
in effect to ignore the order on the
basis of this assumption. Gen. Short
was instructed to report the meas
ures taken by him pursuant to de-
partmental orders. He replied that
his department was alerted against
sabotage and that he had effected
liaison with the Navy; the director
Of war plans saw the reply and tooY
for granted the commanding gen.
eral was replying to a different
warning concerning subversive ac-
tivities, at the same time suggesting
that some of his subordinates may
have interpreted the reply to mean
that, in effecting liaison with the
Navy, Gen. Short had necessarily
carried out the order to conduct
reconnaissance.
Gen. Short said he thought the
order given Admiral Kimmel to
execute defensive deployment nee
essarily required distant reconnais-
sance; the commander in chief did
not so interpret the order. Admiral
Kimmel saw the warning Gen. Short
received and took for granted the
Army would be on a full alert de-
signed to protect the feet base.
AS has been seen, an objective
consideration of the warnings re.
ceived by the Hawaiian commander,
indicates they were adequate. But
on the basis Of the disaster, in thu
future adequacy cannot be regarded
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before Pearl Harbor not one re-
sponsible officer in the War Plans
Division of the War Department
pointed out to the commanding gen.
eral his failure to alert the Hawaiian
department consistent with instruc-
tions. AS a matter of fact, it does
not affirmatively appear that any
one upon receipt of Gen. Shorts
reply 'burdened" himself sufficiently
to call for message No. 472 in order
to determine to what the report was
responsive.
6. The maintenance of alertness
to responsibility must be insured
through repetition.
1t has been suggested, in explain
ing why additional warnings were
not sent to Admiral Kimmer and
General Short, that it was desired
to avoid crying wolf" too ofen lest
the department commanders be-
come impervious to the significance
of messages designed to alert them.
The McCollum message, for ex-
ample, was not dispatched for the
reason that overseas garrisons were
regarded as fully alerted. Admiral
Noyes is alleged to have referred
to the proposed dispatch as an in
suit to the intelligence of the COM
mander in chief inasmuch as he
felt Admiral Kimmel had received
adequate information Although the
exact provisions of the McCollum
dispatch are unknown, it would
seem to have been safer practice
to have sent this additional warn
ing to intesify and insure alertness
over a period of time through rep
etition, particularly under the criti-
cal circumstances prevailing be-
tween November ~ and December
7, 1941.
No consideration appears to have
been given to the thought that since
nothing occurred for 9 days after
the warnings Of November 27 there
would be a lessening of vigilance by
reason of the simple fact that moth
ing did occur for seDeral days fol-
lowing such warnings. OF course
this observation has little or no ap-
plication to the Hawaiian situation
for had Japan struck on November
28, the next day after the warnings
the same lack of readiness would
substantially have prevailed as ex-
listed on the morning of December
Z. There could have been no les
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nations security and they must be
on the alert at all times; no matter
how many the years of peace.
AS indicated in the body of this
report, there was a failure in the
War and Navy Departments during
the night of December 6-7 to be
properly on the qui tdue consistent
with the knowledge that the Japa-
nese reply to our Governments note
of November 26 was being received
The failure of subordinate officials
to contact the Chief of staff and
Chief of Naval Operations ON the
evening of December concerning
the first 13 parts of the 14-part
memorandum is indicative of the
business as usual" attitude. Some
prominent military and naval Off
cials were entertaining and, along
with other officers, apparently failed
to read into the 13 parts the impor-
tance of and necessity for greater
alertness.
OF a similar tenor is the remark
of Admiral Kimmel with respect tc
the "lost" japanese carriers-"De
you mean to say that they could be
rounding Diamond Head 20" o.
the observation attributed to Gen
Short with respect to the transcript
of the "Mori" conversation-that il
looked quite in order and was moth.
ing to be excited about.
Editors note: The report ex-
plains elsewhere that on Deem
ber 6, the FBI had intercepted a
telephone conversation between a
person in Honolulu named "Mori'
and an individual in Japan. The
committee said the conversation
indicated the individual in Japan
was interested in the daily flights
Of planes from Honolulu, whether
searchlights were being used, and
the number of ships present at
Pearl Harbor Various flowers
were mentioned, which, the COM
mittee said, could have been an
open code to convey information
about feet movements.
The people are entitled to expec
great vigilance and alertness from
their Army and Navy-whether IL
war or in peace.
8. The coordination and proper
evaluation Of intelligence in time
/ Of stress must be insured by con,
tinuity Of service and centraliza
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conduct distant reconnaissance. He
chose to implement an order which
manifestly he did not understand,
without the presumption that the
man who prepared 1t did not know
what he was doing, rather than re-
quest clarifying instructions. On
November u Admiral Kimmel re-
ceived message beginning with the
words: This dispatch is to be con-
sidered war warning" Every
naval officer who has testified on the
subject has stated that never before
in his naval experience had he ever
seen q dispatch containing the
words war warning; Admiral
Kimmel testified that never before
in his some 40 years as a naval of
f1cer had he seen these words en-
ployed in an official dispatch. In
the same message there was another
term, defensive deployment." which
the commander in chief manifestly
did not clearly understand. In
spite of his apparent uncertainty as
to the meaning Of the message, Ad-
miral Kimmel, 1t can be presumed,
chose to endeavor to implement it
without seeking advice from the
Navy Department.
While there is an understandable
disposition of subordinate to avoid
consulting his superior for advice
except where absolutely necessary in
order that he may demonstrate his
self reliance. the persistent failure
without exception of Army and
Navy officers, as revealed by the in
vestigation, to seek amplifying and
clarifying instructions from their
superiors is strongly suggestive of
just one thing: That the military
and naval services failed to instill in
theiH personnel the wholesome dis
position to consult freely with their
superiors for the mutual good and
success Of both superior and sub
ordinate. One witness, upon being
asked why an explanation was not
requested replied, in effect: We'll,
I have found the asking is usually
the other way; that Is, the superior
asking the subordinate: Such a sit
uation is not desirable, and the serv-
ices should not be prejudiced by
walls OF brass"
10. There is no substitute for imagi-
nation and resourcefulness on the
part of supervisory and intelligence
officials.
AS reflected by an examination Of
the situation in Hawaii. there was
a failure to employ the necessary
imagination with respect to the in
telligence which was at hand.
Washington, like Hawaii, possessed
unusually significant and vital in
telligence. Had greater imagination
and keener awareness of the sig
nificance of intelligence existed. con-
centrating and applying it to par
ticular situations, it is proper to sug-
gest that some one should have con-
cluded that Pearl Harbor was
likely point of japanese attack.
The committee feels that the fall
ure to demonstrate the highest i'm
agination with respect to the int
telligence which was available in
Hawaii and in Washington is trace
able, at least in part, to the failure
to accord to intelligence work the
important and significant role which
1t deserves. ...-.-
IL. Communications must be char