Evening star., 1946-01-09
Troops in Japan
Warned Against
Demonstrations
Colonel Threatens Jail
To Men Who Sing We
Wont to Go Home
By the Associated Press.

YOKOHAMA, Jan. 9.-Ameri-
can occupation forces were
warned today that "subversive
forces will take their cue for
sabotage plans from our future
after provost marshal
he had broken up a
"hothead demonstration" of SOL
diers protesting a demobiliza-
ton showdown.
1t. Gen. Charles P. Hall, acting
commander of the 9th Army, sent
this message to his troops through
the Army newspaper Stars and
Stripes:
The japanese people watch with
interest the first indication of a
general breakdown of morale and
discipline beginning to show up in
occupation troops.
"Subversive forces quick to sense
dissension in the ranks, will take
their cue for sabotage plans from
our future actions"
Col. Charles A. Mahoney, provost
marshal of the United States Army
Service Command, who said he had
scattered protesting soldiers on the
arrival of Secretary of War Patter-
son, was quoted by Discharge, a
mimeographed paper, as saying: IF
you want lace panties, I'll get them
for you" He described the demon
stration as near mutiny."
Message of Gen. Hall.
Gen. Halls message added:
Protest mass meetings at the
headquarters of lower echelons ac-
complish nothing, because all policy
matters on demobilization come di-
rect from the War Department"
1t came as soldiers in this area
called for mass demonstration to-
morrow before 9Th Army headquar-
ters.
Col. w. N Todd, secretary to the
command generals general staff,
said he saw no reason why the meet
ing tomorrow should be prohibited.
Gen. Hall said the redeployment
of 191 .l83 men from Japan as of
December 81 far overshadowed the
53,973 requirements received in the
same period land if this unequal
percentage continues, our forces in
the occupied countries will be left
in precariouS position"
He added that there had been no
reduction in the amount of shipping
a1lnnotQI a for tho ~ q 0F
troops during January and that
eligible men would be redeployed
according to plan.
Col. Mahoney disclosed he told the
demonstrators who met Secretary
Patterson with cries of I'VE want to
go home" that you are insulting a
man who was a soldier before you
were born
L told them to stop or would
take steps to break it up inlmedi-
ately," Col Mahoney said. asked
them if they were soldiers or Boy
Scouts"
Better GI Than You Are"
Discharge, circulated among SOL
diers, quoted Col. Mahoney addi-
tionally:
IF you want to go hC.ne Iii take
you home. I'll see that you get to
my Yokohama prison. You're in
sulting a man who's a better GI
than any of you.
Just let me hear you sing I Want
to Go Home again and I'll pick out
two or three singers and personally
take them over to my Yokohama
prison"
Col. Mahoney denied telling the
men. You are acting like a lot of
g. d. babies" as stated in the
paper.
The colonel asserted that soldiers
who gathered in front of the adju-
tant generals building were stirred
up by "a lot of Communists and hot
heads"
The paper said Mr.. Patterson did
not leave Gen. MacArthur's sedan.
Col Mahoney. however, said Mr..
Patterson left the car and went into
the building where soldiers made
him an honorary GI.''
(Mr. Patterson today visited
Gen. Walter Kruger. commander
of the 9th Army, which is soon
to be inactivated. After looking
over installations at Kyoto, Mr.
Patterson left for Osaka and
Kobe.)
Honolulu Demonstration.
At Honolulu last night, 500 SOL
diers staged noisy protest meeting
against the rehabilitation program
in front of post headquarters of
Lit. Gen Robert C.. Richardson, jr.,
who in the afternoon had urged that
no mob action demonstration" be
staged in Hawaii.
The demonstrators voted to send
their views to President Truman. A
larger mass meeting was scheduled
for Saturday.
TIA David Livingston Of New
York City, addressing the crowd
said:
I'VE are here because there seems
to be foreign policy developing
which requires one hell of a big
Army. It's about time we joined
our buddies in the Philippines ano
said Yes, let's occupy enemy coun.
tries but not friendly countries
i He referred to parades and protest
meetings in Manila and other parts
of the Philippines against the gar.
risoning of those islands. One grour
of 1000 protesting GIs in the Philip
pines have voted to finance protes,
advertisements in newspapers ir
the United States.
! At the Honolulu meeting, TI4
; Martie Bernstein of Los Angeles
(See GENERALIZATION, Pg. A-4.