Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 June 1942 — Page 11

FRIDAY JUNE 26, 00

LACK FACILITIES AT SUPPLY PORT

U. S. Has Difficulty in! Unloading Cargoes at British Docks.

By GEORGE WELLER

SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA June 26.—As Americans join in the] defense of Egypt and in prepara-! tions for a second front, the prob-| lem of getting shipments of Amer-| ican men, munitions and supplies promptly and securely to the worldwide fronts for which they are intended assumes ever increasing importance. The surface elements are simple: Axis submarines and planes are trying to sink convoys and are getting too sue- | cessful at it. But there is gfe other, less dra- | matic, but tre-

mendously vital element in the struggle n o w

reaching an acute # stage, and that is t h e neglected] question of where and how fast allied ships can be docked and divested of their cargoes. This is the bottleneck whose character has not been fully explained to the American and British | publics, it is felt here. Shipping] conditions in imperial ports outside of the British isles have been far from satisfactory.

Admiral Land

Face Unloading Delay

The luftwaffe may be unable longer to count upon nabbing American cargoes in transshipment | ports around the British isles. | Blitzes did service in that they forced the British to cut red tape] and learn to unload cargoes more | rapidly. But elsewhere, from the west coast of Africa eastward, American resident authorities under Rear-Ad-miral Emery S. Land of the maritime commission have been faced | with cutting through accumulated inertias of years to get things done] and have not always succeeded in| doing so. | The key of the matter, from the| west coast of Africa to the Suez] and from the Suez to Singapore} has been the fact that British imperial ports are simply not geared to the tremendous capacities now required of them. When allied freighters arrive, loaded with American and British products brought at great risk, they often find that all the piers are occupied. Cranes and machinery are lacking.

Ships Wait In Turn

A freighter must lie in the road-| stead or sometimes off shore, wait-| ing for its turn. Sometimes, there is labor trouble, too. But most frequently, the difficulty is that the! waterfront machinery of the Brifish| empire had badly needed overhaul! for years. As your correspondent pointed ott | in dispatches from the African coast, the situation along Indian ocean ports governing Egypt's defense has so long demanded improvement that the point is now passed where improvement alone is sufficient. What is needed, if Africa is to be saved, is a complete change of administration. In difference to considerations of security, the complete picture of delavs must be withheld. But an instance or two may indicate what must remain unwritten.

Some Improvements

Although criticism has caused some improvements, many ports in the Far East now in Jap hands, particularly Rangoon and Singapore, have been grievous offenders as almost every American or British shipmaster knows to his cost. At Singapore, federalization of the harbor hoard resulted only in more delays and red tape. Amidst the most critical period of the siege the master of a big British freighter remained over a week in the daily-' raided port, unable to get anyone in! an authoritative position to say whether the cargo, which included urgently needed fighter planes! should be unloaded. Finally, forced to choose between saving the ship from raids and continuous delay, the captain unloaded the erates of aircraft and departed with the holds crammed with refugees. U. 8. Creates Base

Partially to remedv the East African situation, the United States has created its own new base for unloading supplies for the LibyaEgvpt war zone, a base which is now apparently operating with reasonable smoothness The Australian authorities have yielded to the Americans some degree of autonomy in harbor activi-| ties. But in Africa, where battles are going less favorably, the American strategists must look ahead to! the time when the price of inefficiency in ports will be increasingly and perhaps erueially high. The | defense of Africa may have to be | ¢ fought down both coasts, from port | * port.

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