Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 November 1942 — Page 11

Cororassional Action Asked on Charge

By Rep. Maas We're Losing War in Pacific

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communiques and ‘were so technical as to have no actual effect on the moaaing of the speech.” ; Fresident Roosevelt, asked about Representative Maas’ charges during

his press conference this morning,

said he did not even know the Minnesota Republican had made a speech. : Representative - Haas, speaking over a Columbia Broadcasting System network, said that “if Japan wins this war—and she ‘has won it "unless we can carry the war to her and drive the Japs back to their original islands and deprive thei

of their fantastic new empire—the

end of western civilization is here

now.”

Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg (R. Mich.) told reporters he was “perfectly amazed” at the story told by Representative Maas. J “THe chargesare serious,” Senator Vandenberg said, “and there ought to be a conclusive answer. Col. Maas’ statement is a typical example of the things that should be dealt with by a joint congressional committee on war co-opera-

tion.”

Senate Democratic Leader Alben;

W. Barkley of Kentucky refused

comment, asserting he had read only the headlines on Rep. Maas’ speech. 3 Rep. Maas said that, despite the lesson of Pearl Harbor, there is still no unity of command in the Pacific. And he added that there could be none “until there is first unity of command’ over our army and navy in Washington.” Mr. Maas, an aviator in the last war, spent. four months in the Pacific on active duty as a marine corps colonel. He is the ranking Republican on the house naval affairs committee. - Since his return to Washington a month ago, Rep. Maas has discussed with President Roosevelt, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox and Admiral Ernest J. King, commander-in-chief of the U. S. fleet, the conditions he found on his tour. Rep. Maas asserted official communiques had described serious defeats as victories and cited “the naval disaster of the night of Aug. 8 in the Solomons when four heavy cruisers were sunk by the Japs— three American and one Australian.”

He referred to the Australian cruis-

er Canberra and the U. S. cruisers Vincennes, Astoria and Quincy, sunk off Savo island. “Even though our forces had warning many hours in advance,” Rep. Maas said, “we still were caught totally unprepared. We suffered a disaster that night second only to Pearl Harbor, but worse in one sense, since this time we had advance warning in time to have been prepared. “The Japs struck that terrible night with almost unequaled daring and with perfect precision, inflicting major damage on our navsl forces in Tulagi harbor. “The Japs, with only three cruisers and several destroyers, struck in the middle of the night, caught our fleet literally asleep, opened up with their deadly attack, and were gone out of range of our guns without ever even being fired upon by our ships. -“The whole thing was over In eight minutes, leaving thousands of men helpless in the cold waters of Tulagi harbor, an unbelievably large number of dead or wounded. It was hours later before the last survivors

were picked up.”

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CLARK'S WIFE

BORN IN STATE

(Hero of African Expedition Married Muncie Girl;

Lived Here.

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Dr. McCormick's son is a medical officer and the junior Lemaux is now in an officers’ candidate school upon

Gen. Clark’s recommendation. Mrs. Clark was Maurine Doran of Muncie. Her mother, Mrs. M. A. Doran, was one of the pioneer clubwomen af the state and took part in D. A. R. and Republican political organizations in Indiana for ga quarter of a century, : She is here today with her daughter in the Clark apartment, Mrs. Clark was educated at Northwestern university, and during the first world war drove a Red Cross ambulance. She met her husband

here in Washington where th married. ye

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN ALGIERS, Nov. 12 (Delayed) (U. P.).—Maj. Gen. Mark W. Clark was reported today to be engaged in ‘exhaustive negotiations with French leaders with the reported objective of establishing “a popular front among the French.”

Besides the son, Bill, a plebe at the oS, military academy, the po; S have ta 16-year-o Amn, y 1d daughter, The young general was born to the army, being the son of the late Col. C. C. Clark. His mother recalled here that she has had the role of ‘army wife and mother during three wars now. In world war LI her young son, Mark, whom she calls by his middle name, Wayne, was shortly out of West Point and severely wounded in France. “We had no word about him for 25 days,” the mother recalled. “We thought that was the end.” . It Was after the war that he married and while a captain he spent four years in Indianapolis assigned to the Indiana National guard. “He was made a major there,” his wife recalled.

July, 1942, Lieut. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, commander-in-chief of

When he went to England in.

Becomes Hero

‘General Clark

AFRICA IS ROUTE TO BERLIN--PATTERSON

NEW YORK, Nov. 13 (U. P).— Under Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson said last nfght that control of North Africa was a part of a hemispheric program to encircle Adolf Hitler an dprovide springboards for invasions of German soil. Speaking at a dinner, he’ said the chief significance of allied North African operations was that they marked the passing from the defensive to the offensive. He predicted that Tunis, capital of Tunisia, and Tripoli, the biggest remaining axis stronghold in Africa, soon would be in British and American hands.

VICHY MAY SAY “NO” LONDON, Nov. 13 (U. P.).—The London Daily Mail reported today that according to a reliable European source Adolf Hitler has offered to restore all pre-war French frontiers except Alsace Lorraine and to respect the. French empire if the French fleet will co-operate ' with Germany. The source added that it was unlikely that the Vichy government would accept the offer.

the American forces overseas, an-

nounced that Gen. Clark would |.

command all ground forces. He was a major general then. Because of his successful African mission, , President Roosevlet announced his promotion yesterday.

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1ATUR AIDS bl IN FILLING JOBS Bradshaw Also Co-operats

To Avoid Breakdown in Office Functions.

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tion get started without serious interruptions in vital departments,” Mr. Sullivan said. Others to Get Help “There will be many more city employees leave in the next few weeks and I will follow the ,same policy in order that new employees will have an opportunity to learn their jobs gradually without disruption.” - The same policy is being followed by Judge Wilfred Bradshaw of juvenile court. A vacancy occurred last week in the court’s staff of probation officers and Mark Rhoads, Republican judge-elect, was asked to name a successor. Mr. Rnoads recommended Mrs. Hazel Osborne Jordan, who has been a social worker here and in Columbus, O., for 10 years. Judge Bradshaw appointed her immediately. /

Want Democrat Workers

said.

remember that soon after her family came to this new land her father went to town and came back and announced that now they were American citizens. Everybody .-was pretty happy. And it wasn’t until a few years ago that she found out she really “didn’t belong.”

She Began to Study

So she began studying the lessons, to be learned by citizens-to-be. They're in a thick book and the copy. Miss Kuhn clutched had been handled so much the cover was missing. It was “dog eared.” This morning, she kept turning to certain marked portions to read them again. “I've learned some by heart,” she proudly proclaimed to an’ interviewer. “Can you recite the preamble?” Well, this native-born American could make a start, but couldn't end up . letter-perfect like Miss Kuhn. . “I can repeat parts of the Declaration of Independence, too,” she

And she started saying some of it over, under her breath, just so she wouldn’t forget. She didn’t seem to realize that

Mr. Ostrom said the G. O. P. organization would attempt to get’ some of the specialized Democratic workers at City hall and the court house to stay on the jobs. . He said an auditor in the board of works office who has sérved under Democratic administrations for) many years will be urged to stay despite” her resignation -effective, Dec. 1. : en “We will make every effort to start the year with efficient operation despite personnel - shortages,” Mr. Ostrom said.

Need Personnel Director

“We need an expert personnel director for this work, but since we can’t get. one we’ll have to select workers the best we can,” he said. “If the situation gets too bad I'll hire a personnel director out of my own pocket.” “ Soon after the election when Republicans defeated nearly all incumbent Democratic officials, it became apparent that mass resignations would impair operation of the

government before new administra-

she was really on the last lap in her efforts toward citizenship. The oral examinations, questioning, etc., were all over now and the oath and the issuing of the papers were just about all that remained. But she took the book with her

tors could get staffs organized in the face of serious manpower shortages. Most of the government depart= ments already were badly crippled by personnel shortages due to workers leaving for better paying war industry jobs and loss of the election was the spark that touched off a general job-hunting exodus. However, most of theyDemocratic officials said they hoped ‘to be able to hold sufficient staffs together for efficient operations until Jan.”1. Joseph Tynan, chief deputy county recorder, has asked two employees who resigned this week for new jobs to work at the court house during leisure’ time to help keep records up to date. They agreed. Other county officials adopted similar tactics to keep government business operating.

into’the court room. It had originally only been loaned to her,

fully said to an interviewer one day. So they gave it to her."

“I /haven’t skipped any parts of it,” little Miss Kuhn declared, “be-

would ask me. Anyway, I wanted to know everything.” ~~ There were stories you could almost read in the faces of ths others, too.

Came to Escape Hitler

There was a brother and a sister from Holland. John Slof and his sister, Wilma Hetenvan, came to this country four years ago. They lived in Heerenveén and John was in the service in Holland. They anticipated Hitler's march into their one-time homeland and came here to be with an uncle. Now, John works in a defense plant. Both have married U. S. citizens. “It’s the greatest place we've ever been,” they chorused. Judge Baltzell made a brief talk. He questioned the group closely about any affiliations with groups like the bund. How many were buying war bonds, he wanted to know. All hands but one went up. That

been injured and out of work for 18 months. “You are receiving an honor in becoming a United States citizen,” Judge Baltzell reminded them. And little Miss Kuhn, in her

her head. “And squeezed her rabbit’s foot.

NOGUES PRAISES U. S.

NEW YORK, Nov. 18 (U. P.).— Resident Gen. Charles Nogues of Morocco was quoted by the Rabat radio last night as issuing a state=ment which stressed the close ties between France and the United States, according to a BBC broadcast heard by the Columbia broad=casting system today.

DIES IN FALL OFF CRANE

MICHIGAN CITY, Nov, 13 (U. P.). —George Murray, 55, a crane opera= tor, was Killed instantly yesterday when he suffered a fractured skull in a fall from the crane’s run-way to the roof of a building.

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