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- Tuesday, Oct. 16, 1945 WALTER LECKRONE HENRY W. MANZ Editor Business Manager

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JON FOR NOTRE DAME ne reading the headlines of an autumn Saturday : Tdi od to the conclusion that Notre Dame

{ just a superlative football team with a college attached, Jet him look again. For many years Notre Dame has been Just as outstanding in the laboratory and the classroom as on the gridiron. 4 * Scholars, of course, have known that. The faculties of other great American universities are thickly studded with the names of Notre Dame alumni, Many of this nation’s most outstanding scientists are proud of their Notre Dame degrees. The thoroughness of its teaching is recognized on every important campus, and in every major research laboratory in this country, The million-dollar gift to the university by Peter C. Reilly of Indianapolis makes possible another great stride forward for this Hoosier institution. Earmarked for advancement of research in chemistry, the endowment established by Mr. Reilly at once puts Notre Dame among the first universities in the world in facilities in this field. Its long and brilliant record of scholarship leaves no doubt that these tools have been placed in proper hands. The products of the research this gift makes possible will be of lasting benefit, not only to the students who discover them, but over the years to all humanity.

MacARTHUR REPORTS . GEN. MacARTHUR’S report to the nation last night was impressive. The occasion was the final demobilization of ‘the seven million Japanese under arms when Japan -gurrendered. ; > The capitulation of such a large force was in itself precedent-breaking. That force had been scattered and divided by the allies, its supply lines destroyed, its equipment almost exhausted, its morale shattéred. Gen. MacArthur explained the major factors in- that defeat, without stressing his own personal contribution of course. Every American should understand how important his leadership was. Among other factors, he quoted the Jap commander of the Philippines, Gen. Yamashita, as attributing defeat to division of command which resulted in lack of co-operation and co-ordination. Gen. MacArthur said allied success was due largely to the use of the separate

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“THE great lesson for the future is that success in the art of war depends upon complete integration of services (ground, sea and air), In unity will lie military strength, We cannot win with only backs and ends and no line—victory will rest with the team.” : Shortly before his speech, the house post-war military - policy committee had asked the joint chiefs of staff for their confidential study of army and navy unification. That 4s understood to include a report showing most field com“manders favor unification. The war department, and the army general staff under Gen. Marshall, approve. The " navy department and Adm. King have been stalling. Gen. MacArthur's declaration should help to speed up congress in this matter. : : ~~ We congratulate him on the extraordinary achievement of disarming and disbanding seven million enemy forces without firing a’ shot and without injury of a single American—surely a record. The wisdom of the allies in deciding to use the emperor and in choosing MacArthur as supreme commander has been proved by results.

LESSON OF THE IFS AS THE full history of the second World War begins to - be told, the word IF looms up in increasingly large and terrifying proportions. Only now are we beginning to realize by how thin a thread this country’s eventual victory hung during some of the crucial and secret moments of that war, Gen. Marshall, in his masterful biennial report, has told of some of the larger ifs. If Britain and Russia had not held out with stubborn courage against overwhelming odds, if the unco-ordinated Axis countries had not made a series of, by now, classic errors, the story might have ' been tragically different. And there were other, smaller ifs—fateful, providential happenings that are both humbling and frightening. 41, in 1934, an Italian physicist had used a piece of tinfoil one-thousandth of an inch thick, instead of three-thous« andthe, in one of his experiments, he would have discov ered the technique of atomic fission and the secret of the atom bomb would have belonged to the Axis. Hitler might still have had the secret if his bigotry had not driven him to deport a “non-Aryan” woman scien tist just as she was about to find the key which did unlock the atom for us. These ifs may carry the inescapable conclusion that God was on the side of the right, and not always of the strongest battalions. But we Americans cannot forever be content to trust in divine intervention. We might also recall that “God helps those that help themselves,” and then give heed to our military leaders’ counsel on the need for national preparedness in the future, ; :

. . » ” “ » 3 EN. MARSHALL is not the first of these leaders to os give such counsel. But none has given it with more wisdone: His words on the subject, of which the following are a brief sample, should be given serious thought by every mature American, as a guide toward a national policy which the people will decide: Pl “We have tried since the birth of our nation to pro-

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only rely on its machine power, that it will not n power. , . . The folly of the Maginot Lines was proved early in the war, but too late to save France. “We finish each bloody war with a feeling of acute ~ revulsion against this savage form of human behavior, and

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*REFLECTIONS—

| Kodiak Isle

By Frank Aston

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.—Navy officials argue that we should maintain a ring of post-war naval bases spanning the Pacific. ; At Kodiak, off Alaska, the navy is now operating a large base. The island measures about 100 by 40 miles and has so many bays that its coast line runs more than 1000 miles. Climate is something like that of Washington, D. C. The island has no snakes, few mosquitos; but it's bedeviled with gnats. It has lots of salmon and raspberries. Salmon run all summer. The raspberries aren't very good. Steak and tomatoes are luxuries, Early settling Russians and Swedes set an example of bathing for Kodiak. . Bathless English, Yankee and French wanderers in the 18th century were ordered to wash. Those who got stubborn about it were forcibly tubbed once a week, as they indignantly reported on returning home.

900 Inhabitants on Kodiak

KODIAK doesn’t hurry. Its 900 inhabitants (not including our sailors) tell time by the tide, Kodiak is called the first white settlement on our northwest coast, Its oldest houses are a faded pink, trimmed in green. There generally is a pink salmon hanging on the fence, Kodiak girls are olive-skinned, sultry-eyed, with long necks. They part their dark hair in the middle and do it in a Russian knot on the neck, Travelers report some local girls are called Creoles and resemble certain South Sea island women in their ardor and in their love of dancing. Dance halls are numerous. Floors are waxed with candle shavings which dancers rub in by sliding violently up and down the room before the music starts. The girls occupy benches along the walls, taking places by racial rank, Nearest the stage are whites, next come “creoles” and then fullblooded Aleuts. Girls in herring plants are “herring chokers” and those in salmon canneries are “salmon spankers.” . The Sunbeam hotel at Kodiak is remembered for its sign: “We are trying to run a nice clean hotel. PLEASE help us keep it that way and don’t lay on the bed with shoes on.” The Kodiak bear is a whopper. Some skins, laid flat, have measured ©'4 by 10% feet. That size bear would stand about 50 inches tall at the shoulder. The Kodiak bear has been called “the most terrible wild animal of the American continents.” The Alaska game commission allows only two bears to a hunter a season.

Has Schools, Churches and Farms

NOWADAYS the place has schools, churches and farms, The navy has developed medical care. Thus Kodiak is catching up with some of its 18th century conditions, established when the Russians, under Oatherine the Cireat, settled it. The Russians set up schools and a hospital and were casting bells there when George Washington was President, Many residents live in the log houses built by the early Russians, These souvenir homes also have a practical value, The housing shortage on Kodiak is acute, Kodiak sees a future In farming. Its annual rain fall averages about 60 inches. It's a reasonably quiet land, considering that it is only 40 miles from the volcanic peninsula of Alaska. Kodiak doesn’t have volcanic troubles. It has earthquakes mostly mild,

WORLD AFFAIRS—

British Boomerang? By Carl D. Groat

/ LONDON, Oct, 16~~The new labor government shows some signs of concern that the dock workers’ strike here will prove a boomerang against the administration. On the other hand, the public, harassed by continuance of wartime conditions and irked by the threatened shortage of bacon and other food, appears to approve of the government's forthright handling of the situation. The dock workers have been told they must pursue orderly processes in their strike. There are plenty of such time-tested processes available. Both Labor Minister Isaacs and Fuel Minister Shinwell have made it plain that the labor government does not propose to accept anarchy.

Surprised by Discipline Lack

ENGLISHMEN have been rather surprised by the dock workers’ lack of self-discipline in contrast to the long record of English unionists. The strike has been labeled “lightning,” that is, unofficial or purely wildcat. Mr. S8hinwall’'s statement that “it would be fatal if industrial disturbances without official backing should destroy the great democratic victory we have Just gained” is regarded as evidence of the government's concern. Union leaders charge the strike has been fomented by revolutionary or “Trotskyist Communists,” to which She latter replied that it was a “miserable falsificaon.” Unionists also have claimed that strong business interests more or less weloomed the strike, hoping to weaken labor, It seems obvious that some radical agitators took

advantage of the strike spirit to further thelr own revolutionary aims.

Advantageous Time for Strike?

ONE government source suggested that the dock workers thought that with labor running the govern ment it would be advantageous time tn try a quickie strike. But the government replied by sending troops to unload food ships, thereby serving notice that the workers need expect nothing unless they went hi gh the normal grievance processes and negotia8. The dock workers get a basic rate of $3.50 a day with some chances of extra money for speeding plecework jobs. They are asking a straight assured wage of $28 for a 40-hour week. They pleaded that employment was sporadic and that it was tough on older men to keep up the pace sufficiently to earn 45 a day. Whatever the merits of their plea, the public is stirred tip aplenty, although it Is not as vocal as the American public. All the labor government gets so far is a cheer for firmness, but a further imperilling of already food supplies could be felt later in ballot

So They Say—

THERE IS no vice president of the United States at the present time, though you see and hear so little of Mrs. Truman that you might almost think she was holding down that job—Waterbury, Conn, Demos erat,

THERE 18 little evidence that wartime burdens on taxpayers will be lessened any appreciable extent

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Hoosier

By Charles RB. Behrman This is only a small part of a promise I made thousands of my buddies and shipmates, Some living, some at rest. That will take me the rest of my life to fulfill, To those asleep in the sea and in remote places all over the world, and to those G. 1's who will read this, let me say, you understand. And to you as taxpayers who do not believe me, just read this to any G. I and he will verify all my statements, I am at home at last. I am a free man. I alm Hack with my family, Now I am free to tell the facts as 1 saw them during the many years I served in your navy. Last night, while listening to the radio, I heard an account of a CG. I. being held. in service by his commanding officer because he was indispensable. ‘That indispensable service was repairing and servicing slot machines at the officers’ club. That reminded me of my promise. I am sorry this paper does not have nation-wide circulation so that my buddies that survived could see it and know I am keeping part of my promise. A lot is being said these days about our new army and navy. And a lot should be said about it. Pref erably by those who have served. Whether our new army and navy be acquired by enlistments or otherwise. 1 speak for millions of G. 1's when 1 say, “Put the thumb on authority.” Millions of dollars of taxpayers’ money has been spent needlessly on fing officers’ clubs and resis dences, to say nothing of the men paid to operate them, and to provide private valets, who were enlisted men. At the same time, your sons, husbands, brothers and swee were trying to sleep on the cold hard ground, or in some cold filthy spot they called a barracks. First I will refer you to an inci« dent that occured in 1942, It was my good (or bad) fortune to have landed in North Africa with a group of men called an advance base unit. We men wers to be sta tioned ashore while our army manned and operated the navy's ships. Our first assignment was to set up living quarters, with whats sver wé could beg, borrow or steal, in an old camel barn, that to this day still smells to high heaven of the refuse left by the camels fore merly quartered there. (Did you ever notice the odor around the

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we slept rolled in a blanket on a foot of it a month our C. B. battalion built wooden bunks of the four-man variety. Two men up and two men down. When any one of these men turned over, the remaining three were awakened. There were about a thousand of such bunks placed in the aforementioned camel barn. No doubt, you are wondering where we acquired springs for these bunks. The ©. Bs solved this by placing wooden slats across the bottom. On these we tried to sleep for months and years,

Within a few hours after the occupation began, the finest hotel in the city was taken over for the officers’ living quarters and their club. This hotel was fully a mile and a half from the contaminating enlisted men. The best of equipment needed for the small comforts of the enlisted men was taken to the officers’ club, which contained pri-

cold running water, innerspring mattresses, and no restrictions on visitors, male or female, when accompanied by 4a commissioned officer. A special crew of cooks, bakers and valets were also assighed to this overseas Waldorf Astoria. The bar room contained an abundant supply of American and to North Africa in Americ ships which were badly needed for. the

required by the enlisted men. This, Mr. and Mrs. Taxpayer, is

and went hungry.

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Carnival —By Dick Turner

n—DPerfect Answer’

“1 wholly disagree with what you say, but will defend to the

vate, well furnished rooms, hot and

innumerable needs and essentials

just one of the hundreds of fine officers’ clubs maintained on your money throughout the world. While our American &. I's slept in foxholes, mud, slime, cold and filth,

My insignificant suggestion for the new army and navy is to let the officers have a section to themselves in the same barracks with their men. Let them eat the same food prepared for your sons, in the same

your right to say it.”

surroundings and environment, but at a separate fable. They are just human beings as are the enlisted men, Not little tin gods as they seem to think. By the foregoing procedure we may be able to- secure sufficient enlistments without conscription and at the same time remove that too evident class distinction and extra expense. To say nothing of a better understanding. How about it, enlisted G. I.’s— am I right? 2 ka “HOW CAN FOREIGNERS GET EXPENSIVE GIFTS?” By M. E. Jones, Indianapolis I have just noticed in one of the daily papers that De Gaulle has received a C-54 plane, same as was delivered to Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek. How come? I've got two sons leaving Okinawa today, I hope, after several years of unadulterated-hell in the Orient. I have had advanced instructions from them by mail to have the apples ready and pick out the corner to sell on. They don't seem to have much confidence in the folks at the head of the setup back home. I wonder why. Maybe that's why. Planes delivered free to our foreign friends but strikes and uncertainty to look forward to for our returning veterans; I wonder what ve oan possibly owe the warmongers across the water to warrant such great and costly gifts. It seems that our government can do just any old thing for the foreigners, but it can’t do a thing at

mess back at home. They are breakink up syndicates in other countries; why not try it back here? It might be good medicine at home. When a national syndicate is able to loan $200,000 to a public official and take $4000 in payment, there must be something wrong at the home base. There's a lot of things in this country to be straightened out and MacArthur is certainly not one of them.. Let's stop pushing him around. He's done the world’s greatest job and done it well. I wish we had him here. He might clean up the U, 8. A. . 8 =» “INCREASE OF FOODS CERTAINLY PREMATURE”

By E. K., Noblesville. . The considerable increase in meat and other foodstuffs is surprising and alarming in view of the fact that the world emergency did not end with the war. The “back to normal” attitude concerning food consumption is certainly premature when one is reminded that so many in Europe are undernourished or actually starving. It is diffeult for well-fed Americans to imagine children dying by the hundreds of onic malnutition, as they are still dying daily in Greece; women who have lost 40 pounds because of a diet not dictated by fashion but by scarcity: stages of starvation so desperate and so frequent that Holalnd is training people to administer intra-venous and tube feeding. If we Americans are not moved to help Europe more than we are helping, because of humanitariansm, we should at least be farsighted enough to help because of expediency. Malnutrition is not only A disease but a breeder of diseases,

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"WAR JUSTICE—

By Ned Brooks

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Gl. Sentences

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.—Harsh justice administered under the . strain of war is being tempered with mercy in a review of 33,500 army - court-martial - convictions. So More than half of the sentences imposed have been shortened in the cases so far re-examined by special clemency boards, the war department said today. hia Four boards, each composed of a civilian, an army officer with combat experience and an officer of the judge advocate general's department, have been reviewirig sevenal thousand convictions for the past

six ‘weeks.

Offenses fall into two general classes—striotly military Infractions such as desertion, refusal to obey orders and assaults on superior officers, and crimes such as larceny, rape and murder which would be punishable unfler civil law, .

Sentences Lightened IN THE latter cases, in which army courts leaned toward severe sentences, the policy of the clemency boards is to reduce the penalties to conform to those normally imposed in civil courts. The boards also have showed a disposition to shorten sentences for military offenses, particularly in cases of G. 1's who went A. W. O. L. while in this country. Military offenses represent about 60 per cent of the convictions. Considering the size of the armed force, the war~ time crime rate was remarkably low, board members say. In the European theater, only ohe man in 400 was convicted by a general court-martial. Of the 10,280 convictions in Europe since 1042, 2335 men have been restored to duty, 2807 have been re-

| turned to this country for imprisonment and oppor-

tunity for rehabilitation and 5147 are being screened in the theater for restoration to duty or confinement in the U. S. g About 11,000 of the original 33,500 prisoners were confined overseas, 1000 were in U. 8. guardhouses_or stockades, 2500 were in Federal penitentiaries or reformatories, 7500 were in rehabilitation centers and the remaining 11)500 were in disciplinary barracks. The four special boards were created to assist the main clemency board headed by U. 8. Circuit Judge Sherman Minton, former Indiana Senator. Civillan members of the special board are Lewis Drucker, chairman of the California Parole Board; Dow W. ‘Harter, lawyer and former Ohio Congressman; Arthur W. James, former commissioner of public welfare of Virginia, and Mark O. Kimberling, New Jersey penal authority,

Check Family Records ;

REPORTS of outside sociologists and psychiatrists on the life history and family background of the prisoners are supplied along with complete records of the offense and court-martial proceedings. Lt. Col. George R. Pfann, formerly of the 3d army and former assistant U. 8. attorney in New York, has charge of presenting the cases to the boards. Some of the boards have disposed of as many as 100 case a day and the entire review is expected to be completed by mid-1046. The boards have no power to increase sentences and they handle only general court-martial convictions. Summary and special court-martial convictions, carrying maximum sentences of one and six months respectively, are not eligible for the boards’ review. Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson has .commended the Minton board for “valuable work in leveling off sentences.” He created new boards to speed up the reviews, empowering them to “authorize such reductions in sentences as may be warranted, now that the war has ended.”

IN WASHINGTON—

Capital Eyesores

By Douglas Larsen

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16—Plans are being made to give ‘this city a badly needed face lifting to make it presentable to the thousands of tourists expected next year and to restore it as the nation's showplace. Maintenance and repairs of the national shrinés and memorials were drastically curtailed during the war. As a result the weather and pigeons have made eyesores out of otherwise beautiful buildings and monuments. Some of the restoration has already be-

n. ; For the first time since the war the White House now can literally be called a white house. It's getting a coat of dazzling white paint, the: gardens are being replanted, and the fountains are turned on. One of the big mysteries of the White House gardens,

bulbs. They were supposed to have arrived weeks ago, a gift from the Netherlands government. Investigation has failed to locate them. : ThA Washington monument needs most attention. The 998-step stairway to the top is filthy. The memorial plaques and stones that line it are covered with dust and grime. It also needs a new elevator. The present elevator is perfectly safe but it only runs at half-speed. It can’t get the increasing number of visitors to the top during the hours the monument is open.

Avoiding Wet Feet THE LINOOLN MEMORIAL has stood up pretty well. Only minor repairs are needed. But the same trouble that has plagued caretakers since it was built continues to bother them. The memorial has a small flood every morning. When the sun comes out, it warm: the Aly, The marble walls inside don't get the sun and don’t warm as fast as the air. This causes condensation. If resulting water was not mopped up, early visitors would get very soggy shoes. It is known by only a few persons, but the Lincoln memorial was built with an elaborate heating system Pipes and ducts run through all the walls. But it has never been connected to the central heating . If the heating system was connected it would eliminate the condensation nuisance.

It would require running pipes underground for about two blocks to do the job. Oongress, apparently, has neglected to provide needed funds, A similar but less serious problem of condensation exists in the Jefferson memorial. More of its surface is exposed to the sun. ~All of the Capital's 75 lesser monuments are in bad need of a cleaning. Mortar in the joints of most of them has chipped out. When water gets in and

several. It is estimated it would take about $75,000 to do the basic job of restoring the Capital to normal

Building an Eyesore THE BIGOEST blight is the hundreds of temporaty

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however, is the disappearance of a shipment of tulip

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R. R, ; Grand hotel: T, 2519 E. 40th; C 418 'N. Riley; 8, 108 E. Raymond;

Those listed Friday aboard are: 8. Sgt. James E ald R. Gronauer Splater; Pfc. Tho 'V. Pappas; Pvt. C ter R. Miller; Pi

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T.' 4th Gr. W Vincent M a . Lami 8. Brill Jr, Sg ‘Lyle W. Conove

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Seven me aboard the are: 1st Sgt, Alvi O. Land: T, Pfc. Norris C, Collier; Capt. Hoyt ave; T. 324 N. Summit

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