WAINWRIGHT The peo 1 of ashin ton in one day buried one of the nation's illus r io us naval hero~s and · ~ e lcome~ the a%a ordeal th Army hero who survived the most terrible t a ny Gener 1 officeh;j sustained in ~ ,, At Arlington cemetery, Vice-Admiral Job ■ lb cCain was laid to rest with full military honors. Admiral Ernest J. King, the Cincus, Admiral Leahy, The President's personal-Chief of Staff, General Alexander Vandergrift, Commander of the Marine Corpe, and scores of high ranking officers stood by at the sailo ,••~ last rites for the•• distinguished America~•••t ~ wt:..~W•"'-<J h4Mci?..ii)~ ■lao is la 2 a a •A battles contri buted,-..tu Lt&• •'• t I c1Nfa ~ e l ~ e t . ~ t: :t:~e-ifie-. avy band, headed the funeral proc&ssion with t o platoons of Marines and two platoons of sailors. In front of the caisson that bor hi~ remains ~ to the cemetery marched a guard of hono~ whieil <: &PNM Admiral cCain's Flag, three whi e tars on navy blue dr ped with blac • E H " ~ Gene a V andergri ft and seven llilllIQlt - 2 Adairala were the honorary pallbe a rers. And,•• the laat note of tape faded on the air, a plane flew oYer the national airport, bringin& tot capital the nuaber one hero of Bataan and Corregidor, General lainwright -- bringing hi• to receiYt the oaal hi1heet hoaor that our nation can award, the Con1r••• lled al of Honor. Few General Officers in all hlator7 h••• eadarea aore thaa the aan whoa officers and hundred• of thouaanda of doughboya alike know and lo•• a1 •&ti lainwri1ht•, hero of Bataan and Corregidor, the••• ata7ed behind, to oarr7 out that bitter 1urreader to a 1neerin1, acoratul, uaciYilised eaea7. ror thr•• and a halt 7eara in prison Yicioual7 treated b7 a ruthle•• eneay. Starved, neglected, beaten, ia1ulted, f2.t and public hu ■ iliated. /\ . AIN Rl~HiI - 3 And he allant enou h to say~ today I that the affection and ackno ed ment showed him todaY., official!~ by the bi hest represent tive of the nation made up for it all. In his ords, •rt as a welcome such as a man dreams of wh~u locked a ay behina barbed wire, and the bayonets of cruel jailors." · ------------ ...... Five hundred thousand people in Washington poured out to show · hat they thought of him. There •ere cries of •Hey Skinny! Welcome Skinny!" To the whole country, Lieutenant General Wainwright toda7 i ■ juat •Skinny•. Be surely looked the part, liapin&, worn and haggard. For him the high point of the day came when he stepped out of hi~ bi& four-motored plane from San Francisco and saw waiting for him Kitty lain ri ht, the woaan who had waited and suffered for him F-✓•Qt1n~ years. As he called out to her •Hello Darlin 9 , the bystanders could see that he was too deeply moveJ to say any more. ~ e ~ h e r in h i s a rm s • iMtd-tt s-s e-d irar ,---- t s.e:r v-.:i eD4 1, t ■ za- te-a-MI iaz ~e-- ;ea C i ~ eui:h gf thcr. -4 Af er them s rec ep tion a t th Washin gton ~ , -t:e~ °' -j. ... t.( ~-~ ~ onument, Stlun~ Wain ri ht went to th c a ital, there / , A A ,i : : to be ••i• welcom d first by the ena tors and then t, b the Re r esentati v es . When he ap p eared before the latter, S peake r Sa m R a yburn introduced h i m as one of the outstandin g heroes of the earth. In both•••»• &~•••z Ch mbers of the House his speeches were Q constantly interrupte~ pY aeJ;.l~use~f;om Senators and T P ~ , W ~ ~ ~ ~~,-•7 Representatives. - showed no rancor but snitftlia~no 1, I ~ A ,_ humam per on could desire that the Japs be forced to I endure what many of our· men went through. ~ " ~ i n s i s t $ , e s e truculent ■eu •11■1 be for::; to realize , the folly of their ambitions. In every speech 1 Je-f, he made, and he had to talk wherever he s t o p p e d , ~ ~ 4~ ~-~ Q.,.rJ e - . emphasized the need of keeping America strong. He used ,._ these words: " In the name of all my comr~des who •• suffered with me, I pr a y that this nation will never again neglect the strength of its def n ses ." And he added : "I hope ~h a t th e story of wh at Am er ica n s suffered will alway s be r emembered in its p r ctical 1AINWRIGHI - 5 significance -- s a lesson th a t alm o s t lost for us this la:id · e i:•••zx! lov . " It was apparent to everybody that General Wainwri ht s oke with considerable difficulty. This was partly because of his physical weakness and partly because of the intense emotion of the day. 0 - After leavin the Hou e of Representatives he went to the White House where President Truman pinned on h ~ h e Congressional Medal of Honor. ,. /\ That was by way of a survrise. As he did it, t~• the President said: wrt gives me more pleasure than moat anything I have ever done to present General Wainwright with the Con ressional Medal of Bonor.w ~ - Truman also declared: "The final stand on beleagured Corregidor, for hich he was in an igportant measure person lly responsible, commanded the admiration of the nation's Allies. It reflected the high••• morale of American arms in the fact or over helmin oids. His courage and resolution were a vitally needed inspiration to the then sorely pres ~ ed IAIN RIGBI - 6 free d om-lovin e o les of th e w orld." 'l!-e waicb tae Ge&erel rep1.ied. •yam deeply eratef~l, Mr. Preeiaeat • .,. . ~, But that did n .. t end the day for s• i11n1 a inwright. Aft r leaving the bite House, al' l\:t•jJiirn where~ Press Conference n ■ a three A hundred newspapermen.••,,.../ 4 - OCCUPATIOI ».eus-i-a-e MacArthur took two drastic steps today Q:, •eieh ~tli re■ ind the Japi.e, 1~ they are a ,, / ' conquered nation. Japanese I ■ perial With one stroke he abolished °'-JG General Headquarters, directed ~ the Japanese Govern■ ent to dissolTe it by Septeaber Thirteenth. On top of that, he cla ■ped down a strict cepsl(orship on ' t= •--:, • a stop I\ Japanese newspapers and broadcaatera, to their propaganda against Troops and infor ■ationL.!a!!Jl.~i..-.wi.,.~~~UU:.&J~•~·=-~~ lewspapers or radio statione who ~b h 9' ,, t:a. be suspe~ded. In his order to the Japanese goTernaent, the General ueed these words: •The supreae Coaaander tor the Allied Powers hae directed that Japanese Iapertal General Headquarters be abolished eft'ective Septeaber Thirteenth.• Be M'4 ~ b i s ■oYe before, ,~ /\ because he needed ~be ■achinery of I ■ perial Headquarter ~~~ for arranging the surrender of/fix ■ illion Jap di,-.;,-( Q/tA. 1<> soldiers, all the way troa Hokkaido to Singapore• ~ has the Solo ■ ons.in iae ~ - low that that ll{ been QCCUfAIIQI - 2 acco ■ plishe d , the Imperial High Command is no ■ ore. ~■eans that the Allied Forces can deal directl7 ,.. with local Co ■manders in the ho ■ e islands and elsewhere ~ccording to a spokes■an tor lacArthur, -Iii:. uni ~reyept9= ,,.,.,. Japanese treacher71 such aa a plan to 1' send the I ■ perial Ar ■y underground to ■ conspire aad ■ ate ready to coae out ••~o ia,ltgM. again after tbe ~~ occupation~•• eadea~ 1 · e st y f r elude eaand pa - ✓~~ .... ._,_ lacArthur•e order to press and radio••••••~ A ~••i• atep 11 tor the purpose ot stopping the propaganda caapaign the Jap newspapers ha•e been carr7ing on/ ,k11 accur,ur occupation torcee ot l■■:kta1, looting, robber7 and rape. _ ~ •••••~••conducting a propaganda ca■paign Co ,z persuade the Japanese people that it was the benevolence of Emperor tiirohito that ended the war, OCCUPATIOI - 3 not Japanese defeat. The lippon1T■ es, for exa ■ple, ~ Aa4' an editorial saying the Japanese were a ■ azed 1, because there were few cases of outrageous conduct by A ■ erican Troops. That was an i ■prov~•~ ."JJ the A■erican record, said the Rippon Ti■ea~ivea u1 ~ 1, ~ e a o f ~ : • l d i n a ■ltliih aaecl ):' the Jap■~ At~e sa■e li■e the A■erican Co■■anders under MacArthur announce that within the next . six week• the7 will have landed ten ■ ore Divisions ot the Sizth and Eighth Ar ■ iea on Japanese soil.•~-~••••• a / hundred and tifty thousand ■ea. There are already a hundred thou1aad ia the islands.Thi• quarter aillioa . ~ ' occupation ara7 will be spread •••nc ten af ♦ bu "'1 I( ,4 ~•11••• Japaae•• ports and naval bases. Soae of th••• will be new units, p•e~a~1, straight fro ■ the ~•i••• States. fae T•••*r ieTenth Mo ie-ioa etill M l,ei•I, haee4 b5 a tz •• General MacArthur has also ~ the people of Iorea. One fx issued procla ■ ations ~ .ef lh1 ■ orderfl the ,A ~ govern■ ent d Iorea to ~oat»iaue- carryi:ng, on for the A OCCUPATIQ! - 4 r1 present. Another decree,..death or other punishment for any violation of~~rders, and another establia A a military currency for [orea. 0 The Headquarters of General Ro~eM Eichelberger of the Eighth Aray announced today that ais~ altogether nine thousand, three hundred and six allied war prisoners haYe been set free in the area around and eight thousand, three hundred and twenty-tour of th~have been alreadf evac~ted fro■ Japan. A story fro■ Singapore indicate}. that the litado'• ~ B..12/?elt Co ■aander-In-Chief in Southeast Asia ..,.. ~ trying to /'- aaYe face by refusing to attend the surrender cereaony toaorrow. Field Marshal Count Terauohi ••1• he is ill, cannot co ■ e. Terauchi is noted for hie arrogance and there was reason to belieYe this waa nothing but a stall. However, Adairal Mountbatten's officers investigated and established the fact that the Field Marshal really is ill. iak So, his deputy will be allowed to surrender in his place. However, . ' Mountbatten is going to be sure that the arrogant fellow is not allowed to save face. He will have to oc~UPATIQI - 5 coae in and surrender in person as soon as he recover,. The p h y s i c i a n ~ that- Terauc~h~d a stroke.-, / , · A ~.1n1wad hr Pa1iin1 l paPai51&w. The ■an who will take his place at the surrender cere ■ ony is General G\ cloae Itagaki, / \ •1.u~ f'riend of the For■ er ~realer.,_,~~ f Troops of the Southeast Asia coaaand ha•e landed on the West Coast of Malaya, British and Indian Troopa.l _,\ - - · . Three hundred Japanese officers in Malaya co ■■ itted suioide with hand grenades when they learned about tbe surrender. 0 u -1- 0 i or e f . . Th tr. o . rt, . om os of s v n f his orwegian countrym _ n. foun _ h. u·1ty of every count rought by th - t XC t f , e m or on , guilty of tre . murder, m z 1 nt th · ft. A nd the s ven h. . o a t in jud ment 0 r U i ' ling ere un ni aus a her In addition to b e in shot, he must pay bac i to the t t • ever C nt of s lary he bile hews Hitler's puppet at Oslo. This amounts som~ two~hu~dred and eighty-tbou~and dollars. Major Quisling's attorney announced that he would appeal to the Supreme Court of Borway. And if tt& court turns him down, he may also appeal to King Haakon. Among other things, the court found that uisling was responsible for the f a te of more than a thousand Jes whom the Na is took•• from Nor y to torture camps in Pol a nd. Over this point there was a son sli ht division in the court. Some of the judges am er not sure uislin knew for cert in that th Jews 2QISLING - 2 ere bin sent to the gas ch mbers. ·The Chief Judge and one othe believed that he mu t have known it. However, they all believed beyond reasonable doubt that Quisling knew the Jews were being sent out of Norw&y, although he swore that he did not. They also found him guilty of stealing valuable chattels belonging to the state and from the Palace of King Haakon. Quisling had to stand for more than an hour, while the presiding justice read the verdict, -- to die before the firing squad. -7 The ·nt r a 1 on so i ht, for th next f \ d · t 1 a t , i 1 be on on on. Th e ch dule co nf er c of council of For i n ini s rs of tLe Bi · Five o er i l o en tom 0rr ow, and all of them, i h th ir staff · , r alr e ~ i n t h British capita). Forei n Com iss-T olo o arrived y la ne today. Georg s Bid~ult of Fr n~e and n Shih Chief of China hav been ther · everal days. Ou r .,.. State Secretary ,J im ay Byrn s,arr ~ ved tod ay at Southampton on the ueen Elizabeth, with rs. Byrnes. Th e are numoerous i s ues they will discuss, ~~ ~ ~ . , . . c t . , nd of~poaa&d01te mometri./\. parti ul rly th dr · ft·n of ~ n It li a n C r · ty . At the ame ·on that ill not ne , y ICno on ue i cu d , d h t is he fu ur con rol o~ the tomic bo . It b c · n on th e ba of h e Th e that H ' j y ' s V rn nt is 0 OS d 0 n i cu s s ion {' th t h a v il )' lon u t ·on. F o i n s r ry Er ni:a A i• V i V th a t u t 0 t, • U n't d C. i n. I filQ_llll - a n an u t s and state func ions in connec ion w ith the conferenc of the Mi ist e r s . After Potsd m ther w s a g ood deal of criticism bec a use of the numerou s t,h,ge:a~ . o-e_ ~ . 1 ff S f b ceremon1~Aeoc1a a irs. o non e o them have een planned except a rece tion for all ministers at the Bo~se of Lords on September thirt ee nth, and state ban uet at St. Jam s's Palace September Seventeenth. Pro or B ro ld L k i of En lan d tod y had som ointe thins to s y. The Profs or of cour e is till th Chi of the .CU i V oard of the Br· ish L or P · r y, h " ch mean h ' s pre ty muc h the oss of th nd the ho a r t , bl even o tel l the Prime inister Br· i h Cabinet hat's wh t, so f r s art y line ie concerned. In m kin an addr ess to th e ann ual conference of the Tr ades Union Con r e ss, he ' said that the British Labor Party's job is to prove that socialism works. There are powerful interests, h e continued, anxious to see the British Labor Party f ai l and also powerful int rests willin to c oo pe rate in th t f ilure. Then h ada d: " e h ve to pe r su de big business in America to CC t OU l] ri ht t o ex rim nt in our o wn li v-e s on o r o n k•%xma terms" . As though, in s o me mysteriou w usiness n in 1.11 ic· , bi or litt e , t~ h uv e n trying to in erf r in th ·n t r n 1 oli of Bri in . L i ur hr h e of c i ~ i m A.§ ' l - :s dr · l to a clo ' and th t it ' s u to Briti h La or 0 to in u~urate , with the pr sent government , of de ocr tic socialism in Br . ai a n 0 . Congressm n are lready beginn i g to grum OU th S 0 e of mo 1 j , u · on . ~ A romin nt Democr t, r re n a tiv Eugen Cox of •G or i ' told his coll u in th House that the rm d Fore s have bung ed th demo ·1ization job, and bungled it badly. Four ~ ublican mem . rs chime in, ith ewx;:. ne of them ro osing to offer a bill com lling the military establishment to release all wen who have h d more than two years ' service. A •estJra . Senator, Robertson of Wyoming, charged the admini tration with keeping the boys in uniform so thil di charged ar orkers can get 1;:a jobs without having to com ete with veteran job priorities which exist in m ny industries. It seems that memb ' r o Con ress are ventin& on the Ar - n the Navy th ·r wo s b cause of the tens of thous a nds of lettersrnd t 1 p hone c lls thy r ceive king them to intervene in f · vor o this, tba, or the oih r in ividu a l. S n tor T n 0 ryl a nd h d o o on th ir to lai to th 0 of th Fr e Su th t on res m n cannot ge men o ut o ,h Army ust be e us lR:=- p r nt V t he r h y or becau e ..-4-oo....,J~ "l.- - - is a n ice fel lo . A Sen t r herry of e ras during his ten d ys' vac tio n t ho e , s nt nine 0 them on the t hon, x 1 1 i g to hom on fol s why he couldn't -G,.._ get their boy of unifo~m. After~long explanation, ~~f:ti>:;,.i;;'; Z'ut:":.:~;-:"w: 11 , I want him to come home no•. Senator Rob er tson of Wyoming went ho ■ e one evening and found his house full of people. Those •hose menfolk ere in the Army were in the d ning room, relatives of avy men filled the ki ■ kitchen, and Uarine Cor f milJes wer in the liv·n room. ~~ These a Con ressm n , ' hen youe1'gl d you're not