THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1940
Nibbling At The News—
Mr. Jackson And
The 'Mosquito Boats'
By. ROBERT H. LANE
Buried in the text of Attorney
General Robert H. Jackson’s opin
ion on the transfer of 50 over-age
destroyers to Great Britain, is the
following clause . . . “It is pro
posed to transfer . . . certain oth-
er small patrol boats, which
though-nearly completed, are al-
ready obsolescent.”
This proposal immediately raises
the question as to what President
Roosevelt is referring to by, “cer
tain small boats.” Under the ques-
tions on constitutional and statu-
tory authority the Attorney Gen-
eral defined the President’s “cer
tain small boats” when he asked,
“Do the statutes limit the right to
deliver the so-called “mosquito
fleet” now under construction?” •
There cair" be no' doubt that
President Roosevelt intended to
transfer our “mosquito boats”
along With the destroyers'to Great
Britain. But even that statement
is not significant in view of the
admission that, the new craft are
obsolete before they are ever
completed.
: Does the President, who inci
dentally, is running for a third
term, want the citizens of the
United States to believe-that the
- Navy Department is so inefficient
that by the time construction is
completed-, on a boat it is only fit
to compete in a war that has end
ed? Certainly the Secretary of
the Navy is not approving: con
struction of ships designed for the
World War of 1914:
' The former leaders of France
incurred over one-quarter of- that
nation’s national debt in the con
struction of the impregnable Mag
inot Line, which was to make the
French people “safe ffom all in
.vaders;” Would ; the President
have the American' people believe
that the immense naval appropri
ations are being used to build
ships which under fire,- would re
sult in an American version of
France’s folly?
"Fortunately for our navy, At
torney General Jackson found no
“loopholes” in the statute law
which would have permitted the
.President to trade our mosquito
' fleet along with the 50 over-age
destroyers.
The statement may-cause Secre
tary of Navy Frank KnoX : consid
erable embarrassment should
• Congress decide to investigate the
President’s statement that “small
boats,' nearing completion, are al
ready obsolescent.”
If Secretary Knox claims that
the boats are not obsolete, he will
be subjecting, the Chief. Executive:
tb the criticism that he is horse
trading boats; necessary' for the
....defense of the United States.
Should Knox admit- that the:
boats are obsolete, which is high
ly improbable, he will be guilty
of gross-' inefficiency in" discharge
of a public duty.
This obvious discrepancy in
statements will only be cleared
up- if- an- investigation • occurs, • and ■
then, the Secretary of the Navy
will be “caught between the devil
and the deep blue sea*”
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Campus Calendar—
Changes Made
In Freshman Week
The fractions, one-fifth, two
fifth, etc., in the time table refer
to the alphabetical arrangement
of students scheduled to be each
section of a class. This arrange
ment - will be determined by
scheduling officers.
FRESHMAN WEEK CHANGES:
Library Practice (LP) groups
will meet' in the New Library in
stead of the Carnegie Library;
Section ENG-5-lE, Page 17 in
the Freshman Week Booklet, 8 a.
m. Tuesday, changed’ from X 3,
201 Eng C to X 3, 209 Eng C.
Section ENG-5-lE, Page 17,
1:10 p. m. Monday, changed from
X 2, 201 Eng C, to Ph C, 209 Eng C.
* Section ENG-5-lE, Page 17, 3:10
p. m. Friday, changed from Ph C,
12 IH to X 2, 12 IH.
Section LD-2-Women(L-Z),Page
19, 9 a. m. Thursday, changed to
XI, Aud.
Section LD-3-Men (A-E), Page
19, 3:10 p. m. Thursday, omit as
terisk.
TODAY:
Fraternity pledging begins, 8
a. m.
Freshman Week begins.
President Ralph D. Hetzel will
speak at the freshman convoca
tion, Auditorium, 8 a. nr.
Activities mass meeting, Audito
rium, 8 p. m.
i Collegian subscription campaign
begins; 9 a'. m.
TOMORROW:
Religious mass meeting, Audi
torium, 8 p. m.
Student Union Dance, Armory,
4:10 p. m.
SATURDAY:
Women’s Recreation Associa
tion Play Day.
WRA Freshman mixer.
Athletic Advisory Board meets,
10 a: m:
: Freshman Dance', Rec Hall, 8'
p. m.
SUNDAY
Required freshman chapel, Au
ditorium, 11 a. m. ■
THE-DAILY COLLEGIAN
Reader's Alley —
A Reviewer Discovers 'Caribbean Treasure'
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from sources we believe to be
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a tale of Captain Kid nor Robin
son Crusoe. It is truthful account
of year’s hunting by a zoologist
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Trinidad, Haiti, Surinam, Guiana,
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As in his first volume, “Animal
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that infrequent combination of in
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PAGE THREE
Kcepp-Baker Honored
Dr: Herbert Koepp-Baker, di
rector of the College speech clin
ic, has been- elected first vice pres
ident of the American Speech Cor
rection Association, which held its
annual convention at the College
last week.
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scorpion to sting him, a'jaguar to
slash him, or a pirana to gash him.
He fills in the more exciting epi
sodes with many truths of the bi
ologist’s lore, a running travel
talk that is free from the usual
sentimentality that swamps them,
and a rapid-fire account of daily
tasks and triumphs that reveal
him as human, adventurous, cur
ious, and intelligent. We won’t
say that his wife, Alma, wasn’t
equal to every startling crisis that
confronted them, not that Sander
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guides to help him wasn’t more
chance than skill. You won’t have
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