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...months of noisily stirring the Republican Party into world-consciousness, the Chicago-born Republican Postwar Policy Association last week as noisily closed its doors. Out separate exits walked Publicity Director Leo Casey, to plump for Wendell Willkie for President, and Founder Deneen A. Watson, to stump for Eric A. Johnston for President...
Correspondent Johnston has especially kind words for a German-born American and a native Papuan. The American, Herman Bottcher, led twelve volunteers into the Japanese positions, built fortifications on the beach. Constantly under fire, Bottcher provided a diversion that resulted in Allied victory. "By a conservative count . . . Bottcher and his twelve men . . . killed more than 120 Japs." The Papuan, Katue, conducted a one-man guerrilla war against the Japanese. In the jungles he killed innumerable Japanese and scared many New Guinea natives who had gone over to the Japanese back to the Allied side. After 73 days of individual exploits...
...Johnston's bold talk in Britain (TIME, Aug. 30) drew British fire even before he got home. Early last week the London press broke out in a rash of protest. Snapped the irascible Mirror: "Will Mr. Johnston please note that no government ... in this country is going to allow anyone to come along and buy up Great Britain at the back door." Said a letter to the Times: "What progress can be expected if the United States pursues a high tariff policy . . . and sets out to use her huge production power to export without taking payment in goods...
...week's end, Johnston's bold talk had still drawn almost no public comment, good or bad, at home. But a few shrewd observers had private comments to make on his views of the postwar world. They noted 1) that a good many U.S. businessmen, as well as the British, have up to now held a pretty high opinion of "cartels and other protective devices"; 2) that Russia might well throw her weight in that direction...
...when British industry responds to Eric Johnston's invitation to confer with U.S. businessmen, either or both of those factors might upset his competitive applecart...