Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 23 July 1943 — Page 4

THE POST DEMOCRAT A Demdcrat.ic weekly newspaper representing the Democrats of Muncie, Delaware County and the 10th Congressional District. The only Democratic News* paper in Delaware County. Entered as second class matter January 15, 1921, at the Post Office at Muncie, Indiana, under Act of March 3, 1879.

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Muncie, Indiana, Friday, July 23, 1943.

Organize Now A series of meetings of district Democratic committees now is being held throughout the state, to be followed by county meetings, to date have been an inspiration. And why shouldn’t they? The Democratic party has leadership, it has a program, it has a record of achievement. And the Republican party in contrast, what has it to offer? Only hatred, hatred and more hatred. But there is a long road to travel from an inspirational district meeting to the winning of an election. “No matter how just, how right our purpose; no matter how strong our record, no matter how strong our leadership, we can not win without organization,” State Chairman Fred F. Bays declared at one of the meetings. He urged the county chairman to check their lists of precinct committeemen immediately, and to fill all vacancies “with the best timber available.” The State Chairman pointed out the war lias taken many party workers and he stressed the important part women are to play in rebuilding and vitalizing the party organization for the next campaign. “Nearly 300,000 Democrats remained away from the polls in the last election in Indiana—that must not happen again,” he said as he made a plea for the registration of every voter. He urged party workers to “tell the story of Democratic achievement, ask voters to compare the 12 long years of Republican misrule with the splendid accomplishments of Demorcatic administrations in state and nation.” The mistakes of the last Repub-lican-controlled legislature and of Republican state officials and Congressmen elected in the last election should be warning to the voters that the Republican party is not fitted to conduct government. “The Republican party is attempting to capitalize on dissatisfaction with the inconveniences made necessary by the war effort. The Democratic party ,on the other hand, is' pledged to make whatever sacrifices may be necessary that our men and women in the armed forces may have the food, supplies and arms necessary for victory, for we gratefully acknowledge the priceless contributions our brave men and women in the armed forces are making toward the preservations of our great democracy. “The Republican party has no united leadership, it has no program to offer but a program of fault-finding, criticism and hatred. Political power means more to the Republican party than preservation of the people.” He recalled just before the last election When Senator Raymond E. Willis made his charges that the U. S. Fleet had been sent to the bottom of the ocean, and the pleas of Wendell Willkie for a second front. “Our great President knew the answers to those charges, but because he was more interested in the winning of the war than winning the election, he kept silent. The great naval victory at Midway and the invasion of Africa answered Senator Willis and Wendell Willkie—but it was after the election. No doubt their malicious stories had their desired effect. And there have been many similar cases since to demonstrate the G.O.P. is more interested in winning the next election than in winning the war.” As the Chairman declared, the Democratic party has strong leadership, it has a program, it has a record of achievement. But that is not enough. The Democratic party in Indiana must have a strong, united organization to spread the gospel, to register the voters, to see that they vote. And it must nominate the best available men and women for every post from precinct committeemen all the way through county, state and national offices. Regardless of who may be the candidates, it is not now too early to begin an organization that can carry those candidates to victory-

Benito Learns Too Late w~ Benito Mussolini once thought that “War is the noblest state of man.” That was when he was making war on more or less defenseless people. Now that the forces of freedom and democracy are moving on this Italian aggressof, he sees war for what it really is—a grim, bloody, terrible business. It was Mussolini and Hitler who caused the global conflict. They were the ones who thought they could ride rough-shod over other nations until they dominated the world. The former knows now how wrong he was and Hitler is beginning to learn the same lesson. Millions of good men have been slain and billions of dollars of the world’s wealth has been consumed because the Nazis, the Fascists and the Japs tried to vindicate in our time a wornout conception of life. They gave the world a choice of slavery or war and the world had to accept the latter. —Journal Gazette

Truth and Honesty Indiana’s next Democratic convention is not going to be influenced by the state house, it was made clear by Governor Schricker in a statement the other day. “I have no candidate for any state office and will not have,” he declared quite firmly. “I think the Democratic party is fully capable of choosing its own ticket, a strong ticket, a ticket of which we can be proud, a credit to the party.” The Democratic party is still the people’s party and the people should choose their representatives, freely and without interference, the Governor feels. The Governor also expressed confidence in the party’s future. “The Democratic party was born of a noble purpose; it did not grow out of selfishness, but out of a great need,” he declared. “It is dedicated to freedom of man. My interpretation of good government is government that will respond readily to the will and needs of the people. This is one of the most critical times in American history—The Democratic party has traditionally fought for the rights of free men, so it is more important that the Democratic party live today than ever before. The party must be kept intact, fighting for the principles for which it has always stood, not just for jobs. There is every reason why the Democratic party should win the next election— the record of party leadership and party achievement deserves it. I would not wish for any Governor the trials that have beset my administration because of the political division with the legislative branch of government—so when we elect a governor, we must also elect a legislature and a full list of outstanding people as state officers to uphold his hand.” The Governor closed his talk with a typically humble statement: “I am indeed grateful to the Democratic party—it has been good to me. I want to be loyal to the party. I want to fulfill my responsibilities in such a way that in the after years folks can say ‘He was a good governor, an honest Governor, a man who lived up to the best he knew, a credit to his state and party.’ Any success my administration may have had is due to the loyalty, the cooperation and support of my associates. Too much praise can not be given the faithful board members, institution officials and workers and the department heads who have done such a splendid job in these trying times. I want but one privilege: to give proof of my loyalty to the party, to work with the party to win another great Democratic victory in Indiana.” V Clean It Up, Mr. Stimson Judging from its vigorous action in other cases, the Department of Justice can be relied on to make a thorough probe of the Truman committee’s charges against the Cur-tiss-Wright Company. The committee accuses these makers of military planes of falsifying tests, destroying records, forging inspection tests and failing to segregate and destroy defective material, with the result that more than 25 per cent of the airplane engines delivered have failed in test runs and a number of planes have crashed due to engine trouble. The public cannot prejudge these charges against Curtiss-Wright in advance of action upon them in the courts, but it is bound by no such reticence as to the War Department. Senator Truman, who is not given to loose statements, asserts that Army inspectors who sought to do an honest job were removed from Wright Field by their superiors. He says that high air force officers attempted to intimidate witnesses before his committee, and made specific and material misrepresentations and misstatements under oath. There has been conduct like this in other cases. It is time to put an end to it. The removal of two Army inspection officers, announced by Assistant Secretary of War Patterson, is a far too trivial remedy. Secretary of War Stimson, who is in London, should come home on the next plane and start ridding his department of officers who think it more important to protect contractors from financial loss than to protect American soldiers from defective materials. If he isn’t ready to perform that task, he should resign.—Chicago Sun V Dick Loses Favor It is true what they say about Dickie? We understand State Auditor Richard T. 1 James is being dropped by the G.O.P. bosses in favor of Attorney General James Emmert as the bosses’ candidate for United States senator. They’d been looking for an excuse for some time and the recent publicity on James’ patronage grab of the store license division is said to have been it. Now we wonder how long Emmert will be the favorite son before one of his vulnerable spots is disclosed. Efficiency Prosecutor Sherwood Blue of Marion County (a Republican, by the way) has charged that Republican Mayor Robert Tyndall’s Indianapolis police force has made 700 illegal arrests since the first of the year. That’s “Republican efficiency” for you. V IMMORTAL AMERICAN WORDS Stephen Douglas declared in a Senate

speech:

America wants no friends, acknowledges the fidelity of no citizen who, after war is declared, condemns the justice of her cause or sympathizes with the enemy. All such are traitors in their hearts; and would to God that they would commit such overt act for which they could be dealt with according to their desserts.

POST-DEMOCRAT, FRIDAY, ‘Our Women Tipped the Seales’ It was no gentle New England rain. The thunder clouds had been gathering in formation all afternoon, and as if on signal, opened wide their bomb bays, sending pedestrians below scampering for shelter. All but a native of that older England. The dauntless one, hatless, light summer dress dripping copiously, strolled leisurely. Reaching the huddle of refugees from rain at the entrance to her destination, she drawled, with that cheerful British smile, “Moist, isn’t it?” Somehow we have been reminded of that episode by the new booklet, “50 Facts About British Women at War.” We could see them, under real battle clouds and Nazi bomb bays quietly proceeding to take up the tasks of

war.

Two million of them in munitions and other key industries, in Royal ordnance factories, iron and steel industries, aircraft, boiler shops, shipyards. Lady milkmen, postmen, truck drivers, porters, policemen, air raid wardens, nurses. Women in the armed forces, on antiaircraft gun sites, in the Home Guard, Balloon Command, in charge of barrage balloon sites, in the land army. Upwards of 40,000 serving in the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes canteen service, and 120,000 with voluntary canteen services. Ninety out of every hundred unmarried British women performing these and countless other duties, with those who are married also assuming their full share. The 50 facts certainly show the weight Britain’s women have thrown behind the war effort, and bear out the Minister of Labor’s introductory statement to the booklet: “Our women tipped the scales of war.” —Christian Science Monitor. V While Others Cheer When the prospect of peace becomes more real, literally hundreds of millions of people will stand ready to join in a deafening tumult of relief and happiness. Victor and vanquished alike will revel in a reunion with loved ones. But there is one group whose shouting will be muted—the* doctors. For them the job of rebuilding the shattered wreck that humanity has made of itself and of the world, will begin. Many of them will not be able to return home. They will have to stay in far away places battling as they never battled during the war, against disease and starvation. They will have to work against time to develop new aids and new techniques in a world-wide struggle to control the spread of fearsome maladies. These men in white know that the war has created medical problems which if not solved could easily make the war itself look like a pink tea. No, the doctors will not cry out in care-free happiness when this war ends. Laymen, who know so little of the grim task the doctors face, should endeavor to ease their burden wherever possible. The standards of our medical men are high. They serve rich and poor alike to the best of their ability, and the ability of American doctors is not surpassed. We should reflect soberly on these things in the years ahead when the doctors will be fighting the greatest battle of all time—for us—and pause before heeding an insatiable howl for an impossible medical Utopia under the banner of social reform. y Prepare for the Future Unless far-sighted legislation aimed at post-war expansion of commercial aviation is enacted by the United States, “our present great aerial effort will be scattered to the four winds of heaven and our national security will again be jeopardized,” says Col. Edgar S. Gorrell, president of the Air Transport Association of America. Pointing out that the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 had made it possible for the United States to build the worldwide air transportation system that is proving invaluable in the war emergency, Col. Gorrell recommends the Lea-Bailey Bill. “Unless it is enacted, and enacted wisely, there is grave danger that private flying will be crippled; the aeronautical training schools of the country will go bankrupt and close at the signing of the armistice; the aricraft manufacturers will be practically out of business for seven or eight years subsequent to the war; the airlines of the country will be subject to destructive competition; our nation’s largest industry of today will be headed for the rocks of destruction and our leading pilots, mechanics and other skilled heroes will be destined to walk the streets jobless.” Col. Gorrell points out the great changes that have taken place in aviation since 1938. These changes are the principal argument for modernizing and making equitable the legislation and regulation under which commercial aviation of the United States must carry on and meet world competition in the future. ——V Washington Many people seem to think that Washington is composed of just a lot of Democrats. Well, it is a conglomeration of people of every political belief. Proposals of the president are wise and sound but they are frequently defeated by politicians and by those who think of their own “skins” first. The wonder is that,the administration has been able to get so many things accomplished for the good of the people.—Decatur Democrat

JULY 23, 1943.

Surface Only Scratched The controversy between Vice-President Henry A. Wallace and Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones has finally forced President Roosevelt to a bit of drastic action in which both officials were visited by the chief executive’s displeasure. However this action has scarcely scratched the surface of the confusion and bickering in Washington. The public can only wonder why Mr. Roosevelt does not go further and bring about a genuine and overall reorganization of the executive branch. That part of it which handles the civilian end of the war activities was set up in a hurry and a part at a time. It probably does not fit together as it should. There has been much talk of overlapping jurisdiction and authority. There has been a general feeling that Washington is not as efficient as it should be. We are not speaking now of partisan criticism which was designed for political effect and which may have been intended to be destructive rather than corrective. The war effort has progressed at a rapid rate. No one can deny that. But the feeling still exists that it might have done better if there were more efficiency in Wash-

ington.

Recently, Mr. Roosevelt seems to have taken notice of the fact that something ought to be done about the home front, but whether he has the inclination or will take time from his other duties to make sweeping changes in his war setup remains to be seen.—JournalGazette. y A Strategist Faces The Enemy Robert R. McCormick has performed a public service by shedding fresh light on that always absorbing riddle — the thought patterns of Robert R. McCormick. Said the Tribune publisher to a New York reporter Friday: “Mr. Roosevelt is in a hell of a position. If MacArthur wins a great victory he will be the next President. If he doesn’t win one, it will be because Roosevelt has not given him sufficient support.” Neat and lucid, isn’t it? Whatever happens in the Southwest Pacific, it’s victory over the President of the United States. Mr. Roosevelt, of course, is far from the sole arbiter as to what materials go where. Strategic needs, as judged by the Allied chiefs of staff, really decide those issues. That, however, is too academic for Mr. McCormick. The great thing is to get Roosevelt. If Tribune emphasis on the war in the Pacific as against the war in Europe can put the President “in a hell of a position,” then Sherman was wrong about war. Thanks, Mr. McCormick, for that New York statement. You have never been more self-revealing.—Chicago Sun. V Adult Education There never was a time when there was more need for adult education than there is today. The world moves swiftly and citizens of a democracy simply have to keep up with it. Newspapers, magazines, radio and public forums are all trying hard to give the adult citizen the information on which to base his decisions. We cannot live by facts which may have fit the prewar world, but do not fit our own

times.

It is up to every citizen to re-educate himself. The process need not be painful, if the individual is open-minded to change. There are certain fundamental principles which are always good. To those we should cling. Many new doctrines wil be false and we shall need the wisdom to reject them.— Journal Gazette. V For Provokers of Race Hate An arbitrator has ordered the dismissal of three employees of a Broklyn plant who fomented a strike in protest against the emploment of Negroes. The arbitrator, chosen by the company and the union, has recommended to the union that the membership of the men also be revoked. “No true American worker,” said the arbitrator in his order, “would ever deprive a fellow worker of his job and his right to earn a living because of race, creed or color. A Negro has the same God-given right to live and to work as a white man. To deprive him of work because of his color is unAmerican—it is unfair and indecent.” This is a clear-cut decision with no minced words. Those who weaken our nation by provoking race hatred should be punished. Give us more arbiters with backbone.—Milwaukee Journal. y Speaking of Homer Homer Capehart recently said the politicans prefer two kinds of candidates: “They want a man with brains and no money, or they want a man with money and no brains”. We always understood Mr. Capehart had plenty of money. V Peoole’s Party Contrast Gov. Henry F. Schricker’s statement, “I have no choice of a candidate for any staet office and will not have” with the G.O.P. bosses’ efforts to pick a state ticket and you’ll realize why the Democratic party is known as the “people’s party.” Willis Stavs On Senator Raymond E. Willis is staying on in Washington for a couple of weeks, says a Washington column. S’pose he’s afraid to come home?

GAS Is an economical servant in the home. It is also serving as a vital part in war production. Be patriotic. Help conserve gas by keeping your present equipment in good repair for higher efficiency. Central Ind. Gas Co.

Barry Wood Is Emcee, Soloist On Band Show

Baritone Barry Wood is featured soloist and emcee for the WLW-NBC feature show, “The Million Dollar Band,” heard Saturdays at 10 p m., EWT. Genevieve Sullivan Will Visit Indiana Ft. Wayne, Ind., July 23.—Petty Officer (3-c) Genieve Sullivan, sister of the immortal Sullivan brothers who perished when the U. S. S. Juneau was sunk in the South Pacific last fall, will he the principal speaker at mass induction ceremonies of local women into the Waves next Tuesday night. Officer Sullivan is the sixth child of the famous Sullivan family of Waterloo, la. She joined the Waves because of the deaths of her brothers. The rally highlights a special recruiting drive here during which approximately 100 women were sought to comprise a special Wave unit. Officer Sullivan will tell inductees of her experiences in the woman’s branch of the Navy. She recenty completed “boot” training at Hunter college, New York City, and now is a recruiting officer. Following the deaths of the five Sullivan brothers — who had requested they be assigned to t h e same ship — the Sullivan family toured the nation in the interest of promoting sales of war bonds. They also christened a Liberty cargo ship at Portland, Ore. o EX-DELINQUENTS HEROES

Syracuse, N. Y. — The “Father Flannagan” of Syracuse, Charles M. O’Donnell of the police department’s crime prevention bureau, says the juvenile delinquents of five or six years ago are, in many cases, heroes today on America’s battlefronts. Letters to O’Donnell from former delinquents now in the Army, Navy and Marine Corps thank him and the bureau for helping correct their ways. o Besides maintaining a permanent opera, San Francisco also owns and operates Kezar Stadium, accommodating 60,000 spectators for outdoor events.

U. S. Prisoners Located Near Berlin New York, July 23.—The largest camp for American prisoners of war in Germany houses 2,700 enlisted men and is located in a pine forest southeast of Berlin near the Oder river, the war prisoners aid of the Y. M. C. A. said today. It’s known as “Stalg 3B” and the neutral Y. M. C. A. workers who have visited it report that “it consists of huts and is like a little town, with long, straight concrete streets.” Most of the Americans there, it is reported were captured during the North African campaign, before the invasion of Sicily. War prisoners aid officials said the camp formerly was occupied by Serbian, Russian and French prisoners, some of whom may still be there. During the past two months, the Y. M. C. A. said it has shipped from Geneva more than three thousand consignments of recreational, educational and religious materials to American prisoners in Germany. In addition, each American receives a weekly 11-pounud food parcel sent by the American Red Cross through the International Red Cross. o Inspecting Engines On Fighting Fronts Washington, July 23. — The justice department has extended to the fighting fronts its inspection of airplane engines manufactured by a subsidiary of the CurtissWright Corporation to determine whether they have constructional defects, it was learned today. A justice department official said that a cai’eful check is b$: ing made of all engines delivered to the armed forces by the Wright Aeronautical Corporation’s Lockland, O., plant. The inspection, he said, is not confined solely to those now ip army air force depots. “We already are checking them at the fighting fronts throughout the world to determine whether they are defective,” he said. Construction, condition and performance are being carefully weighed in the extraordinary inspection which is a part of the overall investigation of the Cur-tiss-Wright Corporation, he said. o Obey Instructions In Bombing Rome Cairo, July 23.—Before they set out to bomb Rome, Brig. Gen. U. G. Ent called the men of his bomber command together and told them: “Remember these military objectives are sandwiched between some of the most sacred and historically important spots on earth. Above everything you must be accurate.” Today, every allied report of the raid showed those orders were carried out. “Far as I could tell not a single bomb fell any place we’d been told not to let them fall,” reported 1st Lieut. Brainflavelle, pilot of the bomber “Zero-Zero.” A formation of the “Liberandos” —a veteran heading bombardment group—led into the target. Front ship was the “Peggie Ann,” named after the 20-month-old daughter of the group’s commander, Col. Keith K. Compton of St. Joseph, Mo., and piloted by Lieut. Donaldson B. Hurd of Indianapolis.

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