Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 19 November 1943 — Page 4

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POST-DEMOCRAT, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1943

THE POST-DEMOCRAT A Democratic weekly newspaper representing the democrats of Muncie, Delaware County and the 10th Congressional District. The only Democratic Newspaper in Delaware County. Entered as second class matter January 15, 1921, at the Post Office at Muncie, Indiana, under Act of March 3, 1879. PRICE 5 CENTS—$1.50 A YEAR

MRS. GEO. R. DALE, Publisher 916 West Main Street

Muncie, Indiana, Friday, November 19, 1943

Training and a Job-For Every Serviceman - In a recent paper, Morse A. Cartwright, executive officer of the Institute of Adult Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, stated: “It is to be pointed out that World War I was a short war, that our dislocation at home was not great, and that heassimilation of the returned soldiers and sailors took place with relative ease. “Even so, there were veterans of that ^ war who went hungry before they could find jobs, and no concerted plan for reeducation, no counseling for readjustment to a peaceful regime, no placement services worthy of the name were offered them. ,, XXX The veterans of this war—a longer, more complex and disruptive conflict—will not be victims of such national ingratitude, shortsightedness and economic folly. To the everlasting credit of President Roosevelt and his administration that can be said with complete assurance. There Will be a New Deal for our fighting men. In a message to Congress, the President, indorsing recommendations of his Armed Forces Committee on Postwar Educational Opportunities for Service Personnel, asked prompt legislation providing a $1,000,000,000 educational program for service men and women. “This is a good time not merely to be thinking about the project/’ the'President’s message said, “but actually to do something about it.” •• /:'/// ; ■ Exactly right. Already, at the estimated rate of 1000 a day, men are being demobilized because of wounds or for other reasons. And we must be prepared for the peace. The program, part of the President’s demobilization program announced in July, would finance a year’s education for each serviceman in a school, technical institution Dr in actual training in industry. Additionally, a limited number of veterans would be permitted to carry on their general, technical or professional education for a further period of one, two or three years. The President disclosed that educational facilities established within the. army and navy will be extended and continued for any man electing to take advantage of them up until the time of his discharge. The Veterans’ Administration is prepared to conduct a special program for veterans with service-connected disabilities; the Federal Security Agency for;-those whose disabilities are not service-connected. Selective Service has instructed the draft boards to help channel veterans back into self-sustaining civilian life. Local, state and national committees are being set up to cooperate. The United States Employment Service and other agencies are charged with placing demobilized Servicemen. X X X' Here is a blueprint of a nation’s gratitude and simple decency, of an orderly transition —which cannot fail to have a wholesome effect on the national economy in time of postwar stress—from the battlefield to the fireside for our fighting millions. Training and a job for every soldier who wants them. This, we submit, is government at its best. Philadelphia Record. V Fears 4 Terms-Not for Himself A western senator now serving his fourth term fears a fourth term for President Roosevelt because he says it will “destroy democracy.” If it doesn’t “destroy democracy” in the senator’s home state for him to sit in congress until his pants fall off. how will it hurt democracy if the rest of the states elect a President for a fourth term if they want to ? The truth is that the western senator who is growing old on the public pay roll fancies himself as presidential calibre. But he knows he can’t be elected as long as Roosevelt runs. Therefore, he opposes a fourth term. But he is not honest enough to reveal that his motive is his personal ambition. So, he savs he opposes a fourth term to “preserve democracy.” The same senator, however, was not so~Rot about a second term for Roosevelt. Was that to “preserve democracy” also? The same motives that govern the actions of the senator from the sheep country also govern most of the other men who run a fever over a fourth term. They want the job themselves. We can understand that, but we cannot understand how any man can stand up and say without smiling that democracy is in neril if the people exercise their judgment. What else is democracy? The foundation on which American government rests is the expression of nopular oninion in the selection of its officials. If the peope want to retain a President in whom I hey have confidence, that is their privilege. Men who advocate amending the constitu-

tion to prohibit the people from expressing Wnw TV* Hcivp Pnnrf their approval of any President more than HUrV 1U llrlTC vfl/UU once are laying the groundwork for dictator- GOYGmiTlGnt

ship.

They are afraid of the people so they de- The responsibility for good government in sire to restrict their basic right of suffrage, i a democracy rests upon all of us who are With this right restricted, it will be easier I c iti ze ns—that is, directly upon you and me. for the reactionary apostles of “free^ enter-, We are the ones who make the choice . W e

prise” to substitute one trained seal for another as they did with some success in the

past.

President Harding in one term, did this nation more harm than any other President, with the exception of Hoover, could accomplish in a lifetime, no matter how hard he

tried.

Yet nobody demanded that the presidency be limited to one term because of Harding. The same reactionaries who gave us Harding now insist that the people should lose the privilege of keeping Roosevelt. They crucified President Wilson because they knew he would not violate tradition by carrying his fight to the people and running for a third

term.

But Roosevelt is made of tougher stuff. He took them on and licked them. Maybe they can lick him next time. But they can’t make it retroactive. — International Team-

ster.

—V What Do the Elections Mean? We dont’ think any one thing is responsible for the striking Republican gains. Maybe the country feels good enough, and well-employed enough and well-paid enough to afford to go Republican, i. e., conservative and pro-status quo. The Republicans have since their decline as a reform party in Lincoln’s day, been the “free loaders” in American politics. They come in when the gravy is flowing and depart when it stops. Well, the going looks good and there is lots of gravy. But that isn’t the whole story of the election results. We cannot close our eyes to the fact that ten millions of our youth are in the armed services. It is this group which is most sympathetic to a New Deal which helped it through college or taught it a trade and then gave it jobs and security. The largest part of these ten million did not vote. A majority of the 200,000 from New York City are Democrats of ALP members and this bloc was almost completely without voice in the election. Let’s not forget about them when we tote up the results. •, And let’s not forget about the great number of workers who have left their home .towns to go into war plant areas. Many of these are unable to establish residence to vote ahd their voices have been stilled in this election., ,. , It-Will do us no good to weasel over the results. We were licked. But that’s so much like old times that it feels go*6d to roll up our sleeves ^and start pitching. Let, there be no panic problems in American life*, which we shall have to solve—and ^ which the G. O. P. cannot solve by a retreat to the village green. This is the time for taking stock and for laying plans of battle. —New York Post. V Wheel Within a Wheel There used to be a comic strip character who was always talking about a “wheel within a wheel,”*" We think we have the idea now —he was talking”about a situation like now exists in the Republican party in Marion county. Pretty soon there are going to be so many wheels within wheels that the machine is going to quit functioning entirely. The party split into two factions shortly after Mayor Robert Tyndall’s administration came into being at the first of the year. The Republican Victory Organiation was formed to collect funds from employes and to pick committeemen and delegates to take over from the regular organiation in the next primary. Now a fight is developing within the anti-organiation and it appears there’ll be an anti-anti-group. In the meantime, the repeated mistakes and confusing actions of Republican officials in city and county have so disgusted the citizenry that it now appears the voters will be happy to return to the Democratic party, and the protest will not be held back until the next municipal elections—it will be heard in the 1944 balloting. y Enforcing the Law Law enforcement can not be effective in Indianapolis or anywhere else without absolute coordination of the efforts of every agency involved in the detection of crime and the prosecution of criminals. Indianapolis citizens have a right to expect closer coordination than has been evident in the last few weeks. It is all the more disturbing because a major part of the disagreement centers around the all important fight against venereal disease being carried on at the command of military authorities to keep this city “in bounds” for the thousands of soldiers and sailors stationed at nearby-camps. It would indeed be a sad commentary on the ability, of this community to govern it self if political maneuvering and bickering should force military authorities to declare Indianapolis “out of bounds.” Perhaps the answer, as far as the venereal disease drive is concerned, is a conference of the mayor, the board of safety, the chief of police, the sheriff, the county prosecutor and military authorities. If the party in power is to meet its obligations to the people who placed it in power, the party must put its house in order, and particularly where law enforcement is con cerned.—Indianapolis News.

are free people who select our own candidates. If they are bad, we have no alibis, for we chose them. If they are good, we can take the credit. The choice of our leaders is our responsibility. We must not elect a mediocre man because we like him, or because he feels entitled to the job. We have done that too often in the past, at too high a price. We must select our candidates not from bias of party, but on the basis of past record, ability and character. But we must not only select. We must be willing to act. The express obligation of all men is to exercise their right of franchise. Furthermore, we must be willing to serve. If able men say they are “too busy” to run for local offices they have only themselves to blame if they find nincompoops the incumbants at whom they rail because of their inefficiency. Popular government can only be maintained if the people are able to govern themselves. This is a republic consecrated to the ideals of democracy, not a master state. Any attempt of the state to rule would mean the death of the nation. The men of our choice must, like the prophets of old, be capable of inspirational leadership in time of peace and in time of crisis alike. “We must,” according to the words of the prayer book, “make choice of wise legislators and faithful councilors, who, soberly, justly, and with a godly spirit, may enact things just and wise and merciful for the benefit of all people.” They must be men whom we can trust—so that we can confidently follow them. There has been too much pleading and not enough leading in government. Great is the need for leaders. Great is the need for men of vision who can face facts with courage, see things realistically, state truths honestly, accept responsibility humbly—and never lose sight of the unalterable ideal upon which this nation was built —a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. “O Thou, who didst touch the prophets’ lips witli fire, send us Thy prophets for our dreadful days.” Price of the Poll Tax Senator Danaher of Connecticut has stripped away the mantle of constitutionality in which the poll taxers love to wrap themselves. He stole the show at the final Senate committee hearing on the antipoll-tax bill by calmly suggesting that it might be a good idea, since the Constitution has been so rapturously invoked, to enforce the 14th Amendment. The constitutionality of the antipoll-tax bill has been upheld by many high authorities. To make it an issue is a stalling maneuver and nothing more. While the poll taxers stall, however, the 14th Amendment can be re-read with profit. It provides that when any state abridges the right to vote (as eight southern states do, by means of the poll tax) its congressional representation shall be reduced accordingly. Strict enforcement of this amendment demands that Congress cut down the number of representatives elected by each poll-tax state. In the 1942 election, Tennessee sent 10 representatives to Congress and Arkansas seven by vote of only 5 per cent of their populations. In JTexas, 4 per cent of the people elected 21 congressmen. Virginia elected nine by a vote of 3 per cent. Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi together elected 26 congressmen, but only 2 per cent of their populations voted. In South Carolina, 1 per cent of the people elected six representatives. To this minority rule which makes mock of democracy the poll-tax politicians desperately cling. If they block the antipoll-tax bill at this session, why should they not pay* the constitutional price—a reduction of their influence in the federal government?—Chicago Sun. V Who, Indeed! “Who got us into that mess ? Who brought us to the point where the people do not know whether they are going or coming through senseless and conflicting regimentation and regulation. Who but Roosevelt and his blundering administration?” the Rockville Republican asked recently. Off hand we would say Harding, Coolidge and Hoover—later being aided and abetted by Hitler and Hirohito. Really, Roosevelt had some job confronting him— and he still has. And he solved and is solving it. The discredited Republican leaders are squalling and bawling about the “awful fate” of the nation in the event President Roosevelt is re-elected. The discredited Republican leaders are not any more worried about President Roosevelt than they would be about any other Democratic candidate for the presidency. They merely want to take over again—and they have nothing to offer the people. The discredited Republican leaders merely are fungi which have flourished on the stum of Abraham Lincoln’s contribution to the ages. Outside of Teddy Roosevelt, disowned by the alleged Republican, what Republican president has been outstanding in contributing anything other than the distributing of postmasterships ?—Danville Gazette. V More than 162,000 deer and elk hides, collected during the 1942-43 hunting season, went into the leather trade, chiefly for service gloves and other military uses.

Labor and the Postwar Era Proceedings at two recent labor conventions underscore the fact that the union movement, despite its largest membership in history, is not well prepared to meet the difficult postwar era. The American Federation of Labor meeting last month showed few signs of understanding the serious problems before it. The general counsel, Joseph A. Padway, assailed labor-baiting laws, and the convention itself advocated expanding the Social Security system. ' This was as close as the A. F. of L. came to grappling with reality. The Congress of Industrial Organizations showed a keener sense of the need for an affirmative program, wider than labor’s special interest. It is organizing to assert its influence politically — although last Tuesday’s election returns cannot. be encourag-

ing.

The shortcomings of both groups arise from their failure to recognize how the wellbeing of their members and the whole nation depend on labor’s unity and breadth of vis-

ion.

This war may be followed by depressions even sharper than those which gripped the country in 1922 and 1929. A powerful, intelligently led labor movement, speaking for the people against a new wave of reaction, could be a strong influence for progressive government policies to prevent such tragedies. But while voicing pain at anti-union legislation, neither convention showed any initiative for a new attempt at reuniting the A. F.^of L. and C. I. O. The A. L. of L. in some respects revealed a stodgy, standpat spirit. It was hostile to repeal of the Chinese exclusion acts. It once more ducked the issue of criminals and racketeers who infest a few of its members

unions.

Both conventions attacked the inflationcontrol program, though their leaders must know that the little wage-earner, like the little farmer, would lose most by skyrocketing inflation and inevitable deflation. A strong labor movement is a great barrier to fascism. Hitler promised the German industrialists to “restore order”—and he kept the pledge by destroying the labor unions and murdering their leaders. American labor unions will not die, but they could serve their own interests and the country more effectively in the troubled postwar years by a more clear-cut recognition of the needs.—Chicago Sun.

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Is the Senate Really Great? The United States senate likes to think of itself as the greatest law-making body in the. world and we Americans like to think of it that way, too. j # Why does not the senaffe^OlHiiristi'ate its claim to greatness now by adopting a resolution regarding postwar co-operation which means something instead of the mealy-*

mouthed Connally resolution?

When Secretary of State Cordell Hull went to Moscow the senate had done nothing which helped him. Such action as that body had taken in committee was more of a hindrance

than a help.

Yet Mr. Hull was able to accomplish more than anybody expected. Nearly everybody is quite pleased about bis achievement except Germany and Japan. It is the concensus of opinion that the war will end more quickly and the boys will be home sooner because of the Moscow pact. That pact also points the way to peace after victory. Why can’t the senate be big enough to take a step which will make Mr. Hull’s work easier in the future? The federal constitutitnon gives the senate the last word on any treaty which the chief executive may make. Two-thirds of the senators present must concur before a treaty can go into effect. With such an ultimate veto power, the senate can certainly afford to adopt a resolution now which will give real encouragement to the idea of postwar co-operation and postwar peace. What is the matter with the senate ? Why does it lag behind public opinion in the United States?—Journal Gazette. V Mr. Roosevelt Makes It Clear President Roosevelt’s intervention has smashed an extremely serious threat to democratic principles in the war industries. He has made it clear, in a forthright declaration, that his “directive” against racial discrimination in hiring practices was not merely advisory, but mandatory. The Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., which had protested its inability to Randle a government contract if the anti-discrimination clause were included, surrendered and accepted the contract. Comptroller General Lindsay Warren’s interpretation of Mr. Roosevelt’s earlier orders, an interpretation which the President has now overruled, would have reopened the flood gates to discriminatory employment practices. Every manufacturer who preferred not to give minority groups, such as Negroes, a fair chance at war jobs could have claimed “special” conditions making discrimination necessary. Most Americans do not approve the idea of denying minorities their right to work, nor do they approve wasting a large manpower pool to pander to somebody’s prejudices. Such is the nature of prejudice, however, that sometimes it must be directly opposed, and on the issue of war employment the presidential authority has been repeatedly needed. Mr. Roosevelt’s latest order is so specific and categorical that no further misunderstanding seem possible. —Chicago Sun

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.

★ ★ WkcU you fiiuf With WAR BOOS Carries Eggs to Tokio

When our bombers gave Tokio a taste of war, our planes took off from the carrier Hornet, since sent to the bottom. Now we axe building several hornets to sting the Japs into their good behavior. Ready for action these seagoing airfields represent 100 million dollars worth ol War Bonds. How long do you want the war to last? Figure it out yourself and write your answer in War Bonds.

The War Bond dollars you invest come right back to you in your pay envelope. Get ready for the time v/hen war dollars stop rolling.

TJ. S. Treasury Department

Price Ceiling Set

On Pork Items

Washington, Nov. 19..— : 'The Of; flee of Price Administration today established specific Cents-per-pohnd sprices for fresh pork sausage sbl'd to consumers in sealed cardboalc}. cartons or packages of

meisture resistant paper.

The ceilings, varying acording to geographical regions and types of retail -stores, were lower than • those for sausage in artificial casings tmt- higher thari the bulk sau-

Aage prLce.

- In the same order, the OPA also sgt specific cents-per-pourid ceilingfe'on medium arid hard all-beef safami, running, 20 cents a pound higher than the price for the soft all-beef product. ' In other actions, the OPA: Established maximurri. prices of $40 per hundredweight for canndd pork and gravy being produced in 30-ounce cans for sale to the armed

forces.

Ruled that a worker whose dealis is unable to fill his order for rationed subber footwear before his purchase certificates expires may leave the certificate with the dealer and get the footwear at a later date. Such deliveries previously had to he made within a 30 day period after a certificate was issued by a local price and ration board. v . Set specific cents-per-pound ceilings foi processor sales of frozen lake herring. Typical maximus per pound for sales in customary containers were: Round lake herrings, 7 1-2 cents; filleted lake herring, 17 1-2 cents; and round Saginaw Bay herring, 9 1-2 cents.

living room furniture CALMLY STOLEN FROM HOME

Fort Wayne, Ind., Nov. 19.—Mrs. Elizabeth Burnett of Fort Wayne said today she “new no legal reason” for the theft of her living room furniture, but nevertheless the new, fully-paid suite was gone. Neighbors reported seeing two men calmly back a truck to the house, load the furniture and drive away. Mrs. Burnett was at work.

Internees Relate Stories of Japs Rio De Janeiro, Nov. 19.—Many Japanese listen to American broadcasts to find out how the war really is going for their country^. former internees returning home aboard the exchange liner Gripsholm, said today. The vast majority of the people, however, live under a delusion that Japan has won nothing but victories since the surprise assault on Pearl Harbor. The Japanese propagandists have even found “victory” in such crushing American triumphs as the battle of the Coral Sea and the recapture of Attu. f The Dome! (Japanese official news agency) account of the loss of Attu described the heroic stand of the Japanese units and how “no prisoners were taken.” The account, the repatriates said, gave the impression that the Nipponese had won an outstanding success. Stories of the battle of the Coral Sea first listed all the American vessels claimed sunk and then glossed over Japanese losses. This technique also is used in describing the air fighting In the South Pacific. The Japanese newspapers and radio announcers invariably claim huge numbers of U. S. planes shot down. “And on our side one plane failed to retrun to its base, having crash dived on its objective.” Repatriates said considerable skepticism has been generated by this type of propaganda. Japanese officials connected with concentration camps frequently asserted their own 'disbelief in the Japanese radio. A number of Japanese officials were quoted as saying: “I listened to the San Francisiso radio last night to get a correct idea of what is happening to our side.” Similar experiences and quotations were reported in connection with Japanese officers and civilians in all walks of life in the Philippines, Shanghai and even Japan itself. o Ft. Wayne Priest Observes Jubilee Fort Wayne, Ind., Nov. 19—The Rev. Charles F. Girardot of the St. Joseph’s Catholic church of Fort Wayne today entered his 26th year in the holy priesthood. The priest, a native of Fort Wayne, was feted at the Sacerdotal Silver Jubilee observance yesterday attended by nearly 75 prelates and priests of the city and diocese. The Rev. James D. Trahey, C. S. C., South Bend, of the Congregation of the Holy CroF 4. and an administrative assistant at the University of Notre Dame, lauded the work of Father Girardot in the principal sermon of the day. Monsignori honoring the occasion included: Rt. Rev. Edward J. Mungovan, Hammond, Vicar General of the diosese; Rt. Rev. Joseph S. Ryder, Gary; Rt. Rev. Thomas M. Conroy, Fort Wayne, rector of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception; and Rt. Rev. John G. Bannett, Garrett, dean of the Fort Wayne districts Others honoring the jubilarian were Rev. Lawrence Weber of Auburn, and Rev. Gerald Owens of South Haven, Mich., who served respectively as deacon and subdeacon.

Another great mystery is what becomes of the pieces when yau “break” a dollar bill. ' “Often it is the case*that heart trouble causes dreamaj” says a physician. And many a dream-has caused heart trouble. '

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