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Qive Light and the People Will Pind Their Own Way

MONDAY, NOV. 1, 1937

YOU CAN HELP GET ACTION

MARK FERREE |

Marion Coun- |

HIS nation’s industry grew through a process of plowing |

back. each year, some considerable portion was retained for reA peanut stand must remain a peanut stand and nothing else if all earnings are dissipated Furthermore, some rainy day the peanut

investment and reserve.

every 12 months. stand will be washed out unless it has reserves. So, plowing back and building reserves became stand-

ard practice throughout all the years of this country’s in- | dustrial and commercial development. Many failures have |

been a part of the story, but, net, America’s industry has grown as has that of no other country in the world. Suddenly this process was stopped by a law. The effect of the law is to compel the declaration of all profits each By prohibitive penalties it wiped out the idea of plowing back and of reserves. vesult—a blight on industrial and commercial development at the very time when such development is most needed, when public spending is being curtailed, and private business is being depended upon to take up the slack, to provide the jobs that will absorb the unemployed and the volume by which Federal revenues to balance the budget may be raised. This tax policy is now bringing about industrial and commercial doldrums. It is time for a change—doublequick. If you don’t believe it, ask around town. ‘Capital is being frozen and business stymied by this loose fiscal policy. Congress meets in special session Nov. 15. Authorities within and without the Administration are agreed that change is called for. But large bodies move slowly, and time is vital. Modification can be accomplished before the first of the year, if the seriousness of the situation is fully realized. Your Congressman is about to start for Washington. Register with him before he leaves. Then follow up by mail or wire. The siump this country can't stand can be stopped if the correction is applied and made effective for the calendar vear 1937.

year into dividends.

THE “WEDDING MARCH”

ESIDENTS of neighboring states are flocking to Indi-

Instead of declaring into dividends all profits |

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES Which Would Be More Embarrassing *—By Herblock

MONDAY, NOV. 1, 1937

To Celebra

te All-Saints’ Day !—py

Fair Enough

By Westbrook Pegler

C. I. O. Outlines Its Unions' Aims: Lewis Prospectus Is Compared With Record of A. F. of L. Rival.

EW YORK, Nov. 1.—C. I. 0. headquarters in San Francisco has issued a pamphlet explaining aims of the organization. C. I. 0., it says, “does not agree with slugging, gangsterism, terroristic tactics and domination of the rank and file by fear.” This is high-sounding and would be reassuring but for the C. I. O.’s announcement last June that- 40,000 Pennsylvania coal miners belonging to C. I. O. were

| ready to march on Johnstown to | prevent nonstriking rank-and-fil-

ana by the thousands to get married. Many are coming |

from Illinois to dodge that state's splendid new law requiring a health test for marrying couples and a three-day announcement of intention to wed before the ceremony. Michigan and Ohio couples are flooding other Hoosier marriage mills. A prize example is Steuben County, in the northeastern corner of the state, where more persons were married during the last three years than there are residents in the county. The population is 13,386; the number of couples married, 8141. Crown Point in Lake County heads the list of quickmarriage mills. Last year it issued 7086 licenses—almost twice as many as in Marion County which has nearly twice Lake County's population. The Illinois drive against the marriage of persons with venereal diseases is expected to shoot this figure much higher this year. Chicago marriages already have dropped to one-third their former average. Not all of our marriage marts are on the borders. An example of the laxity of marriage law enforcement occurred recently in neighboring Hancock County, where Greenfield's flourishing Gretna Green is popular with Indianapolis couples. A 15-year-old Indianapolis girl married a boy 18. If the bride a delinquent and the boy guilty of contributing to his wife's delinquency, this case would have been passed by as another of the illegal child marriages that are becoming all too frequent in Indiana. County «clerks condone such evils because of their profitable racket of selling unofficial “marriage certificates” on the side. The clerks’ lobby exerted enough pressure on the 1937 Legislature to block reform of the law. It should be obvious now that the surest reform is for the next Legislature to raise the Indiana marriage laws to the Illinois standard.

I do not know whether the two fighting factions of the American labor movement will succeed in patching up a working peace arrangement when they resume their parley this week in Washington. Certainly the spirit of compromise was lacking in both the A. F. of L. and C. 1. O. preliminary proposals, nor has John L. Lewis helped matters by his invitation to Federation unions to join in a merger of furniture and allied trades under his banner. But we do know that unless peace is made the American labor movement stands to lose the greatest opportunity it has ever had to help shape this country's economic and political history. Labor reunited could become an important factor in solving industry's many perplexing problems. Some American labor unions now are helping management to stabilize their industries. But a divided union movement, with its plagues of jurisdictional strikes and boycotts, will only add to capital's troubles.

ers employed by Bethlehem Steel from going to work. Governor Earle, who knew the temper of the situation, called out troops to close the plant saving that otherwise a terrible massacre

{| might occur.

called off the march. The threat

It was John I. Lewis who

| was terroristic, however, and the

the Marion County courts had not stepped in, declaring

Will American labor, then, grow into what it has in the | under the sun. They are wealthier than some states.

men's clothing, railway, coal and other industries?

“the great estates of the realm,” helping to shape public policies and create a more enduring commonwealth ? We believe that these two questions may well be answered by the spokesmen of the A. F. of L. and the C. I. O. at this week's conference,

If Jimmy Roosevelt is going to do everything the papers report, he ought to incorporate.

The Windsors are bringing 70 trunks, which seems like aghousing problem in itself. ’

| stock, a right to their earnings. | surance companies and banks,

result, temporarily at least, was a denial of another article contained in the creed of the C. I. O. published in San Francisco. ” ” HAT article says, “the world does owe every man the right to work for a living,” and it doesn’t subject that right to approval, license or revocation by the C. I. O. or any other power. But, though it says flatly that a man has a right to work, adding that denial of that right strips him of “the last vestige of decency in the eyes of his neighbors,” per=formance shows that the C. I. O. has a mental reservation. For it is written in invisible ink and confirmed by action on many fronts that if C. I. O. strikes the plant or job at which a man is em=ployed or if he refuses to join the union on the motion of 51 per cent of his fellow workmen this right to work is automatically revoked. Under the C. 1. O. the pamphlet says, “there would be no gangsterism such as we have seen and are seeing today in Seattle, T.os Angeles and San Francisco. The rank and file of the Teamsters’ Union is decidedly progressive. But the top leadership of the Teamsters’ Union, as exemplified by Dave Beck, is decidedly Hitlerite in its methods.”

”

® ww w E may consider whether Mr. Beck, A. F. of L.s leader in Seattle, has undergone a change of character or altered his methods, since man and methods both were acclaimed heartily for victorious service to striking units of tue A. F. of L. which later went over to the C. I. ©. There is no evidence of any change in either, and if it be true that he is Hitleresque, so was he then. Therefore, objection to Mr. Beck's Hitleresqueness would seem to be more expedient and political than sincere and moral.

“Domination of the rank and file ‘by fear” is

equally dangerous to all concerned, whether practiced by employers, Mr. Beck or followers of John IL.

, Lewis, and a man’s “right to work for a living” is no

more real or safe under the sufferance of a labor

boss than by paternal grant of a soulless corporation.

The Hoosier Forum

I wholly disagree with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.=~Voltaire.

LETTER-WRITERS CALLED | NEWS CONTRADICTORS | By H. H. Kimmerling, Elwood

I read the learned article from Prof. Middleton some time ago in | which he termed some of the corre- | spondents to the Forum as graphomaniacs because of their persistent determination to force themselves

to express

troversies

(Times readers are invited their these columns, religious conexcluded. your letter short, so all can have a chance. be signed, but names will bs withheld on request.)

gram for the benefit of all mankind, a program that will give the people all that Roosevelt talks of and more, and on a basis that will cost less. We need not worry so much (about the Constitution. Our people {will support a program if it is for

views in

Make

tion will thereby be preserved. ” ” ”n | TRAFFIC OFFICERS LAUDED

into the limelight of public attention through the columns of the Forum. |

not read the other departments of The Times or they would be | ashamed to submit such balderdash, | because there have been & thousand | facts published in other columns of | The Times to refute everything some of these writers have said. i Simultaneously with a late outburst from Mr. Maddox there appeared an article under the heading | “Demand Probe of Nazi Groups” by | [three college presidents, 30 profes- | (sors and 21 ministers who say, “When the threat to American de- | mocracy is considered, surely fas- | [cism and naziism seem more imme- | diately alarming than does any [Communist activity which has sc

will assure our again shall they { defend our flag

desires and ican people.

Surely they either cannot or will | utilities, railroads, insurance and : : > | other interests in our country, en- | By Herbert V. Hill, 1619 Broadway

{ couragement to industry to invest, restriction in public lowering of taxes, balancing of the budget, an international policy that

| FOR WORK AT SCHOOL

| I have often thought how much | the policeman means to the chil[dren at school. I have | watched the officer at School 21 at people that not | Rural and English and also the be called upon to | Officer at English and Mozart. If upon any foreign | €ver a man had his heart in his

indebtedness,

soil, a guaranty of freedom of the | WOrk, these two men really have. press, freedom of speech erty and justice that is equal to all regardless of position. No New Party Needed There is a part that our party can play if it soon will understand the | wishes of the AmerIt nas for more than

and lib- | | seem t | care of Shem, and they surely do. I | do not mean that these two officers | are the only police who do their best | to protect school children. I believe all police have the same thought in mind, but I drive by these two schools every day and wish to com- | mend these men, through your pa-

The children at these schools

4 Letters must | the welfare of all, and the Constitu- |

often |

rely on these men to take |

| far come to light.” It is high time the intellectuals were marshaling their forces to protect America and American princi- | ples. | Ww CALLS REPUBLICAN CONVENTION USELESS By Charles B, Salyer

While I read General Hugh Johnson's column, I do not always agree with him. But I do agree with his recent article upon the Republican Party policies. If we ‘are to be honest with our-

| program. Qur

| ble that our party leadership has |

| per. for their loyalty to the school

children. When I was a Kid, we used to shy off from a police officer, but thanks to former Lieut. Frank Owen, the kids have begun to love and respect the police. " ” wn BELIEVES MILK STRIKE PENALIZED FARMERS By George Oaks, Franklin In considering the so-called milk strike we should not lose sight of the face that the consuming public and the producers, the great army of hard-working men, women and

selves and our countrymen,

must admit that President Roose-|will not follow

government which appeals to the |

tion as well as a large number its industrial, | social leaders. Likewise there is a great mass of

business, religious and | United States.

| of the Republican Party, but un- |

| ers of our party do mot appreciate | politics or understand the ideals and

we | fallen in the discard.

velt does represent a philosophy of | They are too intelligent. e And our party intelligence and admiration of the not entitled to succeed by damn- | great common people of this na- ing and besmirching the reputation | of lor policies of the President of the | He has advocated | | progressive programs that have aid- | ied every person in our counfry, and | voters who believe in the ‘principles we should be fair enough to admit it. | A convention for | fortunately it appears that the lead- | What we need is to get away from and advocate a sound pro-

Our people |

leadership | children who do all the work in

raising the feed, caring for the catshall not and jc | te, milking the cows as well as i | furnishing the cows land, buildings and equipment, had nothing to do with this strike. They do not sit in on the negotiations, were not consulted and had no chance to gain. | The controversy is tween the distributors and their employees—a family affair. However, unless the milk control board is unusually alert, the consuming

false

strictly be-

1938 is useless. |

thoughts of the majority of the | American people and do mot ad- | vocate a policy of government which | entitles them to representation of | | our people. However, our party may | | awaken and come to the realization | | that if it is again to be the rep- | | resentative of the great mass of] | progressive thinking people of this | nation, it must advocate a liberal | program for the conduct of this] | Government on such a plane and so | sound that no other party can equal | tit. This program must include improved industrial and labor relations, higher wages, shorter hours, collective bargaining, the right to belong to such union as is the | choice of each individual, a sound | IVE near to farm policy that will guarantee to | | the American farmer

General Hugh Johnson Says—

Choice of U. S. Steel Chiefs Held Important to Welfare of Thousands; . Stockholder Selections for President and Board Chairman Commended.

ASHINGTON, Nov. 1.=The choice of the Governor of a state is news for a long while. But selection of a new chairman of the hoard and a new president of the United States Steel Corp. is front page news only for a day. While some states are political empires, we have economic empires which are of far more concern to the daily living of hundreds of thousands, if not

millions, of people than any political government |

TE we 1s : . % 1 + of people employed, or in some degree Will it become, as it is becoming in England, one of | Tie Huniver ¥ row Do ;

affected by what they do, is larger than the population of some states. ow

® "

HEY are, in a sense, the property of hundreds of | through |

who own, Through trusts, inwhich hold securities &c protection for savings or fortunes big

thousands of stockholders

them. Yet, though so ‘many people have a stake in them, and they possess almost a power of economic life over so many others, they are not democracies. They are a form of economic government intended to be run through a congress of directors elected by a majority of stockholders. These directors choose their ‘supreme rulers, But stockholders are so scat.

their |

| of all. and little, miilions of people have anh “equity” in |

tered and indifferent that owners of a few sizable minority blocks always choose the directors and through these directors, the chief executives. The selection of Edward Stettinius as chairman of the board of big steel, and Ben Fairless its president, seems to be of greater importance to more people than who your Governor may be. = " ” DDIE STETTINIUS’ father was my boss and close friend in the war, the cream of the crop of the great business executives of his day, and a faithful public servant. a second lieutenant pulling every Washington wire

He served with me later, a young man in a hot spot of strain and responsibility between the biggest men in American industry and labor. He left with the respect, admiration and affection The new head of big steel is human, able,

modest, decent and fair. If all workers, all con-

sumers and all stockholders had elected a chairman, |

they couldn't have done better for themselves. The president of U. S. Steel has always come, I believe, as Mr. Fairless has, from ranks of labor. Mr. Fairless carries on the tradition of James Farrell and William Irwin. You gant better describe

doo Re

| THE PUMPKIN FACE

By VIRGINIA POTTER

Someone cut out big round eyes, A nose and mouth there, too, | Put a candle in the center, { And a pumpkin face is through. |

Sitting in the window, now, | Where it's sure to be sechTo light the way for witches, For tonight is Halloween!

DAILY THOUGHT God is my strength and power: and He maketh my way perfect. —II Samuel 22-33.

1 things will appear to you litan income | tle in comparison with eternal reUthe same as it guaranteed to the 'alities—R. M. Cheyne.

The Washington Merry-Go-Round

Windsor's Visit to U. S. Heading for Fiasco Unless British Take Charge; Officials Pass Buck, Making It Plain They Are Not Hosts to Couple.

I knew his boy as a kid— |

| he could reach—to be given combatant duty in France. |

public or the producers, or both, will be made to pay the bills in the way of increased price of milk ©o the consumer or reduced price to the producer, or both. " 8 ” SUGGESTS KEALING AS CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR By Clarence Crecelius The voters of this city who are interested in good government should be interested in electing as Mayor, a man who is eminently fitted to deal with the responsibilities of the position. In my opinion, Mr. Edward Kealing is such a man. He is a splendid citizen, popular and well-liked by thousands of Indianapolis people. If nominated, I believe he would carry the election with the biggest majority of voters ever accorded an Indianapolis Mayor,

God, and so all

By Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen ASHINGTON, Nov. 1=If the British Government does not organize the forthcoming visit of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, there is good chance it will become just as much of a tangle as the tour of Queen Marie of Rumania. So far, plans for the Windsors' sojourn here have been a mixture of buck-passing and personal advertising. They will be almost on their own, Miss Perkins

clear that she is not inviting them to the United States. Also Secretary of Interior Ickes is being queried regarding other portions of their tour. { * ® = ABLES to Mr. Ickes from Charles Bedaux, on | behalf of the Duke, have been coming collect.

They asked for location of housing projects and worthwhile scenic spots. Mr. Ickes answered in detail by cable—collect. The wording of the cable made it clear that the Interior Department was not a tourist

bureau. their text was

Before arrival of cablegrams,

has said she would be glad to put them in touch with certain social and labor problems, but has made it |

, organization, 4

It Seems to Me ‘By Heywood Broun

Mahoney Asks New York Voters To Repudiate Mayor La Guardia Because Communists Indorse Him.

NEW YORK, Nov. 1.—-The New York City election is of national significance because the chief issue raised by Jeremiah Mahoney against Mayor La Guardia is one which will be echoed again and again in other cities and states. To put it simply, Judge Mahoney is arguing that since the Communists. are supporting La Guardia, every voter who opposes communism must vote against the Mayor. To be sure, Judge Mahoney is a little off in his facts. In a recent speech he said, “Never in the history of the Coms= munist Party has it ever before failed to have a candidate of its own. Never before has it indorsed a candidate of any other party.” Judge Mahoney is misinformed, It has happened on numerous ocs casions, notably in the last muse nicipal election in Milwaukee when

for re-election. Judge Mahoney falls into a grave error of logic in his suggestion that all anti-Communists vote against Mavor La Guardia and the Fusion ticket. He is by his own statement, eager to be the scourge of communism, and he wants to destroy whatever political strength the radical groups may have. But if his formula were to be followed throughout the nation the Communist Party would hold the balance of power and have a present, effectiveness on election day far beyond its wildest dreams.

Mr. Broun

” ” ” OBODY disputes the fact that the Communists constitute a small minority of the American voters, but if the Mahoney formula were universally followed the group could do by indirection what would be quite impossible for it to accomplish by any direct drive. In other words, Earl Browder would become a Warwick by the simple process of being able to lick any candidate by coming out in his favor. Judge Mahoney is following a bad model. In the Democratic primaries it was Dr. Copeland who did the “red” baiting. He took a terrible licking. Tt passes my comprehension why the Judge should immediately seize as a stafl of life the same broken reed to which the Doctor was clinging when he went under for the third time. " & » EREMIAH certainly is ill advised to put these in his pipe. Anybody who has followed New York affairs knows that the Communists do not exactly love La Guardia and that he is less than passionate in "his regard for the radical groups. But here in America it may be a long time between revolutions, and ‘Communists, like other citizens of New York, naturally want the best City Administration which is feasible. Their kids go to school. New Yorkers are not being called upon to vote as to whether they believe or disbelieve in Marxian economics. Karl isn’t running. We are choosing a Mayor, and here, as elsewhere, candidates for office should be come pelled to stand on their own feet and not be pele

mitted to climb into office merely by stepping on the toes of the radicals. You See, on occasion the man on the left may be right.

Arthur Kudner, Inc, New York advertising firm, and 16s ‘wasiningeon representative, Frank Getty. They are employed by Mr. BedauX, who has taken the Duke and Duchess under his wing. Mr. Bedaux is a mysterious figure. He formerly worked as a sand hog, devised a stretchout system for speeding up this and other work, is of FrenchCanadian descent, once was a member of the Foreign Legion, and is suspected of using the Duke's trip as a neat method for advertising Mr, Bedaux,

” » n EANWHILE, nothing concrete is being done about the Duke’s trip. Beyond housing and Na=- | tional Parks, Mr. Ickes refuses to act in behalf of the Windsors. And members of the British Embassy, when questioned by newspapermen about the trip, gaze serenely out the window. What the Windsors do not seem to know is that it is almost impossible for people as famous as they are to visit the United States without having their tour carefully arranged by some official agency and that the U. S. Government is not going to arrange it. In Germany, the Nazi Government had the Windsors’ time from morning to night. But democratic governments are not accustomed to efficient catering

dor hy,

the Communists indorsed Dan Hoan

to royalty, Soy when the guests are not vouched their Embassy. . /