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'EUROPE’S TURNING POINT

[T takes but a brief glance into the trans-Atlantic kaleidoscope to make one thing perfectly clear. And that is that Europe has turned her back upon one postwar era and is embarking upon another. “Peace,” the newly resigned Foreign Minister, Cople Eden, told a turbulent House of Commons yesterday, “i and must be” the prime objective of British foreign ey To which his former chief, Prime Minister Chamberlain, responded with an emphatic affirmative. But from there on, the two ex-colleagues of the British Cabinet differed in toto. Capt. Eden clung tenaciously to the principle of collective security and the League of Nations; Mr. Chamberlain held that unless Britain and Europe turned to something more dependable, war was probably inevitable. Thus, Britain, to all intents, abandons the League. And, since she, with France, has long been its principal supporter, the Geneva body, as a peace organization, may now be said to be shelved until further notice. The League era is finished, at least for an indefinite time to come, and something new is to take its place. Just what the system will be is not yet lear. It may be based upon a coalition of the principal European powers —perhaps along the lines suggested by Mussolini, He has said that European peace might well be safeguarded by four or five powers—Britain, France, Germany, Italy and perhaps Poland. This plan may now be resurrected. The British Prime Minister did not repudiate the League. On the contrary, he seems to hold in high esteem the idea which it embodies. The trouble is, he suggests, it/ does not work. And it does not work because the nations of the world are not now prepared to make it work. So he proposes that it be laid away in cold storage until some time when the world may be more inclined to live up to the covenant. He would keep the whole structure as it stands—including even the famous Article 16 which calls for concerted action against aggressor states. But meantime, he says, the League should drop its “shams” and quit pretending it can do things which it cannot possibly do under existing conditions, . Many are saying on both sides of the Atlantic that Mr. Chamberlain's dropping of Capt. Eden meant the “abdication of democracy” and the “surrender” of Britain to the forces of fascism. That, it seems to us, is unfdir and premature, Democracy began its abdication at Versailles when, in direct violation of the principles enunciated by Woodrow Wilson in his 14 points, an unfair peace was forced upon the conquered powers. That peace, in time, produced a Hitler and fascism.

ROTARY'’S JUBILEE MESSAGE SPECIALLY significant. and timely was the message stressed by speakers to Indiana Rotarians during their two-day silver jubilee here this week. Throughout these 25 years Rotary members have carried on successfully a program of service to their communities, state and nation. They have emphasized the importance of promoting a better feeling of world brotherhood. Today, perhaps more than ever, this ideal of brotherhood is essential. Rotarians returning today. to their respective communities probably could do nothing better than to carry. to their fellow members and citizens the theme of Raymond.J. Knoeppel, New York, who challenged them to “pick up the torchlight of friendship and lead the world to a better international understanding.”

IDES OF MARCH . A CONGRESSMAN gets $10,000 a year. He may represent a state which taxes the incomes of its citizens. But the Congressman’s salary is exempt from state taxation. So are the salaries of postmasters, Federal judges, U. S. attorneys and all other Federal Government officials and employees. Likewise the salaries of state Governors, Legislators, judges, Mayors and.all other staté and municipal offitals

and employees are exempt from Federal taxation.

Also exempt from any. taxation are the incomes derived from billions of dollars worth of Federal, state and municipal bonds. ~' One week ago today Senator Hitchcock of South Dakota introduced a resolution in Congress, proposing a: Constitutional amendment to permit both Federal and state governments to tax the salaries of both Federal and state. employees and the incomes from both Federal and state securities. But that resolution, like dozens of other similar resolutions, is gathering cobwebs in a pigeonhole of the Judiciary Committee. It just occurred to us that these things are worth mentioning again—at a time when a lot of ordinary citizens with ordinary incomes are worrying about Whether they will have enough cash to pay taxes due March 15.

CITIZEN ICKES SPEAKS SECRETARY ICKES’ broadcast on Washington's birth

day over a British network, first announced as a revised

. version of a ‘famous earlier speech, proved to have been

revised so thoroughly as to eliminate all Tefetene to “America’s 60 Families.” Mr. Ickes did -pay his respect to “our economic royalists” and “the reactionary séction of our press” and the «ignorance and selfishness and lust for power” which, as he says, are fighting the New Deal’s efforts to make democ-

tacy work, In general, however, it was a temperate speech. And

while this may not be the most tactful time foran American’

official=—even one who announces that he speaks as a pri-

vate citizen-to be lecturing the people of England about the menace of fascism, still Mr. Ickes’ central theme was

that Se in Semoeraty, gverywhere. and; at al i S |

welts as Jnast. pes freedom to its iy “can wok, so far | tho coMcR AAR is SONGSIGd, bettas Shy Su7 other :

Business Manager:

Fair Enough

By Westbrook Pegler Writer Believes Little Would Come Of the Cleanup Campaign Proposed ~ By the Opposition in Kansas City.

KANSAS CITY, Feb. 23.—Tom Pendergast’s City Administration, composed of a Mayor and a Council of nine, comes up for re-election on March 29 and the opposition is crying in a pale voice that the City’s selfrespect must be restored. That is weak talk, because it is admitted that this rotten machine does a good job of running the services apd financial affairs of the town. Moreover, the opposition conpists of an alliance of sorehead Democrats and emaciated Republicans. Of course, the coali~ tion promises reform in a large, general way, but, on the basis of past performancés in this and many other cities, that just means another morality drive. There is no reason to believe that the coalition could economize below the present cost of government, improve the service or restrain the natural impulse of elated politicians to load the payrolls with electioneers. Jp = Sani ay #2 8 = HE exasperating truth about Pendergast’s crowd ; is that its racketeering on big things at the City Hall is subject to the veto of old Judge Henry MecElroy, the City Manager, who is proud of his reputation for thrift. The nature of his office does not make him offi

Mr. “Pegler.

cally concerned with public morals or police work

except in the phase of appropriations, If the ma-

chine collects tribute and takes a cut off the salary . of every cop, fireman and clerk in the public service, : that would be outside his department, although he . did give your correspondent the full gaze of his honest ! eyes, as guileless as an ace in the hole, and say with-

out a flicker that the old saloon-keeper’s machine positively did not accept any tribute from the underworld. So what about the moral tone, the civil humiliation and the City’; self-respect? ’ » # : 2 y EFORE going into that let us let down our hair and admit that these things are mere mayonnaise and that Tom Pendergast gives business, the best people and the underworld a very close approximation of what they want from local government.

Then let us forget about the moral tone, civic humili-

ation .and the City’s self-respect. They are for the luxury trade. Business is protected against rough stufY in strikes, taxes are not band, the police are straining to keep down robbery and: motor theft in campaign time at least. And as:for the underworld, the wide-openness of Kansas City is intended to serve a double purpose. It provides money for the organization which other-

wise it might have to take from taxes or perish, and-

is supposed to keep the criminal element occupied, contented and reasonably prosperous. So the underworld keeps the machine which governs the people who tolerate gambling and Vice be-~ cause they keep the hoodlums quiet.

we YORK, Feb. 33~On its face there is not one objection that can be made to a parley on our war debts. Europe owes something over 12 billions. The nations which owe these sums can never pay them. No matter what anyone may think they ought to dn, there is no one who has the faintest knowledge of international finance who thinks that England and France and Italy and other nations can ever pay even

-@ respectable fractign of these debts.

That being so what objection can. anyone make to an honest effort to make some arrangement by which these ngtions will pay at least’ what they can and get

¥ these old war inheritances out of our system as end-

less irritants. Unfortunately there are many who believe that

“the object of reviving the subject at this moment is

‘Dok fop the Purpose of got getting them out of our system,

the purpose of pug ew, Sor debts to our system. & ng Zo dimet Efe

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The Hoosier Forum

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

AMENDS PYLE'S DATA ON HAWAIIAN POPULATION

By V. 8. McClatchy, Executive Secretary, California Joint Immigration Committee, San Francisco The recently published statistics (in Ernie Pyle’s column) from official sources as to numerical strength of the various racial groups in Hawaii indicate that out of the Terri tory’s total population of 397,000, 151,000 are “Japanese” and 59,000 are “whites.” Those official sources, however, do not explain that the

“white” group is composed in great-:

er part of Army and Navy forces, neither permanent residents nor voters of the Territory. . The significant conditions as to racial predominance in Hawaii are best understood from examination of the segregated list of registered voters. In 1936 the Japanese, with 18,608 registered voters, outnumbered any other racial , group, and Were increasing more rapidly than ny other. They numbered in 1920, 636: An 1926, 3092; in 1930, 7017; in 1932, 11,273; in 1934, 15,317 and in 1936, 18,698. The next most numerous were the “Hawaiians” with 15,181, and steadily decreasing since 1932 when they numbered 16,576. Next came the “Americans’ with 12,146. They had increased from 5336 in 1920 to 10,244 in 1930 and 12,588 in 1934, but have fallen off since.

& @ » CITES FIGURES ON UTILITY BATES

By C. J. Johnson, business agent local 18090 A. FV. of L.

In this question whether publicly owned and operated electric utili~ ties are cheaper than privately owned let's get down to facts. The Federal Power Commission report released from Washington on Feb. 8, 1938, revealed. the following rates for the 100 and 250 kilowatt billings: Publicly owned 100 kilowatt— Richmond, $3.25; privately owned 100 kilowatt—Indianapolis, $4.80. Publicly owned 260 kilowatt—F't. Wayne, $6.20; privately owned 250 kilowatt—Indianapolis, $8.53. From these figures draw your own

conelusions.

Editor's Note—Indianapolis Power

& Light Co. officials said the above

figures released by the Federal Power Commission were as of Jan. 1, 1937. On April 1, 1937, officials said, a general rate decrease was effected here and today ‘the - 100-kilowatt rate is $4.40 as compared with $4.80 previously, and the 250-kilowatt rate is $8.15 as compared with $8.53

previously.

Business—By John T. Flynn

Economist Warns of Events of 1917 as Proposel Is Made to Grant England New Credits for the Purchase of Armaments in This Country. debt. parley should be frankly, honestly snd fully laid

before the American people.

It the plan is to open the way to get around the | woe

(Times readers are invited to express their views in these columns, religious controversies excluded. Make your latter short, so all can have a chance. Letters must be signed, but names will be withheld on request.)

DEFENDS: INDEPENDENT SHOP UNIONS ; By Pat Hogan, Columbus E. 8. Barber says I. am. aficted with “sublime self-satisfaction,” 50 this will explain tg him and others, who have criticized my views op the independent shop union... I rode a bicyele- 10° miles twice a a

day to learn the machinist trade.

The first year I made 10 cents an. hour; the second 12%; the third. 17%; the fourth 20; never worked

{ less : than 60 hours ‘a week and them ‘working? There are 37 mil- |

thought it lucky to get 10 or: 18 hours overtime... When I went to Detroit and got $18 for a 60 hour week, I felt like a million dollars,

for I had a greater’ opportunity to learn more. Now I have to do with great, powerful sutomatic machings— drills, multiple drills, milling machines, screw machines and lathes ~and it is my lot to “break in” others who have had experience on hand machines. Last year I had eight fellows—one at a time—from 21 to 3b years old. When not engaged in “breaking in,” I would run these machines in “production” —two, three or four machines simultaneously. When teaching a

DECIDE! By VIRGINIA POTTER I wish you would make u -mind, : > Yoge

fn A mt 0 ‘no x 1 would my future i Bo, : ————e - DAILY THOUGHT

And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be Consumed from off the land that I gave unto

. them 3g jo thers. miah 24 q thelr ay —Jore-

a 3 one of the dn the divine

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administration ot human sifaits~ J. Foster.

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strife and most curious

phy only one machine is devoted oh The OC. I O , made a drive to organize the plant and get all these youngsters. Instead of devoting their mental powers to the work at hand, they talked and thought union, and drifted into the wash room for from one to three hours daily to discuss with others how they were shamefully underpaid— 40 cents .an hour when they ought to have 65 with only 12 or 18 months’ experience behind them, ; started at 10 cents. Of about 700 employees there were 87 of these inexperienced: radicals, Of the eight I had, only one made good. The others were not able to

manage one; aufomatic—much less | | three or: four—so they were placed |’

{back on hand machines. When the recession struck, naturally they were let out and you should hear them wail “discrimination.”

Mr. Barber says there are 10 mil- |.

lion out of work. Could any: union them to go to work or keep

ig enrolled in social security. and the two warring .unions have a ‘membership: of five million—which shows that about 85° per cent of all workers still have the judgment to stick to the shop union.

2 8 8 REPUBLICANS’ SELECTION OF FRANK 'CRITICIZED By Lester Gayle I am: not & hidebound Republican; Iam an American and believe | in the American principles of Government. Should the Democratic

Party of today nominate one who is}

really’ a Democrat, such as Senator Carter Glass of Virginia—who is a | true American—I should gladly vote for him in preference to F. D, Rogsevelt.

I am’ not opposed icism .of political parti leadership. The Repu

to honest crite and their | can Party

‘| deserves some stinging rebukes .for

the selection of Glenn: Frank, ‘mer President of the University: o -W scons. 4 lenn Frank is’ a member of the Notional Mooney- Hiings Committee, organized id the Civil Liberties Union for the definite purpose of gaining freedom for Tom Mooney, convicted of bombing the 1916 San Francisco Preparedness Day paI e. ° . . Let the Republicans demand the resignation of Glenn Frank and give his place to one who is deserving of the os of . Aenumely American

; \ccording o ‘Heywood Broun—

Washington Journalists Have Combined Picketing and the Sitdown

Technique in Their Strike

Ws Feb. 33 ~The yeast of economic organization begins to ‘fizz in the

Johnson law and enable the United States to lend money to Britain to use for armaments, what reason

can be offered for concealing that objective now? If

“the loans are made, the money of American investors will be used. If this is done the effect on American

economy ‘will be striking. In the end the policy may

Joss to. ORBEF complications, sat ouly et (fiw, was (of

debts, but of the pew armament debts.

HY or i on ett dean ate | ter 18 they are kept in the dark About the Teal in

It 18 certain that Britain, for nstance, cannot pay be ‘us. It ‘her, I th

places, dropped off the rattler from Miami intent upon spending a quiet afternoon at some spol where there

‘would be no talk of politics, labor problems or any |

other serious subject. And so naturslly I decided

-$0 drop in atthe bar of the National Press Club, He £ of all journalistic fraternities. :

Gen. Thinson Says—

. Hobcaw Barony in South Caroling

Never Has Been Pretentious, but It's a Fine Quail-Hunting Spot.

HOBCAW, S. C., Feb. 28.—This is write ten from Hobcaw Barony in South

Carolina, Yes, “barony.” It was one of the.

‘original Carolina crown grants made in an;

attempt to extend the faded remnants of the’

feudal system to the British colonies, It is: still a barony in name because the old deeds describe it that way. In fact, it is a wooded peninsular thumb sticking down from the North between the: Atlantic Ocean and Winyah Bay. It has a glamorous history. Before the Civil War it was a rich plantation for rice, indigo and tea. = Earlier, the bay was a put-in for such pirates as Stede Bonnet and Blackbeard. The Civil War and truction ruined it. ed to wilderness, but a rorani South Carolina kid had hunted there ‘loader shotgun and had never fore gotten the ruin. Bucking New 5 York, without a nickel, he had beHugh Johnson come in early years a budding financier, and with his first imrtant savings he bought it for a song. Po He thus ngs he an old house and an isolated community of Gullah Negroes. They came here di_yect from Africa and few have ever been away in “generations, A stranger can hardly understand the Janguage they speak. But some do migrate. 8 » ”

[9 pk at €iro’s in Paris, I went to dinner with Mr. Baruch ahd his wife, There was a picturesque 6%-foot black server of Turkish coffee. As he served, he bowed low, took your hand, pressed it softly in ‘Oriental obeisgnce to his brow, his Hoe, his heart and then salagme® and raised melting ey

t to ME Baruch, the Baron of HobAs be dul bus then ‘turned Mark Twain's

: looked u Cav, pe J awd Misto village

“fish-belly white” a SH ‘ Behnie!” He was an Arabian a the

of Hobcaw, This place never has been pretentious. But the

duck shooting in the old rice marshes used to be the " best in Airis and the: quail ‘shooting on the mainland still is alain

F you don’t see 12 to 20 coveys in a few Tours, it's a bad day. Although you are allowed to shoot only ‘ave birds from a covey, if you can't 15 in twe hours you're a bad shot. consistent as it because there sre frequen swamps. Often you get only two shots at & covey. The guide isn’t permitted to tell on you but, “shells taken and birds returned, I have known some of our greatest statesmen to blaze away T0. ites ang: bring back two suicidal birds, : ;

the wonderful work of three dogs stalking a coyey and freezing at a point into plaster Satuary in b Derlegs 00= operation, the thrill of ° whirring rise and even the disguised, but. disgusted. ro in the’ Fide’ face at your own. stupidity when the gun won't go off. £3

Against the New Press Club Ordinance. was suspended for a week, whereupon the rebels took

~up a collection sufficient. to double his fine, and they

also femly Fescived to boycott the bar, AST have said, it would be unclubby for a visitor y sides in wn internal dispute with which he t fully acquainted himself, But I'm not one a picket line under any circumstances. This demonstration is a combination of picketing Sitqown. technique, retaining the best features

Be 8, all, T might as well be hanged for & sheep ; Atal, “You came in here at just the wrong ‘time, Commissar,” a friend assured me “This started “two hours 40, | but you'll get the. blame.” And has

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