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Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Woy FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1038

“] SOLATION” 1X THOUSAND miles of the Pacific Ocean separate us from Asia and 3800 miles of the Atlantic divide us . from Europe. And it is not pleasant to be reminded that we may not be always free to sit serenely back and enjoy our “iso= lation.” i : But yesterday Secretary Cordell Hull, a statesman who tells people what he. thinks rather than what they micht want to hear, spoke some truths which cannot be ‘ignored: “The catastrophic developments of recent years, the startling events of the past weeks, offer a tragic demonstration of how quickly the contagious scourge of treaty-break-ing and armed violence spreads from one region to another.” “The momentous question is whether the doctrine of force shall become enthroned once more and bring in its waka, inexorably, international anarchy and a relapse into barbarism: or whether this and ether peaceful nations, fervently attached to the principles which underlie international order, shall work unceasingly—singly or in cooperation with each other, as circumstances, their tradition21 policies and practices, and their enlightened selfinterest may dictate—to promote and preserve law, order,

morality and justice as the unshakable bases of civilized i

inte: national relations,” ;

‘We may seek to withdraw from participation in “world 1

affai- s, but we cannot. thereby withdraw from the world itsel’ “We want to live in a world which is at peace, in which the forces of militarism, of territorial aggression, and of inter-ational anarchy in general will become utterly odious, revol ing and intolerable to the conscience of mankind.’ /Znd, finally, this: : “No policy would prove more disastrous ‘than for an impo: tant nation to fail to arm adequately when international lawlessness is on the rampage.” £11 of us—and doubtless none more than Secretary Hull —are determined to remain, at peace, on the east side of the Pacific and the west side of the Atlantic. We can’t police the world. Yet, with distances measured not in ocean miles but in hours of flying time and split-seconds of cormunication, we cannot remain indifferent to what is happeiing on the other side of the waters that lap our shores.

BISEOP FRANCIS’ SERVICE

THE Rt. Rev. Joseph Marshall Francis, véteran Wishiop of the Indianapolis Episcopal Diocese, will ask ‘the appoin‘ment of a Bishop Coadjutor to assume certain of his duties. The request will be made at the 101st annual Diocesan Convention in April.

- For nearly 40 ‘years Bishop ‘Franéis has supervised

ably his parishes, which now include 61 Indiana ‘counties. Only during a brief wartime period did he relinguish complete charge. Urder his guidance the diocese has grown until today it has = membership of 9000. This expansion, however, has not been hurried or spectacular. Rather Bishop Francis has enc: uraged slow and conservative growth. “I do not believe in a church’s expanding where the need doss not exist. It is a bad policy to ‘overchurch’ a commur ty,” he says. Thst is wise vision.

A MODERN MERIT SYSTEM HE Sanate defeat of the Walsh amendment to the Presiden’ 's reorganization bill gives virtual assurance that Congres will make over the U. S. Civil Service Commis-

sion. Under this bill the presérit bipartisan three-member commission is to be replaced by a single administrator, named b the President for 15 years. The appointee must be a “specially qualified” executive szlected because of his ability and experience in personnel administration. His job will be not only tc protect the merit system, as the present commission does, but to extend it and improve it. The bill requires that he shall “prepare and recommend to the President plans for the development and maintenance’ ' of a carer service in the Federal Government.” : Thus. in place of a negative Civil Service, bogged down in red tay 2 and mediocrity, the new system can become one that calls ambitious men and women of talent to service in the co duct of our country’s most important business. It can, ’ that. is, if the President names the right man. He will not I ‘be easy to find. He should be neither politiciar nor pedan , but a broad-gauge, business-minded man whom the bigge:t and most successful private corpozhtion would ‘be glad tc have as head of its personnel department. Upon the President’s judgment in selecting a Civil Service 2 dministrator depends the success of this new adventure in governmental efficiency.

SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS.

ior wroth, and sent forth, and -slew all the children that were in Bethlehem.”- _ Matthew 2:16. “But Barcelona was unprepared for the!2 p. m. bombing. . . . In the middle of one street, two women frantically sought a child that had been with them. Apparently the child had heen blown up.”—United Press dispatch from Spain, March 17, 1938.

“Then was fulfilled that which was spoken hy Jerety saying, in Rama was there a voice heard, ‘Rachel |°

the prophet, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning,

‘weeping fo her children and would not be comforted, be:

cause they were not. "Matthew 2:16-17. : ~~ “Three empty and overturned baby carriages stood’ TW another pr 1cipal boulevard. There were no ‘children in “he bombs were the largest ever used here.” —

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Washington By Raymond Clapper

‘While U.S. 1s Planning No ‘Avkion, ‘Hints of Disapproval of Hitler's ‘Liberation’. Are Being Thrown Out.

ASHINGTON, March 18—With an increasing state of apprehension in Paris and London, an attempt is being made to draw a circle of pressure around Hitler to dissuade him from moving into

Ozechoslovakia. Foreign capitals are unable to ascertain what Hit-

ler's immediate intentions are and whether he will

strike again now. They are quite certain of his ulti-

mate objectives regarding Czechoslovakia but. not as to his immediate plans. This uncertainty aggravates the apprehension in. London and Paris despite the fact that there has been no physical change in the situation .in the last two days. Czechoslovakia has long feared that Hitler would swoop down there, and for months the Government ‘at Prague has ‘been ’ preparing for the fatal day. American = Congressmen who visited Czechoslovakia last sum-

~mer report heayy . fortifications ‘and zigzag roads along the bor-

der. ‘While the country alone Me Clapper could not stand up long against Germany, apparently the Czechs are in a position to put up resistance and are in a mood to do it.

® 2 2 AJOR elements in the pressure now being exerted on Hitler are these: First, France has given notice that she will carry out her treaty obligations with Czechoslovakia—

which means in plain language that she is ready to

fight Germany if Czechoslovakia is attacked. Second, Russia has given out a similar intimation. She has a treaty pledging her to assist Czechoslovakia if France does. How much this word will weigh with Hitler is a question, however. Russia’s own in<ernal situation may make her threat subject to considerable discount in Hitler's mind. Third, Great Britain, although still pondering her decision, is leaning toward a declaration of support for France in any action that may be taken with regard to Czechoslovakia, . # 8 8 HILE the United States does not contemplate any action, several broad. hints of disapproval of Hitler's course are being: thrown out. © = - President Roosevelt at his press conference poiritedly remarked that if there is. still such a thing as international law, this Government has received no official notice that Austria has disappeared from the face of the earth. He remarked dryly that the German Ambassador had notified the State Department of Austria's: extinction but that this Government had not been so notified by the Austrian Minister. : : : Also the President lost no time in signing: the promulgation of ‘the Czechoslovakian ‘trade agrec-' ment recently negotiated and it was widely noticed that while the treaty withholds the benefits of the most-favored nation principle from Germany, they are still extended to Austria. That complication

' undoubtedly will be promptly adjusted but it seemed

as if the President was anxious for the moment

Business—By John

The ‘Capital Gains and Profi ts Taxes, So Widely Criticized, Are | Nothing Compared to the Levies the Government Imposes on Oil.

EW YORK, ‘March. 18~All over this country there are men-politicians mostly—lying awake nights thinking up new ways to collect taxes. And at this moment a good many of them have their eyes on the oil industry. The makers of capital gains have sent up a wild cry of anguish and gottén an immense amount of | space in the newspapers. But what about the makers | of oil-and the users:thereof? : A Federal tax on crude ofl recently was proposed. And in many of the oil states the gentlemen who are,

running for office are talking about a severance tax :| on the oil industry. These gentlemen are busy proms |’ ising all sorts of good things to the aged and’ ‘the

farmers, and as their states are ‘in red, or threatening to take the plunge at any moment, they

must find new ways to dig money out of the e people | BE a .0f causing a smaller use of oil. It 1% always easy to ew Ch i I ome.renson or other two tax follies | pop into

Jor their pleasant schemes,

x x a a de PR a ec p ibm The other is that a tax on zl i len

; — — : Ee ® = i : The Hoosier Forum I wholly disagree with what you say, but wii defend to the death your right to say it.—Voltaire.

OBJECTS TO FLYNN'S IDEAS ON PURCHASING POWER By Z. B. Culler, Lafayetie

“Purchasing power,” says John T. Flynn in The Times, “is ‘produced’

in the same places that goods are’

produced, at the same time, by the same people, in the same factories.” Then all Mr. Ford has to do is build another factory and employ another 10,000 men. The men set to work will buy all the new Fords, All a farmer has to do is find money somehow to buy his own corn and hogs, Of course, in the mystics of trade, over which Mr. Flynn and others wave their magic wands, the farmer first must lend Mr. Ford money with which to build his factory, pay his men, and sell his goods. Then the men will buy his corn and hogs and he can buy a Ford. How easy! But if one factory hires a thousand men, another one lays off an equal number in consequence. New enterprise if successful simply takes from’ the established. We already produce more than we can consume and pay for. An examination of

the whole list of new production

possibilities (with possible exception of war stuffs) will uncover not one item of new “purchasing power.” Mr. Flynn needs a new course in

{the problem of whether the goose

or the egg was first in the delicate processes of nature. In the meantime we might get prices and costs

down to where those able could buy

more and pay for it. ® ”* URGES SUPPORT FOR DIVISION OF LABOR

‘By Opal L.

There is one place in Indianapolis where a worker can get a flir deal— that is the Division of Labor of Indiana, 404 State House. I had been

working in a restaurant and my em- | pri

ployer refused to pay me. I tried every place in town where I thought I could get help. It seemed there was no way I could get my wages. Then I went to the Division of Labor. Mr. Meisel of that office got the money for me in a very few hours. I think the working people of In-

‘diana should know of this division

and give it their support. ¢ : J 8 8 = RIDICULE WILL NOT STOP: FASCISM, READER SAYS By R. Sprunger :

It is interesting to' note some

people have the sense to show concern about the growing menace of fascism, I notice the American Legion advises ridicule and passive resistance. Such a slap on the wrist will not stop fascism. Germany tried that method when Hitler began to preach his doctrines.

Instead of crying about results, to’ proceed with the formalities in a way that would Why A. & ene

conspicuously ignore Hitler's “liberation” of Austria. ;

capitalism, with its Dr. Jekyll-Mr "Hyde. Character. On one side capi-

T Flynn

(Times readers are tavited to . express their’ views in these columns, religious con. troversies excluded. Make your letter short, so all can_ have a chance. Letters must be signed, but names will be withheld on 1 request)

talism’s circle of “the Betior elethent,” o-patriots and “rugged individualists” loudly proclaim socalled American ‘traditions and their belief in democracy. Then quickly they change and secretly or otherwise they sell death-dealing instruments, make loans or giherwise aid the Fascist nations, : It is also well to remember that fascism is the last desperate stand of capitalism, In my opinion, the ones who absorb Fasc or Nazi doctrines have renounced any belief in democracy and should be deprived of “enjoying the protection and privileges of democracy.

® 8 8 y REPEAL OF PROFITS TAX BELIEVED UNNECESSARY

By S. H. L.

It looks like the capital. gains and undistributed: profits tax. will not need repealing. These items will be conspicuous by their absence in the ledgers of 1938. .Just. what can be done with profits if they cannot be reinvested safely is still a puzzle. t is the only place for profits in capitalistic system. If there were a safe place for new money in our econ~ omy, then we would not have recessions or depressions. . How can new money venture out while existing investments are not paying their hire? The existing debs structure, both. public and vate, prevents new investment until the debt is liquidated one way or another. We must write off the debt before we. write up more investment. r eel nae

SPRING By VIRGINIA POTTER

Spring is coming, Sun is shining, Birds are singing, too; Winter's flying, Breezes sighing, Skies are Eeing blue.

Grass is peeping, ; Cold winds sleeping, Spring is coming now; Raindrops falling, Robins calling, ring has kept her vow.

DAILY THOUGHT And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in’ peace. —Luke 7:50. E

AITH must have adequate evidence, else it is mere Supers.

tion—A. A. Hodges.

SUGGESTS BATTLECRY

| FOR VANNUYS

By Edward F. Maddox

Mr. Samuel Jackson, who hopes | -

to defeat Senator VanNuys because he would not act as a rubber stamp for the New Dealers in their attempt to seize control of the Supreme Court, has, according to a press report, given Mr. VanNuys a real issue to carry to the people of this State. Mr. Jackson is reported to have said that if the Republicans won majorities in the 1938 and 1940 elections, they will regard it as a mandate to return to the “old form of government.” Mr. VanNuys’ battlecry should be: “Back to the old tried and tested Constitutional form of government and no tinkering with our established” Democratic institutions.” . .. . 2 8 8 SAYS VANNUYS STANDS FOR AMERIC RIGHTS By A. J. McKinnon +

- T wish to thank the number of :

persons who sent me Senator VanNuys cards to sign. I had no trouble to get them all signed. This goes to show a loyalty to the man who protected us when we were unable to protect ourselves. “Small Business Democrat” in the Forum said that VanNuys stood up with the Republicans and knifed the New Deal. Regardless of whom he stood with and what he knifed, the

fact is he stood for justice and the

rights of the American people. ‘He should not be judged by the company he keeps but by the facts he stood for. We cannot afford to lose Senator VanNuys in this next election. , . .

[8 8 8 SAYS COLLEGE MEN LESS

‘DESIRABLE AS ROOMERS | By ‘Experienced : :

As a rooming-house keeper, I will room either sex—if they pay up. In behalf of the maligned woman roomer—they always pay their rent

{when due and most of them are

neater about their rooms than men. College men ate less desirable than

(other men. They are slower pay.

They feel the prestige resulting from their presence is worth a lot. But “rooming” people is just an-

other business and jit is the money |

that counts—not the prestige.

# 8» CORRESPONDENCE COURSE ‘IS RECOMMENDED By Daniel Francis Clancy, Logansport Headline: “U. 8. Hungarians, Urge Homeland -to Resist Hitler, 2 Um-hum, you tell ’em.

“Alexander Yegorov, who was re-|

cently placed under arrest, has been | moved to Rubianka prison where he | is undergoing ‘a special course by the GPU.” In other words, they're teaching him a lesson. When the GPU are the teachers it’s always best to .take & correspondence course. ;

Gen. Johnson

Says—

McNutt's Philippine Suggestion. fe One of Most Dangerous Political ; Proposals Than Can Be Imagined

ASHINGTON, March 18.—If the highly publicized Indiana home-coming dinners for High Commissioner McNutt of the Philippines were intended to launch his 1940 Presidential boom, the High Commissioner promptly unlaunched it when he said we ought to keep the Philippine Islands as an outpost in Asia. It was either: a very brave or foolish thing to do. ‘The proposal goes much further than Just keeping the Philippines. It | goes to a Navy much more powerful than neces sary to guard our two songkiingsor éven to police th Hemisphere. It goes to the point of asserting a sovereign interest in Asia. In these days there is no sense in asserting a sovereign:interest in anything, unless you are prepared to defend it with force of arms. The High Commissioner is perfectly right in intimating that if : Japan takes the Philippines she Hugh Johnson Will control a “barrier reef” of islands which fence off Asia from the Pacific as a pig in a pen. Sakhalin south to Borneo, the islands of that

~~ From littoral simply swing like a gate across the backyard

of Asia. The Philippines form the southern half of that gate. They abound in sites for bases and points of support to control the narrow straits, seas and passages from the Pacific Ocean toward that continent. The islands are extremely rich in natural resources and under exploitation by Japanese Simon Legrees, would ‘instantly pay richer rewards than anything Japan has taken in China. Of course, Japan wants. them and if we got out would certainly take them at the first opportunity. There is at least one. COnampet that would pay for itself.

, the High- Commissioner is right in his descrip- % x hom and he only intimated part of it. But, so wha

He is wrong when he suggests that those islands are anything like an outpost for us toward Asia in any military or naval strategic sense. They are just a sore thumb’ stuck into and already completely sure rounded by a hornets’ nest.

As has been repeatedly pointed out by military and naval writers and twice recorded here, on the shortest route from our Pacific Coast to Manila and at about two-thirds the distance, the whole: Japanese archipelago stands as a stark barrier across the pati, To the southward, outflanking other routes in a directions, are mandated and other Japanese ila surrounding the Philippines to the east.

8 #8 =»

T is a perfect naval sucker trap and our place in it really adds weakness rather than strength to any voice of ours in the affairs of the Far East. This country is beginning to-understand all this: and that understanding, coupled with an almost uni-’ versal refusal to. get mixed up in any more overseas wars, makes the McNutt proposal one of ‘the most dangerous ‘political suggestions that could be imagined. If, as some surmise, Mr. Roosevelt got the. Commissioner to do it, it is one more proof of the President's famous political cleverness. The real question here is one of moral obligation to the Filipinos and superficially, at least, their demands for independence wiped out whatever there was to that. If there is now a sudden wish on their part to be reabsorbed, it is because of a new fear of Japan. That should be all we need to know. beth

| According to Heywood Broun—

There Are Certain Things No Man Ought to.Say About Any Presid Our Government Is Ridiculed More by Reactionaries Than by Radicals.

This

principle is the user of oil, who really pays this set down ds the one who should pay the bills of Government? Why the oil industry instead of some other industry? THe reason is that the oil industry ‘and the people who buy its products submit. It is easier to tax them, They can be reached more easily and they yield without ore than a murmurs 5 RO a ee ws aavital yal vex. sa ¥ suhli proms tax, labout which so much has been said; ere nothing

compared to the tax imposed on. petroleum products. : 3 and many |

_But the Federal Government, the states ‘citfes feel they have a right to dig inte tie oft users’ Pockets to pay Government bills. Of ‘course there 1s always s reason for's ths: ‘one {8 that this will be a conservation méasure—a means

inyent a high- -sounding reason for anything’ ‘the “Government wants to do, In this case it wants money ‘—more money. This may be all right: But it singles out one group in the community as the source of this. | without any logical reason for. i m. ~The people who burn ofl ‘in

ix The puvle who mum, oil In. help Tum pay this |

: ala, In the latter case, PASS it ofl 10 the customers, is only ore more reason for embarking on

| a reac but

{| INE roms, sar 18—Some medical man should write a piece on the relationship between blood pressure and political opinion. As my arteries harden

I find that 1 grow conservative in many things. instance, I have an old-fashioned notion that the criticism of men in public life should not extend even to the members of their immediate families and that

: thelr in-laws ought to be immune, save as separate

uals. oe, I am so fnid-Victorian that T would have

tot 8 takes a stand on labor matters

# ova rag lle Bo business, ‘attitude es un er own ‘and Writing 8 column is mine. : That el ae

RUT BE persons. 2 ‘seem 10 me reactionary. Naturally, I | want my mother to know, if she happens to see this,

unig ¥adica) 1 ghs familys For |

this rule thal in. even to persons beyond the pale yoitieal le. Neither is at

; On the other hand, she sends

to her. In my opinion she is :

tivated by the fules of cricket or amateur times when I thought I saw an opport an opponent an elbow I.did: 80. But, 4

‘Even that may be an excessive boast, BeSanio the’

ATURALLY.’T have Heard sadiéals tak Coolidgs and Hoover apart after the manner of & skilled - worker breaking down a watch. I have heard bitter attacks on Rooseveli—two of them were mine. And, even so, 3 Ss Puliicly santos the antediluvian opinion ere is such a the Signy of the office and that there are io man ought to say about any President of the ted

@vidence.. pertive of the United 1 his hind legs and yell for | Otherwise let him hold

If any man’ thinks he h dishonesty o: