Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 November 1938 — Page 12

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BE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1838

WHERE THERE'S SMOKE... 4 JOR nearly three months a Congressional committee, .'~ headed by Rep. Martin Dies of Texas, has been con-

4 . . . \ ducting hearings on un-American activities in the United

- States.

From the very outset, the investigation has been accompanied by an, uproar. Chairman Dies has been both

bitterly assailed and loudly applauded.

For present purposes,

whether or not Mr. Dies’ methods

have been strictly in accord with the rules of evidence in a

court of law—and few, if any, Congressional investigations in. our time :have been so conducted—is beside the mark. To any American not blinded by the prevailing isms and . ideologies, it is clear that at least enough has been un- ¥ covered to prove that a full and fair investigation is needed. President Roosevelt is now making a resurvey of the : national defenses. In the next few years somewhere be- ~ tween five and ten billion dollars are to be spent to strength-

‘en the nation’s armaments.

We believe this is a wise

+ =. step. But what good would even the most matchless of

defenses against a foreign foe do us if, when the time.

~ comes, we are to be destroyed from within? : The country is rampant with reports that hostile ‘agents are already laying their plans to sabotage America’s key industries and communications at the outbreak of war. * We hear, too, that forces, determined to wreck our system * of government, have camouflaged themselves in trojan “ horses inside our citadels, ready and waiting for a favorable

: opportunity to sally forth.

Just how serious or how silly these reports are, none

nothing to lose by finding out.

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TREE NEN |

of us knows. But surely we have everything to gain and

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T stake we have a marvelous country. With only 6 per : cent of the world’s area and 7 per cent of its popula- & tion, we consume 48 per cent of the world’s coffee, 21 per

~ its petroleum, pig iron, more than half its tin and 72 per c

cent of its sugar, 56 per cent of its rubber, 69 per cent of 47 per cent of its copper, 42 per cent of its

ent of its silk.

The American peonle own 80 per cent of the world’s

automobiles, 60 per cent of its telephones, 33

per cent of its

railroads and more than half of all its monetary gold. Their purchasing power is greater than that of the 500,- | 000,000 peoples of Soviet Russia, Nazi Germany and all the

rest of Europe. And it surpasses that of the tants of all Asia.

billion inhabi-

As one of the youngest of all the great powers, that

is a record of which we can be proud. We do not pretend

that our system is perfect, but it is so far superior to most that we feel it is well worth conserving. indeed, we are a people and a nation to be envied. And we are envied. Thus, in a world where force from without

and boring from within are ruthlessly emplo ful, aggressor states whenever and wherev they can get away. with it, we would not only

yed by powerer they think be remiss hut

stupid indeed not to look to our national security.

And national security is not merely a matter of battle- |

ships, merchant marine, airplanes and soldiers. The best war machine ever devised would break down without a

properly functioning agricultural, industrial, and communications system to back it up. quires a united, loyal people. . our lines, the time to find it out is before, "are in the middle of a great crisis.

MR. BRADFORD'S GIFT

transportation And this re-

If we have saboteurs within

not after, we

ONE of the finest public benefactions that has come to our attention is John W. Bradford's gift of his estate

to Indiana University. This old estate, consisting of beautiful,

wooded prop-

erty and a fine old three-story home, is to be used jointly

after Mr. Bradford's death by the university Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children. “For several years I have

and the James

been wondering how I could

keep this farm intact,” said Mr. Bradford. “I and my brothers have spent our lives here, we loved the place and all wanted it perpetuated. 1 know now that I have found

the solution, and I am happy about it.” We share Mr.

Bradford’s happiness in his decision.

We can think of no finer use that could be made of this

fine old homestead.

KEEP THE RAILROADS SAFER AMERICAN railroads, in the first half of

1938, had the

best general safety. record for any six-month period.

So the Association of American Railroads an The total number of deaths in railroa passengers, employees, persons at grade trespassers was

nounces. d accidents of crossings and

440 fewer than in the first half of 1937,

a reduction of nearly 18 per cent. Nonfatal injuries were reduced more than 28 per cent. There were 44 passenger fatalities this year, where there had been mone in the corresponding period last year; These 44 deaths resulted

from two

wrecks, the worst of which was, caused by a

cloudburst in Montana and neither of which could fairly

be considered the fault of the railroads.

; of

Prevention of accidents calls for adequate maintenance track and equipment, prompt replacement of obsolete

- rolling’stock and

a high degree of morale among employees. # These things cost money. It would be a mistake to conclude

?. that the degree of railroad safety reached this year can

found.

' be further increased, or even maintained for long, unless * the drift of the railroad industry toward financial chaos is. i stopped and unless a sound solution for the railroad problem

11 LOBBYISTS TO A SIDE

: Oklahoma Legislature, said:

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ow y

* #Oklahoma University’s winning ve. more to do helping get favorable legislative appropriaiy in OW ~ iT

a speech at Norman, Okla., recently, a law school student who is also a not-so-mature member of the

football team will

‘| necessary with a shotgun.

By Westbrook Pegler

Americans Enjoying Time-Honored Custom of Blowing Off Steam, but Can Close Ranks Against Outsiders.

EW YORK, Nov. 2.—There seems to be a belief, as yet no bigger than a man’s hand, that the

external potential enemies of this country are SO |.

strong and arrogant that it would be folly to persist in criticism of the present national Government. There are some who share this feeling who profess to be and doubtless think they are opposed to dictatorship. But, ohviously, if criticism and opposition were to fall silent for this reason, accepting for unity’s sake

regulation and economic measures which they believe to be ruinous, Hitler and Mussolini would spread their method to another country without the firing of a single shot. ’ Mr. Roosevelt spoke wisely last winter when he warned us all of the need for temperate speech, and there have been moments since then when he seemed to heed his own counsel. He is not a moderate man by temperament, however, but a heavy puncher and not always able to resist the. temptation to use his thumb in jabbing. . This style of fighting for those measures which he believes to be necessary naturally tempts his opponents to fight him back in the same way, and the result too often has been a rough-and-tumble in a contest which were better conducted under straight commission rules. ’ ” ” # HE unruly neighbors, hearing and seeing such commotion, might exaggerate the seriousness of the division among the Americans, but if they were to act on this judgment they would find again that: in case of external trouble the people of the United States can close up and defer their domestic squabbles as unfinished business. The truth is that they, too, Hitler and Mussolini, have their household dissents. within their countries, the difference being that they do not permit opposition or criticism. 2 This country suspended many of its rights temporarily during the World War, including freedom of speech and of the press, but was prompt to reassert them when the need for complete unity was over. This may argue that democracies cannot fight with their full strength and that constitutional rights are a peacetime luxury. : As {to whether it is really imperative to suspend elements of {the Constitution, whether by outright consent or by subterfuge, in case of war, there may be argument. But there is no ground for arguing that political opposition should be waived in peacetime in order that the neighbors may be impressed. ” 2 ”

1 still are those who believe the New Deal is by no means democracy’s last effort in this

country and others that defeat of the New Deal |

would mean nothing but disruption here. There are still good men in the Democratic Party outside the New Deal, and some good Republicans as well, and the people give no evidence of an overwhelming. determination to give up to confusion. Mr. Roosevelt himself, Mr. Ickes and a few others have set the example of intemperance and inconsistency in the political disputes of the last few years. Such tactics and the zest for epithets have prompted the critics of the Administration to make intemperate replies, and nobody will urge that all this has made for calm and reasonable consideration of the issues. It is imperative that the oppositicn continue to oppose, lest for lack of opposition the party in power establish an unchallenged monopoly with ‘no voice raised against any coercion or regimentation.

Business By John T. Fiynn

Mr. Wallace's Home Dumping Plan |

Draws Opposition From Retailers.

EW YORK, Nov. 2.—Mr. Wallace's plan to dump unused surplus stocks upon the American market among the American poor has already run into its first big snag. That snag is the retailers who have already lodged an organized protest with the President. The farmers are a numerous group. When they put pressure on an Administration the Administration has to do something. There has been pressure from them. It has had‘to:de with the two-price system—namely a guaranteed price for the product sold in the domestic market and any price possible for the product sold in the foreign market. Under that pressure Mr. Wallace came out with his plan for a twoprice system-—a guaranteed price: for that part of a crop sold through ordinary commercial channels in the home market and an economic price—any price obtainable—for the balance of the crop. But instead of dumping it on the foreign market, Mr. Wallace proposed to dump it on the home market. But in proposing this he ran headlong into a group almost as numerous and quite as vocal as the farmers—the retailers. To “dump” goods on a market means simply to unload them without any regard for the price. The term has been used usuaily in connection with foreign operations. But foreigners objzct strenuously to this. Foreign countries have employers, producers, workers to protect as well as America, Now, when Mr. Wallace proposes to dump surplus crops on our own markets, he runs into the united strength of one million retailers employing four or five million people. If the Government is going to buy up these surplus products, as Mr. Wallace proposed, and sell them for a “dumping” price, he will, say the retailers, find himself in competition with American stores. And they warn him he cannot attempt this without a battle from the retailers.

Another Group Opposed

Moreover if Mr. Wallace persists in this he will soon run into another group far more numerous than the retailers or the farmers, though not generally so articulate—the consumers. For the basis of the Wallace plan is not to supply goods to people at cheap prices but to keep prices up. The average household consumer is a pretty silent sufferer. But it happens that an immense portion of the crops raised is consumed in the first place by manufacturers and producers of other products. Thus feed products are bought by dairy and stock and poultry farmers. All this is set forth merely to point out the difficulty which Mr. Wallace will run into when he tries to make his scheme for home dumping into a reality. 9

A Woman's Viewpoint

By Mrs. Walter Ferguson

1 husbands lately have been acquitted of murder. The first was an old man who, out of pity and love for his aged wife, ill of an incurable disease, gave her an overdose of medicine to end her misery. The second was Chicago's so-called “perfect husband,” who shot his wife's lover and, pleading the unwritten law. quickly was freed by a jury. “These are interesting and significant incidents, because they suggest that murder is sometimes justified in the eyes of the law, and because both murders were done for women. Yet so distorted is our sense of justice that I have heard several individuals deplore the acquittal of the first man and condone that of the second. Mercy killings are a new trend in our social order and they offend the sentiment of a great many people. The unwritten law, on the other hand, is something with which we have long been familiar, and so we do not realize how badly it fits into the modern scene. It has its origin in the days when a wife was a man’s property—like his team, his bank account or his house and lot. The current opinion allowed him the right to defend these valuables against thieves; when But undeniably the custom is out of place in an age when a woman can trip to the Court House and get a divorce upon the slightest pretext and without the slightest hindrance. Moreover, the wife who throws herself willingly into the arms of any male visitor hardly requires the services of a husband to “save” her. GE a Yet, in effect, this is precisely what the un law argues, It maintains that the sanctity of a can be destroyed by an outsider and that w

IANA

AT THE COMMUNISTS AND AMERIAY PON? Pee,

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FOR AT THIS ELECTION?

BY THE WAY=—

ELECTION?

I HADN'T THOUGHT MUCH

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THESE Days st Radio Sears, Absurd Though

Ssy x © May Serve the Useful Purp Rousing Us to Our Qe

\A/ASHINGTON, Nav. 3—On¢ Bf YY markable demonstrations of me the ‘startling effect: of the absur | Orson Welles based on an old. J ‘novel by H. G. Wells—“The War 0 © ‘simulated Columbia broadcast radio pretended attack, with mysterious new aeri on New Jersey from the planet Mars, py ple into such a panic that Mr.. McNin of the Federal Communications Commissie a new excuse to extend the creeping hand Then restriction of free speech by way of ‘When the hysterical echoes of an inifial explosion die down, the whole incident will as about the silliest teapot. tempest in hy There are 116 men on Mars. If would be no occasion for their at there were such an occasion, there is no rease lieve that in Mars, or anywhere else, there. are, that could devastate a state or two in 15 The result of public panic was so absurd. unpredictable by anybody—even the Colu casting System and the author of the scr : TE a Ae oR JRUT the incident is highly significant. I 1D dramatically a state of public mind. Too nr | * * | people have been led by outright. propaganda bc: lieve in some new and magic power of air attack other developments in the weapons of war. -~ It is true that they are far more pow: they formerly were. But it is also true: fensive weapons against them are-also far erful. Thus it has always been since the dap Macedonian phalanx. Always the dope ‘is that magic new armament is going to change tii war. Always events prove:that invention | keeps abreast of invention for attack. - - This.does not for a moment mean that try can neglect any developments of ‘its wea defense. If this ‘hysterical “happening n thing, it is that there is a vague restles

WHY, UH — WHO'S _ RUNNING? 7 a

among the people that there has been = Ee nn :

The Hoosier Forum : 1 wholly disagree with what you say, but will iy defend to the death your right to say it—Voltaire.

ANY things have happened and-—le ha in time, to- wake -us up to ‘these de faults. There was the Munich sell-out and den disclosure of Hitler and Mussolini as Europe through the neglect of their defenses’ England and France. ° There ‘are the slow 1 some of the shocking things that Hitler’ his price for peace, among them ~ German

TAKES RADIO SCARE AS JOKE, OPPOSES BILL BLE. After recovering from the after effects of the radio dramatization of

the War of the Planets, I read that |

a certain Senator is to place a “bill” before Congress eliminating

the “unnecessary abuse” of the radio and stories frightening persons. I might add here that never in my life have I been so terrified as I was Sunday evening at the presentation of the above story, of which I heard only the middle. And yet usually when a joke is on oneself, it’s a good hearty laugh —so why not admit it? For those of us who took it seriously, it is now just a laugh. And then, too, when a

(thing reaches perfection we are, as

a rule, enthusiastic, and” I'm sure no one ‘could doubt the perfection in the ability of the Mercury Theater in. putting the play across. After all, the main idea of the radio is (in my opinion) the perfect right each individual has to his taste and when one station does not have the Droferted program—simply spin the dial. Why bring politics into the radio? Radio has grown on people's’ likes and dislikes and it is one of the very few forms of entertainment that is not already taxed to the utmost. 3

sn B® READER IRKED BY OLD POLITICAL CRY

By Hiram Lackey

tten | ome |.

All who seek .to penetrate the Maginot. Lines of political prejudice must grow tired of hearing the scream of the partisan: “I vote for the man, not the party. I don’t care about a man's politics; I want te know what the man is.” This cry is the last refuge of a Republican to whom you have proved that no man can be an enlightened Christian and take the attitude of the rugged individualist toward his brother. The partisan would be right if he were sincerely interested in what the candidate is. He would be right if

could educate him to comprehend the fact that what a man is depends on what the man believes —the results of early suggestions, his thinking and ‘ital emotional experiences. These things determine a man’s political faith. The best index to it is his attitude toward humane, progressive policies of President Roosevelt. Is he in sympathy or opposed to Roosevelt's fight to put principle above partisanship, human rights above property rights? His attitude on this question is not only as important as principle

he would open his mind so that you

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

and morality. High or low, it is his principle and morality. Hence it is the most important consideration in any election, local or national. Just as the springs and brooks influence the Mississippi, so do the local jobholders make or break the success at Washington of all for which Roosevelt stands. Hence the interest of Republicans in local jobs that - will rebuild ‘their organization. : Candidates can hide many things, but their politics is one thing they cannot successfully conceal. » # ® FAVORS LAW BARRING DOGS FROM CITY By A. B.C. I wish to reply to some letters which have been in the Forum and especially to R. M. R. She (or he) speaks of I. M. Lee’s hatred of dogs. Now as I remember I. M. Lee’s letter, it distinctly stated that the writer did not hate dogs but thought they should be kept in their place which is in the country. Well, I certainly agree with the letter on that point. I do not hate dogs at all and if I lived in the country I would not do without one; but I do get terribly provoked when I have to clean up after the neighbor's dogs before I can get down

A WHIFF FROM A FIELD

OF CLOVER By ADELYN JACKSON EBERSOLE

A whiff from a field of white clover Sent memory off on a spree. And I'm living my summers over As they come rushing back to me.

Each incident clear as an etching, . With details that are ever so true: One figure stands out in each foreground— : The likeness, beloved, of you.

DAILY THOUGHT

Search the Scriptures, for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.—John 5:39.

HE Bible is a window in this prison of hope, through which we look into eternity.—Dwight.

naval bases in the Carribean—direct: against -us. Fi rer : -On the face of things, a similar thing will permitted to- happen again by any of our great casting systems. But when the smoke all drifts}, their innocence will be clear and the vatue of" cident may be credited to them as unintended ance to the President's great defense program.’ The crumbling of British and French power

and work in my yard or flowers. For that reason there should be a law against keeping dogs in the city. I do not hate any of God's creatures but think they should be kept where they cannot annoy other people in the way mentioned above.

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READER BOOSTS DIES FOR PRESIDENCY By W. H. Brennen : It does seem we will be much indebted to Hon. Martin Dies for going after the men who are setting up un-American plans to hurt our efforts to live our: own lives. There seems but this one way to deal with men whe come here and attempt the overthrow of our kind of government. -To deal with it,

ported: now and then. It must be general and Rep. Dies seems to

stop to it in all parts of the country. I wish to give Dies a big hand. 1 nominate him for President on the Democratic ticket. To nominate and elect a man who sees our plight and acts to put a stop to it-is

it may be too late. And we must select .& man for President anyway. No one else seems willing to fizht this kind of a plan to pull down our Government. The press can do the country a great service if it will second the nomination of Rep. Dies in this popular manner and keep his name before the public. : We will lose rather than gain if we put up a man who counts on votes from the “ism” set. When he is elected they will go to him for favors like some do now. We want no more of these bargains—simply Americanism. i ® = = ; CLAIMS FIRE TRUCKS

|GO TOO FAST .|By a Reader

Is it absolutely necessary that the fire department race through the downtown district at 60 miles an hour, when nine times out-of 10 they are answering a false alarm or going to a fire where the damage does not amount to $10? It is a miracle someone is. not -killed every time an alarm is turned in.

(Editor's Note—Chief Fred Kennedy today said: “Fire Department trucks are not capable of making speeds of 60 miles an hour. Most of our trucks are equipped with governors. Some are capable of speeds up to 48 miles an hour but usually the speed is between 35 and 45 except in congested downtown districts where it averages around 20. The department has had only one fatal accident in six years. A fireman was the victim.” . :

LET'S EXPLORE YOUR MIND

By DR. ALBERT EDWARD WIGGAM

Be WW 2 [ls 1T WieE TO TEACH HOOL To CRITICIZE IAL

INSTTUTIONG 1ESORNO eee

he is usually not so. intensely conscious of the dress that symbolizes and frames his personality as is a woman, : * sg 8 8% No. But by all means they should be taught how: to study them in an open-minded, . critical way. Take any: current problem, say the problem of relief of the Agricultural Administration Act or the Labor Relations Board. They

there must be more than a few de-{ :

have hit on the best plan to put a|

about the first thing in order. Soon

rope, Africa, the Atlantic and the Mediterraree German aggressiveness and insistence -on ‘af naval bases far too close to us for comfart, entirely new face on our defense program.

By Heywood Broun Martian ‘War' ‘No More Si ~~ Than Some Recent: Actuak/E NTEW YORK, Nov. 2.—It will be unfortunsg «war broadcast” of Welles and Wells leads" heightening of radio censorship. ‘1 hasten the story of the invasion of America by Mars was wholly fictional. . This is no time folk again. However, I think we can rest as no radio ‘chain is likely to ‘experiment in, with the same sort of realistic approach../ Obviously, Mr. Welles, of : the Mercy dk his associates succeeded in a manner far from 'th .

pectations. ] Lui Te nas affected

The . course of world history national psychology. Jitters have com have just gone through a laboratory d strat the fact that the peace of Munich hangs heavy: our heads, like a thundercloud. gre ay Things almost as strange as a /war ‘of worlds ar actually occurring in America today. For instance; somebody had predicted a month’ ago that an Ameri: can political rally ‘would be featured by ‘motion pice tures of Mussolini and Hitlet and the presence of Fritz Kuhn and uniformed “storm troopers I have said that such a thifig was utterly imposs * But it happened on Sunday night wh O'Connor spoke at the Hotel Commodore ance of his campaign for ré-election to the H 7 Until I read: about it fn The New York 1 hardly expected that any political meeting wou ture a mocking imitation of Mrs. Fleanos ' Roost voice and manner. But in cold type find’ of the headliners at the O'Connor rally Elizabeth Dilling, author of “The Red Netw that Mrs. Dilling “gave a brief impersonation Franklin D. Roosevelt and criticized her as bel for the comrats’ (sic).” glu The Indignation of Dies It may--be that Mr. O'Connor is less. than he asserts. At any rate, he has b edent and, in the opinion of this commen lished a brand new ell low for political An invasion from Mars would be surg Rep. Djes has just asserted heatedly that strous for a radio chain to allow a W j paperman to answer him over. the air. And recently I have read speeches by Peace” contending that the only way to avoid: cism in this‘ country is to have America enthiusi tically accept the leadership of Adolf Hitler; : ‘No, come to think of it, I don’t beliéve by the Martians would be particular after all. i LA ery

|Watching Your Heal

By Dr. Morris Fishbein . -

FI HE newer developments in chemistry, as : industry, have brought to the worker of us new hazards to health. Recently a made of the dry cleaning industry in. ¢ -of- the. large cities in the United States with a view to Ie mining just how dry cleaning establishments The original cleaning fluid was chiefly" was customary to submerge garments which cleaned in a tub of gasoline; dipping- them: ‘peatedly and then permitting them to’ ary. Such dipping has now gradually given newer methods which are certainly less Modern devices have been’ developed in

‘land how to come to fruitful conclu, ‘}sions free from personal prejudice.

ing and drying take place in one opera any necessity of opening the container permitting a high concentration of ya cleaning fluid to develop in the work roont. The investigators found that the aj dry cleaning goes through the fol First, ‘the articles are indentified : they are searched: for articlés ‘left s 8 a : Curves and seams are brushed, Hi hen, No. At least there is no evi. pasha) unl ihe sSivent vomiés rom of it : ‘| indicating that the material is clean. dence of it. Tolstol was a wise After the fluid is: drawn out df" th man but’ here he was ftalking| centrifugal force, hot air ds passed th chine which serves to dry it. cd Gasoline has gradually given plac naphtha, and to another derivative which has a much higher boiling p of this substance is’ .-buti it is | is covered by special fi ‘regulations. ‘Attempts have also beén made proof against moths by spraying

should be taught not to criticize such measures but how to study them, how to collect evidence, how to tell which side the evidence is on

Very few adults know how to study current problems. :

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