Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 September 1939 — Page 9

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1939

The Indianapolis Times

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‘Hoosier Vagabond

GOATHAUNT TENT CAMP, Glacier Park, Mont, Sept. 4 —If it weren't for the women, I don’t suppose Id ever get to Canada. I've kept from freezing to death so far on this 50-mile walk only by the grace of a relay of women’s leather jackets. I borrowed one at Granite, FS Sa 3 and left it at Fifty Mountain. R . This morning at Fifty, Mrs. Effie § \ Powell gave me her jacket, and i} I've worn it through to Goathaunt. And here at Goathaunt, Ruby McDonald, the camp manager, says she has one I can wear on to Waterton, in Canada. But it's warming up a little now, and I believe I can struggle on to Canada in mere man’s clothes. You just can't believe how cold it is up here. Willie Bennett, ‘he packer, said it snowed in Indian Pass yesterday. He said the flies were frozen motionjess in midair. and he just reached out and pushed them aside. He got so cold he got off his horse and walked up the pass, and that's something for a cowboy. And last night at Fifty, despite five blankets, I didn’t sleep more than two hours. Those who are thrilled by wild animal life would love these tent camps through here. Each one keeps out a salt cake, and at sundown therell be half a dozen deer just outside the tent door, licking at the salt,

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Last night, ail night long. a dozen deer were leaping ard playing around within a few feet of my tent, Their feet made sharp thuds on the hard ground. And you could hear the coyotes yipping and howling on distant ridges. And the bear. Oh, ves, the bear. Thev have quite a bear at Fifty Mountain Camp. Every night he comes arcund and helps himself to something. Night before last he ate all the butter. The first hour out of Fifty Mountain Camp this morning was uphill, over Kootenai Pass, That's where the fire rangers come and sit on their horses after

It Seems to Me

NEW YORK. Sept. 4 —Here at home there is impending st’ Me which might weil be submitted to negctiation. I refer to the war between the various theatrical unions, which constitute a goodly number. Some day somehow there will be a greater cohesion among the crafts and professions which make up the entertainment industry. Indeed, I know several Broadway producers who are quite ready to admit that they would welcome the opportunity to sign blanket contracts cover ing all the various activities in snd around the theajer rather than face the complication of deaiing with 10 or 12 separate entities. But this time’ the producer is merely the man in the middle, One manager has described himself as the Polish Corridor, because he is nipped between forces with which he is powerless to bargain He and his fellow entrepreneurs have been lost in the No Man's Land which lies between the opposing trenches in a jurisdictional battle. You are probably aware of the fact that the cast of “Leave It to Me" will not work if Sophie Tucker is present, and the stage hands intend tc walk out if she is absent. And such a situation, I believe, is known as a quandary, an impasse or a stalemate,

5 » » Apple use for Mediation

It would take too long to recount the history. which has brought the entertainment business into the bottieneck. And if I attempted to outline it quite possibly I might be unfair to one side or another. Moreover, tne important thing is not to thresh the water which has already gone under the bridge but to seek some answer to the question of “Where do we go from here?” “We” is used advisedly. Although I am an “ex,” both in scting and producing, I am part of the theatrical business just as you and you are. We are more than the general public. We're the audience. It is distinctly our personal concern that

Washington

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 —Within the four corners of President Roosevelt's broadcast to the nation and the world are to be found the guides to the attitude of this Administration toward Europe at war,

This broadcast came within a few hours after the action of Great Britain and France made certain that the conflict will be general, perhaps prolonged. and will be fought to a decision. Mr. Roosevelt does not believe that the United States can be immune to the effects of this war, His attitude toward this war, which will guide the lines of policy to be followed by this Administration in the days to come, may be summarized, in its chief essentials, as follows: 1. He is determined to keep the United States out of this war. ("I give you assurance and reoassurance that every effort of you Government will be directed toward that end.) 9 He will follow a policy of neutrality in action, but he does not ask neutrality of thought. “Even a neutral cannot be asked to close his mind or his conscience.’) ” »

Keeping War at a Distance

2. He implies definitely that he considers Germany the aggressor. (“I had hoped against hope that some miracle would prevent a devastating war in Europe and bring to an end the invasion of Poland by Germany.") 4. He bases defense of the United States upon defense of the whole Western Hemisphere. (“That safety is and will be bound up with the safety of the Western Hemisphere and of the seas adjacent there-

My Day

HYDE PARK, N. Y. Sunday.—For some time I have been wanting to tell you about various things I have been reading, and this is a good opportunity. Perhaps you subscribe to the “Protestant Digest.” It is not just a Protestant magazine, but it does try to awaken those of us who happen to be Protestants to a realization of our responsibilities and interests in the world. I found it interesting. It is always stimulating to realize that if you belong to a certain religious faith there is a responsibility to make sure vour thinking is constantly progressive, and that you are a living force, not a static one. Then I have just finished a book called “In High Places.” by William Brown Meloney. I had seen a number of criticisms of this book, but I only glanced at them because I knew I was going to read it and wanted to keep my own mind clear of what other people might think or feel about it. It is to me a very interesting book, I think a great book. although I am not sure I have as yet got everything out of it which may come to me as I go over it in my own mind. I finished it at 1 o'clock this morning, and lay awake a long time looking up at the stars

a lightning storm, to watch for puffs of forest fire smoke on the distant slopes. From Kootenai it was downhill for thousands of feet. Down, down, down until I thought the trail would never level off again. Miles and miles of constant downgrade. ‘ Now I, like most lazy people, would rather walk downhill than uphill. Yet it’s going downhill that does the damage. Your whole weight pounds on your legs at every step, and soon your knees start

By Ernie Pyle Gallup Poll—

Public Splits

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The descent brought me down out of the barren heights, down through timberline, and on into the vast and silent forest. It is not so nice walking down | among the trees. All that feeling of vastness and distance and expanse is gone. There is only one grace, and that is that you go faster than you realize. At one point I figured I was’ within a mile and a half of Goathaunt Camp. | LJ = = i

He Encounters a Bear

And then suddenly through the trees I .saw a! corral fence, and then a strip of blue water, and then I was standing on the pebbly beach of a lake. | And I was at Goathaunt. I've never erred so delightfullv in my life

By Dr. George Gallup

RINCETON, N. J., Sept. 4.—Should the United States change its neutrality laws to permit the sale of arms and other war supplies to England and France?

Goathaunt, too, is a tent camp. But it is prac-| With Europe at war, that

tically a Waldorf-Astoria of tent camps. For it has a hot shower bath in a tent. I took a shower, long and absorbingly and deliciously, and washed out! my dirty socks while under the shower. After that I lav on my cot and napped. About 5 ppm. I got up and sat on a log on the lake shore, in front of the camp. And imagine my surprise when I looked up, and here coming up the trail, not a hundred yards from the camp, waddling along like a fat, weary hiker, was the biggest brown bear I've ever seen in my life I jumped up and velled, “Hey, Bear! Wait till I run in and get my tear-gas gun!” | So the bear stopped, and I dashed in after my tear-gas. But when I came out again, the bear was gone. I growled and roared and made bear noises all over the place, but the bear was gone. I never saw him again.

By Heywood Broun

the legitimate theater should not go dark. As a mat-| ter of fact, there is the possibility that this dispute] may also involve Hollywood and stop the production | of pictures. | A dark theater seems to me an even more gloomy | place than a haunted house. This is not a day and| age in which America should sit at home and listen without cessation to the radio. You and I are hardly wise enough to say that] the fault lies with this particular individual or this] specific organization or group of organizations. But! we want the curtain up. We have a right to make! a tumult in favor of mediation. If some individual) or three-man board were appointed to make a rapid | survey of the situation and submit recommendations then the court of public opinion could function effectively. = LJ =

He Suggests Some Names

Just what regulations govern the conduct of the Department of Labor in such a situation I do not know. But it seems to me that Secretary Perkins would be acting in the interest of everybody con-| cerred—and we are all concerned--if she appointed a fact-finder. The name of Monsignor John A. Ryan comes to mv mind as a person who would command complete respect from all sides. His suggestions wouid | be sure to carry weight. I think he should be drafted. Again, it might be possible to bring about a set-| tlement if each side were to appoint a single repre-| eentative. I believe that Dan Tobin of the Teamsters and Robert E. Sherwood of the Authors Guild could! go into a huddie and come out with a fair agreement. | 1 suggest these two names because the authors and teamsters. while on the fringe of the fight, are not directly in the middle. Certainly the muddle should be patched up as quickly as possible. Surely we should have labor peace in our time. It is monstrous that trade unionists | should ever be arraved against each other. They constitute, in my opinion, the very backbone of Amer-| jean democracy, and democracy demands full, free discussion, a show of hands and after that complete co-operation.

By Raymond Clapper

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to. We seek to keep war from our firesides by keep- | ing war from coming to the Americas.”) | 5. He hopes that the United States will participate | in establishing a better world order after the war is over. ("The influence of America should be consistent in seeking for humanity a final peace which will] eliminate, as far as it is possible to do so, the continued use of force between nations.”) There were more spectacular phrases than these in the President's message, but none more revealing as to the course he wishes to pursue toward Europe's war. Only half as long as his usual fireside talk. the shortest he has delivered by far, general in content. the message gave the nation and the warring nations a comprehensive set of leads as to what to expect from the Administration. ” ” = Warns Against Profiteering Of strictly domestic significance was Mr. Roosevelt’s warning against profiteering from Europe's | misery. We may reasonably expect lagislative imeas-| ures designed to skim off profits growing out of war| orders. | Although Mr. Roosevelt refrained from a direct in- | dictment of Germany, the accusation was there by implication An undertone throughout the message gives a definite slant against Germany to the official

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position of the head of this Government, Technical pupils will begin a school year of new knowledge,

question may surmount every other for the people of the United States. It is the same issue on which Congress deadlocked, a month ago. It is the issue — President Roosevelt said —which would cause him to call Congress into special session if war came. A nation-wids survey just completed by the American Institute of Public Opinion reveals where the public stands on the question, after weeks of international tension, of cross and double-cross in European political alignments. From interviews with a scientif-

| ically selected cross-section of the

American electorate in every state, these two salient facts emerge: 1. The great majority of the American people wish President Roosevelt to call Congress into special session. Their comments show that the public thinks “America will be safer” with Congress in session and tha! “things will have to be done right away.” 2. On the vital question of whether the United States should change its Neutrality Act to permit the sale of war supplies to England and France, however, public opinjon is divided exactly even. Fifty per cent of those with opinions about America’s course say, “Let's change the law.” The remaining 50 per cent say, “Let's leave it unchanged.”

Since there is no longer any question of where American sympathies lie, the question boils down to how much the people of the

United States would be willing to risk their own involvement by aiding Britain and France. The Institute's question. put to rich and poor, young and eld, farmers and city people in all parts of the United States, clearly poses the popular symbol of “neutrality” against the likewise popular symbol of aid to our World War allies:

“Should Congress change the present Neutrality Law so that the United States could sell war materials to England and France?” The answers were: CHANGE LAW NOT CHANGE LAW 50% On the question: “If war breaks out in Europe do you think President Roosevelt should call a session of Congress?” there was greater agreement: CALL CONGRESS NOT CALL CONGRESS... 29%

In both questions an average of

The Question

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Should Congress change the present Neutrality Law so that the United States could sell war materials to England and

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Soviet-German Paet

The trend of American opinion following the Soviet-German agreement.

one person in every six said he was undecided or had no opinion. \ un ” n

HE Institute's survey gives a graphic picture of the way American public opinion reacted to the announcement of the pact between Soviet Russia and Hitler's Third Reich. Watchful political observers have predicted that the Soviet-Nazi agreement would shatter American faith in a diplomatic “peace front” and cause a rise in “isolationism” here. The survey shows that—whatever the cause—there has been a reaction in the direction of isolation. Barely four months ago, following the Nazis’ absorption of Czechoslovakia, the Institute found 57 per cent of those with opinions in favor of changing the Neutrality Act so as to permit the sale of war materials to Britain and France. The news of the American public's attitude was hailed throughout England and France at the time as a sign that the people of United States were abandoning their policy of “alert aloofness” from Europe's troubles. The present survey, of course, shows that America's attitude is subject to change with the flow of events. The trend has been:

Change in Law For Against . Mio 43%

. 50 50 8 & 5

HE Institute survey was completed just before the invasion of Poland. It is impossible to say how the American people will react following the dctual outbreak of fighting. Nor is it possible to say how a new campaign by President Roosevelt himself to change sentiment on the Neutrality Act might affect public opinion. Future Institute tests will measure the effect of what is still to come. Two clearly distinguished points of view do appear in the answers to today’s questions, however, and it is likely that these points of view would be reflected in any special session of Congress or in any further public discussion of America’s role:

April, 1939 . TODAY

To New Term Tomorrow

‘School Bell Calls 82,000

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Labor Dav may be the occasion for celebrations and outings with

most of us. tion. it is a day tinged with sadness. This is the last day of vacation,

But for approximately one-fifth of the County's popula-

and tomorrow 82,000 Marion County new friends and

neutrality, ves. But his very first words mention Ger- new activities in 150 public and parechial schools.

manyv's “invasion of Poland.” He condemns the use

In most schools the first day will

of force. and the threats of force, which have kept the pe taken up with registration and | tate at School 20 and at Crispus world on edge for four vears, and expresses the hope orientation, but by Wednesday the | Attucks High School, and to enthat the final peace will eliminate that kind of busi- extensive educational machine will|jarge, remodel and repair the phys-

ness hereafter. As this is written in Washington, the news is flashed of the torpedoing of the liner Athenia aboard. She was westbound, reports say, carrying noi munitions but Americans and Canadians, fleeing the danger zone of Europe. Are we so soon to have our resolution tried by such cruel tragedies?

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By Eleanor Roosevelt

and wondering what it was that would give its chief character “The Power,” such an influence over the] people immediately around him and the great mass of | peopie who followed him. Why should one diseased brain create a personality | so powerful and compelling? Was it that he lacked | fear? He did not iove, but he did not fear until he| began to long for one understanding look. Then he met one human being who had conquered fear in himself, albeit in a way that “The Power” could not understand, because it was through spiritual strength and suffering, not through cruelty and the exercise of force over otheys. There is no answer in this book to the question which innumerable people must ask themselves: “Why should such things be?” But there is inspiration in the character of two doctors, the standard of the one] who never thought of revenge, and of the other who | did not even think of doubting his colleague's integ- | rity. | The quotation at the beginning of this book is from | Ephesians, VI, 12: “For we wrestle rot against flesh |

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be set in motion. New Buildings Await Many pupils will find new buildings or additions awaiting them, while others will transfer some or

{all of their activities to new units [later in the year.

Athletic fields

jas Thomas Carr Howe and Crispus

Attucks High 'Schools are completed and a new classroom and gymnasium at Broad Ripple High Scien) are to be ready this week, he

pected to be finished in 10 days, while School 20, between Dawson and Randolph Sts.. should be ready for occupancy around Christmas time, according to school officials. The Milo H. Stewart Memorial Building at Technical High School is scheduled for completion at the holiday season. School 63, at 1115 N. Traub Ave, has a new auditorium, and the auditorium and gymnasium at School 60, .3300 N. Pennsylvania St. will be ready in about 30 days. Board Meets Tomorrow

Meanwhile, the Board of School Commissioners was scheduled meet at noon tomorrow in a special session. They will consider bids for construction and mechanical installations at the new School 86, 244 W. 40th St., scheduled for com-

and blood, but against principalities, against powers, pletion by the fall of 1940,

against the rulers of the darkness of this world, | against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Yes, | that is what we wrestle against. The doctor who died | and apparently lost, really won. our daily lives, for otherwise we cannct carry on the

battle with “spiritual wickedness in high places.” x Kl

We must believe in|

The Board also will consider issuance of school building bonds for

new School 91 building at |51st St. and Baltimore Ave. is ex-

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| ical plant at Technical High School.

SHEARING BEGINS ON 40 COUNTY BUDGET

The County Council met today to begin making formal reductions in the County's 1940 budget requests. The Council is expected in sessions today and tomorrow to make sufficient reductions to effect a 13cent cut in the proposed 64-cent levy, bringing it to 51 cents, which is three cents above the current rate. Meanwhile, the City Council was to meet tonight to approve formally a Civil City tax rate of $1.20 for 1040, one cent below the current rate of $1.30. Both the City and County levies and budgets will be submitted to the County Tax Adjustment Board for consideration later this month. oe ————

STATE TO TAKE ROAD BIDS NEXT THURSDAY

Bids on $870,000 in Indiana road construction will be received at the office of the State Highway Commission Thursday. The construction jobs are to be located in Johnson, Shelby, Allen,

completion of the gymnasium, cafe-|Clark, Union, Monroe, Martin, Car-

teria, kitchen, shower rooms and roll, Lawrence and Scott Counties,

music rooms at Thomas Carr Howe involving improvement of 30 miles

| High School; to purchase real es-|of roads. ‘

Those who favor amending the Neutrality Act in order to aid England and France argue (1) that America’s interests are —roughly, at least—‘“the same” as those of England and France

(2) that the defeat of England and France would mean danger

for the United States and (3) that “the remaining democra-

cies should stick together.” A number of such persons add

What America Thinks

The following chart of American public opinion is based on more than two dozen nation-wide surveys by the American Institute

of Public Opinion since the Munich crisis of last year.

New surveys

will be conducted cn many of these issues in coming weeks,

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If a general war breaks out in Europe the great majority of Amer-

icans want to stay out of it.

In a survey conducted in April only 16

per cent of the voters said they would approve sending troops abroad to help England and France in case of war,

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In spite of their wishes there has been an increase in the number of Americans who think the United States would he “drawn into” a major European war. A year ago only 43 per cent thought Amer=ica would be drawn in; this month 76 per cent thought so,

American sympathies are clearly on the side of England and France, and many Americans would be disposed to aid these countries by “measures short of going to war.” Last spring the vote was: Sell airplanes and other war materials?—Yes, 65 per cent. Sell food

supplies—Yes, 82 per cent. *

Recent events in Europe have made Americans cautious about

changing present neutrality legislation, however.

In the survey

completed today 50 per cent of those with opinions say the Neutrality Act should be amended to permit the sale of war materials to Eng-

land and France; 50 per cent think not,

A majority of Americans oppose the policy of selling such war supplies for credit, agcording to surveys completed in the last three months (Opposed to lending money for war purchases—69 per cent).

For some time Americans were convinced that if war came it would be caused by Germany or Italy, or the two Axis nations to-

gether.

In the most recent survey four persons in five named one

of these two nations or both, Americans are unsympathetic toward Adolf Hitler's claims to Danzig and the Polish Corridor and believe that the “Allies” should not give in to Hitler (Against granting Hit-

ler's demands—88 per cent). *

Most Americans have believed that the people themselves should have the right—in a national vote—to decide whether American troops shall be drafted for fighting overseas. In the most recent survey, last March, 61 per cent approved the idea.

that “it would help business in this country” and that it would “benefit the farmer.” Those who oppose changing the present neutrality legislation comment that “selling to England and France will lead to war,” that “the United States should remain strictly neutral,” and that America should not get “mixed up” in shifting Furopean struggles.

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NTERESTINGLY enough, although the heavily-Republican upper income group favors changing .the law (59%), a majority of Republicans in all income levels oppose the change, which has been asked for by President Roosevelt, Democratic voters, on the other hand, are in favor of the change, but decreasingly so as cne goes down the income scale. The vote by parties is:

Change in Law For Against Democrats 56% 447, Republicans . 47 53 ” ” ” OLLOWING are the results by sections:

If war breaks out in Europe do you think President Roosevelt should call a special session of Congress? YES NO National Vote ...... 71% 29%

Sections New England Mid-Atlantic .,... 73 East Central ..... 62 West Central ..,.. 71 South West

21 27 38 29 20 31 Should Congress change the present Neutrality Act so that the United States could sell war materials {to England and France?

YES NO

National Vote ...... 50% 50%

Sections New England ..... 49 Mid-Atlantic ..... 52 East Central West Central ..... 49

51 48 55 51 40 49

CARROLL COUNTY'S

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Times Special

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ment and poor plumbing

judged by the State Welfare De- tee on which partment as “not fit for habitation.’ Poor lighting, unsatisfactory ven-| ‘tilation, inadequate heating equip-| Char were |St.: among the complaints filed against Ave,

RICHMOND, Ind. Sept. 4—New

Ind, Sept. 4 —Carroll | students arriving at Earlham Col-| Bartholomew W. C. T. U. has adopt County's 67-vear-old jail has been lege will be welcomed by a commit- ed a resolution “discouraging any three Indianapolis | participating of our own country in | war except in the event of invasion The committee members are Miss |by a foreign power.” lotte Hogle, 307 N. Gladstone | David Robertson, 65 N, Ritter clared at a recent meeting that “Ine and Robert Gingery, 210 S. diana could be made dry in a few

'I persons are serving.

| the jail by the Welfare Department, [Ritter Ave.

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

| 1—Name the great mountain chain of South America. | 2—Where did the Secretary of the Navy, Claude A. Swanson, die? 3—Is electricity visible? 4—During what period of upheaval in France, was the guillotine first introduced? 5—Are there 16, 24 or 32 fluid ounces in one quart? 6—What is another name for a sage hare? 7—Name the capital of West Virginia. ”

Answers

1—Andes. 3—At the Rapidan River camp in the Shenandoah National Park, Va. 3—No. 4—During the French Revolution. 5—32. 6—Jack rabbit, 7—Charleston, » ” ”

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COLUMBUS, Ind. Sept. 4—The

The Rev. C. C. Bonnell, Hope, de=

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Everyday Movies—By Wortman

Mopey Dick and the Duke "It just occurred to me, Duke—ijust what do you suppose is . the idea of anybody workin’ so hard fo get a tan, anyhow?"