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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1939

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N his speech at a German munitions plant Saturday, Field Marshal Herman Goering used the personal pronouns “I” or “My” some 38 times while mentioning Adolf Hitler only five times, and then incidentally. “I am the father who looks ahead for years,” said Goering. ... “I am always going to tell the truth to the people. I may hurt you, but I will never cheat you... . I speak in the name of all of you when 1 say that German arms on land and in the air have achieved what has been considered unbelievable. . . . When I started a four-year plan for economic self-sufficiency I did not do it for my pleasure or to place burdens on you, but rather to create a weapon that is unbeatable. I do not consider it necessary to evacuate Berlin. 1 understand, of course, why the British evacuate London, but if they knew how many cannons I have they would understand why I do not evacuate the German capital. If I ordered that foreign radio stations must not be listened to, it was not because I feared foreign propaganda but because it is dishonorable to listen to the lies. ... The greatest thing the Fuehrer did was to unite the entire people. That is something wonderful and I must now test

Fair Enough

By Westbrook Pegler

Monroe Doctrine Doesn't Require Us To Defend Americas, but Bars Land Cessions to Foreign Powers.

EW YORK, Sept. 11.—In connection with the neutrality question little attention is paid to the fact that unds=r the Monroe Doctrine the United States, for her owa sake, forbids the transfer of Canada, or any other possession of Great Britain or France in this hemisphere to any other European power. Canada was not specifically mentioned, and indeed, emphasis was placed on the Latin-American

countries, but Canada undoubtedly was meant, for Russia then had a foothold on the North American continent and, in conceivable circumstances, might have been tempted to spread out and become our neighbor to the north. Monroe's message said the United States would consider as dangerous to our own peace and safety any attempt by any European power to extend its system to any portion of this hemisphere. In the meantime occasions have occurred in which the United States acknowledged the right of European nations to decide whether they had reasons to make war against American countries without intervention by us. 5 8 ” EMPORARY occupation of territory is not forbidden, for it would be hard for a European power to exercise its admitted right to make war without the right to occupy territory temporarily, but it is very doubtful that this nation would believe that Hitler, if victorious, would be at loss for excuse to settle down in Canada and linger indefinitely. The important question there would be “how long is temporarily?” and the attitude of the Americans undoubtedly would be that any attack on Canada constituted a danger to the United States. It would be easier to keep Hitler out of Canada or Bermuda than to kick him out in the event that he conquered Britain and France. Perhaps it is a little early to entertain the thought that he might conquer Britain and France, but that is a misgiving suggested by the fact that when Britain did send expensive planes over Germany the pilots dropped mash-notes, not bombs, apparently in the belief that they were playing postoffice. Anyway, it comes about that Canada now is in

this unity.” And so on. Goering’s speech, carried by radio in Germany and abroad, has been interpreted by London as a bid for peace as soon as Poland is conquered. A psychologist, studying it, | might discover in it also a none too subtle hint that the No. 2 Nazi already considers himself more important than the man who has designated him as his successor.

HOUSING AGAIN

T'S a relief these days to read of a meeting in Washington | with so prosaic and pacific a purpose as the promotion of | housing—private housing—for families whose incomes | range from $1000 to $2000 a year. The Housing Advisory Committee appointed by Secretary of Commerce Hopkins devoted its first session chiefly to a discussion of methods for removing obstacles to ex-

| more than our best wishes—informally but plainly | conveyed—but, defensively, has an implied assurance, | amounting virtually to a guarantee, that we will re-

| to establish Hitlerism in Canada.

| around and decides to take a few pops at her North | | American son for heaving rocks at him and calling

| more neutral we are, according to the present con-

| wouldn't let this one happen without a fight. | possible that a fight would be fatal to civilization and |

this war against Hitler and, offensively, has nothing

gard military operations against her as an attempt

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O we are neutral in this war only up to the point at which Hitler, having kicked the old lady, looks

him names while he was busy in Europe. And the

cept of neutrality, the greater the chance that he will do just that, in time, in which case we wouldn't re-

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES Don’t Ask Us How It’s Done !—By Talburt

MONDAY, SEPT. 11, 1939

main neutral five minutes. Many earnest, peace-loving, patriotic citizens think or hope nothing of this kind could happen, but Hitler |

| is a person who has made things happen which were |

equally unthinkable five years ago, and this country | It is |

American freedom, even if we won, but it is absolutely |

| certain that Adolf Hitler would be fatal to them if

we lost.

The Hoosier Forum

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

IT'S MUNICH AGAIN, ONLY NOISIER, IS CLAIM By Curtain Raiser What a drama. What a tragedy.

What a farce

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(Times readers are invited to express their in these columns, religious controversies excluded. Make

views

istence of an almighty and omnipotent God who is the supreme ruler of all mankind regardless of race or color, civilized or heathen. This seemingly is done to still their troubled consciences and to lead the masses to the kill.

Gen. Johnson Says —

What Happens on the Sea During This War Seems Vital to U. S; Failure of Sub Attacks Probable.

YY 2saSoTon, Sept. 11.—There has not yet been a thing in the news to warrant a soldier drawing any worthwhile conclusions about the trend of this war. What is happening in Poland was tc have been expected. French and British diverting attacks on the west wall were certain. Any real Allie¢d ate tempt to smash through there losing three men to one has not developed and seems unlikely. With Italy and Russia neutral but friendly to Germany, final strategy is next to impossible to figure. France can’t strip herself of her defenses in the direction of Italy. That immobilizes half a mile lion men. What would be the Polish and Allied situa=tions if Stalin suddenly smashed through Poland's back door in a new partition of Poland with Hitler? Why isn’t that to be expected? Or is Stalin to be explained by a desire to let all the belligerents— England, France and Poland, as well as Germany-— tear each other into impotent exhaustion and then write his own ticket in Europe? That wouldn't be so dumb from his view point.

HE whole subject is a series of unanswerable questions. One T think we can discuss with a little more confidence is: “What will happen on the sea?” That concerns us deeply and directly. Germany almost won the World War by starving England through submarine sinkings. That was one reason for our war boom. The shortest, safest route for war supplies was to the United States. Wheat, for example, rotted in piles in Australia and the Argene tine while our price was soaring to what, according to Mr. Hoover, might have been $10 a bushel if our Gove ernment hadn't stopped it. Will that happen again? German subs have ale ready sunk several ships. She has concentrated on building undersea craft. Some reports say she has 50—others 200. Fantastical figures have been given out on how many Italy and Russia have. England experts say they have no fear of a repetition of 1917 that their convoy and destroyer systems can control them. If that is true, why did the other powers, ine cluding France, build so many? I don’t know, but I think that what the English say is true. The German subs were stopped in 1918 by three developments—submarine detectors, depth bombs and an improvement in convoys that left few merchant ships unprotected in dangerous zones.

UBMARINE detectors have improved enormously with the development of the physics of sound in our electrical, radio and telephone industries. he speed of surface craft has been increased, but not the speed of subs. If detected, they can be overe taken. Their torpedoes are not accurate at long range. If a surface boat gets near them with depth bombs, they are just out of luck. When the English and French navies have time to organize their defenses, I think we shall hear little more of sinking by subs. If that keeps the ocean safe for shipping we will have no such monopoly on war supplies as we had in the last war and less war boom, Will that happen? There is now another une known quantity—the effectiveness of long-range bombers against merchant ships. That contains too many ifs and uncertainties to be discussed here, but bombers could possibly replace the subs and put us right back to the sea conditions of 1917.

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pansion of the private building industry in the low-cost field. These obstacles are many and serious. One of them may be overcome in some degree by the new financing plan | of the Federal Housing Administration, requiring a down | payment of only 3 per cent in order to obtain an FHAinsured loan on a house costing up to $2500.

Axis turns out to be a Rome, Paris, Berlin, London axis to stage a “war of nerves” in preparation for the betrayal and partition of Poland with a stage screen of air raids with paper bullets, peace voices from re-| ligion, gas mask rehearsals, black: hard and cruel. It's so unjust,” she [outs and screeching sirens, mobiliza- | said | tion for face making and face sav-|"

In several European countries the teachings of the Nazarene are either varied to suit the individual or completely ignored. No nation can long endure that seeks to live without divine guidance.

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FURTHER STATISTICS

Business By John T. Flynn Resources Board Faces Difficult

Food Costs

By Bruce Catton

But housing, to be satisfactory to families in the lower income brackets, must not only be cheap. Flimsy houses, badly located, won't do the job. So there are problems of material costs, labor costs, local building codes and zoning restrictions, at least some of which are likely to be further complicated if price levels in this country advance as a result of war abroad. All the more reason why these problems should challenge the best efforts of the representatives of Government, private industry and research institutions who compose | the Hopkins committee. Such appearance of prosperity wi | may come to this country through a war boom is likely to | be illusory and to result in a later collapse. Activity re- | sulting from the construction of good low-cost houses, | financed by the families that occupy them and built by private industry, would represent a permanent gain.

TONIC

HE Indiana State Fair has just closed. An all-time attendance record of 412,305 was set. It was a great show. Evervbody seemed to have a big time. Mothers and fathers, boys and girls all went tramping through the livestock pavilions, cast appraising eves at Poland-Chinas, drifted in and out of the hundreds of exhibits. There was laughter and merriment on the Midway. The barkers were in full voice. The crowds were interested. The music of the big merry-go-round set the tune. It was a pleasant antidote for what's going on in Europe.

190,000 TO ONE

UDGE JOSEPH SABATH of Chicago recently celebrated the 51st anniversary of the day when, at 18, he eloped and married the lady who is still his wife,

Problem in Curbing Price Rises.

EW YORK, Sept. 11. —Tt is a tough job the Na- | tional Resources Board tackles in its announced | purpose to curb price increases. It is not only a tough problem, but there is a little irony in it. First of all, wholly: outside of the war situation, producers have been complaining that prices were not high enough. All sorts of combinations exist, some secretly, some more openly, to get prices higher. It is a very common fallacy among producers that prosperity lies in higher prices. Therefore any attempt to curb the rise in prices will run counter to an eager hope in the minds of producers. The policy of the Government for a long time has been to get prices up. The objective of the Administration, announced a score of times, has been to get prices up to the 1926 level. Therefore any attempt by the board ‘or any other authority to keep prices down will be met by a powerful psychological resistance from producers. But there is a still more potent force. When de- | mand becomes strong and effective, prices will rise. | There is no machinery in the ‘Government now which | enables it to resist this natural force by any form of | direct action. The measures the Administration would |

would not dare use them. Some 40 Per Cent Increases

Thewrise in some prices has been very marked. If | we compare them with last year and even with last | week the rise can be seen. For instance, cash wheat | went up from 85% ‘cents the day before the Polish in- | vasion to 997 by Tuesday. The increase over last year | was about 24 cents. This is a very striking rise. Let anvone try to stop it in the face of the embattled | farmers. | Com rose from 59 to 70 cents and sugar from 44 | cents to 53 cents; cocoa from 43 to 6.1 cents. The | figures are little figures but these represent increases

to 125—that's 20 per cent. Rubber, which sold for | 16.6 cents before the war started, sold for 24 cents a | few days later. But it must not be supposed that all prices have |

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to go up as long as the demand continues. There is not much the ‘Government can do about it, save where

Judge Sabath's usual task is the hearing of divorce ‘wases. He has granted, he estimates, in a long career on the bench, 50,000 divorces. You would think that such a protracted procession of marital woes would tend to sour a man on matrimony. "But not Judge Sabath. “My wife and I are still on our “honeymoon,” said the judge. § It might be a good idea for Judge Sabath to bring “Mrs. Sabath to court with him, and allow her to sit on the

dhench by his side, in the hope that some of the divorce- | sseekers would see in them a living lesson in life and how | “to live it: to see that in spite of all the stresses and strains | of modern life, it can be lived successfully in double harness. |

‘THE DRUMSTICK DILEMMA

: BURIED under the war news is a story by Science Service : from Columbia, Mo. Dr. Herbert L. BEastlick, a young University of Mis- : souri zoologist, has succeeded in grafting the legs of tur- : keys and ducks on chickens while still in the embryo stage. : He has been successful also in growing the legs of chickens

“and guinea fowl on young turkeys, creating, according to

‘the story, “a grand general mix-up transplantation of drum- + sticks and second joints all around the poultry yard.” : Along with all our other troubles, including whether ' Thanksgiving shall be celebrated on November 23 or 30, : the housewife of the future, it seems, will face the dilemma ‘of deciding if the holiday bird is to have turkey drumsticks with chicken breasts, or guinea fowl second joints with

‘turkey wings. X Tralyglife grows more complex each day.

the anti-trust laws are being violated through agreed price rises. It would be possible for Tongress to pass laws | controlling prices. But I doubt if Congress will ac- | tually do anything to this end. Too many voters are against it.

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| By Mrs. Walter Ferguson ADGERED, no doubt, to the point of tomfoolery, a Cleveland Grand Jury suggests that a course of morals be added to the public school curriculum. | This is a bit startling, since it implies that our educational system is not now concerned with the subject; vet does not the episode of Louisiana State University make the suggestion valid? On the other hand, common sense tells us, and all the lessons of history prove, that one doesn't teach morals to the young; one practices virtue before them. Teachers and parents only beat the devil around the stump, so long as they refuse to face the truth at this point. And the truth is unpleasant because it discloses two different and opposite codes of ethics

prevailing in our society: First, that which we teach the children at home, in the schoolroom, and in the church; second, that which is held justifiable in politics, business and international relations. These codes are wholly dissimilar. From nursery | days, do we not tell our little ones to co-operate with

‘A Woman's Viewpoint

ing, so sorry diplomacy

cor is possible.

What suckers the people had to] just handed her a clipping on the | a | become not to realize that this is subject mentioning that the problem as based on Federal statistics. Munich on a grand scale all over

again. What evidence that the pup-

| peteers have had an understanding wonder. |to allocate Central Europe to the|librarian mind, so immersed in the

mid-continent financial rulers. Here

intervention and axis aggression.

fidy.

ie war game and war economy

have become the life of a bankrupt European economy and statesman

> 4% % ‘GRAPES OF WRATH’ AND ‘THE LIBRARIAN MIND’ By Lake County Reader We had a discussion with our

have to take to control it would be so drastic that it [branch librarian about a week ago |

in which she said the language of “Grapes of Wrath,” John Steinbeck's story of the greatest mass migration in the history of the United States, perhaps of the world, was such that she wouldn't obtain the book for her library. We protested, saying that the people of that book were fighting so desperately for their very existence

|they had no time for the graces of |

civilization such as refined speech. And besides there were a good many

other books on the library shelves |

of as high as 40 per cent. Copper jumped from 105 | Without other literary Hers Whose! e .

language was as filthy. we maintained, is tragedy. Our librarian still would not list the book. But she got it

risen or that all price rises are justified or that all |it home to read herself. We saw her | prices that rise will stay up. The goods which are [again a few days later. “Tt was the | involved in war trade and for which sudden demands [most tragic thing I've read in ages. endured by the small planters, of | are created overseas will go up and stay up and continue |I ‘cried over almost every chapter, | their struggles to obtain a living for

gestures, | pledges of military aid to geograph- place the time of it. In what period [By Citizen | ically isolated Poland when no suc-| in history did it happen?”

“But one thing puzzles me. I can't

Well, words simply failed us. We

of the transients continues. But the whole thing made us If this is a sample of the

| world of books that life as lived

is Spain all over again with its non-| under the librarian nose is unreal,

[then the President is to be con-

| Here is Munich and Austria, Al-|gratulated on having appointed a |bania and the Corridor, Silesia and | PC Tr-<qine, all part of the same bri

poet as head of the Congressional Poets at least are very sensitive to the flickers of the pulse of a people. ® w= | SEES GOD DENIED IN | WARRING COUNTRIES By Frank J. Critney, Edinburg, nd. The style today of men or nations in their Tust for wealth and power | seems to be the denying of the ex-

ON THE DOLLAR

Voice in the Crowd maintains that |84 cents of each dollar goes to labor Why

be so penurious with statistics, Federal or otherwise? Statistics from the Bureau of Internal Revenue show that in 1932, |of the total corporate wealth in the {United States of 280 billion dollars, |53 per cent was held by 618 corporations. This same bureau showed that in 1935 one-tenth of 1 per cent of all corporations owned 52 per cent of the total assets of all corporations in the United States. The Brookings Institute statistics show that in 1929 one per cent of the top income group families in the United States received as much income as 42 per cent of families in the bottom income group. These statistics should hep V. I. C. in his arguments.

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‘New Books at

the Library

IDEWATER Virginia in Colonial days! The phrase brings {mind tales of romance and gal=lantry, of the gracious life which ex= |isted upon the great estates along | the James River. But there must [have been another side in those days, even as in ours, one which was kept hidden as much as possible. In | “Gamble’s Hundred” (Little), by | Clifford Dowdey, we are given a

and took | glimpse of this other side of the pic-

| ture. This is the story of the hardships

You can’t blame people for talking their families in the face of the un=

that way.

Their lives are made too [scrupulous schemes of the owners

family and friends, to share what they have and never to take advantage of another's weakness?

of “spoils to the victor.”

adrift in a state which regards murder as honorable and even heroic, provided a man is dressed in uniform. pnt the confusion that SH arise in the mind of every listic person when he faces reality, it seems a

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In school, the youngsters are taught to be upright, | and to adhere strictly to truth. They grow up and go | forth to mingle with politicians who hold the theory |

In church, we say to adolescents, “Thou shalt not | kill—Thus saith the Lord, God.” Then we set them |

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of the vast tobacco fields. These great plantation owners, never sate isfied with all their land, always wanted more, even if it meant taking it from someone who had only his one small plot of ground. The plot revolves about young Christopher Ballard, frontiersman and surveyor, his friends, the Kirbys, whom he finds to be in unlawful occupation of some government land, and Sidney Frane, owner of Gamble’s Hundred, whose power and wealth enable him to use the govermment as a cat's paw for his own purposes, 1 The story is the conflict between | the rich landholder, on one side, | and, on the other, people like the Kirbys, and the bitterness which finally leads the defeated weaker faction to push on to the frontier, the Blue Ridge Mountains, where there is still land and freedom for all. There is much to interest one in this story. There is beauty in it, in the description of the homes and the countryside along the James, and of the tovm of Williamsburg, then the metropolis of the Tide- | water region. There is drama, and | there is a situation still valid today. |

IF WAR COMES

By ALBERTA DUNCAN STIER

If war comes on foreign shores, ber past wars. Do not

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send American youth to fight a war Not of their making nor duty to en

Why rear and train American boys In ways of right—then Ship them abroad, so many toys To fall Tue guns of greedy men

If war comes, keep fathers home. They have a duty here you know. Too many abroad tonight Beneath their crosses row on row.

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DAILY THOUGHT

And they spake unto him, saye ing, If thou be kind to this people, words to them, they will be thy SY vans for ever=II Chronicles

E become willing servants to the good by the bonds their

War Psychology Boosts Prices, Farmers Get Far Less Than Parity.

ASHINGTON, Sept. 11.—Although retail food prices are shooting up, the farmer is still get= ting a good deal less than the “parity” price which the Department of Agriculture has set as a fair level. Price rises to date, as the department experts see it, are justified only by a war psychology. These exe ports assert that: There is no shortage of any important foodstuff in America. If there is going to be a big incraese in demand due to the war, it has not shown up as yet. There is, in fact, a surplus of food in practically all lines. The war psychology is working in two ways, as the department figures it. It causes consumers to buy heavily, either in fear of a shortage or in fear of further price increases; and it causes retailers and distributors to mark up their prices for much the same reasons. If you have been affected by this war psychology, consider these facts: 1. Right now the department officially lists as “surplus commodities” butter, shell eggs, corn meal, dried prunes, dry beans, flour (both white and whole wheat), rice, cabbage, fresh tomatoes, fresh green peas, onions (except green onions), fresh peaches, and fresh pears. To dispose of these commodities the Government is spending huge sums, through the famous stamp plan. 2. The department’s latest estimates of prospective supply, domestic consumption and probable exports show that this country has more than it needs of these staple foodstuffs: fresh meats, poultry, eggs, butier, lard, wheat, corn, rice, sugar, canned fruits and fruit juices, dried fruits, potatoes, and beans.

The European Demand

3. If the war abroad is going to lead to an ine creased European demand for American foodstuffs, the demand is not apt to appear for some time— Judging by the course of things in the last war, at least. Then the price of U. S. farm products actually went slightly downward during the first year of the war; not until 1916 did European demand increase Risa to send American farm prices above the 1914 evel. Furthermore, while retail prices are going up, the farmer is still far under parity. The average July price for wheat, for instance, was 55.7 cents a bushel: average July price for 1910-1914, inclusive, was 86 cents; parity (which is simply the level which the department figures would be fair all agund) is $1.11. Since July wheat prices have gone up, $0 that now they are around the 1910-1914 average—still a long way below parity.

Watching Your Health

By Jane Stafford I’ the war news is worrying and upsetting you, try brisk walks, golf, or vigorous setting-up exercises. Exercise is said by leading scientists to be good first aid treatment for worry and fear, whether caused by war scares or family or business trouble. Fear, like other feelings, has a powerful effect on the body. Digestive activities stop. The heart beats faster, and blood supply to the stomach and intese tines is reduced, while a greater volume is sent to the heart, brain and active muscies. The fine brone chioles in the lungs enlarge so that air passes in and out more easily. More sugar, effective fuel for mus« cular activity, goes into the blood. All these changes are in the nature of preparation. They get the body ready for a fight or for flight. Primitive man needed this mechanism to save his life. His fear or rage was aroused by an immediate danger or a direct physical attack from an enemy. Modern man has the same feeling of rage and fear, but he does not have as much use for them. He has been taught to control his anger, instead of socking his enemy on the chin. He cannot run away from the things he fears, such as losing a job. But he gets angry or frightened just the same and his body goes on preparing for a struggle which never comes off. This may have such serious results as disorderly action of the heart, or emotional dyspepsia. There are two ways of avoiding the unfortunate effects of strong feelings. One is summed up in the familiar counsel, keep calm. Consider the situation reasonably and save the excitement for something that requires action. The other method is to work off the emotional impulses in sane and vigorous ex= ercise. Many a housewife, without knowing the science of it, has worked this out for herself, and

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when or angry, will throw herself into bout of or baking.