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THESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1939

BORAH'S ORATION PEAKING again of the difference etwas Slay. and elocution, the speech by Senator Borah on the opening day of the great neutrality debate definitely classes as oratory of the truest type. We predict that it will go down in history along with the best; with ‘Webster and Hayne, ‘Lincoln and Douglas. “For structure, for marshaling of ‘shidinent, for deliv‘ery, it was superb, and all the more effective because of the robustness of this man of 73 who for so many years has so quickly filled the galleries of the United States Senate whenever the word went out—“Borah is speaking.” . Regardless: of what one thinks ‘about the position Borah is taking on the arms embargo, the address should be read by- every citizen who does not want to miss a masterpiece. And as for the theme oon which both Borah and his

‘opponents agree—that this is not our war and that our job |

is to stay out—we think there can be little if any argument on one vital passage which we quote below: ~~ “I look upon the present war in Europe as nothing more than another chapter in the bloody volume of European’ power: politics—the balance of. power which John Bright, the great commoner of England, once declared as thie curse of any possible European peace.. Yes, it is power politics! : “Whatever may be. the philosophy of naziism, however abhorrent we may write it down, it is not an issue -which will be settled by this conflict. And I venture to say, that the treaty of peace, if it ever comes, will have nothing in it about the ending of naziism or its teachings or of communism or its teachings. “It will devote itself, as did the Versailles Treaty, to the unquenchable imperialistic appetites of those who sit ‘around the table.” If burned fingers mean anything they should mean Just that to all of us.

NON-PROFIT HOSPITALIZATION T= Public Health Committee of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce has issued a report opposing nonprofit eommunity hospital service plans and indorsing instead group hospital insurance from private insurance companies. : We have no dard With any plan that will. provide some measure of medical protection for low-income families, be it public or private. “But we do object emphatically to shunting up a deadend alley the community hospital service plans. There are too many of them in the United States. successful to be disposed of in that fashion. There is plenty of room for both plans in Indiana. "At the present time there are at least 55 non-profit plans in operation in the United States. They are in New York City, Cleveland, Rochester, N. Y., Buffalo, Boston, New Haven, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Pittsburgh, Chicago, St. Louis and Washington. The American Hospital Association, one of the movement's sponsors, estimates that by Jan. 1 there will be more than 6,000,000 members. If the private insurance companies can provide the same services that the non-profit plans offer in the above cities and at comparable rates by all means let’s have them. But it is neither fair nor just that the Chamber, or the Governor should condemn these highly successful community plans even by implication. - The Legislature sought to amend the law at its last session to make possible in Indiana what three-quarters of the states have already done in encouraging low-income groups to ‘protect themsélves against the hazards of sickness. It came to nothing because of a veto by Governor Townsend after a good deal of unconvincing hemming and hawing. : We commend a study of Washington’s Group Hospitalization plan and its membership of 47,663 in less than three years to any who doubt that the public will support such non-profit service. plans.

CARDINALMUNDELEIN = y “THE trouble: with us in the past has been that we were too often-allied or drawn into an alliance with the wrong side. ‘Selfish employers of labor have flattered the church by: calling’ it the great conservative force, and then called ‘upon it "to act as a police force while they paid but a pittance of wage to those who worked for them. “I hope that day is gone by. - Our place is beside the poor, behind the working man. They are our people, they build the churches, they occupy our pews, their children

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crowd our schools, our priests come f om their sons. They |

look to us for leadership, but they I us too for sup-

port. 9» George Cardinal Mundelein was addressing the Holy Name Society in Chicago last year when he enunciated these poignant truths. "* Today his death is being mourned throughout America and at Vatican City, but nowhere more than-among the rank and file' of Catholi¢ clergy and laymen who have become - accustomed to turn to him for enlightened and Pggreesive leadership. = sn A New Dealer by conviction and close personal friend and supporter of President Roosevelt, Cardinal Mundelein had no use for the spurious reformer and hate-creating demagog. When Father Coughlin was being charged with fostering racial antagonism, the Chicago Cardinal publicly pointed out that the voice of Royal Oak i is not. the voice of God or the Catholic Church. , “The first Cardinal of the West,” he ‘was. honored by both Pope and President. By the Pope because he was a great churchman, who

leavesha legacy of charitable and educational institutions, |.

one of /the most outstanding of which is the Seminary of ’s of the Lake, Mundelein, Ill, where death. came. y the President, who visited him in Chicago two years ago, because he was a great American with an unblemished record of bpsieiolige in war and Epuace.’ :

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Fair Enoug} ; By Westbrook Pegler

America Presents: United Front - Against Entering War, but Analysis | * Shows It -an Odd Setup Indeed.

EW YORK, Oct. 3.—For. once, anyway, the Atere: ie

ican people seem to be agreed, but “only in af

weird, acrimonious way. The whole nation is determined to keep out of the Hitler-Stalin revival of the:

World War, but the agreement on that common pur-|

pose is as bitter as any conflict could be, short. of ac-

tual violence. It is a strange irreconcilable unanimity, to = - = 5

more French than American. The President and the Administration want to Keep

| out of war and\Mr. Borah and the other isolationists

feel the same way. Henry Ford, Col. Lindbergh, Pritz|

Kuhn, the anti-American Bund, the American Legion, the Republicans, the Communists, the capitalists, Earl Browder,

the average American, ali oppose American tion. « : Yet there is furious: strife over the reasons: wy) individuals and elements of the nation belong to this united front and neighbors who stand -elbow to elbow

sincerity of those arrayed beside them. x = = R. 'BROWDER accuses Col.

indbeh “Hearst |

Mr. Hearst, Father Coughlin, Norman |: \ Thomas and to make it unanimous, George Spelvin, | . participa- rs

| along the line question not"only the motives but the noma

and Coughlin of a hidden purpose of driving the |

country to war on Britain’s side, which is a queer and

confusing charge, considering the records of these men. |’

© The only doubt of Lindbergh’s motives that has been raised in debate arises from his personal relations with some German leaders and with those British who were described, perhaps too ‘glibly, as pro-Germans. If Lindbergh is friéndly to these people and their point of view surely he would not’ desire that the United States fight against them. Mr. Hearst has always been anti- British, Father Coughlin is not easily understood on any issue, bus he comes of rebel Irish, anti-British stock. Mr. Ford, at times, has beén accused of Fascist tendencies, and he was once, for a spell, actively anti--

Semitic. But if this evidence be valued 100 per cent |.

that would place him alongside Mr. Browder on the American united front against war, Mr. Browder himself being now a Fascist, or worse, a Nazi, by political IPRIEIALS, » » ® R. KUHN has obvious reasons which need not he

examined for hidden ideas. It is his plain, sim- |

ple mission to prevent, if he can, the enlistment of another strong nation against his fatherland.

‘Mr. Thomas has high, virtuous motives which he |

expresses in orations of great beauty, and the capitalists realize that if we should go to war capitalism

would be unable to pay the cost and would crash: info | - -

bolshevism or naziism at the end. Another element, too mixed or confused for classification, which opposes American involvement is that glamorous but not necessarily large group of Commu-

nists and bleeding hearts who squirted scorn over the ||

irresolute Mr. Chamberlain after Munich. In his surrender to Hitler that time Mr. Chamberlain was said to have betrayed democracy. But now that he has made the dreadful decision to fight, the same persons: who berated him then accuse him of fighting an imperialistic war. Mr. Spelvin on his part, ‘and I dare say Mr. Roose-_

‘velt, Mr. Borah; the Legion and the Terre Haute Ro-

tary -Club, have reasons for their stand in this queer American united front which need no.examination and permit of no doubt. They Just want to keep out of war, period.

Business By JohnT. Flynn

Isolationists May Favor Cash-Carry Plan Plus. Retention of Embargo.

HICAGO, Oct. 3.—In many Western cities the’ struggle going on in Washington about the Neutrality Act is being described as. a battle between two plans to remain neutral. One plan is the arms embargo. - The other plan is called the “cash and carry” plan. The impression created in many minds is that the President favors the cash and carry plan and the opposition Congressmen favor the arms embargo plan, but are against cash and carry. : This impression is being industriously fostered by those who want to kill the arms embargo. It is responsible for much of ne support for the repeal of the embargo. The facts, of course, are quite different. The first cash and carry plan was proposed by Senators Nye and Clark on April 9, 1935. The plan represented the views of Nye and Clark, but also of Senators Vandenberg, Bone, La Follette and others who are generally referred to as the neutrality bloe. This is the group of Senators who are now opposing the President in his effort to repeal the embargo on arms. On April 9, 1935—four and a half years ago—they proposed in the Senate a joint resolution which declared that in the .event of war between foreign countries, it shall be unlawful for any person to lend any governmental or national of such government any money or to extend credit for the purchase of any articles declared to be contraband of war by any. belligerent government.

Plans Do Not Conflict :

The arms embargo proposed at the same time forbade the shipment under any circumstances of arms and munitions and directed the President to list such munitions. ~ There is no contradiction between the arms embargo and the cash and carry plan. Congress should adopt both. The bloc opposing the President is: willing to adopt both. But the President wants a weaker plan—he wants. the cash and carry plan without the arms embargo. But it is important to remember that what the President is asking for and what he wants are two different things. The President told the unity conference, and he repeated it in- his address to Congress, that he wants no Neutrality Act at all. He wants the whole neufrality legislation wiped from the books and. a return to international law, which would leave the whole subject in his hands, unhampered by Congressional statute. - He was told by his own leaders that Congress would never give him this. He is asking for the cash and carry madly because he cannot get what he wants. ;

A Woman’ S Viewpoint

By Mrs. Walter Ferguson

WHAT this country needs right now is more imagination in public kitchens. If it’s true, as we often hear, that men are the chefs in the majority of commercial eating places, then we have conclusive proof that women are the better cooks. To thosé of my sex hankering for careers, I recommend an investigation into the restaurant field.

Any woman who knows how to use salt and pepper |. and spices to the best advantage, who refuses to boil |.

the taste out of the vegetables, and who can plan a menu to fit the season, need never lack for work. Yet, on a 4500-mile motor trip, I found only one eating place which advertised boldly, “We employ only women cooks here.” - It was Murphy’s in Denver, and the words gave me such a shock I went in at once feeling as if I should give encouragement to my kind. The food was good, as I had expected. Hundreds of little places could build up reputations if only some person connected with them had enough imagination to insist upon stasonal dishes. For example, most of them serve navy beans in August. They set forth canned and dried vegetables to their customers, when fresh ones are rotting in the mar-

ket stalls. And what they do to potatoes Sught to] get |

be considered a major crime. Also just try to a good cup of tea. It can’t be done. Our saddest experience was in a Colorado town famous for its peaches. We had driven through acres

of trees, dripping with luscious, deliciously flavored 1.

hooon soar ngs ict MEY ERT — “Can't | ever ‘bring home flowers or a: box of candy without you asking what's wrong?!

fruit. And guess what the best local cate offered for dessert. Canned peaches! : It's appalling to think of the vast quantities of food wasted in public kitchens—ruined because the

cooks lack either Imagination. or a sense of Baste,

or just don’t care, Gary &NY brn + + 7

iy oe 2d THEY'RE BOTH \ FlanTING FOR . THE SAME : PURSE

The ‘Hoosier Forum 1 wholly disagree with what you: say, but will = defend to the death your Yighii to say BVolinire, 2 : =

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QUESTIONS ‘NEED OF INCREASED TAXES By Times Readef =~ ‘In’ the Sept. 28 Times we note taxes are increased 10 cents to a

143.31 rate in -Center ‘Township for} 1940, Im 1920 our rate was $1.60. Is

such an increase justified? ‘They "said when liquor was brought back .the taxes from that

Indiana politicians told us when the Gross Income Tax was: put into effect our property tax.could be wiped out. This is especially true of ex= Governor McNutt’s campaign speeches. «7. . It looks .to. me: like good business for the people of Indiana to demand that we know what is be‘coming of all this money that is being gathered in. If this increasing continues, when and where is it going to stop? WHI the: few: that can own a home be. able to carry the burden? . What are we goifig to go about it? :

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PRIVATE OWNERSHIP DOOMED, IS ‘CLAIM By Times Reader. Democracy is not able to solve its problems. Pseudo democracy seems to be definitely on the way out. War does not -permit opposition even in

so-called democracies. That it will ever return after the war may seriously be ‘questioned. War is a result of autocracy in industry and commerce. Plutocracy owns: the means of production and has complete power over the economic and political areas of living, leaving only the intellectual pursuit .of liberalism free. War is inevitable when the. social processes are dominated by a. small fraction of the population. Private ownership. of the means of production has outlived its day of usefulness. It has failed to supply our social needs|. abundantly. Relief has been neces- | . sary to keep. our people from suffering. Eyen ‘that is now greatly ‘reduced. Individualism nas gone to seed. In industry we do: not recognize the social responsibility of ownership of the’ means of production.

would lower our. property : taxes. The|-

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

All our elaptiep about democracy |

is: hollow sound, since we have not

extended democracy -to make .it effective in the economic sphere. Wheever owns the means of production ‘has the power to control the lives of those who do not own this machinory. Democratic ownership is as necessary to political freedom as air that. is free to-physical existence. Private ownership and control has

outlived ,its .usefulnéss. = It cannot

be regulated: or controlled for the social abundance we require. War will hasten its demise, and bring us to realize the imperative of a publicly owned world-wide industrial system. 8 2 » FAVORS WAR NOW

RATHER THAN LATER By Times Reader Let us have war here now. Then we won't have to wage war against

Hitlerites in this country later. We should stop giving Hitler our moral ‘support in fancy speeches here. No one can be for that gang and for England and France. We should war against that un-Ameri-can pro-Nazi ‘Charles Coughlin of Boys! Oak, Mich, + « « We should

war against our r big: industrial plants that hire all foreign element. Is it not easy to think what vast, amounts of money are. being paid.into’ the German Bunds and Reds through those organizations? Our Governmnient: can’t. stop. free speech, but our: Americans can have secret organizations—not :to fight} races or religions—but to fight Nazis

cans and our people will have work. Send all undesirables out of the U. A A, CT ® x » SEES PROFITEERING AS STEP TOWARD FASCISM

By ‘'W.: 8. P.

cur businessmen ‘are desirious of preserving democracy in the Uniteq

States. . Now, if the war in Europe is-used here as an excuse ‘for a profiteering orgy and the. Federal Government is forced to step in to_ try to stop:it, it will be a mave away from democracy and a direct advance in the direction of Fascism. ~ A - dislocated economic’ system makes a poor foundation for a democratic form of go rnment to rest on. 2 » » | URGES RETENTION oF OUR: HISTORICAL - PERSPECTIVE By S. P. T..

A little plsfory at this’ sige of the game should calm a lot of fight-

old game of power politics, and, as you state, “it’s not our game. »! Let’s keep our x. historical. perspec-

tive,

New Books at the Library

MONG recent. biographies . is Katherine John’s “The Prince: Imperial” (Putnam), which deals with an interesting but comparatively little known figure in French history -In 1852, Louis Napoleon, son of the great - Napoleon’s brother, brought the Second Republic to an

Side GlancesBy Galbraith =~ ©

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‘The wild grape vines reach

end by. assuming t he iposition of Emperor as Napoleon III. dt is the only son born: to him and: the+Empress Eugenie, a prince - destined never to rule, ‘who is the central character of this book. This young Louis; brought up at court and. educated: by private tutors, was thoroughly imbued with pride and confidence in his country; he was 8 serious, gopvle boy, yet passionately fond life. , When “disaster overcame France through the, Franco- German

-| war (1870-1871), the: dethroned: Napoleon "III was forced to flee with:

his family to England, and, with a circle of friends; begin a new. life. - Louis, now in his ‘teens, entered the Royal Military Academy to. rein as an officer: After the death of his father, Louis became the hope of the Bonapartist party in France. But fate was not to’allow him ever|. to rule the country he loved. The. events surrounding his tragic

death at 23 in: South. Africa—during | the Zulu. War:

1879, make of curious and compelling story. a

* SONNET F. OCTOBER ‘By MARY ». DENNY

Light shines’ tipo the": ‘fleld;

The autumn orchards ever Sod Their stores of apple and ‘of Peach.

Across the shining: ‘country Se All through the autumn day.

‘| The north and west winds chime

The aria of fall in:one great line - Tuning h hours of time,

| Unto the glory of the Dazvest. ‘lime.

The melody of October light. Shines far a color: tone divine : Through radio of day and night, One chime of life and peace

| In notes’ that never: cease. | on DAILY THOUGHT go

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and Reds. Make America for Ameri-/

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of military

“oobi Credit fo Not +'Ca And Inclusion “iv Ne utrality * Act Violates Spirit of Original Idea,

yr ASHINGTON, Oct. 3—The provision. for & \ 90. ‘day credit clause jimmied into the Pittman Act at the last minute is a puzzle... If the argument for it is, as: it seems to be, that it doesn’t make much ‘difference anywsy, then why put it in? The casth-

and-carry ‘plan’ at. the outset was: You’ pay. cash on

; ‘ther across the seas in Four: own wash not on -American ships.” = ’

As this column has vepestedly insisted; it was not a “neutrality” plan at all. It ‘was first, a surrénder of American rights on the high seas and in" werld trade in the hope that, if we: don't have to-defend ‘them we ‘won't run so much risk of getting into war;

Second: It was' a plan to:prevent our taking any

financial stake: 3p any war i granting credits - to ther side. But. this 90- day Credit’ elise torpedoes tha: Spits if not the letter of the whole idea. In the first: place; if we ship goods: on credit—even for: 90° days—what ‘becomes: of another. clause-in the law that all. “right,

title and interest” -must ‘be out of any. American :

‘citizen befofe such goods can go to sea? a seller have an interest in, goods sold on credit 1 and sil in transit? : : #8. 8.8 HAT 90 ys will. cover the: em Selon of aol ‘ danger—the sea voyage. Another iclause ir ‘the Prope bill exempts’ insurance on such goods from ‘being. considered a “right, title or interest” ‘There is a proposal that the: ‘United States’ itself. ‘undertake marine insurance. : If goods are sold on,even- shoriateim. credit and the

‘cieditor insures. property; especialy if ‘he insured with:

the Government, we could have a case ‘where the Government itself - has. an interest. in goods exposed to sinking at sea. ~ What does this “80-day, credit” business ‘mean anys way? I think it unlikely, but it might mean very large war contracts negotiated now, goods. {0. be. shipped as ordered, but no payments. to / made on say a couple of billion dollars. worth .of goods until .80 days -after each. particular shipment—that is during the ‘entire time; they are at sea. The. purpose of the ‘spot-cash plan was. solely to prevent the building up of. any large American interest of the. financial stake of either side in the war. The kind of contract just suggested is also uhlikely, but it shows just ‘one among many kinds of ‘things that might be done through the 90-day clause to frustrate the intent of the no-credit: provision of the bill. 8 RR oe argument for lifting the arms oniliaro: and for this ‘credit clause ‘is: that ‘our sales of ‘munis

‘tions abroad will build up a big arms industry” here | Which we ourselves may later need. Isn't that buying

a -tremendous: stake -in- the ‘war? '- We should build

‘up a sufficient arms industry; for our needs-and do it

fast. But if we get -our prosperity and a large slice

“of our industry geared to the needs of a big Europaen

war plus our own needs, we shall have prepared the

ground for an even greater - ‘American | industrial

-collapse when the-sale of arms s

©. Of great importance is the fact that the French and British have only between two and three: ‘billions that they can convert to pay here in cash—for mus . _nitions and éverything else. If we build up-an induse

try and a business rate based on their early rates of

reach the bottom of; the - -till?—Collapse. our business ited credits? That's exactly the situas tion that pulled us in -in 017. :

Neutrality

By -Ludwell Denny

Isolationists: Do Not Doubt F. D. Rr Sincerity, but. Fear. His War Pdlicy,

ASHINGTON, Oct. 3 —Distrust 6f-the President is behind the “heutrality” fight in Congress. .-: ’ Not that the isolationists doubt his sincerity. Few think he plans war. Most simply fear his policy, of helping the Allies by repealing the arms: embargo but keeping. out of Ware; will not work—that it wif inch us into war. a The real conflict is obscured by the speeches. about “neutrality.” ‘Of ‘course that word high-Hghts the bill

‘and the speeches of: both ‘sides , because: of ;political

expediency and’ international ‘amenities. ‘But neither side is neutral. "Both are anti-Hitler. - Both sides ‘generally are willing to sacrifice such neutral: rights’ as freedom of the seas. to: avoid: ine volvement. Hence the wide popularity of the cash and-carry principle, originated by - the: “isolationists and later accepted by the President. But the President wants: a ‘maximum of discretionary power arid a minimum of mandatory law. Now however, even ‘most of his supporters are unwilling to entrust full power to him or any executive. - So ‘the Administration Senators had - to- drafb: a mandatory cash-and-carry. bill, and tie the President’s hands, to. win votes. Whether. this large -congession to wide distrust of Presidential power has won: enough Yoies: no ong knows. .. , 'or the embargo has become a bol - to sides. The isolationists th gm Jot

down other bars—under Allied pressure and Amerie can emotion. The Administration. bloc denies this.

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Explaining’ a Paradox i 7

Obviously this argument cannot be settled by proot, because it’ involves a guess as to what the ‘President will do under war pressure—whether. he will go: the way of Woodrow ‘Wilson or not.: Distrust of the. President for the: most: part’ is neither personal ror political. Anti-New. Dealers ufi= willing to trust .the President with’ power in domestic affairs, now trust him in foreign policy. While many liberals like Borah and La Follette, ‘who trusted him ‘more in domestic affairs, distrust. ‘his’ foreign policy.’ ~The, explanation of this paradox is simple. ‘Those

.cash spending, what are: we going to do when they -

ink if the President forees “down. this barrier now, Je. may later be able to knock

‘who think he is. going in their direction follow him .

in this. Others: don’t. ; In ‘general those who- have rallied to him on this issue, including his political’ enemies, think the Allies are America’s first line of defense and that we should help the Allies now with arins-so’ we will nat have to help them later with men. But the {isolationists think that is ‘the. road to ‘Wat—particularly undér a

‘President who: ig ig sthe Sgeressar hn

So thiey fight him now;

Watching Your r Heal By Jane Stafford

HE rash—bright rod isa oh. a fidha skip which gives s¢arlét fever its colorful name is ‘not ‘usually the first ‘sign of this disease, ., Nor does ailment start in slowly with a. _prelimina: Iy siage stage of feeling vaguely sick. It generally starts suddenly with ‘nausea, vomiting, sore throat and high fever. The

‘fever may reach 104 egress Fahrenheit within the | first 24 hours.’ : :

" Unlike messles and “chiciten’ nox, scarlet. fever ‘not attack almost everyone at-some time in’ his life;

. | good many péople seem‘ to” acquire inmgntty £o.-1t,

probably by geting ‘small dose€ of . the scarlet

‘germs ‘without actually becoming siek, About 80. gut | of every 100 ‘who ‘do have an attack of scarlet fever ges

it before they are 10 years old. - The disease is caused by a methber of the strep. tococcus germ family which, like the diphtheria. ‘produces a poison’ ‘that ‘causes the general and. ‘features of the diseases. THe scarlet fever. Sepia cus spreads from the patient in the discharges of

| nose and throat and his SRS if these are “running.”

The skin peelings used 6 be considered dangerous bub it is now known that these are not infectious... . There is a test for.détermining whether or ‘not a child is ‘susceptible fo. scarlet: fever, and if there is. much of the disease in the community or school; the doctor may want to’ give susceptible children scarlet fever: Satitexin or o convalescent scarlet fever Serum protect them. :

I ts scarlet fever, there will Be ¢ ido ethers for fhese weeks 3 sickness, Top 2 )

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