Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 October 1939 — Page 11

‘Hoosier V agabond

* AGNESS, Ore., Oct. 10.—WHen the mail boat pulled over to a plank on the river bank and the ‘pilot shut. - ‘off the engine, we: passengets- said,’ #Where are we, : and the boatman said, “This Ee the end of the ie. This is Agness.” There wasn't a - thing in sight but river, mountains and forest. That’s how big ‘ Agness is. I had thought it was: an isolated town. Well, it isn’t even a village. You walk up a trail around the bluff and finally come to a few farm: houses, set far apart,’ among trees. One big farm- - house is calléd a hotel. Another is called a store and postoffice. An oid cabin is called the schoolhouse, “ Agness must be close to 50: years old. But it had autos only recently : (there wasn’t any place to drive them), and about, the only visitors were those annual maniacs known as fisheren. This daily mail boat trip up the Rogue River is one of the most unusual trips I know of on a regularly scheduled public carrier. You just buy your ticket and get in—and, while the mailman goes about his work, you get a mild version of rapids-shooting that you had imagined only explorers ever experienced.

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An Exciting Boat Trip Tom Fry, the Rogue Indian, was our pilot. Passengers sit on ‘board seats in the bow; behind a wind--shield. Freight and mail is piled behind them. And ‘behind that stands Tom, one hand gn his rudderwheel, one on the throttle. He is always peering ahead. And he stands up all the time, for that twohour trip is a trip of the utmost alertncss.

The boat plows up through riffles of green water that leap and lash themselves into whiteness. It

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NEW YORK, Oct. 10.—One is foolish to indulge in prophecy, but in a world of fog anybody has a-right to guess. It is my prediction that there will be an armistice within two or three months, or sooner. To some extent I am thinking of a famous story concerning Bernard Baruch. Mr. Baruch ‘was explaining why ‘he had begun: to go short on stocks during a speech by Lloyd George in the last war. Peace at the moment was a bearish factor. Lloyd George was thundering of a de-" termination to go on and on, but after a thousand words or more. of belligerency he suddenly began a new sentence with a “But.”

It was Mr. Baruch’s testimony: that he did not even wait for the”. rest of the sentence to come over the ticker but: began to sell short: on the basis that “But” itself ‘indicated a British’ willingness to negotiate. It séems to: me that “But” rears its head .not only in the Hitler speech but in the apparent off-the-record reaction of ‘the ‘Allies. La» 2 = '

r A= a A War Nobody Wants ; Obviously, this is a war nobody wants. In spife of Hitler's lightning victory in Poland and Germany’s seemingly strong position in a military way, ‘the members of the Reichstag cheered less frequently than usual. Der Fuehrer himself ended on a low.:

note instead of his usual hysterical screech of defiance.’ :there

In spite of victory-the destrugtiveness. of modern~ war has been brought home to the German people. People who speak of the conflict as bloodless seem to forget that probably no nation in modern times has been devastated after the manner of Poland. But the very success of the German arms may create a grave misgiving among the German people. ~ . More than a million Germans have seen the dead

Washington

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.—The propaganda that is most likely to trap us is not that which Wears the label “made in Germany” or “passed by British cen“sor.” If it is labeled, you know®what kind of poison it is and are guided accordingly. The propaganda that reaches its mark, is not labeled. This neutrality discussion is full of unlabeled propaganda— not made in Germany nor in Great Britain, but home-made. I mean the little single words nestled in easy-flowing sentences. They slip into’the mind and tell us, without our knowing it, what to think. If you read that Senator Windbag is a “pacifist” you think there is something wrong with him. The term “pacifist” has an Sitavorabls connotation. But describe Senator Windbag as “peace-loving” and you think of him more favorably.

That is a rough sample of the use of words in the most insidious and effective way. All writing people and all speakers employ this technique in controversial argument. You can’t stop it but as a reader or listener you can be on your guard. Two years ago Stuart Chase wrote a stimulating book on this subject, exposing the technique. He called it “The Tyranny ‘of Words, » : ”

Chinese Wall vs. Insulation

Pick up an editorial about neutrality legislation. You read that the bill would throw a “Chinese wall” around the United States. ‘You remember from your school days that China built a wall and thus cut off from the world, decayed. Theodore Roosevelt, goading Wilson into a preparedness program, said Wilson was 3 #

My Day

NEW YORK CITY, Monday.—Dr. Harvey Cushing’s death Saturday was a great loss to the nation and a great sorrow to all who knew him. I left Washington by plane last night and, went up, to New Haven, Conn., on a ncon train in order to be at the funeral.

It seems to me that the unexpected is always happening in life. One never knows from day to day what fate may have in store. Going round the United States’

Prien, Not Cowardly

grinds slowly) over bottom, and you could reach grab a stone from: the hottant, it’s so shallow. = “It'roars its way up through torrents that in: places are rushing downward at 15 miles an hour. In the deep, open spots between rapids the boat leaps along with appalling speed. Ducks and’ graceful cranes are common along. the

river. You see half-hidden lovely summer cabins, and|

gardens fenced off to keep the deer out. You see goats. sunning on the rocks. High-bcated fishermen may be standing in mid-river as you swing round a bend. Just after we passed up through one shallow rapids,

our boat vibrated and rattled all over; and Tom Fry).

throttled down the engine. We all looked back. Tom. was very uncencerned. He said, “I hy ‘my wheel. don’t go so good now.” ” # ®

"How ‘to. Entertain Guests

That was considerable. understatement. go at all. The propeller had hit a rock and. was bent: We drifted over to the bank, and Tom poled the boat in. Then he jumped out in water above his knees, without taking off his shoes or rolling up his pants. He .felt around in the water till:he found a big rock. He held the rock against;the ‘propeller, and pounded on the blade with a hammer. ‘We were. soon on our way again. Zane Grey has a summer camp about 20 miles on up the river from here. They say he has floated clear down the Rogue, from Grants Pass to the sea, several times. It is a very treacherous and thrilling trip. About six years ago he gave a big party for his friends, and came down the river.in 17 rowboats; Each boat carried a pilot and one guest. The boats were

By Ernie ] P vie

rocks that go crunch-crunch on the p down into the Water and te

It didn’t

Note America’s 1

GREAT BRITAIN

brightly painted, all tied together, and made a mar- 5

velous sight as they came around the bends like a

sinewy necklace. The: whole country side same to the 2

river bank to watch them pass. I mention this largely to give you hard-to] hostesses a new -idea about how to entertain! your guests.

piled up in the streets, These men are human and do not differ from us in deep essence. fail to shudder at the thought of the same blood bath becoming a tidal wave. And from sheer shelf-interest many ‘may picture their own cities and farms as they will look when the lash is piled on.

It has been said—too frequently, I think—bhat : Chamberlain -has had misgivings from. the start.|: ‘Those who call England’s participation an imperialist |. adventure have declared that their sympathies would | go with the Allies. if Britain provided more liberal |

leadership. But whom would they name? Churchill, perhaps, but, after all,-’he is- a Tory of thé Tories. 8 2 #

What, Are We Fighting for?’

Already the Laborites and Lloyd George have vel gun to ask, “What are we fighting for?” Gry ,COUrse; the contingency is wholly fantastic, England could hardly go to the extreme left for leader-

“ship on. account of the Russo-German pact.

Again, since I am not a prophet, I do not know whether this. menage will ripen into love and mar-

* rigge,. but that the countries are keeping company ..can‘hardly be denied. Hitler thinks so. And obvioiisly Japan’ and: Italy, who know something of the two

contracting: parties,. seem to .be of the same opinion. All "of. which ‘bring us to: the curious Communist contention that Chamberlain is selling the democracies down the river by failing to press. against ‘Hitler with full vigor.” ‘This is said by those who not only accept _but actually. spplaud the Russo-German alliance. If isga truce I fear it will be no more than a

‘breathing spell, and such breathing as is done will

be’ much affected’by the humidity. Man has certainly not proved his capacity to function as a reasoning animal. Insanity is in the air. A truce would hardly solve the problem of how peace and democracy are to be preserved against the trust of right and left wing imperialism. Just the same, it might provide a lucid moment.

: By Raymond Clapper

trying to “Chinafy” the United States. So when you. read that the .Neutrglity Bill would build a *“Chinese wall” around thi country, your reaction is that this legislation is unwise. But say that the neutrality legislation seeks to “insulate” the United States from Europe’s war. Insulation seems scientific and the best homes have. it, so the legislation must be all right—especially. if you slip in the phrase, as I did just then, about “Europe’s war.” That, too, is a trick to make you think unconsciously that this. war is none of our business and therefore the farther we stay away the better. «8

So when somebody says the cash-and-carry provision sets up a policy of “scuttle and run,” he is trying to make you say automatically to yourself that this policy is cowardly and unworthy of this brave nation. But if you say that the cash-and-carry plan

merely attempts to keep our ships out of the danger|.

zenes and permits belligerents to buy their war supplies and carry them away at their own. risk, that sounds—to me at least—entirely sensible. Call a policy “cowardly” and it is dropped like a hot potato. Call it “prudent” and. it seems just the thing we want. There is a good deal of talk about “asserting our rights.” That sounds sturdy and brave, the way we all like to be. But if you propose to assert your right to walk straight by a gunman who stands in your path, you would be put down as a plain fool. When a

nation proposes to refrain from exercising some of its

rights, you have a squad ‘of ‘courageous arm-chair kibitzers branding that as “cowardly” and “pusillanimous.” If American citizens stand guard against these trick words and try to think in terms of realities, in realities of lives and property and of what is to the ‘best interest of this nation, we shall at least have a clearer understanding of what is at stake,

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By Eleanor Roosevelt

to you the existence of an interesting. exhibition n the East. Fu There : Ha at) Dresent, at the Yonkers: ‘museum of science. and, Arts in Trevor Park, Yonkers, N. Y,, an exhibition by ‘contemporary artists, which will’ be there through the whole month of October. If: ‘includes oth oil paintings and ‘water colors. :

- ‘Anyone “having. the time to stop an the way ok

out of .New York City, will find this & most interesting exhibition, for there. are many of: our best

in a week, gives one a feeling of «known American artists included in the list of those

‘having traveled far and steadily, . but I met so many men on the .way who seemed to think nothing of’ traveling from coast to coast several times in the same month, that I feel I should also take it more casually. I spent yesterday glued to my: . desk in fhe White House,’ because, with all of Miss Thompson's efforts, there were a great many things waiting for my personal attention. I imagine I: shall be catching up on mail most of this week. Holidays usually result in extra work some tine. It seems to me that in California, particularly in San Francisco, one has a sense of interest which everybody takes in the various arts. After seeing the exhibition of old masters and contemporary artists at the World's Fair out there and:

rious other ‘artistic ventures, I feel I shoul

‘who haye sent their’ ‘work. +I also have just had. a most interesting letter tell ing me about’ a’ new’ musical organization. : It is called “The Little Symphony Society of Philadelp This group: is: dedicated to the purpose of creating more opportunities Yor young American artists: 8. by providing excellent, accompaniment . for outstanding soloists “'who' wish to make their debut in a great music center, by offering guest-conducting experience to rising directors of merit and by furnishing an available medium‘ for promising composers to ‘hear

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And while, :

‘Russia has plenty of food, enough oil; lacks machinery.

Italy’s weakness ‘is

in iron and steel, machinery, coal, oil.

Sinews of War—

By David Dietz

Scripps-Howard Science Editor

“The Great Essentials.”

first, what the nations involved possess and, secondly, what they can get else-

where. For example, what England and France can get from their colonial empire and from America; also, what Germany can geé from conquered Poland, from :south-

| “eastern Europe

in general; and finally, wha Russia: is able or willing to furnish Germany. First ‘of the great essen- Sa tials is food. David Dietz What Napoleon said about an army traveling on its stomach is truer than ever

“totalitarian warfare.” In . World War, it was the De within Germany, not the troops ; at.

the assault of hunger: Second of the great essentials is

10 MEET 0CT..28-29

Members: of ‘Battery - E., 150th

| Field : Artillery, Rainbow Division,

are to hold their first reunion since} the World War here Oct. 28 and 29.

Maj. Gen. Robert H. Tyndall, Division, National ‘Guard, and for-

mer colonel in the division is to be guest -of honor.

Oct: 28 at’ the Hotel Washington. ducted at the Indiana War Me-

morial the next day at 10 a. m,

Keith: Gregg. Indianapolis, is general arrangements committee chair‘man. Pleas Greenlee, Sheluyville, Ind. is vice chairman. : ;

U.S. TO BORROW. FOR FIRST TIME IN 1939

* WASHINGTON. Oct. 0: (u.—The Treasury will borr Ww.

P cash. 1

to maintain a “comfortable level” in the Government's working

situation. That retary

was announced by § Henry Morgenthau Jr., who

“their works ‘performed by a fine professional orchestra

‘of va-

meftion

art-term t n to ale. 5, i000 of

. men. make these duplications. .

today: For a whole nation aghis 3

the front, who. first gave way to: i

| commanding officer of the 38th

The retinion banquet is to’ be held |q Memorial services are to’ be con-|jia

the first time this year next Moiigay

cel. during “the present international|

e raeasmy would sel) 50 1000. “of sh

Note how Japan’s weakness, except. for coal, parallels Italy's s. :

DOMESTIC PRODUCTION

NET IMPORTS

adap len bfough srianzement | with Dr. 4. Emeny, trom “The Strdteny of Ray Materials® (Mscmilian).

8 Great Essentials Spell World Power

(Second of a Series)

. es 3 5 vi iT (fa ‘IGHT items spell power in Tie world today. fey deter- “ mine the greatness of a nation in peace. They also determine its effectiveness in war. Dr. Brooks Emeny, author of the important treatise, “The Strategy of Raw Materials,” and director of the Foreign Affairs Council, Cleveland, O., calls these eight

Any attempt to prognosticate what may happen in Europe today must be based upon a consideration of the .distribution of these great essentials. We must consider,

physical power, that is the power

- or: energy derived from coal and

petroleum, from water power and other sources.

- The third is iron and steel. The - others ‘are machinery

chemicals, coal, iron ore and pe roleum. a8 le : TT will be noted that ®here is some apparent duplication’ on’

: this list. Thus iron for example,

is represented in “iron and steel,” “machinery” and “iron ore.” Sim-

“ilarly, the designation, “power,”

includes coal and petroleum. Nevertheless, the strategy of the situation requires that military It “is necessary, for example, to know first, if a country has as much iron ore ‘as it ‘needs; secondly, if it ‘has the foundry capacity for turning: it into iron and steel, and. finally if it has.the capacity for manufacturing the machinery

which its industries require.

Thus, we shall find in the case of Germany that it has ample foundry requirements for manufacture of iron and.steel and its

gfachitiery production exceeds. its

RAINBOW BATTERY El

INDICATES EXCESS SUFFICIENT FOR EXPORTING

X00 needs, making possible the

exporting of machinery. Buf it. .

- must import the necessary. iron ore. . - Japan, not only lacks iron. ore

. but the facilities for turning it. Japan could .

.into iron and steel. not have waged its war against China without scrap steel from

_ America.

But the great necessities do not

* ‘in themselves tell the whole story.

In addition, what Dr. Emeny calls “the critical raw materials” are necessary to keép the indusirial machine—and the nation—from breaking down, The critical raw materials are copper, lead, nitrates, sulphur, cotton, aluminum, zinc, rubber, manganese, nickel, chromite, tungsten, wool, potash, phosphates, antimony, tin, mercury and 1nica. Let us begin our analysis of the -situation with a study of the great essentials. And let us ‘include America, for although the United States is not in the war and everyone prays that it' may never be in it, the ability of the Allies to make

purchases. in America makes us’

‘an important factor. , 8 8 ” URNING to America first, we find we are able to meet our own needs with regard to the great essentials in every respect with the exception of some .2 or

- 3 per cent of our requirements for iron ore. Our production of food

: machinery, chemicals,: coal and

petroleum is so great there is an

“excess for export. But these facts alone do not tell -the story of the superior position of America. The :amazing thing is that in every one of these require- - ments, with the exception of food, the requirement of the United’ States is practically equal Yo the

requirements of Great Britain, Germany, Russia, Italy and Japan x

added , together. .. Russia's’ food : requirement ds about 80 per cent of the United States and Russia is not only able to meet this but has an excess for export. But in every other case, as Dr. Emeny has pointed out, when we say that the United States is selfsufficient, we are saying in effect that the United States is able to Profiues one-half of the world’s

Psychology Symposium To BeHeld atl. U. Oct. 21

Times Special . BLO OMINGTON, md, od 10 yan Symposium in Psychol-| will be held oct; at at Indians

posium is sponsored by versity’s department of psy7 in observance of the semial of the founding of the logical laboratory by Dr. Wilswe Bryan, president

of the featured principals to art in the seminar will be Dr. ‘A. Culler of the University of pr and’ Dr... John A, Mc-

foGeoch will read a paper on pervasiveness of Learning.”

Me \ mn, ‘sessions will end commemorative din-im ner presided ‘6ver by Herman B Fig univeiy president. Dr. B will speak’ on “Ret

an a round: table discussion on

learning. A demonstration in the conditioning laboratory also is scheduled for the all-day symposium. :

“(GRANTS INJUNCTION ~ JIN SCHOOL CASE

. VINCENNES, Ind. Oct. 10 (U. P.)—An fjunction restraining the Vincennes School Board from extending financial support to parochial schools was granted yesterday by Judge Frank- ‘E. Gilkison in ‘Daviess Circuit Court at Washington, Ind.

Joseph M. Johnson of Vincennes and was taken there on a change’ of venue. Mr. Johnson also filed| schions to recover from School Board ers money spent t

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The injunction was asked by!

four Catholic schools in ros

supply of the item under consider-. ation. - Iron and steel production of the

United States in 1929 and 1930

averaged 37,183, 000 long tons. The similar average! for Germany was 11,288,000 tons, for Great Britain 6,891,000 tons, for France 12,033,000 tons, for Italy 648,000 tons, and for Japan 1,281,000 tons. The average Russian production for the years 1930-32, years which give Russia a better showing, was 5,272,000 tons. If we total these figures, we see that. ‘while the United ‘States pro‘duced 37,183,000 tons of iron and - steel, the six other great powers together produced 37,413,000 tons.

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UPPOSE now we call the roll of the great necessities to find out who is self-sufficient and who is not. We have already pointed out the position of the United States and so will deal only with the other powers. ' Russia has enough food to export. some. Japan is self-sufficient.

France and Italy are practically .

50. But Germany must import about 25 per cent of its food and Great Britain must impor: 50 pep cent. ‘Here then, we find the first reason for the present strategy of the Allied blockade of Germany vs. German submarine activity. By ‘its blockade, the Allies “would starve ‘Germany. By submarine warfare, . Germany would starve ‘England. = “We come next tthe ‘subject’ of power and find that all the nations have the facilities for producing ‘the power they need. But this does nat say whether they can. do it with native coal and petroleum or. ‘Whether they must import it. = | Coming to fron and steel, we find that Germany, France and Russia have ample facilities to produce ‘what they need.’ Great Britain has the capacity for producing more than 95 per’ cent of its needs. Neither Italy nor Japan

- can produce 50 Per, cent of its

needs. Both Germany and Great Brit ain manufacture sufficient ma--chinery to export some. France practically meets its own requirements. . Russia, Italy and Japan

NAVY TO ACCEPT 50

district are to be accepted by the U.S. Navy this month, Lieut. Comm. J. C. Shively, recruiting officer here, announced today. in this district. November's quota 90,. Lieut. .rComm. Shively said. The

recruits are to be sent to Newport, R. I., for four months’ training before being assigned to a ship. i Efforts are being made to send Indiana recruits to the Great Lakes Naval Training Station north of Chicago, instead of to Newport. The

sults from President Roosevelt's lim-

ited Seren cy proclamation. During the last year 364 were re-

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IN STATE APPROVED Sime

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Pitty recruits in the Indianapolis

In; Septetnber, 74 joined the Navy :

is expected to be between 80 and}

expansion in the Navy program re-| -

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each fall short by. ‘about 25 per cent. “France and Germany are - each able To export chemicals. The other ‘powers are practically self--sufficient. Everyone has enough except France, which falls short by about 25 per cetit, and Italy which must import all of its coal. We come now to iron ore whose critical importance in the present war ranks. with that of food. France produces _enotigh ron. « gre fo papa he excess. 8 8.8 ~REAT' ‘BRITAIN can produce about 75 per cent of its needs & iron ore but Germany can only produce 25 per cent. Here then. is the second critical spot in the war lineup. Both these nations must reach out for iron ore to keep the war going.

~ Italy and Japan are able to meet about 75 ber cent of their demands for.ore.. ; The last of the: great necessit] is petroleum, the. third critical spot > in- the picture. . “None of -the powers, with the exception of ia, has any native supply of petroleum. They must depend upon imports to meet their , needs. Only Russ “has an excess for export. It is highly elgnifieast, however, to compare Russian -oil ‘figures withs t of America. American production of peétro~Jeum and its products for - the years: 1925 to 1929: averaged 909,000} ,000 Ts that period erican 020,000 barrels.

Russian ee. sotion for the years 1929 to 1932, years which give Russia‘ more favorable es, averaged: 142,357,000 barrels. Es ‘were 5,794,000 barrels, s The warring nations, therefore, must find outsiie supplies of food, iron ore and: “petro troleum to keep going. Let us, herefore, examine the strategic position of the natons, one at a: time. : :

NEXT — - The postion. of Great Britain,

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

—— 1—-Did an’ American: ‘man lose - his citizenship when he married an alien woman during “the World’ War? ¢ * iountatns 81s; the. Laramie

g: is“ called? 4-Name, the President of Swit-

a-ak ships are exempt from © 7 pa; tolls Dare through, the ens Canal? . 6—What. is Hie Canal? pronunciation the “word infamous oe “M=How many cube inches are en ome salon? ry is th ity n which coun ec - of Kyoto? # » ”

Answers -1—No. : =a Rocky Mountain range “Which extends through Wyoming and Colorado. Sve he base Tanner advances :

Re ase. Etter, 5—U. 8. Government ships. 6—In’sfa-mus; not in-faym’-us. 7—Two Inmdred. and yd 8—Japan, » t J 8

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