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WEDNESDAY, MAY 8. 1840

NO TIME FOR GRANDSTANDING |

HE heckling of Chamberlain in Commons was good news to Berlin. Nazis would like nothing better than to see an impatient public nag the British Government into some military adventure, in an effort to repair damaged prestige. In the World War the Allies more than once took undue risks, and suffered heavy casualties, because of a supposed need for dramatic action to support public morale. The Allies’ best chance of winning this war lies, as in 1914-18, in the tedious, uninspiring business of blockade. An attempt to take the initiative, whether on the Western Front, in the Baltic or in the Balkans would involve enormous risks. Even in the Mediterranean, an offensive against Italy, with her seasoned air force, her fleet newly augmented by two great battleships, her well-placed bases, would be a rash business. By the same token, an offensive by Germany or hy Italy against powerful defenses would give the advantage to the Allies. In modern war, if the quality of personnel and equipment is reasonably matched, the attacker requires an advantage of at least 3-to-1 in manpower if he is to get decisive results. No such overwhelming advantage is available to either side in this war. Perhaps Germany's superior air power, when adequately based and equipped in Norway, can do major mis- | chief to British ports and shipyards and even cities. But England is not Norway; she is defended by artillery and pursuit planes. Perhaps Mussolini, if he makes the jump, can inflict severe damage on Allied warships and bases in the Mediterranean. But can he crack Suez and Gibraltar? If he goes to war, and those gates remain locked against him, the Italian people will find out what privation means. The rumblings and rumors that pour in from every European news center are disturbing—enough to give Mr. Roosevelt the “case of nerves” that hurried him from Hyde Park to his desk in Washington. And if Mr. Roosevelt ig jittery, what must be the state of Mr. Chamberlain's mind? The governments of England and France will need to be paragong of calmness if they are to avoid the pressure for a grandstand play with other men's lives.

THE CHECKERED FLAG

EORGE BAILEY was 38, an age when most of us have slowed down to the spectator stage. But George Bailey was made of different stuff. Ever since he was a little boy, he had speed in his blood. He became a race driver and drove on dirt tracks. When he was 32 he made his first appearance at Indianapolis for an American race driver's greatest honor, a place in the starting field of the 500-mile race.

He never won a race here. He only finished his own car once and then in 12th place. But every year he came back to try again. le knew better than any of us what the future held. He had the racing fraternity’'s fatalistic attitude that the end might be a bitter one. But he preferred it that way. George Bailey lost his life yesterday in an accident at the Speedway while testing a revolutionary type of racing car. Our regret over his death is not mitigated by the knowledge that out of that accident the engineers and car designers may have learned some lessons that will safeguard the lives of ordinary motorists like you and me.

THE WAY TO MAKE SURE

WE are glad the House Judiciary Committee has voted to “reconsider” the Hatch Bill. It would be logical to assume that the vote means that | the committee, having become convinced that the full | House membership wishes an opportunity to cast an open vote on the Hatch Bill, has decided to deliberate on the | measure, amend it where it thinks amendments are neces- | sary, and without undue delay report the bill to the House chamber. We hope that is what will happen. But this logical assumption is hardly justified—in view of the committee's previous illogical handling of the measure. The committee will meet again tomorrow. Maybe it | will do its duty and send the Hatch Bill along to the House | floor. Yet maybe it won't. The only way the 411 House members who are not judiciary committeemen can make | sure they will have an opportunity te legislate on this issue is by signing the Dempsey discharge petition, |

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ably regarded by parents and guardians as become involved in emotional situations which often turn into tragedies.

SCRUBWOMEN’'S MONEY

N three years scrubwomen, window washers, elevator operators and janitors paid $1,200,000 in dues to the Building Service Employees Union. A Chicago grand jury, | trying to discover what became of this money, now is told | that more than a million dollars of it was spent by George | Scalise, the union’s president, on his own order. | Scalise collected $78,400 in salary for 1939 alone, according to the union books. His monthly expense accounts ran well into three figures. Apparently he had, or at least he exercised, authority to do whatever he pleased with union members’ money. Scalise has been .indicted in New York on charges of | extortion. He has been deposed as president of the union. | He has a criminal record. The Government, by law, is encouraging union organ- | ization. If unions can be dominated for years hy men of | the Scalise type, it seems to us the Government owes a! further duty to the wage-earners whom it encourages to | join. It should require a strict public accounting of all union funds, so that scrubwomen and janitors may know, | before it is too late, who is spenfing their money how,

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| their own ballots right in the precinct. | deals could (and did) result in some pretty handsome | faking.

| old method.

Fair Enough

By Westbrook Pegler

It's Easy to Laugh at the Allies For Norse Debacle, but Our Own Military Situation Is Much Weaker.

EW YORK, May 8 There is little laughter in the world at this writing, so those Americans

| who find amusement in the disaster to the British and

French arms in Norway are to be congratuiated, But each victory that Hitler achieves contributes to a

| conquest, and each conquest results in an increase of | Hitler's power and a corresponding decline of the

power and influence of the United States. For Germany, Russia and Italy are a team in this war, and the United States has a place on their schedule, If and when the British and French are conquered the United States will be the last great democratic country, and it is foolish to hope that a nation so inept at war and so pitifully weak in arms and yet so

| rich as this one would escape the military attention | of this combination.

While the British are being swept out of Norway the Americans are squabbling at home over the question whether a new rifle for the American soldiers shoots hooks or slices, whether it overheats and

| whether it is as good as another rifle of the same type

or, indeed, as good as the old standard weapon. s = = T is not a year since the American arms made of themselves in a practice problem under the conditions of peace in the Adirondacks a much more

| ludicrous spectacle than the British and French pro-

vided for the amusement of some Americans, and not only floundered, pathetically in the field but, according to a news dispatch, actually managed to lose a whole regiment of mechanized cavalry of the regular army in broad day on a well-marked main highway when the engagement was over, It may be funny to read that the British dumped a battalion of territorials, corresponding in all respects, including inexperience, to the American National Guard, onto the soil of Norway without the proper organization and without artillery or antie aircraft guns, but it would be more pertinent and perhaps less comic to consider that in the present condition of the American Army and its arms the performance might be no better or even worse. True, the stupid British had long warning and have only themselves to blame for their military weakness when the contest came—a fact which compares badly with the contention that they were the warmongers who drove Hitler to action. Ld = »

UT the Americans, too, have had warnings, and with all the ingenuity of a tribe who have shown the world the way to mass production, and with all the wealth and resources of a great, rich and flabby nation, have not accumulated enough anti-aircraft

| guns to defend Bridgeport, Conn, and, far from manu- | facturing weapons and ammunition in quantity can't

even decide what kind of gun to manufacture, Americans are not frontiersmen any more, and

| weapons are not handy to them, aside from the fact

that they have none. There is no people on earth less adept at soldiering, more ignorant of the feel of mili-

tary service, and with the British Navy gone a great | | array of territorial prizes on this side of the world, | | including bases, now belonging to the British and

French or enjoying independence, would be thrown up for grabs. Hilarious the thought may be of British youngsters being driven out of Norway by the concentrated might of the greatest military power that the world has ever known, but they and their condition are so like the

Americans and their condition that the joke loses |

some of its mirth on close inspection,

Inside Indianapolis

The Central Count—Its Whys and

Whats and Some of Its Wherefores |

HERE is nothing mysterious in the slowness of getting the central count under way. Every election worker and official in Marion County is operating under a brand new system and every new crew has to be given explicit instructions. The election officials last night apparently de-

| liberately held off starting the count until every one |

of the 341 precincts had been checked in with their sealed ballot baxes. At 8:40 p. m. the last two arrived and preparations then started for the counting. A “horseback guess” on the part of observers was

| that there had been no tinkering with balldt boxes.

Almost all the political leaders were agreed that the precinct workers had locked and sealed the boxes at 6 p. m. There were no apparent efforts to tamper with the boxes by any source whatever. Whether the central count system allows enough leeway to make fraud simple remains to be seen. It seemed certain enough, however, as late as this morning, that there would be little faking, if any, this time. One of the reasons is that everybody seems so suspicious of evervbody else that the chances of tinkering are quite slim.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO are still puzzled by what the central count is all about an explanation it in order. For years we have heen operating under an amazingly loose system. Precinet workers counted Bi-partisan

Maybe you remember the notorious Lake County incident. in which almost all of the precincts were held out for days and then came down with a whopping big majority for a man who was being beaten every place else. The same thing happened here constantly on a smaller scale. Central counte ing is simply a system of doing the whole business out in the open. There are bound to be some flaws in the operation but by repairing these leaks from

| time to time, we ought to be far advanced over the

In honesty if not in time. ” ” ”

IN THIS CONNECTION, it might be In order to

| mention that political leaders generally have been

impressed by the functioning of the County Election Board, which consists of Hendricks Kenworthy, Democrat, Robert S. Smith, Republican, and Charles R.

| Ettinger, the Democratic County Clerk. The Board

apparently has been making a deliberate effort to steer clear of the factional disputes in both parties. There may even be the possibility that this Board has slowed the count in order to keep things in hand.

A Woman's Viewpoint By Mrs. Walter Ferguson

HE papers are peppered with stories proving the power of voung love. Bovs and girls, all probjuveniles,

With so much evidence to remind us that adolescence is one of the dangerous ages of man, wouldn't you think fathers and mothers would take their growing children seriously? You would, perhaps, but they don't. The majority is inclined to pass over lightly the reluctantly given confidence of a child. “Don’t let that bother you, dear,” we insist. “Just save your tears until you have a real sorrow to ery over. Why, youre not in love, child! Maybe it's indigestion.” And so on. What amounts to sincere anguish of heart becomes the subject for family Jokes, by adults who have forgotten the voignancies of their own growing pains, Then, when jealousy or passion or disappointment or sorrow results, as it sometimes does, in social disgrace, suicide pacts or murder, we profess to be shocked over the wildness of youth. Half the time what we call youth's wildness is only aduit duliness. For most of us are unbelievably dull about understanding our own children. We are in credibly stupid about their feelings. Which proves,

| actually, that we are old. . The stirrings of early love, the exquisite pangs of | frustrated hope, the bitterness of defeat, the acute |

grief when a high school sweetheart goes away or

proves false—in short, all the painful experiences of

life suffered by every human soul—are forgotten or

their pain minimized by those who consider them- |

selves both modern and wise. Yet, when we ean no longer remember the emotions of youth we are old— too old, at least, to bring up children. For parents hood is a calling for an active imagination and a

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WEDNESDAY, MAY" 8, 1940

The Hoosier Forum

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

| OFFERS SUGGESTIONS TO MAKE BIKES SAFER i By Elmer G. Still Statistics show that more than 700 persons—mostly children—Ilost their lives in bicycle accidents in this country last year. To help prevent such accidents, why not have [the framework of all bicycles painted | or enameled white or else chromium, | or nickel-plated? | This would make the bieyele

|clearly visible at night, even in a

dim light, and this is especially | | necessary at intersections, where a | THINKS DECLARATION

(dark-colored bicycle, even when SHOULD BE STUDIED {equipped with both front and rear |lights as required by law, is hard B' FR. Barrett [to see. Many persons revere the Constiteshliep way would be to have red tution so highly that they would lights or mirrors on both the right have us believe the Pilgrims f rand left sides of the bicycle as well [joe Ye di Sd as one in the rear. I believe there| ® 'P gnging ‘in would be a marked decrease in both | this country, The truth is our forebicycle and automobile accidents if | fathers were here more than 150 Joust = State Jays Jeguired all Sie (years without any Constitution of vehicles to be either white or plate in y Wars |or else to have these lateral red | Words. They were real people. lights or mirrors. | When we fought in the 1770's for To introduce the idea, why not our freedom from England the have a Federal law requiring all oi-| Declaration of Independence was

cycles or bicycle frames shipped | grawn up, which states in part [ “That these United Colonies are,

| interstate commerce to be white or nearly white (say, cream-colored op | and of right ought to be, free and Ol! independent states; that they are

aluminum-painted for variety) else entirely plated? absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political

» » » SUGGESTS A SLOGAN: connection between them and the state of Great Britain is and ought

YANKS NOT COMING to be totally dissolved.” Our foreBr J. A, Scott | fathers fought for this Declaration

We read in the Forum an opinion of Independence. The real Amerithat “we'd again join the Allies in cans of today should strike for these

war upon the gangster nation."|

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to express their views in these columns, religious con. troversies excluded, Make your letters short, so all can have a chance. Latters must be signed, but names will be

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especially organized labor, went no war or any part of it, ” ” ”

rights, otherwise the Revolutionary War will have been fought in vain. | The Constitution was not drawn up until (787, and according to many historians, the delegates overstepped their power as usual, and that only 39 of the 65 chosen dele-

gates signed the document. If our forefathers are to be respected, we need to invoke the Declaration jot Independence. Every American

should study it. ” » »

LAUDS PEGLER, SAYS GROCERS VIOLATE LAW By a Reades¢ I wish to congratulate Pegler on his good work through your excellent paper. His attack on union labor is okay. Unionism is a direct violation of the Bill of Rights , , . And as to the Wage-Hour law, if

| it applies to grocers they are vio- | lating the law also. I have two sons clerking in grocery stores and they | are kept at work at all hours after [6:30 to as late as 2 a. m. Sunday | | morning and get no extra pay. They | say they are afraid to complain for fear -of losing their jobs. | I think if the stores must carry on as they do they should pay time and a half for overtime or a law should be enacted compelling them {to close at 6:30 week days and at 9 {on Saturdays at overtime pay. If the | people knew the stores had to close (at 6:30 they would be prompt about | shopping. There is no sense in making laws unless they are complied | | with.

{May I herewith register a reverse opinion. They may as well know over there that this time the Yanks (are not coming! Also, the Presi{dent and Congress might as well |

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DARK REST

By MAUD COURTNEY WADDELL

In the endless deep of the sky The silver stars come riding by, A full moon weaves with measured grace . Among the veils of cloud-maxe lace. Beauty comes sifting gently down To soothe tired minds and nerves that pound. The wounds of flesh are gently healed While eyes in sleep lie calmly sealed.

DAILY THOUGHT

And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.—Leviticus 26:21.

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PUNISHMENT is justice for the unjust.—Augustine,

Gen. Johnson Says—

Historian Beard, in Simple A. B. C. Fashion, Has Written a Book on What Our Foreign Policy Should Be.

ASHINGTON, May 8.—Here I go again, boosting somebody's book when there are plenty of far more competent reviewers, But I am sick of being called an “isolationist” and calling other earnest and sincere people “interventionists” or “internationalists” —realizing all the time how tricky and confusing these terms are. So, when an eminent authority comes along and clarifies the mess of issues in terms of A, B. C, and without drooling over a thousand pages, but in a little book that can be read in two hours, it seems ta me more valuable than any comment I can make to recommend it to customers. Dr. Charles A. Beard, sometimes alone and sometimes in co-operation with his wife, Mary Beard, is as seasoned a student, teacher and expounder of American history as we have, » » » HE short but potent contribution he has just made is called “A Foreign Policy for America.” It begins with a study of the original American foreign policy of Washington and his successors, which he calls “continentalism.” It traces our first departure, following England's adventures in taking up “the white man's burden,” which he calls “imperialism.” That was the “dollar diplomacy” which insisted that we, too, must use or threaten force to open up the markets of the world to our surplus production, exploitation of backward peoples. It began with the Spanish-American War, was largely materialistic and got us all spraddled out all over the globe on a theory of increased trade that has never paid a dividend. Following this, especially under Woodrow Wilson, came a variant which Dr, Beard calls “internationalism.” It was largely idealistic. We sought neither dominion nor dollars. We were only out to “make right the wrongs of the whole world,” to make every nation safe for democracy whether it fancied democracy or not. This was our most costly blunder and by all odds our most futile, » »n ”

ITH them, he contrasts our original policy, “continentalism.” It is not isolation in the sense that we have no “concern” or “interest” in what happens in the rest of the world. (I never heard of anybody who believes that, but that is the brickbat our neck-stickers-out delight to throw at anybody who opposes them.) We have a vital interest but not to the extent of injecting our policy—which means nothing if it does not mean our powers if necessary—beyond the radius of our most effective action and cer~ tain interest—and not to the extent of taking a diplomatic stand against something which does not die rectly threaten us. There is no isolation about that. It is certainly not “isolation” to take a determined and, if necessary, defensive military and naval position in half a planet. But it is something beginning in “I” which insists in taking part in policing with our particular ideas the whole of one of the satellites of the sun, complete with moon. It may not be “imperialism” or “internationalism” or “interventionism,” but it sure is “idiocy.”

Business

By John T. Flynn

Job Insurance Has Helped Many, But Revision Is Badly Needed.

EW YORK, May 8.—We now have what we have had before—unemployment insurance—and last year $429,935,000 was paid out to unemployed persons. That is a lot of money. It must have been, and be= yond doubt was, of some help to those who received it, It is an evidence of what a real unemployment insurance system can be. The more the figures are examined the more im= pressive they become. This huge sum was sent out in 41,000,000 checks. This means that during the year there was an average of 3,400,000 pay checks a month going out which would not have gone out but for this system. Up to this point it sounds all right. But we must not delude ourselves as to precisely what we have done thus far, For instance, these checks went to two different types of employees —those who suffered total unemployment and those who suffered partial unemployment, Most of them were for total unemployment—91 out of every 100 checks. Now, almost half of these checks for total unemployment were for less than $10 a week and most of these were for sums ranging from $3 to It must be obvious that this was a very small help to people with families thrown out of work. It was a good deal less than is paid to people on outright relief. The total amount paid to each unemployed worker under this system was $84.24, while in that year the total average amount paid to people working for WPA was $633 and to outright relief cases $297. WPA relief workers and general relief cases, of course, get these assistance payments out of funds contributed wholly by governments, while those on unemployment, insurance get only what they have paid for. In the case of partially unemployed people, nat« urally, the payments were very small,

Reserve Fund a Delusion

It has been said that this $429,000,000 paid to per= sons out of work by the unemployment insurance system meant that much purchasing power available for our economic system, which would not have existed but for this system, Of course, that is not so. It must be remembered that in most states people who are protected by this unemployment insurance pay for it. They make monthly payments—the payments being taken from their pay envelopes and their employers’, or, as in Indiana, entirely from the employer. What is taken from the pay rolls is money which is taken out of purchasing power. Now, as a matter of fact, while the Government paid to unemployed insured workers $429,000,000, it took away from them in that same year practically twice that amount. In other words, the Government paid back only half of what it collected. What became of the balance? The Government borrowed it, gave the unemployment insurance funds its bonds and used the money to pay Government bills. Already the Government has built up one of those large so-called reserve funds, which are a delusion and a snare. The unemployment insurance idea is a good one. What we have to do is to organize it on a sensible basis.

Watching Your Health

By Jane Stafford

ANY a thrifty housewife wanting to economize by using up left-over food has wondered how long such food can be safely kept. A 36-hour time limit is advised by Dr. J. C. Geiger, director of public health for San Francisco. “It is poor policy,” he says, “to use warmed-over foodstuffs if the interval between original cooking and the time that the warmed-over foods would be consumed exceeds 36 hours. Certain bakery products and puddings, particularly those in which cream or custard fillings are used, must be carefully protected and not held over longer than 24 hours. Particularly is it essential to place such foods under adequate refrigeration after cooking.” The danger of using left-over foods held longer than these periods is that of food poisoning due to toxins produced in the food by germs which may have gotten in after the food was first cooked. Such food may not appear to be spoiled, but it might cause illness just the same. Reheating the food might kill the germs but would not destroy the poisons they had produced in the food. If the cook is in any doubt about the quality of food, her only safe course is to destroy it. “It is poor policy,” Dr. Geiger points out, “to cool prepared foodstuffs in the heated kitchen, and especially on the sill of open windows.” The refrigerator is an important aid in protecting the family’s health. It should be kept clean and its temperature should be 50 degrees Fahrenheit or less. The custom of using old crockery or porcelain containers that are chipped and cracked for storing food is a bad health policy. Germs may lurk in the cracks and chipped spots. Foods under storage should be in clean containers and should be kept covered with clean covers or paper, ;