Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 December 1940 — Page 16

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p> RILEY 8551 Give Light and the People Will Find Thetr Own Way TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1940

IN THE PRESIDENT’S LAP IN July, 1939, the Senate passed the Walter-Logan bill without a dissenting vote (but later called it back). In April, 1940, the House passed the bill, 282 to 97. In November, 1940, the Senate passed the bill, 27 to 25. Yesterday, the House accepted certain Senate changes,

It is rumored that Mr. Roosevelt will veto the bill, If ‘he does—and we are not-convinced that he will—the heavy

Member of United Press, Scripps-Howard Newse paper Alliance, NEA Service, and Audit Bureau of Circulation.

.. House majority in favor of this checkrein on runaway

bureaucrats is surely entitled to a message stating his rea-

_ sons and answering the impressive arguments in favor of

the bill.

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THE BATTLE OF THE MUSIC MAKERS T looks as if radio listeners are going to be minus a lot of old friends, starting Jan. 1. And thereby hangs a fasci-

. nating tale. It is the story of “ASCAP” vs. the Radio In-

‘dustry; “ASCAP” being the American Society of Com- : posers) Authors and Publishers.

ASCAP regards itself as the patron saint of the

| geniuses and lesser craftsmen who write the music America

_ listens to; the broadcasters regard it as an “exclusive © club” and “a monopoly for the benefit of a few.”

Stephen Foster, who died broke in a charity ward,

i would’ never have known poverty if ASCAP had existed in

i ‘his day.

ASCAP boasts that none of its members “who writes successful music, or anyone, dependent upon him, shall ever want.” And that is a boast it can back up, for it takes in more than five million dollars a year—and is looking for more. i That search for more is ihe cause of the conflict now approaching zero hour. ASCAP’s five-year contract with

_ the broadcasters runs out on Dec. 31. ASCAP i is demanding

: a bigger slice of radio’s. receipts.

: Radio is resisting, and’ preparing to get along without ASCAP. It has set up its

_ own rival organization, “Broadcast Music, Inc.,” and round"ed up its own song-writers as well as buying up hundreds

of songs owned by various publishers. The Columbia chain has not even waited for the contract to expire; a month ahead of time, it has dropped ASCAP works from its “sustaining” programs. Some smaller chains (like Elliott Roosevelt’s Texas string) and individual stations have made their peace and signed with ASCAP. But it looks as if the big networks are bent on

a finish fight this time.

ss» 2 = = And this means that, except where radio advertisers may buy song rights from ASCAP at their own expense, listeners to anti-ASCAP stations will hear no more Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Hoagy Carmichael, Jerome Kern, and not even (though the composers are dead) any more George Gershwin, John Philip Sousa or Victor Herbert. Hundreds of other composers will be similarly blacked out. We will

- be hearing: a lot of new works by unknowns, and a lot of

classics, both “serious” and “popular,” on which the /copyright has expired : (though ASCAP controls the best arrangements on some of these).

For instance, we may hear more often than ever the sweet melodies of the same Stephen Foster who died broke. But we may get an awful bunch of claptrap by tinpan alley ‘third-raters who haven't been able to crash the somewhat exclusive gates of ASCAP (whose members have dished up plenty of lemons themselves).

So—ASCAP may lose revenue, the radio may lose lis-

~ teners, and those who refuse to accept “something just as

good” as the best modern-day composers may have to buy a juke box or learn to whistle. Can’t you boys get together?

WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE, PLEASE COPY “WO statements in one day: By Joseph. P, Kennedy: “My plan is to devote my efforts to what seems to me the greatest cause in the world today, and means, if successful, the preservation of ‘the “American form of democracy. ‘That cause is to help t President keep the United States out of war.” By Admiral Harold R. Stark, Chief of U. S. Naval bperations: We must be prepared to rely only on ourselves.”

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DR. GOEBBELS, TAKE NOTICE DE: JOSEPH GOEBBELS, the propaganda gnome of the Nazi outfit, has spent much of his time recently telling the world of the tragic plight of the British people as he saw it in his dream-book. With lurid brush he painted a picture of a populace cowering with fright in air raid shelters and suffering not only from lack of sleep, but from the very food

necessities of life. German bombers were driving the hated

Britons to cover, while German submarines were sinking British food ships. : - Well, recently some Ameritans residing in London celebrated a holiday by “starving” on clam chowder, crab cocktail, roast turkey, sausages, baked ham, succotash, sweet potatoes, mince and pumpkin pie.

TASTE FOR TURKEYS 3) +]

: Iv CIDENTAL intelligence, as gleaned from the Novetiber

summary. of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics— “There was an increase of 1 per cent in the number of turkeys raised this year, a slightly heavier average weight per bird, and a larger storage stock at the beginning of this season. But the. effect of these larger supplies on prices may be partly offset by the effects of larger consumer in-

~ comes and smaller supplies of chicken and pork.

“An additional favorable factor is that consumers now

_ eat turkey practically the year around. Between Feb. 1 and

Oct. I about 50 million pounds of turkey moved out of stor-

| age into consumption, as compared with only 18 million

unds in 1939.” And that period didn’t fuslude either of the Thalagis

Business Marager |

s|Fair Erovh By Westbrook Pegler ‘Nice People,’

Comment on Duce's Tnvincibles

EW YORK, Dec. 3.—All true lovers of that beau- | § tiful Fascist culture would take esthetic pleas- | k ure, I am sure, in the perusal of a file of mail such as

invariably follows any reference in print to the pe-

These Fascists! : ~ Judging by Notes Which Follow |

culiar miliny triumphs of Benito Mussolini’s daunt- | £3

less invincibles, Of course, we vul- ' gar parvenus of the coarse and raucous American breed can hardly expect to appreciate fully the loveliness of thought which flows so sweetly from the pens of the Duce’s loyal subjects ir our midst, but even we can sense the finer

beauty Wich we cauno} fully un- |.

dull as Americans are, are heard to exclaim that any uncommonly colorful sunset isjreal pretty or swell or cute, Thus; although the deeper pools of the Fascist nature defeat our understanding, even we catch a charming spiritual glimpse from: a communication such as, for example, this: “You filthy, cowardly, yellow cur: “I hope you will be murdered some day by one of your dirty American swine. You are as loony as a cockroach, and you stink up the house. I hope you

will die in agony and that God may curse you and |

your wife, and if you are not too degenerate to have brats, may they be cursed, too.” 2 8 8 : HIS invincible lives in Richmond, Va., but though he reveals the true spirit of the Dute’s indomitables, I have to say, in careful justice to Mussolini’s culture, that the writer does not possess the gift of beauty which is found in the spontaneous expressions of some others. It will be noted that he allows hime self only one mention of degeneracy, and that a rather glancing allusion, whereas more artistic flowers on the

stalk of Fascist culture delight to wallow in a topic’ 43

that seems to be an obsession. They rub it in their

hair. Americans, having no appreciation of this sort of

thing, doubtless would be bored by samples, so I re=,

frain from casting pearls before those .whom : our Richmond Fascist friend calls swine.

It seems that nothing stirs the cultural being of |

the Fascist in our contemptible land jas deeply as reminders of the military feats of the little nation which takes orders from Hitler, transmitted through Sergt. Mussolini. So sensitive are they.that, whereas the peoples of less noble nations take pride.in telling off the names of famous battles, in Italy, under Mussolini, Caporetto, Adowa, Guadalajara and now Albania, are forbidden to the ton And, of course, the mere mention of these his 116s by a foreigner is profanation deserving, as’ “our Richmond friend suggests, the death penalty by cruel and unusual means.

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LBANIA did not become a hallowed battle name until the despicable Greeks, ill-armed and few

in number, started chasing the Duce’s imperial le-

gions back over the mountains and crying, “On to Rome.” While the Italian Army was advancing, while the indomitables-were ganging up on the unarmed, unmilitary sidehill dodgers of the Albanian country it was not merely legal but quite the thing to speak of Albania in’ public. But after the fight went into the characteristic military direction of the indomitables, which is to say reverse, the name became sacred, along with the other symbols of Fascist glory. “You, you despicable liar,” says a quiet note which breathes of beauty, “may you rot and choke on your own cowardly lies, you louse.” Again you feel, if you are not too dense, the culture of Fascist Italy, and here, in slightly different form but in the same, unmistakable spirit, we have another expression: “Your insulting, malicious and hateful articles have definitely touched us. The person who drew this card (an ace of spades, inclosed) is under oath to touch you by the best and only method for a rat like yourself. A .38-caliber bullet through your lungs, in the most silent manner. You have been altogether too unfriendly. Too bad, but it must be done.” This was signed “The Committee.” We are a young, raw people, we Americans, who cannot understand the culture of the Duce, but such chance manifestations make us aware that we are missing something wonders one way or another,

Business By John T. Flynn

British Need Not Borrow, but Seeks Loans to Involve Us in Her War

EW YORK, Dec. 3.—The question is asked, Why is it that Germany can prepare, fight, finance her suceessful war effort without loans or even supplies from the United States, while England, we are told—far richer. than Germany—must get loans and endless supplies here or perish? The question involves two sets of facts—one supplies, the other finance. First as to supplies. Germany was preparing for this war for years. Her preparation was almost at peak when the war started. Therefore the effort to keep it at that point has not been as great as Britain’s, which has. had to be crowded into the last two years— chiefly the last year. Second, the character of the war favored Germany in this, since the first. eight months of the war were months of inaction using up but little men or equipment or ammunition, while, after the swift defeat of France, the army has not had to consume much munitions. The burden has been chiefly on the air arm—all. of the Reich’ 8 efforts going in that direction. Germany needed food, ron, coal; oil, fats and grain. She greatly increased her coal, iron and munition resources by her various conquests. Moreover while she could not buy from us—lac g ships—she could buy from Russia, Rumania and her other Balkan neighbors. » 2 »

WELLE Germany lacks many things she. is far closer to supplying her food wants than England, and these she supplies from her immediate neighbors. England has been cut off from the Continent and has had to depend on distant possessions. Now as to finances. The notion that Germany is paying for her war credit while England is paying for hers is simply not so. Both are paying for their war in essentially the same way-—~taxing as far as they can or dare and paying for the balafice—much the greater part of it—with various types of credit, and not flat money. England resorts to outright borrowing from both nationals and banks and when the war is over will owe much the larger part of the bill. Germany, having engaged in borrowing longer, has resorted to more fantastic methods, such as forced loans, capitalized installment payments, contractors’ scrip and, of course, bank loans. The full extent of this is not yet known, The printing press has played very little actual part. But why must England borrow abroad while Gers many does not need to do so? The answer, of course, is that England does not need to borrow abroad. She has ample funds—billions—in America available to pay for what she buys. She is attempting two objectives by her propaganda for loans here. First, she wants to save as much of her gold and security investment here as possible by making us pay her bills, and second, she wants to involve us in the war deeper by having billions in loans at stake.

So They Say—

TYRANTS by whatever name called shall not rule over the human race. I would as soon believe that

3 Qinseis; as big as a house and extinct before men

through t, addressing Woman's Centennial Congress Bn New York City. “oy AFTER GERMANY'S defeat, there will ultima be a United States of Europe, generations.

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

TAKING A SLAM AT THE SAFETY BOARD

By Joseph F.“Harvey

hice if the Indianapolis Railways

apolis and yet there seems to be an ever increasing amount of accidents. In the last few days I have seen two, due to slippery car line rails, one on Central Ave. and another on College Ave, |

I have also noticed that on Massachusetts Ave. from Tenth St. northeast, cars have the right-of-| way north and Sowa, this requiring| east bound traffic to stop on thie| railroad tracks. Yes, it is true t stop signs are on the west side of the tracks, but from this point in most cases the driver can not see far enough for safety. After arriving on the tracks you see another car coming so you are forced to stop on the tracks as was the case of a milk truck driver not so long ago in which the driver was killed.and the truck demolished. - Yes, dear people, we have a Safety Board, or do we?

o s 8 A LOUD BOO FOR ELECTION SQUAWKS By John H. Brant ¢

It pleases me to see in this column some appropriate replies to this guy Clyde P. Miller. Who is he to try and change my mind and 21, 999,999 others? If you left the solid South out of it, the popular vote would have been about even for both candidates. But just as the South would vote Democratic whether or no, so would dopes like Miller vote for Santa Claus as long as he ran, which looks like forever. How, I ask you, is anyone to practice the unity the New Dealer's are preaching if their shirt tail followers are allowed to pop off to such a large minority? I'm all for unity’ myself so maybe I shouldn't get so hot and bothered about such birds. . ® = = CRACKING DOWN ON THE FIFTH COLUMNISTS By Edward F. ddox One of the great issues in the recent campaign was to oust fifth column elements from public office, and from control of our national defense program. That issue is still before us, and we who saw the

I read in The Times that the] Lexington Ave. streetcar would bel discontinued. Now wouldn’t it be}

would set an example 6f safety andj remove the rails from the streets?| I have been led to believe that we| have a Safety Board here in Indian-|

(Times readers are invited "to express their views in these columns, religious controversies excluded. Make your letters short, so all can have a chance. Letters must be signed, but names will be Withield on request.)

ballot, must insist, as a duty of loyal opposition, ‘that - all known Communists and fellow travelers, Nazis and Fascists, be removed from public office and from appointments to boards, commissions and other ‘posts where they can and do interfere with our national defense program.. We’ must. support the Dies; Committee 100 ‘per i now! Attorney General Jackson asserts that the FBI had already reported the presence of Communists, Fascists and Nazis in our defense factories. Well, why wasn't something done about it? Are we afraid of hurting Stalin’s feelings? Is part of the price we are asked to pay for Stalin’s .favor in Europe -and Asia an agreement not to crack down on Communist, Nazi or Fascist saboteurs? I think that is the solution. Some of us are convinced that many key posts in our Government are controlled with and by fellow travelers of fifth columnists. That is a’ greater menace to our peace and safety, and to the success of our national’ defense program, than any European or Asiatic expeditionary army which could be sent to attack us. We see ters now which say: “Alien isms. can’t divide us! United we stand!” Fine, let's make that come true. ® 8 = A GENTLE WARNING

TO THE REPUBLICANS

By Haze Hurd Attention! Mr. Maddox and Mr. Meitzler: Although I have not agreed with your economic and political views, I now think it paramount that we three, and others, unite for the purpose of warning these Republicans elected to ‘office in the recent election. Judging from your writings, I presume .that you desire a greater Republican victory in the next election. Then it is necessry that you warn those elected that unless they do a much better job of WPA administration than have their predecessors (the Democrats) the voting public will give the Democrats another trial in the next election.

danger, and fought it to the last

In order $0 be re-elected, they must

Side Glances—By Galbraith

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be sure that WPA workers are classified according to their qualification, merit’ and ability. | For ex le, men should be assigned jobs only| because they are competent of performing the duties ef-

_|ficiently, and net because of their political affiliation and ability as

“vote getters.” In other words, don’t have first class carpenters, painters, bricklayers, cement finishers and clerks pushing wheelbarrows only -because they didn! vote right, or because the administrators thought they couldn’t influence the votes of others. 2 2 2

DEPLORES BEER STANDS AT THE STATE FAIR =

Parris Glosset” a 12 Na ‘Seems that our. Gloverhoy-clect Just discovered that the drinking and liquor situation in Indiana is deplorable, according to his ad‘dress before the Indiana Town and

City “Administration Association meeting at the Claypool Hotel. We wonder why he has not spoken out

since his own party has had the enthe last eight years.

Another situation, Mr. Schricker, that is deplorable, The people spoke in neo unmistakable terms in our last election here in Marion County that they are tired of conditions as they are, and elected to the State Legislature men and women who we hope are willing to try. to improve things in this. respeet, Since you now see and know what is going on, I wonder if we can depend on you as our Governor, also our Lieutenant Governor, Mr. Dawson, to help remedy these conditions. We hope you will appoint men on the Fair Ground Board that will stand for temperance and will see that beer. is/not sold on the Fair Grounds where some of the finest and best of our youth are housed and thousands of others in attendance. We will have faith in you and wait results.

2 2 = DEMANDS RESPECT FOR THE PRESIDENCY By Thomas McCullough Anderson

Without much concentration one reading “By Sideline Lil” can easily analyze her mental attitude and unwholesome: outlook on life and respect for her country. All Presidents of whatever political party, deserve and have had the respect of all Americans who accept the protection of our government. She says—“but surely you do not expect. me—(just whom am I)—to accord him (meaning President Roosevelt) my respect.” Any citizen using such utterances as the above has long since forgotten the lessons taught at

teach or condone such unpatriotic ignorant expression of Hate and narrowness of mind.

Respect is always accorded those 81 chosen to public office by a free and | * intelligent people regardless of ‘their|

Spitien or polices.

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GLORIA OF DECEMBER By MARY P. DENNY

There is a glory in the witter.day Far shining over country way. A beauty of the earth and sky, A wonder of the forest high. The shine of snow upon the road, The gti of frost from window

1 The oi of the bird and plane.

The glory of the sunset skies, Shining away where glory lies. All beauty of the earth andl sem, Shining a gloria of the free. Infinity of the common thing

Of all of earth that hath 4 wing.

DAILY THOUGHT

Therefore shall a man leave his Tather;and his mother, Sad shall: cleave unto his wife; and shall be one

Gen, Johnson Says—

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.supervisory and skilled

on the situation before, especially|

tire control of the liquor traffic for: Good citizens |} have been aware of theseé condi-|: tions for a long time, but have not |: been able to even keep the sale of |} beer off our State Fair Grounds.|!

"| situation arises anywh

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Steps Should Be Taken ot Once - About Steel to Prevent a Serious Shortage in This Essential Metal r ASHINGTON, Dec. 3—A shortage in steel could be a very serious matter. If you study the

sine: curve: of actual steel production in comparison with the curve of .projected defensive spending and

| Temember that the steel industry is close to its theo-

retical capacity, you can get a real shock. It shows a startling short age just around the corner. You. can’t get increased capace ity quickly. It is a matter of many months or even years. Furthermore, it is about the most costly construction there is. Finally, we already have a capacity in excess of average demand in normal properous times. Any panic driven extravagant increase will simply add weight to an inevitable postwar let-down. ' There is only one immediate answer. It is triple-jointed, conservation plus priorities plus price-control. That is’ the answer, proved in the World War. But it is not an easy answer. It requires the collection of a sea of facts. It requires the most careful planning far in advance. It requires authority—complete, nos arbitrary, but cool, Sympathelc, Seliberate,, :

F we wait until a vast shortage develops before we begin to create this essential ‘element of national defense, panic and self-defeating action is. certain. The World War proved that also, «+ * As war shortages develop, every responsible producing’ agency, including every private industry and

| each defense group, begins to cover—exaggerating

estimates, building up stock piles, ordering far in ad- . vance and in excess of needs. In the World: War this inevitable human nature built up a spectre of shortage which, gh, 8s te coming of peace proved, did not exist at ac Avoidance of this requires a beginning survey of actual facts and keeping it up-to-the-minute thereafter. That survey must be made by an authority fully empowered ‘to act on them—that is to say it

| requires an informed, impartial, intelligent, experi-

enced and effective editing of orders and rationing of

When Mr. A, whether in Army, Navy or priv, iF industry, says he. must have so many tons of aid this authority must be able to say “show me why, wl and then prescribe the amount he can get. and the

order in which he will receive it. 2 8 = E are the most wasteful people on earth, with steel as with everything else. To prevent a steel shortage we must learn to do without or to do with substitutes. In the World War we took the steel out of women’s corsets (wouldn't get anywhere today) persuaded people to make their automobiles last longer, almost stopped production of new pleasure automobiles\and wouldn’t allow the use of structural steel for “nofiswar” building construction. ! The extent to which this can go, and the steel it can release is Imost unlimited, but if it is not done wisely that extent and those effects can do more harm than good. It can’t be done wisély unless it is carefully planned and even more carefully managed. Any system of priorities will be disastrous without price control—not a power to fix prices but a power to set a “ceiling” above which they may not rise, That is so because, even if supply is rationed to defense needs and denied to clearly available uses, there will be a no-man’s land of free trading in between where a shortage-market will create extravagant counter bidding and prices will rise like rockets. Once per= mit that and you will have destructive price inflation, one of the greatest misfortunes of any war.

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A Woman’ s Viewpoint By Mrs. Walter Ferguson

I= never longed for money as I long for it now. Appeals for aid from scores of worthy organiza tions are stacked high on my desk. It would make me happy to be able to send a check to each. “Save the Children Federation,” “Bundles for : ‘° Britain, Inc.” “The Joint Came paign for Political Refugees,” “Defend America by Aiding the Ale lies,” “The American Friends Serve ice Commission,” “The Polish Ree lief Fund,” “The Norwegian Ree lief Fund,” “The Queen Wilhel- * mina Fund,” and so. on—a long list. They all need money badly, . + Every American is aware of the pain and privation over the earth. I daresay we would all like to help everywhere. . Yet because of the many importunings each must ; decide for herself where her bit shall go. And this is not an easy decision, The humanitarian aspect of these causes. appeals to. our hearts, even while our reasons tell us it will be ime possible to set all u a firm financial] footing. Every one has a d reason for existence, and most of them are sure of a hearing in the United States, which has ever been eager to.seek and save “the lost.” There never was a people like us—so ready to jeopardize strength and security by pouring out wealth and attentions upon other parts of the lobe. Our generosity takes in the planet. We are the best givers. Yet there comes the moment ‘when the. indi must decide how much she ¢an Sive sid and. tQ whon shall go. This is the first step toward charity. Re ietbrained generosity is worse ‘than in pone at all except that it ona fie 0 giver ver to feel n noble, Men's motives are generally be tian heir desds, deeds, and yet our deeds also do us ai, ink nk 4 Pain a gra Americans are eager to help. And ie we look ward Europe with anxious hearts, remember that one-third hours, our own Ye derfed. No giving 5 ‘good: oni when 3 a to reach the nearest Wie Spoeay.

Watching Your Health

By. Jarie Stafford

is heard Sikes aie whol Hivos and the enrollment as a defense preparstion of Sy, So, 3 Sela -mepardtitn, of. es The exact details of what this involves in a country England by. Dr. :

his| at war are given in a report from mother’s knee. No mother would | d.