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Give Light and the P WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1940

HITLER: SELF-PORTRAIT, WITH HALO

| ITLER, the great humanitarian, the great pacificator, the apostle of “comm on sense,” the creator of “a beautiful Germany.” What a self-portrait the one-time artist

ople Will Find Their Own Way

halo. | He has deferred his gll-out assault on England because “the German people will appreciate it more if I wait and thereby save lives.” (Of course the R. A. F. had nothing to do with the delay!) “I don’t seek a fight, but once it is forced on me . ..” etc. “We are erecting a people’s state in which the labors of peace are paramount.” | The leader has changed since the days of “Mein Kampf.” Then he considered the German people just a “great stupid herd of sheep,” to he Nazi Party must not be ser- _ vant “but their lord and master.” In those days conquest was “not only a right but also a duty.” But apparently those statements were the indiscretions of a younger man.| Responsibility has sobered Der Fuehrer. He is all for sweetness and light, and today everything would be serene in Europe if only the warmonger capitalists had not forced him into a fight. As far as that goes, everything is practically serene in Germany anyway, he says. Casualties are insignificant. British bombers haven't bothred anything but hospitals. Some rationing, of course, but look at the democracies, irncluding America: “Nowhere is the standard of living lower.” What a man! : It is a pity that in [the course of an hour-and-a-half speech Herr Hitler could not have enlightened us also on other phases of his new order. Absentmindedly, perhaps, he omitted any mention of his bereaved blood-brother across the Brenner Pass. No word about Argirocastro, or Taranto, or Sidi Barrani, places so close to the thoughts of Mussolini. No merntion of a helping hand for Benito. No phrase of sympathy, no pledge of bombers or even spaghetti for the wounded lion of the Mediterranean. “ It is puzzling that such an dll-powerful, undamaged, well-stocked land as Hitler pictures should stint its generosity when an ally is being shellacked at so many points. Perhaps Mussolini and his Italians are just another “great stupid herd of sheep” whose future lord and master is busy with the contemplation of his own goodness and greatness and must not he disturbed right now.

CREED FOR AMERICA—BY F. D. R.

RESIDENT ROOSEVELT sent a message to David Sarn- + off, president of the Economics Club of New York, which is celebrating its 134th anniversary. In his message .he said: ’

“The freedoms that we must and will protect in the

United States are the freedoms which will make the indli- . vidual paramount in a true democracy. In our American way of life political and economic freedom go hand in hand. Our freedoms must include freedom from want, freedom from insecurity, and freedom from fear. I firmly believe that we can best secure these freedoms by Government and private enterprise working together for these common objectives. In this joint effort there must be provided proper reward for labor, proper incentive for enterprise, and a proper return on investment. ° J ; “Today the challenge which we as a democacy must meet is the'challenge to make the best possible use of our vast resources, and to achieve speedily the common purpose of national defense and national progress. It.is a challenge to Government, to labor, to industry, and to capital alike. I have unbounded faith that we shall succeed in this task.” The code expressed in those paragraphs, diligently spplied by all concerned, would soon disperse many of the clouds of doubt, confusion and uncertainty that now befog men and women 'in all walks of our national life. It weld work toward that unity which.is the key not only to Cur democracy’s preservation, but also its great growth and future power for good in a world now torn by misery. | It's something for all of us, from the President on down, to paste in our hats—and reread, and reread and apply and apply. Sr :

SANCTUARY FOR TIMID MILLIONS

T HE Treasury is attempting a new experiment. It is trying to peddle a half-billion dollars’ worth of notes, the income from which will be subject to full Federal taxation. However the notes, and the interest thereon, will be exempt from the taxes of state and local governments. - Yet it is a historic undertaking in that, for the first time, in trying to borrow money the Treasury isn’t promising the lenders immunity from its own tax collectors. It will be interesting to see what happens. For many years every one of the Treasury's tax-exempt issues has been oversubscribed. Upper-bracket investors probably will not be quite as eager to buy up large quantities of these riew taxable securities—not as long as plenty of tax-exempts are floating around. . And there are plenty—more than ever . before—about 34 billion dollars’ worth of Federal, state and local government securities, wholly tdx-exempt, and about 83 billion dollars’ worth of Federal issues partly taxexempt. 0 in ; There is an adage: Nothing is as timid as a million dollars. And as long as a large reservoir of tax-empts exists the timid millions will find refuge. The interest rate is low, but it is safe and sure, with no risk whatever of any impairment of principal. To a very rich man, a low-yield tax-exempt is more attractive than a high-yield investment in a private business, for the return on a private investment is whittled down by state and Federal income taxes, and sur"taxes that run as high as 79 per cent. ~~ “" Today’s Treasury experiment is the first step in Sec- _ retary Morgenthau’s plan to bring about a gradual liquidation of all tax-exempts. He will ask Congress to make all future governmental issues subject to the same taxes that

‘are assessed against private investments. We hope he

11s program.

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Fair Enough By Westbrook Pegler

Reviewing the Steve Early Case,|

It Appears Someone Is Lying, and The Evidence Is Very Confradictory

EW YORK, Dec. 11.—Just to keep the record

straight, I would like to canvass the established facts of the fracas in Pennsylvania Station on the night of Oct. 29, in which James Sloan, a Negro policeman, was said to have been kicked or kneed ‘by Steve’ Early, the press secretary " of the White House,

The official police record de-

clares that Early kicked Sloan in the stomach. This would consti=tute a felony, The policeman was

examined by a physician, who re- |

ported that he had discovered "+ “contusion of lower abdomen.” The incident was blown up with political gas, and the victim’s complexion was emphasized ag though he had been singled am out for abuse because he was a sii , Negro. Politicians, white and colored, and editorial writers were guilty in this re-

‘spect.

Sloan deflated the issue, however, by ‘declaring that he intended to vote for President Roosevelt, “who has done so much for my race,” and this fact was faithfully reported in the press. : Sloan had undergone and had not entirely recov ered from an operation, and, although he was able to stand immediately after the incident, he went home to bed, where he remained an interesting invalid for some time, / ne i 2 5 =n ‘A FTER election, on the initiative of a New York ., publisher, who! has freely criticized the New

Deal, an investigation was made in Washington, so |

that if Early had suffered injustice he might be cleared. By this time, it must be noted, the incident had been exploited for all it was worth politically, which, thanks to Sloan’s indorsement of the President. wasn’t much. On Nov. 16, Editor and Publisher, the trade magazine of the newspaper industry, published a story in

which; in general terms, four journalists of the Roose- |

velt party who were present at the incident:exonerated Steve. Thomas Reynolds of the United Press, president of the White House ' Correspondents, reported “there was no kicking, although the policeman undoubtedly was injured in the general scuffle, But it is a noteworthy fact that when Early went upstairs to find a superior officer the Negro policeman followed, two steps at a time.” Reporters in New York, presumably no less reputable and sincere than Reynolds, certified on their professional honor that Sloan, in an interview at his home, said: “He kicked me deliberately with his Joos. As I fell down I yelled to other officers tq grab l. : 2 2 8

ARLY himself in Washington admitted that he raised his knee, which came against Sloan’s body. That way of putting it creates a nicer mental picture than the more rugged phrase “he gave him the knee.” It is reminiscent of the traditional story of the Chicago cop in police court with a battered prisoner, explaining that “the accused slipped and fell, and as I was assisting him to his feet his head came in contact with my club.” Two of the White House journalists reported knee action. John -Henry of the Washington Star said Steve “raised his hands and a knee,” and that Sloan

backed away complaining that he had been hit in the.

stomach. Raymond Brandt of the St. Louis PostDispatch said Early “raised his knee to ward him off.” It should be observed, incidentally, that Steve was acting entirely on behalf of the reporters in trying to get through the lines. Sloan, back on duty, has sent polite greetings: to Early, and thé incident is officially closed, Steve having apologized earlier for something which he insists he did not do. _, I submit that the original police report and Sloan’s firrn insistence that he had been deliberately kicked, not merely kneed, and the admission by Steve and the subsequent statement of two of the White House Journalists that Steve used his knee establish the correctness and good faith of the press in reporting the case. Obviously, somebody has lied, but Sloan has not recanted his very serious original. charge.

Business By John T. Flynn

Argentine ‘Loan From Stabilization Fund Termed of Doubtful Legality

N= YORK, Dec. 11.—One of the grave aspects of “4 the present march of this country into war is the secrecy which surrounds so much that goes on. Blans are contrived in Washington between the Government and the British Embassy or other British agencies, a barrage of propaganda is unleashed and then the finished plan is sprung on the public mind at the psychological moment. At present the plotting is to get money to Britain, “Loans to Britain” is the form which this.takes.

The public is under the impres- |

sion that the Administration would «not dare do this without the con‘sent of Congresss, But what is afoot now is the maturing of schemes to do it without consulting Congress—to .present it as an : accomplished fact. A new technique has grown up in Washington under which the President simply refuses to pay any attention to laws that bind him if he thinks he can get away with it. A sample of this is the loan of 50 million dollars

to the Argentine. Whether such a loan ought to be

made is one question. But whether the President has a right to make such a loan without authority of Congress is quite a different one. The President managed this coup by making a loan of 50 million out of the gold stabilization fund.

This looks like a pretty cold-blooded defiance of

the law by the President who is sworn to execute the law. This fund was. established by an act passed Jan. 30, 1934. That act authorized the purchase .of geld within a price range at the discretion of the President. In that act a stabilization fund was created. This was fixed at two billion dollars to be derived from the profit on. the devaluation of gold.

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4 ba object of this fund is clearly stated in the act;

It is “to stabilize the exchange value of the dol-

ler.” The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized “to

deal in gold and foreign exchange and such other instruments of credit and securities” but only “to carry out the purposes of the act,” which was to stabilize the value of the dollar by keeping the price of gold at a point fixed by the President. There is a section which permits the Secretary of the Treasury “to invest. any portions of the fund which the Secretary of the ‘Treasury may determine

are not currently required for stabilizing the exchange |:

value of the dollar.” But this is limited to investing only in the “direct obligations of the United States.” The object of this loan, according to Secretary Hull, is “a part of the collaboration among American nations to develop hemispheric economic defense.” Where in the law creating that fund is any such power conferred on the President or his Secretary? The object of the! loan is said to be the stabilization of “Argentina’s currency.” But it is also said to be

to provide Argentina with funds to buy goods in the |

United States. This is a clear usurpation of power. And if it can be done for the Argentine, the President

may try it for Britain. . .

So They Say—

THE DICTATORS shout their confidence in their blinded masses. In reality they are not so sure. They shout because they are afraid.—Count Carlo Sforza, former foreign minister of Italy. . $ 8 » * . THE URUGUAYAN Government is determined to protect national security and nothing and nobody can alter that determination.—Foreign ter Alberto (Guani of Uruguay replying to attacks upon his con.wversations with the United States regarding common air-and naval bases. . . ¢ AFTER THIS WAR is over, I see the

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: het = BL ° ; 3 ? ~~ The Hoosier Forum La 1 wholly disagree with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.—Voltaire.

WE TAKE A BOW FOR CLOTHE-A-CHILD.

By Ednita Marie O'Hara I am a faithful reader of Th Times and especially the Hoosier Forum. I class The Times as an excellent paper. Many people write letters criticizing your paper. But you don’t find many papers who are interested in the children of needy who. receive your: warm clothing every year. You perhaps don’t know how thankful the children and their family are to you. AL To -those people who write insultling letters I say “think before you leap.” 1 am a citizen of our city who thinks you are grand. I know I am speaking for thousands of others who wish to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your helpful service, which you so gallantly give. : »

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” » FORECASTS VINDICATION FOR HIEL CRUM ;

By Mrs. C. M. : Is our state\bowing under the powers of dictatorship? Are the laws of the state of Indiana to be torn asunder as Hitler would overrule a law that he did not heartily approve? Are we the people going to stand by and let the Medical Association of our state tell us who we shall or shall not call in for help when we are ailing? : When medical men turn us down as hopeless invalids to suffer long years of pain and looking forward to nothing but death, are we supposed to submit to their verdict? And do nothing about it? = It’s high time somebody: did something about this thing of revoking a man’s license. who was giving relief to hundreds and thousands of people, not only in our own state but many other states. Ninety-

{five per cent of Dr. Crum’s patients

were people who had been turned down. as hopeless by medical men. We have a right to live in as much health and peace of mind as it is possible for us to have until we are called from this earth. If the medical profession fails to aid that health and comfort, then why should they deny the patient receiving it from other methods? .... The way Dr. Hiel E. Crum has been persecuted is a disgrace to the state and to medical science, for the time will come when they will

land many other new inventions it

(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 withheld on request.)

have to recognize Dr. Crum’s method of treatment. Like the automobile, the airplane, the radio

is here to stay. ” ” 2 URGING: A “CLEAN-OUT” AT THE CITY HALL By Mr. B. Frank I am hearing different voices saying that the City Hall and the Court House will be given a good general and thorough “clean-out” in 1942. And I have a strong hunch that those voices are predicting the

truth. I also believe that the employees and officeholders of both places are aware of the fact that they are on their way out. A lot of them should be “booted out” right now. . . . Especially those in the City Hall where complainants ‘have been received discourteously after going down to complain about their trash and ashes not being collected, and to complain,.in some instances, about the collectors taking both the trash and the trash containers. : Then, too, there is the deplorable fact that just right after our last election pin-ball machines appeared in trucks on the streets and on their way to drug stores in different parts of the city... . ? Are our city officials going to permit these machines to take the minor's money, and school children’s lunch money? Or have they stooped so low as to take that kind of money as a “rake-off” to permit, and not bother these machines? s2 ” FEED PUERTO RICANS, VISITOR PLEADS By James Norval Quin III of Puerto Rico

I wish to have some say on the subject of Hoover’s surplus food distribution. : . I have lived in Puerto for a year until November, at which time I arrived here. I have seen so many

Side Glances—By Galbraith

cases of starvation among them that for some time I wanted to have the chance to put in a good word for them. - When I read of Hoover trying to convince us to give to the Germans

'1I got quite a joy out of his non-

sense. : On behalf of my generation I wish to express my opinion on Hoover's folly, He seems to think we should give our surplus food to Germans. I suppose if the warden of the jail had a condemned man in a cell he would give him a gun and tools, so he could make a break and get out to kill more of us. . . .. In Puerto Rico I studied on my own accord the living conditions.

‘| Every day in my town there was a

little casket on the shoulder of the father or brother of the child who had died from starvation. Every day people die from'lack of food but we forget they are our people. We own Puerto Rico. Every person there will fight for our,U. 8S. A... . f If Hoover wants food to go on an ocean voyage let me take some back with me in June when I return. I assure you they won't bite the hand that shows kindness. .

8 2 ” PUTS U. S. RELIEF NEEDS AHEAD OF EUROPE’S By Clarence F. Lafferty This year the world will be pretty well divided between misery and

destruction.

ta be in a helpless postition to offer any condolences as long as the in-

that misery of bloodshed and destruction in that other half. : However, everything is being done here to send food to the starving in Europe. But should we be so much concerned about the situation abroad: when we have people in poor circumstances, and in need? Should we overlook our own Amerfcans who are on relief, and deprive them .of relief in order to feed the hungry abroad? : It seems to be the picture of a small portion of the world trying to save the rest'of the world that is stark mad with invading aggression and easy subjugation. Yes, it seems to be a picture of people running, and fiéeing from countries which

‘| they regard not worth standing up

and fighting for—running and fleeing to a safe corner in another part of the. world from the invading horde. Shotuld we welcome them here, give them shelter and food, and send relief to those they left behind

[“holding-the-bag”?

With the ever mounting relief need right here in America, there

| | should be the adoption and prac- ‘| tice of the slogan—‘“America First.”

CHRISTMAS WINGS By MARY P. DENNY

| Christmas comes to earth on wing . | While the tones of Christmas ring *

On a lyre of cloud and wind.

i | Down a shining radio line

Comes the accents of Christ’s love

i | Ringing, ringing from ahove. | Peace untold to the world life ‘| Far above all morta] strife, ‘|| Harmonies of Heavenly joy ' | Singing out without alloy.

Radio chimes forevermore So from a shining shore. Ail the tight of Christmas star

In the

happiness at Christmas time. One-| half will be enjoying a peaceful| Christmas, while the other half will}: be witnessing bloodshed, hunger and | {

On this side of the world we seem |

fluential agents of Hell are leading]

of the housewife, or of the comm | make ssuerkraut, is to assist the he

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Says—

Concentrating u. s. Employees in, Washington Helps That City, but Does Rest of the Nation an Injury

¥ * ASHINGTON, Dec. 11—This city of Washing ‘Y ton. was established — seat of governe ment, partly on the argument that it was a central ich pe y in a kind of trade to insure nay on of the debts of the states. ’ t certainly was ce lo= - cated Suen. The 13 orig Ee were a long and narrow fringe of civilization on the edge of a ing continental wilderness and Washington was at their waist, Perhaps the founding fathers could not possibly have foreseeng the astonishing expansion’ of our °

country, but now our central lo= $i

cation S190, is somewhere in Kane ‘Sas, and our center of population, (not yet announced from the at cone; is probably in Indiana, ; a result, Washingto about as inconveniently located as. possible for Ba U. 8. citizens to exercise their Constitutional right® to visit the seat of Government. In this period of decentralization, the cit is - ing like the green bay- tree, overflowing its nts aries to sprawl over all the surrounding hills. Office ® space, even rentedgeffice space, is congested. By far the biggest American industry is ‘Government, and it is: largely centered here. The ‘crowding boosts Washington's cost of living, construction to a very high relative level. It is a depression-proof community. Because Uncle Sam id 3 Su boss, His army of Government employees V increases. He misses no pa yi 88 die. None resign.” pay an ahi t 4 ” 84

TN Eon would dream of suggesting that the

capital be moved. Its location is hallowed ims

our history. What with its own advance and the“ decline of others due to war and misfortune i by all odds, : = advancing yearly in beauty as well as in weal and population. . = a

No, the capital will never be changed, but why are other cities and all the states so complacent’ Bbons permitting so much of their money to be great head administrative offices have to be grouped about the chief executive, but why do the hundreds: of thousands of workers? Our great corporations have their principal offices in this or that metropolis, 4 but their working departments and their armies of employees are spread over many states. There is nothing in our Constitution and little in our laws that requires this top-heavy concentiae

tion of jobs and payrolls. Gen. Sheridan once moved *

his headquarters from the War Department to St. Loujs to escape political interference. Most of the employees themselves would be ‘happier and better off nearer to their homes. There is no, toubt that, # except for a taken-for-granted practice, many of ‘ these bureaus and departments could work just as well or even better elsewhere, witli 7a far greater henefit to some communities from which the taxes 4 they eat are taken. '. Srey LHe u el Vg T has always been a marvel to me that some adept legislative pork-barrel-rollers, whose bid for ree PA election is the Squeedunk post office or.the improvee ment of Skunk Creek, have overlooked this possie bility. Instead of making a short snack of work for a dozen plumbers, carpenters, and masons or a dredging crew, they might bring home a continuous *

payroll in real money. aint the states and cities

It is astonishing too, that haven't done some low and lofty squawking over » being so copiously and continuously milked for a distant community and getting, from this source at least, so little hay in return. ifn Vin This discussion -doesn’t touch at all the attend. ant argument for decentralization of Federal powers, | That seems to be foreclosed forever. We: aré now talking of spreading Federal jobs by: decentralizing Federal machinery wherever that can be done with out’ interfering with Federal efficiency, In addition

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the most beautiful city in the world. It*®

| away to be spent in this one spot? Thew

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to all other considerations, swhat the present con= ® |

centration costs the country in inconvenience and traveling expenses, it is impossible to compute. Somebody ought fo do something about this. : = 4

erty and social justice. Mrs. (Carrie Chapman Catt, veteran feminine leader, considers the program too ; «conservative. Coming from a person of Mrs. Catt’s years, this # is a challenge. With so much to be done it \often looks as if we were too cautious in our move= ments. Yet\the opposite is more likely to be true. : Women’s causes have suffered in the past because workers were moved by excessive zeal. Cams .

emotion instead of common sense "and have failed for lack of plane ning and foresight. ih It is heartening to find a great «

. group of feminine leaders pledging themselves to

work for peace at a time when war is so widespread and its end beyond our vision; for tolerance in a day of intolerance, and for social justice when dictators seem to have the upper hand. It would be so easy, to give way to discouragement. Yet the doctor doesn’t succumb to despair because some virulent plague rages in the community. : The levee worker

‘never ceases his efforts when: the flood mounts: Ine #4

stead, both increase their labors. They do not falter, they do not look {oo far ahéad. They only work, And so must we if: we hope to advance good causes. . Tolerance and liberty and social justice can exist ¢ only in a society that is dedicated to the democratio ideal. Therefore no mattér what comes we dare not forget the great objective, which is :especially appro«

priate at this season—“Peace on Earth.” a

A Woman's Viewpoint By Mrs. Walter Ferguson ne EFORE adjournment the delegates at the

) Woman’s Centennial Congress pledged theme | selves to a program of work for peace, tolerance, libs ¢ 4

paigns have been waged with"? }

The proximity of war, and. & knowledge of its 3

horrors, should fire us with fresh:determination. For - peace is not a gift we receive from Heaven. Like war, it is an end to be achievéd only when a sufficient

number of men ‘ant women want it and are willing *

to work and sacrifice ‘to get. it.

Watching Your Health -

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By. Jane Stafford :

GOOD many people eat sauerkraut or drink A sauerkraut juice and many housewives make it year -after year without realizing the role bacteria play in the production of this healthful and tasty food. go : ae ! Bacteria are so generally associated in the popu= lar mind with diseases that the usefulness ‘of these - microscopic creatures is often overl . Some bac« teria do cause disease, and these are the ones populaly called germs.’ In sauerkraut both helpful and harmful bacteria may be involved. The problem. ‘companies who

When shredded cabbage is

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pful bacteria and F mixed with salt, in

making sauerkraut, the salt draws out the juice which °

| contains sugar. ‘Bacteria, the helpful ones, then fer« : the sugar and lactic acid is formed. During

' process the kraut takes on its distinctive flavor - When sa : 3

t is not made correct!

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