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THE STATE BUDGET = | ‘HE average citizen invariably finds state budgets too complex to understand easily znd shrugs them off. All of us have a common failing: We demand new and better governmental services constantly, then yell our heads off when the tax bill is handed us for what we wanted. It is like the recent election in Colorado where increased pensions were approved by a margin of 3 to 1 and the new taxes to pay for them beaten by a margin of 100 to 1¢ | We are pointing out the relationship between budgets . and taxes because the present condition of Indiana’s finances “ means that sooner or later taxpayers| will face the prospect of higher taxes. + Roughly, the new budget calls for $6,000,000 more eXne pense. in the next two years than in the last two. Its adopLi @ tion means that we will just about wipe out all the surplus : we now have. That, mind you, after we had a surplus of nearly $25,000,000 in 1938. | | Obviously, the situation calls for critical examination of present costs, proposed new expenditures and, above all, the wasteful features of the Ferilican reorganization program, . | - Remember . . . for whatever pay, sooner or later, and perhaps in

spend, we've got to new taxes.

DICTATORSHIP DOESN'T BRING SECURITY

OME Americans whose faith in democracy is not deeply rooted have been beguiled into believing that dictatorship, though it might be hard [to bear, at least made a nation safer in its relations with other nations. “A dictator can act quickly . ... while a democraty must move slowly.” Ah, yes, a dictator can act quickly. Look at Italy. As France was collapsing, Mussolini moved quickly—very quickly. He threw Italy into the war, believing it was nearly over and he could jump in and pick up some pieces of France. | : | We do not know how the war will come out, but however it ends, Italy is licked. Even if|she should reverse the battle against the Greeks and British, it would only be with ‘the help of the Nazis, who despise lier and who as victors would make her an unhappy dependency of theirs. Had Italy been a democracy, therc would haye been ‘ freedom of speech and press, and the question would have been debated whether it was to Italy's interest to enter the war. Thus the terrible disaster which Il Duce inflicted on his country by entering the war might have been ave:ted. Americans should never forget {that their right to discuss the question of what is a wise foreign policy for their government is the strongest bulwark in their nationa. defense. A foreign policy that cannot stand the test of debate is not a safe one. :

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THE MARION COUNTY RIPPER E. find ourselves somewhat bored by State Senator Albert J. Beveridge Jr.'s bill to remove the supervision of voters’ registration in Marion County from the County Clerk. Mr. Beveridge’s bill would apply only to Marion County and, he says, “abolish a l¢cal condition which is undesirable,” | | § We won’t debate the merits of . ,/ say that if it does have merit, why at large, instead of limiting its k County ? | Or, does its merit lie simply in { Marion County Clerk happens_to be

the bill. We can only not apply it to the state enefits only to Marion

he fact that the present a Democrat?

WHY NOT ASK WAR AIMS?

# A T this juncture in the foreign-policy debate, what could be better calculated to clear the atmosphere thaa the Wheeler-Nye resolution? This resolution, submitted fdr Senate approval, requests President Roosevelt to|ask| “all belligerent nations to proclaim publicly their respective war aims and peace conditions and any and all secret| treaties for disposition of territorial spoils.” | There is nothing novel in the|idea. Following his reelection in 1916, President Wilson called upon the Allies and the Central Powers to state their war aims. The replies of Germany and Austria-Hungary were vague, and unsatis- © factory to the American people. The Allies’ response, however, was quite explicit and |worl wide approval ir this ~eountry. One thing Mr. Wilson neglected to inquire about was secret treaties—to his eventual sorrow. ‘But in this great debate Congress should have cll the pertinent information obtainable. Some light might be shed by getting the belligerents to declare their aims. No harm . could possibly come from it. | And while we are not naive e¢nough to suppose that a request from this country would result in publication of the _ texts of any secret treaties that may exist, it would at least be a service to the peacemakers of the future if the warring powers, for the purpose of the recbrd, could be induced now publicly to disavow any unpublished contracts for territorial spoils or other such matters. | / 5 i

SAFETY STARTS AT HOME

“HE Parent-Teacher Association's Safety Committee at ~~ Washington High School deserves commendation for its forthright manner in taking safety right into the homes of school children. prog | ~The committee has sent letters to the homes of sll youngsters who are entering Washington High Schoo. The committee makes some pertinent suggestions to parents * whether the child walks to schoal, rides his kstycle, comes . by bus or street car or by automobile. | ~~ “We are wishing,” says the i “all sorts of success for your child in his new life at| Washington High School. Let us start by getting him fo and from school safely.” We commend that sentence to you for its clarity, its ity and its logic, “Let's all work toward that goal.

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Fair Enough By Westbrook | Pegler

The Answer to Col. Lindbergh Is That No Self-Respecting Nation Can Do Business With the Nazis

EW YORK, Jan. 28.—-/It will answer much of Col, Lindbergh's recent festimony to recall that the German nation, as perscnified by Adolf Hitler, has shown itself to be ‘such a/liar, thief and assassin that it would be folly for the United States to attempt to do business with a victorious Germany on a basis of good faith. Liridbergh believes it will be necessary to get along with Germany should Hitler win. Other possibilities intervene, but to ignore all these and reduce the problem to its simplest phase, the facet is that Lindbergh asks his own country to undertake relations with a nation whose spiritual leader has written in the sky the fact that his promises are lies and that anyone who trusts him | is a fool. In relations between man and man the individual whose conduct resembles that of Adolf Hitler acquires a reputation as a nogood to say nothing of ja criminal record. In time he is shunned by all but other criminals, and he can’t get credit for 2 small beer. Hitler's vecord of betrayal began long before Czechoslovakia but, not {to go all the way back, that brutal killing will do for a starter. He gave his word not to invade or annex Czechoslovakia even to the extent of saying that lle wanted none of the contemptible Czechs, and followed that assurance with a military conquest for which he didn’t, even bother to offer an excuse. | Pe | # # = INALLY, in response to a note from President Roosevelt “imploring him to keep the peace, Hitler specifically asked a darger number of nations to say frankly whether they felt that their safety was threatensd by Germany, and used their answers in the form of a rebiikke to the United States for meddling in European affairs and impugning the sacred honor of the Garman people. Si Living right under Germany’s big guns, Poland,

Norway, Deninark, the Netherlands, Belgium and Ru- .

mania replied that, of icourse, they had no such. fear and, having 110 honor to lose, Hitler took that occasion further to assure all these: and others that he never would so much as take a divot out of their sovereign lands. Nobody, except perhaps Lindbergh, needs telling what Hitler did to these countries notwithstanding these and other, more fletailed, solemn pledges of that which is called the sacred honor of the German race. However, it will emphesize the perfidy of the Fuehrer to recall that in the undeclared war on peaceful Norway, Hitler ' began operations by sending over in civilian guisé young scldiers who, as babies had been saved from starvation and sheltered in the very homes of the Norwegian peorle, to whom they now returned as welcome | foster children. When the hour struck, these exemplars and guardians of the German honor turned on the people who had sheltered and fed them as helpless victims of the first World War.

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“HAT isthe honor with which Lindbergh would have his own country. conduct relations in the world of the future, the sort of people, schooled in treachery and taught [to regard deceit as a personal, national and racial virtue, whom the Colonel would meet on terms of good faith. : Lindbergh, and thgse who believe as he does, offer no plan by! which this nation, in that future world, could protect itself from treachery backed by brutalities which have been described so often and in such detail that/ they are now old and familiar horrors. But just as an honest man cannot do business on even terms with a thief and cheat, it would seem that the United States must either live entirely apart from a victorious Germany and her slave states and keep constantly armed to fight the greatest war machine in all history, or abandon the morals which civilized people try, st least, to/live up to and become a criminal nation, too, in collabpration with Hitler. I have read Lindbergh's speeches and testimony carefully, ¢hd find that his early omissions of spiritual or moral things were not accidental. He has consistently dealt with martial things as though a strong, rich Americg, bulging with muscle were all right even though ii were necessary to discard the virtues that give warmth to human existence. He ignores entirely Hitler's own recent declaration that Hitlerism is at war with the American concept and that never|the twain shall meet except to fight.

Business By John T. Flynn

Assets of British Isles, Not Empire, Listed in Report Given Congress

EW YORK, Jan. 28.—I have called attention to the | discrepancy between the Reserve Board figures for British |dollar investments and those of the Treasury as given by Secretary Morgenthau. The Reserve Board gave British Empire investments when the war started as $7,115,000,000. Mr. Morgenthau gave the British dollar investments now as $1,775.000,000. This left ‘the question—what has become of the other six billion, plus at least |another billion accumulated’ dur/ing the year? How has it vaniished? : | . Here is the answer. It vaniished in the neat little statement | which. Mr. Morgenthau handed [to the Congressional Committee. | The point Mr. Morgenthau 5 | wanted to make was that Britain had to spend here this year roughly a billion and a half more than she had current credits to meet. This was all referred to as a statement on the trade balances against the British Empire (ex~luding Canada). All the dollar assets in the United States were given at 1,775,000,000. But for this figure he included not the zssets of the British Empire but the assets of the “United Kingiiom.” In other words, it was only a very partial account, nicely arranged for his purposes, that Mr. Morgenthau furnished the House Committee. | The arms, ships, planes, guns that are needed by the British Empire are, indeed, for the defense of the empire, not just of England. Why the needs and bills of the empire should have been given while only the assets pf the British Isles were given as Britain’s dollar assets here, I do not know. One will have to guess that,

| n » n ERTAINLY this is not just England’s war. 1b is the war ot the British Empire. And if that empire has in [this country any dollar assets to meet the bills for the defense of the empire, those assets should be given. Wha! Congress ought to have is a statement of all the requirements of the empire, including Canada, and alll the assets of the empire, including Canada and every other dominion and colony. What is more, the Department of Commerce should be required to make available to the Congress a full statement of the assets—gold, securities, direct property investments of the empire in this country. This information is available in the files of the Department of Commerce. When Congress gets this data it can make its own estimates of the value of British | investments available to pay their bills,

So They Say—

THE PROBIEM of perfecting the democratic machinery for the conduct of business is to perfect machinery through which the several parties can discuss their interests and see what the counter-claims are.—Dr. Erwin, C. Nourse, Brookings Institute. * * *

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ALTHOUGH I HAVE preached pacifism all my life, I am convinced now for the first time that freedom cannot be preserved without military struggle, —Bertrand Russzll, British philosopher and author. 1 LL * =

I TOAST democracy not alone for what it is, but

chiefly for what it may become.—Attorney General Robert H. Jackson. ;

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POLICY 4

The Hoosier Forum

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

A WORD OF PRAISE FOR CURRENT RADIO MUSIC

By Mrs. A. C. In answer to Mrs. D. E. D.’s letter in regard to the radio music, let me express my views. We old people like the music. We like old songs. It makes us feel young again. It recalls our happy days. If they can’t take it, shut off the radio. We pay as much for our radio as they do. We do not have long to live. Why not please us? We do not care for this razzie dazzle music so the older they come the better we like them. - tJ Hn ” PREFERS WILLKIE’S STAND TO LINDBERGH'S By Wm. G. Green . So Charles Augustus Lindbergh hopes neither side will win the war! Well, that is at least a concession on his part. I hadn't thought he was so impartial. I wonder what the peoples of France, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Holland, Belgium, Denmark and Norway think of Mr. Charles Augustus Lindbergh now. I hope the British refrain from expressing themselves. After all, Mr. Lindbergh is an American. To switch from the ridiculous to the sublime: Doesn’t it make you all warm inside and proud to think of Wendell Willkie’s proof of his caliber as an American. A lesser man might not have placed his country’s safety above politics. O si sic omnia.

” H 2 A SHARP DISSENT TO LINDBERGH’S VIEWS By Rev. John P. Martin, Bloomington, Ind. A Negotiated Peace! When the Greatest Martyr of all, the Man of Galilee, was tempted by the Devil, Jesus said, “Get thee behind me, Satan.” . . . : Col. Lindbergh and some blind preachers, blind leaders of the blind, would have advised Jesus to sell humanity to the Devil by a negotiated peace, living awhile in Caesar's Palace, becoming the greatest traitor of all. When men become so morally color blind they forget that Hitler, as he himself warned as in his book was destined to rule the world by the most colossal scheme of massmurder that has ever challenged the heroism of mankind. His race for power has been

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stained with tears and blood, chains and slavery. Witness the bloodpurge in Germany, ruined Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Norway, Belgium, Holland, France and now Great Britain, the land of Shakespeare and the Magna Charta, a heroic land and people who prefer death to a bartered liberty. . . . Col. Lindbergh and certain preachers, like the ostrien, hide their heads in the sand to save their feathers and see them glisten in the sun while the world becomes a charnel house while Hitler. and his gang of plunderers rule the world. As J. G. Holland said, “God, give us men,” not a bunch of Hitler's Charlie Lindberghs, known and unknown. 2 s » SPEAKING HIS MIND ON AN UNSOLICITED WEEKLY

By L. E. W. I have received.the second issue of a “rat”ling weekly paper, unsolicited, please. It bubbles with filth, slime, muck, greenish froth, lies, intolerance, un -American ideology and to top that off, it has the hypocritical gall and brazen effrontery of hiding behind the American flag, with a knife drawn, ready to slay the great American Eagle. : What a cowardly obsession! It is obvious that persons with that sort of insatiate desire to destroy American unity, stun the thinking of the credulous upon whom they prey and attempt to harass the normal American way of life, surely deserve a fitting place in an intitution for the insane. I am satisfied that few will answer the “roll call.” Some of us have been Jor too long misguided by this 1 ud of “nationalistic uplifters” who have been suffiicently political minded, veiled with a “silver kloak” and shielded with a kape of stripes,

patriotic

wearing it until no stars were visible,

Side GlancesmBy Galbraith

leaving the wearer with vestments ready to enter the penitentiary door. Our America is built upon Christian tolerance, political freedom and loyalty to the flag and the institution for which jt stands—the Constitution of these United States. I did not vote for Franklin Delano Roosevelt, but he is my President, our President, and while we may differ in matter of policies, he merits all honor and respect due to the chief executive of our nation. Any “roll call” to Marchiavellianism will not dent the loyal and patriotic ardor of true Americans. Out with the mask, you political assassins! You mercenary patrioteers! You apostles of national

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TEACH AMERICANISM IN GRADES, IS PLEA By Arthur S. Mellinger “Educators tackle job of inculcating Americanism in colleges.” The proper time to do this is when the boy or girl is in the grades. It is like corporeal punishment. Physical dominance by the parent must be exerted before the child is 5 years of age. I do not believe in brutality, but Johnny ox Katy must have physical correction if they are to grow up with proper respect for parents and country. . . . The colleges are now trying. to correct faulty teaching of 10 or 15 years ago. Evolution ran rampant. Disregard for all traditions were “brazenly” made fun of by misinformed teachers. I cannot, remember the time when I did not respect the flag and feel thankful that I lived in this land. There was no formal salute or anything, but by the enthusiasm of the teacher the example of reverence very early was planted in our minds. All the finer sensibilities are acquired very early in life and grow

by use. Mr. College Professor, a |}

lot of your trouble today was planted 10 to 15 years ago by “half-baked,” over-zealous, irreligious, sensational writers of text books

who sought to “debunk,” as they said, | |

the stories of George Washington and the cherry tree, and others. History used to be taught as a sacred thing and not to be associated with “Aesop’s Fables” as some so-called “Educators” have tried to do. » 8B SEES AXIS AIDED BY PACTS WITH NEIGHBORS

By Liberty Any trade agreements with neutrals bordering the Axis are in effect trade agreements with the Axis as witness our aid to China, which every one is for, and the trade agreements of Chiang KaiShek with Russia which has trade agreements with Germany. So supplies meant for Allied consumption may easily go to the belligerents and this is one of the chief weapons of war. Likewise Spain and Portugal fo Italy besides a handsome profit to neutrals which doesn’t do the belligerents any harm. Consistency, gentlemen,

A WINTER VISITOR By OLIVE INEZ DOWNING What did I hear from my window’s

edge Perched in a tree near my privet hedge? . Little song ‘sparrow in winter coat— Singing along with a merry note, While the dark morning was damp and bleak, His little song reached crescendo

peak Lis |He was sole caroller of the dawn—

Warbling away till the fog was gone Warm was the little heart 'neath _his breast, - Taking the world at its very best, Swept by the cold and the raw wind

1 Yet he ‘was ‘happy and spread his cheer,

DAILY THOUGHT And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might,—Deuteronomy 6:5.

LOVE UNDERSTANDS love; it — 16,467

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Lease “Lend Bill ‘Would Require Congress to Surrender Power of the Purse, Democracy's. Best Weapon

XX 7ASHINGTON, Jan. 28.—Two apparent absurdiVV ties attend the arguments for the Morgenthau “Loose-End” Bill, now being so hotly debated. ) One is the insistence of certain sincere Congress

sional advocates that the bill does not surrender to : the . executive the constitutional safeguards against dictatorship— the . famous Congressional “power of the purse.” han . The Magna Charta squeezed out of the despicable King John Lack land a lot of promises to Thy certain rights of the people. The - were intended to limit the British . monarchy and put certain shackles on the “divine right of kings.” But they weren't: of ‘much use until they were implemented by the rise of parliamentary government and especially the insistence ‘of the House of Commons on the absolute “power of the purse”—taxation and appropriation—in a battle which finally beheaded. Charles .I and finally resulted in the ousting of the Stuart dynasty. In our own and English experience, it is the strongest weapon of democracy. . i ’ Our Constitution gives Congress alone the power to declare war and to “raise and support armies.” ° To this latter highly important grant the Constitution attaches a condition, “but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than. two years.” 4 : wi y : rin 8 ME «iid Sr Y TNDER the “Loose-End”. Bill, the President is given ‘authority to transfer to another nation any “defense article” he desires, The words ‘‘defense article” are defined to mean any conceivable military or naval resource which the United States owns or may hereafter acquire. When this: is attacked as a surrender by Congress. to the executive of its power of the purse in war, the answer is made. that - the bill appropriates no money and hence, that Con gress, through its. power to appropriate, still controls action under the bill. : a ¥ vl Right off the bat, it is apparent that as to the many billions of dollars worth of military and naval equipment that this country now has, the answer simply is not true. The bill gives the President authority to transfer it with no further appropriation whatever. : Neither is it necessarily true as to gifts of new equipment. It is true, under the bill, that before he could, for example, order a new battleship built, expressly as a gift to China, he would have to go to Congress for authority, But there is a loophole that is as broad as a barn door. In this crisis, Cone gress has refused no-appropriation to build armament for the United States and it is as sure as sunrise that it will refuse none in the future. But, if this bill is passed, not a nickel can be spent on armae ment by this Government, which would not autoe matically fall under the proposed grant of Presi dential power, to transfer that armament to another country as soon as it is finished or even before. He doesn’t have to go back to Congress for appropriations before he can transfer American equipment and resources.

T is an even more complete surrender of the power of the purse in favor of other nations than would even be openly requested by a President in favor of the United States. The other apparent absurdity is the urge for haste in passing this bill without debate on the ground that the British crisis may be expected within 60 or 90 days and that every day is delay and that this bill imperils her, As is well known in Washington and was testified by Mr, Knudsen, no matter what new orders Britain might give our industry, no important and additional equipment can be made and furnished to England within 90 days—or indeed for a year. Our most availe able factories are chock-a-block full with orders for ° ourselves and Britain, To the extent that she may not get production in time, it is almost wholly her own fault in not ordering it in time, or in changing designs after she had ordered it. The only way we can aid Britain more at once is to transfer ships of our own Navy and merchant fleet; or tanks, planes and guns of our own forces. We havent enough land or air equipment on hand or immediately forthe coming even to train, much less equip our own troops and the President has said that the suggestion that he would transfer our ships is Mother Goose none sense. . A mixed dose of % common sense, % frankness, and % honesty would be a great help in this debate,

A Woman's Viewpoint By Mrs. Walter Ferguson

E’'VE heard it before, but seldom from a mine ister and never from a minister with Esquire Magazine as his mouthpiece. Perhaps it is that peculiar combination which causes us to feel that the Rev. Charles Francis Potter had his tongue in ] his cheek when he wrote that women plan, arrange and carry through 95 per cent of American marriages. The gag is the oldest known to females, and incidentally the most boring. Every wife has had to .hear the recital of her own manhunt. Husbands whose wit and humor are nothing to brag ~ Bbout enjoy regaling guests with the tale of how they were run down and dragged unwillingly to the altar. Somehow the very fact that they not only admit this weakness, but shout of it to the world, raises doubts of their sincerity. For, as a matter of fact, if these things were true the huse bands themselves wou'd be the last to speak of it, Putty people do not publicize their pliability. When you hear a group of men gallantly admite ting their feebleness before women, you can be sure they feel especially strong and virile, for slaves are not in the habit of boasting about their condition. And the husband who professes to have been lassoed by his wife never has that attitude of humility which one looks for in a subject race. ! ; However, assuming that the Rev. Mr. Potter's contention is true—that women are superior to men in the diplomatic arts of courtship and are ahje literally to overpower and capture the wariest of males— doesn’t it seem senseless that such a sex should nos be given greater latitude in other matters? Une doubtedly it argues that we possess the ability to develop into masterly political and findncial strate gists. Maybe we could actually run the world better than these susceptible and sentimental beings who aren't equipped with enough intestinal fortitude to escape a choice bit of calico with a matrimonial gleam in her eye. t

Questions.and Answers

(The Indianapolis Times Service Bureau will answer way question of fact or information, not involving extensive ree search. Write your questions clearly, sign name and address, inclose a three-cent postage stamp. Medical or legal advice cannot be given. Address The Times W: in Service Bureau, 1013 Thirteenth St., Washington, D. €.). AEN : '‘Q—Does Congress have the power to offices and levy duties on exports?" ’ A—Congress has authority to ests ces, but has no power to levy duties on Q—What was the basic cause of the A—The attempt of the Southern from the Union was the basic cause for Q—Has Great Britain repud its ‘de United States. . ji A—No. From time to time the Bri

has indicated a willingness” to discuss pi regard to payment of the indebtedness, = Q—How did the American Federation of highest estimate of unemployment in 1933 ¢ with its highest estimate in 1940? on A—The Lis Cd Setimnte fot any month 06603 Tor January,