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Give. Light and the People Wilt Ping Thelr - Own Wap “FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1041

RI LEY 5561

DEFYING THE GOVERNMENT STRIKES have cost 2,253,216 man-days of production on

Army contracts since Jan. 1, reports the War Depart- | §

‘ment. More men were on strike yesterday in plants trying to fill Army orders than at any other time this year. - - Time lost on naval defense orders would have been sufficient to build eight to 10 submnarines, or six to eight destroyers, or two cruisers, reports the Navy Department. » a : » » 8 The strike situation has grown steadily worse in the 10 days since President Roosevelt, proclaiming an unlimited national emergency, told labor and capital that the machin--

ery set up for conciliation and mediation of industrial dis-.

putes “must be used promptly—and without stoppage of work.” © And it will, continte to grow still worse unless there is firm, decisive action to make it plait that the Government

is running the national defense program and that strikes

will not be permitted to wreck it. The President’s appeal has now been flouted directly by union officials in two outstanding cases. The North American Aviation plant at Inglewood, Cal., sotirce, of one-fifth of the country’s military plane production, was: closed yesterday by the United Automobile Workers (C. I 0.) in violation of an agreement, ratified by the union menibership, not to strike until the National Defense Mediation Board had been given opportunity to settle the controversy. The Mediation Board's recommendations for ending the ~ Pacific Northwest lumber strike were flatly rejected by O. M. Orton, president of the International Woodworkers of America, who charged that this Prekidentially-appointed board was “an all-out labor-busting and strikebreaking device.” Two natjonal officials of tne C. I. O. served on the board panel that sas unanimous in making these recommendations, and Philip Murray, president of the C, I. O., insisted that Orton accept them. That is evidence enough of their fairness. But Orton proclaimed his intention of following “the course adopted by John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers.” Lewis has publicly warned Mr. Roosevelt not to “expect; too. much co-operation” from labor in the defense program unless labor (meaning Lewis) is given more power i in the Government. o ” » N 8 » 2 Well, there it is. Clearly, there are elements within prganized labor which are determined that there shall be stoppages of work, regardless of the damage done to the defense program. Clearly, Mr. Roosevelt cannot -expect “voluntary co-operation from these elements. “This Government,” said the President 10 days ago; “i determined to use all of its power to express the will of its people, and to prevent interference with production of ' materials essential to our nation’s security.” . The time has come for Government to use its power—. ‘or to confess that national defense is at the mercy of stubbora and defiant union bosses.

AN AIR- POWER INQUIRY

WE RE glad to see the conviction spreading that Crete, etc., have brought this country face to face with the necessity for taking its air power off the Army-Navy leash. The War and Navy Departments continue to sing the ‘same old song: What's good enough for Gen. Grant and Admiral Mahan is good enough for us, But in Congress there is a ferment. ‘The latest of a number of Congressional sponsors of independent air-force legislation is Rep. Mundt of South Dakota. He proposes creation of a special House committee to look into the proposition, and he thinks the House Rules Committee will approve the resolution. We certainly hope. so, and the sooner the better. HK our next war is to be settled in the air, it seems to us that our incipient air power must be given an independent status in which to work out its destiny—a destiny on which the safety of this country depends. With all the respect to the Army and Navy, it.doesn’t stand to reason that a foot-soldier and a sea-captain should bear the responsibility of preparing for battles to be fought miles overhead. We cite: Crete, the Bismarck, Dunkerque, Coventry, Plymouth, Bristol, London.

700 MUCH TAKE, TOO LITTLE PUT

THE Ways and Means Committee this week gets down to |

the thankless and difficult task of drafting the bill ‘which is supposed to provide the Government with 814 bil lion dollars in additional revenue. The committee listened patiently to many witnesses— * -.- Representatives of various industries, all of whom admitted that additional revenue was imperative, but each of whom advance some special reason why his particular industry or commodity should not be further burdened; and Spokesmen for the Treasury, who, while calling for ‘Sacrifices from citizens, were careful not to. propose any taxes that would visibly touch the pocketbooks of the vast majority of voters. (Of course, most of the. revenue to be obtained under the Treasury plan would come from lowerincome citizens, but by hidden taxes which pick their pockets without touching the pocket nerve.) Approximately 13,000,000 voters are receiving nondefense money direct from the Treasury—in salaries, farm payments, pensions, etc. Only about 7,000,000 pay income taxes direct to the Treasury—and to all except a few thousand of these the tax is a relatively trivial sum. ~. Hence Government spending will continue to be more popular than economy as long as the number. of voters hav-

ing a vested interest in what they take from the Treasury

is larger than the number who have a pocket interest in what they put into the Treasury. The quickest way, and perhaps: the only vay, to hange

Government's fiscal elie, is to reverse:the pita.

"its timeliness.

New Books By Stephen. Ellis

Bertita Harding Scores! Gd Time With "Amazen. gal us

rig mines ovo

of the Three Braganzas of Brazil 3

VERTITA HARDING has done if ¢ again. She has | ‘taken history and dramatized it. “The result : is 23

“Amazon Throne,” which bids to equal, if not BUrpess

The new novel; which Bobbs-Merrill: has just pube

_ country’s . imperial history during the 10th century. . It is somewhat: like “Phantom Crown” in that it is another tale of rope royalty meeting ship- " wreck in the Americas. Indeed, the book had its inception while Mrs. Harding ‘was working on the

of Mexico. In her research she came across one sentence: “Max-~ milian was sent to Brazil where he eo had an aunt.” Bertits, Hardin en began months of re- § search and the gathering of the informat n from officials, academic authorities and friends. - “The historical data for the book was round-

author was given access to forbidden and unexpurgated documents by ‘the government.

To all this is 6 added Mrs. Harding's dramatic style as a storyteller and her instinct for fascinating detail. So the Braganzas come down: off their royal pedestals and become husbands, fathers and lovers.

the “behind the scenes” incidents. : si $y : HERE IS DON JOAO whom the history books will tell you fled from Portugal to Brazil in 1808. But Mrs. Harding discloses that his problem wasn't only political. There was the no small matter of his wife, Carlota Joaquina, a giddy and high-spirited

“wench who carried her amorous excesses to such a

point that she instigated the murder of hér lover's wife. None was happier than the royal family when she and her husband were-forced to flee to Portugal. They left their son. Dom Pedro I on the throne

Students of history know, too, that Dom ‘Pedro was .married to Leopoldina. But- “Amazon Throne” goes behind the scenes to picture a queen busy with child bearing and a king who went so far as to install his paramour in the palace as his wife's. lady in - waiting. Leopoldina dies ' broken-hearted. The Brazilians forced Pedro to marry again and he gave his heart to the lovely Bonaparte princess, Amelia. Then Mrs. Harding relates, with careful attention to historical detail, the palitical unrest which forced the royal family to take refuge in Porvugdl,

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RS. HARDING pictures the: child ‘which they. M left behind to rule as a studious and enlightened ruler. But despite the dembcratic spirit of Dom Pedro II, a political upheaval aver the “slave ques- | tion” resulted in the declaration of a republic. "And so the third of the Braganzas was forced to’ end his days in Portugal. The book takes on added importance because’ of After all, with current talk of “hemisphere co-operation” and “the good neighbor policy,” there is interest in the ‘background of those countries to the South. ' “Amazon Throne” gives the historical background of one of the most important in a dra-

| of the independent empire.

‘matic ‘setting which is anything. but dull reading.

Indianapolis claims Bertita Harding as its “own.” She is the wife of Jack Harding, former local ad= vertising man, and until recently the i 8 dae their home here. They now live in Hollywood

Business By John try Sail a

Here's Why It's Guns: or Butter: Not Guns and Butter as Promised.

EW YORK, June 6~—Ten fhonths. ago we were N talkng about the happy fact that Americans could have guns, AND butter. Now, a little disillusioned on this point, we are "talking about: guns R butter. Ti first it was supposed that the .more : guns we made the more butter we could buy, but it does not work out that way. The theory of the optimists who: thought that a war preparation program could be made a basis of abundance was this: "The Government would create arms plants and make arms. To do this it would borrow money, thus creating. new. income. This money would be spent in the arms plants and for materials to make arms. The workers:in those plants “would thus have greatly increased supplies: of purchasing power. They would then be able tb go to. the stores to buy butter, bread, shoes, clothes, automobiles, radios, ete. This would make prosperity for the merchants afd factories which supply such things, and they in turn would hire more men who would buy still more goods. Thus we would spiral to. plenty. - The fly in the ointment is as follows: When this-condition gets undér way ‘we have the arms plants~and the non-arms or peace-time plants

all hiring labor. and buying material out of the same labor and material supply. When the thing gets go-

ing on a large.scale, it soon dawns -upon men that arms plants. and non-arms plantsare competing very vigorously for these things. ~ There is. not enough skilled Jabor and not, enough of all materials to supply both arms plants “and non--arms plants. And 50, before long, it becomes necessary to cut off or ab least curtail the supplies of materials to someone. Of course it must be the non. arms plant which has its supply of materials cut off. And if that keeps up long enough, even the labor for such plants must be curtailed. = @ .

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Nw we e have a singular phenomenon. The Government through its arms production is pouring vastly increased supplies of purchasing power inte the country. But:at the same time it is, by legal regula=~ tion, reducing the supply of peace- -time goods being produced. More money. to buy food, clothes, luxuries; less food, clothes, luxuries to buy. That is why we hear about gasless Sundays, creamless days, reduced use of tin, of steel, of copper in peacetime industries. More money to buy cream, less cream for sale. More money to buy automobiles;’ fewer automobiles for sale: This is why the. guns AND butter theory breaks ‘down and we face the choice of guns OR butter: Bug this is also why prices go up and cannot be prevented from going: go; because in tais very operation we increase enormously the purchasing power of the nation and reduce: the food, clothing and luxyry supplies of the nation.. = There is only one way to prevent this, and that.

“is by paying the whole bill-with taxes. But no polit-.|

ical government will do this because. it. is too unpopu-. lar. A politician will sacrifice Sjihing for. his country—his son's life, maybe his own, but -not his populgpies, :

So They Soy

YOU WILL UNDERSTAND my feeling ‘about Hess when I say it was he who collected every Tdex ‘card of every trade-union’leader in Germany, and when the time came they were either sent to concentration camps or murdered. —Ernest Bevin, British. labor

cabinet minister,

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Co a I CANNOT JUST stand and pray. “ie that al brutal : B |

_ gangster, Hitler and his’ free men. I must fight and pray and I believe a Christian can do both.~-Bishop Beury Wise Hobson, Protestant Episcopal Church. i

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LE EMERGENCY we FE ad is so. as 1 can posinly 3

and so that 2s 8 EXEL 2

make the greatest united make. W

‘In popularity, her three novels about the 'Hapsburgs. 3

lished, is the story: of the three Braganmas of Brazil a and an intimate account of that | JE

story ‘of Maxmilian and Carlota |

ed out last summer-on a trip to Brazil where the |

As in her earlier books, much of the charm id in |

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awe ve Come 2 Long. Way T ogether |

The Hoosier Forum 1 wholly disagree with what you say, but will : ‘defend to the death your right to say it.—Voltaire.

WRITES APPRECIATIVELY OF ERNIE PYLE'S BOOK By R. W. Weber, Indianapolis I merely want to send along a word of appreciation. for the Ernie Ryle book. I have long been an admirer of Ernie, saved all of the columns he wrote while in England, and: was hoping that some day they ‘might be issued in book form. The Ernie Pyle beok-—and imay I add that it is a ‘beautiful job of printing gractly filled my wants. 2 » ” 8 READY, TO FIGHT. FORBRITAIN: NOW. : By A. W. 8, Indianapolis. If the fate of* Britain so clearly determines the future of the United States, and since the fate of Britain depends, to a great extent, upén the

provide, I cannot see.how a decision can longer be postponed on the question: “Will our own task be

tinues to stand between us and Hit-

ler?” The question is: “Shall we now give to Britain every possible aid, without regard to the implication or the consequences of that policy?” I say “Yes;” I am of military age and would have to sacrifice much personally if this were to be our national choice. But I see no other course for ‘Americans who love America ‘to follow.

» ” 2 URGES DOING OPPOSITE OF WHAT HITLER WANTS By D. A. Sommer, 918 Congress Ave. In my judgment, Hitler is the greatest psychologist the world has ever seen. He had 20 years of actual bloody practice as. he lifted his party to power. Besides, he is the world’s greatest German-patriof, according to his own ideas. His one aim is to exalt himself and his

country, and to bring all‘other countries under. To save America, then, we should find what Hille wants, then—do the opposite. - So, when this master-psychologist and Ger-man-patriot praises Messrs, Wheeler and Lindbergh, we feel sure these

help which the United States willl.

easier if Britain falls or if she con-|

‘| WAR AIMS IN VERSE

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men are working for Germany and against Hitler, though they do not mean it. ‘America is confused as to whether

| 4 or 40 per cent of our aid to Britain goes to the bottom of the sea, or is|

lost on the docks of England. Ask Hitler. If only a small part of our aid is sunk, then Hitler will say, “We will give up the Battle of the Atlantic and confine ourselves to the ‘Battle of the Docks,’ where with one swoop we can destroy the cargo of whole convoys.” But NO. He threatens America, “If*you convoy those _ ships, it means WAR.” This shows that he is doing his greatest harm to Britain on the sea. Therefore, the “Dock” argument of the Isolationist fades into thin air ~—Hitler, the world’s greatest psychologist and German-patriot, being judge. Hence, we can simplify the whole war discussion in our country by taking as our slogan: “To Save America, Find What Hitler Wants, Then—Do the Opposite.”

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FOR BETTER OR WORSE

"| By W. Seott Taylor, 3452 Salem St.

For business as usual, our sideline must be—to conquer two continents, possibly three. well fight to the last of whoever we can, up to and including their very last man. we'll furnish all targets and pay for repairs and accept in full payment our new millionaires. Inspired by orations admitted just fun we are hating each other united as one. We can fight to the last without having to shoot except at each other to share in: the loot. This , national character, noble

though strange, has plenty to offer, but subject: to change. Whatever

Side Glances = By Galbraith

the war “aims, the world must take heed, they're subject to veto by personal greed whose voice, at the moment, if sounding too loud, is one of the freedoms of which we are proud. We know in our hearts from reason and rhyme, that the best friend of freedom is Old Father Time, With Time on our side, we’ll not fear defeats since nothing succeeds like strategic retreats. For a national character subject to change that fights for four freedoms noble but strange, what better sideline can there ever be—than to

three? ” » » AGREES WITH CLAPPER ON FREE SPEECH ARTICLE By G. V., Terre Haute. I thoroughly agree with Raymond Clapper’s article “Free Speech.” It is superb and timely. The noninterventionist bloc in Congress and the America First people think we don’t need to do anything until shooting actually reaches American shores. President Roosevelt, with the support of his military and naval advisers, thinks we must act long before that stage has been reached. In the interest of our national security we should all follow the President's policy with regard to this matter, because it has been thoroughly debated. As the father of three boys who

might be called any day to defend

our country I am heartily in favor of this policy, because it preserves our security and world civilization.

2 x = SOME COMMENT ON T. RS ‘MISTAKES’ By F. P.,. Indianapolis. 5 Hugh Johnson writes’ that Theodore Roosevelt's biggest misiake was in signing a round robin demanding removal of American troops from

Cuba. I submit that he made a

bigger one when he initiated the peace of Portsmouth to ‘end the Russo-Japanese: War, It is’ in the record somewhere that he Subssquenuy. admitted his shortsightedness in the sense that by intervening between two napural enemies—one of them, at least, a potential enemy of the United

| States—he did his Sv Gouptry. &

the neck" "of Japan he en latter to start sooner and stronger on its rearmament program, directed then and since at this country almost exclusively—so far, at least, as the navy-was concerned. Wouldn't Teddy have been confirmed in his. second-guessing if he hdd lived to see Japan and Russia arrayed by treaty in.‘a common front with other nations hostile to

'| the United States? But he would {| have had the qualified satisfaction :|of not having persuaded America i to Eater. oe war actively in order

to end it

. JUNE IN D MAJOR By MARY P. DENNY

\| There is a. melody -of June, | That runs along the Scales of light. i|A glory far and bright .|Of beauty and all oy: in flight.

A chime of wonder to the height,

||A cherd of wind across a plain.

The rustle of the corn in ‘one strain, All melodies of day and night Singing the strains of summer

bright. The deep: music of the flower and ‘tree,

! All echoes of the great forest free, ‘Singing and winging far to sky

In one great gloria lifted high.

DAILY THOUGHT

“But if we do net forgive, neither - will your "Father which is in

i : 113 ‘Heaven Jive your Hdpusses.

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| they did:in the World War, multiply expenditures

conquer two continents, possibly.

: Gen. Johnson

Says—

Commandeering Sounds Dictatorial But Is Less Severe Than Other - Powers Needed for Defense Effort.

ASHINGTON, June 6.—Priorities, price control, commandeering, effective means to prevent labor stoppages—these are the four powers needed to get maximum war production. The power of prior= ities has been broadly granted to the Administration by Congress. It is. a power te * say, regardless of contract or ahy other private interest: or obli tion, in what relative order supplier shall produce or adliver his product wherever a public nequirement -is in question. The President hag requestkéd full powers of command This is a power to take any kind of private property for public upon payment to the owner of

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just compensation, as required by

our Constitution. Congress should, and doubtless will, grant this pow= er without stint or limit. It, in larg e part, already exists. While it sounds dictatcrial, it is the least arbi=" trary and unusual of any of the four powers megtioned. It is really nothing more than the ancient power of eminent domain, and is, be strong implication at

least, . expressly authorized by the Constitution even

in time of peace. :

x 2 =» HOUGH price control is not a new idea, it was never very effectively used until our experienge in the World War and then “too little and too late.” It was tried in the colonies in the Revolution and in the Confederacy, but not scientifically. The Gi mans have used it with success. We have made.a few gestures, but we are letting the real ant slip through our fingers. . The reason for timidity and insufficien} action § this point is probably much the same as the reasg for failure on the fourth point—effective means prevent labor stoppages in war production. Price control means wage control and is utterly impossible without wage control. This Administrd= tion seems willing to get as tough as could be desired on every element in the defense effort except labor. - Until it is willing to get tough all sro there is not going to be a satisfactory war effo Runaway prices and strikes at key points are tRe worst dangers we have to face. Recently there h been a tendency to measure our war effort by the amount of money spent in comparison with t first World War effort, or our earlier effort this time,

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HAT may be one rule, but it is a rubber yard stick. Increased spending could conceivably be no indication of increased tonnage of production at all. B. M. Baruch estimates that increased prices have already increased production costs from 10 to 20 per cent. If they are not stopped they could, & per unit of production. As measured in pre-war dollats World War costs were increased to percentages ds follows: : . 7 United States asec ster sRenRRReteNNS ‘217% 3 Other associated POWerS...ceseesese. 369% Central POWeIS..ccecoscccse Sreree « 336% Recent tendencies to measure performances by dollars spent are about as trustworthy as recent tendencies to report progress by saying we have “doubled, trebled,” or increased production “ten fold,” or that our “goal” is similarly to multiply preduction rates without telling the tonnage rate to which the multiple applies. A thousand times zero is still zero and multiplication of any small and insufficient rate may still be insufficient. : i

A Woman's Viewpoint By Mrs. Walter Ferguson

TT war emergency falls ‘heavily upon our girls, They face a dateless world unless they live near a training camp. And this sacrifice is one against which they rebel a little. The boys look swell in uniform; there is a vast excitement in the humming activ= ity of these national-defense preparations. Maybe, it has been said, the girls will be drafted, too, ; i can also put on uniforms. They like the: idea. Young they are, they want to feel imp tant and to enjoy the swelling pf the ego that goes with being nepessary to the public welfare dig such as these. But we may as well be fra ie and ruthless with them. They a little too young to understand all the implications behind the fine words they hear. When we talk about sacrifice we ought to define exactly what the word means. For girls it means a great deal more than giving up youthfull pleasure, a carefree life, leisure, education and perhaps security, It means heing without dates most of the time,

Perhaps this, then, is what Uncle Sam has in mind when he calls upon you, Mary, and upon Susan and Frieda and Lou, for courage and help, He asks you_ to be cheerful and patient, even though no Boy Friends are there to call up on the telephone, even though there's no one to go out with save a bunch of other girls as lonely as yourself. Indeed, it may possibly mean that you must ae up the thought of ever having a permanent Boy Friend at all. This is what a nation asks of womea when it talks nf war. Giving up means limitless sacrifice, extraordinary effort, persistent patience, every ounce of courage, and strength the individual possesses, and for us it signifies something more. In the deepest sense it means giving up men, . And this, my dears, is the crucial test—the bitter= est burden. Draftees moving in solid lines into Army camps—student- pilots taking wing.. “Whither away?” cry our hearts. Nobody knows the answer. We know only that the apprehension, the ache of loneliness, the clutching fear, have been felt by women from time immemeorial. They will be our portion so long as war exists. So the cheerful facing of dateless evenings in & boyless community is the real “sacrifice for national defense” your country asks of you, girls. Can you take it like heroines?

i Editor’s Note: The views expressed by. columnists in this newspaper are their own. They are not necessarily those of The Indianapolis. Times.

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Does the statement, “30 pounds of air” in &

| tire, mean that the tire contains air weighing that

much? A—No: the statement refers to the pressure of the air, not its weight. The tire contains air at & pressure of 30 pounds per square inch. The actual weight of the air depends upon the size of the tire. ; Q—How .many. crew members do the largest ocean liners carry on normal runs? A—Vessels such as the Queen Mary and Normandie, carry 900 to 1000 officers nd crew on normal runs. With a full complement of passengers, as many as 1350 crew members may be used. Q—What does the Weather Bureau mean when it forecasts “generally fair”? A~Some variation in cloudiness and possibly some light precipitation in scattered places, but clear to partly sky over most of the area. This term is usually Por in forecasts for relatively large areas such as a whole state or half a state. Q—Describe the insignia distinguishing American aircraft from that of other nations during World Ward. A=-White star with a circular center of red, the star on:a circular background of blue, the circums:

This insignia appeared on all

ference of which was even with the points of the

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