Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 June 1941 — Page 10

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SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1841

GOVERNOR SCHRICKER’S OBLIGATION IS still difficult—almost 48 hours afterwards—to ap‘praise all the implications of the Supreme Court's decision affecting the Republican reorganization program. But if there are uncertainties about the scope of the ~ decision, about what laws the state will function under for the next two years and about a host of related matters, this much is clear: Governor Schricker will be boss of the show. And that, we believe, will be all to the good as far as decent government for the people is concerned. For thie Republicans had their chance and they booted it away. As the Governor pointed out in his statement yesterday, “Had there been the least semblance of co-operation on the part of the Republican leaders in that session this whole thing could have been avoided. My proposals for a compromise, submitted in writing, were thlewsly tossed out of the window.” We do not know how generous the Govertior will be dis- . posed to be toward the Republicans after the treatment accorded him by the Bobbitt-Jenner-Dawson faction in the 1941 Legislature. Certainly more generous than his opponents were ever inclined to be, or would have been if the court’s opinion had turned out contrariwise. Being only human, the Governor can be forgiven the acid note that crept into yesterday’s statement. We feel keenly,, however, that he has an obligation to the people to work out a harmonious program in the months ahead. With this state a strategic key in the national defense effort, with emergencies of one kind and another sure to rise in the months ahead, perhaps even war, this state must have sound, stable and harmonious government. - If Governor Schricker is the wise and tolerant man we believe him to be, he will set out forthwith to achieve that kind of a program.

HOTSPUR HAROLD ME: ICKES wants us to go to war right now. And what are we to use for weapons ? specify. Mr. Roosevelt asserts at a press conference, in discussing Eire’s request for arms, that there has been a critical delay in our production of munitions. But apparently he had neglected to pass the word to Ick, or else Harold has been dozing in his Cabinet chair. - It has been well known for a long time that we are desperately short of powder, of modern artillery, of antiaircraft equipment, of heavy and medium tanks, .and of innumerable other vital components of a proper defense. Now comes a Senate committee with the warning that our aluminum production, despite expansions, will fall far short of defense needs—a tragic case of botched planning by both industry and Government, it appears. The fact is we are not ready to fight. It is not a case of “trust in God and keep our powder dry”; there just isn’t any powder, to speak of, yet. “Before we fight, face the facts.”

He doesn’t

MORE CITIZENS SHOULD SACRIFICE

MOST of you who paid Federal income taxes last March 15 are going to pay twice as much next March 15— under the Ways and Means Committee’s proposed new tax schedule. Some of you will pay more than twice as much. You shouldn’t kick. Your Government needs the money. Those of you who didn't pay a tax on last year’s income won’t have to pay anything on this year’s income— unless your income this year is enough higher to get within . the taxable brackets. For the committee rejected all proposals to broaden the base and thereby increase the number of citizens making visible “sacrifices” to the Treasury. About 7,000,000 citizens paid Federal taxes on last year’s income. The number will be slightly larger next year—even if the Ways and Means Committee schedule stands—because improved business conditions are boost. ing. the incomes of many people. But we hope the committee’ proposal will not stand. We hope the House or the Senate will reduce the exemptions and thereby multiply the number of income-tax payers. It would take only a small reduction in the exemptions to increase the 7,000,000 taxpayers: (representing about onesixth of the population) to 14,000,000 taxpayers (the “upper, one-third”). . Surely, with a $10,000,000,000 deficit facing our Government next year, with the rest of the world at war and our own nation striving mightily to build its defenses, with a million young men already drafted for hard military service at $21 a month—surely at such a time it is not too much to ask that some direct tax be paid by all citizens whose incomes are high enough to place them in this country’s upper one-third.

: SKYROCKETS AND SIGNAL LIGHT _ or THERE will be a little less banging and fizzing this Fourth of July, not only because more and more communities are restricting it, but because the skyrocket and roman candle are being enlisted in the defense drive. Leading manufacturers of fireworks say that most of : their facilities are now devoted to making signal lights, : smoke bombs, flares, trench mortar shells and the like. - - A flare dropped from a military plahe in the course of training, a signal light thrown up from a Very pistol—these speak louder for liberty today than pinwheel and skyrocket.

IAT THE MUSCOVITES NEED RESIDENT ROOSEVELT says we haven’t much in the i way of surplus bombers, tanks, etc, to provide immediately by lend-lease to Russia. But, he says, we do have avails lable extra stocks of clothing and shoes. If Bolshies here are like our home-grown Commies, the one comneed most—but probably would know w least how

Fair Enough

By Westbrook Pegler

Germany Our Enemy and We'd Be Squeamish Indeed Not to Welcome . Help Russia Can Give in This War

EW YORK, June 28.—I haven't had to telephone Moscow to learn what my ideas should be on the slight change in the Mneup on the other side of the world, for, unlike many of my rulers in Washington, New York and California, I observed long ago that there was no more difference between Communism and Hitlerism than between red and brown. But Adolf Hitler made this war, and it is the German nation, not the Russian, which has been

Germany as long as they are able to fight. The Germans themselves and the

ted didn’t make the war, and certainly the same may be said for France, because her soldiers trudged to the front with laggard steps and her people had no belly for the fray. Hitler had been arming for war for years and

screaming and squalling about the injustice of Ver-'

sailles, and when he was ready Stalin gave him the go-ahead—and the fight was on. If anyone wants to go back behind those events it can easily be shown that Germany was responsible for Bolshevism in Russia in the first place, having sent Lenin home across Germany in a sealed car for the sole purpose of touching off the horror, so that Russia would crumble and release the Kaiser's divisions for the West. rr = =

ERMANY set Bolshevism in motion, then adopted Bolshevism with nationalistic trimmings as her own mode of life, thought and government and, finally, by a deal with Bolshevik Russia, was enabled to tear off on another rampage against civilization, including ours. Russia was no military threat to the United States, as I am sure Charles Lindbergh would be the first to admit, in view of his low opinion of the quality of the Russian aviation. Britain hadn’t threatened us, and Italy, of course, was just a spoiled and illmannered brat of a country building up to a good slap in the face. That Russia might have picked a fuss with hie U. 8. A, had we been neighbors, there may be n doubt, but neither is there any reason to discuss the possibility, because we weren't neighbors and Russia didn’t commit any military molestation. Germany is the country which has been squinting down the barrel at this nation, and it is written as plain as sky writing on a windless day that if Germany wins, the German Empire, with its satanic eymicism, its skill, fighting power and brutal greed and with all the works and facilities of conquered Europe under her command, will attack the United States—possibly in league with Japan. » ® t 4 ow Germany must first lick Russia before even attempting to wind up matters with Britain, and anyone who rejects the assistance of the Russians on the mere ground that they are socially offensive and don’t smell nice is taking too literally President Roosevelt’s oratorical frivolity about the Sstapiish= ment of the four freedoms everywhere in the world. In the last war this country fought on the side of the Czar, who was generally regarded here as abéut the lowest form of political life, and in this one, again, the Russians have at least a nuisance value and perhaps a stronger value which should be appreciated, not spurned. The point is that Germany is the enemy—and a strong enemy—who has now robbed herself of an ally who might have been very dangerous to us in collaboration with Hitler and Japan. There {§ no question of Russia’s domestic habits, which are low and vile, like Germany’s, and which we shouldnt try to censure or reform. After the war, if Hitler is beaten with Russia’s help, and notwithstanding the obstruction of our own political prudes, nature and politics will take their course, and it may be necessary for the United States to do something real vigorous to the Communists here in the interests of internal peace and safety, But that can wait, and the one fact to be kept in mind here now is that Adolf Hitler made this war and, if victorious, would demolish the United States. Russia happens to be a pretty good lump of meat for our team—stupid, yes, and dirty in soul and body, but* ad iin likable than the same Russia on Adolf Hiter’s side.

Business By John T. Flynn

High Cost Copper Mines May Be 'Cut In' on U. S. Arms" Effort

EW YORK, June 28.—]t is indeed a tangled web we weave when we set out to shoot large squirts of dope into our producing system: It gets to be just one thing after another, The armament program for Britain uses up great quantities of copper. We have - plenty of copper in this country. Most of the time we have a hard job keeping production down— over-production is one of our perpetual headaches. At a time like this, however, the need is great. Therefore there is danger of the price going too high. So we have a ceiling over the price—12 cents a pound ¢ That is plenty price for copper. However, the copper industry, like most others—particularly the natural resources industries—is made up of producing units. Generally, however, they may be classified into two groups—the high-cost and the low-cost groups. The great copper-producing companies, owning the best mines and having the best equipment, can produce at a low cost. The smaller mines, scattered everywhere, having many low-grade ores and worked by cruder methods, have to spend a good deal of money to produce their copper. The low-cost producers can make copper and sell it at a good profit at 12 cents a pound—some of them can make a very large profit at that price. The low-

cost producers can turn out all the copper we need |

under ordinary circumstances. But the high-cost mines cannot work with copper at 12 cents.” And

usually there is no reason why they should work.

2 ” » UT now the demand for copper is vast, insatiable. Therefore the Government seemis to have decided that these high-cost boys should go to work making copper. But they must get a higher price—14 cents, it is estimated. And that price would give the lawcost men an unconscionable profit. So a scheme is cooked up by which every company will get 12 cents a pound on the amount of copper it produces now, but on all over that schedule it will get 14 cents. This means nice pickings for the big

fellows who will step up production, It will mean a 1 fair profit for the low-cost men.

But—it will take a year for the high-cost mines to get into production. And they do not want to make the necessary investment to start operations unless they can get a gugtaiies th that they will enjoy the 14-cent price for at least three years, come war, peace or what not. If that guarantee is given, what will happen if the war ends and we discover we have foo Eihch copper and Yeu have do ry to 51 i610 14 cen

So They Say—

VERY LITTLE remains of the economic condition evident in the beginning of the century to explain isolation and our obstinate determination in looking with more interest to than to those of America.—Dr, mer Argentine Minister of Finance.

REGARDLESS OF who is the political leader of” France at the moment, the everlasting qualities that have made France a world power can never die— Mrs. 8. W. Lorge, French teacher, deploring decline in-

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

COURT RULING IRKS ACCIDENT VICTIM By An Outraged Citizen, Indianapolis. Recently I went to a trial as a witness in an accident I had been

demolished and my own self injured, maybe permanently. The boy who struck me- was

driving between 50 and 70 miles an hour and without a driver’s license, and in court he had a reckless driving charge completely dismissed and received a suspended fine and costs of $2 on a no driver’s license. Believing firmly that the judge has been gotten to as there was nothing asked of me and the arresting officer one question. My financial loss was $300 car, $100 doctor, $64.35 hospital and $30 a week loss of time from my work for seven weeks. I would like to inquire if there isn’t something than can be done on this. . - 2 8 8 URGES PEACE BETWEEN NAZIS AND BRITISH

By Dan Flickinger, 5126 N. Pennsylvania

Now-—right now is the time to talk about peace! Peace, that is, between England and Germany. With Russia's sudden change from an Axis ally to- enemy, the present situation is roughly comparable to the Fall of 1916 during the last war. In other words, Germany’s offensive edge over Britain has obviously been weakened and postponed. For all of which we can be truly thankful. But, with the military future of each uncertain, with the fighting strength of each relatively nearer equal, now is the time to urge that England and Germany make peace. Just as many thinkers and historians agree they could and should have done when the first World War was only about two years old. Of course, no peace negotiated now would be either just or permanent; that takes time and horsesense. ‘Neither would a peace be fair or lasting after another Allied victory. (The 1919 one certainly wasn’t! And surely no one believes that peace following a Germany victory over England would be just or permanent. Hence, why not try to stop the bloodshed and destruction? Why

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not get ‘em to talking around a table like we did the Japs and Russians back in 1905? Why not try to find some other way of living on the same planet with the Boche? . Such a solution will not be an easy one, but it certainly couldn't be a much worse one than going to war every 35 or 30 years. Not —“If You Can’t Lick 'Em, Join Em,” by no means; instead — “If you Can’t Lick Em, or Can't Keep 'Em Licked, Try to Handle 'Em Some

England in her time of trouble has a perfect right to urge that we start fighting. In our desire to keep out of trouble, don’t we have an equal right to urge that she stop fighting? And now is the time! - Because neither side will even talk about peace if either side thinks they have a chance of winning. Prepare for war, but work for

peace. “Speak softly and carry a big stick.” : 2 8 = OFFERS DEFINITION OF ‘A ‘DECENT WAGF’ By William M. Taylor, Morgantown, Ind. I hope Mr. Meitzler is not sour on all mankind because he turned over and voted for Labor Baiting Willkie and lost to the majority. He was not alone, millions were fooled. The working people of this great nation are entitled to a decent living. We are told to abide by the majority decision. Majorities are organizing from day to day because the methods and policies of Ford, Girdler and others, force the workers to organize for their own protection and’economic gain, Whether it is Mr. Meitzler or Ford who hates to admit defeat, they are forced to

abide by decisions of that majority. Signing of a closed shop contract

between that worst offender of workers’ rights (Ford) and the U. A. W.-C. 1. O. surely is proof. Workers do not inherit riches of money from their parents, who have toiled for subsistence wages. They do inherit honesty, pride and an iron will to work and provide for their families. Any man who gives an honest day’s work is entitled to a decent wage that will guarantee the pursuit of happiness. A decent wage is one that will enable him to pay for a small home on the monthly plan. He is entitled to furniture that his wife will not be ashamed to have visitors. She is entitled to an electric refrigerator, radio and small appliances. His family should have decent clothing and nourishing food. His children are entitled to an education. Figure up the payments, plus utilities, insurance, doctor bills and lost time due to sickness and season unemployment. If Mr. Meitzler can do that on 50 cents per hour, he need not remain a wisecracker in Bivies, for a real job is hunting

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LEVELS CRITICISM AT “BUSINESSMAN LEADERS” By W. Scott Taylor, 8652 Salem St. Since Hitler has made it clear enough by both word and deed that his one fixed purpose is to substitute a German-dominated capitalistic system - for the British-American system, it seems curious that those who have the most to lose by this transaction, are the ones who have

proved to be the least capable of protecting themselves against its consummation. For instance, they want a big businessman to have absolute power over production. Yet, both in England and in this country, it is the big businessman leader like Neville Chamberlain, who, when a Hitler offers himself as a bulwark against Communism, will be as Hitler-un-conscious, as he is tax-conscious, profit-conscious and property-con-scious. It is the businessman leader who will triumphantly wave a “Peace for

of the independence of countries other than his own. He will worry more about the threat of a superabundance of plants and products after a war, than he will about the immediate scarcity. Hence he would rather be too late with too little than too soon with too much. He will look at the preparations to avert or win a total war, as a private enterprise, to be commenced at a time agreeable to, and on terms acceptable to the private enterprisers Ihemmselvess

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§ [tleness of the Businessman’s ideas

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Churehill is called in to save the

| businessmen from themselves. || DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME

By FRANCES RICHMOND

: | |I don’t know when to sleep,

I don’t know when to dine;

| |It’s all on account of—

‘This daylight saving time.

| |I turn on the Radio

And what disgust is mine

| When I hear an announcer say,

“Eastern daylight saving time.”

our time” Munich pact, at the price|.

Gen. Johnson:

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Recent Changes. in Defense § Pointed in Right Direction, Still Suffers From Divided Aut

ASHINGTON, June 28. These are somazoosntl’ developments in defense efforts: =~. * 4 Assistant Secretary of War Patterson's "coms;

property for public war use has been res ticularly what property may be: . taken. Mr. Knudsen'’s OPM nas bee” reorganized so that OPM committees for industry or commodity with private committees

and allocation of con not price. Price is Leon son's particular pigeon. Mr. Henderson has’ the direction of some few price ceilings and has indicated a need for more general legislative authority to fax any or |

prices. Mr. Ickes, as oil dictator, has begun very gen to cut down the consumption of oll. slong 4 Atlantic Seaboard. a oY “wild Bill’ Donovan, as 8 major general AL with Jimmy Roosevelt as assistant, is ap be giver some kind of direction of all: telligence” departments—of which we, bave

F. B. I, Secret Service, Post Office Inspection, A and Navy “Intelligence” and severdl other

made of this as threatening an “wild Bill” might become a sort of cos ordinator, but the bureaus and departments in = 8 these separate agencies now function would be a! as likely to give them up as a hungry tiger would. ogy up a hunk of raw beef. All these recent developments are not ews. © are in the right direction. They are mentioned, because they are separately important, bub: becuse, taken together, they are an indication of what is’ tha matter with things in Washington, Jit 8 8 8

T= «yullaballoo’ about the original commiandeers’ ing statute was exaggerated. It was about what had been-recommended by the World War Industri Board. A careful reading of the new and restric edition will reveal that the “restriction” is. more aps parent than real. Almost everything is a “component”, of munitions in modern war and, in the new draft, such components can still be taken—which is quite as as it should be. There is no space to discuss that point here. The real point is that OI Prices. fixing, priority, such conservation as Mr. Ickes

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a hand, Each affects, should supplement, and could offset and stymie the other. You can’t decree priorities. without controlling price. You can’t have .one aus’ thority guarding civilian supply and another sepa: rately and independently reducing production "{o) civilian supply. This is the heart of our whole effort to’ mobilize in dustry. These principles are not theories, They have: been proved the hard way in, our own and every parallel war experience. Whether they be Secretary Ickes or Patterson, or Messrs. Knudsen, Stettinius and’ Henderson or “Wild Bill” Donovan, We are getting’ » too many independent agencies with no Sedrdma, on. a un.» 3 T= reorganization of OPM into $ corresponding commodity committees of government and in dustry is O. K. It is in the War Department mobiliza tion plan and is what has been earnestly pleaded for in this space and elsewhere for years. It is bootless. to ask why it comes so late. It is like the old wheéezs about the Harvard man, (or whatever collegé you care’ to substitute), “You can always tell a Harvard man but you can’t tell him much.” This OPM reorganization for commodity commit tees will do some good but not enough because thé commandeering authority is some place.else and so are the more important functions of control of trans portation, prices, petroleum and civilian supply. &, The curse of the World War mobilization wad divided authority. At the end of it the veterans that effort said: “It cost billions in dollars o months in time. It was terrible, but, thank God, never again. We have learned our lesson.” But we haven't. This emergency organization i, Bepuming:

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almost as bad now as that one was at the It is far worse than that one was at the end and is getting no better. fast.

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A Woman's Viewpoint.

By Mrs. Walter Ferguson

pon ; cs makes strange bedfellows; ‘ut wary makes lunatic ones. Although every casual Tend er of history knows that Hitler was allowed because other Eurdpean leaders feared Fern and terrible doctrines coming out of Russia, toc ”

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finds the democracies lying d with the Moscow dictator, We are asked to give aid tyrant, Overnight, sinister man with the | mind, becomes our, ally, A new phase of i oi I game Winston Churchill Wn red in. They're waiting for ; Therefore, incredible as een part of our Lend-Lease ‘money,

These words make reading in Oklahoma than elsewhere, for one geen state courts has recently passed a 0 year si tence upon young Mr. and Mrs. oe an ucts of Harvard and Vassar, who were Wood: dangerous enemies of Americanism by a jury good Oklahoma democrats, ony - There is something vastly ironic here, in ful and evil genie seems to have cast a & ; us. Aiready our intervention into the affairs! reo io he situation, Who: can foretell what other more fantastic ones may arise? - Even to ourselves we must surely Sacrificing for democracy, we are foroes position of giving aid to one tyrant in ~another and more hated tyrént may be Certain Senators and commentators have always admired for their ot og change their tune again. With each operation with Russia, however, a We are exhorted to remember that, wh our Number One Enemy will be Comm How the Gods must laugh at the u antics of man when he makes war!

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