Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 August 1941 — Page 2
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
MONDAY, AUG. 18, 1941
| U.S Public Favors More Help for Britain, Opposes AEF. as War Nears 3d Year | OPINION STABLE,
GALLUP SHOWS 1
Approves Stepping Up
Majority Consistently
Aid to England; Keeping Hitler at Bay Key to American Thought
By DR. GEORGE GALLUP Director. American Institute of Public Opinion
PRINCETON, N. J, Aug. 18.—As a third year of war
looms in Europe the question
which occupies London, Berlin
and every other capital, including our own, is what part the United States will play in the conflict during the coming year.
Basically the question goes back to this:
What is the
attitude of the American people toward the war today? Some commentators at home and abroad have professed to be confused. But if an observer looks carefully at what
the people themselves are saying—and have been saying for |® many months—he will find no grounds for confusion. y
Not only does the pattern of pub-| {wanted on the — Plan.
lec opinion largely explain step America has taken thus far. but it also provides significant clues as to what may come next. Here is a brief guide to the public’s thinking on the war, distilled from months of continuous studfes by the Amerfcan Institute of Public Opinion
every
Dr. Gallup
played great confidence in the {ability of the British and French to withstand Hitler, most Americans believed it would be sufficient to repeal the arms émbargo and let Britain and France buy what they “cash-and- -carry”
Opinion Changes Quickly
But when the supposedly “impossible” happened, when German troops rolled across Western Europe, outflanked the Maginot Line and forced France to surrender, American opinion quickly approved new and far-reaching measures of aid, the Institute's findings show. For example: By the end of June, 1940, a few days after the surrender of the French republic, a large majority (68 per cent) had come to favor
and including
results ef new tests completed in|
the past two weeks: |
The majority of Americans do not
gide with either the extreme iso-| lationists or the extreme evel
tionists. Keep Hitler Away
Instead—and this has been true
during the entire period of the war] —the Institutes surveys show that
two joint purposes. In the final analysis these have been: ! 1. To avoid if possible a repetition of the 1317-18 experience when the United States sent a huge expeditionary force to Europe, and 2. To keep Hitler away from Western Hemisphere by giving every | necessary aid to Britain and her) allies—and by taking other measures | to bolster our defense What has changed since war began—and during the course of the war—is the publics conception of how much self-defense and aid-to-Britain may be needed. In the early months of the war when Americans in general dis-
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peacetime conscription for the first time in U. S. history. Subsequent actions which a majority have endorsed in Institute surveys are: Transfer of numerous |Army and Navy planes and other war equipment to Britain following Dunkirk; calling of the National Guard for active duty; the exchange of 50 U. S. destroyers for British naval bases; passage of the lend-
C {lease bill last winter as a means of the majority have been guided by|{nations resisting Hitlerism, and the
all-out” aid to Britain and other
recent occupation of Iceland. Against New A. E. F.
In addition the American public has recorded its overwhelming in{tention to fight if any part of the { Western Hemisphere should be threatened, from Canada to the
At the present time the studies
show a majority (54 per cent) in favor of the further step of convoying war materials to England, and a majority for extending the training period of the draftees. In short, at virtually every stage the majority of the American people have supported those measures which they have thought necessary to help bring about the defeat of Hitler and to strengthen our own continental defenses. Where the American public does draw the line today—as in preceding months—is at sending another A. E. F. abroad.
Unhappy Memories
For the average American still has unhappy memories of the last war, when our troops were sent overseas to fight as most Americans thought, to end war and to make the world safe for democracy. Disillusionment with that experience caused most U. S. citizens to decide —by 1937—that our entrance twenty years before had been a mistake. Even today, though Hitler's conquests have brought a revaluation of our thinking on that score, nearly half the public still regards the 1917-18 expedition as a mistake.
83 Per Cent Against A. E, F. “If the United States does enter
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the war against Germany and Ttaly,” the Institute asked voters in a survey just completed, “do you think we would send our Army to Europe to fight before the war is over?” Sixty-five per cent said they thought “war” would mean an expeditionary force sooner or later. And to this kind of participation, the public is opposed by the overwhelming majority of 83 per cent to 17 per cent in a survey just completed. The struggle which goes on in American opinion, therefore, is not in a real sense over the issue of “going into the war” or not going in The struggle is over the issue of how far we can go in our program of helping Britain and her allies and aiding our own defense—without becoming so involved that the only
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CITY IS FACING RECORD TAXES
in
Center Township Rate Is Asked.
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tax rate for next year appeared to be necessitated by the failure of the City to provide funds last year and possibly the year before, for
tax rate to liquidate loans made the year before. This | left a bookkeeping deficit of more] than $1,000,000, part of which has been made up through savings this
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Of the $616.000 appropriation increase for next year, approximately $605,000 is for wage increases, of which $228,142.42 is mandatory.
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The mandatory increases are: Police and fire pension funds, $97.494 19, sinking funds, $75.648.23; City election expenses $40,000, and hospital and medical care for police and firemen, $15.000. Salary increases in Police and Fire Departments alone amounted to $133,950. Pay increases asked for employees at the City Hospital and in hourly wages paid to laborers in nearly all departments totaled $150,000. In addition, the sum of $41,010 was provided to operate the new dairy division of the Health Board, which was brought into being two months ago by the Milk Grading ordinance, City Controller Deery said he anticipated a decrease in miscellaneous revenues for next year—another factor necessitating a higher tax rate.
Council to Get Budget
After the budget is introduced to the Council tonight, members will consider it during the next two weeks as a committee of the whole. The councilmen may make reductions in amounts requested but may not increase the budget requests. The net amount to be raised by the $1.49 tax levy next year is $7.782,23604. This s an increase of $1,339,152.94 over the amount raised this yvear—$6,443 083.10. Included in this increase are temporary loans made this year. Had provision been made last year for the payment of the temporary loans, the current civil City rate ($1. 26) would have been $1.36. Actually, it appeared that the increase in the rate was the result of under-financing of the last two years in which tax rates were de-
- | ficient.
Only One Decrease
; Budget increases by departments, including salary raises as well as increased expenditures for materials and supplies, are as follows: Dept. of Public Safety...$179,583.72 Health Dept. ,283. Park Dept. ..... ...827519.05 Sanitation Dept. .........$83,104.07 Municipal Airport ........$1174242 Executive departments of the City Hall requested a net increase of $2763 for salaries in addition to the $40,000 requested for City election expenses. The lone department to show a decrease in its budget request from this year, was the Public Works department, where a drop of $23,620.95 was evident. This decrease, however, is the result of the utilization of gasoline tax funds in lieu of funds raised by tax levy.
the repayment of temporary loans. |
Through an error in calculations, | le. Tell City. eighth; Carl no provision was made in the Todi | Georse es yi
A bitter contest for election to the post of national execlitive committeeman of the American Legion is being waged between Isadore Levine of La Porte (left) and Robert Lyons of Indianapolis.
Mr. Le-
Headliners at State Veterans’ Convention
r gation of the deaths of two Ft. Harrison
EXHAUST FAULTY ON SOLDIERS’ DEATH CAR
A board of officers from Ft. Harison today completed an investi-
soldiers, found dead of carbon monoxide gas yesterday in an automobile four and one-half miles north of Alexandria on Ind. 9. Dead were Corp. Ralph W. Anderson, 19, of near Lafayette, and Pvt. Joseph J. Belcher, 19, of Hen-
derson, Ky. Both youths were at-
tached to the medical station at the Pt. Harrison hospital. The investigating board said that the youths apparently had pulled up alongside the road to sleep after returning early yesterday from Marion, and left the car motor running to keep warm. One window of the car was open, but officers said the exhaust of the car was found to be faulty.
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LAVAL TO REOPEN CASTLE
CHATELDON, France, Aug. 18 (U. P.).—Pierre Laval is expected
to reopen his castle here soon.
Discussing American Legion affairs at the Indiana convention are State Adjutant William E. Sayer, of Indianapolis (left), Paul V. McNutt, Federal Security Administrator and former national Legion Commander; and Indiana Commander John A. Watkins, of Bloomfield.
Spirited Election Battle Is Faced af Legion Convention
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for State Commander, another situation without precedence in Legion history. Kokomo was said to be the only City to bid for the 1942 Indiana convention. District commanders elected today were Ed Riehl, Griffin, first district; Harry Llewellan, Warsaw, seccond: Fred Flagle, La Porte, third; A. R. Vegaleus, Ft. Wayne, fourth; William Jay, Gas City, fifth; Raymond Calvert, Plainfield, sixth; W. Brown, Bloomington, seventh;
Lawrenceburg, ninth; Robert
temporary | wellbaun, Richmond, 10th; Byron
Morgan, Alexandria, llth, and | Frank Mumford, Indianapolis, 12th. The executive committee voted
Congress acted on political redistricting. McNutt Is Speaker
Speaking on “Self Defense,” former Governor McNutt pointed to the “grave danger” facing America and said that “not a day passes but the evidence increases that the stage
of war is creeping stealthily upon us.” “But let it be remembered,” he said, “that if we are close to war, it is not because of this nation’s foreign policy, as some would have you believe, or of anything that has hi§pened here. “We are close to war because of the foreign policy of the Nazis, the Fascists and the Japanese and because of what is happening in Europe, Russia and the Far East. We are close to war because forces have been let loose in the world which would destroy democracy and enslave all the Americas. “We are close to war, not because we choose our enemies, but because we choose our way of life, and having chosen it, must defend it against its foes. In a world of total war, there can be no neutrality.
‘World Is Shrinking’
“Those who have opposed the Administration’s policy assert that the American people are not now ‘free’ and that theirs is no longer a representative government. They have charged that the President, by subterfuge, is leading the nation into war against the will of both the people and of the Congress. They deny that the national interest is imperiled or that the representatives of the people believe so. “The facts of history speak for themselves. The Congress which is not supposed to be convinced that the national interest is imperiled has appropriated 47 billion dellars for defense. “It has voted a selective service act into law and has now extended the period of service because of the Nation’s peril. “Every action of the Congress has SE ——————————— PERMANENT WAVES SPECIALLY PRICED Mon., Tue., Wed. REG. 7.50
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“No Time to Wait”
“The national policy is fixed and the course set. It has been determined by traditional democratic methods. Everyone had his say and no one went to jail for what he has said. The nation now has the right to call upon all its citizens to {support that policy, whether they approve it or not. “A free government is a government of debate and discussion . . but no man stops to debate when his home is on fire. “It is growing late. Already the sun has set in many lands. We have reached the hour when minutes are precious. There is no time to wait. We can tolerate neither disaffection nor disunity.” He described the Western Hemisphere as an “island in the sea” while the “world shrinks before our eyes.” The 40 & 8 elected Wayne L. Lowe of Terre Haute for grand chef de gare of the Indiana Department. Others elected were: Fred Comingore of Lafayette, grand chef de train of the northern district; Louis Neu of Shelbyville, grand commissaire intendant; Phil E. Clements of Indianapolis, grand correspondent; Chester Love of Elkhart, grand garde de la porte, and B. D. McCombs of Anderson, cheminot national. Willard D. Hire of Syracuse was named champion Indiana American Legion bugler at the drum and buglers’ contest. William H. Briggs of South Bend won second place. Ruth Mary Mack of Indianapolis won the drummers’ championship with William E. Cook of Indianapolis finishing second. The best junior. soprano bugler was Robert Ryckman of Hammond. Veva Peet of Indianapolis finished fourth in the junior drums division.
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Speaker Clifton A. Woodrum (D. Va.) and Chairman Sol Bloom (D. N. Y.) of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
‘Confidential,’ He Says “It was very interesting, but I
.{can’t tell you much about it,” Senator Barkley said.
“It was all confidential.” Senator Barkley said the conference touched “only casually” on the Far Eastern situation, where American relations with Japan are severely strained. “Did the President express any particular satisfaction at the decision of Congress to fake a month’s vacation?” Mr. Barkley was asked. He grinned and replied that the President expressed no viewpoint on that particular point.
Points to Recess
Although he said the Senate has no definite plans for a recess with the House, he made it clear that action would be postponed on major legislation until after Labor Day. He said that price control legislation was not discussed during the meeting. It was believed that Mr. Roosevelt would discuss means of speeding up American war aid to Britain and Russia at a luncheon conference with Lend-Lease Administrator Harry L. Hopkins, who has opened conversations on the subject with Lord Beaverbrook, British Minister of Supply.
HAROLD LLOYD'S MOTHER DIES
HOLLYWOQD, Aug. 18 (U. P.) —
Mrs. Elizabeth Fraser Lloyd, 71, mother of film star Harold Lloyd, died yesterday at her home.
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