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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1041"

JANIZED labor has never had greater gains to celerate it can count on this first Monday of Sep-

LABOR DAY, i941

brate than

| telnber, 1941." The American labor movement has never seemed to occupy a stronger position. It can look back on 12 months of demands enforced, of such former citadels of opposition as Ford and Little Steel overcome, of support by a friendly national administration, of successful opposition to legal restrictions on its growing powers. : | : And it haginever, we think, faced greater dangers. : These are not the dangers created by those who, if they could, would make a world emergency the excuse for bludgeoning labor into submission and depriving it of its rights. : They are the dangers created within the labor movement itself, by ruthless and selfish and reckless and weak leaders, and by followers who have been content to accept ~ bad leadership—to think only of what they can get by belonging to unions, not of the ‘responsibilities which should . go with union membership. : i Labor's great gains of the last year have been achieved at heavy cost. In the first seven months of 1941 strikes deprived this. country of more than 15,000,000 man-days of production—more than a third of those man-days in industries whose products were urgently needed for national ‘defense. Some of the strikes were justified. Many of them . were inexcusable, called without attempt to reach peaceable settlements or in furtherance of unions’ jurisdictional warfare on other unions.. Not a few were engineered by enemies of America. Many a union treasury was enriched by exorbitant “initiation fees” and dues wrung from poor _men seeking work on defense projects. | Let not labor count only its gains, believing that their gost has been forgotten. Organized labor is strong—but organized labor, with all its strength, remains a minority group in the United States. Unless, in months to come, ‘the labor movement gains wisdom and integrity and selfrestraint all its more material gains can be—we fear, will _be—cancelled out by a revulsion of public feeling such ashas overwhelmed other once-powerful movements in their country, prohibition for instance. ] : We have seen no sounder words of counsel for labor day * than these, by Gerald W. Johnson in the Baltimore Eve-

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“A union man’s work for the national defense is not done when the whistle blows—not in these days. He must also work for the national defense when he attends a union ‘meeting and chooses his leaders. For only under the leadership of honest men and sane men can organized labor defend either its present position, or its future prosperity,

or the independence of the United States.”

PHILADELPHIA'S BUSINESS (CONTRACTOR MATT M¢CLOSKEY, who is a power in ™ the Democratic politics in Philadelphia and Pennsyl_vania, appeared for a White House conference the other day, and President Roosevelt said later that the topic discussed had been a new mayor for Philadelphia, to succeed the late Robert E. Lamberton. Mr. Roosevelt told Mr. McCloskey, he added, that he didn’t have enough information to express an opinion. And “why, we ¢an't help wondering, should a man 80 busy, so burdened with national and world responsibilities, be expected to form or express an opinion on such a matter? We grant that many a Democrat in Philadelphia, and in many another city, for that matter, would be glad to run for mayor—or for councilman, coroner or dog-catcher—as Mr. Roosevelt's candidate. And probably there are fewer ¢itizens than there once were who would resent Presidential intervention in a municipal election. But after all, and if only to save wear and tear on the Roosevelt coat tails, there ‘must be .some limit on the number of riders. ‘So 'we're glad that, as indicated, the President declined: Mr. McCloskey’s ‘invitation to select Philadelphia's new mayor. We could wish it had been made more emphatically’ clear that there still are a few things the people of an Amer-

can city should expect to do for themselves. .

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CUBA JOINS THE PARADE {2 ERMANY is always plaintively wondering why other. nations won't treat her on térms of equality. The rea‘son is plain. rmany won't act on terms of equality.

Cuba has now joined in the parade of countries sending |

Nazi consuls back home. Minister of State Cortina said “The. Government has been able to prove that German Dopeul Heisinger had engaged in activities apart from those nherent in his post and which affected the security of Cuba.” : . So 3 ~ Same old story. Same old claim that they are somelow superior, privileged, unwilling to abide by the ordinary observed-by others. Country after country has found pretension€ intolerable.” Nobody wants to take away m Germany such a position in the world as it has earned its legitimate achievements; for it to seize a position of ecial privilege—~this, the world will not permit.

{ x = : FTER IT’S TOO LATE AZI authorities in conquered Holland are reported an- ~ noyed’ by the way in which. Hollanders now stand on t corners, slowly and conspicuously eating oranges. is the national color, and name of the ruling house. radio broadcaster is reported protesting the

chance on earth that anything ever will be done to

‘eharge that Mr. Noe, who served a bri

Tokyo's Dilemma

‘been the situation ever since—Latterly with the even

Fair Enough ~~ [T!

2 Continuing the Fascinating Story of | |

the Win or Lose Corp., One of Most

Brazen Political Steals.in Our History A “NTEW: YORK, Sept..1.—The Win or Lose Corp, of |

which 1 was speaking in my tangled, meandering way when I ran out of room Saturday, was real-

the Huey Long

of Allen Ellender, the senior senator from Louisiana, in the fact

that he sat by in the speaker's |

chair of the lower house of the osisiatire and let this grab go

My first knowledge of the deal | f

came in a small dispatch from. Baton Rouge, in November, 1934,

Which said tha the Win or Lose |

- “Corp. had come into being with a concession to drill oil ‘on state

‘lands in the richest ares .of the-|

Louisiana fields, out of which the state would receive

every eighth barrel of oil pumped. James A. Noe, one | |

of Huey’s legislative leaders and a close associate of Ellender, was the stock. Se political graft and disbursements, was named as vice president, and Earl Christenberry, Long's own secretary, was secretary of the company. - Seyeral of the kids who had been kicked out of

the school of journalism of Huey’s state university

for criticizing him raised a holler that this was a

miniature Teapot Dome, but people everywhere were | -

by now so thoroughly drugged

and oratory that nobody cared. : : 8 =» = UEY’S crooked courts and his crooked state de partment of justice would do nothing about it and so it was just allowed to pass. There is not a

y Long’s effrontery

anyone for the taking of oil from the state under the charter of this company. There may be some punishment for failure to pay Federal taxes on the money. but that is something else. It is on such a > f interim as governor after Huey’s death, is due to go to some time. To such a charge Weiss already pleaded guilty. : : The very next year, 1935, Noe and Weiss reported income of $92,396 from Win or Lose. This

indicated of course that Noe had adjusted shares | ° with Weiss, but the impending indictment against |

Noe alleges that Huey and Noe each held 31 per cent of the stock, Wi 24 per cent, and Oscar Allen, the docile old governor who was actually Huey's flunky, 12 per cent. . Alice Lee Grosjean and Christenberry by the indictment are said to have held each 1 per cent. Miss Grosjean was a good-looking typist who had caught Huey’s eye and whom he had the effrontery to appoint to the offices of Secretary of State and State Commissioner of Accounts, successively.

2 8 = (CSIENBERRY, then Huey’s secretary, is, incidentally, a brother of Hérbert Christenberry, an assistant federal district attorney in New Orleans, who als6 was a member of the Long crowd. Now Herbert may have a part in the prosecution of Noe. Put otherwise, this Federal prosécutor in the office which will press or fail to press the charge? against Noe is a brother of a man who admittedly was secretary of the company and how do you like that? In 1935, the first year of operations, the corporation got $347,937 for oil sucked out of the state’s oil reserves, and the expenses, according to the U. S. Treasury, were only $10,771, leaving $337,165 to be divided among the lucky winners. And even with this the Longsters nevertheléss tried to chisel the government's legal take, according to the Treasury's figures and charges. Sa What further flow of riches the shareholders have received from the land belonging to Huey's beloved and idolatrous po’ folks is a subject on which I can give no information just now. But there you have the’ rough, bulky outlines of a grab which, for audacity is without equal, considering the fact that they openly announced that they were helping themselves to oil out of the state reserve.

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By Ludwell Denny

ASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—The issueé of peace or war in the Pacific is not apt to be decided by the Roosevelt-Nomura negotiations at all, but by Hitler’s success or failure on the Russian steppes and in Hirohito’s palace. The Tokyo Government is a shadow regime unable to conti6l the military masters close to the emperor. To date Hirohito has not preveniéd them from tightens ing their dictatorship over the Japanese people; he has not re strained their conquest of China and Indo-China, their threat to the British, Dutch, Filipinos and Russians. : . Hitler's failure to come through on time against Russia means that Japan cannot extend her conquest without fighting the Anglo-Amer- : . ican Pacific alliance. That is what Hitler actually wants. He does not want to fight the United States because his hands are full, but if he can get his-Axis partner to do so that will divert the American equipment which otherwise goes to Britain and Russia. a : But the defensive lineup against Japanese aggression is now so complete that even thé Tokyo mili tarists dare not gamble on such a long shot at the moment. They must wait-just as they have had to wait during: the last month—for Hitler to knock ott Russia: and turn on Britain again, before they risk

another major move, MEANWHILE ‘the Japanese moderates—such as Nee mbassader Norra and his friend, Foreign ? ~=nave an opportuni 3 But this in itself ‘means little, ; fo, negotiate ~The Nomura faction in the Navy and Cabinet, plus business groups, plus liberals, plus unknown millions of war-weary Japanese; want peace and prefer the friendship of the United States to a Hitler partnership. Unfortunately, nowever, they are powerless as Jong as the militarists control with the consent of the emperor.

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churian conguest, when the Tokyo CGiovernment talked one way and the militarists acted another. It has

more dangerous mixture of Hitler influence. , Until the moderates actually regain control in Tokyo, diplomatic negatiations at best can only gain time. At the moment, however, that is valuable. - If Hitler is stalemated, the Japanese probably will desert him and deal with the United States. But if Hitler defeats Russia before snow flies, his Tokyo partner will again have the advantage in the Far Pacific. Then Tokyo overtures to the United States, or possible promises, are apt to be less as those of the past. : 2

So They Say— FOR THE FIRST TIME in the 10 years been talking about it, there is a danger of infla

and a serious one—J. K. price divisi OPACS. a ia

BEWARE OF the man who sneers tertainment because it isn’t ig 1 moral dictator—an esthetic tyrant Seldes, critie. :

gan an s of stockings they wear.—Russell

president, ‘owning ‘98 -per cent of |. ur. Weiss, who handled the mob’s |:

term | trial has each

his stand for God and country and tries to expose the subversive forces of alien isms within ouf nation

their fellow-travelers.

This was the situation as far back as the Man- |.

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CALLS GAMBLING HONORABLE COMPARED T0 PINBALL | By A Ex-Piaball Addict, indianspotté

a woman complaining ganibling joint downtown. gle out this one place? Ever since they took down the bars on pinball machines, practically ‘every - saloon, drugstoré and restaurant has become a gambling joint.” This town is more widé opén than ever before in its history. ~ Bkill games, they call thém. Nuts. I see owners of drugstores, restaurant§ and taverns paying off in cash every day. And those downtown gambling joints are places of strict ‘honor compared to those nicke] robbers. 2 8 = A TIP FOR THE CITY ON CUTTING DOWN NOISE By R. W. Weber : When, as and if the city administration géts around to doing something about noise abatement in this city, let it start cleaning up its own departments. I mean thése sirens that howl, scréech and resound throughout the night. Doeés a deputy sheriff have to turn on his siren evéry time he goes to lunch? . : Does the fire department have to return at thé same slap-dash pécé it goes to a fire and with just as much noisé? : - Do the ambulances have to scream down the streets even when there is no emergency? » EJ 2 MR. MADDOX MAKES AN EXPLANATION OF HIS VIEWS By Edward F. Maddox, 959 W. 28th St. Whatever patriotic American takes

about Why

must be prepared to face bittér and hostile criticism from Nazis, Fascists, Socialists, Communists and

And not only that, but also from his own political and personal friends who are too busy to. read snytiing but the sport and comic pages of our newspapers and detective stores in magazifies. And another element is the bitter-ender politician who sees only good in his own party and evil in the oppesition. Patriotism transcends party loy-

ty! : Now all Americans with common senise should know and have no excuse for not knowing that the world

1 see in your paper a letter from|.

is being rapidly ranged into. two

(Times readers are invited to express their views in these columns, religious controversies excluded. Make your letters short; so all can - have a chance. Letters mast be signed.)

fanatical hostile armies of destruc-tion--and into a world struggle of | against Communism. The Fascists are calléd right-wingers and the Communists left-wingers. They are agents of Hitler and Stalin. Eyery . honest, informed American knows Wwe have plenty of both kinds in| our nation. All sensible Americans know that both these alien ism’ systems are hostile and dangerous to our peace and safety and no honest .Démoctat or Republican wahts any Communist or Fascist or féllow-traveler, eithér electéd or appointed to any office or position of power in our Government. As patriotic Americans it is our duty to insist that our nation shall keep clear and free from the desJoraie intrigues. of both Sialive mimunisimn and Hitler's ism and that no fellow-traveler of either faction shall be giveni the power and authority to control our destiny. That's all I ask! ... :

2 8 » MR. WEAVER SENDS US A LETTER FROM TRIBUNE By asd Weaver Jr, 2055 N. Pennsyl1 enclose a letter printed in the Chicago Tribute and which I think just about covers the opinion of those who advocate our entry into the war: “Here are my eight reasons why 1 think the United States should get into the war now: ; “1. The increase in our business

would mean & raise or two for me.

« “2. I just love the movies, and if all those glamorous peopls in Hollywood want it, war must be grand! #3. 1 simply adore budgets, d figuring out How to pay the increasing taxes would give Mm good excuse for fooling around ours every night. “4° I have friends on the seacoast; and I don’t want them to

get bombed. : | “5. 1 have been doing a lot of talking about the Administration's war aims. I'd be proven right, and my

a th

Side Glances—By Galbraith

er- | ful

w friends who disagree would think I'm a pretty smart cookie. “6. My father is of English parentage, My mother is of fl. Father is the cuter, I think, “7. I get such a thrill out of uniforms, seeing solders march, and Hearing lovely, stirring battle hymns. It ‘all bring tears to my eyes. f $o00 “8. I have no close friends or relatives in danger of being drafted— 80 why not? a “B.C. B”

: 2 8 = SEES CLAPPER WRITING LIKE AN ENGLISHMAN By R. W. T., Indianapolis.

Raymond Clapper writés more like an English subject than an American, ia . His “we” means England, and he uses the worn-out pa that eventually bombers be able to raid the American coast at will. Will America be hélpless then? Perhaps so .if our leading warmonger gjves away all our airplanes. How does Mr. Clapper happen to overlook the Churchillian laugh (or cry) that if dear old Uncle Sam starts an aggressive war with Japan to save Englands and Holland's stolen colonies in Asia he, Churchill, will jump in to hélp us? Crazier and érazier do our small but noisy ‘inferventionists become in their anxiety to start a shooting war against thé will of those at least that will have to do the dying. ae.” CALLS BRITAIN AND ‘MASS MURDERERS’ By Léster Gaylor, 4534 Sangster Ave. Crafty, clever, doublé-crossing old Britain is on the rampage again in her effort to hogtie the world. With crocodile tears, “Wint” Churchill, “deah” Lord Beaverbrook and the so-called Committee for National’ Defense are urging us to jump into Europe’s blood feud and help Britain and godless Russia “go over the| top” in doing their share of miass murdering. Churchill declares Britain séeks to grab no more térritory—"just as of old.” This sounds liké a Roosevelt promise and is as untruth-

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2 2 = URGES APPOINTMENT OF FAIR RENTS COMMITTEE

By J. 8. T., Indianapolis

There is real need for a fair rents commitiee as suggested by the yor.,, I think every person who is paying rent is conscious of the Weapon held by the landlords. The persons who are fortunate enough to own their own homes are sitting pretty. They are paying fixed charges on a rising market. But the man who has been unable to finance his own home is caught in a very preity pockeét indeed. He is at the mercy of the landlord. I do not want to be unjust to a large number of tivic-minded and just property owners; but the honest-to-goodness truth is that Indianapolis is packed jam full of a bunch of landlords who would like nothing better than to squeeze the last possible penny out of the renter. I am beginning to realize how the last war made so many millionaires. This one apparently going to make ariother crop. just steal it from their fellow citizens.

MAY I-— By ANNA E. YOUNG

. HAPPENED to help prepare the report of tional Transportation Committee of 1932 same, or a closely similar subject. It was statutory committee, but since this new and si board is only advisory that doesn’t make very real difference. ” But there was a very real difference, and this: That committeé was com of exCalvin Coolidge, ex-Presidential Candidate Al Smith, Clarke Howell, publisher of the Atla stitution, B. M. Baruch and Alexander Legge, 10 vice chairman of the War Industries Board president of the International Harvester Co. + Its studies were conducted in conscientic exhaustive hearings by the committee and in a ing economic investigation by the Brookings Ir tution, . . ee The gentlemen suggested by the doubtless fine, able Americans, but, for a nat advisory board’s findings to carry authority and ec viction, its members should be mén of som proaching national stature and some greater di tion than local office-holding, kindess to their ilies and love for their mothers. wy

. 8s = 8 WHE this provision of that statute has not b adequately cartied out, I don’t pretend to or even guess. It has been suggested to me is because the President doésn’t desire any a reports just now on the St. Lawrence SeaWsy

the Plorida Canal. FRadte 1 have no means of knowing or checking that. 1 or °

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don't even believe that the statutory ; research and planning was broad enough. It doesn’t include air and pipeline carriage. But it must be apparent to everybody that the greatest fault in present war effort is headlong, unplanned, wu

/| plored action.

The results of this, as sure as sunrise, are sh going to be apparent in sharp national dissatisfs which is already appearing, not only in this pa fied of transportation, but in many other places. ot Juese have not defined themselves, biit théy 86 0 $0. . Vi The darkness through lack of fact-gathering study is so deep that the extent of these évils ¢ even be guessed: But it appears so gréat ti wouldn't like to be at the receiving coop chickens come home to roost. :

‘Editor's Note: The views expressed by columnistd ‘in newspaper are their own. They are not § of The Indidnspolis Tinies.

A Woman's Viewpoint By Mrs. Walter Ferguson ra

CCORDING tc a newspaper poll the | dén variety of wife is less faulty than band. This conclusion was based on answers tionnaires sent out to both members of the f with space for individuals to list empl their mates, Barring a

mentally inferior, 6 no marriage. Women, on the contrary, Teformens and always visualize it as a div: state. ; The average American Husband accepts her as she is without wan She may not be his, and knowing that she does in the limits of feminine capacity, short-comings and is proud of her Remember, also, t he lives bulk of publicity is designed to He is dissected and examined in the if he were a funny bug in a laboratory, wi radio, magazines and a good deal of newspa devoted to'rules for capturing and holding I generally ad h of a vast hunt—which he is. Moreover, no matter how decent he may be he can still be divorced e grounds of “extréme Yet, Lo pin, lasing # ofl oth evangeli campaign conduc or Ppurpo yous and reformation. ‘Because whatever I she wants to improve.

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