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oton Lah ond the People WEL Pind Fhe Own Woy TT TaomavaY, oorommR 8, 14 THE battle in Russia, which may determine within the next fortnight the fate of Europe, probably also will decide the issue of peace or war in the Pacific. So ~ When the Russians’ were holding the Nazi inyaders, Premier Konoye opened negotiations with President Roosevelt. "Now that Germany is advancing once more on the {Ukrainian and Moscow fronts, the Japanese generals are preparing again for their long-delayed attack on Russia's

On. the outcome of Hitler's effort to crush European Russia before winter closes in, will depend any Japanese in the West, followed by Japanese ght force Stalin to accept a “Petain - Axis forces to attack the British

China, and Germany moving through the Middle East to--But if Hitler fails|to win the decisive battles for the ithin the next two or three weeks,

is Japan’s worst enemy is that she is using up her oil and steel scrap reserves, while the Anglo-American-Dutch embargo blocks new war supplies. 8 & =»: ” =» 8 “7 States of stringing out the Konoye-Roosevelt negotiations while it completes “the encirclement and strangula-

_ tion” of Japan. Therefore they call for quick military

action. Actually, however, they have been afraid to jump

the Russian bear until Hitler chains it.

Meanwhile the so-called pro-American group in Tokyo

is keeping open the line for diplomatic retreat in case

Hitler fails to reach Moscow in October as he failed in

August. Then Tokyo would need to polish up its friendship pact with Moscow and make a new one with Washington. id Hence the latest appeal by Domei, semi-official news

agency, for Germany to finish off the Russian war by peace

if necessary, so that the German-Japanese alliance can ~ concentrate .on removing “the evil hand of Britain from. - the Far East.” If Hitler gets mired too deeply. and:too

long in Russia, Japan will be left to face Britain and the United States alone; the Tokyo Government warns its people

The next few weeks should tell the tale, one ‘way or

the other. After that, Japan will be in a weaker position to start a Siberian or Pacific war. :

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE Y’ g THE Indianapolis Y. M. C. A. has begun a four-day observance of the birthday of George Williams, who founded Y. M. C. A. work 97 years ago. This city was fortunate in being one of the early centers of this activity. The Indianapolis branch was opened in 1854—87 years ago. During, those 87 years, many of this community’s most noted citizens have helped direct the Y. M. C. A. activities. Among them have been Benjamin Harrison, J. K. Lilly an

a paying membership of some 5000, its activities extend to many thousands more without cost. There are, for instance, 117 Gra-Y clubs in our local schools, taking in 1500 boys; there are 30 Hi-Y clubs, numbering 500 more boys; and there are at least 100 church athletic teams, totaling 1000 participants, all working under 'Y. M. C. A. guidance. And of perhaps even more importance is the fact that the Indianapolis ¥. M. C. A. has the only accredited night-time high school in all Indiana and that men and women of all ages are finishing up in their leisure hours schoolwork they wanted so badly and couldn’t get in their earlier years. ' Yes, the Y. M. C. A. has served Indianapolis well. We. can only wish it many, many more years of success.

“PROTECTOR’S” QUALIFICATIONS F all possible titles for the man chosen to hold the Czechs "in, subjection, the Nazis would have to choose “protector.” It is their “protector” who is marching the cream of Czech patriots before the muzzles of Nazi firing squads. Well qualified for establishing such “protection” is Reind Heydrich, newest appointee to the title. As a boy of

1: he learned brawling as a member of the Free Corps in,

s native Halle, in the days when rival bands of Communist and Nationalist roughs fought each other for posjession of the street. | At 23 he was an efficient operative in the navy ingence branch. An original Nazi, he quickly understudied mmler, and now vies with him for the chance to become e Fouche of the Nazi Revolution. Yuik on It is an epic of Nazi success to be entrusted at 37 with e effort to outblot the terror of the French Revolution.

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RIM REMINDER : ‘the very eve of the National Safety Congress’ meeting | in Chicago, when 10,000 safety leaders meet, it is sarned that August set a new all-time high for traffic eaths, The toll was 8910, an increase of 21 per cent over 280 total of August, 1940. s is all out of proportion to the increase in traffic

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result, Tokyo militarists now accuse the United}

Fair Enough

«By Westbrook Pegler

oo hg a >a NEW YORK, Oct. 9.—In continuing yesterday's discussion of the movie operaiong ion in

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who was denounced by the court for ican workmen in the status of them to perform work for which he was permitted to remain in power as of the Newark local until this very day. Here is what Vice Chancellor Berry said: ~~ “This complaint (of extortion) is based on the ‘contention of many of the junior members that they were required to pay certain officers sums ‘from $100 to $600 as the price of being awarded certain motion picture operator jobs and. that they were also required to kick back to the officers from $5 to $25 a week. This charg

evidence supporting it is overwhelming and justifies the conclusion that it is well founded.” ld

Graft-Payers Got Jobs

. “IT IS ADMITTED,” went on Chancellor that the local has a virtual monopoly positions within its jurisdiction. In‘ ; the business agent (Kauffman) is the dictator and controls every such job. His word is law. The theater managers know from experience that they have to request the business to ‘assign operators to their theaters. They are not permitted to directly. ; : “The testimony discloses that men who were paying graft usually had steady employment. It is too plain for argument that nominal control: of jobs was in the local and actual control in the business man-

Sriears their right of freedom of contract of employment. “The constitution of this state provides that ‘all men are by nature free and independent and have certain natural and unalienable rights among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing and protecting property and of pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness.’ It is against public policy that the individual should surrender his right of contract of employment, the right to the sale of his own labor, to any other individual or organization ‘except to the extent necessary to subserve the public interest’.” .

But He's Still on the Job

“THE INSTANT CASES,” went on the Chancellor, present but new examples of that spirit of revolt by

.the rank and file of labor against autocracy and

dictatorship within the union. It is unfortunate not only for labor but for society in general that such conditions as disclosed in these cases can exist. “Union autocracy, whether applied internally or externally, is equally reprehensible. Labor unions had their origin in the ancient guilds of foreign countries. In this country they were born of necessity arising from the unconscionable conduct of capital, of employers ma virtual .slaves of their employees. But the cure which was sought for these ills via the union has, in many instances of which the instant cases present a fair example, proved much worse than the disease itself. ; - “The ills have been increased manyfold by the unconscionable conduct of union officials and racketeering business agents. It is such-conduct persisted in by so-called labor leaders, business agents, etc, in their lust for power and their greed for wealth which they vociferously condemn, that at times brings unions into disrepute. en union leaders learn that enslavement of laborers ‘to their

decried enslavement of labor by capital, there will be less necessity for intervention of the courts in. labor disputes. of this kind. = = To - “The issue here is much deeper than appears on the surface. It is whether the inherent right of the’ individual to work out his own’ destiny shall be preserved; whether individuals ‘are to be compelled to surrender to collectivism and collectivism in turn to dictatorship.” : Kauffman, now indicted in the Federal Court in New York for racketeering through his unjon, was not challenged by any authority in the A. F. of L. after this denunciation and the proof of his grafting

practices in 1934, and he remains the boss of the Newark local. :

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The Oxford Group By Helen Kirkpatrick

LONDON, Oct. 9.—Members of Buchman’s Oxford Group will not be exempt from military service in Britain, Minister of Labor Ernest Bevin has so informed Parliament following weeks of heated discussion. For weeks now the British press has been full of letters for and against the so-called . Oxford Group. Bishops and clergymen, & laymen and Buchmanites have written thousands of words to prove that Buchman’s evangelists should or should ‘not be regarded under the law as a recognized religlous body and therefore exempt, or not, from military service. Praises ana accusations have been volleyed back and forth. An end has been put to the discussion for good and all, if Bevin is'to be believed. Young men of military age who have been preaching throughout the ‘country to obtain converts to the Buchman movement will now have to join the army or one -of the armed services. They will not -be permitted exemption unless conscientious objectors’ tribunals excuse them on the grounds of principle. Buchman Pro-Hitler,’ He Charges The final debate was led by A. P. Herbert, wko charged that the views of some of its members arg “potentially dangerous to the state.” i Producing “Who's Who” to show that -Buchman claims to be a Cambridge University graduate and a letter from Cambridge University denying this, Mr. Herbert read from letters accusing the group of being the “main force in spreading defeatism in Denmark.” Herbert said that Buchman “loves Hitler as much as he loves us,” and mentioned the widely held view that Gestapo Chief Heinrich Himmler was a member of the group. He quoted a statement by Buchman thal 1 Junk So that there » a Jan lige Hitler.” “Never since war began, in spite of challenges, has that remark been denied, retracted, or corrected and I believe that there is no single utterance -of the ‘master’ which condemns Hitler,” Herbert said. Herbert George Mather, the group's ‘advocate in Parliament, to get from Buchman a simple statement against Hitlerism. Gir ad ued So ask SHIA for.a statement declined, along other ‘group supporters, to «challenge the government on the issue.

take severe measures against the Oxford Group Com- , Lid. whose “tone, ¢ He says, Is Nazis.” / :

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So They Say—

___In a democracy we can't afford the luxury of government by politicians. Se Saar | yo Quired, and you can’t learn it in a political clubhouse. —Mayor La Guardia of New York.

autocratic whims is no less pernicious than the much |'WE AMERICANS ARE

|tality, and their names form long|'urn deaf ears to patriotic songs,

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

ATTACKS STAND OCEAN GIVES US>SAFETY By George O. Smith, 429 S. Hamilton Ave. One of the most worn-out argu-. ments is that German’ can’t cross 20 miles of the channel, so we don't have anything to worry about. Well England is carrying on a pretty goodsized war in the Mediterranean and Japan is carrying the war a couple of thousands miles from home, so with the combined resources of a few more conquered countries, Hitler could cause .considerable damage on this continen

(Times readers are invited to express their views in these columns, religious con. troversies excluded. Make yout letters short, so all can have a chance. Letters must be signed.) :

stop and ponder when asked what was in the Bill of Rights. And those flags laid away and forgotten about. Is it less trouble to unfold and hang them out to bil low in the breeze now than it was during the years of the depression? Today song publishers are eager is to grab hold of any tune with a paBy Mrs. B, H. Walleck triotic flavor, good or bad. While. It’s marching time to martial mu-|not so long ago they would have sic and those: who jitterbugged ‘to|refused the best of its kind. SW rhythm ht have a little] Yes, we Americans are like the sy SE step. The flags atheist. who cried aloud on - his y P 8 deathbed for the comforting ‘words we folded away and sort of forgot|or g preacher or priest; we are like about when those patriotic holidays|the drowning man who never had came around need to be mended shy Ypsite Yo learn Yo With nil from being creased so long. ® Yas Sols (OWD. 10F the And they tell us the words to “The| time; and we greatly resemble the Star-Spangled Banner” are grand couple who never thought to lay and inspirational, but a lot of us|2side anything for a sainy day unnever. bothered to learn them until|Ul they were hit by a deluge. - now. Interior decorators and fashion designers have discovered a fine|of opportunity, extending the right new color combination in red, white | live the way we want to live; the and blue, whereas, in the years gone right to worship the ‘way we want by they might have considered it|t0 Worship, and the right to do our ou of ie Ee Aliens who accepted the bounty |SOmenow we always fo: of this land as their just right, yet us thanks during the Paget] Tot sport av dovibped 3 sus] Yoh when the present danger den wealth of patriotic sentimen-|P8st We will probably once more

A SMUG LOT.

think it too much trouble to hang ounc -jout the flag on holidays, consider TS JI ew Sou is the playing of the national anthem We Americans are a smug lot,| Waste of time, and become tired

content to accept our blessings as a|0f the red, white and blue as 3 col‘matter ofcourse, until some force|°F SOmMRARO. i. Bahl threatens to snatch them from us.| : The Bill of Rights has been part| WANTS SPECIAL TAX of our creed since our independence| ON ‘WAR FORTUNATES’ was established, but we mnever|sy p. s., Indianapolis . stopped to'fathom the true meaning| When I returned from World War of those words until we became ap-{No. 1, I hoped that ‘this country prehensive that someone might| would never. allow one citizen to come along and substitute a new Mst,|bear the brunt of parting from parin which “Thou shalt not” would |ents or sweetheart, adjusting one’s be the main idea. Yet, five years|self to a new life, giving up a profitago the average American had to able business or position and, if need

Side Glances=By Galbraith

columns in the newspapers, an-

It’s a glorious land with a wealth}

. jour city.and have standard time and

" must’ confusion.

: ._|not at all. IBut know that | | Liter Weve been long together

dear— ! | Perhaps 8 “twill cost. a sigh, a tear; | i li little warn-

ie DAILY THOUGHT

be, to die while another citizen who happened to be born earlier or later than the first’ one has the choice of jobs, makes all sorts of money and will not have to readjust himself as much as’ the one that is I/ would thérefore recommend a special ‘tax on’ those who were: too young for the last war and are too old for this one, those who get married to escape the draft and now have two incomes, for their wives work also. I certainly would tax the vyoung fellow of 19 years who is making three times as much as he would normally. No’ doubt the boys that are in service now will also stage a “bonus

(and they .should get it without being. shot: at),- but the ones to pay for it should (be those that are making big profits and wages out of

workers. in low: wage brackets, and save Uncle Sam several billions of dollars ‘when the marching gets under way. Se 2 8 " ‘STATE-WIDE DAYLIGHT TIME—OR NOT'AT ALI’ By H. A. H., {ndianspolis =. . Mr. T. D. C. Indianapolis. Yes there is something about this Daylight Saving Time that. is silly and no fooling, and I.do-think that we have a-good state. and a good. city, then why should wé have two different times in our state, and if you don’t think that it makes a difference get a job traveling on the road and try and get a meal in the middle of the. forenoon. . The . railroads, the busses; .our theaters lose money by this change each year,.People who live out of

who come to our city to.shop always arrive in our city after the stores and shops are closed because they cannot leave home in-the middle of the afternoon and leave their work, so they go elsewhere. o Now if our government and our President, think that change of time will help us, I, same as every.ather citizen, am for it 100 per cent, but change it the country. over, and if our Governor and the: people ‘want Daylight Saving Time in Indiana ok, have it the state over, but do not let us have one or two cities in the state have it when it causes so

‘My brother and I getup at 2 and of Indianapolis to get up at ‘th time as a few others have the right

to ask us to get up at 5 p. m. Let us have it the state over or

'LIFE—

Life! IT know not what thou art,

part; 4nq_when, or how, or where we I own to me’s a secret yet. .

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ing, —Choose ' thine own time; .

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march” on, ‘Washington, as we did|.

this boom, not’ WPA: workers or|’

other women alone.

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w. won't be now. Nearly all the" . straws in the wind show rising ~ Pressure to send American troops - Overseas and into this war. The latest is Premier Gen. Jan Smuts . Who says from South Africa that our enfry into the war is inevitable and that if we are to have . a hand in the : & hand. in the war.

must come with us.” African leader

Britain for Boer freedom and. then became a of the Empire, took a 1 and the peace conference and was a leading architect

who captained the brave

pillar

of the League of Nations. -

oi Oonsiger; that pin, the ommons about the shortage of British man 3 and its partition between Istriat

two leading British generals, Wavell and Auch

peace we must have :

. “You cannot merel stand .on 3 the sidelines and rl ony You | Gen. Smuts is the great South’

fight against - eading part in World War I~

debate in the House ‘of '

: war effort and industrial = effort. Couple. it with the forthright statement of the:

inl that Hitler can’t be erased on the Conta logy :

American manpower,

In War Anything May Happen

THERE 1S NOTHING far-fetched about that ase

sumption of purpose, because spokesmen for this Ade =

ministration repeat it with almost every

day. Of course, here is one alternative—internal explo« , '

sions within the German area, even with no great defeat on the battle lines, completely changing the

character of the German government and presenting '*

an entirely new aspect of »the problem. That is nok

at present likely, but in war anything may happen,

almost any ‘day.

Skip that possibility for a moment. Does anybody

suppose that, as the hope of Allied Or aeOIIES 3

more clearly dependent on an’ American expedit onaty force, we wouldn’t have one—and have:it rega

people? All you have to do to answer that look at the record and see how we have been yi cajoled and ‘committed into underwriting all-out

rents in a another,

‘Already Have an AEF WE ALREADY HAVE an A. E. F—perhaps a8

British victory regardless of all these supposed deters: « democracy to one war-like move after :

-much as a completely equipped modern American division, Serving in. Iceland ‘under ‘a British com«

mander-in-chie We didn’t even ‘consent to that during the World War. We accepted unified stra=-

tegical command by Foch, but Gen. Pershing retained tactical independence of command of his entire army. - This column is not today arguing about the neces: sity or wisdom of this inevitable trend. In an atmos : phere still loaded with assurances that there will be .

no great overseas army adventures, it is merely try

ing to point out how worthless they are and. how dis

appointing ‘they are likely to prove to be. : Of course, as recent army niineuvers have shown, we are rot prepared for any such thing, in training,

equipment or leadership. That won’t make much dif-

ference if the pressure really gets hot. It will be said that we are: better prepared than were the Greeks, the ¥ ugo-Slavs, the Danes or even the British up to Dunkirk.

That is true, but remember what ‘happened: to £

those armies. Editor's Note: The views expressed by columnists in aewspaper are their own. They are mot necessarily ‘those of The Indianapolis Times.

A Woman's Viewpoint By Mrs. Walter Ferguson

PRODUCTION OF WAR mas’

terials takes precedence’ over everything else—as it should. But

one begins to detect a sameness in :

our slogans which may do harm . to the ‘cause. ‘Also there is a

tendency to emphasize feminine : ‘ duty in the great effort. ine

It is interesting to see how

adept everyone is in thinking up.

‘ways for housewives to assist the OPM, the USO and all move= ments to bolster national morale.

A climax was reached when a prominent lecturer. -

said, “Woman can help with: out National Defense by serving breakfast to their husbands on time and with a smile.”

‘By following ‘this reasoning to its logical conclu= -.

sion—and it is ‘well worth following—we come up against another notion which has often pricked the homemaker’s consciousness: How very much donie morale, and therefore national morale, might: be irfis proved if only Papa could eat his breakfast with &

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smile and rise from behind his newspaper to otis

versational bait with words instead of grunts! Mama Can't Do + Alone!

THE AID TO BRITAIN movement could be given tremendous boosts by bestowing a little aid upon the frenzied housewife who wonders what to have for dinner but can’t coax any member of the family to state a preference of foods, or even’‘the hint of a preference, and then must silbmit to complaints about the monotony of her menus. ™ 4: '. That elusive something we call morale. I§ created al home. As capital and labor should co-operate to produce good machines, so gall menibers '6f a’ family should get together to build the subtler, #piritual -atmospkere in which the patriotic will thrives. And don’t forget, Mama can’t ‘build it by herself. So this column respectfully suggests that some of the Hints to Housewives be changed into ’]

Husbands. Instead of shooting 36 Rakes of. gol sun

day afternoon, Dad ought: to.spend. that time at-home, And for the duration ‘of the emergency let Him confine his attentions to his lawful wife ‘and, leave

nine morale so much 8s‘ a § 5 sweethearting by married men:

Questions and Answer

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