Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 October 1941 — Page 22

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PACIFIC DEFENSE : CO?

Pacific danger speeds to a crisis, The Tokyo cabinet, fallow

UR fol 0 which for a change was trying to reach an agreement a, with. Washington, has been overthrown by: anti-American » pressure, Japanese Navy officials say their fleet is “itching | 3

for action.” Japanese Army. spokesmen warn the public to “prepare for the worst.” They reassert Japan's membership in the Nazi Axis aimed at the United States. "Their motive is elear. They have waited impatiently for Hitler to knock out European Russia and turn on Britain, so they can make scavenger war on Siberia and in the rich, strategic South Seas. Hitler, in turn, has waited

for them to fight the United States and thus divert Amer-| wr

ican aid to Britain from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Now,

two months behind schedule, Germans and Japanese hope B the Battle of Moscow will give the Axis a balance of Power

in Europe and the Far East, "|. Two months of American-Japanese negotiations have helped the United States. Philippine, ‘Hawaiian and Alaskan defenses are more secure, and more American bombers are _ guarding the Pacific to compensate for U. 8, ships trans- _ ferred to the Atlantic. Japan is weakened by the American-Anglo-Dutch embargo, losses in China, and Mounting war weariness: boi Bose.

% ne Hs does not mean that the United States is stronger ~* than Japan in the Far Pacific. It only means that the United States is in better shape than if Japan had precipitated: a Pacific war when she threatened a year ago, or even this summer.

+ Unquestionably, the danger of war now is real. That |

is nok because Siberia would be a pushover in winter, or that the United States and Britain are asleep—neifher of which is true. The Japanese militarists knew this, despite their propaganda to the contrary.® The danger is that Tokyo, knowing that time and the ‘embargo work against Japan, will see in this situation the last waning opportunity to strike. ‘ . But Japan has pulled back on the brink before, and ! mayhe she will again. Maybe the Russian armies will ‘escape destruction. Maybe national harakiri is Not 80 tempting to the Japanese as some believe. : Either way, the United States must be prepared.

"AGAIN, THE TAX UNTOUCHABLES "TREASURY spokesmen once more are’ talking about doing something to make future issues of state and local government bonds subject to Federal income taxation, They have talked this way many times before, and marched up he hill and back down again.- We hope they are serious is time, Why this greatest of all tax-avoidance loopholes should be closed is told succinctly by the Treasury’s Assistant GenCounsel, Charles L. Kades:

| “Although we talk of financial sacrifices by all, we still |

= tolerate a class of Tax Untouchables. Merely by purchasing _ state and municipal bonds any taxpayer can avoid paying ¢ not only normal income taxes but can also nullify the heavy new surtaxes Tevied to help pay for the defense program. “Mr. Justice Holmes once said, ‘Taxes are what we pay for civilized society.” No individual should be able to have the benefits of civilization™at a discount. But many do. “Take, for example, the case of Mr, D, who is a resident of the State of New York. Mr. D is married, has no depend-

* ents, and will have a total net income of $100,000 during this

year. His salary is $10,000 a year and he will also receive |.

ntereat in the amount of $90,000 from bonds of the City of ew York. Ay this interest were subject to Federal'and New York State income taxes, Mr. D would pay income taxes in the ; amount of $64,824. Actually, he will pay only $1524.”

: MORE IMPORTANT THAN FOOTBALL "HE University of Georgia lost, 41-0, : Not on the football field, but on a field whose game is a great deal more important, the field of education. itself. E: The Southern: University Conference, comprising 41 of the foremost colleges of the whole South, has voted unanis mously to drop the University of Georgia from its rolls. You might argue that the vote was 40-1, but no, 1500: University of Georgia students gathered on the campus and burned Governor Eugene Talmadge in effigy, thus suggest. ing strongly’ ‘that even the university which is to be dropped was trying to register its vole with the majority, and make

Governor Talniddge some time ago attempted to disa Dr. Walter 10, Gocking, dean of the School of EdueaGeorgia. He didn’t like some of Dr, Cocking’s pro- | ir or ‘improving Negro education inthe state. The ¢ Regents. of the university didn’t follow Talmadge, ised to discharge Cocking. So Talmadge simply rehis hoard, putting on it new: methbers who. would

“without due nd reasonable notice aiid gon charges 1 are not substantia There is now a possibility that bhdause of Governor 'e political interference with: the state university, ited Stauding, before the Southern

ndary Schools, whose mem--

+ edition ust Hay & great deal of freedom to uch interference. from politicians | Jit e case'of state universities, or from big contributors in

lease of privately supported institutions, is almost sure to | y the whale purpose of the. college, which is concetned Elabil ° for knowledge and. truth. To pursue ie that :

| William" S¢hulte, who apparently is going to

‘cedes victory ‘over the Seviet$—whether Moscow falls or not. On the contrary, to continue and increase the supply of munitions to Russia this year and ‘next, even if deliveries have to be made. to a.front somewhere in Siberia.

J That. the fall of Moscow would be a big blow to

Russian morale is yeadily admitted. St. Petersburg (now Sennging only became the capital when Peter ; ‘therg Moseow in the 18th Cenised by the Raissjan masses 8s under e AWRGTERs Moscow is. typically Rus-

han aity oer city, Moséow Is the sum of the 5 his any ots iy, Monéow is the heart of

t all of Russia’s former rulers 4 With rich palaces, cathedrals

{We WR is ge “ihe. ‘Kremlin are the “graves Killed he or ion ehh Reed gi edn is buried nearby. :

It Wen't Be Left Behind

BUT MORE BACRED by far than all these dom~ bined is the tomb of Lenin in Red Square near the

Kremlin wall. Built of beautiful dark marble and |:

semi-precious stones, the tomb makes a sort of red rostrum from- which Soviet leaders review their great annual. cele ations, ‘Inside an below, in a shallow crypt, lies the body of Lenin. His face is colored and absolutely lifelike.

Reposing on ‘a catafalque about waist high, it is sur«

b slo upward on four sides Toned: ¥ Blais "of praia Indirect lighting falls

u x is ace an “poh after 3 ord in and year out, multitudes from all over Soviet Union form a queue outside. Slowly, reverently, they enter the tomb and gaze at their dead leader. In a godless state, Lenin has taken the place of “God for the masses. And this is his holy sepulcher. If Moscow falls, the removal of Lenin's body seems certain. To those who knew present-day Russia it is inconceivable that it should be left behind under the bombs of Hitler's stukas.

Edites’s Netet The views expressed by columnists in this newspaper are their own. They are not necessarily those of The Indianapolis Times.

Indiana Politics By Vern Boxell

“MARION “ COUNTY political, “leaders,” in addition to all their other ‘troubles, may run head-on . yinto a fusion ticket in the 1942 election. This is the rumor making the rounds now, 50a ltholh most politicians shrug ii off, persists. And some résponsible "people who don’t like the way things are going in Indianapolis and Marion County—politically speaking — are talking seriously about just such a move. Much will depend, of course, upon what happens n next May's primaries. Any signs of R-partissniop: will further the cause. Leaders of the movement say the Democrats: have been {n long .enough to have the rackets, large and petty, ‘under control and the Republicans don’t offer much hope for betterment. They point fo the fact that Prosecutor Sherwood Blue's raids failed to land a single “big one,” resulted only in the smashing of a few dogrs of the “small fry.” . If a fusion ticket fulfilled the promise of some of the leaders—a strong judicial ticket and outstanding candidates for Mayor, City Council and Prosecutor—it might make things interesting. It may be just an aff-year dream, but it's something they're talking about in politics right now. And they have gone so far as to feel out a certain lang-. time official on his availability for mayor, :

Lake's Having Trouble, Too

LIKE OUR OWN hdiliwick, Lake County Demos crats-and Republicans are having trouble. .In the G. O, P., Dr, David Johns has ed as First ct’ chairman’ and there are reports that this may mean the return of Jee Kyle to power. Clarence McVey, of Hammond, a former District chairman, is being mentioned ‘again. James McNamara, Whiting Mayor, and: James McCarthy, Whiting City attorney, are others. Dr. Johns was a stanch supporter of -Arch Bobbitt right down to the end. He also was dissatis.

fied; according to reports, with the Lake County dis« |

tribution of auto license branéh patronage by Seeretary of State James Tucker, On the Demociatio side, the trouble concerns Rep. some opposition’ in ‘the primary. e County ‘Ray J. Madden, whose term expires next January, is quoted 3 myn that. he will ue Shyhe in the primary “if the people really want Schulte has been elected by the Firat District labor

vote ever since 1932, but his opposition to President

Roosevelt's foreign policy recently has aroused some opposition within labor and if he continues his trend now. that labor has indorsed the New Deal foreign program; he's almost sure to get primary. opposition.

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FENCE AND DEBATING By A.M.

starving, innocent victims are executed and what are we doing about it? © We're sitting on the fence poking -a long stick at our enemy.

Act, lendslease bill with isolationists:

do, so, one way or another, If we are to help England, let's do so, with all possible aid, with -our whole heart and soul, not with labor strikes and Congressional debates. To help Germany all there is todo is step ‘all ‘shipments of supplies.|. England, thus, will fold up becguse England : didn't ‘prepare her armament to loot and kill beforehand, as Germany did, Who do we want to win this war? If England wins, what then? > But if Germany wins, poor world, what then? We might as well. prepare ourselves for interstate commerce because Uncle Sam will be squeezed out of the commercial world. All other nations will submit to Hitler's economic pressure through fear. If big boy Uncle Sam couldn’t stop "Hitler; how could a puny nation? . Russia is imploring for aid. Hurry! Hurry? they beg, but so was France just a few weeks hefore Her capitulation, Frantic call is for supplies 35a we. aie striking and uselegsly

2 EJ ” WANTS BRITISH REMOVED FROM ICELAND \ By A. R. C. E An unspecified number of sea saned. American soldiers have reinforced the sailors: and marines who togk over .the defense of that|h autpost early in July, So far as wé have been told, the task of taking] over from the British complete re- ‘| sponsibility for the defense of Iceland has not yet been accomplished. Certainly. it would be a greater service to the British if 20 or: 30,000 British troops could be brought back from Iceland to places where they are more urgently needed. Yet so far as we are informed, the defense of Iceland is still a jaint venture,. with American troops in constant of a perfectly le. gitimate attack aimed at the British, : Here we can further ald the Brit~

The world is on’ fire, people are|’

We're debating on the Neutrality|

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

ish and ot the same time ‘help ourselves. » s =» MR. CLAY SPINS A FABLE ABQUT THE WISE RULER Ry Marry Olay, Brightwoed Once upon a time there was 3 man who thought he would make a dandy ruler. He said he had some wonderful ideas and as it was eleetion year he went before the people and told them that their present ruler had ‘made a mess of] things, had run their government in debt several billion dollars which would certainly ruin it. Just give mé a chance, he said, and I promise to reduce the cost of running your government at least 25 per cent. I also promise to abolish all useless baards which are eating millions of dollars of your taxes. And I promise to id the 15,000,000 unemployed ba k to ‘work. ew se 3. went aver big and the country was handed aver toshim, “lock, Stock and barr . Well, says he,

:|something has. to ‘be done about

these millions in the breadlines, Ha! I have it, he said, I wonder why ne g¢ne ever thought of it before. So rhe did the most logical thing on earth, he simply had mil» lions of acres of wheat, oats and carn; plowed under so that those hungry people would be sure of plenty 61 bread. Next he looked around and discovered millions hungry for meat, 50 . . . He had several million pigs and hogs killed and destroyed and “lo’ they had plenty of meat ever after: There were millions who were poorly clothed so the most sensible thing t0 do was to destroy cotien, 11,000,000 acres of it, thus giving plenty of good clothes to all. He had now provided the people! with the necessities of life so he turned his attention to reducing the national debt. , . . At the end of four years he had reduced the debt

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Side Glances By Galbraith _

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wonderful record of kept promises he thought he .deserved a. second term and since he had put millions on the government payroll and had paid farmers millions of dollars not to work it was. easy to get the nod for four more years His second term was pretty.much like his first, he had reduced useless boards from 12 to about 30 which made a wonderful saving. His second term soon passed so he then decided on a third term as no one in all the country would carry out

he showed them that he had'reduced the national debt fram 16 to 49 billions in eight years and also promised the parents that their beys would be sent to’ fight in a foreigh war he managed to skim. through, Well, far this term he has led the couMitry so far from war that some high government officials say that the ‘country is already in it.

to 60 billions and some say that he will probably reduce it to 300 billions if the war lasts two more years. Truly his country is not cnly yiise but fortunate to have and to ¢lioose , such a leader and be able to live ever after in a land of plenty (of debts), 878 = HITS PREMATURE CRITICISM" OF STALIN'S CHURCH MOVE ‘By M. A, K. Much cancern has bees exhibited lately about freedom of worship in Russia, : In my opinion this premature and inadequate criticism can do a great deal of harm to the parties concerned. In the first place it may discourage the Russian government to go ahead in liberalizing its country as it has shown intention to do, and secondly it may ruin the endeavor of President Roosevelt to bring abo some understanding between the Russian government and the Vatican, Signs have shown that lately he has been trying to achieve this un-

Nusien kivermtiol has gndless and atheisem it 3 e et e Wor ee and we are all cranes with it, :

ON THE TOMBS IN ‘WESTMINSTER ABBEY

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WASHINGTON, Oct. Never forget one thing in

guessing , . about the news from Russia, The = when they -

of r. great cities. It is the destruction. =

of threatening Russian power on their Eastern front. There was a time when waks were fought by minute fractions of populations and wheg the prime cipal object of war was te capture

| the enehiy's capital city. Campaigns moved on &h axis between great cities, and small professiondl "armies, like fencers on a gymnasium mat,

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prolonged the war two years,

It Used to Have More Meaning |

THERE ‘IS NO DOUBT that when Marshal Bee gaine shut himself and his army up in Meta in ‘the

Franco-Prussian War and the Germans simply

bottled him up and- by-passed him, he sealed the fate of the second empire. When the first’ World War began, for some unexplained reason, the Germans didn’t apply. their own formula and by-pass Verdun, They battered themselves out against it. 3 In Russia they are not doing that.

bottled up and ye Leningrad and Odessa. 36

wonidn's be surprising if they didn't waste too much

blood trying to take Moscow. The whole question ib: “What are Wy doing to the Russian" forces in the field?” This is not as yet certain but, in spite of the confusion’ in the welter of conflicting reports, the

conclusion is far from favorable from our point. io

view. In the older days, brave ahd protracted detente of besieged cities had mueh more meaning than ‘4 has today. It spiked tothe ground and immobilize an equal or greater force of the besiegers and reife dered them unavailable to hasten a decision in tie open field. But that was when grmies were relativ very small and available mitiary equipment scant. 13 0

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THERE IS STILL some value in this prineiple, with modern mass armies and such superiority as Germans have in equipment, training, gener and staff-work, it is net nearly so important as ence

- it was. It seems to me that the things te watch are

not whether Moscow, or Leningrad ér Odessa , but what happens to the Russian armies and lines rail ‘and other communications. There is a fearful thought here. Considering thi} long line of 700.odd miles from Leningrad to: Black Sea or 1300 miles from the White Sea sou over which ‘Hitler must now scatter his resources land and in the air, if he were relieved of even that responsibility to turn those stupendous forces in another direction and concentrate them on a smadl fraction of that front, we should have an entirely different. aspect of this war. Ii seems to me that we should consider this posse sibility and wait, watch and listen before we spread ourselves too thin in Eastern Europe and Western Asia. The crisis may suddenly appear in the Biliish

his policies. It was true some were| Isles. beginning to doubt . . . but when/|-

If it does, it will need every qunce of tensoriéig and perhaps other effort, that we can make. Furtheis

more we do not know what we ourselves may. have A

to face in the Pacific tomorrow. A Our business is to defend America, a oe

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A Woman’ s Viewpoint By Mrs. Walter F Ferguson ”

“lI KNEW THAT generally speaking, liked bi but I thought they liked them on men.” FERC 1 A puzzled gentlaman, who ‘has

hag same experience with the fair

sex in Civilian Defense effort, ssid that. ‘Recent: events prove he is only 50 per cent cosh Women do like uniforms on m but they also like to wear

‘Part of the difficulty in geb them started on war work is’

dither about how to dress for the part. No doubt men

who handle these delicate problems are often tated by such emphasis on apparel, but they be. Women have always been that way. The recorded item about feminine activity was a note—when Eve made herself that fig-leaf apron. Women have been clothes-conscious ever and the producers of fashions have now got us up to such a pitch that we have a different dress every task. We wear housecoats or shorts for kitel work, slacks for motoring, morning dresses for | keting, garden for cutting roses, cocktail sports clothes, eol allege duds, debut frocks and and dancing costum

t| Men Just Don't Understand

NO WOMAN OF PRIDE wants to mix them. would feel eternally disgraced to appear at a match or a football game in frilly afternoon raiment,

and even the privacy of her bedroom requires. esple Sialy designed robes to put on while creaming r

*ahe ‘can't do first class work unless she 4s props give their women ary Dat of many

Both land and in ih miei get 4nd Canada, Bd to do the same.

Of course, men probably will never understand our mental processes Fgh the o mailer,

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