Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 November 1941 — Page 16
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Gane Loh and the People Wil Find’ Ther Own wey
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¢ SONOMY COMES FIRST 2 HE President is right, we think, in urging Goligrese to ™ consider immediately drastic new fax legislation. “Budgeted expenditures for this: fiscal year are more han twice the anticipated revenues, and in the riext fiscal gar, ‘unless new taxes are laid, the Government. will be sb nding 1 more thay three times as much as it i is taking in. he national debt, now 54 billions, is moving toward 65 hb Moris a year hence, and perhaps 85 billions by the time. an nother 12 months have passed. ‘The tremendous Government expenditures Tor detente "ain d other purposes are swelling purchasing power at a time : hen the supply of civilian goods is starting & decline, An’ Hotty price rise is gaining momentum. : '® 8 8 8 8 8 R. ROOSEVELT is right, tho,’ we think, in saying: “Inflation is itself a most inequitable type of taxation. : § grasits no exemptions and recognizes no hardships— though a well-drafted tax bill can do both. I very much fear that unless -we-start within two or three months to withdraw through taxes a larger part of the current national income an even greater part may evaporate through inflation, mo But the President could make a stronger case. could win a heartier response from Congress and induce the people more willingly to make the sacrifices of heavier taxation if he would first give his attention to eliminating unnecessary spending. There remain in the budget at least . one or two. billions dollars’ worth of items that, in such times as these, can in no way be classified as essential Government expenditures. This budgetary fat should be . trimmed off as the first step toward curbing the deficits and checking: the inflationary trend. We will have to have > more taxation even then, but not as much more. =
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GALLAN T ‘LITTLE NORWAY’ i HEIR beloved home country, with its snowitiad x motintains and deep dark fjords, may be under the cruel domination of the Nazis, but gallant Norwegians from ‘all * parts of the world have established a “Little Norway” on the water front of Toronto. Here the Norwegian flag floats ‘in the Canadian breeze. Here officers and men toast King Haakon. Out of funds which escaped the clutches of the German invaders, the Norwegian government-in-exile has built barracks and hangars where Norsemen are training as airmen toljoin battle against their’ hated foe. They: came, not only : from secure posts in China, in the Argentine; in the United States, but from whalers in the lonely waters of the Antare-. ti c and even by Sipping through the Nazi cordon ; in Norway -
AZ, od their lives in the stormy Atlantic with nothing tter than tiny gy that looked as if every wave would
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of organized labor are demanding jce-control legislation. Both are pointing t the present swift inflationary moveto all workers,
tosh: of living follows increases in wholesale
e! Seng damage en people; since A spend from to 45 per cent of their income on food.” - ~ But both C. I. O. and A. F. of L. protest vehemently | that there must be no “freezing” of wages.: : . »
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The House Committee ’s bill would ‘do nothing at. all us wages. Th substitute proposal made by Rep Gore
oy could rise . above its ceiling if the Government that an increase was necessary and fair and ‘calculated to upset the general price structure. And
So the word “freezing” is thrown in to prejudice the: ie. What the C. I. 0. and the A. ¥. of L. are really. deling is no government control of wages. They want everumentscontrolled economy in:which organized labor ETeImAins a tres agent. ‘sew ET
nen contend at wage e inereases Have
z to. be’ alo for that contention—up to now. ! “But
point Deyond Which Higher. wage costs, ant be :
Ho :
‘L.'s monthly ‘survey pits charts that |
boundaries. 'G. 0, P. ticket in winning the Prosecutor race, was
“once and in favor ofa 1942 election.
his material for ph ot
‘sale, e, presumably for jon Dis private profit. On principle, this is as good.a catise for indigha-
| tion as you would be likely to turn up in an average | Washington, where grievances lie |
day's
close to the acs in the richest deposit, of pure = o
outrage on the North American continent. But as a practical matter: it were better that Mr. Hopkins tell his own story in his own way, for the professional reporters, most of them operating under
the restrictions i imposed by journalistic objectivity and |= being- influenced by their own personalities {. “and vanities, Could not have matched the version
given under Mr. Hopkins’ own hame.
It's Far Better This Way \
“IF ANY REPORTER had undertaken to say “that Mr. Hopkins had made & personal-hero of -the gory dictator of the Russians ‘Myr. Hopkins would have.
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been in a position: to declare that he had been
grievously misreprésented. But anyone who draws this conclusion: from Harry's own story may- cite his text to him. : -. Moreover, when Harry says Russia has observed. her treaties dnd commitments to -the letter you are at liberty,
yourself, to recall that Russia violated the | first: condition of this country’s treaty of recognition, |
which was a promise to quit messing in our internal |
affairs, and continued ‘to. violate that solemn com=
mitment. even to the extent of sabotaging - ‘the war efforts of the United States up to: the moment ‘of
| Hitler's attack on Russia. = You are at liberty. to. place that check ‘mark :
against Harry's assertion, buf a reporter handling straight news wouid: be out of order in such an ob-
servation, unless the fact were developed ‘by a ques- |
tion in the mass interview... Of course, Harry could have released the same story free as a public decu-
ment, but let us keep nonsense out of this discus: , 4
sion. > So this is a rather special case in which it seems well that a Government official did violate the old established proprieties by. selling-the.by-prodéict of his mission: in competition with private industry. In fact, the old established proprieties have been pretty effectively disestablished under this Government,
An Argument You Can't Win
. THE. COMPETITION WITH private mdastey began. as soon as the election returns were in in 1932, when the late Louis Howe went to market like a packpeddler with a ‘satchel of manuscripts and evén
- adopted his own version of full-line-forcing, a device
which Thurman Arnold holds tobe violative of the Sherman Act, to sell his goods. Under Mr. Howe's plan, if you wanted to buy a story by one. of the stars of his suddenly literary group, you had to buy also one or more turkeys or fillers by lesser writers. Under our New Deal; Mrs. Roosevelt, Harold Ickes and now Hopkins, and I dare say many others, have competed vigorously with that phase of private industry which is represented by journalism and aps parently it never has :occurred to them that thig might not be ethical pool.
\ The fact that such ‘writings derive. their valyé
: mostly from the office of the writer revives an old
discussion “which used to embitter relations between the fourth estaté and some of. our eminent football coaches and beautiful-if-dumb queens of the terinis court and certain holders of the heavyweight. c
_pionship when it was poetically known as the highes
bauble in fistiana’s realm.
It is‘an argument that you just can’t win. “The profit motive works against you and the customers are indifferent to the minor shades of ethics.
” Editor's Note: The views expressed by coumiists this newspaper: are their .own. They arg not Aecenatlly Whage of. The Indianapolis Times. !
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indiana pli i By Vern Boxell
TAKE ONE additip machine and some county canvassing boar figures for 1940, mix well and let. ‘em boil—and you'll come up with some plausible answers for some -of ‘the ‘present political maneuver-
ing. . “For instance, it might be inter- - esting to know that despite the ‘ county:offices won by the Republi- ¢ cans, they lost (all except Mr. Willkie) in the City—that is, in the 24 wards within Indianapolis’ Sherwood Blue, who .led the county
beater. inside’ the. City by 678 votes, He got 104,704, | and David M. Lewis, the Democratic.candidate, ‘got 105,382. : But he gained enough in the outside townShips: to win by 131 votes in the canvassing board
This wouldn't be ‘so bad, except that Willkie ran
| up a 1773 majority over Mr. Roosevelt: inside the
City. He polled 105,857 votes as against Blue's 104,704 —8 difference of: 1153, which in lose slectiogs like the last one are a lot of votes. .
Get It Now, De You?
ANOTHER DISCOURAGING note for some Ree publicans is the fact that 519 of the votes by which Mr. Blue ‘trailed Mr. Willkie were in the heavily Republican 20th and 21st wards on the: far North Side.
Furthermore, they know that in. off-year elections these two wards never!turn out to vote as they do in Presidential years. . Last year, the 21st turned. in, a 6000 Republican majority, the 20th about ‘3500. : Perhaps these are some of the reasons why some | oan for 8. a can and w w be is the election were until “4 favpy ” Withaut a mayor candidate = the field, they figure
that the fownaliip ‘edge wilt enable them to elect the they would play for a break ini
county ticket. ‘the 1943 mayoralty election '~ On the other hand, ‘some of the teading Democrats are anxious to get the skip-election test settled at
mayor candidate to bring out the City the county ticket will have one hes | elected. And they're: not happy abou the G. O, P. patronage.
North Side mayoral |
If there is no | te, they figure |
- | Navy but.4ll the: ships we: can build
~The Hoosier Forum
1 wholly discgree with: what you say, but will defend to the leath your. right to say te Volire :
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‘HERE 1S THE KEY TO WORLD PEACE’ By. Edward F. Maddox, 950 W. 28th St
between communism and fascism. It ‘is not our war!!! Democracy’s
only hope of salvation is to get{
clear, and keep clear, of both factions and arm for thelr own protection—now. : Stalin and Hitler both have been using other nations as dupes, pawns and cannon fodder to fight their battles, finance their wars .and furnish their weapons. . . . . Let the United States, ‘England: and. Japan| come of age, make peace and thus set an example of Christian forbearance for the rest of the world, ‘Here is the key to world peace. s 8 2 ‘WHAT A BLOODY OLD FOOL UNCLE-SAM Ist : By Jasper Douglas, 127 East New York St. The’ taxes are piling up and we are informed that they will go still kigher, and the result will be the bankruptcy of many small busi. nesses as well as lessening he. buy-
ing power of all.
If this were necessary for the defense of America, there would not be a whimper, for every American would willingly make any sacrifice. for defense of our beloved country; but, one-tenth of the money that is being spent now for the armament of potential enemies with our own country being bled dry and still without means of protection for our own shores goes very. much agaist the grain. It Is easy to imagine that’ the lords and dukes of England are slapping each other on the back and saying: “What -a bloody fool ‘old Uncle Sam is. We sucked him into the first World War to help us out and played him for a sucker, but he is too dumb to learn by past experience, and .we are doing it again. He ought. to ‘have sense enough to see that after we have bled his country bankrupt and. he
+ « o + This war is Hitler's and| Stalin's ‘war, a fanatical, uhmerci-} ; ful, uncompromising death" struggle
; TH! LINCOLN MESSAGE oN |FRI £ AND SLAVE LABOR,
(Tirnes Teaders are vied fo. express : their - views in these columns, religious con‘troversies: - exgluded. Make your letters short; so all can hve a chance. Letters must “hs signed.)
will unable to borrow any more fron. the bankers who will see that ever the interest will be more than he can pay for in a hundred years, and we have all the: arms, ships, tank 5, planes, etc. that he {fool ly: though generously us;. ‘he next step will be: of tiie United States a colonial possess an of Great Britain.”
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By ¢ inter RB. Meitzler, Attica: “Mr. John A. Thomas says {macs it all” ard quotes Lincoln “La)or is prior. to and indepéndent of (apital,” as supporting evidence. He :hould have quoted more of the| message to Congress from which his exc ‘pt was taken. The ie bs was on the subject of iree and slave lab, Here it is: St is assumed that whoever: is onc: & hired’ laborer is fixed ‘in that con ition for life. . ., Nor is there any fixe | hire the hay exis’
for life in the condition of a { laborer. . . . Capital is only fruit. of labor, and could never
ed. , . . Capital has its rights, whi h are as worthy of protection ‘las ny other rights. Nor is it denied. that: there is. . + . a relation bet: een labor ‘and capital produc-| ing mutual benefits. The error is|® in ssuming that the whole labor of the community exists within that}: relation. A large majority belong to \either class—neither- work for oth: v§ nor have others work for then. | ua The prudent, penniless
beg nner’ in the world labors for ©
Wag os awhile, saves a surplus. with |! whi n to uy tools and land for
|Side Glances=By Gal ith
/ “lprivate anny; of : union, Wa
such thing as a free man being|
existed if labor had not first|. :
oart™ then labors. on his own ace count another ‘while, and at length’ hires another. new beginner to help.
_|nim.. This isthe just and generous:
and Prosperous. system which opens the way to all, gives hope .to all, and consequent energy and progress: and improvement of condition to all. No men living-are more ‘worthy |
[to be trusted than those ‘who toil
up from poverty. . . Let them be- | ware of surrendering a political power which they already possess, and which if surrendered will sures ly: be used to close: the door of ad-
and dis-
members, which gives or. denies the
|right to work; Houts law-and order, -
governors and presidents, rules by a
“a. LETS TALK LESS AND DO MORE!’ ae Herman ‘Bobbe, E73 ¥. Chester Aves:
whe served “in the United States Army during 1917-1919, the question looms large in my we should celebrate. or:
we. learn nothing repetition? :
So”! “Do Unto. Others” stituted by “Do Othet A cently and ah
red tanks, Te t: eo of dive bombers, hon Qugouts,. created 1
SE wever: let’s not
| self-satisfied. Stati
ing ‘hackvard, :
want wer, ‘The - 5 ds hard to say what. ver - + |getting into war with so little > |lose, where ‘We have so. little busine {very verge of another war in the. Atlant 24 {It is hard to say; but if the writing Fi |any guide, it won't be -very. flatter
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Ld at lack ‘of public realization, of what is haps "| pening under our noses--war. wiih Japan. i
gnorance?-—Or Apathy?’ BA 3
lis just as astonishing.
gi the Atlantic 5 Simply
‘Ito “them, the. . | pendence and ‘get it.’
vancement sgaines such as they, | given ab make
nian Tberty |
Surrendered to-& ehveitimeri: ye- |§ ‘sponsible to no one, not even its |F =
pickets, ‘a Jabor. :
On Armistice. Day and ‘as one.
Whetfier
5 THE BITUATION'TS almost; ot, grokesaue, ‘We donit See. peo t. want ant Wards fot story nigh doi 3 to. gain, so oy 01 don pest 1
It will probably :be that we did Bee. dons |
| rival naval power that. we felt might
nd to preserve the British empire. what turn it will take or how it will end, no man: cah say. I think it is/likely to bé an almost termindblé naval and commeree-destroying war, This comes at a time when we need not only all our and otherwise “fo. fulfill; our: other to -send
us, a
a half-way around the world. s- to: me about: the worst: strategy that could. . But thisecolumn isn’t .directed so much “it is to what seems to. me the almost
; Sirplles. warships and possibly ‘armies - across the
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IF IT ISNT IGNORANCE it is. apathy, put’ That people should he careless of the fact that we are about, to go all the w wey across the. fio. ean 10. a ht fi The: “flst oe begin to eng another war a: incredible, oy When’ the Pacific war is over. even if it ends iA complete victory, what will we demand there, whal do.we want there, and what will we gét? We havé wanted little, "demanded less, ‘and got practically
nothing. With Japan out of. the way 88 a will ‘again ask their’, index :
Yesice ad B00 Ih tor the Ortent big and page
1 gage, but in the meantime shall have fought a. wad
costing billioris more ‘than we have counted on in ; and with little better reason than. that our ; ment,<as distinguished’ from. our Pe desire. | «It is probably a waste of pa) ors because, “unless all signs fal, : 5 100, date” fo war in ‘the Pacifie, A
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“1 WANT 10 wee, , but el «ean I do?” io
ould ‘not ‘ignote its sind : imo, re Mo it is true Deyond & od i 7 Hon that old. q and Jung
si tot every , In hi ; « Deriry Jr. says, “We must spend more 1 \geotge, ; aT jusy and right na : ms, and once we have found
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in inter-racial understandin al and Tel gion nes,