Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 November 1941 — Page 17

sulle: e twice the a icipated revenues, and in the next fiscal

12 onthe leave passed. The tremendous Government expinditures Tor defende’ other purposes are swelling purchasing power at a time when the supply of civilian goods i is starting & decline, An inflationary’ price rise is gaining momentum. '‘fS8 » 4 82 # 8 ME ROOSEVELT is right, too, we think, in saying: “Inflation is itself a most inequitable type of taxation. It: grants 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 ven greater part’ may evaporate through aflation.””” | But the Pre ident could ake a stronger case. could win 8 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 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 inflationazy trend. We will have to have more taxation even then, but not as much more,

GALLANT TIER N ORWAY’ | o THER beloved home country, with its snow-clad motintains and det dark fjords, may be under the cruel _ domination of the Nazis, but gallant Norwegians from ‘all pasts: of the world have established a “Little Norway” on

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for his FIvaLS ale

tion as you would be likely to turn up in an average day’s grousing in

outrage on the North American continent.

own story in his

Hopkins tell his , most of them

professional ‘other being- influenced by: their given under Mr, Hopkins’ own name. ¢

It's Far Better This Way \

= ANY. REPORTER had undertaken to say “that Mr. Hopkins had made = personal-hero of -the gory

been in a position to declare that he had been ‘grievously ' misreprésented. But anyone who draws this Soneiusion. from Harry's own story may- cite his text :

her treaties dnd commitments fo -the letter you: are at liberty,

affairs, and continued to violate that solemn com= mitment even to the extent of sabotaging ‘the war efforts of thie United States up “to: the moment ‘of

|| Hitlers attack on Russia... - . 5 You are at liberty to place that check ‘mark : 's assertion, but a reporter handling | ‘straight news would be out of order in such an obe |

against

servation, unless the fact were developed by a question in the mass interview. Of course, Harry could have released the same story free as a public docu-

sion.

established proprieties iy selling =the. Violate’ the 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 industry began .as soon as the election returns were in in 1932, when the late Louis Howe went to market like a pack-~ peddler with a ‘satchel of manuscripts and. evén - adopted his own version’ of full-¥ne-forcing, a device

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.

a e Dresumatly Ee BE IVate BEoDt ox tor Taichi:

But as a practical matter 1; were better (hat Mr. | ig own way, Jor shel

reporters : “the restrictions imposed By journalistic objectivity and | ir own personalities | “and vanities, Could not have matched the version |

dictator of the Russians Mr. Hopkins would have.

. Moreover, when Harry says ‘Russia has observed.

ment, but let us keep | nonsense out of this Sistas “1

which Thurman Arnold holds to be violative of the

Washington, where grievances lie a, close to ‘the surface in the richest deposit, of pure | A

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 |

it bi faye Shelly Snancal & able without. 166g. thelr tremendous if mie

* orHE STOATIONS & linet. ek grotenan

1 AA gd The « people do: ar. 2 : |is hatd to say what. verdict history will write of oue s * [getting ita war with se litie so fein; 2 mush ol

¢ have so: little ‘bu

"| very verge of*another war in the Atla “*4It is-hard to- say; but if- :the writing

any guide, it won't be very.

It will probably ‘be. that we did it to

| rival naval power that: we felt might some da wd

us, and to: preserve the British empire. ~ What {urn it will take or how i man’ caf say. I think it is/likely

eed not

Navy but. all. the: ships ‘we can build-and

“| acquire “to. fulfill; our: other a te

supplies, ‘warships. and possibly

~ locean and half-way around the world

| pe adop! “Jto. adopt

‘It seems- to: me about: the worst: strategy tha But thisscolumn isn’t directed so. itis ‘to what seems ‘to me the & complex lack ‘of public realization, o pat] =

| pening under Our noses—war with dopa. ;

"The Hoosier Forum

1 wholly disugree with what you say, but will > defend to the death your. right to say te vamie:

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‘HERE 18 THE KEY TO WORLD PEACE’ By Edward F. Maddox, 950 W. 28th Sh ++ « « This war is Hitler's and

ful, uncompromising death struggle between communism and fascism.

(Times readers are invited

freee columns, religious conexcluded. Make your ett. short, so all can

Stalin's war, a fanatical, unmerci-|:

ER then ‘18bors ofl his own account’ another ‘while, and at length hires another. new beginner to help. “him. “This. isthe just and generous: and Drosperous. system which opens the way to all, gives hope .to all, and consequent energy and progress

: their views in

Ignorance?—Or Apathy?’

"IP IT ISN'T IGNORANCE itis. ay hu is qust as astonishing. That people should he. less of the fact that we are ‘sped, fo across the Pagific. Ocean to. begin to engs

| the Atlantic is.sfmply’

mn | When' the Pacific way is over, even complete victory, what vill \we demand: there, do we want there, and what will We wanted little, Semana. less, 2° nothing. With n out o to “them, the Filipinos will _—

Then we shall ‘be ott of the Orient’ Bog

# penderice and get it.’ | gage, but in the meantime shall have fough

costing billions more than we have counted and with: little hetier reason: than that ‘our. re Sel apied 1 RRA It I y a WwW ] BE all signs fail, § is %0 1 late to ‘war Inde Pactfio,:, sg a

and: improvement of condition to all. No men living are more worthy | to be trusted than those who toil

heve a chance. Letters must “bo signed.) a :

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 in-

I is not our war!!! Democracy’s

the ‘water front of Toronto. Here the Norwegian flag floats cracy’ only hope of salvation is to get

in ‘the Canadian breeze. ‘Here officers and men toast King

_ Haakon. + Out of fund whi escaped the he of the German invaders, the Norwegian government-in-exile has built barracks and hangars where Norsemen are training as airmen Ho Join battle against their hated foe. They: came, not only * from secure posts in China, in the Argentine; in the United ~ States, but from halers in the lonely waters of the Antare- | "tic and even by sl 'pping through the Nazi cordon in N orway itself. ; : ‘All these men are inspired with the same spirit of adventure; the ‘same bravery as the ancient Vikings, who hazarded their lives in the stormy Atlantic with nothing better than tiny vessels that looked as if every wave would crush them.

The. Viking heart still beats in tune.

LABOR AND PRICES |

A Jolt grsouteol legislation. Both are peinthag hat the present swift inflationary move-

L's ‘monthly survey prints charts that cost of living follows increases in wholesale now threatens for the first time since the { jertake the ns trend of F wages,

4nd other farm uae” 2 he asserts, “will | working people; since they Spend, from

‘But both C. I. 0. and A. F. of L. protest vehemently hat there must, be ng “freezing” of ‘Wages. ones SF : ” ‘. o St 0 of course; there i is no question of “treesing” ‘wages. re House Committee's bill would ‘do Mothing at. all | out agey. e substitute proposal made by Rep. Gore is to put ceilings on wages as well as prices, prices, and -on salaries, profits. and rents. rise above its ceiling if the Government | an increase was necessary and fair and 101 lcalculated to upset the general price Structure, And

he 1. 0. and the A. ee vernment control of wages. They want

ntrolled economy in; 17which igual labor it

| free agent. just won't dase

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might not be ethical pool.

\ The fact that such writings derive their value ‘mostly from the office of the writer revives an old discussion “which used to embitter relations between the fourth estate and some eof. our eminent ‘foothall coaches and beautiful-if-dumb queens of the tennis court and certain holders of the heavyweight chdmpionship when it was poetically gnown as the highest . 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 columnists %n this newspaper arp their own. They are not Necessarily. hose. of. The Indianapolis Times. :

i Indiana roids | By Vern Boxell

é TAKE ONE addific machine and some county canvassing board

‘eth boil—and you'll come up with some plausible answers for some -of ‘the ‘present political maneuvering. . For instance, it might be inter- - esting to know that despite the ' county-offices won by the Republi-

~ Willkie) in the City—that is, in the 24 wards within Indianapolis’ boundaries. Sherwood Blue, who .led the county G. 0, P. ticket in winning the Prosecutor race, was beaten: inside the City by 678 .votes. He got 104,704, and David M. Lewis, the Democratic. didate, got 105,382. - But he gained enough in the outside townShips to win by 131 votes in the canvassing board to y

City. ‘He polled 105,857 votes. as against Blue's 104,704 ~—a difference of 1153, which. in close Slections like the last one are a lot of votes.

Get It Now, De You? "ANOTHER D

GING note for some Re-

Mr. Blue ‘trailed Mr. ° Were in the heavily Republican 20th and 21st wards on: the ‘far North Side. Furthermore, they these two wards neve

OS ecann some of {Hie reasons why { Repuntioans are for a North Cn didate and wi hers hi

i candidate in the field, they. 1 heY Towa play for & hres | are anxious get: th | BERET ‘mayor can

dustry which is represented by journalism and aps] parently it never has .occurred to them that aig

figures for 1840, mix well and let.

cans, they lost (all except Mr,-

This wouldn't be 50 bad, except that Willkie ran | up & 1773 majority over Mr. Roosevelt: inside the

ISCOURA publicans is the fact that 519 of the votes by which

og Shatin of vu. secs |

ip edge wilt enable them to elect the bE

clear, and keep clear, of both factions and arm for their 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. « «sis Lick 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.

” 8 » WHAT A BLOODY OLD FOOL UNCLE. SAM ISY By Jasper Douglas, 127 East New York St. The’ taxes are piling up and we are informed that they will go still higher, and the result will be the bankruptcy of many small businesses as well as lessening the buying power of all. If this yere necessary for the defense of America, there would not be a whimper, for every American

for defense of our beloved country; but, one-tenth of the money that is

of potential enemies. with our own country being bled dry and still without means of protection for our Lown shores goes very much against |w the grain.

It Is easy to imagine that the lords and dukes of ‘England are slapping each other on tie 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; supnisy aunt and. he

; THE LINCOLN MESSAGE ON FREE . AND SLAVE LABOR

“Imade it all” and quotes Lincoln's

would willingly make any sacrifice being spent now for the armament

|as any other rights. ; nied that tnere is. . . . a relation So

stituted by “Do Otix

will unable 9 borrow any more from the bankers who will see that even the interest will be more than he “pay for in a hundred years, and Wwe have all the: arms, ships, tanks, planes, ‘etc.. that he foolishly though generously Pen us;. the next step will be to’ make of the United States a colonial possessior. of Cireat Britain.”

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By James R. Weilzler, Attica “Mr. John A. Thomas says “labor

“Labor is prior to and independent of capital,” as supporting evidance. He shouid have quoted more of the message to Congress from which his excerpt wap taken. ‘he message was on the subject of free and slave labor, Here it is: : “If is assumed that whoever: is once 8 hirec| laborer is fixed in that

any such thing as a free man-DeIngl fixed for Ife in the condition of a hired laborer. . . . Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never’ have existed if Jabor had not first. existed. , . , Capital has its rights, | ch are as worthy .of protection] Nor is it de-

between labor ‘and. capital produc= ing mutual benefits. "The ‘error is

in assuming. that the whole labor}, of the community exists within that |’

others nor have others work for

wages awhile, saves a surplus with

up from poverty. . ware of surrendering’ a political power which they already possess, and which if surrendered will sure~ ly-be used to close: ‘the door of adainst such as they, :

sojand to ew Supdens. and disabilities (bhp them tit al liberty shall be Yost? = Surrendered to a government: Te- || ‘|sponsible to no one, not even its members, which gives or: denies. ‘the | right to work, flouts law. and order, | governors and presidents rules by af private army ‘of pickets, a labor ; union, :

vancement :

which. to ny tools and land, nd; ford

. Let them be-

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LETS TALK LESS AND DO MOREY’ :

By Herman ‘Bobbe, " ». Chester Aves

On Armistice. Day and as one

who served “in the ‘United States | Arly during 1917-1919, the question ’ Icoms large in my mind whether |; we should celebrate or repent on x the anniversary of this memorable Aol mI

condition for life, . . , Nor is there|9

A century and a I

relation. A large majority belong|*" to neither. class—neither work for |"

them. . . .. The prudent, penniless oats, begimier| in the world lnbors for (OF

I a

ul WANT TO me, ut = «can 1 do?” . : *+ lhere is a remark.

: 730, Ne Maou is iid nore 14 | tion that old’ and un

‘of Women Voters. g in inter-racial understa ational and religious ones, of 9 gely to be found in: other

if oo re comm y - n “his or her convie ork is be pming increasin

ko wider a perspective.

‘We citn have the kind o 1