Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 November 1941 — Page 12
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HOWARD. : RALPH BURKHOLDER MARK FERREE
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1041
E STRIKE | OF Geo Tort th li Bas begs he Gos men ~ which the steel mills depend, we have nothing but ef. Itisa body blow to national defense and an evi- » of internal disunity at a moment of great crisis. For the miners who are following the dangerous leader- | p of John L. Lewis; we have much sympathy. Loyalty their union has been bred into many of them for generasions. Because of it they are being used by Mr. Lewis as awns in a ruthless game of power politics. And they have 10t been convinced that what is now involved is the larger juestion of loyalty to their government. Mr. Lewis, we believe, has made the most tragic error ver made by a leader of American labor. ‘It is the culminaon of a long series of errors by the Government. Others re responsible for encouraging Mr. Lewis to believe that sulldozing methods would succeed indefinitely, even against re But he is responsible for this reckless,
| And the use he now makes of the power he has already ed to concentrate in his own hands provides the proof that he should not have the even greater : er basic materials of defense which he tried to orce the Government to obtain for him. As the President has said, coal must be mined to make teel, and Congress will enact whatever legislation is necesig hat end. We urge, as we have always urged, 1 and constructive legislation to preserve labor's sal liberties by preventing their abuse. But this country wist now make it plain that labor dictators at home will no anger be permitted to deprive it of the weapons without ‘hich it cannot hope to defeat foreign dictators.
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CONGRATULATIO NS
« JOVERNOR SCHRICKER once again has proved himself a far bigger man than the power politicians who would riaintain their hold in! the same old way. The Governor jas made an excellent appointment in the selection of John ".. Niblack as Municipal Court Judge to succeed the late harles J. Karabell. Few persons know the ston of pressure exerted “pon the Governor by factional groups plumping for their _avorites. The Governor said no to these groups and kept aying no. He went away froin the political lists to get ae man to fit the job. ‘ - John Niblack is 43. He is a lawyer, a sincere Repubican, a former State Senator, and in the last two campaigns as executive vice-president of the nonpartisan Citizens’ ‘chool Committee. He has always been known as an honest inan and a fair one—and an incorruptible one. He should fake a fine judge. ; |
"HE GOVERNMENT CAN Brats
JECRETARY Morgenthau has pointed the way to substan- “~ tial economies in non-defense expenditures. Any sizable : wings will have to be taken from the large outlays for
karbor projects, aid to youth, and the generous subsidies t farmers. : ~ Ths spending of great sums for such purposes may So been justified during the depression. It was
ed that such spending was necessary to “prime |
pump,” though there are good grounds for doubting at this accomplished any actual net increase in purchasng power. The deliberate policy of deficit financing probbly dried up even more billions of potential private investent spending. : ; Whichever way you lean in that argument, you cerainly can’t justify - “pump-priming” expenditures now— /hen the pump is overflowing with defense billions.
The public-works and youth-aid programs actually
mpede defense by competing for materials and manpower. ‘arm subsidies are partly responsible for the rising livg costs,
8 8 s » 2 NE improvement, we think, could have been made in ‘the secretary’s recommendations—not only should the ctivities he mentioned be re-examined, but a fine-tooth ombing for economies should be extended into every yranch of Government. In the last decade of loose fiscal Holicies, luxurious habits have developed in practically all overnment offices. Every Government service and payoll should be scrutinized anew, : When the war started Britain set up a parliamentary expenditure, which has since been g out unnecessary expenditures. It ayers millions of pounds. This comttee has i ed more than a thousand witnesses at more than 500 hearings—and each hearing has resulted
‘some new saving, It has found and eliminated waste in. ery line of activity, ranging from work in the shipyards ;
duplication | in Go ernment press releases. Why can’t our own expenditures commiteee—of which etary Morgenthau is a member and Sesion Byrd the do Hkewize?
DNFESSION OF ERROR QOMEHOW we think we would be inclined to trust Gen: Archibald P. Wavell. Not because he won the most acular victory yet achieved by allied forces in chasing Italians out of Libya, and certainly not because he then mitted the Germans to chase his own victorious army of the same 2 ea. Simply because of a statement the eral made the other day frankl r disaster was inl y fault. : a month } bez
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BUT THE REST OF them based their opinions on the confusing ineptitudes of the Russians in their workout against the Finns, a performance
1% seem {0 be nuts by all the stand--
fe oa TY iiorar fink os to make themselves look bad and lure an overconfident
‘sucker into a reckless But
h knew- it all before anything happened. It didn’t take Finland to demonstrate to him that the Russians were the Fred Fulton of the mili-
tary world.
Our Charles the Great had visited their flying flelds and airplane plants and talked with their avia‘tion experts and apparently they showed him some crankwinders and woodburners and let him interview some of -their crazy wingwalkers and sent him on his way with just the impression they wanted him to impart to his friends in London. Or skip all this
for showing the sights to the man who was, and you still come down hard on that fact that he simply didn’t know what he was talking about and couldn't have been wronger if he had tried.
He Could Be Wrong Again
WHEN HITLER FINALLY did let fly at Stalin the Russians were the only nation who could even venture a counter-punch and now, after a eampaign which has been going since June, and which some of our best minds expected to wind up with another complete conquest within six or eight weeks, Germany is still fully engaged and the Russian war surely must have chewed up some enormous portion of Hitler's army and his equipment. It was commonly understood that the Russians didn’t know enough about machinery to grease a wheelbarrow and everyone must remember stories to the effect that the dumb, ignorant Russians just ran their vehicles aintil the bearings burned out and then abandoned them where they died. Yet, today, we in the U. 8. A. might feel very weil off if we had, say, one-tenth of the mechanical fighting gear that Stalin had to start with and the men to run it as well as his robots did. As to aviation, there have been no reliable figures, but, at any rate, their stuff and their fliers have been good enough and there has been enough of machines and men to keep Hitler completely engaged. in Russia to the total neglect of his endeaver to bomb the British civilian populace into surrender. Charles the Great staked his reputation on his opinion ‘and, on the basis of his performance as an expert here, there will surely be some Americans who are not pro-British, pro-Soviet or normally antiGerman but just pro-American who won't have much confidence in his belief that Hitler has no intention to invade this hemisphere and couldn’t if he would. He could be wrong again.
U. S. Aviation By Maj. Al Williams
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DETROIT, Nov. 17.—I have ~ Just had a ride in'a Chrysler tank and a glimpse of what Henry Ford i doing for national defense in
Many Americans don’t understand the function of Detroit. Much research is done here, but: Jase productiont is the main mo~'
When it Chin to. mass pro-. . duction, Detroit—which- is another way of saying our automobile industry—is tops. None of my y observations on what the motor car industry is doing to speed up mass production of warplanes is in any sense a criti-
-cism of the aircraft industry. The aircraft industry
was left to live from hand to mouth until the “expert” strategists woke up about a year ago and demanded 50,000 planes as the yearly ‘production. quota. Lack of real volume demand from the Government for warplanes had forced the aircraft industry to continue building planes and engines according to methods and shop practices which suited a small yearly demand. If the motor car industry hed had the same small demand for cars, Detroit’s mass production methods would never have been developed.
Why Air Firms Couldn't Deliver
UNTIL THIS EMERGENCY broke on the country, the aircraft industry had no reason for designing Te own mass production machinery. Lacking volume orders, it did not control its own supply of ‘steel, iron, and other materials. Under such handicaps, it
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1 wholly disagree with. what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it~Voliaire,
ON BIG BUSINESS, FASCISM AND WHERE WE STAND By C. O. T., Easf Chicago Norman Thomas, in Alumni Hall at ‘Indiana University during the time he was campaigning for the Presidency in 1940, said: “If America becomes Fascist it will do so in the role of anti-Fascism.” According to PM, our nation, except the President, his Administration and the Communists, is already Fascist. And all three of the big world powers against Naziism will not beat Hitler if Big Business. ¢ can keep them from it. In the last World War there were
made in the U. S. A. In this one
{they say if there are not six new
billionaires and 25,000 new millionaires made (and quite necessarily, too, 50,000,000 corpses, invalids and paupers), why, let Hitler win the war because it ain't worth it, anyway! : i
® » 8 ‘BOOZE AND PROFITS TIED IN TOGETHER’ By an East Sider
I don’t see anything in the papers these days about it,-but do you know that the liquor situation in Indianapolis is worse than ever? There is a saloon near my home that keeps on violating closing hours and where young boys and young| girls are served booze at all hours’of the night. How: can decent parents bring up their children properly when things|like this are permitted to go on?" The police ‘and the courts seem to want to do nothing about it. The decent citizens: complain but who cares about the decent citizens? All they're for, I suppose, isto pay the
‘Some one of these days the decent citifens are going to get together and run these booze-sellers and their protectors. out of the comume munity, Yes, we'll have prohibition.
more than 19,000 new millionaires
bills for these people to keep office.
(Times readers are invited to express their views in these’ columns, religious confroversies excluded. Make your letters short, so all can have a chance. Letters must be signed. gned.) i And will they start hollering all over again? You bet! All because booze and profits are tied in together. That's why. Le... ‘FORGET NEEDY, LOOK OUT FOR BRITAIN FIRST!’
By Walker Hull, Freetown, Ind. 2 1 see where Lord Halifax was egged up at Detroit. Poor fellow! . + « Oh, well, if his white vest, silk hat and frock-tailed coat were ruined, of course it’s Uncle Sam's place-to ray the bill. . He'can do that by cutting down a little more .on the small assistance now being. granted the old age needy
{by Indiana's State Welfare Depart-
ment ancl by going down a little deeper into the taxpayer's pocket and ‘exacting some more faxes out of his hard-carned moizey. But, above all, look after Great Britain and get Lord Halifax a new suit ‘of clothes and pay off sll of England's war debts. Pay no attention to-our déserving needy at home.
”» » 8 TOMATO HURLING REFLECTS: ON WOMEN, SHE: STATES By M. A. K. A regrettable event recently took
place in Detroit. A barrage of eggs
and tomatoes were hurled by women pickets at the English ambassador, Loni Halifax, when he was making & two-day inspection: tour’ of Detroil’s arms: producing centers. No matter how trivial the incident may appear it is indicative of the feelings and attitudes of at least some American women, opposing America’s entry into this war. We can, therefore, imagine the joy
had achieved veritable marvels in its struggle to lift production of engines and planes from the watchmaker trade, where precision is at such asprémium. When we came to our bottleneck of visionless planning, and the aircraft industry was deluged with the order to turn out 50,000 planes g year, there was consternation in an industry that had permitted to built 5000 planes a year. The automobile industry of Detroit stepped into this breach. - Detroit was asked for no research, no new wings, . no new planes—but rather for the’ method by which motor car mass ‘production ‘could be applied to air
After fumbling fo the "realization that aircraft. engines and: planes are not automobile bodies and engines, Detroit got- down to business and studied its: task of building to designs already accepted—but building faster. Tt is doing the the job, :
So They Saye.
detains the 8 goals sim, Som I am | hed a the degree of calm.—Roger N “Beit Sn of American Givi Liberties Union. “i oy \ She nn pss Neteen. job in Ame ~SPAB Director
| The gpiie of co-operation s not bred in Mle sc.
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tories: it does not rom. the h less | men.—Floyd 5. Odi Sn SRL ns teibution :
his cabin have beer at war . has not—Senator
Side Glances—By Galbraith
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with which this demonstration was|
received in Germany. Even if we disregard the insult shown the ambassador of a great friendly nation, the impression still remains with the rest of the world that ‘the American people are po-
understanding of the seriouf’ situation, evoked by Nazi conquests in the world. This fact is still more lamentable because it casts the sad reflection on the intelligence of American ‘women in general.
The history of. this war wilt dis-
* [close the innumerable. examples of |
courage, of sacrifice, of the greats est heroism of women of Poland, of England, of Russia ang other warring nations.
For the past two. years we have been reading of the splendid spirit shown by these women in aiding to check the fires, in doing all kinds of work and successfully replacing the men in practically all types of occupations. The valiant Polish women have not only displayed the greatest courage during the Polish caripaign of 1939, but they also have manifested the same indomitable: :pirit when they have found themsplves under the degrading and brutal Nazi rule. It takes real heroism to. stand up under the yoke of German conquerors, who shoot by hundreds the innocent, hungry people and yet not break under such sorrow and despair, - Indeed, the history of this war will leave a splendid monument to the braveness and courage of the European woman with warm heart full of sympathy for human sufferings and strength of will in her own
misery. ‘Against the background of these heroic women stands as a. contrast,| women pickets in Detroit demonstrating in a disgraceful way the. help to. England and the rest of the endangered world; protesting from purely selfish and short-sight-ed motives. Do they expect, by such actions, to insure peace and concord in América? We doubt: the effectiveness of their méthods. Furthermore, it is Hitler who decides the mo-
* |mentous question of peace or war,
as he has decided it in the case of Poland, of Belgium, of Holland, of
“| Norway and several other countries.
Shouldn't the women of Detroit be aware of that :
THE CELESTIAL \ SURGEON If T have faltered more or less
i In my great task of happiness;
ns: I have moved among my race . 4nd thew no. glorious morning
Y betas frouh Happy huiiah eyes
(Have moved me not; if morning Books, ad my food, snd summer Knocked on my sullen ‘heart in}: vain—-
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DONA YSABEL DE BOBADILLA falls in Jove with
her fathers page, He Sm. reserved de 8
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+| forms de Soté he must. 8
‘the Indies as a condition of Ey ror 11 years, de Soto wanders in i Ind
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is Nines de Tovar, sscond. in command of le expe tion, impetuous, daring, sensuous. al : wey To men eventually fall visi to | he go the lang ani the Sron-wisd ae Sei ntellectual OE nt be Fur Both lose the ir identity as representatives 16th Century C 3 ndom,
Dramatic and Powerful Wilting ok . THE BATTLES WITH the Indians, the scenes of conflict between de Sdto and the priest who urges him to turn back and de Soto's midnight bu jal [in the Mississippi are dramatic and powerful. he author has injected the point of view of these Ine n fo nder= ing in a trackless wilderness. the magnit nd the future of which they had no conception. . ‘The heroic aspect of a handful of men jthels stained and rusty, leading their tired horses forests with weapons hardly superior to se savages ‘about them .is implicit in the book. I I n ans’ lo! arque jeighing pounds, these Conquistadores had to win their battles with swords and horses. Jeo From 1539 to 1542 they plodded on, always hoping the gold they sought lay at the next mdian town, Through ‘Florida, Georgia, the Caroli ‘ Alabam Mississippi and Ternoaes they fought er ay. Then they left and nothing remained save the legend of the “Stonish Giants” in th ory of the Tndians
“AT JHE MOON'S INN. 8 a novel by Andrew | Lou. Bobbie
A Woman's Viewpoint By Mrs. Walter Ferguse!
SIR PHILLIP GC or 8, Tow lecturing in our et , pays high tribute to the girls of Eng« land, who have astound d 8 mien by their courage. “There is a Es in the eyes of Eoglishwoms ” he said, “a look mystic, supernat-
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dea | more vital than: paasath poltiad issues the destiny of a people and » sulin Hanes balance. In the talk I had with him, Phillip to look beyond the defeat of Hitler. For tk him and venerate him. He is an Eng ing because he sees his country suffer. But if the printiples he loves are to people of the Dnited. States have got to look beyond his objective. We cannot afford ry selves— e
‘a tremendous effort, but it is ‘upon wiih we we staking
No One Can Win or Lote I | es re
THE CAUSES THAT created rooted in European soil, where wars for | Powe! invariably called by idealistic names—h e thousands of years. Be Every day the present conflict continues make fact A an} win or lose 3 Burope. e more dev Be a La When hunger, pestilence and disillus as théy are sure to do, we shall be face question, - Upon its answer may rest ' democracy there and here. Will our con ‘prepared to restore sanity and-order in unhappy continent? Shall we be sane selves to help in’ working out a Just § endure? + If not, . as futile 3 ple as the one we made in 1917.
Editor's Notét The views expressed by o olumnist sekspfer ase alr OWA. They are not eo Indianapolis Times.
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