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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1942
SIX WORDS N unnamed young soldier out in Hawaii has a message for you. He didn’t know he had a message. But he had. A correspondent touring the new defenses of Hawaii found him in a secluded dugout, where he was sleeping on the hard ground. Asked if that wasn’t pretty tough, the young soldier grinned, spat, and delivered his message: “Was. Not now. Used to it.” The sooner we civilians get into that frame of mind about how tough it is to undergo the thousand little inconveniences that go with war, as well as the real sacrifices, the better. The end of the war will be in sight when 130,000.000 people are saying about how tough it is to make their own sacrifices:
“Was. Used to it.”
Not now.
MR. McNUTT ON THE SPOT HAT will Paul McNutt, the Federal Security Administrator, do about the 20 students at Harding College who asked that their names be taken off the National Youth Administration payroll and that the $210 a month they had been receiving be used hereafter to help pay for the war? We already know the reaction of NYA Administrator Aubrey Williams. He said that if he had his way the | money would not be used for the war but would go to other | students in other colleges. To Mr. Williams’ strange way of thinking, refusal to accept a Government handout is an act almost bordering on treason. And for students to do as the young men and women of Harding College have done—get out and hustle private jobs to work their way through school without Government subsidies—is a demonstration of enterprise and self-reliance repugnant to Mr. Williams’ concepts of the more abundant bureaucracy. But Mr. McNutt is Mr. Williams’ boss—that is, he is supposed to be. And the Harding students’ petition has | been placed on his desk for a decision. Mr. McNutt considers himself Presidential timber. It will be interesting to observe whether he joins forces with Mr. Williams and the political school lobby—or remembers that a nation at war cannot afford unessential spending of borrowed money.
LABOR BOARD GAINS UBMITTING the sixth annual report of the National Labor Relations Board, Chairman H. A. Millis notes some encouraging trends. There was a marked increase in the number of cases brought before the NLRB in the last year. But where the board used to get two cases involving complaints of unfair labor practices to every case involving questions of union representation the ratio is now about cne to one. In gen-
eral, Mr. Millis thinks: “It is possible to draw the conclusion that American | labor, having escaped the sterile repressions of Hitler Germany, has learned to use its protective right of self-organ-ization, and that American employers have advanced far
toward making collective bargaining the accepted practice |
of an industrial democracy.”
There have been gains, and a large share of the credit R
for them should be given to increased fairness on the Labor | Board itself. The slow reorganization, which brought Mr. |
Millis, William M. Leiserson and Gerard D. Reilly to mem- | ;
bership, replacing J. Warren Madden, Donald Wakefield | Smith and Edwin S. Smith, has produced good results. The notorious bias of the former members perverted the good purposes of the Wagner Labor Act. Unfortunately, however, there still is no assurance that the improvements made by the new members will be permanent. That can come only through amendments to the Wagner Act, making fair administration a legal requirement, not | a matter of choice by appointed members of the board.
SOMETIME—WAGE-HOUR FOR COOLIES?
HE rubber plant is native to Brazil. It was transplanted to the Orient because only there was to be found effi- | cient labor that would work for a few cents a day. We became the world’s greatest consumer of rubber. What we have been riding on is tires that stem back to | what would not have been tolerated in this nation even in | the time of our worst sweatshops. We have been the chief beneficiaries of that coolie | labor, working for cents where we got dollars. One of President Roosevelt's four freedoms is freedom from want—for all the world. The same freedom is expressed as an ideal for world economy after the war and as the hope for permanent peace. Point Five in the Roose- | velt-Churchill eight points: *. ,.. to bring about the fullest | collaboration between all nations in the economic field with | the object of securing, for all, improved labor standards, | economic adjustment and social security.” Can it be that out of this war will come a wage-hour | law for the coolies? | If so, we may pay more for our tires, but we may | sleep with clearer consciences and have a peace that will | last.
SWEETNESS AND LIGHT
(GEORGE P. BOTELER of Baltimore is camouflaging the birdhouse in his back yard to protect his 52 parrots against enemy bombers. Mrs. Mabel Silva accidentally left | an empty penny bank on a postoffice desk at Chico, Cal. | and returned later to find it had heen filled with coins by people who thought they were contributing to the Red Cross. And an organization calling itself Everlasting Love
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Fair Enough
By Westbrook Pegler
DETROIT, Feb. 5.—Adolf, my boy, if you could see what I have been seeing around Detroit, you would get yourself a quarter's worth of clothes-line and do it today. You think you are a pretty good man at war production, don’t you? Well, and so you are, in your league, but your league is strictly leaky-roof. You have heard of the great automobile industry of Detroit, of course. Biggest in the world, you remember, and your attempt to imitate it with your trashy little people's wagon was an expression of your envy and awe. Great factories sprawled all over Detroit and countless little feeder factories spotted around. Passenger cars, trucks, highway freighters and busses streaming out of the doors and away in numbers beyond belief. But you don't need a description of the Detroit motor industry. You know what it was and the point that will be of special interest to you is that today it is absolutely kaput, finished.
Just For You and Your Pals
IT HAS BEEN wound up for the duration and the plants are being dismantled to build planes, tanks, engines for both planes and tanks, guns and other
| fighting tools which will be turned against you and
your Japanese pals, and some of them are already building these things. Not only that, Adolf, but the Americans are building, in Detroit, alone, new plants in your honor which will at least double the fabulous Detroit motor center which you and the rest of the world have heard so much about. This is altogether aside from the other plants which are turning out war tools in the great facilities of that silly, futile, bickering American republic which you challenged, with your collossal but relatively puny machine shop. This is apart from the West Coast plane production, too. This is just Detroit that you are hearing about. It is Detroit times two and entirely devoted to the manufacture of a licking for your chosen people of the master race and the Japs.
You've Got Henry on Your Tail!
JUST WAIT UNTIL you get Henry Ford on your tail. Go on, laugh. Adolf, when old Henry actually sets himself a task and starts doing he always delivers and he is now making planes, engines and tanks, and on the side is running a big school for a steady turnover of young Navy flathats who come in more or less green and go out so well trained in the habits and makeup of various machines that they qualify for rates and extra pay almost automatically. That plant is really something, Adoif. You may be pretty good at guns, submarines, planes, bombs and all such, but pretty good isn't good enough. Our Henry is special. That plant of his, no kidding, Adolf, is the damnedest Colossus the industrial world has ever known. Less than a year ago it was just country, with trees on it, and today it is a huge factory and a flying field, all new and all special jobs, already at work on his program.
Do the Human Race a Favor!
YOU WILL BE hearing from Henry, Adolf, ind bear in mind, when you are talking about inefficiency of republics next time, that he didn’t start clearing off the trees until last March and did it with his own money, too, without waiting for formal contracts with the Government. Man, when Henry gets those dice he sure do make his point, And the strange thing is, Adolf, that he didn't want to do this, at all. But he decided that you were a warmonger and so he is going to burn you down and it is going to be just too bad for the German people that they happen to be working for you. No question about it now, Adolf. This American industrial war effort, at last, is something really super and you might save the German people considerable grief if you should get that clothes-line and do the human race that favor, today. Jap papers, please copy.
This and That
‘By Peter Edson
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—The railroads haul nine tons of freight for each pound of fuel consumed. . Elimination of brass shoe evelets provides enough metal for a million artillery shell cases. . .. Ninety thousand private fliers are to be organized into a civil air patrol, including women fliers. . . . Sandbags will be made of osnaburg, cotton substitute for burlap. . . . New ornaments for next year’s Christmas trees will be reduced 50 per cent to save metal. . . . It takes 100 pounds of wool to keep a soi- . . Say this real fast with your next cup of unsweetened tea or coffee: “Saving Sugar Supplies Soldiers Shells.” , . , The truth of it is that
| sugar, when converted into alcohol, goes into the man-
. . If you lose your | | Hitler can't touch us then,” while
‘submarines lurk off every large ‘American port city.
ufacture of powder for shells. . new green automobile use tax stamp, you have to Write your collector of internal revenue (to whom you sent that postcard receipt). . . . Give approximate date on which stamp was purchased, location of postofiice where you bought it, amount paid, make, model and serial number of your car and a statement of circumstances regarding loss or theft. . . . If you prove these things to the satisfaction of the collector, he'll send you a letter, but he won't give you a new
| stamp free.
More Cars in Operation
BUREAU OF MINES estimates a million and a half more motor vehicles in operation now than a year
tion Service (to aid small business) is now CDB, ConDistribution Branch. Hemp seed can no longer be sold as canary food. It must be planted. . . .. Owners of usable vacant factory buildings have been asked to send data on land area, floor space and equipment to Plant Site Board, Social Building, Washington, D. C. . . . No priorities will be granted on materials for air-raid shelters. . owners are to be held responsible for safety of their patrons in case of air raids.
So They Say—
We are creating a new America, a free Amer- |
ica, willing and ready to fight for its freedom.—Foreign Minister Juan Bautista Rossetti of Chile.
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Gen. Pershing was wonderful to me and the |
good I did fer the doughboys is one of the proudest
| accomplishments of my life—Walter Damrosch, or- | | chestra conductor, on his work in France in 1918.
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We shall win this war, and in victory we shall seek
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| not vengeance but the establishment of an international order in which the spirit of Christ shall rule | the hearts of men and nations.—President Roosevelt. |
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At last we are beginning to see that finance
was made for man and not man for finance.—Report |
of National Resources Planning Board. * ® * I'm not interested in politics. It's a business you
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES Seems to Have Uncorked Something
THURSDAY, FEB. 5, 1942
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The Hoosier Forum
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“WHERE IS PATRIOTISM OF THESE SUGAR HOARDERS?”
By a Housewife, Indianapolis Where is the patriotism of these sugar hoarders? It looks as if they were thinking only of themselves and want to fill their basements and attics so that they will be sure to be sitting pretty no matter what happens to the rest of the country. I could afford to lay in large quantities of sugar and stuff if I wanted to, but I prefer to take my
chances along with the rest of our
boys who are making sacrifices for their country. After all, if we did come up against a real sugar shortage, it wouldn't be any satisfaction to me to know that my cellar was full while the rest of the country was doing without. Also, if we lost the war, it would not take the Nazis long to make a house to house canvass to confiscate all the hoarded food that these smart Americans(?) are putting away. ” » ” “CAN'T WE SMOTHER THIS SMUGNESS OF OURS?” By R. T,, Indianapolis Associate Justice Roberts of the Supreme Court has had a ringside view of American self-complacency at its worst, and it astonished him. Following the investigation of his committee into Pearl Harbor, the Justice said: “I cannot understand the smugness of the United States. I cannot understand its complacency.” Events proved that there was little enough reason for it. But have we lost it completely? Are there not people who still say, “Wait till 1943, then we can win in
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“LET'S HAVE BETTER
CHILDREN AND MORE DOGS” By Charles Kwitny, 2929 Ruckle St. I am speaking for everybody that knows anything about dogs. Arthur S. Mellinger,’ 3500 W. 30th St., had an editorial printed Feb. 3, stating that people living in the city should not own “curs.” He also said that if people do not want their dogs, to “humanely put them out of the way.” In the first place, people should own dogs, not as Mr. Mellinger states it, “curs.” If Mr. Mellinger thinks that there is such a thing as a humane death for dogs, I wonder if he thinks there is a humane death for humans. According to ‘what he says about dogs there must be one for humans, too. Mr. Mellinger, if you knew anything about dogs, you wouldn't say | that they revert back to the savage |stage when they are turned loose. They do go back to their ancestral instinct in order to exist, but not as far back as being savage. A dog does not become a man-hater after a length of time living alone. If a dog bites a child as you say, not to turn a dog loose. Find a home for him, but do not have him killed. You said that many people have a lot of sympathy for dogs while {they wouldn't even look at their | neighbor’s children. This is not true. . . Let's not have
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and fewer dogs,” let's have better children and more dogs. If a dog bites a child as you says, I am sure the child must have done something to the dog first. Having dogs “humanely” put out of the way is the same thing Hitler is doing to people in Europe,,,. n EJ ” “WOMEN SHOULD NOT BE INDUCTED INTO ARMY”
By Harrison White, 218 E. St. Joseph St. The House Military Affairs Committee is now considering a bill authorizing a Women's Auxiliary Army Corps of 12,000. Some of the questions asked the proponents of the bill were: “Will women privates in the corps take orders from their women officers?” “Will women corps members be willing to be shipped under Army discipline to all the battle fronts of the world where American expeditionary forces are now proceeding?” “Can companies of women 300 in number be stationed in barracks at Army camps with 20,000 men soldiers, without many a delicate situation arising?” I do not believe women should be inducted into the Army, for even |if they do not know it, they are, everyone of them, an attraction to any man that should detract any soldier from his affairs with the enemy. The men would naturally {look after the women rather than (the Japs. Even the general might |fail to give his orders. | One of the greatest naval battles in history was lost because when the battle was in full tilt, Cleopatra turned and sailed away with her galley, then her lover, the Admiral Anthony, turned and sailed after her so the battle was lost. Ladies if you want to help win this war, stay out of the Army; and Congress, help us keep a little more even keel at home in all things; you know any one, even the country, can accomplish more in balance rather than out of balance. = ” ” “IN HELPING ENGLAND WE HELP OURSELVES”
By G. R., Indianapolis. In answer to C. K. C.: What do you mean “they” force daylight saving time on us, then deprive us of sugar? We, the patriotic people of America gladly get up an hour earlier if it will help our war effort, and joyously give up sugar or anything else we feel is necessary. In helping England we were helping her protect our interests. You sound like a whimpering agitator! If you don’t like it here, get a one-way ticket to Germany or Japan and do without everything. We won't miss you!
THE GARDEN
What makes a garden? Flowers, grass and trees, Gdor, grace and color; Lovely gifts like these.
What makes a garden And why do gardens grow? Love lives in gardens— God and lovers know! Careline Giltinan (1884—
DAILY THOUGHT
Behold, the Lord God will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his re-
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before him.—Isaiah 40:10.
BY TRACING Heaven his footsteps may be found: Behold! how awfully he walks the round! God is abroad, and wondrous in his ways,
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Gen. Johnson
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5, — Two classes of our people seem to be determined that they are not going to suffer the effects of war infla=tion and are not going to pay any war taxes. They are some farmers, and at least the C. I. O, group of workers, This is simpler than it sounds. Taxes are a principal element in the cost of living. This does not refer to income taxes alone which, until now, have borne lightly on workers and farmers. It includes the tax element of cost, which is included in the price of everything the very poorest of us consume—in other words, the cost of living, It has amounted to about 22 per cent of the cost of living. These are hidden taxes. They are paid withe out protest because they are not seen. Now, as we are informed almost daily, taxes are to become the principal element in the cost of living, They are to be multiplied. Hidden taxes will be ine creased and nearly every earner will pay some income taxes. Won't that hit everybody? Oh no! The C. I. O. high command has announced as its policy, and advised its member unions to insist, that all wages be increased just as fast as the cost of living rises.
The Same Old Story
IN OTHER WORDS, while this class may have to pay the increased taxes as reflected in increased costs, they are to get the money in increased wages. This, in turn, will increase costs which again will increase taxes and so on through a dreary and never-ending spiral of inevitable inflation which everybody but the C. I. O. members will suffer. - No, not everybody. Another great and politically powerful class has a very similar gadget formula. As and where shortage occurs farm prices—food prices— will go up. The Department of Agriculture and AAA have enough contact with stocks and production to keep them pretty well in line. Thus, among our population, are two great classes which have taken out, or intend to take out, pretty good insurance against both increased war costs and increased war taxes. All this is not to say that both or either of these clever schemes will work to the intended result. There are a good many chances for failure of both.
It Doesn't Make Sense
BUT IT IS TO say quite plainly that we have in our midst spokesmen for two great groups—labor lead=ers on the one hand, and Congressional representatives from farm states on the other—who are quite willing to exempt their own constituents from the real sweat and burden of this war and let the remaining general public bear the brunt of it. It doesn't check with what is being demanded from other classes in other fields—that industry give up its occupation, that small business submit to ruin, that families be broken up into cannon fodder, that we all give up conveniences and change our very manner of living—above all that we do all this—as we are doing it—without complaint or attempt at evasion. What is going on here has not been made plain enough to the country, or to the farmers and workers themselves. They are being misrepresented by their spokesmen. As the President has suggested, the Price Control Bill must be amended. It is time to do that now bes fore great harm results.
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A Woman's Viewpoint By Mrs. Walter Ferguson
OUR FIRST LADY suggests that women go to their attics and dig out old clothes and discarded household gadgets which may come in handy when the real rae tioning starts.
It’s a good idea. I hope we ach upon it. And while we're on a rummaging spree, why not clean out our mental attics as well? Perhaps we could turn up many odds and ends which would also be useful Old customs, for example, and old codes of behavior, and old ways of thought, In the era toward which we move, whether it be a horse-and-buggy or a super-scientific age, many ancient things might help to shape a better social order. To name a few: Create, instead of buy, amuse=ments; participate in, rather than look on at, our favorite sports. Depend upon ourselves instead of on the Government. Emphasize character more than money making. Learn to live as well as to make ga living.
Let's Raise Children Properly, Too
THERE ARE ANCIENT notions of child training which should certainly be restored to favor. Since our boys are in for a life of strict military discipline, we could well teach our toddlers more self control. The idea of rugged individualism for infants should have gone out with the draft. Peach-tree switches within reach worked wonders on the youngsters of other days, and let's remember that Grandma dosed out gumption as well as sulphur and molasses. Dad and Mother could revert to some horse-and-buggy theories of domestic autherity, with excellent results to themselves and the kiddies. Also, sometime between the last war and now we put temperance into mothballs. It should be trotted out again, along with old-fashioned clothes and gadgets. People who believe we can drink our way to victory have a funny conception of winning wars, yet you'd be surprised how many of them you can meet, in a day’s journey. It's part of the cockeyed thniking in this cockeyed world. Indeed, yes. I'm all for raiding the attics, if only to awaken within us the realization that all change is not progress, and that many discarded items we thought worn out are still useful. In this crisis a few of the stolid qualities of character which belonged to the Victorian age might also help to lick the Japs and Germans.
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Q—Is Ernie Pyle an only child? Where was he born? : A—He was born on a farm near Dana, Ind. and is an only child.
Q—What is the temperature of dry ice? A—At atmospheric pressure the sublimation tem perature of solid carbon dioxide (dry ice) is —109.2 degrees F.
Q—Alexander Hamilton was born in the West Indies and came to the United States as a young man. Would he have been eligible to hold the office of President of the United States? A—Yes, because he was a citizen of the United States when the Constitution was adopted. The Constitution states: “No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of the Constitution shall be eligible to the office of President.” :