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FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1042

WHEN IN DOUBT—FIGHT ON

HEN four conflicting statements on war prospects come from as many high allied officials on the same -, the public may be pardoned a bit of confusion. Prime Minister Churchill's report is very gloomy. After stating that “it now seems that we and our allies cannot lose the war except through our own fault and failure,” he recites the “melancholy tale” of allied defeats. With emphasis on the recent turn of the battle of he Atlantic in favor of the axis, he holds out little hope or the near future. The best he can say is that it is not bad as last year. Prime Minister Mackenzie King of Canada paints an even darker picture. At no time since the war began, he says, has the situation been as serious as it is today. He sums it up with the words “dangerous” and “urgent.” Indeed, it i§ so critical that Canada dares not send any troops to Australia but must raise more divisions to defend England. Germany is so strong, according to Mackenzie King, she is able to launch four great spring offensives at once— against Russia, against Turkey and the Middle East, against Egypt, and against England. = ” ® UT Russia, speaking through its London ambassador, is of the opposite opinion. The allies can win the war this spring and summer by concentrating on helping the Russians, who have the Germans on the run, say Ambassador Ivan Maisky. Hitler also can win this year unless the allies g&top thinking in terms of 1943, unless the allies snap out of their defensive attitude of waiting sewen on the uniform of the last soldier,” Maisky believes. The most optimistic statement of the lot comes from our own government—optimistic, that is, regarding 1943. Assistant Secretary of State Berle says that Germany, following its winter reverses in Russia, is begininng to crack internally as this summer will show. Our guess is that the confusion goes deeper than that among these four allied spokesmen. Probably the situation itself is so confused, so filled with ifs-ands-and-butg, that each and all of these spokesmen are accurate regarding different aspects of a contradictory and fast changing world front. So soothsaying, even by the highest oracles, is rather futile. Such being the case, there is only one thing left for all of us to do—to fight like hell, today and tomorrow, and as long as it takes, No matter how long!

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DRAFT EVERYONE! FTER World War I practically everyone went around muttering that next time it would be different, we wouldn't have any confusion, no one would make a million dollars out of the war, evervone would be drafted, et cetera, et cetera. Now it is revealed that a Cleveland contractor charged £600 for airplane starters he estimated would cost $272. |

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The Invaders By Helen Kirkpatrick

LONDON, Marth 27.--Repres-sions and torture by German, Italfan and Bulgarian occupational troops has served to intensify Greek resistance, according to details of axis oppression in triply plagued Greece, received here through secret channels, In addition, copies of “The Voice of the Slaves,” a secret newspaper published and circulated freely in Athens under axis noses, have arrived in London. They shed fyrther light on Italo-Cerman-Bulgarian tyranny and the unstilled Greek spirit. It appears that the Bulgarians have made every

In Thrace, however, Greeks are known to be oppressed by the occupiers and subjected to merciless expulsions on the pattern of the Poles and Jews uprooted by the Germans from their Polish homes.

Priest Subjected to Tortures

ONE ATROCITY attributable to the Nazis in Greece concerns a priest named Papabsileios Michael, of Komara village in the Debrus zone. Michael was arrested in October and taken to Pentaophos where he was forced to clown for two days at a party held by Bulgarian officers. He was dressed as a soldier and made to drill, then was beaten up. When the officers tired of that, théy pulled off the priest's finger and toe nails, burned his beard and finally cut off his fingers. Why had the priest been tortured? Because the Germans had been unable to find and arrest the village schoolmaster, Psaltopoulos, who had urged all the children to attend school regularly and so keep alive the spirit of Greece.

Brothel Set Up for Germans

GERMAN OFFICERS, furthermore, are equipped with radio sets at the expense of the Quislingite Athens government. ; In Piraeus (port of Athens), a brothel of Greek women for German soldiers has beef established by the municipal authorities under Nazi compulsion, it is claimed. But the Bulgars and Germans are not .alone in actions of terrorism in Greece. Italian officers, in one instance, entered the premises of 16 Koumoundouros street, in Athens, residence of a priest of the Church of St. Constantine. They plundered the house and then wounded the priest's brother-in-law when he

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tried to bar them from his sister's room. In Corfu, Greek “nonco-operation” stymied the efforts of two Italian generals, Parini and Gelozo,

| who had prepared a speech intended to assure the | islanders that Corfu was and would remain Italian.

They asked the prefect to translate their remarks into Greek, but he refused and was dismissed. He

has not been seen since. Copyright, 1842 Bv The Chicago

Give Him a Break!

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Westbrook Pegler is on Vacation

‘By Gen. Hugh S. Johnson

WASHINGTON, March 27— May Heaven save Douglas MaeArthur from his loving friends. The Australian request for his services as the clock of doom registers the eleventh hour and the | fifty-ninth minute tends to make | him personally responsible for | what the President says is— “Everything from here to Singa- | pore.” And on top of this some little ;

| American groups are forming under the slogan “Mac- | i Arthur for President” which tend to push him, willy- | nilly into American politics.

The plaudits MacArthur has so justly won by do-

The government, meaning you taxpayers, paid enough that | ing so much with so little have left a sort of impres-

a woman secretary of that firm got $40,000 last year. new employee got a bonus of $11,000 after six weeks. Every employee got a bonus. And the taxpavers footed the bill. The government right now should say to all of us: You are not going to make a million dollars. You are not going to get exorbitant wages. You are not going to profiteer on foodstuffs.

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- - - - “yg. - | You are not going to play codeball with civilian defense. |

You are not going to hoard—anything. You are not going to rent-gouge. You are not going to exhaust your energies undermin-

ing labor. |

You are not going to carp and whine, unless vou first do your share.

You are not gomg to dodge vour full measure of this |

fight. Because:

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YOU ARE GOING TO WIN THIS WAR. |

sion that he is a military magician whoé can do anything with nothing. Of course, he i§ no such thing. He is among the tops of soldiérs in all history, but

{ even that is not enough. He is no miracle monger. |

His job is to reconquer a quarter of the globe half | a world away in distahce. He can no more do that | without a vast supply of men and materials than | Napoleon could have done it from his prison island of St. Helena.

He's Not a Politician!

IF HE FAILS to do it (as he must fail without adequate supplies) his herdically-won fame will be frittered away. The loving {iriends, admirers and #ven idolators of MacArthur's are thus doing him and the cowitry

| no service by over-emphasizing his genius and paying | too little heed to the dread considerations that go

along with his task. Those who go further, at this to push him toward domestié¢ politics, are doing him hn even worse service. They forget that MacArthur is neither a politician

If that be dictatorship, make the most of it—for the | or a Democrat—much less & New Dealer.

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OVERTIME PROFITS AND BONUSES

HE remarkable story of Jack & Heintz, Inc., of Cleveland, is illustrative of how difficult it ig by law to keep | some people from making a good thing of this war. Jack & Heintz may be an exception (at least we hope

it is) in its margin of profit—the house naval affairs com- !

mittee says the company sells aircraft engine starters to the army and navy at about twice the cost of production. Certainly it is unique in its lavish distribution of the take among employees-—a private secretary getting $25,000 salary plus bonuses, an accountant réceiving $11,000 bonus after working for the company only 46 days, all employees receiving $100 bills, watches and free insurance policies. Other war-contract companies have paid inexcusably large bonuses to topside executives, but Jack & Heintz go farther and also divvy up with the help. As a result, according to the naval committee, the company’s income tax for 1941 was $172,220, whereas if the generous bonuses hadn't been paid the government would have recaptured $906,801 of the company’s profits. Paying via salaries and bonuses is one way some corporations have found of getting around the excess profits tax. That tax is mild, compared to what it should be, and to what it will be when congress gets through revising it. But increasing the rates will be to no avail unless congress also puts a ceiling on the bonuses. This congress must do. And it must do everything »lse necessary to stop was profiteering.

JUST LIKE A WOMAN EVERY #1) girl loves to wash dishes—till she gets past 6

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Why can’t we give at least 6hée American soldier a clean break?

So They Say—

There runs through Chinese thinking a high degree of common sense which often has saved them from | blind credulity and irrational excess.—Arthur W. Hum- | mel, division of orientalia, Library of Congress. * *

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_ Bataan. fort, or special interests or privileges or even of life itself is too great—Francis B. Sayre, U. S. high

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force, the British army and the American forces in northérn Ireland —Edward M. Curran, U. 8. district attorney for District of Columbia, ® *

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actor, but me the target. —Melvyn Deufilas, returning | to Hollywood from his Washington office of civilian

defense job.

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Reasonable criticism is one thing. Violent denunciation tending to undermine the army and depress the wholé population is quite Secretary Herbert Morrison, threatening to suppress Daily Mirror.

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A - In the dictatorships, law is what the dictators say it is. Such commands are as far from true law as the commands of a highwayman —Federal Judge Robert N. Wilkin of Ciéveland.

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Our free workers can Te to vietory far more than the axis taskmasters can ever wring from the unwill-

Japan.—President Roosevelt.

effort to mollify the Serbs in Yugoslav Macedonia.

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I wholly disagree with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to sey it.—Voltaire.

“WHY SUCH PREFERENCE IN DEFENSE JOBS” By Mrs. Goldie Letzingér, 820 Manhattan st.

Why is there such a preference in defense jobs? I know a man and wife both employed in the same factory who leave a 13-year-old girl to roam the streets alone. If it were anyone else's girl they'd be the first to go to juvenile court to take her from her parents.

This same man has said in mine

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and others’ presence that Hitler's| government was a credit to ours. | ® And vet he has the nerve to work! in defense plants, while others can- | not even get an interview,

4 8 2 “GIVE OCD THE JOB OF SALVAGING WASTE” By H. Schaefer, 317 S. Arlington ave.

used for toothpaste, lotions, creams, ete. 3. The OCD should provide two jor more trucks to gather these materials, make arrangements with the department of sahitation to gather it or make arrangements with some salvage dealer for its collection. 4. The proceeds above and bevond the cost involved should be re-

We must maicn the gallantry of the fighters oh | No sacrifice on .our part, or personal com- |

commissioner to Philippines, upon arriving in his |

If Germany attacks, Ireland's only real hope for defense rests with the British navy, the Royal air

My trouble is that folks don’t think about me, the |

another. —British Home |

ing muscles of the regimented toilers of Europe and

(tained by thé OCD or they should During this war emergency more | qesignate that it be given to some {than at any previous time we must ,eedy government agency or other | conserve on all critical and essential | essential defense organization. ‘materials. Wide general publicity) 5 All such depots should be ‘has been given to the need for con- properly designated and posted with | serving paper. It is well-known tothe usuml warning signs that “This | the public, but like myself there is | lis U. S. government property, and little: being done. Yes, we have the destruction of same will result saved much waste but nobody has in prosecution.” thought to establish convenient dis- The above described method need (posal centers. The stuff is accumu- not be confined to only those ating at such a rate we'll soon have materials mentioned—it may even |to move out to make room for the | {include provisions for the gathering paper. of books for the boys in service, This is not intended as criticism Will to give. Give to live. jot those worthy charitable organ- | 2 2 =

| izations who are currently gather-| «wg NEED A NEW BUNCH

(ing this salvage wherever it is » | convenient, but it does appear that [OVER IV WARIINGTON

‘this effort is not efficient since Br O. D. Kendrick, Indianapolis much effort is duplicated which re-| I have read your article under] sults in a waste of two critical es- | date of March 21st with reference I nlower and rubber! [to the “Speaker Squawks.” Also Mo ortet HIETEIOTE: what you have to say under date of 1. That the OCD be given the March 23d. Go to it! You have responsibility. . of salvaging all {done more good to wake up the peo critical waste. ple. thah any one person in the 2. That the OCD solicit lumber | United 8tates. Keep it up! You companies (who have profited by|ought to run for congress or presidefense construction) to contribute dent, large receptacles, erates or boxes| What we need is a new bunch of { which should be Placed in some va- | fellows over at Washington. They cant lot in the don6t®’ neighborhood | are so afraid they will not be rewhere the public may bring Bh | 6lepted; and a lot of those old fossils waste. Several boxes should be|ought to be kicked out. The politiplaced at each stand, the largest | cal hook-up is such that our presibeing for waste paper, the smaller, |dent will continue to be re-elected for metal scrap and the smallest | as long as life lasts. Everything is for collapsible tubes such as are | political and, to me, so many silly

Side Glances=By Galbraith -

“It used to be wa couldn't sleep, waiting for our daughter to coms home—but now that her i nde « can't have their cars,

things are done in the way of appropriations of money. You, as well as Westbrook Pegler, seem to have the faculty of stating facts. We appreciate your paper and especially the editorials.

# = » WED GATHER HE DOESN'T LIKE GEN. JOHNSON By W. R. C., Indianapelis. I was pleased to seé Gen. Johhson's column drop toward the bottom of the page one day. I was more pleased to see him drop off the page altogether. And now I see he’s bounced back up instead of being bounced out. Knew it was too good to be true!

2 8 2 “THIS IS WAR—NOT FUN AND KISSING PARTIES”

By “Disgusted Woman,” Indianapelis

“Morale is the mental or moral | state which makes men capable of { endurance and of courage when facing danger—as war.” The dictionary definition does not include the kind of “morale” building efforts being made for our soldiers of war! The kind we see in magazines and newspapers (judging from the pictures), is the kind we, as Americans, should be ashamed of. Musie, comedy aets and such are to be encouraged — But dancing, |dates, and girls oh “kissing sprees” 'such as I see pictured, are any-

‘thing but “morale” building, One 2rmy camp was entertained by a | girl who vowed to kiss every soldier | there if it took weeks to do it. Why | are such unmoral acts allowed in army camps? This is no eneouragement to the sweethearts and wives back home, either. The effort and funds going into clubs ahd entertainmeént for the army had better be put into guns to insure entertainment after the war is won. Soon married men will Be drafted by thé thousands and are they to be given “dates” and be kissed by visiting girls at camp, too? The result will he: Wives back home alone and husbands in camp never lonely—so the hand that rocks the cradle will eut off the bonds of matrimony, turn the cradle loose, and all America will Be a land of degradation. This is war! Not fun! . 5 » “I SUGGEST CHAILLAUX

STAGE PATRIOTIC DRIVE" | By 0, B. Beek, 382 E. Morris st. I was very much surprised recently to note the various American Legion posts on the long list of slot machine addicts. This worthy organization has preached Americanism and shouted “patriotism” to the high heavens since 1918, yet they assist the racketeer owners of these mechanical aliens to reap a harvest of good American dollars that could do so much good at a time like this. Due to the closing of the “promise departments” of the state police, city police, prosecutor’s office, sheriff's office and mayor's office. . , . I suggest that Mr. H. L. Chaillaux who is Americanism director of the American Legion stage a patriotic drive against these un-American activities. . . . let's have a good oldfashioned American Legion parade with lots of noise and a big banner, and on the banner let's have: Make ammunition for soldiers and marines, From the tons of metal in slot machines. Buy bonds and stamps to end our worries, From the money wasted on “bells” and “cherries.”

DAILY THOUGHT

The tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. James 38. 8:8

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In Washington

By Peter Edson

WASHINGTON, March 27 Recent excitement about: the dee velopment of the “Sea Otter’— the small, shallow draft, torpedoproof, gasoline engine propelled freighters which can supposedly be turned out at low cost and in gréat numbers by mass production assembly line methods—has in general overlooked the real father of this invention. It was originally conceived by Warren Noble, an Englishman by birth, a surgeon, a naval reserve and inventor extraordinary. The idea of the verticle propeller shaft was his, and he thought the ships might be constructed so cheaply they could be taken apart and sold for junk at the end of a voyage. Noble took the idea to Comm. Hamilton V. Bryan, who saw its possibilities and has been the prime promoter. Bryan took the idea to W. Starling Burgess, the naval architect who designed three America's cup winners. Burgess is supposed to have been the man who made the final designs for a seaworthy, practical and nautically sound ship. It is Comm, Bryan who has been ordered to Washington to take charge of further experiments. )

Are You Hoarding Silver?

BANKS ARE beginning to report a tendency of some of their customers to hoard silver dollars. . , , More than 1500 miles of railroad lines were abandoned last year. . . . Unemployment for March is expected to go below the four million mark for the first time in years. , .. Senator Truman in the current “Flying” magazine charges 19 aircraft companies have the bulk of the war orders while 60 are unable to secure any substantiai business. . . . Twosthirds of the country’s $12,000,000,000 construction hill in 1941 was for war production. . . . Twenty-one vegetables are now big business with an annual ¢rop of 11.5 million tons from 1.8 million acres. . . . Commercial vegetable canning in 20 years has increased from 720 million cans to 45 billion cans. . . . Approximately a third of this year's canned goods will go to feed the army and navy.

It Never Fails

THE INGENUITY with which wartime restrictions can be overcome is sometimes amazing, Take aud-

mobiles, Their manufacture in the United States for

general civilian use is stopped, their sale restricted. Yet, when one of the big automobile companies found a chance to sell a number of cars in Mexico, it simply had its Canadian branch ship 500 cars, in bond, clear across the United States to the Mexican border. South of the border, there are no restrictions on car sales. . . Government patriot of the week is Arthur Massey of Vernal, Utah, 20 miles from a railroad, up and bédck in the mouhtains. Mr. Massey has written the weather bureau, giving up for the duration his paycheck for services rendered as a snowfall observer. It amounts to $7.50 a month,

A Woman's Viewpoint By Mrs. Walter Ferguson

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IT IS RUMORED about Washington that an old bogey — the four-minute speéch—will stage a comeback. Whispers keep bobbing up that Miss Perkins favors its return, and that plans are under way to dress it up in modern togs and start it off. Only those who remember the war of 1917-18 can realize what this means. It is, of course, a splendid > companion piece for parades and flag-waving, which will be the next move in the patriotic program. Also, 4 good many people, including President Roosevelt, think stitring band music would help us over the last few humps of apathy. We can all agree, for practically everyone loves a parade. But God help us if they loose the orators on us again. Some wag once said that the only things the U.S. A. got out of the last war were the four-minute speech and the income tax. Both went gayly on after the armistice.

'But Deliver Us . . .'

THE COMMON MAN realizes the need for taxes, put he should be spared the invasions of the fourminute men, call them what you will today, who once roamed up and down the land afflicting people with a barrage of words, assaulting good sense with their flights of fancy, and drowning under floods of verbosity the only patriotism that matters or that wing— the sort that needs no fine phrases to feed on but is sustained by the faith that abides in the hearts of all lovers of freedom. History repeats, they say. Maybe so. Nevertheless, if the people of this country endure without murmur the return of the star=spangled declaimers, then they've got less sense ahd sensibility than . credit them with. \ Anyway, don’t we get enough of that stuff on the radio? The constant chant about buying bonds would kill the sale of anything less important than govern ment securities. And the way they're hoisted on the air, along with the peddling of pills and chewing gum and beer and dog food, certainly marks a new low in creating patriotic fervor. Let loose the dogs of war, if that must be, say I, but deliver us, oh administration powers, from the bleatings and bellowings of the haranguers, male or female. Editor's Note: The views expressed be columnists in this newspaper are their own. Thew Are not necessarily these of The alananens Times.

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Q-From which country did the United States ime port most of its rubber? A—British Malaya and the Netherlands East Indies have long been our chief source of rubber. Large shipments also came from the island of Ceylon, frerich Indo-China and other eastern sources. In 1040, British Malaya shipped to the United States more than 471,000 tons; Netherlands East Indies over 322,000 tons, and Ceylon 81,600 tons.

Q-—How large is the Vatican? A--It covers an area of over 13 acres on the Vatle ean Hill, north of St. Peter's Cathedral, and consists of a group of buildings containing 20 courts and about 1000 halls, chapels, and apartments, of which only about 200 are used residentially, the remainder being occupied by art collections and the administrative offices of the Roman Catholic church.

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