Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 April 1942 — Page 18
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THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1942
SO WE LISTEN TO HITLER ORE remarkable than Hitler's recent speech is the continuing reaction to it in England and the United States. The consensus seems to be that the fuehrer is in a bad way —almost washed up. Everybody has a different explanation for it, but the idea that Hitler is slipping is accepted by most of the commentators, official, semi-official, and unofficial. ‘Maybe so. But a lot of questions are unanswered.
If Hitler is cracking up, why is he so eager to advertise it to his own’ people and the united nations? a3 If revolt is rising in Germany, would he encourage it with a public confession of fear? . If his judges are undermining him as some commenators conclude from the speech, or if his generals are ready to supplant Nazi with army dictatorship, as other inter‘pretations have it, would the great purger wait to wipe them out when he has murdered so many others without warning and without reichstag consent? If his eastern forces are shattered by winter defeat, why has the larger army of heroic Russians been unable to : recapture even one of the seven strategic German bases after so many weeks of costly effort? » n ” : 8 2 w IF Hitler is in serious trouble, why is the British government so cautious about opening a western front as demanded by the Russians, the Norwegians, and—according to Lord Beaverbrook—by the British people? If Hitler is slipping, how does he manage to start winning the crucial battle of the Atlantic with his increasingly successful submarines? ‘We do not know the answers. Neither do we know why Americans should be such suckers for a propaganda speech by the arch-liar and archenemy of the world. Haven't Americans kidded themselves long enough about the weaknesses of the enemy— Japan a pushover and Germany ripe for revolt? When the united nations beat Hitler on land and sea, in the air and under the sea, it will, be time enough to talk about his weakness. And when that time comes every ‘American will know it—without waiting for a propaganda pronouncement from Berlin. Let us leave the luxury of wishful thinking. to the ‘enemy, and get on with the belated job of figliting the war.
POINT 7: PRIVATE DEBT, AND PINCERS YAYS the president: To keep the cost of living from . spiraling upward we must encourage the paying of debts, mortgages and other obligations, for this promotes savings; retards excessive buying and adds to the amount available for the purchase of war bonds.” In that—Point 7 of his program to control the cost of living—Mr. Roosevelt hits a subject equally vital to the nation and to every individual citizen who owes money—to the person who has bought a small home, or a mansion, on credit. A man’s net worth is what he owns minus what he owes. Dg you own your own home? No, if there is a mortgage. Yet you are inclined to think you are the owner if you have possession. That's psychology. But it’s false i For there may come a time when values decline
Yes, if it’s paid for.
. That goes, whether it be for the individual, the corporation, or the government. s * 2 8 'R PRIVATE ad debtors today are in a pincers movement. On ‘one flank is an increasing tax bill. ' On the other, decreasing income because of rising prices. Their solvency is’ threatened as the squeeze grows.. One ‘great argument for price control. : Speaking of priorities, debts take priority, along wjth taxes. If you owe a mortgage, that mortgage goes ahead - of your capacity to purchase war bonds. Even after you have cut your standard of living to the bare subsistence point: ‘there js still: thatsmortgage. i Whether the debtor can be classed as poor, moderate or rich, he’s vulnerable, and, looking upon him as a unit our society—a producing, taxpaying, fighting unit—it is vital that he be provided. with a way out which will make
it possible for him to pay: ‘his debt, and continue to function
a unit, Otherwise, if the pincers movement gots him, win i fantastic era is over he will be found on the public dole, with nothing whatsoever left to shore him up against
a ithe hard time of war's pay-off.
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don’t suggest the technical answer—except that. |
some- -consideration of a person’s debt position should i en by the: tax-law makers; some allowance for that rin the process by which a person in ‘debt arrives at net income figure ‘when computing his tax return. % ‘Otherwise taxes plus prices ‘plus debts—the pincers ement—will crush him, and he will be no . good to 7; ‘only a burden. lhe president has given the tip to do something about The taxmakers now engaged in designing the latest ( rent of all tax measures have the authority to act. p and think they will not overlook this debt problem.
Fair Enough By Westbrook Pegler
NEW YORK, April 30. — Officially, it. was the president who proposed to congress that no person should be allowed to receive a net income, after taxes are paid, of more than $25,000 a year, but, in actual fact, I think the country may thank the United Automobile Workers of the C. I. O. for the revolutionary suggestion of a top limit on the price of ‘every American's ability and ingenuity. This is the organization which fostered the strike at North American Aviation in loyalty to Mother Russia to prevent the construction of planes for this country and Britain when Stalin and Hitler were yet allies. The. limitation would apply to all incomes, even if derived from activities utterly apart from the war program or its industries. It is not confined to war profiteers. Mrs. Roosevelt, who protests rather angrily that she is a private person and not a political force, also had a part in the play.
Mrs. R.'s Part In It
ON APRIL 9, MRS. R. wrote in her private, nonpolitical column: “I listened to.a news commentator this morning who gave such a gloomy picture of .the future and of the ‘leaders in evéry field in this country that I wonder whether the effect would not be to discourage people. Just to give the gentleman a ray of hope as to the good intentions of some people I would like to draw his attention to an item in the newspaper wires on April 7: “ “The executive board (of the U. A. W.-C. 1. 0) proposed today a legal limit of $25,000 a year on family and individual incomes for the war's duration, in return for which union workers would accept non-negotiable bonds in lieu of all overtime pay for more than 40 hours a week.
“The gentleman said there was no unselfishness left in any of ‘us. I am not going to contend that this suggestion is entirely unselfish, .but at least it is a constructive suggestion showing that some one is deing some thinking. It gives me hope that there may be others who are not as totally devoid of altruism as this news commentator seems to feel.”
An Offer ''99 Per Cent Fake"
HAVING RECEIVED this gracious nod from the non-political personality who peddles political chat, the union four days later presented its plan in newspaper advertisements in some of the leading capitalist dailies. In the ad the union presented an offer, 99 per cent fake, to “forego all: demands for double pay for Sundays and holidays and time and a half for Saturdays.” This startling proposal dwindles to practically nothing in the next sentence which insisted, nevertheless, that time and a half be paid for all work over eight hours in any one day, for all over 40 hours in any seven-day week and for all work on the sixth day of seven-day week period, and double time for all work on the seventh day in any
.such period.
There followed then the promise to accept the non-negotiable bonds, presumably bearing interest, in lieu of cash for all such overtime, The union slipped up here in a boastful declaration that this acceptance of the bonds would “mean a tremendous source of income for financing the-war effort,” thus| confirming Mrs. Roosevelt's tiny suspicion that the suggestion was not “entirely unselfish.”
Defiant India
By Ludwell Denny
WASHINGTON, April 30.— India has rejected another olive branch in the old dispute with Britain. So the prospect of effective unity in defense of that threatened land seems slighter than ever. Doubtless: the approaching Japs are pleased. The latest rebuff comes from the most powerful Hindu leader, Nehru, ; His good friend, Sir Stafford Cripps, in a London statement last week on the failure of recent unity negotiations at New Delhi was optimistic. He said the situation had been improved, and hinted that a counter-proposal might be expected from India. For some reason this offended Nehru. “We are going to make no approach to the British government,’ he says. “We will have nothing to do with the question of co-operating with British efforts in India, . . . The gulf is greater today than before.”
Neither Brave Nor Independent
NEHRU, OF COURSE, also defies Japan: “India would prefer to perish rather than submif to imperialism or a new invader.” At the same time Gandhi repeats: “It is folly to suppose aggressors can ever be benefactors. We would have to pay a heavy price if we ever consented to take foreign aid.” Theoretically, the Indian leaders are putting British imperialism and Japanese aggression on the same ground. Practically, they know that is dishonest— whatever the grievous faults of British rule in the past, the post-war freedorn offered by Cripps and the present treatment are far from the Japanese barbarism in China and elsewhere. When Nehru refuses to co-operate, he knows that India cannot defend herself and that Britain must try to defend her—if for no other reason to protect China andthe. Middle Bast. His position is neither as brave nor as independent as it sounds.
fascism in the United States where it hides under native faces . . . the ideology under the diétatorships of Latin America always is romantically democratic, racially universalistic, emotionally Christian.— Waldo: Frank, U. S. editor and writer. : * “©. Erak The present small stock of new tires on hand is all we have between us and the strangulation of traffic. —Cyrus McCormick, office of price administration Sapeuiive. : .
est gang of muscle men ever assembled in one mob.— william L. Bate. Ce. * ‘ : If enemy planes should drop bombs by the ton on American cities, they could do little more damage to our ability to fight the war than we do through our own carelessness.—Joseph RB. Eastman. ost
risk their lives to. preserve motorifig-as-usual.— Harold Ickes. : * . . "American unity. is the blind spot in the dictator’s plan for world conquest.—Paul V. McNutt. : :
' Fascism in South America is more alien than |
‘Weliave the sult to start ont: with: the odds anton - us'and take on and lick the biggest, roughest, tough-
No patriotic American can or will ask seamen to ¥
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The Hoosier Forum I wholly disagree -with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.—Voltaire.
“I APOLOGIZE TO THESE LITTLE GIRL SCOUTS” By An Onlooker, Indianapolis Last Saturday, girl scouts took over’ the downtown street corners to solicit sales of their girl scout cookies. I stood and watched several of these little girls trying to make sales. And I am ashamed [to say I would fear to ask any .single one of them for their opinion! of their elders in Indianapolis.
Many persoris would not even glance at the children with so much as a kindly shake of the head. They just strode on by as if some beggar were soliciting them.
And several growled—yes, actually growled—at the children as if they had been insulted. As one individual, I extend my apology to these little girls in be-' half of my uncouth, uncivilized and unmannerly fellow. citizens. They haven't the spark of manhood or
| womanhood to apologize for them-
selves, so I'll do it.
: ” 2 2 “SUCH BRAINS ACTUALLY DIRECTING WAR EFFORT” By L. J. Sullivan, 819 Board of Trade bldg. It’s not only Eleanor Roosevelt in Washington who is to blame for some of the stupid blunders made so far in our all-out war: effort. Just recently a government bureau in Washington decided it would be a big help to: our enemies if a
showing a “somewhat obsolete type of airplane: on their packages and consequently they ordered this company to cease and desist. What a brain that must have been that ordered such action! Every issue of the weekly magazines, particularly the Saturday Evening Post, in recent weeks has had full page, yes, double page, advertisements in - color showing every type of plane this country is now manufacturing. These are actual photographs of our latest models and gives full details as to their speed, use, etc. Can you imagine a spy buying up cigarets at 11 cents per package to get a picture of a plane at least several years old when for 10 cents he can get full: page, color, actual photographs of our latest models? Yes, sir, believe it or not, such brains are actually - directing our
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war policy. Give me my good eld trusty No. 2 iron and I'd like to knock : some nice 200-yard . line drives with such brains . . . never mind, like the old ball player said: “If you can’t see it, you can’t hit it.” Even the best brain surgeon would find. it impossible to locate the brain in most of our Washington brass hats. o ” » “VOTE TO DRIVE THE WOLVES AWAY” By H. L. Thomas, 3340 N. Meridian st. The estimated value of estates and other ‘trusts over which the Marion County Probate Court has supervision and jurisdiction is approximately $83,000,000. ‘The - political bosses of both major parties are itching to get their fingers on this plum. In both primaries, the bosses have 'candidates for this most important judgeship and they must be defeated. The voters must remember that the property involved is largely owned by widows, orphans and benevolent and educational institutions. The judges elected to this office must be free of any political alliances, especially with the kingmakers of both parties. Vote to. drive the wolves away! b 88 = ; “WHAT THEY REALLY WANT IS CHEAP GRAIN” : By James R. Meitzler, Attica The Times reports a large crowd of 40 farmers, from nine. states, called by the National Association of Farmers, ‘met at the Claypool hotel to fight wheat quotas and demand recognition on the referendum boards. They want the boards to ‘consist “of one favorable, One against and one other farmer. What kind of a: farmer? On election boards the : majority : party ‘has
Side Glances—By Galbraith
[PROPOSES A DAY IN |HONOR OF O'HARE
three, the minority two members.
| According to" their plan a board ‘| would have two Democrats, two Re-
publicans, and one other person.
Here in Shawnee township .the township. AAA committee asked the farmer who represented .the. opposition last year to serve, he refused, too- busy putting in a new bathroom, another would not serve under any circumstance. The most strenuous opponent had quit raising wheat. What can you do when the opposition won’t serve? Farmers who sow less than. 15 acres or whose estimated crop is less than 200 bushels of wheat are not charged any penalty, consequently cannot ‘vote. From this the. convention charges the: voters are handpicked and deprives thousands of American farmers of their vote on this question even though they are vitally affected.” hey might as well charge voters at election were handpicked because they have to register, or stockholders because they have to own stock, or union or lodge members because they have to belong. {Who do‘ they want to’ vote besides bona fide wheat growers who are affected by quotas and penalties? What they want to do is cast suspicion on the fairness and honesty of the real raisers of wheat.
“If there is any way now for a person to make=@living without getting a subsidy from the. govern-ment-it is his patriotic duty to do so.2 Another of their misrepresentations. If wheat quotas are voted the government will support. wheat prices at 85 per cent of parity loans. If defeated they will dump government wheat on the market and break the price. Quotas and acreage control is the farmers 40-hour week. Parity his minimum wage, which he has not received yet. Parity checks. his protective tariff for which no provision is made this year, - What this so-called National Association. of Farmers really wants is cheap grain for stock feeders. * 8 = “ONE OF THE AWFULEST PRIMARIES IN YEARS” By. a Demopublican, Indianapolis . This is, by: all odds, one of the awfulest . primary: elections we've had in a long, long: time. I don’t know: which. is the worst, the’ Republican side or the Democrat, but no matter which ‘one: you ‘say is worst, you're ‘not: saying much for
the other.
1 see a piece in’ the papers saying
| {that this is. the most important i {election since the Civil war.
All I've got to say is that if some of these candidates are as bad as I think they are, we're in for another civil war. ; * = =
By Beatrice - Kay. ? # May I suggest that: we celebrate a day in: honor of America’s new No. 1 ace, Lieut. Comm. Edward H.
Buchs’ celebration: would not only honor the man to whom it would be accorded, but it- would -¢ncourage others to: follow “in his * fine * foot- : as
| “GROWN UP PEOPLE SEIOULD
HAVE MORE" SENSE” By T, Ww. B., New; Castle 3
Thils is war and hers wo have a butch jf Jeosle. Jal
DAILY THOUGHT , Days. should pele; antl; multi-
“this regulation |
About 10 million motor the 17 states and the Dist
third the nation’s motor The principal headache initial gas rationing “will when the school’ teathins-y the registering -have to. the applications of car ow féel they are entitled to more the minimum allowance. Every car owner given an “A” card entitling hira to minimum al : ance of seven units. The trouble will come in gl
fying.or handling the appeals of motorists sucky
workers, who feel they will be entitled to B-1, B-3 cards of 11, 15 and 19 units, respectively. ; School teachers are supposed to. know. ev but how they'll be able to tell a B-1 from a Bout the help of algebra is the unsolved prob the blackboard. Main benefit of this interim ing is that it will serve as an experimental reg tion to determine what bugs must be eradicated the permanent rationing plan which will go in July 1. 4
‘Come on Home!" :
SNAPPY, TWINKLING-~EYED James 3. Me has taken a terrific amount of punisnment director of CCC in having to justify his boys before congressional economy and eppropriations com tees. . . . McEntee has never moved his family
their New Jersey home to Washington, where “he came to take a temporary relief job, . . i But the other day, ‘after Mrs. McEntee had read all the age counts of how her husband was raked over the cons gressional coals, she called him up with ire in her ; voice. . . . “What do you take all that for?” she wanted to know. “Come on home to your wife and children.” . . . But Mr. Mac will stick it out. =
4| Billion Eggs in '41
GOVERNMENT SURVEY. of scrap ane situation in’ New England is expected to show what should be done in other areas. . . . The waste paper colless tion campaign is pronounced a success, will be’ ‘cone tinued. . . . It's against the law for a wife to sew
cuffs on her husband's pants. . , . In spite of wars time building restrictions, construction for ‘1042 tay reach 14 billion dollars, against 11 billion dollars'in 1941. . And a building labor need for 250,000 more men is anticipated. . The average number of eggs per hen per year has Tisen from 84 in 1909 to 110 | in 1941. . . . And the 381 million hens in the country
Te a C7 mt A Woman’ S Viewpoint By Mrs. Walter Ferguson :
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“YOU WOMEN HAVE a pitls ful inferiority complex,” said the Man Next Door as he helped himself to a second biscuit.’ “Look at the way you call attention to the old rags’ you're wearing. © = “Just yesterday my sister came over to’ the house. She looked es= pecially nice irni’an outfit that wes brand rew. Eut would a woman allow such an impression: to ree > main. Heavens, no!. The minute I paid her a compliment she was off. “Why, Harry, surely you remember this old suit. I've worn it cone stantly for the last three summers. It's positively threadbare. And this hat is from last spring. It looks like a deserted bird's nest. I'm ashamed 0 be seen out in it, really I am.’ “There's a typical feminine attitude. Your witds robes are always on the point of falling to bits. How do you explain the trait if it isn't attributable to a deep-seated feeling of inferiority? And what a: tire= some habit it is! If a woman is only as old as'she feels, her dress ought to be only as old as it Joga Yet you're all so clothes conscious, so hag= ‘by fashions, that you've become'a bunch of’ mo! on the subject!”
Guilty: on Every Count!
THE MAN NEXT DOOR huffed and puffed wrath, as he always does whehn talking about and their ways. Being guilty on every count, TI could only murmur that perhaps the war would change ‘us a According to the swiftly moving patte of times, it may soon be smart for a woman to clothes. - Perhaps her patriotism will be mes i the time she makes a garment last. And let's mot : sad about that. Such a change would releasé a vast store } nine ingenuity for other important affairs.
many of the evil habits of pesce—and J; emphasis on the pursuit of physical’ beauty hecome an evil habit. CE When the war is over it is quite possible. American women will have a new awareness of ‘th own potentialities as individusls and as a colle force. At least we can hope they will realize th world is filled with fascinating poseibilities for and that there are wide and uncxplored fields explore. cH
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