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MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1942

THE BATTLE IS JUST BEGINNING

THE United States starts its seventh month of war better off than at first, but with the enemy still having the strength and advantage of the offensive on both sides of the world. Therefore hopeful reports on the Midway sea-air battle must not be allowed to lull us into overconfidence. Even a complete American naval victory in the midPacific will not balance the score with Japan by a long shot. Our own losses in ships, planes and men cannot be weighed, because for military reasons we have not yet been told how many planes were lost at Pearl Harbor, or in the Philippines. Nor have we been told how many ships and planes were

lost in the battles of Java, the Indies and the Coral sea; |

or at Dutch Harbor and Midway. Even if our losses in material and weapons had not been heavy—as admittedly they were heavy in Pearl Harbor, the Philippines, the Java sea, and the Coral sea— our loss of Pacific bases and strategic territory has been grave. ak Japan’s conquest of the southeast Pacific and Asia gives to her and takes from us strategic positions and resources, such as rubber and tin, which make her a stronger enemy than on Dec. 7. * » xn n 2 » OTH Japan and Germany can lose many battles, and suffer many losses, before their own territories are invaded as they have invaded others. Because of those tremendous enemy advantages, the qualified success of the united nations during the last month is all the more promising. With the exception of the loss of Burma, through lack of small air reinforcements, and America’s failure to stop submarines, the united nations have done exceedingly well during the last month. : They have halted, at least temporarily, enemy offensives in the South Pacific and the North Pacific, in Russia and in Libya, and have started major air raids on western Germany. As a result of this stiffening of allied lines on most of the sea and land fronts, the axis’ important early-summer offensives have been partly disrupted and delayed. Bu? in no case has the axis been injured vitally. Japan and Germany will strike again, harder. E J ® = ® = ® O now we are on the eve probably of the largest and deadliest battles of history, in the Pacific and Atlantic, in Europe, Africa and Asia. The chief allied weakness is not on the Russian, Libyan, English, or north Atlantic or south Pacific fronts —which have had the benefit of most aid. The allies are weakest in China, because of a shortage of supplies and planes, and in submarine control on our own eastern and southern coasts. If we can crack the shipping bottleneck which endan-

gers all allied war effort, the united nations have a good |

chance this summer to take the offensive away from the axis. Only then can we say that the tide of war has turned in our favor. Confidence is justified. Overconfidence is not.

BELATED DISCLOSURES

MANY bitter things have been said about John L. Lewis, but none more bitter than what C. I. O. organs are saying now. The C. I. O.’s official “Union News Service” charges him with betraying his United Mine Workers by associating that union with a conspiracy “to disrupt labor and national unity” and “to preach hate, division and dissension among Americans.” Other publications go further. “Textile Labor,” official paper of the C. I. O. textile workers’ union; ealls Lewis— “ . .. An irascible, jealous, petty, overweeningly ambitious man without a spark of personal loyalty in his ample bulk. . .. Fascist in thought and method. . . . An ungrateful hypocrite who deserted the president when he could not bend the president to his will; who deserted Phil Murray when Murray . . refused to become merely another Lewis stooge.” ” ® = 2 = ¥ EWIS has neither greatly or suddenly changed. Whatever he is now, he was much the same during all those vears when the C. I. 0. organs denounced anyone who dared to eriticize him or to say that his methods were not serving labor’s true welfare. As lately as the eve of Pearl Harbor, Lewis was willing to defy the president and shut off the supply of coal to make steel for national defense, in order to enforce his demand that a few hundred men in steel-company coal mines be compelled to join his union. Where were the C. I. 0. organs then? Where was Philip Murray? The organs were supporting Lewis. And Philip Murray was wrecking the national defense mediation board, by withdrawing himself and other C. I. O. representatives, because it had refused to grant the Lewis demand. Those who have been so closely associated with John L. Lewis for years must have known him for a dangerous man. They are very late in saying what he is.

A SAFE BET

F we were given to making election bets, it wouldn't take

long to decide where to put our money in the contest re- |

ported in this new item: “The agriculture department announced that farmers in the Toledo, O., milkshed will vote on a proposed amend-

ment to the Toledo milk marketing agreement which would | ® » - 3 i Pavia iY i a i.

to the farmers.” | y

Fair Enough

By Westbrook Pegler

NEW YORK, June 8-—For those Americans who objeet to the internal politics of our national government it becomes necessary, in time of war, to draw a distinction betwesn the nation, to which all good citizens are absolutely loyal, and certain new

deal policies. The situation is similar to that in which Amerjcans distinguish between Russia as a military ally and Russia's form of government. In appreciation of the benefit which we derive from the Russian’s great fight in defense of their own country and their own lives, Americans approve fully military co-operation with Russia. At home, however, we find that the Communist party, which the new deal attorney general has now vigorously denounced as a revolutionary agency, continues aggressively the anti-American political meddling which has been its reason for existence here for the last 20 years and, naturally, this is resented. The fact that many of the Communists are native Americans and that many of them are masqueraders pretending to be kindly altruists makes no difference. Russia would not permit us to employ Russians to advance a republican opposition to the Soviet dictatorship and masqueraders would be judged by the company they kept and treated accordingly.

The Case Is Parallel

NOW AS TO THE distinction between loyalty to the United States and opposition to the internal

| politics of the party in power, the case is roughly | parallel.

If the New Deal government at home would abandon domestic politics our internal unity would be almost perfect. I refer particularly to the new deal party’s cultivation of a conspiracy against the freedom of Americans under a pretence of sympathy for labor. Through a combination of laws and supreme court decisions having the effect of laws, the party in power has undertaken to drive into the unions millions of workers who prefer not to join. Although the Wagner Act stated in its declaration of purpose that it was intended to permit workers to bargain collectively through agents of their own choice, in actual fact it compels unwilling workers to accept agents forced upon them by agencies of the new deal party. Being forced to join they are also forced to pay initiation fees, amounting in some cases to $1000, and to pay the taxes into the union treasuries which collect more than one thousand million dollars a year.

Presidents and Parties Go — —

THE UNIONS ARE NEW DEAL party agencies and much of this enormous revenue is available to the party for its political purposes. We know that the new deal party does dip into these union treasuries because John L. Lewis, who gave the new deal a great lump of money belonging to the coal miners, without consulting them about it, blew the whistle when he fell out with President Roosevelt. And we know that the unions are party agencies because Francis Biddle, the attorney general, in a boastful moment, frankly said that the new deal government was as a party tied up with the labor movement. We know also that the president and the party are determined to preserve the immunity of these union political funds from taxation or mere accounting or public inquiry because his political agents have ordered the senate to smother bills passed by the house which would have provided for public accounting, although not for public taxation. We krow that the unions of the A. F. of L. are heavily infested with crooks who steal defiantly and that the C. I. O. is infested with Communists disloyal to the United States. And we know the party in power connives with these criminals and shields the Communists. Knowing this we not only may but must fight the new deal as a political party at home while remain- | ing absolutely loyal to the country in the face of | the enemy. Presidents and parties come and go | but the nation must live on.

Frankly Speaking

By Norman E. Isaacs

IT IS A SHOCK to learn that so many thousands of our citizens have so little concept of what is going on as to hamper the work of firemen and policemen fighting a disastrous blaze at a defense plant. And yet that is precisely what happened Friday night. There were two explosions in the “dextrin” building of the National Starch Products, Inc., a plant on the southwest side making materials for the army and navy. Fire then broke out. It developed into a threealarm blaze and the loss probably will exceed $200,000. Thousands of citizens converged on the scene. Fire trucks answering later calls were slowed to a crawl. The more brazen stumbled over hose lines, bumped into policemen. Switchboards at the police and fire departments were swamped with calls and city authorities finally were forced to appeal via radio for | a halt in the calls so that necessary communication | lines could be held open. | This is the sort of thing which can lead to wholesale tragedy. It makes you wonder whether the people of Indianapolis do, after all, realize that these are not normal times.

A Job for Civilian Defense

THIS WAS A plant filled with explosive materials. Firemen knew which boiler was going next. They were fighting desperately to keep the fiames from a giant silo. If it exploded it could scatter damage—and prob-

lives in one of these houses?

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The Hoosier Forum

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

“YES, WHAT POLITICO IS BEHIND WEST SIDE BINGO?” By Mrs. Lena Eggers, 528 S. Vine st. I'm another one who is wondering what political power is back of the bingo out W. Washington? I do know that since they are not allowed to play in town that one woman comes out to Vine st. and holds her games on Monday night and that between three houses there is a game every afternoon and night with Vine st. and Oliver ave. blocked with cars until it’s nearly impossible to drive by and when it has been reported to the sheriff all that was done was the] cars were scattered out more along the street or parked on Washington st. Could this be because a politician

» © & “ABOLISH ARMY OF PARASITES GATHERED IN WASHINGTON”

By Pat Hogan, Columbus

{Times readers are invited their these columns, refigious con-

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have a chance. Letters must

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in McNutt’s army with the elementary intelligence to conduct business by phone and mail; or must they all be hauled about with

(chauffeurs and converse by word of

mouth? Does anyone in Washington, out-

ferent success. You can point to a great many employees under either who are far from satisfactory for their jobs. On the other hand, as has often been noted, there have been some tremendously successful departments built up under each. But thre is a third system, not generally named or discussed popularly, which, the last time I saw figures on the three systems, was growing faster than either of the lothers, and with far less eritlicism. . . | Officially, it is usually called the | “fixed standards” system. Its out- | | standing feature is that it lays down | certain standards of training, experience, whatever the job needs, that

side of congress which is voting the | must be possessed by any applicant. billions, know that the nation is|It leaves the department head, or grappling with the son of heaven Other employing officer, free to emon one side and the son of hell on|DPloy any applicant with those qualthe other? ifications, with or without examinaGive us, oh divine providence, ation, depending on the type of job. hundred Earl Wilsons and Harry Most people are most familiar with Byrds to expose and abolish the this system of employment in the

“security” and “agriculture” should promote another march on Washington. Although The Times has printed only four installments of this criminal waste of the taxpayers’ money, the figures make you dizzy if you work 10 to 14 hours 2

day, seven days a week, and try to

save dimes to buy stamps and bonds. Perhaps we must have this much mooted gas rationing for the common people and businessmen, to complete the abject shame of this army of silk-socked parasites in limousines with chauffeurs. When we are bled white we may wake up. We had a Boston Tea Party once. That notorious Two Per Cent club sired by McNutt and damned by everybody in Indiana was a mere ring-around-a-arosie compared to

(the monstrosity in Washington that

is hornswoggling the entire nation. Will Mr. McNutt explain the necessity for even a dozen cars? Have they any phones or typewrit-

The Times exposure of limousine

army of parasites which considers’ 2 job in Washington a field day at the taxpayers’ expense.

> » & “FIXED STANDARDS SYSTEM WHAT STATE NEEDS” By Alma Bender, Zionsville

The question of the alternative— if any—to the merit system -for selecting public personnel, was raised recently in Mr. Isaacs’ column, but was not answered. I think it should be, as citizens can choose better if they consider all possibilities. None of the systems is new. The merit system is the old civil service, under a new name in the hope of becoming popular—it never has been particularly so. The name is the best thing about it, just as “spoils system” is the worst thing, shout the most discussed alterna-| tive. People who don't know anything about them but their names are enthusiastic about the merit system and abhor the spoils sys-

tem. As a matter of fact, both have

been tried many places under many

ers in Washington? Is there anyone

different circumstances with indif-

Side Glances=By Galbraith

ably serious injury—over a large area. And yet, for as far as the eye could see, were the morbidly curious, all trying to press closer. Appeals from the police meant nothing. This is no great tribute to many of our citizens.

Somehow, some way, these people must be made to |

understand that we are apt to have other and perhaps greater fires, that the way for them to help is to stay at home and out of the way. They must learn

to curb their curiosity and stay off the police and |

fire department telephone lines. These are people who would be furious if neighbors interfered with firemen fighting a fire at their own homes. Of course, they will see the broader view once it is presented to them. Here is one job that the civilian defense people can take up now. We all have a stake in this sort of thing. Our task is to work swiftly and efficiently when disaster comes. The way for the average citizen to help is to: Please stay out of the way!

So They Say—

We can honor our heroic dead only by showing that we are as determined as they were to defend our country without counting the cost to ourselves. We cannot honor them by taking a holiday.—Donald Nelson, chairman war production board.

* * *

The right to call congress names is as sacred to Americans as the mother-in-law joke, but in times of crisis that right may be so exercised as to threaten congress as an institution.—Harold L. Ickes. * - w ;

In war the nation cannot afford and will not tolerate artificial immobilization of workers. Discrim-

nocent appearance! You'd better duck

schools. I suppose Indiana, and other states, eventually will settle on some combination of the systems. If it can take the name “merit system,” the party responsibility angle of the spoils system, and the assurance of efficiency without crippling the official who has to work with, and secure results with, the individuals employed which seems to be the reason for the lack of complaint about the last system—well, it ought to give reasonable satisfaction! And that is something which I am convinced the merit system is not doing in Indiana—even though! most of us do not get enough “worked up” about it to spend the rest of our lives getting objection- | able people off the public payroll by the tortuous process laid down

in the law for that purpose! | = » ® “PUBLIC SCHOOLS NO PLACE FOR BIBLE TO BE TAUGHT”

By A. E. Mobley, Secretary, Indiana Con- | ference of Seventh-day Adventists :

The article “Frankly Speaking” which appeared in the June 4 Times was one well worth reading. It set forth facts that the public should be well acquainted with. I do not know how many are opposing this plan. I do not know from what sources all the opposition may be coming, I do know that as you say the opposition from many is “no argument against religion.” Seventh-day Adventists are a religious people. We are known far and wide for our zeal in studying and promoting the study of the Bible. We wish every boy and girl would study and live out its teachings. The public schools are not the place for the Bible to be taught. We agree that any Such program “js loaded with TNT.” ' This is a work that should be done by the home, the church and the parochial school. Surely our state and federal constitutions uphold this principle. Why should I or my Catholic, or Protestant, or Jewish, or even my non-believing neighbor be forced to pay taxes to have my children taught a religious belief that may be contrary’ to what the parents or the child may learh in his own home or church? The opposition te this plan should come from all true believers in the fundamental of the Bible. It should come from all those who believe in the true prineip! of separation of church and state.

DAILY THOUGHT

Ye that fear the Lord, trust in the Lord: he is their help and their shield. Psalms 115:11.

I FEAR no foe with Thee at hand to bless; ills have no weight, ar

In Washington

By Peter Edson

WASHINGTON, June 8.--If you're still sitting up nights trying to think of a good name for this war, you might consider call= ing it “The Trillion-Dollar War.”

Speaking glibly in terms of

millions of dollars became popular with the New Deal, and talke ing’ in terms of billions has be= come eommon during the defense era. But before this fracas is over, someone may speak of a trillion dollars as the ¢ost and be talking sense, After all, a trillion dollars is only 1000 billions, Total U. S. appropriations have already reached $190 billions and will undoubtedly be $200 billions before you can say “Where are you going on your vacation, dearie—if you get a vacation?” Two hundred billion dollars is a fifth of a trillion dollars, and when you consider that anybody's and everybody's money is good in this kind of a spending spree, it doesn’t take much arithmetic to multiply $200 billion by five, and get $1000 billion.

Let's Just Add It Up

NO, ONE REALLY knows what the war is costing today. The statistics for 1941 are already so obso= lete as to be ancient history. A guess would be that military expenditures in 1941 ran close to $100 billion. There you are again. A 10-year war even at that piker’s pace of spending would give you & trillion-dollar expense account. Best estimate on war expenditures in 1941 run something like this:

United States Great Britain Russia GerMABNRY ...::csiieniivestiny Nes ava oe France (including occupation) : JAPA ivessnuinarsiiiinn savas enye voeae i: 8 DilljON Italy 45 billion There's $95.5 billion a year for you, and it omits the expenditures of Canada, China, Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Finland and others.

Up Go the Figures :

JUST HOW OBSOLETE those figures are is ine dicated by the U. 8. expenditures. While this couns try spent $35 billion in 1941, the estimate for fiscal year 1943 is $77 billion and it may go higher. The sky is apparently the limit in this slap-happy lease

billion billion billion billion billion

lend land.

Lower standards of living, lower wage scales, lower

| costs of materials and the depreciated currencies of | other countries are also reflected in those figures.

Soviet Russia, for instance, with an army and a

| military machine and a war effort far vaster than

anything in this country, gets by with a budget of from a third to a seventh as big, in dollar exchange equivalent. In the Soviet, too, all the profit has been wrung out of war costs. Y If you add on to the strictly military expenditures the cost of rebuilding all the bombed cities, the pensions for crippled fighting men and survivors of the dead, the cost of this war pyramids all over creation, A trillion dollars for the total? Don’t be a tight= wad. ; Make it two trillion and you'll come closer.

The views expressed by c¢olumnists in this They are not necessarily those

Editor’s Note: newspaper are their own. of The Indianapolis Times.

A Woman's Viewpoin® By Mrs. Walter Ferguson

NINE OUT OF TEN, it is! My private poll convinces me of te truth of a statement made here some time ago—that the people want entertainment at the movies, Here are assents from several readers. Etta Baethlein of Bellevue, Ky., would like to get some of the horror stuff out of the radio programs as well. “For some time,” she writes, “I've wondered how the boys in camp, who are probably homesick and fearful anyway, can stomach the stuff.” “I am no movie fan,” writes Mrs. L. E. Clark of Memphis, “but I do know that much of the present war scenes being shown do not help the morale of the people. We shall soon see some of these horrors, I fear, and need no such pictures now.” From Mrs. Mary E. Fitchett, Washington, comes this comment: “I have thought for some time that many moving picture theaters are torture chambers, I go for relaxation from a secretarial job and do not wish to be given a lesson on the operation of coast artillery or the shooting and killing stuff being put out by Hollywood. As a result I do more extensive reading and see fewer shows.”

'Let's Stop Coddling Ourselves’

ANOTHER FROM I. N. Hanover, also of Washington, says: “I have a young brother in the navy and

| because it makes me sick to see ships set afire, ete,

on the screen I have stopped going to movies alto gether, I went to try to forget for a couple of hours the horrors of war, and since that seems to be ime possible nowadays the best remedy I've found is to stay away.” Only one letter out of many believes such stuff is educational. It comes from San Francisco and is signed, “Mother of Three Service Boys.” “Let’s stop coddling ourselves,” she begs. ‘This is history in the making, we are making it, living it and seeing it. If boys are fighting, suffering and dying for me and mine I want to appreciate the depth and extent of their sacrifice. I didn’t order today but I live in today. I want to know what is going on.” Thanks, friends. Wish we had space for all the letters.

Questions and Answers

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@Q—Please give the names of the members of the “Hoosier Hot Shots,” and state which instrument each plavs. A—The organization is composed of Charles (Gabe) Ward, clarinet; Kenneth Trietsch, guitar; Frank Ket tering, bass viol, and Paul (Hezzie) Trietsch, who plays a special contraption, the base of which is a wash board fitted with horns and bells. )

Q—How did Memorial day originate in the Uni States? . ip A—The formal observance of Memorial (Decoras tion) day dates from 1868. The graves of the soldiers killed in the Civil war had been decorated with flowers before that year, especially in the South, Early in May, 1865, Adjutant General Chipman of the Grand Army of the Republic, suggested to Gen. John A. Logan, that arrangements be made to deo of the Union soldiers on

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