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TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1942
WAR, AND THE “GREAT I AM”
HE ego as a cause of war isn't getting enough attention in all the discussion about how we can ever preserve peace. Throughout all history there is no more striking evidence of megalomania and the damage it can do to the human race than in the intimate picture of Hitler, currently running in this newspaper. Fred Oechsner, for many years Central European manager for the United Press, studied Hitler, made notes, checked and double-checked, got his data out of Germany, and what he is now writing is the fruit of that long and dangerous labor. Alexander the king of Babylon, the Roman emperors, including Caligula, who made his horse a consul, the Bourbons of France, the czars of Russia, and all the others who decreed “I am the state”—these rather pale before this modern creature whose swollen esteem requires among other things a 130-page report from sycophant scientists on the size and shape of his head. We are all egotists in one way or another, and up to a point that's to the good, for without ambition there would be little accomplishment, But when the ego overgrows, when it develops an elephantiasis as in the case of Hitler, you find the cause of war more virulent than any single economic stress, ideological strain, or religious or racial pressure, = = = = os ND ego of that type always ends in a blow-up—in a St. Helena or a Doorn, a padded cell or an assassination. not until after the damage has been done. The path of that kind of self-glorification leads only to an end such as described by H. G. Wells in his stupendous word picture of Napoleon's finish: “The figure he makes in history is one of almost incredible self-conceit, of vanity, greed and cunning, of callous contempt and disregard of all who trusted him, and of a grandiose aping of Caesar, Alexander and Charlemagne which would be purely comic if it were not caked over with human blood. Until, as Victor Hugo said, ‘God was bored with him,” and he was kicked aside into a corner to end his days, explaining and explaining how very clever his worst blunders had been.” We recommend the Oechsner series on “This Hitler Creature” to Vice President Wallace, Undersecretary Welles, and all other students who so properly now are giving thought to where we go from here after this war
1S won.
But
WHAT ABOUT IT, MR. AYRES?
N© longer can there be much doubt that obstructionist tactics by William T. Ayres, president of the county | commissioners, are primarily responsible for delaying work | on the roads necessary for completion of the Indianapolis Water Co. reservoir near Qaklandon. This is a highly important project to this community, | especially vital in view of the large amount of defense | work that has moved here in the last 18 months. Yet Mr. ! Ayres has found endless complaint with the low bid for ! these roads, and has delayed, hindered and obstructed until there is grave question whether the project can be finished in time to give this community full protection in 1943,
The Chamber of Commerce, disturbed by the long | continued controversy, has finally been moved to issue | |
sharp denunciation of Mr. Ayres and the other county commissioners. It points out that every objection raised by | Ayres has been answered to the full satisfaction of the | experts. Meanwhile, Hamilton county (in
My.
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mber’s
which about a third of the road project lies) has gone ahead 3
and approved a contract to the same company so severely | kicked around by Mr. Ayres. We are frank to say we do not understand Mr. Ayres’ position. Apparently there is more than meets the eye at first glance. And we think it is time that Mr. Ayres and his fellow commissioners started explaining in language that citizens can understand.
WASTE-BASKET NOTE
HE day's mail brings us a publication from the bureau of labor statistics detailing, in 116 pages and right down to the last henhouse in Kokomo, Ind., the building permits issued in 95 cities of the East North Central area. The figures are for 1939, and so a little on the stale side for news purposes. What attracted our attention to the document, which, by the way, is Volume III of a series, was this notation on the front page: “To economize in the use of paper and printing during the war, the bureau of labor statistics will discontinue the practice of placing heavy papér covers on its bulletins, except where conditions require them.” We're all for that, and if the bureau should go even farther and discontinue the publication for general distribution of some of its shelf-worn statistics, we think the country probably could bear up under the loss.
SPEAKING OF GAS, RUBBER & TAXES—NO. 6
HE Interstate Commerce Commission has 130 automobiles; the Department of Justice, 2,352 automobiles, costing $324,000, and traveling last year, roughly 21,282,000 miles, with 4 full-time chauffeurs. “The Labor Department has four automobiles, costing $1348 for operation, with four full-time chauffeurs—a fulltime chauffeur for each automobile. “The Library of Congress has one automobile, with one part-time chauffeur. “The Maritime Commission has 13 automobiles, costing 21151, with 5 full-time chauffeurs.” — (Senator Byrd of
Fair Enough
By Westbrook Pegler
NEW YORK, June 9.—Perhabs you never thought you would live to see the day when a gang of extortioners, some of them brokenEnglish foreigners, and many of them underworld crooks, would be turned loose in your native land, in time of war against the most dangerous enemy in Amerjean history, with your government's implied permission to rob > American workers of from $20 to 830, each, as the price of permission to work on war jobs to back up the army and navy, but brother you have seen it. The hod-carriers’ union, a licensed racket, operating under government sanction and controlled by a gang of musclemen in a Washington headquarters who never were elected to any union office and held no convention in 30 years, has been prowling this free land from the day the program began, openly operating a plain shakedown. Poor farmers and plainsmen, swamp-Yankees, hillbillies and mountaineers, croppers and odd-job men by the thousand have been held up by the collectors for this racket and compelled to pay for nominal membership in a union of evil reputation, long infested with some of the vilest criminals in the rogue’s gallery, before they could be admitted to the works to earn a few dollars for their families. Men who have had no pay jobs outside the makework and relief projects for years and who, naturally, needed every dollar they could earn were stuck up as ruthlessly as the viclims of any hoist in a roadside beer joint and forced to hand over money that they might better have gone for shoes or milk for the children.
Self-Elected Gang of Racketeers
THIS UNION IS RUN by a self-elected and selfperpetuating gang of union racketeers who have sifted into the controlling offices at nobody’s invitation but their own. The boss is Joseph V. Moreschi, formerly of Chicago, now of Washington, D. C. Moreschi, during the evil life of Mike Carrozzo, who was boss of 25 Chicago locals of the hod care riers’ union, was an intimate and co-operative colleague of that monstrous affront to every decent instinct. Mike had been in the brothel business on the South side with Jim Colosimo. that progressive magnate who introduced the chain-store methods to the vice trade.
Mike was so foul a rodent that even in Chicago, | political connections and power were | recognized, he was twice deterred from pressing his |
where his
application for citizenship by intimations that he would be turned down. He had an excellent racig stable and a great, modern farm on which he raised thoroughbred cattle and swine and he died owing the government of the country which had tolerated his crimes—done mainly in the sacred name of the labor movement—a quarter of a million dollars in income taxes, interest and penalties.
Yes, You've Lived to See the Day
CARROZZO WAS ONLY one of the vicious men who acquired power and wealth in this union. In the Pittsburgh area a brutal terrorist became a political boss through the power of the racket and In New York and St. Leuis several others of similar low character robbed workingmen of their earnings and ruled them with club and gun. This union has done nothing for any single
‘workman in the entire war program that the work-
man could not have done for himself. A year ago this racket, smoked out by publicity, held a meeting it St. Louis which purported to be a national convention, its first in 30 years. It was a fake convention in which the provisions of the socalled constitution for a secret vote was violated lest the delegates, most of them no better than the national officers, turn the musclemen out. And the few pages of figures which were submitted as an “accounting” of the dues and other tributes collected from many thousands of poor, pick-and-shovel toilers—many of them long since dead—in the course of the 30 years, was a hilarious burlesque, But. brother, the hod carriers’ union is a union just the same, with all the terrible powers and the rights to tax decent, loyal citizens and graft from
| them that your government has awarded to all the
unions. Brother, you have lived to see the day. And what are you going to do about it?
‘Without Prejudice
‘By S. Burton Heath
CLEVELAND, June 9. — How permanent the change may be there is no way of predicting. But before this war is ended, industrial discrimination based on racial prejudices will have been pretty thoroughly eliminated. This prediction is not based on any naive notion that the millennium is just around the corner. There does seem to be a little ebb in the wave of anti-Semitism which flowed high up to recently. There are evidences of a slight improvement in the attitude toward Negroes. But those changes seem so minute that one cannot be certain they exist at all. The walls of prejudice in industry are crumbling for the simple and effective reason that we do not have enough manpower to do the war job unless we utilize every available unit with utmost efficiency. If personnel departments were free to reject Jews, Negroes, New Yorkers, women, men with receding chin, and members of the Roman Catholic church— in other words, if industries were permitted to express the prejudices of their operators or employment managers in the selection of workmen—we could not do what wiil be necessary to whip the axis.
We Simply Have No Choice
THEREFORE, WHETHER individuals or groups may like it or not, racial, religious, sectional and idiosyncratic bars are going to be lowered close to the ground within a very few months. In the two calendar years now under way, we plan to triple our output of ships, quadruple our manufacture of airplanes, triple our output of guns and munitions. We can do these things only if we put 15,000,000 men and women into war factories by mid-November, 17,000,000 by next New Year's, 20,000,000 by 1944. We were using seven millions at the beginning of this year and only about nine millions last April 1. At a time when we are scraping the bottom of the labor larder that hard, it requires no seer to predict that employers will not be permitted to leave potential workmen unused because of race, religion, sex, or any prejudice. Idealists are pleased. They hope that after the war the changed situation will endure, But the pressure of vital emergency, and not any social program, will have been responsible.
So They Say—
We had a wrong idea of total war. People thought of it as total danger. It isn’t that exactly. It's total effort —Jonathan Daniels, assistant director of the OCD.
a front it is going to be done
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at the right time with the
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES He Asked for It!
TUESDAY ww UNE 9, 1942
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disagree with what you say, but will | the death your right to sad it.—Voltaire. |
“WHY IS GEN. TYNDALL
ALLOWED TO VIOLATE LAW?” By Guy D. Sallee, 5801 Woodside drive Why is Gen. Tyndall permitted to violate the laws of our state? I quote from The Indianapolis Times, June 5th, 1942, page 21: “Mr, Jewett was reappointed by General Robert H. Tyndall as his campaign manager.” Here is the law enacted by the 1941 legislature, chapter 194, p. 59, sec. 8: . “Political activity prohibited. Neither the civilian defense director, nor any person employed by the administrative defense counsel shall take any active part in political management, or in political campaigns. Violations of this restriction by such individuals shall result in immediate dismissal by the governor.” . As his violation has occurred for over three months, and to the best of my knowledge, no one has called it to the attention of the governor. The last two lines of sec. 9 is a mandatory act, and calls for immediate dismissal of the civilian defense director for political activities by the governor, "2 » »
“DON'T USE DIRT! IT MAY BE ON PRIORITY LIST!” By J. B. Arbogast, Whiteland
“No restrictions on the use of dirt,” says John M. Quarles, suggesting that we construct our dwellings of that substance by ramming and compressing the dirt until it becomes a substantial building block. Now I wish not to offend Mr. Quarles. Part of his suggestion is splendid, though a tough way to make 8 cents the present price of a concrete block. What I want to caution Mr. Quarles on is starting to do all the labor he would have to do to make enough rammed dirt units to build a house on the basis that there is “No restriction on the use of dirt.” Don’t he know that a restriction may be slapped on the use of dirt almost any day now? Don’t do it, Mr. Quarles, don’t do it. Why where would you be if you got a nice, neat, little dobe house built only to read a Times headline that dirt had been put on the preferred list? Your only out would
py Democrats and interventionists only, they have been made possible by the full co-operation of all Pro-Patria, may I suggest to you that you vent your spleen in other directions in the future. Perhaps | the fact that the leader of the! Communists in this country was) pardoned when the program of that | party is violent revolution against our government. That to me is un-
Americanism. ”
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be to catch you an “industrial sol- 2 = dier” who is possessed of all the “THUS DOES WAR'S HEAVY present good things so many of us/HAND FALL UPON US” have been denied for no reason we po nu w.
can understand. . | While addressing you, permit me What Mrs, to add another line or two on a also is news, and I think she rates
different subject. Can any reader at least a small headline for not| imagine why some 78 lives were having traveled more risked to bomb Tokyo? I mean in n. James Doolittle ie had very positive] NOW» you might think that wii instructions (and who could they average of 185 miles a day in times have been from but our command- of government pleas to restrict] er-in-chief) not to lay egss on ne travel is quite a total for anyone,| imperial palace? My friends, I but for the first lady it represents | Bory $68 fu [having been hardly any place at all
= . ” “HAS PRO-PATRIA THE RIGHT in May—outside of New York, Bos|ton, Buffalo, Miami Beach, Fla., and
9» 10 BERATE THE PUBLIC! just a few hundred miles worth of
Ry B. R. McFadden, Indianapolis side trips. I am an infrequent contributor| rn fact, according to my patented to your column who would like t0|chart for keeping up with Mrs. know what right a certain party, Roosevelt's mileage (I use the datewho signs his letter Pro-Patria has lines on her daily columns as the to call the people of Indiana un- yardstick), she is cutting down her American. daily average at a terrific clip. Bei i 263.8 if th riter will [fore May she had averaged w ys pM of the miles a day for the first four months so-called isolationists, he will find Of He Jess S000 ow that they are as 100 per cent Amer- dev > i646 6S anyOns a our nation. Another thing Mrs. Roosevelt | Their proposal was that we pre-| 4i4,t do during the month is newspare ourselves for any eventuality
worthy. She didn’t spend more before we become embroiled in any
. time out of Washington than in it. foreign war. Is that un-Americans? |pratter of fact, reckoning from her Is it not straight thinking to be-
column, she was in Washington 18 lieve that you should become Strong |,¢ the month's 30 days, a new high | enough to stand a decent chance of | nord for that vicinity. winning before you pick a fight? Mrs. Roosevelt's May was newsThe people of this state have, | y,rthy in still another way. She when the need arose, thrown them- |, cag airplanes only twice—for a selves into the war effort whole-|9950.mile round trip, Washington heartedly. As many of their boys
to Miami Beach. If she hadn’t have gone to the service as that of | taren that jaunt her month's mileany other state. They have sub-|ggoe surely would have been an Risscribed to their quota of war bonds | toric Tow. quicker than any other state. These
us Mrs. Roosevelt seems to have sucthings have not been participated in |cymbed to a moment of forget-
Roosevelt doesn’t do |
Side Glances=By Galbraith
fulness in that trip to Florida. A few days after her return, she re-| ported:
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“I don’t know whether, as the:
"Hooray! | win ry, bet from the
days go by, other people are finding | themselves unexpectedly brought up against their consciences in meeting new restrictions. , . . For instance, I must no longer take planes unless I am going to do something of value in the war effort.” The first lady didn’t make entirely clear whether the Florida trip was of value to the war effort. She merely reported that she had been shown through the new technical school and other establishments of the air force, then added that she'd “seemed to need a holiday” and had three “interesting and enjoyable” days down there. One could understand her forgetfulness—if that’s what it was — in taking the plane, anyhow one way. She was right in the middle of a busy week when it happened. Be that as it may, it isn’t likely to happen again. In her later column, confessing her forgetfulness about travel restrictions, Mrs. Roosevelt wrote that it would be quite easy to plan her trips to do without Pullman reservations and the like. THus does war’s heavy hand fall upon us all.
DAILY THOUGHT
He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.— —Matthew 15:4.
SEE THEY suffer death, but in their deaths remember they
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In We nr
By Peter Edson
WASHINGTON, June 0.-If the business tycoons have any idea that all investigation, indictment, prosecution and trial for violation of the anti-trust laws is to be suspended for the duration, they might as well hold their hallelujahs. There is no such luck in sight for the monopoly and conspiracy boys. Anti-trust division today has over 160 investigations and cases on its docket. Some have been tried and are awaiting decision. Others are now being tried: More have been set for trial. Some are before grand juries, Many are as yet mere incidents. More than 60 are still investigations, : It is only in cases where: further investigation or prosecution would interfere with war production that action is to be suspended or postponed. If illegal com= binations in restraint of trade will make more guns or make guns faster, they'll get by. But the whole anti-trust procedure, with the safeguards it gives the public, isn't soing to be thrown out the window.
The Probes Now Cooking—
THE 60 INVESTIGATIONS being conducted Wo department of justice anti-trust division, some of which may be dropped for duration of the war, include a broad cross section of the American industry, . + Details cannot be given as no investigation has yet reached the indictment stage. Some involve patents. . . . Many cover war materials. .. . Included are-——one munitions case . . . two on industrial material for civilian use . . , . three each for metals and drugs .. four fuel cases , . . five on textiles . . . . six war materials. , , . Nine probes of petroleum industry equipment . . . . 12 chemicals . 16 miscellaneous. . How far further action in all these cases goes will depend on recommendations of the war production board.
Priorities Hit Carving Sets
THE DUCK AND GOOSE body feather order has been changed, reserving for the military all feathers under four inches in length, instead of three inches, as before. , . . Carving sets, pen knives and manicure implements have been classified as unessential cutlery, and therefore curtailed in production. . .*.
| Army long winter underwear will be made in three | grades—all wool for the north, half wool for tem | perate zones, a fourth wool for the deep south. , | Grocers have to paste all those sugar ration stamps | on cards before turning them in to the wholesaler | to get more sugar to sell the customers. . .
v A nuts, screws and rivets are . . Printers are now permitted to use up existing stocks of bronze powder. . The official doctrine on gas rationing now is, “cut your mileage in half, regardless of what type of card you hold.”
hundred million bolts,
A Woman's Viewpoint By Mrs. Walter Ferguson
“VICTORY THROUGH AIR POWER,” by Maj. Alexander Seversky is a man's book—but American women should Toad it just the same, Since we shall be - forced to live in a world whose future probs ably will be dominated by air power, and since we shall have to pay for the stuff besides, we may as well become acquainted with the subject. Huge sums have been spent for battleships which, according to airmen, have lost most of their protective power. Maybe we'd better put our bets on another card.
If you have a mechanical turn of mind you're bound to enjoy the major’s arguments, and he doesn’t spare his blows, He peels the hide off everybody for being so listless about building a separate air force. Of course, all this leaves the little guy in a daze. When military strategists start squabbling we must take out, for whatever we might say on the subject is uttered from the depths of ignorance and had better be left unsaid.
People Will Demand Just This
YET THIS BOOK has become a best seller in the last few weeks. What more proof is needed that the thought of the American people is concentrated upon Terrified by stories of European bombings, we are in a receptive frame of mind for the major’s scoldings. It’s easy to imagine how the navy big shots feel about his scathing rebukes. Probably there'll be an angry admiral before this domestic tug of war ends. My guess is that the people will demand exactly what Maj. Seversky asks for—a separate air force under a separate command-—a third strong arm for American defense. We all want what is best for the U. S. A. Only, if you feel as I do, you'll be hoping that, with the expansion of the air fleet, there will be a corresponding curtailment of unnecessary items for the army and navy. It is bad form to speak now of saving—but in time, I'm sure the people will favor it;
The views expressed by colummists in this They are not necessarily those.
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Q—Can lead be substituted for tin in the manufacture of collapsible tubes? A—It is being used in place of tin in the tubes which contain shaving cream, cold cream and other paste products that are not used in the mouth. The Food and Drug Administration and the Bureau of Standards are making tests to determine whether lead can safely be used for all kinds of tube containers.
@Q—I was born in Germany and married a native born United States citizen in 1905. We have never left this country. How can I prove my citizenship? A—You can prove your citizenship by showing proof of your marriage and of your husband's citizenship. All foreign-born women who married American citizens before Sept. 22, 1922, automatically took the citizenship status of their husbands.
Q-—How can a deep scratch in furniture be repaired? A—Use stick shellac, which resembles sealing wax in appearance and can be obtained in various colors to match any furniture finish. Paint stores sell it. Heat a knife and with it melt off a little of the shellac and apply to the scratch. When thoroughly hardened, smooth with pumice stone or rottenstone and linseed oil. Deep cracks and holes may be filled with plastic wood, which cah be obtained in various natural wood colors. When hardened, the plastic wood can be smoothed and varnished.
Q—Who is constructing the highway to Alaska?