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FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1942

IT USED TO BE LIDICE

MASSACRE is no new departure for the axis, The mass slaughter by bombing at defenseless Rotterdam, the wholesale rape of Nanking, rank high in the calendar of crime. The Poles and the Jugoslavs have similarly terrible scores to settle. And yet what happened to the little town of Lidice, in Czechoslovakia, is in a way more shocking than those larger blood-lettings. Because the Nazis suspected that inhabitants of Lidice had harbored the assassins of Reinhard Heydrich, it was announced by the Berlin radio that the following punishment was carried out: “All male grownups of the town were shot . . . “The women were placed in a concentration camp. . . . “The children were entrusted to appropriate educational institutions. . . . “The township was leveled to the ground and the name of the community extinguished.” No trial. No effort to distinguish between innocent and guilty. A whole community obliterated, literally wiped off the face of the map. Not in the heat of battle; not hy undisciplined troops. exploiting a victory; but by coldly deliberate official order. : ~The enslaved people of Europe are paving a ghastly price for their devotion to the cause of freedom, a devotion that must puzzle as well as infuriate the almighty fuehrer. ; If in the dark watches of the night his intuition ever hints to him that some day these people will be delivered from bondage, his cringing should be something to see.

NAVAL ACHIEVEMENT

NE job, among others, that the navy has done superlatively is the guarding of our troop convoys. Unless the record is broken now, and assuming that censorship would not dare withhold such news, we have moved thousands of soldiers and marines to the farthest corners of the globe without the loss of a single troopship. Axis submarines and planes did their best, by published accounts, to get some of the boys who went to Northern Ireland. It is certain that similar attacks were made on most convoys. That they went through unscathed is an outstanding naval achievement,

THE RUSSIAN MILITARY ALLIANCE

HE Roosevelt-Molotov informal agreement and the Anglo-Russian treaty confirm: the three-power alliance which has been in operation many-months. But it is doubtful that the Molotov mission to London and Washington would have been necessary solely for that purpose. The pledge to co-operate for peace and against aggression in the post-war period had been made in the Atlantic charter, to which Russla subscribed. The agreement to speed lend-lease aid to Russia and to

conferences in Moscow, London and Washington. And the desire of Britain and the United States to open a “second front” in Europe in 1942, as requested by Russia, already had received much official publicity. ” = = x

HILE these important subjects were discussed, it is

considered. Apart from decisions which can be postponed, such as future Baltic frontiers, there are at least three issues involved in winning the war and making the peace which require quick Anglo-American-Russian agreement: One is Finland, whose importance in the picture has just been recognized by the emergency visit of Hitler to that country. Most American and British supplies on which Russia depends must go over the route vulnerable to Fin-nish-German attack, particularly Murmansk and its railroad. The fate of this northern route may determine the battle of Russia and the future of Europe. Hence the necessity of stopping the Finn-Russian war—Dby an informal truce, if no other way. Turkey also may break the temporary deadlock on the Russian front by throwing her weight to the allies or the axis. If she swings to Berlin, Hitler has a much better chance of capturing the Caucasian oilfields and the Middle East. That could extend the war indefinitely. ” = ” ” ” F EVEN closer consequence to Americans is whether Russia can and will help us lick Japan. That involves more Russian aid to China, and American use of Siberian bases against Japan when the time comes. Though it is well understood that Russia cannot wisely divide her strength between European and Asiatic fronts now, the situation may be forced any day by Japan. We assume that agreement on these subjects was sought, and—we hope—achieved. The answer will be found

on the European and Pacific fronts before long.

SPEAKING OF GAS, RUBBER & TAXES—NO. 7

“THE National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics has 10 automobiles, costing $481, with no full-time chauffeurs. “The National Archives has one automobile, with one full-time chauffeur. $ “The National Park and Planning Commission has two automobiles, with one full-time chauffeur. “The National Housing Agency has 11 automobiles, with 7 full-time chauffeurs. “The Office for Emergency Management has 35 automobiles and 42 full-time chauffeurs. “The Office of Government Reports has two automobiles.” — (Senator Byrd of Virginia, from the Congres-

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FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1942

———— THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES How That 10 Per Cent Works!

Fair Enough

By Westbrook Pegler

NEW YORK, June 12.—It is ironic or moronic or something of the kind that in a world at war, and with millions of human beings hungering for bread, the people of ‘the United States, blessed with abundance of all it takes to make bread, also have to do withuut and get along instead on an indigestible, unpalatable and, in round numbers, a horrible ersatz devised on : for commercial reasons of their own by the baking industry. And let them not come at me now with formulas and scientific data, because I am an expert on the subject of bread, even a connoisseur, from the only standpoint that qualifies a man to express an opinion, the standpoint of him who eats the stuff, and I say this counterfeit is not bread nor even a reminder of bread, except that it comes in loaves. . Foi Is it that the milling industry, in its zeal to perfect its product, refined the very life out of flour ? I don't know, but I do know that one never breaks bread any more but stretches it until it snaps and that it could as well be rolled or molded into strips and perfumed with licorice or mint and sold for chewing gum. It comes from the baker dusted with a layer and occasional deposits of something not unlike the powder that is sifted into postmen’s and policemen’s shoes to ease the burning of their dogs and those soulless singers of the air who urge it on us whang us over the ears with strange words such as “energized” and “fortified” and talk of vitamins and calories, but still it isn’t bread.

Why, Even the Butter Curls Up!

BREAD LIKES BUTTER and vice versa, but this strange stuff repels butter and the butter, being honest still, recoils at the very contact and slips away writhing, then curls up and dies. It will not toast, but forms an outer shell which also resists butter as glass defies water and when this crust is wrenched apart by stretching, the white substance within tears in irregular shapes like samples of fabric in a factory after the testing machine has pulled them apart to rate their strength. . Bread is a wonderful thing. Nations fight for it and millions have died for want of it and humanity believes that a man has a right to rob and even kill to get bread for his young when all other means fail and others have abundance and he has none. In some lands it is very crude and, to the delicate taste of Americans, unappetizing. Ersatz imitations, all of them sodden and ranging in complexion from the sallow to the black, and in substance from that of putly to that of an Englishman’s bath sponge, are sometimes the best that can

be had, however, and people patiently accept them

in the hope of the harvest and better days.

And Talking About Rubber . . .

AMONG US, however, our bins are overflowing and it has been as great a problem to find storage for our bread-stuffs as it soon may be to find tankage for the gasoline which we cannot use because we must save rubber, but which our oil industry must produce before it can get at the by-product from which to create ersatz rubber, so that we may resume using gasoline. Our fault is strictly one of, let us say, administration. It may be that in striving for perfection in bread we have overshot the goal, for I am charitable enough to believe that the industry has been sincerely and competitively trying all along to produce better bread, not worse. The theory is rather appealing, because it is contrary to human nature and business acumen to make bad bread Intentionally. This, however, is only speculation, but the travesty on bread which most Americans make do is fact. Probablythere are millions among us who never have tasted good bread, having always eaten the kind we get in stores everywhere in the land which, at any given time, is of uniform quality and texture, as though governed by a national standard. The quest for a ready and reliable synthetic for our tires should not pass too quickly by our bakeries which, when we asked for bread, gave us a rubber

heel. Well, perhaps not tires, but certainly suspenders, then.

Frankly Speaking

forswear a separate peace had been reaffirmed in earlier |

By Norman E. Isaacs

THE DISGRACEFUL episode of a fistfight between a watcher and a recount commissioner focuses attention again to the weaknesses in our elections system. The recounts thus far have borne out, by and large,

| the results arrived at in the central counting of the rather obvious that less-advertised problems were also |

primary vote. The central count was a great step forward and fears have been expressed that this progressive move would be sabotaged by its political opponents. The truth, however, is that we haven't even scratched the surface in election reform. The basic fault of our elections system is that the control over all the mechanics of voting, of policing, of counting, is vested in the hands of partisan politicians, There are three election commissioners, One of them is the county clerk, himself an elected partisan official. The two others are the personal representa-

| tives of the two major party chairmen. It is precise-

ly as if the chairmen themselves were serving.

Just a Drop in the Bucket

THE CHIEF FAULT of the central count this year was its painful slowness. It was pathetic. But perhaps it was inevitable in a system whereby every worker, every watcher, every supervisor was selected by the party officials. “The first big improvement which can be made is for the two parties to get together and set up certain minimum standards of competency for election officials of all kinds, particularly for those entrusted with the central count. If a person cannot: pass such a competency test, he should be denied a job—even if his brother is a precinct committeeman or ward chairman. ; But even this is simply a drop in the bucket. What we really need is an election commission divorced from office holding, which some cities now have. In Cleveland, for instance, the election commissioners have a year-round job. It is their job to organize and run the elections. . And they do it. Surprisingly enough, this sort of advanced gov-

ernment is no more expensive than the rickety kind |

we have now. But no matter what it cost, it would certainly be a cheap way of getting an honest vote, And a dignified one.

So They Say—

This war will end with an invasion of Europe—

-which means a return to trench warfare.—Charles

F. Kettering, chairman General Motors Corp.

It will not be desirable, in my opinion—and it would be highly undesirable—to ration everything —

Leon Henderson, price ‘and rationing administrator. |

* * * $ By seizing more than his fair share, by cheating in order to avoid the lesser discomforts of war, the rationing violator marks himself as a petty thief who steals needed goods from his honest and patriotic neighbors.—David Ginsburg, general counsel of OPA

We do not need less criticism in time of war, but

more.—Woodrow Wilson, as quoted by George Creel. Ea . - . = * Halfway arcund the

world the lives of men in

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The Hoosier Forum

I wholly defend to

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

“SUPREME COURT HAS BEEN TARNISHED OF LATE”

By Claude Braddick, Kokomo. Our awe. of the U. S. supreme court has been somewhat tarnished of late. Our conception of that body as an “august” assemblage, purely intellectual, idealistic, and aloof from transient political tides, has suffered grievously. We have seen it yield to New Deal pressure, and to executive threats to its hitherto unassailable integrity. That may have been all to the good. Yet it is always disappointing to learn that your golden idol has feet of clay. : And now, in the Jehovah's Witness cases, it continues the trend,

method of milk delivery to your home and mine. . . . When you are on the street with your car. or truck, give the horse the right-of-way, protect him’ .in every way possible, for -remember he is delivering a family’s necessary food. I am sure that everyone of you that drives a car will and do appreciate this great patriotic move by putting the horse back to work, that you will protect him when on the streets. As a horse lover, I ask you this favor, watch for the milk wagon in and out of alleys and crossing’ streets.”

(Times readers are invited their these columns, religious conMake

your letters short, so all can

to express views in

troversies excluded.

have a chance. Letters must

be signed.)

conducted separate and apart from our public schools with sisters dressed in a religious uniform and priest dressed in a religious uniform. If this is legal we think the Friends schools of Orange county should be brought back and paid for

#2 8 “BEWARE OF THOSE WHO | TRAVEL WITH JIM WATSON”

By A Hoosier Laborer, Indianapolis.

abridging the freedom of speech and worship with sophistries and squeamish phrases, under pressure of patriotism. That, too, may be ail to the good. But to me it is of small importance whether Jehovah's Witnesses salute the flag or not.

It is however of prime importance that the first amendment to the| constitution be not so hedged ahout | with sophistries as to render it! meaningless. ” on o “STATE AID MUST NOT APPLY TO RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS”

By Mr. and Mrs. Nathan G. Weeks, memders ot New Berry Friends Church, Orange ounty.

We think for State Superintendent Malan to o. k. for payment 500

or more Catholic sisters as teachers and 40 or 50 priests is unthinkable. We have no objection to the trustee or school board hiring Catholic teachers in our public schools, but they are not to wear their garb, which is an official designation. We are not lawyers, but the constitution of Indiana says the legislature shall provide “by law, for a general and uniform system of common schools, wherein tuition shall be without charge, and equally open |

by state aid and a monument should be erected to John I. Morrison and

I remember the 1928 anti-labor

| long odds, “directive” is the new fashionable, poly= | syllabic three-dollar word of 1942 in Washington.

| clear to the average vacant lot, | variety of curbstone lawyer. | much more official to get a directive than it does to get a phone call, and maybe that's the secret.

Barnabas Hobbs and pay for it out

of school money. | 5 : : These expenditures sound ke|T: Watton too well o look up to the

promiscuous expenditures out of Old codger with. any special regard New Deal blanket appropriations, or esteem. Every Hoosier worker which we grant is far fetched. Our should remember it, if he is to come Hes is, if a Senouiingtion Wali again as a rallier or political eir expressions of religious thought | 3 . hose who rub taught and emphasized, let them leader, and beware of Mose °

pay the bill. Don't saddle it on|Shoulders with him. the school system of Indiana. As a non-partisan sentimentalist, : I don't think the old senator should

be welcomed by any party.

stand of the former Senator James

” = ” “PROTECT THE HORSE AND GIVE HIM RIGHT-OF-WAY” By H. G. Hudson, Indianapolis. Have you noticed the fine horses now delivering your milk? This brings back old times. I have been for the past few days helping one of the large milk companies train the new horses now being used on the routes. It has been and still is

#0» “WORSE THAN PUZZLING! IT’S BAFFLING!”

By E. A. s Some people, says Mrs. Roosevelt, still seem puzzled about the pricecontrol regulations. So she explains that the government has imposed ceilings for the purpose of keeping the cost of living down and of pre-

a great pleasure to me to listen to the admirers of the horses. Every woman and child has something

to say about them. Su i But the ceilings are not hard to

_ Even with the high prices of] i apples and, shortage of sugar, the | Understand. What does puzzle a mothers and kiddies meet you at | Sreat many" people is this question.

the curb to see the horse eat an [Ho ten the pellings ke mginidined apple or a lump of sugar and the |} 8 Sovernmen oes ho 0

venting those with increasing incomes from bidding up the prices of a decreasing supply of goods.

‘| constitution).

to all.” (Article 8, section 1, Indiana horse never forgets where he gets ithis treat. So friends and citizens This does not call on the state of Indianapolis, let's respect and superintendent to pay for schools'protect this patriotic change in the

Side Glances—By Galbraith

hr irs INC. T. M. ; ar. 0

“| hear the regiment is switching from horses to ‘tanks, Captain—

| bilized until after the upward price

promptly all the other things which! the president told the country must be done to make the anti-inflation | program successful? Other steps, Mrs. Roosevelt acknowledges, are necessary. She mentions reduction of debts and wider rationing of scarce goods, then says: “Wages must be stabilized when once we really: succeed in keeping down the cost of living, This last step cannot be taken, however, until we have machinery whereby we can prevent wages from being depressed by various methods which may come into use if proper supervision is not exercised.” The president seemed to say plainly, on April 28, that his program depends, among other things, on stabilization of wages: “To keep the cost of living from spiraling upward, we must stabilize the remuneration received by individuals for their work.” But Mrs. ‘Roosevelt now seems to contend that wages ‘cannot be sta-

spiral has been brought to a guaranteed stop. The failure to evolve anything resembling a workable plan for stabilizing wages in the more than six weeks since the president’s message has been puzzling. Mrs. Roosevelt now remarks that wage stabilization must wait for complete success of a program which, according to Mrs. Roosevelt, cannot succeed unless it includes wage "stabilization. That's worse than puzzling. It's baffling.

DAILY THOUGHT

The eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.—Job 11:20.

A SUPPRESSED resolve %

“wonder if | could buy old Jeke. and have a furlough to

In Washington By Peter Edson

WASHINGTON, June 12—A new era of administrative leger= demain and red tape is coming into full bloom through the device of what might be known as “gov= ernment by directive.” “directive” is an old but rarely used one in diplomatic language. But now there is a veritable flood of directives floating around of= ficial Washington.” No one can do anything without a directive. By

Just how a directive differs from an order or a memo or a request or even a mandate is not quite victory garden Certainly, it sounds

It is also unclear as to just who has the power to

| issue directives. Another back alley barristers’ guess

would be that individuals issue orders while boards,

| administrations, commissions and agencies .issue di- | rectives.

An implied meaning is that. if Agency A has the authority to issue a directive, it has the power

| of telling Bureau B to do the work, while Agency A | sits back and watches for results.

Next time you want the boy to run to the grocery

| for you, don’t tel him to go, or ask him to go; give { him a directive,

It’s so much smarter,

The Congressmen Have a Beef

CONGRESSMEN WHO like to throw their weight around and use their influence to get people jobs have a secret beef against the army and navy for resisting congressional pressure to get commissions for their constituents, Teens "Only reason the matter hasn't come out in public is that the congressmen can't prove their case. But their suspicions center around a couple of seemingly harmless and ordinary little initials, “C. 1.” It is the belief of some congressmen that when ever they make a recommendation that somebody be appointed to a job, the application is niarked “C. I.” And when those letters appear on any application, it is doomed from the start. The letters are supposed to stand for “Congres sional Interference.”

The Army Pay Problem

THINK THIS ONE through and see where it leaves you. Congress wants to raise the soldiers’ pay. At the same time, a good many congressmen want to have the saloons and the dance halls and such places prohibited in areas of far greater radius from the camps. ‘ Most of the soldiers drafted thus far, being in selective service class 1-A or B or C, have no dependents and therefore make little or no allotment of pay to their folks at home. : Therefore, by raising the soldiers’ pay, congress is merely giving the boys more money to travel farther for their wine, woman and song. And what could be fairer than that? But this leaves the army brass hats in a quandary, They don't mind letting the boys have their fun and they'd like to see everyone make as much money as possible. But the officers have to maintain dis= cipline, and they fear that the combination of more money and more remote places in which to sin means only trouble. A bill that would provide for larger allotments to the dependents of family men would suit the army to command much better. They'd be able to call up more 3-C men under a law like that.

Editor's Note: The views expressed by columnists in this newspaper are their own. They are not necessarily those of The Indianapolis Times,

A Woman's Viewpoint By Mrs. Walter Ferguson

WELL, NOW THAT women are in the army, what about the equal rights amendment to the constitution? Maybe you aren’t for it. That makes no differ= ence. When a nation sends a woman out to serve at the battle front she’s man’s equal, whether she likes it or not. The amendment has been be= a fore congress for a long time—in > fact, it was there before the Rogers bill was dreamed of. Now that the latter has become law, what are our congressmen waiting for? Do you know that while we are sharing men's dangers and dgaths—and no one doubts that women would go forth as gladly to die for their country as they volunteer for service in other ways—we do not have equal pay for equal work; nor equal control of property; nor equal control of earnings; nor equal inheritance rights; nor equal opportunities in gove ernment service; nor equal opportunities in the pro. fessions or industries; nor equal right to make con tracts; nor equal control of national, state and local government; nor equal rights to identity after mar= ringe; nor equal control of our children?

Will Men Be Less Than Gallant?

THE HEIGHT OF inconsistency and absurdity will have been reached if, after accepting women for army service, congress still refuses to submit tha amendment which reads: “Men and women shall hava equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction.” Today women ask and ars being asked to share all the responsibilities of democracy. . They are thrust into the factories, flelds and military service. Men will be less than gallant—they will be unjust and tyrannous—if they continue to resist the pleas of that group who, for so many years, has been plead= ing for constitutional equality. And I suppose the rest of us can stand such equality—since we are expected to fulfill all other functions of citizenship.

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