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THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION : MOOTH and harmonious are the words that describe the Democratic convention just closed. Perhaps a little too smooth and too harmonio@s to stir up public interest, particularly since the entire ticket was nominated by acclamation. If there was an outstanding feature of this biennial session, it was the personal popularity of one man-— Governor Schricker. The slender little man who sits in

the governor's chair received deserved tribute from Senator

VanNuys as ‘‘one of the most popular and efficient governors Indiana ever had.” Analysis of the ticket shows it to be one of the strongest vote-getting combinations that could have been put together in an oft-year. Able men fill the top places and it is, on the whole, a ticket that will give the Republicans formidable opposition in November.

WAITING FOR CHURCHILL PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL'S statement yesterday ~ to commons yas disappointing. But, before the debate ends, he may explain the series of British defeats. If the German advance in Egypt continues, he may be forced to accept the reforms demanded—a streamlined unified command and a defense minister, An excellent case is made for those veforms. But more important than the theoretic advantages is the fact that any system must stand or fall by results, And the old British system, even when sparked by the dynamic prime minister and supported by vast American arms, has suffered too many major defeats on too many fronts. ” ” ” # » » HE problem is to find military leadership equal to the high courage and quality of the British and other forces, and to give that commander-in.chief and his unified staff the necessary freedom from bureaucratic red tape and political handcuffs, Fear that bureaucracy and politics played, and still play, too large a part in the war effort was not diminished by Mr,” Churchill's refusal to release the long-delayed report on the Singapore and Burma defeats. Such information could hardly help the Japs, who are not only in possession but who know very aceurately hew they got there, Likewise, Mr. Churchill's bare statement that Gen, Auchinleck had taken over command from Gen. Ritchie indicates no change in the system that failed in Libya and outer Egypt. Auchinleck has been the responsible commander all along. British and American corresponderits, in reporting that the British have had inferior leadership, said that Ritchie had to spend much of his time running back and forth to Cairo headquarters instead of making decisions in the field “like Romnfel. » » » . » o » F making scapegoats of British front commanders could win, the war would have been over long ago—for there have been many such, Brooke-Popham, who was broken before the fall of Singapore, had a better record than the London officials who refused to heed his warning. And it may be that Ritchie, until recently cheered so loudly as Britain's youngest and most modern eommander, . was more sinned against than sinning. | Now that Americans are reported serving under the British command in Egypt, in addition to American equipment, the interest of the United States is direct and immediate. Mr. Churchill has little to lose and much to gain’ by being as frank with the British and American peoples in this emergency as he was in earlier and worse crises, -

CCC IS OUT; NEXT!

F THE CCC were not now in existence, a reader ike would-we create such an agency at this time? The obvious answer is: No; young manpower and materials are too urgently needed for war. Then, the reader insists, shouldn't the same test be - anplied to the question of whether to continue the CCC? ‘he obvious answer is: Yes. The house of representatives gave that answer yesterday by its emphatic vote of 229 to 121 against appropriating any more money to keep the CCC alive. * The senate had previously, by a margin of one, voted $76,600,000 to keep the CCC going another year. The senate will have to recede and let the government save that much money. > The argument was made that it really isn’t much money, at a time when billions are being tossed around. Yet, to raise that amount, the treasury has to sell 4,080,000 of the lowest-denomination ($18.75) war bonds. 3 Congress, having at last decided that the government should sacrifice at least one bureau to win the war, shopld now give attention to a multitude of other depression-horn

agencies that were never even half as worth-while as the CCC.

CHINA'S NEED ROM hard-pressed, backsto-the-wall Ching comes the same message that accompanied the fall of Burma: “We - must have planes if we are to beat the Japs.” Because the courageous Chinese lack air power, the Nipponese are threatening to join twe drives in the Chekiang-Kiangsi campaign. Which lends poignancy to the plea of Lieut. John Dono- . van of the famed Flying Tigers, which reached his mother just behind a telegram announcing his death in action: “If the United States or any other country is interested in fighting the Japs it is about time they should get some Jip ant and Jerssunel over * hore. If the ay. were to

Fair Enough By Westbrook Pegler

. NEW YORK, Merrill, president of the United

Office and Professional Werkers’

Union of the O.I.0., has chal« lenged me to ‘cite a single instance” where a member of his organization ever betrayed to an outsider secret information econcerning an emplever's affairs which was ebtained in a confiden= tial capacity as secretary to the employer. This unien is a partyline organization of the Communist front and has been so identified by upanimeus repert ef the Dies committee, No doubt its veluntary membership includes some white-collar werkers who reject and hate communism and are individually worthy of trust. It also includes members who have been foreed to join against their will, Loyal Americans, of eourse, who would refuse te eommunicate te the Communist party or its agencies information received in confidence. As to Merrill's demands for citation of “a single instance where a member of the U.O.P.W.U. has betrayed his trust,” I submit as follows: On the night of last April 23, Mike Quill, the ‘party-line boss of the transpert werkers’ union of

the €, 1. O, with a storm troop of goens, raided the.

New York office of district 50 of John L. Lewis’ union, the United Mine Workers, where a secret meeting was in progress.

Marshall Field's New York tableid publication, |

which began operations beldly with a large eell, not to say a hive of Communists in its editorial depart

ment, was privy te Quill's raid on the Lewis head-. quarters and had twe reporters and a phetographer

on the scene with Quill and his goons, -

'How Much Did Ouill Find Out?’

QUILL AND HIS raiders found in the office of distriet 50 four anti-Communist leaders of his ewn transport union holding a private conference.

On May 14, Quill, in the name of his union, filed

with Philip Murray, president of the C. I. O., eharges that Lewis had conspired to invade its jurisdictien, raid its membership and stir up eonflicts in the 0. I. O. The same .day he alse filed charges: within his own union against the four anti-Quill men found in the Lewis headquarters, An interesting question was “How did Quill find out abeut the seeret meeting?” He answered that himself on the afternoon of May 14, the day he set in metion the trial machinery of his ewn union against his four opponents for leadership of the transport workers. To a press conference Quill announced that Mildred H. Krohl, secretary to Edward Heeckelbech, the regional director of distriet 50 of the mine workers, was at that very moment testifying before his own trial board against the four men aceused of the grave crime of dual unionism. He said this confidential secretary to Heckelbech had resigned at the mement the trial started in his ewn court. Quill alse passed out photestats of two private official letters on the stationery of distriet. 50, obviously filched frem its files, each bearing in the appropriate place, the initials of the stenographer, “M. H, K,,” which are the Krohl woman’s initials. He alse gave out phetestats ef her letter resigning her job.and ef an affidavit by her. The Krohl woman wrote in her letter of resignation and in her affidavit that Heckelbech had demanded that she quit the office werkers’ union as & condition ef employment, In her letter of resignation from ‘her. jeb she said this demand vielated the Wagner aet, as, ne doubt, it did, However, it dees not appear anywhere that she actually did resign frem Merrill's Communist front for confidential employees. The affidavit says she “agreed” to de se,

Pegler Adds Up the Evidence

MERRILL INSISTS. that the Krehl woman did resign from his union and by this technicality, if it could be established, would insist that this confessed traitor tb a confidential trust ‘was no longer a member. However, the Krohl woman's own testimony in the trial of the four transpert workers refutes the

"| claim that she resigned. In this testimony she said

“even at the request of the United Mine Workers, I didn't resign.” She said she hadn't a union book at present, but added, “I didn’t resign.” As to the betrayal of eonfidential information she made the admission that she had reported to Quill on meetings in the office of district 50 and she even gave testimeny befere Quill's Communist-front trial board regarding eenversations which she had overheard as a confidential employee.

Our Manpower By Major ‘Al Williams

NEW YORK, July 1,—There is

greater necessity for , “freezing” trained and specialist manpower in the must war industries than for continuing to anchor all our ‘attention on . this price-freezing business. | We can diseard all the paper dollars, and the rhetal money, too, and still win this war, But we can’t win it without the com- ‘ plicated machinery needed to fight it. And to have this machinery we must held our specialist manpower to the task of building it. The real pressure now, increasing daily, is for trained, skilled manpewer. This is essentially a machine war. Mass production is ef prime importance, and we ean’t afford te

-send ene experienced, trained specialist. workman te |

carry a rifle and learn a new business from seratch. The freezing ‘of qualified workmen would end the diminishing, but still harmful practice of war plants

" raiding the labor forces of other war plants.

This Must Be Stopped Soon

EMPLOYERS IN HIGHLY specialized industries, notably the aircraft industries, are losing irreplaceable men because local draft beards seem obsessed with the sole purpose of putting everybedy inte unis forms, This will have to stop soon. 1 .6an see no sound argument against freezing specialized workmen whose experience and skill cannet be duplicated immediately, I realize that the anchors ing of men in industrial positions smacks of totalitarijanism. But we should have no eompunctions about that at this late date, provided the freezing is for the duration only, The British’ went ‘through this turmoil, and more, until they finally came across with a manpower freeging order, As I understand it, no British specialist workman can change his job without permission and good reason.

So They Say—

I think we will make a very great mistake if we call mothers of young children to work on production

lines until the time comes when we have entirely ex- |

hausted all other available supplies of labor. —Frances Perkins, sasteiary of laber.

July 1.—Lewis |

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INESDAY,

CER (Tan ty

WASN'T

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The ‘Hoosic er Forum

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

“JOHN STUART MILL AND THE LOSS OF LIBERTY” By Paul B. Sallee, Holton

Since you do net think it advisable to print the faets of histery on the freedom of our natien would you print the philosophy of John Stuart Mill on the people who -do not deserve liberty? “A people may prefer a free government; but if frem indelence or carelessness or cowardice, er want of public spirit, they are unequal to the exertions necessary for preserv= ing it; if they will not fight for it when it is directly attaeked; if they can be deluded by artifiees used te cheat them out ef it; if, by momentary discouragement or temperary panic, or a fit of enthusiasm for an individual they can be induced to lay their liberties at the feet, even of a great man, or trust him with powers which enable him to subvert their institutions—in all these cases they are more or less un-

may be for their geod to have had it even for a short time, they are unlikely long te enjoy it.” #2 8 8 “RUSS NOT SO SMART IN KEEPING THEIR SECRETS” By Frank D. Reiley

I read the news report from Russia telling how smart Russia was in keeping the great Moscow air defense secret from Hitler, and that it was by reason eof this secrecy and the surprise that the Nazis got when they attacked, that Hitler is not new in Mescow. Now T'd like to ask IF—I say IF —Hitler weuld have knewn that Moscow, and indeed all of Russia, was so well prepared for defense, ‘would Hitler have even attempted te set foot in Russia? He would net and, furthermore, had he known hew well Russia was prepared, there never would have been any war at all.” Hitler wanted the Ukraine. He said so more than once, and had he known that he never could take Mescow he would never have defied England and France. He didn’t want any of their territory. So the much-vaunted. secrecy of the: Russians about their effective preparedness was the worst thing that ever happened to Russia and all the rest of the human race. Secrecy about some things is all right, but not when you are trying

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fit for liberty; and even though it.

‘tax er merely a lowered ineeme tax

Side Glances—By Galbraith _

(Times readers are invited their these columns, religious conMake so all can

to express views in

troversies excluded, your letters shorf| have a chance. Letters must be. signed.)

to prevent an attack by a bully. Then yeu start bragging about yeur gang waiting arounc the eorner te get him. All bullies fake silence as an evidence of feer. Then when they think you'are afraid, they have the courage to attack. Stalin has dene the greatest job the world has ever knewn in preparedness. But he was not smart in coneealing it. He should have done his boasting before the war started, not after. . 2 » 2 “FINANCE THE WAR WITH A NATIONAL LO TERY” By Jerre BR. Crawford. P. 0. Box 1487 The easiest, surest, quickest and most painless way, of raising the countless billiohs of dellars appropriated by our national congress to fingnce the pre. sent emergency, together with all the past and present whims of the New Deal, is to legalize, establish ‘and operate a national lottery, with 52 drawings per annum, and s 50 per -cent weekly “take” by the government. ., . It has been an! is being done here, and in mes. other parts of the United States, Lliegally and pri= vately; it is being done in ether natiens, Wott lege: ly and illegally.

“CONGRESS DOING THE BEST IT CAN ON TAX PROBLEM”

By Veige in the €rewd, Indianapolis Whether we have a national sales

exemption, congress will be eritieized by .some people. it seems that fer this year at least the sales tax is out. However, - ai lowered taxable income will surely be in the new law. i Peaple with low incomes will ecomplain’ bitterly against “the lowered income exemption: yet most of them with allowanees or dependents will not be affeeted =i all. When congress lowers the Lase of taxable income it is not trying to take away from those Who Have not, it is try-

ing to get another slice of fat from those who have. In other words, it is a methed of “seaking the rich” by making them feel that the poor are being “soaked” also. . Congress is faced with a terrific problem because they have to raise more funds than can be raised by

taxation. Thier problem is to tax|

to the boundary, beyond which the returns. would diminish, It is extremely difficult te invent new ways of taxation te accomplish this, so the procedure is to raise the rates and lewer the exemption of existing taxes. That may make a “hodge podge” but this is net the time to correct it. 1t would be better to lower the income base to zero however, before we attempt a sales tax. knew how much lower we can go with the ineome base, hut ne ene can predict how high we would go

|with a sales tax if it were once

instituted. The tax on eigarets is going to be 7 cents per pack merely because at one time it started out at 1 or 2 cents. The tax on gasoline will raise to a total of perhaps 7 cents a gallon, because it already had a tax and an existing tax ean

easily be raised. The ‘same hoids|

true with liguor which will be taxed a dollar more per gallon. ... We have a pretty good congress, they are a fair cross section of our American thinking, and don’t forget—they are the only remaining bulwark between liberty and perpetuated bureaucracy for the common man. When they finally pass the tax bill, if it hurts a little bit. don’t forget to remember that if they took a little more we would still have the grandest place to live. We have to win the war and we have to pay the piper so we might as well grin, grim theugh

it be. # 8 8

“OURS IS FINEST POLICE FORCE IN MID-WEST” By Howard ¥. Jackson, 1126 N. Beville ave.

Not so long ago I read in an East side paper about a preeinet eommitteeman getting a sticker for parking in a taxi stand. Now the

one to come forward with a good word in defense of the department. Not a word was- offered. Again I noticed in The Times an article about gambling. Chief Morrissey was criticized for his. statement that he would clean up all the gambling joints. In sharp digs this writer ha-ha’d the chief, saying he knew where places were operated, etc. Well I must say that anyone that could clean up gambling entirely in a city as big as ours would have to be a superman. I firmly believe that from the ehief down te his newest patrolman, each is doing his part to make Indianapolis the great city it is destined to be. Some time ago an officer assigned to trafic duty at Meridian and Washington sts. was eritieized for some trifle. Imagine en ene of the busiest cerners in the Middle west

this fine capable officer was re-

placed. Why I cannot tell. One woman even commented in these columns that he was like an officer in Chicago. He was skilled In directing traffic at that corner. ‘ This ‘is my home. It is and I hope always will be and I just can’t

lice foree. They talk about New York's finest. Well, we have the finest in the Crossroads of America. After all, who are police any way?

‘They are your neighbors and mine.

The idea has long gone the way of all evil when. one has a sinister idea | . about a man who takes up police work. I believe we have the finest force in the Middle West,

DAILY THOUGHT _

For where your treasure ,

Matthew 8:21.

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way I understood it, he condemned | the whole force. I watch for some-|,

help having a just pride in our po-| 890

In Washingfo

By Peter Edson

WASHINGTON, July 1.has ordered a reduction i and sizes of dentists’ imp of torture, . . , Quotas. has been increased a ing to increased imports. ., your catsup bottle tops fe i on future bottles which equipped with the .metal caps, . . ..Save some coffee powder and other tins when those commodities ee paper instead of metal containers. ., . C 8 ings are te be rationed. , ., Newest racket e tygewriter sale restrictions is a “lend-lease” 4 a ment by which purchaser pays full priee in as rent. OPA says it's illegal. . . . Burning to prevent frost damage in citrus groves is fol + + + Cocoa bean processing has been euf 14

++ « OPA says anti-freeze will be available |

and at frozen prices, too,

Qlive Drab for Civilians

FALLEN ANIMALS, meaning dead ones, are # empt from maximum price regulation te

their sale for rendering of fats and eils. . ip ‘Weeden :

beehive preduction has been stepped up to 188

cent of 1940 production to increase output of bees : Co] wax and honey... , Qlive drab woel remnsnis Ups

wanted by the army may be used for eivilian | + +. One hundred fifty million egg eases will quired tp meve the 1042 egg erop and only 30 new cases are being produced, resulting in: and price freezing on used erates. ... Importers. been granted permission to sell same comme above March prices. . Inter-city bus servige | beaches and resort centers will be permitted duis the summer. . . . Abnormally low ceiling pril iee have been unfrozen. ... The alien propery tedian has seized copyright en Alfred 1 “Twentieth Gentury Myths,” on of ‘the baste of Nazi philesophy.

Rubber From Soybean and Com Oils

* FURNITURE DEALERS will hold only ene market instead of faur, te save transportation. a Latest chisel on iron and steel maximum price regu= lations has been to force 39,999-pound, or less :than 40,000, carlead let erders, which eemmand prices. of imported canned corned beef, thereby saving tin. . + » The 3000 U. 8. canneries are preparing tg pack 15 per cent more fruits and vegetables ore in 1941. . Department of agriculture chemists have produced laboratory samples of a Tubber substitute made from soybean and corn oils, having one-third ‘as much stretch and ene-sixth as much strength as natural rubber. . , . Victory food special for July 16-38 is chicken, broilers and fryers being abundant a8 a result of this year’s 16 per cent hatch’ ingrease, f

A Woman’ s Viewpoint By Mrs. Walter Fergusen

HARD ON THE HEELS of the news that taxpayers must fork over a millien dellars a day Tx WPA appropriatiens this. Jee comes Leon Hendersen, asking 300 millions to pay for the 66000 workers he expects. to employ in: the priee-contrel and ral business. - 3 We've already set the war | ir get at 200 hillions, so it’s a time for our spenders. I hope. administration econemists will te able to figure out where the money, is coming from without breaking the finangial bask’ of every taxpayer. This whole rationing thing begins to leek s Take a squint at it. The costs are sure to he Printing bills alone will run into the big money, Sugar rationing cards were issued by the hac teachers and P.-T. A. members, who got no haipir except the thanks of their eommupnities, and they a good job. But some of the present plans 1 much like Hitler's regimentation .schemes, and American people won't like that sort of thing, - 2 x¥

People Must Be Put on Honor

HAVING BEEN REARED in a tradition of indie. vidual] liberty, they feel that part ef the meral respensibility for winning the war should rest with them. If not, what right have we te elaim: that. der meeracy is superior te dictatership? In eur kind ef gaverament, even while a ‘war. is . on, the people must he put upen their honor. Som# of them haven't get much, I'll grant you. But surely there are enough decent ones to ride hard em the ehiselers witheut employing armies of government {n= spectors. If we overleok the gharge that 66,000 rationers. price-eontrollers on the federal payroll eould 8 become an evil pelitical force, there is alle thought that, since we are free men and women 8 ing a war for liberty, we should be treated as our own government. Regimentation by any other name is skill ‘| mentation. : The eitizenghip of this natign will: resentei ments on its privacy and suspicions of its patri

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Q-—How mich dees the: army spend fe an average enlisted man? A—The annual clothing allowance for the ual trainee is $162.05, Of this ameunt, spent for elothing issued him at the be his service and the remaining $54.16 is. the maintenance of his clothing for a year,

Q—Was bedy armor fer. seldiers. aw world war I? A—In world war I, the United States body armor for soldiers engaged in trene It was an alloy-steel about 0.036 inch thi able to stop a jacketed, automatic pistol caliber, traveling at the rate of 600 feet & Modern body armer has been developed capable of resisting fire from an automatic foot-seeonds. The main reason Why &

‘is -not mueh used is that it greatly .

fresdom of meyement of the wewrer.

Q—Which states along the eastern the U.S. do net require either a waiti blood test before marriage? . "A—Only South Caroling and ¥Fieri others either have a waiting’ period ‘or orboth. Q—Please give names and dates of Great Britain since the death of Queen A—Edward VII, 1001-1010; George Edward vii, 198, shdicated; George:

ook 250 - .

. . . Army will purchase 30 million poun ds