Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 July 1942 — Page 10

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TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1942

“IF YE BREAK FAITH”

- JSSUES pile on issues-—prices, wages, profits, taxes, rubber. rationing, X-cards—and minority pressure groups ‘¢lamor for favored treatment. But there is one minority that has adjourned politics, one group that will | not cast class-conscious ballots at the ‘next election, one segment of our population too busy to be thinking about special privileges and advantages. And some day that minority will come back home and demand

tan accounting. We mean, of course, the men who are out

"there fighting, on land and sea and in the air.

THE CHINESE-AMERICAN FRONT FIVE years ago today the Japs started the fight at Marco

; Polo bridge near Peking. They expected to end it in a : few weeks with the subjugation of China. Fortunately

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“incident, ” as the Japs still call it, is not over. For without China as a fighting ally we would have much less chance of defeating Japan. 5 China has the manpower and vast distances to absorb much of the enemy shock. These advantages, plus the . stamina of a heroic people under brilliant leadership, have _ ‘enabled China with a few arms to hold off for years the Jap military machine which conquered the southwest Pacific and lower Asia so quickly. The Chinese, like the.Filipinos, have fought well because they were protecting their own independence.

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UT recent battles in China, like the battle for Bataan, demonstrate that even the best troops, under superior generals and fighting for their own freedom, cannot hold put indefinitely against a modern invader unless they too : have mechanized force and airpower. The tragedy of China—which became the tragedy of the united nations—is that she was near the bottom on that priority list for planes. Because her allies failed to send the promised planes, Burma, the famous road, and the air bases of eastern China were lost. ; At this desperate moment the United States finally has been able to break through to China with relief. It is not much as yet. But it is enough to give new hope to the defending armies, and to bomb the invaders over wide areas For the first time in five years.

‘8 » i. AY American air ferry service via India has ‘begun faster daily deliveries than ever reached Chungking from the i Burma road. And the new American air force in China— . including fighter squadrons which incorporate the deadly A. V. G. “Tigers,” and a new bomber command—has gone into action. In the first four days this A. A. F. destroyed 77 enemy planes on the ground, six planes in the air, three air bases, a naval vessel, military targets in Canton and “other cities behind the enemy lines, and an unspecified number of enemy troops. . + If the United States can keep up the flow of planes ‘and supplies to China, there is a good chance of a successful allied land and air offensive against Japan. Thanks to the fighting quality and experience of the large Chinese armies —and to the strategic position of eastern China airfields within striking distance of Tokyo, Formosa and enemy supply lines—there is probably no other world front on ‘which so little American help can mean so much.

‘The China front is an American front.

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EARL M. (LUCKY) TETER

J UCKY TETER was a boy from N oblesville who always loved fast automobiles. And thrills, too. Back in 1932, he started to make that love pay ~ dividends. He organized a troupe of daredevils, called them Lucky Teter’s Helldrivers, and toured the country, thrilling hundreds of thousands and winning himself the sort of . fame that comes to a man who risks his life at every performance. © © _ When war came to the United States, Lucky Teter ‘ was ready to throw it all in the heap for the sake of ~ serving his country. He was just a shade too old, though, and he had to wait until the motor division of the army - quartermaster’s corps could take him. But he was not too old to help in the meantime. Thirty-nine-year-old Earl Teter came to the army emergency relief fund, offered his show for the boys’ benefit. They accepted: Sunday night, the breaks went against the boy from Noblesville. His car failed to make the 150-foot plunge. And Lucky Teter died, 17 miles from the place where he was born. ° He died at the wheel of the mechanical creation he loved so much. And he died helping make things just a little easier for the boys in service.

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VE MORE RUBBER

ULY demand for gasoline in the United States is estimated by the bureau of mines at 53,100,000 barrels— 18 per cent less than was used in July, 1941. The decline attributed to reduced use of motor vehicles to conserve tires, and to gasoline rationing. ; But where there is rationing, and that's only n 17 eastn states, filling stations are allowed to sell only half as uch gasoline as they sold last year. Congressmen from ost of the 31 other states have protested that nation-wide tioning isn’t necessary to conserve tires-—that driving 1 be reduce voluntarily, But if gasoline consumption in the whole country is to down only 18 per cent next month, it seems clear that

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Fair Enough

By Westbrook Pegler

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NEW YORK, July 7.~I have given a second thought to the demand of some of the unions around the country that I be “investigated” by some committee of congress and, while I still reject the principle, I now have a feeling that for my own practical ©. purposes, it wouldn't be such a ‘bad idea. Such an “investigation” would give me a chance to prove under formal examination that I have never received a dollar or as much as a nickel cigar from any association of employers or any political group, either directly or indirectly

‘or in the benefit of any member of my family and

that, although I am an avowed-and enthusiastic red- | 3

‘baiter, I was one of the first of our lay Journalists

to perceive the evil of Hitlerism. Of course, none of those who have been clamoring for an “investigating” really wants one, because there is a power of insinuation in the suggestion that someone needs “investigating” which, in this case, would be destroyed if such. an inquiry were held. Moreover, I am quite sure I have been “Investigated” before now, because it stands to reason that these people would not have neglected the obvious temptation to get something on me if they could.

The Good Old Income Tax

AND I AM POSITIVE that I have been “investigated” by the internal revenue because they have been combing my returns regularly for years

| and spot-checking' not only my income but even

little disbursements in an effort to fish up something, Of course, some other citizens are subjected to the reviewing process, but not many, and of those friends who have beer! reviewed as a matter of course, none, it seems has been sross-cherked sO exactingly. One reviewer kept searching for a long period for something that was not there and finally admitted that he had heard that I had received dividends on a certain stock. If he had said so in the first place I would have

explained that there was no such stock but that the

dividends in question were reported correctly in the return under the correct name of the company which some informer had reported incorrectly to him. In the end, all he found was straight, legitimate income.

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‘The Principle Is Important’

OF COURSE, THE principle is important and I would not waive it entirely because, after all, any American had as much right to approve Hitlerism as any other had to favor Communism up to Dec, 7 and to run with Nazi-Fascists if he cared for their company, as any other American had to run with Communists, if he liked them,

But an “investigation” would show that I always detested them equally as being six of one and half a dozen of the other and was consistently American throughout, without the slightest deviation, which is. more than some of the leftward personalities in Washington can say who always thought Communists a little bit tolerable if not more so. And I wasn’t alone in perceiving the identity of Communism and Nazi-Fascism, either. Dorothy Thompson, who spent a long time under Hitlerism and came back loathing it, coined a very good smallpackage word to express this identity when she called Hitlerism “brown bolshevism.”

Talking About Persecutions— -

MY DETESTATION OF racial and religious persecution would show up vehemently under. “investigation,” but I have always made it clear that I expressed this attitude in justice to myself, not out of mere emotional sympathy for the victims. Attitude isn’t the right word because it is no mere attitude but a feeling deeper than I can put into words and probably springs from the spirit rather than the intelligence. If I were given to prejudice at all, then I should necessarily hate the white, or pink, aryan breed which, in Hitler, Nazism and the German nation has produced a monstrosity which no race or breed could be forgiven. They have practiced every vile trait and strategem that other breeds have been charged with, but I can’t condemn all pink peoples for Hitlerism. Altogether, waiving the prinsiple for this one exception, I would have no: misgivings at all under “investigation,” but, as I say, I doubt that these people really want one. The Communists and racketeers just want to talk about one, hoping that insinuation will do something that truth would undo.

[Frankly Speaking

By Norman E. Isaacs

AS YOU PROBABLY know very well by this time, there has been heated criticism about the tremendous

| amount of useless government propaganda sent out

by those tireless servants of the bureaucrats, the federal press agents. Newspapers from gne end of the country to the other have complained about the tonnage of material sent out, a great deal of it of no earthly value to anyone, Elmer Davis, called in to button up this amazingly loose phenomenon of the age, was well aware of this quaint method. So Mr. Davis sent out word to. his men in all parts of the country. He wanted samplings made. This newspaper was one of those ch for the test. The Times was asked simply to sgve all the government press releases for the full week from June 27th through July. 3d.

The Double-Boondoggle

YOU'D KNOW, wouldn't you, that the word would get around among the bureaucrats. There is definite knowledge that a couple of the agencies working right out of this town got long-distance phone calls from their regional headquarters, telling them to- cut ’way down. They did. The list tapered off a lot. The Times’ collection, for instance, was a mere 15 or 16 pounds of printed matter for the week. What these agencies gain by such a subterfuge is beyond any honest guess. The only possible assumption is that they hope to throw Mr. Davis and his chief assistants off the track and get the impression out that the newspapers are liars about the amount of useless information put out each week. It's what you might call the double-boondoggle.

So They Say—

_ -We should see to it that stern and exact justice is done upon every creature of Hitler's who had any share in any act that did not fall within the customary and legitimate limits of war—Harold L. Ickes, secretary of the Interior. ean » * * ‘ The miners’ lanterns of Lidice have been blacked out by Hitler, but they have cast tongues of flame to light the whole world with tomerrow’s freedom.— Leo Kryzycki, president American Slav ‘Congress

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The Hoosier Forum

disagree wii, what you say,

defend to the death yo). i» right to say it.—Voltaire. I

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“WHAT ARE WE TO DO WITH THIS JAP STUFF?” By A Dime Store Clerk, Indianapolis To Mr. Paul R. Jennings, Indianapolis: In answer to your article of July 4, why shouldn’t we sell the Japanese merchandise we have on hand? After all, Japan has her money out of it. On all jewelry there is a :10 per cent tax whether Japanese or American, so why throw this stuff away when our government can use that 10 per cent to such a good advantage? One store I have in ‘mind reduced Japanese articles to one-half price and you had to stand and wait your turn to get to the counter. Mr. Jennings, if we are not to sell this stuff, what are we to do? Throw it away? And lose what money we have tied up in it? : # # = “AGAIN I. WANT TO COMMEND MR. PEGLER” By Mattie Withers, 1525 N. Arsenal ave. Again I want to commend Westbrook Pegler for his writings against this country’s greatest evil. I refer now to his Fourth of July piece on the union racket. That racket, as Mr. Pegler has shown it, is preponderantly the most vicious that could exist in any free government.. Small wonder that Germany has acclaimed this country a land of racketeers, as well as gangsters. I wish we had more writers of the

high principle and courage of Westbrook Pegler.

» = ” “MEASURE YOUR LOVE BY YOUR FAITH IN U. 8.” By Voice In the Crowd. : It cannot be true that either the radicals or reactionaries will endanger. our form of government in the “period that follows the Pesce” as stated by A. J. G. There is only one great danger to our republic and that is the war. The “period that follows the peace” depends entirely on who wins the war and who dictates .the peace. If we lose the war neither race, creed nor social station will have a voice or an influence on what happens to us, We must yet win the war. If we win the war and inculcate American ideals in the peace, the

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word will sure y stand in the rosy dawn of a long period of peace and human progre::. So if we wish to remain Amerj ans it is up to us to do everything and give everything that it |ikes to win the war. To win the [ar.we will have to become war ninded and we will have to'sacriiice temporarily many of our person oy fancies and as a regiment follow the “high command.” We [an do it with safety and in fact oir safety depends on it, but we mu: stay awake, We will love America more if we win and we [ill not have to fear either the ra cals or reactionaries in the peace or .the “period that follows the pe ice. » Our grand | 3 ‘opublic is still, and by God’s will; must remain a government of the people, by the people and for ti: people. We have a foundation tat cannot be destroyed by the minorities on either side, Our direction and our national action is dictated by that great mass o; sturdy honest people who think sf aight and stay near the middle ¥ the road. Lincoln said that you cannot fool them all of the time, gn 'd I declare that you can trust then fully. sure your love for ly by your faith in it, iiutions.

L » ” “WE MUST IGHT THE POLITICAL ARASITES NOW” By Legionnaire, 18, Indianapolis. Congress hi: taken steps to abolish the CCC \ ‘hich the war department is repul=d to want maintained enother yea! but is keeping the NYA. The @L:’t Wing New Dealers like this one, and it is headed by that despicaly © person, Aubrey wil. liams, one of} those Communist-lov-ing fellows ¢ ving around with a

and in its ins;

private ‘chafi:ur, paid for by the

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taxpayers. Savors of Youth Congress stuff. This is a good issue on which to judge your congressmen for re-elec-tion. Find out how they stand... . This war is serious business, and the military people should have everything that will help win the war, and all politicians who are still playing dirty politics should ‘be kicked out. Why not get men in who are of the successful type, not those who go in for politics because

If we are to have anything worthwhile left after the war, we must begin to fight political and labor racketeers and other parasites in order that our present sacrifices will not have been in vain. The above is not intended as a

CCC, for economy's sake, but of those voting. against the CCC and in favor of the NYA, According to your paper, 58 million was voted to keep the NYA alive a year. According to Senator Byrd there may be another chance to abolish the NYA. Let's watch them this time and make notes for next November. s 8 = “CONGRESSMEN SHOULD BE TRIED FOR TREASON”

By Charles William Schaffer, D. Sc., Roosevelt Hot

As a: sli «in your town I read “Washington Calling.” Whoever writes that knows his “politics.” Under July 4th, Henderson needs help; paragraph 2, quotes: “Struggling single-handed against congressional sabotage” is a good statement, I hope you pour it on. I'm just in here from Washington. May be with a firm here on the defense program. . I am what is commonly dubbed a “scientist.” I gave up a teaching job, “professor” in Philadephia, to go into this defense program, And after many trips to Washington I still don’t know where I'm at. Neither does Washington. These congressmen stall everything in petty arguments. They should be tried for treason. #8 = = “LET STOP-IN GUESTS EAT IN RESTAURANTS!” By A Reader, Indianapolis In “Frankly Speaking,” will you please discuss uninvited guests who drop in for food and lodging? During normal times we are more or less tolerant and sometimes are actually glad to see sich people; but now that we are doing war work, buying more defense bonds than our budget can actually stand, and 'stay-

ling home ourselves to save tires we

can’t be very happy over devil-may-care friends who “just stop in for a few days.” Let such people go to hotels and eat at restaurants (if: they stop and

unless that is the way it works out,

money and tires might just as well go gadding around over the country anc sponging off friends and rela-| jg tives, too, just to break even, En 2 =® » READER SENDS EDITORIAL

|| To crrTICS OF BRITISH By Mrs. M. K., Indianapolis

Your editorial in The Times of June 27, entitled “Playing the Axis

§i] | Game,” was fine. I bought several § | copies and sent them to people who

have just this same attitude about England. Hope it does some good.

. DAILY THOUGHT ’ And whosoever of you will be the,

Shicfes, shall be. servant; of all. |

they can’t succeed in anything else. |

criticism . of those voting out the"

visit an hour or so, it is 0. k.). For|

the poor sap who stays home to save|

In Washington

By Peter Edson

WASHINGTON, July 7—The - federal communications commis

sion’s great investigation inte newspaper ownership of radio stations has just kicked itself in“the ‘ pants. The device by which the FCC has just performed this neat ° trick is a memorandum granting

the Buffalo Evening News permis-

sion to sell control and capital stock of one of its two radio stations, WEBR, 75 per cent to the Buffalo Courier-Express and 25 per cent to Paul E. ‘Fitspatrick. The News retains control of its seond station. FOC’s order No. 79 froze all newspaper applications ‘to acquire new radio stations. Thus in authorizing the sale of WEBR, the FCC is ignoring its own order

No. 79. Having established this precedent, the question

is how the FCC can justifiably refuse the applications of other newspapers to acquire radio stations, to. -

NYA Gets Kicked In Britches

NYA—THE SAME OLD depression stepchild which has been treated as poor relations always are— patkonized and pitied or kicked around and cussed—e now faces the necessity of cutting out the monkey business and going to work. Uncle Congress has cut down on the allowance for the coming year and the NYA nephews and nieces in the money won't be 50 numerous from here on in. ; At its peak, in February, 1940, NYA had 480,000 youngsters on its out-of-school program. A year ago the number was down to 325,000. The number recently has been about 125,000, but now must be cut to from 70,000 or 80,000 at any one time. This number will be

taking courses lasting from 10 weeks to three months; so during the year from 350,000 to 400,000 will be ene =

rolled, but all will be working on defense training, All the frills like the study of handicraft and the graphic arts, ceramics and weaving, even some of the nurses’ aid training will be wiped out of the curriculum, and unless you've been one of NYA’s ardent admirers, you can kiss most of this goodby as good riddance. NYA’s in-school program takes a healthy hacking, too. At the peak, half a million youngsters were getting financial help from Uncle Sam. Last year there were 90,000 college and 325,000 high school students getting government gravy. Next year it will be only 25,000 to 30,000 college students, and if any provision at all is

made for aiding high school students, it will go to hot more than 60,000.

Some This and That

WOODEN COTS ARE to replace Army steel folding beds. . . . A fourth of the army’s 700,000 civilian em< ployees are women. . . . Farmers have been asked to market spring pigs before Thanksgiving or after Feb, 1 to prevent winter jam at the. slaughter houses. . . , Army wants more doctors and more anti-aircraft officers. . . . U. 8. candy sales ran 19 pounds per person last year, but may not hit that figure in 1943 because of sugar rationing. ... Government hired over ‘1200 lawyers in 10 months beginning July 1, 1941, and 218 came from Harvard, Yale being second with 86,

A Woman's Viewpoint: By Mrs. Walter Ferguson

MRS. ROOSEVELT, who has been a great «inspiration to Amer<

i set them one bad example. Even for a person in her exalted posie tion she has tried to do too much, Since this is a common fault

of the club woman and the housee wife, the first lady has added turmoil to confusion. In spreading her. interests over so wide a range she has made a common feminine blunder - which marks the long ' trail of our failures, personal and organizational. Instead of doing one thing well, we are apt to half—doé many things. Unfortunately, for the last nine years, Mrs. Roosevelt's leadership has not helped us there. Today more than ever, in reading daily reports of

her activities as she sets them down, one is obliged to -

confess that the president’s wife is hampered by her own enthusiasms.

She Weakens Her Arguments

HER COMMON SENSE gets tangled up with hat humane impulses, and she recommends movements

for our help and lends her support to organizations

which can never succeed because there are too many of them, Moreover, she doesn’t take time to get all the facts, and this weakens her arguments. All sorts of group movements, all types. of new projects and individual endeavors receive her enthuse siastic endorsement. That speaks well for her kinde ness, but often it leaves the reading public bewildered by the multitude of good causes it is asked to aid, Since the reading public also has to provide the money for the causes, it may be excused for ignoring some of Mrs. Roosevelt's suggestions. It seems to me the time has come when all women, the first lady included, must decide what things are essential and what are non-essential, for it grows clearer each day that a return to common. sense is order. Our money does not grow on trees, and h we are to pay for all these multitudinous, social ree

forms and the war too puzzles millions of People: oute

side of Washington. Fine theories and beautiful ideals are no good une Jess they can be put to practical use. Let's come down out of the clouds. The mud is not nice, bul that 1 where we are walking. i ln

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Q—What provisions are made by the ernment for widows or dependent killed in action in World War II?

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