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SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1942

STOP THE DEBATE—GET THE FACTS

ENATOR GREEN of Rhode Island went to President Roosevelt the other day with the suggestion that the

country needs “a clarifying statement” to end confusion “about the gasoline and rubber problems.

The people of New England, said the senator on leaving the White House, are willing to make any sacrifice if ‘they understand the need for it, but at present “they don’t know what to believe.” The desired statement, he added,

would not necessarily have to come from Mr. Roosevelt, but

“might be made by some other official such as Price Adminis-

trator Leon Henderson.

Well, Mr. Henderson has made several “clarifying state“ments” about rubber and gasoline. Donald M. Nelson has ‘made “clarifying statements.” Jesse Jones has made “clarifying statements.” Arthur B. Newhall has made “clarifying statements.” Many senators and representatives have made “clarifying statements.” The president,

“himself, has made such “clarifying statements” as (on

‘May 26) that he didn’t see too much reason for alarm since technicians were working on several types of rubberless

tires, and (on July 7) that if war conditions became worse

he might have to Teisiion every automobile tire in the _ country.

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HERE'S the trouble. Too often, the “clarifying state- ~~ ments” don’t jibe, and usually one statement’s clarifying effects, if any, last only until another statement comes out.

Mixed up in the rubber and gasoline problems, which

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, are highly complex at best, are many special interests, many ' people with axes to grind, innumerable theories, controver-

sies, prejudices, false notions and pet solutions. Anyone

“who makes a “clarifying statement” is likely to be denounced

as a tool of the oil industry, the rubber industry or the farm bloc. If he isn’t accused of trying to scare the public so that the bureaucrats can push folks around, he’s practically certain to be charged with attempting to conceal his .own mistakes.

The country does not need any more “clarifying statements” of the kind it has been getting. It needs a fact-

finding job, done by men who have had no connection with

the rubber-gasoline controversy or any of the government or business interests involved in it—men who would start free from prejudice and free from suspicion or selfish

: motives.

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THE job could be done by a board appointed by the president. One good member of such a board might be former Chief Justice Hughes, whose mind is trained to search for truth. Another might be Bernard M. Baruch,

“who understands production problems as few Americans

do. These two might be authorized to select, as a third

‘member, some younger, more physically active man to do ‘the leg-work of investigation. y

A board of that caliber, given access to all sources of ‘official information and authority to gather information from other sources, could answer for the country many questions that “clarifying statements” have only confused. What the country has been getting through “clarifying statements” is an endless debate. What it wants is to have the debate ended and the questions decided.

- NOT A ROSY PICTURE

ECRETARY KNOX is “very pleased” with the results of _the convoy system along the Atlantic coast. - And he “pointedly” ‘asks reporters if they have read of many recent ‘sinkings within 50 miles of that coast. . Well, we are very much pleased that Mr. Knox can find But we wish

A ship will sink just as deep if not deeper when tor_pedoed farther out, or in the Caribbean. And the head‘lines proclaim that such sinkings are ocntinuing at a ter.rible pace. We are not going to win this war until the U-boat menace is curbed.

ERISSIA'S PACIFIC PERIL : JE VERYBODY now is insisting that we help Russia. This

. is at least one good that has come from the ill wind We understand better .~ than ever before that Russian defeat would permit Hitler to turn his full force against us. ; So there is increased demand in England and Here for a second front to relieve Russia, as pledged. Any offensive from England—whether by land, or mass air raids, or both —requires concentration of most of our strength there. ; ‘But this will have to be done without entirely neglecting the Pacific. Of all the dangers that threaten Russia this summer, one of the worst is that Japan will stab her .in the back while she is in a death grapple with Hitler. he For that purpose Japan has put from a third to a For that

. purpose—as well as for a thrust toward the United States—

Japan has occupied our western Aleutians, thus cutting us off from adjacent Russian bases. ; Now if Japan can finish off eastern China, as she is

trying to do, she will have a perfect setup for an attack on

“Siberia. And if Stalin has to take part of his Siberian army to defend his European front, as he did last fall, the situation will be all the more inviting for the Japs. ; Therefore two important ways in which to help Russia are for the United States to oust the Japs from the western ‘Aleutians, and to provide China with enough air power

were not essential to our own survival, and even if retenof Chinese and Siberian air bases were not so impor-~ for defeat of Japan, Russian requirements alone would

Fair Enough By Westbrook Pegler

NEW YORK, July 18.—George Spelvin, American, has been laid off ‘his job, what with priorities and all, so he has been looking for something in the war industries, but with unsatisfactory results. He read quite a long time back where Mrs. R. said she thought everyone should be ordered what to do by the government and he has been reading also where Paul McNutt says this and Paul McNutt says that about how people have got to fit themselves into the effort or else. Mr. Spelvin doesn’t need to be ordered to help, although he would appreciate a little help in finding a spot where he could make himself useful, but up to now he hasn’t been able to make a deal. Not that they can’t use him. They can use him all right, for in his time he has done a little of just about everything. He is a not half bad hammer and saw carpenter, he can drive a truck, he knows a little about plumbing and wiring and cement work and he is a pretty good sort of a, you know,

handy man. And he has had quite a little factory

experience, too.

He Just Won't Do It

WELL, SO HE HAS been scouting around for a job, but every place he goes some guy tells him, well has he got a union card and old George says well he used to have one years ago in his old home town and they always tell him that doesn’t do any good. He has got to join a new union and some of them want up to $300 and some want $2 a day for a permit and some don’t want so much, but they are so bossy that he just says bigod nobody is going to make him join anything whether it is the Elks or the Mice or the Muskrats or whatever. One place George went the company wouldn't even see him at all without he had an okay from the union, so he went down to the union joint and hung around half the day until the head guy came in and by that time theré was about 50 guys waiting. At last the guy got around to Spelvin and told him it would cost him $75 to. join, but he could pay 10 bucks down and the rest $2 a day until he was paid off and George says: “What the hell do I pay you 75 bucks when I have got my ever-loving to support and what do you figure to do for me for the 75 bucks? I would rather buy war bonds.”

No Dough No Card, No Card No Job

“WHY,” THE GUY SAYS, “we got these high ‘wages for the boys,” and George says: “Well that is a hot one because the wages are all established by government contract and furthermore how do I know what you are going to do with the dough?” “Why,” the guy says, “we have to pay salaries and administration expenses and rent and all and then you have got to remember that the New Deal is labor's friend so we are going to spend a lot of it on the elections to beat the fifth columnists and

all the lousy traitors who are obstructing the war effort by playing politics.” “But,” says old George, “I am a Republican and I want work to help lick the dirty Germans and the. Japs because I am an American, but I think the New Deal smells bad and you aren’t going to give any of my dough to their campaign fund.” “Have it your way,” the guy says, “but no dough no card and no card no job and I might as well warn you, my friend, we're getting pretty short of labor and if you don’t get into some kind of a war job vecluntarily why you're. likely to -be drafted into some job for a slacker.”

What a Box to Be In!

“IF THEY WANT to draft me for a war job do I still have to join the union and pay you mugs my dough to help elect some more New Deal?” George asked. “Well, the New Deal is the workingman’s friend,” the guy said, “and strictly against scabs in every shape or form so I don’t think they will give up labor’s gains by letting a lot of disrupters get jobs alongside of loyal, patriotic union men without doing their bit to uphold the president.”

Well, that is the way it goes everywhere and

nothing but arguments and George Spelvin, American, still wants to work for the war, but they can throw. him in the can for life before he will shower down, but the union guys keep calling him a lousy traitor or fifth columnist and they say when he gets drafted they will give him the dirtiest kind of work at the lowest pay and they will not leave him join the union, but they will just hold back a certain amount of his pay so the union can slip it to the New Deal and preserve the unity of our beloved country and the precious heritage of democracy.

Aviation Progress By Major Al Williams |

NEW YORK, July 18.—Comparing the big bombing plane of the first world war with those of the present war, here’s an eyeopener as to progress in the science of aeronautics: The modern

big bomber of approximately the”

same wing area as the big bomber of 1918 is.three times as fast,

weighs when fully foaded about four times as much and has at least five times the range. That brief comparison doesn’t even hint at the modern bomber’s vast superiority in construction and fabrication, equipment, armor and fighting ability. Only the technicians can understand all the problems of equipping aircraft for operations in various climates and many parts of the world. In the Libyan theater, for instance, desert winds blow sand everwhere—into humsn eyes, and ears, into clothes, beading, food, and into every portion of an airplane's guns and, worst of all, its engines. : There is no complete relief from the sandstorms, and any partial protection is won only by great effort and much ingenuity,

Just Think What's Involved

AN AIRCRAFT ENGINE burns 16 pounds of air for every pound of gasoline, and in such places as Libya the air is filled with thin, light sand which scores the cylinder walls, cuts the efficiency of the

engine and shortens its flying time between overhauls. All sorts of sand screens have been developed. One of the most ingenious devices follows the basic design of a cream separator. It is installed between the air-intake scoop and the carburetor. The incoming blast of sand and air strikes a spinning cone which sweeps the sand toward the perimeter of the casing while the partially cleaned air goes on to the car carburetor and thence into the cylinders. The modern long-range bombing plane’s fuel piping system is a really complex affair. Older longrange planes had gas and oil lines which fed certain engines from certain tanks. The breaking of one gas line could put one or more engines out of commission and cause a crash landing. The designers of the modern long-range planes have worked out piping systems which enable gaso-

line to be fed to any one engine or all engines from Y or | tank: 4 ! h rh ad " 95:

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“WE MUST CONSIDER THEM GUILTY UNTIL IT’S PROVED!” By. LeRoy S. Moore, Box 124, Butlerville.

Norman Isaacs has given us a very interesting sketch of the life of Carl Mote, but no explanation was made of his strange turn to traitorous thinking. The only implication is that a painful domestic experience was the cause of it all. This, or no other cause in the world, is enough to sour anyone’s milk to such an extent for them to turn to things seditious. These are times when indignation should flare readily and equally match in timing unpatriotic outbursts . . .. Mr. Isaacs states that even Mote’s best friends shake their heads in perplexity over the transformation in his point of view. No doubt there was a like amount of cranium swaying among the friends of Aaron Burr and Benedict Arnold. When one’s activities become so suspicious as to warrant a summons before a federal grand jury on’ this count, the old judicial assumption

should be reversed and the suspect|*

considered guilty until proven innogent. ” » » “POLICE ISSUING TICKETS FOR MINOR INFRACTIONS” By V. R. Rupp, 4125 Ruckle st.

Numerous Indianapolis motorists can testify to the zeal of the Indianapolis police department in issuing tickets for minor infractions of traffic rules. One often wonders whether the officers engaged in this could not be using their time to better advantage. As a specific example, a traffic officer has been stationed during the past week at the intersection of 348 4 sag Boulevard pl, issuing tickets to everyone who does not come to a complete stop at 34th st. This street is little used at this point since it terminates in the entrance to Crown Hill geemetery. Records of the traffic department show that one accident has occurred at this intersection compared with

{| accidents at numerous e city. ¢rsection, however, serves and convenient ambush Rtorcycle policeman who, incidentsliy;, is consistently parked on the wi hg side of the street. On neighborir.g Northwestern ave. reckless (fj jving at speeds of 40 and 50 miles] an hour in fairly heavy traffic is| | daily occurrence. If the iirpose of the traffic department is to see how many tickets they can issue, then’ the method of lying in gitbush at little-used intersections 9 pounce upon the unsuspecting Hhbtorist is probably as good as any. |: If, on ths » other hand, the primary purpose £5 traffic law enforcement

is to reduc: the number of accidents, then the nraffic officers should be where thi accidents occur. When it becomes ffaown that a street is well patrolled [ there is far less tendency to take|thances than when one travels jie same route daily and ¢5 an officer.

2 # = OYAL NAZIS NEED

iything that sounded as > “The Preacher and the

climb a tree to get away from such an aninizl as a Nazi saboteur, for all the dood it would do, as not to subject ine to our laws and customs of our country after such a trespass. Nothirg was said about shooting them, i I take for granted that if they! Wish to be dealt with acthe laws and practices wn beloved country’s govthey would prefer to be save their faces rather than ftom the indignity of our tempering & justice with mercy. What a pity i} is they think our nation is so | decadent, abhorrent and worthy | only of destruction! Judg-

shot to! suffer

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ing by this, we should be devoured by such beasts. I fail to see any humane part in the Nazi way or where the plea in behalf of humanity lies. therein. What I see is a class of egotistical people who claim to be superior to all other peoples in this world and who are. determined to bend the so-called inferior ones to their own selfish will, regardless of the consequences. I think these loyal Nazis need to be degraded to the extent that they won't ever be able to start another war and cause so much bloodshed again, and I'm sure that our own United States army and navy are

doing their part to undignify them, too. In the meantime, I'll be like the preacher, i. e., cast my eyes to the Lord in the skies and pray that if He can’t help me, for goodness sake, not to help that bear!

Editor’s note: Mr Mr. Braddick has evidently been misunderstood. The editor construed his comments as satire, rather than any intimation

of “Nazi humanity.”

» ” 2 “THIS INTERNATIONALISM IS POLICY OF COMMUNISM” By Harrison White, 1138 Park ave. What is an isolationist? If it is anything other than one intent on minding his own business, I will have to be shown, and I would rather be such an isolationist from choice, rather than being forced into such a disgraceful position of minding our own business as a nation. For the past eight years this administration has bought the friendship of other nations with its socalled “Good Neighbor” policy at the expense of the American market and the American pocketbook; when we stop giving to purchased friendship, we begin to realize we

This economic internationalism is no joke; it is the leech policy of communism, directed at a nation, wealthy as ours has been, to be sucked into the caldron of European wars, hatreds and poverty to be as they. 2

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| |“WORDS ARE GRACEFUL, ' [PLANES ARE ESSENTIAL”

By G. W. T., Indianapolis Those were - stirring messages which united nations leaders sent

to China on the fifth anniversary

of her long resistance against Japan, and well deserved recognitions of the bulldog tenacity the

Chinese people has shown. If every congratulatory message

had been sent by flying fortress, which could have remained there

to help save China as a base for

| | the attack we must make some day i lon the Nipponese archipelago, we i | suspect the Chinese would

been much more impressed. Words .are graceful, but planes

are essential if China is to be saved.

DAILY THOUGHT

Rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger,. and of t kindness, and repenteth him of the evil~—Joe] 3:1 2:13.

FORGETFUL yout ‘youth! But know,

the Power above with ease can save

each object of his love; wide as his

haven't got a real friend on earth.’

WASHINGTON{ July 18.— Economically speaking, and from the point of view of the average citizen, the coming winter is going to be the coldest this country . has experienced since Forge. Ze Being a prophet of gloom is not nice work, though it is easy to get in these days of disaster. But this winter outlook is no secret, long-range weather forecast that wiust be kept from the enemy. It is hard fact that has to be faced. Leon Henderson called the tune for this situation before the small business committee of the house, whose chairman is Wright Patman of Texarkana, Tex. According to Henderson, the profit level reached its peak in March, and from here on smaller profits can be anticipated by business as a whole. There is no real shortage of goods on the shelves: now, as merchants are selling from inventory. ‘But within five or six months shortages will be general. Some 15 additional items probably will be under rationing. If the necessary anti-inflation measures are taken, wages may be under control, though not necessarily frozen. And small business will ine creasingly be up against it, right to the point of being

| forced out of business.

Five-and-Ten Store Stuff

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THE EFFECT OF THB various limitation orders issued by the WPB have been felt principally by manufacturers, and many of them have been able to get war orders or to keep going somehow. So far, all the worrying has been done about the 185,000 manufacturers, 169,000 of them are usually cons sidered small. A, The two principal metal limitations orders, the second issued only a few days ago, cut off raw mae terials for the manufacture of some 600 items. Included in this second list were such insignificant items as perfume atomizers, book ends, cigaret light= ers, compacts, door stops, finger bowls, jelly molds,

letter openers, match boxes, mop wringers, necktie

racks, pen holders, and wastebaskets. The war is getting down to the 5 and 10-cent store level. ” Gradually, therefore, the war's effects will be trickling down below the mahufacturing level, and when they do the real small businesses will begin to feel it something awful.

8,000,000 People Involved!

SMALL BUSINESS ISN'T only these 169,000 mane ufacturers, but in addition 72,000 wholesalers, 1,614,000 retailers, 638,000 service organizations like laundries and dry cleaning establishments, 200,000 building construction companies, 40,000 places of amusement and 25,000 hotels—a total of some two and threequarter million business which normally employ over eight million people. What happens to them? The question is whether all these little businesses should ‘be saved, or should be permitted to go down the drain pipe as casualties of war. Henderson still leans. to the Canadian theory that the deserving cases should be saved by some sort of subsidy. Not every small business need be saved by subsidy, even if subsidy is adopted. Over 450,000 business enterprises fail anyhow during the course of an average year, and the shaky firms, the little busi-

_nesses that would fail anyway, must somehow be

separated as chaff. The important thing is that the subsidy may listen to this subsidy siren song for.a program of business boondoggling that will beat anything done by WPA in its best leaf-raking days.

Editor's Note: The views expressed by columnists in this newspaper are their own. of The Indianapolis Times,

A Woman's Viewpoint By Mrs. Walter Ferguson

I HATE TO BREAK the news, girls, but truth must be served, A good many women side with the man who wrote to this column recently that women in industry do not deserve as much pay as men because they do not earn it. The

retorts have been many and heat=

ed—with a slight balance in favor of our critic. . Mrs. E. C. of Memphis has this to say: “During the depression I was the only woman worker in our plant. Since the war began six men have been taken from our office and shipping department. Five have been replaced with girls, and we find it costs more to have women on the force. “Girls usually take jobs because they want money to spend on clothes. They do not bring intelligeng thought to their work, and seem intent only on getting by.

"Men Make Better Workers!"

I REALIZE THERE are many exceptions. My, stenographer is one. She seems to like having a woman for her boss and is conscientious and able, We pay what the job pays whether it is filled by a man or a woman, but we find that men make better workers. “Unless a woman has been in the business world for years and has a family to support, she will take advantage of her sex and get all the favors she can, The reason women prefer to work for men is because they wheedle the boss into giving them raises and more loafing time.” Indianapolis adds two agreements. - One who signs, herself “A Woman's Employer” says: “Even under the best conditions women employee turnover is great, To most women a job is only a fill-in between schoel and marriage. That is right and natural—but very expensive for the employer. Show me any girl now taking training in turning a lathe or welding who wouldn’t toss a well paying job aside for marriage and children. And who blames her?” E. M. of the same city says she finds a good many women unwilling to co-operate. Their feelings often are so delicate that they must be handled with kid gloves and they will quit at a moment’s notice. “But don’t get me wrong,” she adds. “All employers ‘aren’ angels by any means. I've worked for many. little Hitlers in my time.” There were plenty of arguments on the other side of the question, but a good ‘many sounded rathee like a college thesis—they dealt largely with theory, whereas it seems to me the facts of human. nature must be faced. No, Ma’am'I do not take sides. : To. only reporting the bout:., oh

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SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1942,

In Washington

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