Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 August 1942 — Page 11

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~ MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1942

THE LONG OFFENSIVE

RLEVEN days seems a long time to wait for decisive news of the battle for the Solomons, but it may be nearer 11 weeks before the final outcome is clear. For this is only the first phase of an island-hopping ‘battle which must extend over 2500 miles of the South Pacific before it is really won. Tulagi, Florida, Quadalcanal and Malaita—the group row under attack—must be followed by occupation of scores of other islands stretching northwestward up the Solomons, and across to neighboring New Ireland, New Britain and New Guinea. Even such gains could -not be consolidated until the islands between New Guinea and the Celebes, one of which is only 425 miles from the major Australian base of Darwin, were rid of Japs. The enemy has established strong bases dominating this vast stretch from Tulagi in the east to ‘Timor in the west, bases whose land-based planes have a natural advanSage over Miskin American forces.

ECAUSE of thost factors of distance ne nts, and the jungle-mountain terrain favoring the island defenders,

. ‘American advance requires extraordinary skill and.

‘co-ordination, great daring, large losses, and much time. : Because those islands and enemy bases are interrelated, American consolidation in the Tulagi area will not ‘mean victory or rest, but rather another move into the hornet’s nest. Tulagi cannot be held long under attack from "the stronger Jap bases of Kieta in the northern Solomons, and ‘Rabaul in New Britain, so the best defense of Tulagi becomes attack. i in Kieta and Rabaul—and across the board. Hence the importance of the less spectacular, methodical army ‘bomber raids from Australia, which have been overshadowed by the marine occupation of the Tulagi group and the savage naval battles there. ‘Though distance has prevented MacArthur’s men from participating directly in the Tulagi sector, their supporting ‘action against the islands to the north and far to the west is definitely part of the larger battle. : » td » 2 ® 8 THIS army air sweep, besides preventing some enemy Ee - reinforcements from leaving the back bases and inter- ~ cepting others on their way to relieve Tulagi, is softening up Rabaul, Lae and Buna for future land attack. Although Tulagi is thus only the beginning of a con“tinuing battle spread over most of the south Pacific, the opportunity to fight that long battle depends on the Tulagi toehold—particularly on American use of the Guadalcanal airfield. : Once the navy snd 1 marines get full use of that harbor ‘and. airfield, they and the army can bring in the land-based planes now so desperately needed at that point. If the American forces can keep this first offensive rolling with the superb fighting quality which started it, there will be more victorious offensives—many more.

- BYRON PRICE ON ‘CENSORSHIP THE wisdom—or lack thereof—with which any bureau is administered will tell the story of that bureau’ $s suc- ~ cess or failure. We think great wisdom is evitonved in an address on the nature and purpose of wartime censorship made by the director of that bureau, Byron Price, before the Indiana Bar association here. In that address: appears nothing arrogant, nothing eady, but instead a fine humility toward the responsibilies of the job. He realizes that censorship loosely and carelessly administered would constitute a grave danger to sedom; that “it has been the lesson of history that censorip feeds on itself and that once any man is given the authority of suppression, the tendency is to expand that authority more and more until we arrive at a system of intellectual slavery.” : Describing the grim necessity for withholding news that would be of benefit to the enemy he sharply limits in his concept of the censor’s job the policy of domestic censorship to news and facts and not opinion. And he simplifies the test down to this—does or does not any given bit of news. circulate information that would be of aid to the enemy?’ : And he appeals for caution not ily in such disseminaa“ A citizen,” he says,. “does not surrender a civil right by merely not exercising. it. He sums up the philosophy of his job this way: “I can assure you that we will not and cannot forget that we are operating an. American censorship. ' The president himself that statement of policy which forms the charter of our operations instructed that censorship must be administered ‘in harmony with the best interests of our free institutions.’ of us can ever forget for a moment that one of the we are fighting for is freedom and that the war uld. not be worth winning if destruction or even pernent impairment of free speech became the price of vicFis We think that America is fortunate to have such comson sense guidance“in so critical and vital a department of government.

A OUT OF BOUNDS

EP. DOW HARTER of Ohio has introduced a bill to

‘compel Leon Henderson's OPA to keep its hands out the army and navy purchase of planes and other war pment. ‘The measure makes sense to us. What doesn't make is that any. legislation at all should be necessary.’

What are Mr. Henderson's price-fixers doing anyway, ‘muscle ;

in. on the war procurement program?

to review war contracts, the | oe

S| Fair Ercuh

By Westbrook Pegler --

LETTER TO GOVERNOR LER: ul f

MAN, Albany, N. Y. Dear sir: 1 am told that, the state attorney general has no authority, no power or: initiative, to supersede a county prosecutor without order's from you and that therefore Attorney General John Bennett, Mr. ~ Farley's candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor, is

unable to start anything in the case of Joe Fay, of

the A. P. of L., and H. Orville Warner of Rochester; his union subordinate, whom he booted around a hotel corridor in Syracuse last fall. The assault took place during the solemn deliberations of the state con=

vention of the A. F. of L. and Warner was put in the |

hospital with cracked sinuses and other injuries, This

was only the most recent of many thuggish assaults

by this vicious slugger Fay, a very dangerous man. Fay was indicted on a -charge of assault—good for a maximum of five years in prison—but when

the case came on for trial in Syracuse ‘last winter

Warner was missing and after a brief continuance the district attorney agreed to a dismissal of the

“indictment and the court discharged Fay. Soon after.

ward Warner came out of hiding and Fay reinstated him in his union Job.

It's Suggestive of Conspiracy

THE APPEARANCES OF conspiracy in this case are sa suggestive that it obviously calls for special attention from the law department of the state. Fay is a notorious union racketeer of one of the most disgraceful unions of the A. F. of L., a union which has shaken down workers for incalculable sums of money in the war construction program. He is also an influential New Jersey politician -of the Frank Hague mob. He is not only a unioneer of great power but a contractor on big construction projects. He is not only international vice president of the Hoisting Engineers’ union but president of a big Jersey construc tion company whose heavy duty vehicles may be seen dashing around on war construction work. The president of his Newark local also an officer of this company.

Their union subjects, euphemistically. called mem- |

bers, do much of the work on projects of the type undertaken by their company,

You'll Hear About It! I AM TOLD. that, notwithstanding the notoriety

of the Fay-Warner case in Syracuse, it might not

have been brought to your official attention, but that

‘it takes only a letter to you to do this. Thereupon, as

lawyers have explained the matter to me, you would have a right, indeed, I. understand, a public duty, to refer the case to Mr. Bennett, the attorney general, yider a special order to.make a thorough investigaon. Por this reason I am taking this means of calling the case to your official attention. You may not happen to read this letter in any paper in which it appears, but I am sure more than one of our citizens will send it to you, registered mail, return receipt requested, so that you will not fail to become aware of the situation. : I am prepared to present to you a letter from Warner to me, written before he went into hiding, in which Warner offered to give much information against Fay. And, no doubt the grand jury.testimony by Warner, which caused the indictment, would bear on. the case. As a conscientious public official you will, I am sure, be glad to have this matter brought to your attention. Don’t bother to answer me. Your action or inaction will be your answer to the people. Yours very truly, WESTBROOK PEGLER.

One oo View

By S. Burton Heath

CLEVELAND, Aug. 17—It ls difficult to understand the hesitation about calling 18 and 19-year-old boys into the army. Such youngsters were called in the world war. They will be inducted in this, Why not face the facts and go ahead? : Lads of this age make excellent soldiers. They are strong, alert, enthusiastic, mentally and physically flexible. They are not highly skilled at éfitical production tasks. They would return after the war still young enough to adapt themselves to the post-war economy. Unquestionably it is sad to think of sek boys facing the tragedy of war and death before they have yet had time to live. But is it sadder than the breaking up of homes, the widowing of wives, the orphaning of children, as older men go to war?

Expansion - ,

PROBABLY YOU HAVE heard of District 50 of the United Mine Workers of America, set up as the “Gas, By-Product Coke and Chemical Workers’ ” district of John Lewis’ union. As such, it is not difficult to argue that District 50 bears some relationship to mining. It is interesting to note how broad a field Mr. Lewis conceives gas, coke and .chemicals to cover, Under its charter the district is attempting to organize public utilities, matches, paints and varnishes, dairy farms, alkalis, explosives, activated aluminum, lime-

‘stone, cosmetics, perfumes and sea fowl droppings.

In the midst of all the silénce he can command, Mr. Lewis is busily organizing those fields and perhaps others. When next his voice booms out, there are some who think he may have the makings of a third national union setup—as if the C. I. O—A. F, of L. warfare were not enough.

eh Harsh Discipline / EDGAR BOOK, 68, who on principle never in

his life had bought anything on installments was ordered off his job by a Detroit C. I. O. shop

steward for refusing to buy war bonds on a salary |

deduction plan. Already he had bought, for cash, $1050 of American and Canadian war bonds.

Union officials said that apparently there was a

misunderstanding. Perhaps it started when a private organization was given the power t6 say Whether a loyal American can or cannot work for a living,

|So They Say—

Alaska is the key point to the Pacific war, and, through short-sighted leadership, we find ourselves in the humiliating position of trying to yegain our own islands from the Japs.—Maj. Alexander P. de Beverssy. : * 2 = 1 want to be treated like Clark Gable, enlisting as private. : . » . I cannot

going to tain order at any. cost.—Sir Roger

Lumley, British governor of Bombay Province, India. |

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Asssination ‘attempts have been made against : by nist

1 “PEGLER,

any other soldier.—

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disagree uu:

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The Hoo: ier Forum

what you say, but will "night to say it.—Voltaire.

“AMERICA DOES NOT NEED A TOMATO EDITOR” By Bernard Griffey, 2154 Carrollton In reference to your tomato editor. America does not need a tomato editor at this time. If the tomato editor knows much about

America’s foods, let him stay at|

home and tend a garden for him-

“Iself. “If he does not know how, let

him take advantage of the ‘rainy season and go out and pull weeds from America’s gardens.

» ® # . SCHEMING DIVISONIST THAT HE IS...’ By D YY, Indianapolis

Pegler's defense of Capt. Patter-' . {son and his New York Daily News,

is so completely at. variance with the facts, it demands repudiation. Not only before Pearl Harbor, but consistently since that dastardly attack, Patterson has been guilty of leading and following the Nazi line. Pegler, the scheming divisionist that he is, fully realizes very few

- people outside the immediate vicin-

ity of New York, would have the], opportunity of verifying his untruths and innuendo. . Capt. Patterson, according to P., has become a super-duper patriot since Pearl Harbor. For that matter, Pelley and all the other millions of axis sympathizers and propagandists would like for us to believe they have suddenly become loyal citizens. .

2 ® » “PUT MARRIED MEN WITHOUT CHILDREN IN THE ARMY” By James Fox, Advance, Ind. "The story of Arthur Wright ‘in

your paper was very interesting although it speaks of something we

Americans should not have to put|

up with. We hear of the great percentage of married people who do| not | have ‘children. I have Tour and

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“PATHETIC |

PEOPLE WII !

By Arnold Henr:

It is pathe | will do in the! helpful. One ¢’ |

certainly mu source is the metal statues scrapped.

climbed in [through war :

These piec: : rungs in the |.

0 place them in | clothed and fed. “fair to all cona1ese married men i the army if they ? Then there ses in your city to orkers who have ‘owners of these glad in time to

ight, it would alur east end of} n. About 75 per the papers, wives not helping war ‘hey work in deoffices. It looks too lazy to raise just | have their

. men as single 1eir income tax. they are. not dony good, ® I SOME hes? 131 S. Keystone ave. hat some people ‘orts to be super suggestions that ring from this asking that the { war. relics be

scrap are the ir that we have forging ahead

Side Glances—By Galbraith

jeace to a better

.| government,

They have far more meaning to any other than a junkminded patriot than their weight in metal. One brilliant observer says “They can be replaced after the war with more modern guns.” ‘Why didn’t he say to the potential widows that their soldier husbands can: be. replaced after the war -with more ‘modern | Jiones and younger. Some: things are hard to place a tangible value on, -

In front of some of our fine clubs are metal urns, nothing practical, just ornaments. Scrap ‘them. They can be replaced. We* all : know where some abandoned coal .company switch lies still unpulled. Then if we must make some super-duper dramatic - gesture, ‘let’s . pull . down the lamp post forest on the Memorial plaza—it can be replaced.

A ton or ‘two of old cast iron that]. was a vital part in the building of

our country three-quarters of a century ‘ago, a patched field piece

that was capture from the Hun in|

1918 can never be of more value in

‘any other way than that of the 'si-

lent reminder of other wars that it now is.’ I'll bet some of those in favor of this silly notion are driving old “replaceable” relics that are a menace to safety and would cry like mad if they ‘were melted down. They can be replaced by something more modern after we win the war.

a = w= “BOYS AND GIRLS DO NOT HAVE TO BE IGNORANT!” By A Teen-Age Son and Daughter, Indianapolis :

To A Mother: "My dear woman, just what did you think went tarough the minds of ‘children and teen-age boys and girls when they saw “This Above All”? After all, the children of today have been brought up to ‘realize the effects of war on people all over the world—if they: have been brought up correctly! They have a greater outlook on life and are much more’ broad-

| minded than those in the last war.

If they have been‘ taught correctly about life—if they understand: that it is a common thing which happens every day—why should they think any more about it than reading a book or listening to the radio? If you haven’t read some of the outstanding books ' like “Dragon Seed” and “Out of the Night,” you could not possibly. know or realize that there are worse things happening in this world than what a few scenes of that certain picture suggest. It isn’t. a question of morals, but one of common sense. If you ex-

They. can be well informed about life, war and its effects on people and with the proper guidance, un-

derstand it; but I'm afraid that if|

many people took the attitude that

morally speaking, of course.

DAILY THOUGHT

ind I charged + your judges at time, saying, H the causes

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In Washington

By Peter Edson

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. — Checkup on the seven high offi cers just named to the new gen~ eral board of the navy reveals not one of these officers is from the navy's bureau of aeronautics, andy not one has: had: training as a naval aviator. Several have comL manded mavil forces which have “had air.arms in the command; but . hone is considered ‘an . -authority on aviation. According to fie] aviation enthusiasts, this is

typical of the representation which aviation has:in

the top command of the U. S. navy in the predomi~ nantly aerial warfare of today. Admiral Ernest J King, commander-in-chief of the U. 8. fleet, is entitled to wear the pilot’s wings. But on the staff of CINCUS and in/the office of naval operations, only in 12 has come up through naval that with the general staff of the

Regulations say less than five line captain. A marine general may be named, but nothing is said about an airman.

Big Town Pot Pourri-

TRAINED ENGINEERS and scientists are still. tn demand for war duty, .. . A cost-plus system has been developed for goods imported into Alaska. ... Juries and prisoners may still be transported in chartered buses. . . . 2902 War production workers were killed in the first -half of 1042, . . . Office of defense transportation now has control over a fleet of several thousand buses, which will. be used to. re< lieve transport bottlenecks in congested war produce tion areas. . . . Plywood is now beinng used in lifeboat boats construction. : :

22 Warehouses Suspended

WPB HAS SUSPENDED ‘operations of 22 steel warehouses out of the 1500 in business; for black market operations. . from - mid-continent oil fields ‘to eastern seaboard. over 66 rail routes. . . . Army, navy and maritime commission - have guaranteed nearly. 500 loans of under $100,000 to help small. ‘manufacturers finance war production contracts. .. . $5 Million will be raised to. provide recreation facilities for merchant seamen, «+ « + Red Cross first aid courses have now been coms= pleted by six million Americans, half of them since Pearl Harbor. ... U. 8. has 16,000 coal mines, 7000

.metal mines, 2000 quarries. . -. ."'145,000 Firms have

been licensed to manufacture or store explosives. .

The Capital s Bureaus—

OPA. SAYS STORES selling drinks can't chats you for.the paper cup. if théy didn’t charge for it last . + « » Board of economic warfare says ex: portefs whose shipments have been lost at.sea can now file new applications. to export duplicate shipe ments. . . . Office of war information is issuing a new pamphlet on the four freedoms. . .. No jobs are open, but department of commerce is conducting a nation= wide survey to locate people with. special knowledge of foreign commerce. . . .. Census bureau reports U. 8. deaths from measles in 1940 lowest on. record, 706 as against 10,314 in 1923. , . , Department of agri culture reports farm prices higher than at any “time since May, 1928. Editor's Note: The views expressed hy columnisti in’ this newspaper are their own. They are Bet necessarily Way of The Indianapolis Times. J : . SA

point By Mrs. Walter Ferguson

. « Petroleum products now move X

“DON'T ‘WORRY: your man m the armed forces ‘by writing your petty problems . to him, .for: when ‘you worry service men needlessly. you are ‘glving aid and’ comfort to the enemy,” says the Red Cross in an official warning to American women. We: respond with loud «Amen, “but why limit our ‘consideration to the armed forces? ‘Why not behave as charitably to ‘those who serve on the home front? “This is’ no time, to worry anybody with your petty. problems, least. of all the fellow in civilian clothes who brings home- your bacon or ‘pays your salary or helps win the war by working in defense plant, store, or on a farm. Soldiers, they tell us, are subject to fits of deprese sion when they have to listen to feminine complaints. Their morale is affected by: the moods and- attitude of their wives, sweethearts, mothers, sisters and daughters, who symbolize the cause for which ‘they fight. . A constant pessimistic outlook at’ home is enough to take the edge from their courage and turn |

‘them into dispirited Sppeasers,

Nothing's Worse Than a ‘Whiner

~ WELL, WE'VE NO reason to doubt the word of. the Red Cross, and neither have we’ reason to suppose that behavior which harms a ‘soldier is good for.s Strange, itsn’t it, and’ embarrassing, ‘that women should have to have the point diagrammed YY for them? It's somenting we ought to know by Instinet, : Ce In days like these the nagging wife is a ‘saboteur,

‘even though she may not be subject to. arrest by ‘the

FBI ® Her beratings can diminish ‘the zeal of the working man for ‘his job. Writhing under her dally tongue ‘lashings he may wonder whether the. Amers ican home offers sufficient ‘pleasure. and ‘peace to - induce men to die for it. God never made a creature more despicable, than ; a whiner, although they are not limited exclusively to the feminine sex. So, while we're on the subject, may we not suggest that the male beefers also pipe dewn? Let’s store our petty Personal profusms 4 in moths balls for the Suration,. ;

Questions:

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Q—What time of day was the frst’

‘Pearl Harbor?

A—At 7:55 a. m. Dec. 1, 1941, Honolulu Japanese planes attacked Pearl y first rad lasted unl” about, 9:38,4. other attacks later in the day. -

S—When was Tom Mooney sentenced and when was he pardoned?

tence was commuted to life imp

ward. ‘Governor Olson of Ca | 0 pirdm Jam %; Yo; He died

_Q—Why is Seward day