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waar CONGRESS NEEDS

E aren’t many. members of Congress in Washington just now, but there are ‘enough to raise a howl over Secretary of Agriculture Wickard’s appeal to the farmers to take the lead in the battle against inflation. "The time certainly has arrived, as Mr. Wickard said ‘the other evening, to hold down increases ‘in industrial prices; farm’ prices and wages. Such increases are threatening to wreck Leon Henderson's ceilings on cost-of-living prices. | : So Mr. Wickard proposed repeal of the law, which he formerly favored, forbidding ceilings on farm prices below 110 per cent of parity. He also announced that he is now ready to help.maintain the retail ceilings on meat prices by approving a fair ceiling on livestock prices: There is every reason to believe that most farmers are patriotically willing to accept the secretary’s sound advice. Not so the political farmers in Congress. They sounded off promptly to the effect that it would be outrageous to deprive agriculture of 110 per cent of parity. A congress with as much courage as Secretary Wickard has displayed would recognize the fact that price ceiling laws cannot work unless costs—farm prices and wages ~—are controlled by law. And it would do its duty, which is to pass the laws that the country needs.

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BRAZIL, OUR ALLY RAZIL’S importance as a war ally is not to be measured by her small but growing army and navy. She is the largest country in this hemisphere and, next to the United States, Poigniially the richest and most powerful. Only 1800 miles from enemy African bases, she can "hold strategic - dominance of . the south Atlantic both defensively and offensively. 48 On the defensive side, Brazil's entry into the war will enable the - united nations to cope with the enemy gubmarine terror, which is now worse in the south Atlantic. Besides the addition of Brazilian ships and planes to allied . patrol and convoys, her ports and bases will be valuable in the co-ordinated effort. Offensively, her air fields and harbors can speed the flow: of American materials and reinforcements to the African, Russian, Middle East and Far Eastern fronts. And when the time comes for an American offensive against Dakar, only seven Pomber hours from Natal, the take-off will be from Brazil. If the war stretches over a period of yeays, Brazil's _ resources in men and materials will become even more important. Her iron deposits and new steel industry, now under rapid development with our help, can transform the country into an industrial war power. ® = = s ® = = NE immediate effect of this declaration of war is on ~ the fifth-column movement. Because of Brazil's large German and Italian populations, and because of early ties between the Rio and Berlin governments, axis agents were able to dig into that Strategic South American country dangerously. Even the vigorous anti as measures of the Rio goverment during the last year have not controlled this menace, which may now be eliminated by war necessity. ‘Closely related to this problem is the immediate ._ political and diplomatic effect on Brazil's action on other countries. : Chile may soon break diplomatic relations, leaving Argentina alone as an axis political base in Latin America. Already Brazil by her example has increased hemigphere solidarity and security. Hitler has not heard the last of this.

STIFFER INCOME TAXES—PAY AS YOU GO THERE is one thing about the pending tax bill on which the treasury experts and all factions in congress apparently agree—that it won’t produce enough revenue. Senator George has proposed that about $4,000,000,000 additional be raised by stiffer taxes on individual incomes than any yet proposed. “If we are serious about paying for war, and checking rising living costs,” the finance committee chairman said, “now is the time for us to act. From the standpoint of the treasury, this is the harvest. Later, with declining incomes, it will be impossible.” . With stiffer rates, as the senator has said, i will be gore than ever necessary to allow credits for the payment of debts. Unless taxpayers are left enough leeway to meet their fixed obligations, they will soon go broke and cease to be yers. "The latest Gallup poll indicates that the people also ‘favor more courageous income taxation—T70 per cent of

hi.those polled indorsing the idea that some income tax should

paid by all families not on relief. » # 8 8 2 ¥ UR archaic system of collecting income faxes a year |

late is the largest obstacle to all war taxation. It too

. happens that last year’s income is already spent be2 the tax collector gets around. _H. Beardsley Ruml, chairman of the board of the New k federal reserve bank, has proposed a sensible way out this dilemma—one under which the treasury would no actual revenue, yet taxpayers would automatically | placed on a pay-as-they-earn basis. It would be done merely by declarng that i income taxes

in 1948 shall be considered taxes on 1943 incomes, and |

1 in 1944 and thereafter.

Indeed, by getting the taxpayers out of hock to the tax | ent, it should be possible for the treasury to cal Si

en more revenue. # would Tremove @ the principal objections } : at r »

nes Fair Enough

NEW YORK, Aug. 4What | i# this New Dealism which is be- | ing repudiated in the state otf New York this year in the nomination by the Democratic’ party | ~ of John Bennett, the state attor‘ney general, and the defeat of President Roosevelt's man, gen. ator Jim Mead? It is not a philosophy, a program or & policy. It is something of itself, compounded - of flippancy in the treatment of issues deeply affecting the rights and principles of old-style Americans, of

Joseph Lash supping at the White House, of cyni.cism, nepotism and contempt. ; It is such campaign phrases as “keep your friends in power” and “tax, spend and elect.” It is Charlie Michelson as a latchstring familiar of the White House while drawing a large salary from a radio company and Senator Joe Guffey of Pennsylvania drawing $10,000 a:year from the public purse, -plus about $5000 a year in the usual allowances, but ‘owing an ‘income tax. Until publicity and political

though not, as far as the public is allowed to know,

Ickes and Hague and the NYA

IT IS ‘HAROLD ICKES, the pure in heart, frafficking with Frank Hague of humanity and a singer from a underworld dive - bellowing “God Bless America” at a political convention. +. It is the national youth administration and the proviso in the revenue act that the son or daughter of a self-supporting American family is no longer de-

gin, although the clients of the NYA deserve public assistance for their education to the age of 25. ‘New dealism is ‘little conferences and interesting discussions by talky and precocious adolescents and silky old philosophers at Vassar and Campobello and gratuitous ballyhoo for a communistic film arguing the failure of the American system of government.

'All This Has Been Repudiated'

IT IS MRS. MARY NORTON, a congresswoman from. Hague’s home district in New Jersey, serving as chairman of the house committee on labor, although her district is the home grounds of Joe Fay, the most dangerous union hoodlum out of jail and a powerful henchman of Mrs. Norton and her political boss. New Dealism is special privilege and the exploitation of the great national emergency of poverty and idleness for personal profit and political power and the use of public money to put the poor in a grateful mood at election time. It is also, on its outer circles, a form of journalism which vilifies all opposition, however conscientious and = patriotic, and cries “Quisling” and “Nazi” and “Hitler stooge” in an attempt to silence and extinguish the two-party system through intimidation. All this is what the Democratic convention repudiated when John Bennett was nominated. There is no question of war or appeasement here. Both Bennett and Tom Dewey are as sound on the. issue of war, as patriotic and as loyal to the president as a national war leader as any member of his own following. The issue of new dealism is strictly domestic and never before has it been so openly and strongly rebuked.

Pay-As-You-Go By Walker Stone

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24—The treasury experts don’t like the Rum! plan of putting the income tax on -as-you-earn basis. The tr ry experts have a habit of never liking any tax plan they didn’t think of first. Not content with opposing the Ruml plan, the treasury experts have started misrepresenting it. They are saying the treasury would “lose” a lot of revenue. About all the treasury .would lose would be a bookkeeping credit, most of which would be wiped out anyway over the years as taxpayers died, went: broke, suffered a decline in income, or otherwise lost their capacity to pay taxes. The treasury is already “losing” that kind of revenue every day, settling old tax claims for a few cents on the dollar or “what have you.” ;

It Was Too Simple for Experts!

UNDER THE RUML plan there would be no interruption in tax collections, no diminution of revenue. Indeed, under the Ruml plan the revenue next year should be larger, since even: the treasury experts estimate that the 1943 national income will be larger than that of 1942. Boiled down, the Rumi plan is nothing more than saying that the slate is wiped clean, declaring by law that the taxes we pay this year shall be considered taxes on this year’s income, and that the taxes we pay next year shall be considered taxes paid on next year’s income. : Instead of taxing this year on your ability-to-pay last year, it would Be taxing this year on your ability-to-pay this year. ; The country didn’t actually lose any daylight hours when all the cloks were moved up an hour in the ‘shift from standard time to war time. But if

the ‘treasury experts had had anything to say about it, we wouldn't be on war time yet. The idea was

too simple. And they didn’t think of it first.

So they ‘Say—

We must form here (in England) the best army the United States has ever .put into the field if we ‘are to perform our future tasks successfully.—Lieut. Gen. Dwight D.: Eisenhower, commander U. S. army forces in Buopsin theater: ® ® $ £ wis sopiatedly foced to sit down Japanese fashion on the floor and was hose and leather belting.—Dr. Edward Hughes Miller, American citizen held by Japs, :

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than I can use them. I must have enough airplanes manding general, U. S. ,3ir forces.

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the impudence personified by Tommy Corcoran, of |

pressure, after many years, forced him to ‘pay, al-{-

| with the compound interest; that other men must pay |, on their arrears. :

pendent at the age of 18, when the college years be- |

ten for hours with rubber | | 4

They will have to burt sckbat plates uh faster to win this war—Liuet Gen. Henry H. Arnold, com- | a

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WOULDN'T PAY OFF FOR TEN 7 vEARS 4

turing Co, after a few ‘months’ _ trial of women, is enthusiastic. Its point of view has been converted as completely as its plant. It is making precision parts for engines and airplanes now instead of automatic thal stokers, and it is doing so ‘with an

increasing number of women, T. H. Banfield, presi~

dent of the company, is convinced women can fill 30

‘per cent of jhe jobs at his Portland plant and he is

hiring them as fast as they come. “The demand is such we don’t even wait for them to go to vocational education schools,” he says. “They take a two-week course-in how to conduct themselves

| in a factory, safety rules, and so forth, and then we

teach them the use of the machine they will run.’ Some 200 skilled mechanics in the plant do the teaching, and our foremen are all getting a leadership

. | course.”

- The Hoosier Forum

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

“I PROTEST PUBLICATION OF WAR MUTILATION ARTICLES” By James L. Dilley, 2402 Cold Springs rd. I wish to protest against the publication of war articles which ‘|describe the physical mutilation of men in our fighting forces. : I specifically have in mind the story “The . Wounded Don’t Cry” which was spread across the top of the front page in Thursday night's Times. This story dealt with individual mutilation—shoulders mangled, legs and thighs destroyed, faces shot off. Several people have mentioned this story to me. All had the samé re action, one of cold horror. This was the first coastal raid in which American boys participated. Can you imagine this story causing anything but added anguish to mothers, fathers, wives and sweethearts? Mass description of suffering is bad enough, but it can be taken. -We all know that- war is no picnic. When, however, the report concerns itself with individual cases of mutilation, the reader gets a picture of a loved one suffering the same fate. I am subject to call in the draft. My son is in the air corps. You can tell me that T may die, You can tell me that my son may die. but please don’t remind me that I may have to spend the rest of my life in a wheelchair or a basket. Please don’t give me a mental image of my son returning with his face shot away. No» 2 ® 2 “ARE TOOLMAKERS ONLY MEN NEEDED IN U. 8.2” By George Denwood, 5035 Fletcher Ave.

I would like some clarification on the labor shortage that is so promi-

nent in every newspaper and radio newscast.

day haunting the employment offices ‘of all Indianapolis factories without so much as a promise of work, It seems a country in war must surely have a job for any man with 10 years’ general factory experience. I have encountered men, not 10s or 20’s but

‘|your letter about children.

I have spent five months every,

(Times readers are invited to express their views in these columns, religious con-. troversies excluded. Make your letters short, so all can have a chance, Letters must

be signed.)

hundreds all receiving the same answer. The usual interview will run as follows: Are you married? Yes, Children? Yes.” Are you a toel and ‘die maker or lathe operator ‘with at least three years” experience? No. Sorry, we are dll filled up on everything now. Drop 4n in about two or three months—there may ' be something then. One employment manager even suggested I send my wife in—that she would stand a much better chance of getting employment than I I read an article in the paper recently that manufacturers -engaged in war work were scraping the bottom of the barrel in manpower reserve. I wonder if there are able-bodied men in Germany being cast aside because they‘are not tool makers? I think not. 8 8 8 “] HAD TO SMILE, MR. FOX, AT ANSWERS YOU GOT.” By Norbert S. 0’Connor, Greencastle, Ind.

To Mr. Fox: You sure started something with I had to smile at the answers you received. They had a hard time salving their . consciences, didn’t they? Braying about their accomplishments and their taxpaying abilities. No doubt there are a lot of worthy people without families for one good reason or another. However, I think I understood your point. It is too bad that in an era of great material progress we seem to have retarded our moral and

spiritual growth. If the answers to your letter are to be taken as a

Side Glances=By Galbraith ol

: cross section of opinion (and I hope

not), then the family is no longer considered the basis of society. The home no longer a sacred domain where characters -are moulded and citizenship and respect for authority built. Why should anyone who signs himself “An American” ask what you are doing for your country. You

Jcertainly are not deserving of the

remarks about tax exemption and draft exemption. I daresay that if you had your choice you would not wait to be drafted. Why? Because you have not shirked your duty to society in other things, and would probably not shirk your duty to your country. I lived in Irvington for 22 years. You are wrong about Irvington being de-populated if your plan were put into effect. It’s beyond me why any ablebodies man who does not have any family obligations waits to be drafted. a People who “cannot afford” to have children are to be pitied. A true analysis of what life and the art of living is sho prompt them to realize that they cannot afford not to have children. In closing, may I doff my hat to the many fine couples who yearn

in vain for the joy of having chil- : drén.

: 2 a = “CALL THEM TAX EXEMPTIONS, BUT THEY'RE PRECIOUS” By Mrs. Floyd White, R. R. 2, Quincy, Ind.

I'd like to add my bit in support of people with families who .are

trying to find housing here and|.

elsewhere. We have four sons and a baby daughter. Call them tax or draft exemptions or what you like, but just the same they're mhighty precious. It's a good thing not everyone thinks bitterly about having a family. So, having a family and needing a house has been and is the problem: of many just like us. We've found that even in small towns as far out as 40 miles from the city the landlords prefer no children. We've painted and fixed up places we've rented and tried to teach our chilrden how to take nice care of things. Why some people hold such a grudge against children = be-

{yond me.

My husband works long hours in a defense factory and then, ‘has spent the rest of thy time for the ‘past three months trying to ‘find us a. suitable home. Tiere are lots more people in Just the same state

of worry. Isn’t that harmful to health, hap-

{ |piness and good work?

Anyone who has been through with it knows what it means. We're not wanting an apartment or a close-in city house, but a country house or small town one and it

doesn’t have to be modern. But try

and find it! Guess a person shouldn’t have a family until they have a home of their own and $10,000—at least that seems to be the ‘attitude of some.

Getting Croam-of the Crop

“THE. WOMEN ARE ga little more interested in the job than the men, and they’ve given us no trouble whatever,” he added. “We'll employ them after the war if they still want to work The men are going to have to be on their toes after the war to monopolize the jobs as they have in the past.” Partly because of this attitude and. partly hecause of intelligent selection of workeks, Iron Direman. 13 apparently getting the cream of the crop of new women mechanics in the Portland area. ; * The company’s head nurse, a woman of long exe perience in welfare work, ig interviewing each applicant and making sure that she has no small chil« dren at home unless a relative is there to care for them. The women she takes are free to put their minds completely on the job at hand. ;Another reason for the success of the Iron Fireman experiment may be the fact that the women are ‘given responsible work that absorbs their attention. In some of the aircraft plants where women have semi-skilled or even messenger work they have

‘time and opportunity to roam about, and in many

cases have proved a disturbing element.

And Here Are Some Samples—

BEATRICE EDDY, for instance, left an easy Job in her father’s office, which allowed her plenty of time for junior league work on the side, to go into this machine shop. She is proud of: her broken fingernails and a long curved callous across the palm of her right hand. She got it by working—-with one fivethousandth of an inch tolerance—on gun-mount balls for fighter planes. If she does her work well the guns on those planes will turn easily to fire in any di-

i rection.

Velda Cotton, young, tall and blond, left a job as a model to put on blue overalls and cover her long bob with a tight turban. Her reason is a young husband who has just gone into the army. Tonia Brown is there because her husband ‘is on convoy duty with the navy and she doesn’t know for months at a time whether or not he 1s safe. Mrs. Ruth Young, comfortably plump and middle- . aged, didn’t think it was enough to keep house for & husband and half-grown daughter. She went to a technical school hoping for some job that would help us get on with the war. President Banfield even lost the hired help out of his own home to the machine shop. One morning

there was no breakfast at home, and.the women who

usually got it showed up at the shop and asked for jobs. He hired them.

Editor's Note: The views expressed by columnists in thie newspaper are their own. They are not aecessarily these - of The Indianapolis Times.

A Women 5 Viewpoint By Mrs. ‘Walter Ferguson

WHEN A GREAT strong heman like Gene Tunney comes right out in print and advocates continence as a war weapon—well, maybe the millennium is just around the corner. Especially since Commander Tunney, U. S. N. R., has facts upon which * ' base his conclusions. . CB ‘Don’t snicker. = His approach ta the. question, as given in the «August Reader’s Digest, is neither religious nor sissy, but entirely practical. Today the young cannot be influenced by any other approach. The minute you begin: preaching to them about the rewards of virtue they give you the razzberry. And, since they have so recently emerged from the late lamented glamorous era of sex exploitation, you can: hardly ‘expect anything else. 3 But there is an argument for sélt-contral as op-, posed to self-indulgence; it can be proved to people in Gene Tunney’s situation, who see what happens to fighting men when their forces are invaded by social disease, a foe more treacherous than Germans or Japs. It can be proved by a visit to hospitals or conferences with nurses or doctors. .

it Defiles the Spirit

COMMANDER TUNNEY says -Venereal I disenne is responsible for more hours lost from army duty than any other illness, and that we won't succeed in stamp-

‘ing it out until we put our faith into something more

effective than medicine——moral decency. Neither preventatives nor military regulation can win this fight, for it should be regarded as a war in which the individual soldier and the civilian must bear arms. It is a part of the age-old battle man

fights with himself—the struggle of Good vs. Evil.

Until we’ become realistic ‘enough to so regard it, 1t can lick us. Many a man and woman who is willing to die for country is not willing to live for if, if living means anything more than the indulgence of passions. It is undeniable that the perils of war cause laxer morality and a loosening up‘ of- peacetime: ‘conventions. “. yet, for ‘the individual and for the natiofs whose citizens practice it, continued sexual promiscuity de-

files the spirit as well as the body, takes away the

capacity to love and in time causes complete sp disintegration. Surely these things are enough to make us realize that patriotism should include a severe rationing of self-indulgence,

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