Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 September 1942 — Page 1

Walter Leckrone Becomes

- Editor of Indi anapolis | Times =A

: ‘Walter Leckrone, veteran ScrippsHoward editor, ‘today assumed the editorship of © The Indianapolis Times relieving, for the duration, Ralph - Burkholder, who is now serving with the ‘office of censorship in Washington. . : . IMT. Legkrone ‘hag’ ‘born in active newspaper. work for nearly 25 years. * ‘Beginning in Mansfield, O., he has been associated with newspapers in Cleveland, ‘Buffalo, Detroit, Colum‘bus and Toledo. : : ‘For the last year he has, been : writing specialized series of articles for the Scripps-Howard newspapers : and he recently completed a comprehensive study of the rubber 'situation. - He was one of those called | by the Baruch committee in its survey of the rubber emergency. "A native of Perry county, Ohio, Mr. 'Leckrone attended Ashland éol- 18 lege -at ‘Ashland, O. and fook ™ graduate work at Ohio State university. He served in the first world war as: 4 ‘lieutenant in the infantry. Mr. Leckrone somes here from

+ Walter :Leckrone *

the Cleveland Press. Mrs: Leckrone will come {from Cleveland, soon to Join him.

‘A Weekly Sizeup by the Washingion - Staff of the Seripps-Howard Newspapers

Aa weekly size-up by the Washington staff of the Seppe Howars Tewspapers:)

3 WASHINGTON, Sept. 12. Watch for Dakar in’ the headlines.

‘Word is that Hitler § 18. preparing to send a division of

shock troops there to guard anew air and submarine base. Ci mo against tie. Western hemisphgre. ties in wi

aeck from Dakar. They were catiaht red-handed, plot’ was nipped in bud. But preparations at Dakar gO on. 8 8 #

Steel Mess is to get the Baruch treatment. With rubber report out of the way, Baruch will be asked to come back to Washington, report on how steel production can be stepped up, how allocation system can be improved. Note: . Baruch tells friends the rubber survey was “toughest job he ever undertook because “we had to deal with so many damn liars.” J » » » 2.»

You’ re Right, Kaiser, Aviation Says

Aviation industry is strong for one part of the Kaiser plan—part: having to do with production of more raw materials. They want him ordered to go out and do same—then want the new materials turned over to them. Nearly all aircraft manufacturers say they could double production if they had enough of what goes into planes. Cael Hee % 8.»

Don’t expect. to be able to figure your tax bill till after election. Leaders say passage is at least two months off. Incidentally, returning congressmen report that voters’ latest peeve is against the put-it-off-till-after-election policy. They know all sorts of things are going to hit them, resent ‘being tricked about it. » ® 2 8 8 » Army specialist corps wants to be taken into the army proper; may find ‘itself fighting for its life instead. At ‘present ASC men wear uniform but are civilian employees— half fish, half fowl. They want greater recognition. But congress, always skeptical about the ASC, is not enthusiastic about blanketing it into the army. Rep. Ewing Thomason, ranking member of house military affairs committee, may even propose sholishing it. He'll bring this up when “hearings start on teen-age draft bill; plans to question Dwight Davis, headsof ASC. Meanwhile, war: department is its own test of ASC’ ability to supply personnel for necessary jobs. All branches have been ordered not to commission civilians when’ ‘they need men, but to requisition: the corps. Secretary Stimson apparently favors some * change in ASC status, wants civilian employees without uniform or soldiers, but not a mixture.

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~ Will Jesse Lose More Power? - een

Baruch report appavently means Jesse Jones will be shorn of still more powers. Report 1 harply criticized his ‘Rubber Reserve Corp., confirmed) general feeling that Jt: was id ‘blame for uel bungling of synthetics. : ‘But Jones has one cause to Tejoice. He 165t, his. most outspoken critic when Senator Berkeley Bunker of ‘Nevada failed fo get renominated. Bunker made serious charges (which Jesse denied)

against Defense Plant ‘Corp. operations in sefting, up the Las Vegas

magnesium plant, 8 8 = ~ Laval is trying to force us te declare war say. ‘Reassn: Laval does ol date ohey Hiiler . Latest Laval maneuver was to claim ran tor or ao mie Eo Fa ee A ee Yc She would constitute overt act against na Band we would awe fo declan, ar te 5 ~ NOTE: The Herroit-Jeanneney pronunciamento wi Vichy was a Continued wn Page Two)

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be set forth.

| quarters, on fhe other hand, they F | said; it will. “npt repeal all the laws

; UNITED WE STAND-- 7 15 6.AR. FORMULK SE

Commander Gay Pleads for| % 8. out 0

Report Roosevelt Drops Plan to Seek Sweep- | ing Authority.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (U. P.). —Senate and house leaders neared agreement today on anti-inflation

legislation which reportedly would deal specifically with farm prices and wages, rather than grant President Roosevelt unlimited control aver rising: living costs. - Conferees who met with Mr. Roosevelt yesterday were unable to reach final agreement and will confer again. today. It was generally conceded that istration’s original plan to seeking sweeping authority for the president to impose any cs i necessary has dropped and that specific sii tions on wages and farm prices will

Follows F. D, R. Program

will not restrict . Mr, Roosevelt's economic conirols: to the degree de~ manded by some congressional

that interfere ‘with what the president. feels it necessdry to do.”

follow the progra mMr. Roosevelt reporfedly has worked out in a series of executive orders to be issued ‘in congress does nov act on or before Oct. 1. This, they. said,’ would call for| presidential authority to: :

per vailed ‘Jan. 1, ‘toa1.

lective bargaining. 2. Prevent war plants from “pirating” workers in other plants or industries: by offering a higher wage an inducement. 3. Suspend price control law pro-|

farm price reilings below 110 per

vailing from 1919 to 1929, or the Oct. 1.and Dec. 15, 1941 levels. The president has recommended: stabili{zation of farm prices at 100. per cent of parity or at levels now prevailing.

No Blanket Grant

conferees at the White: House yesterday that a blanket grant of power to the president would be- defeated in the senate. :

such a measure would never get ap-

pected to take.

Solidarity. ©

By ARTHUR WRIGHT

The Victory formula of the Civ: war—“United We Stand, Dividec! as’ this country’s “salvation” world war IL. : Gedrge A. Gay, 94-year-old ele

ment. Tomorrow morning the 5171 ‘members of the vetérans’ or the “war between the states” ~and

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“SConferees said: that legislation They predicted the measure would|:

1, Outlaw increases ‘in’ wages and} sataries. of ; workers in Industries ;

visions - prohibiting imposition of|™

cent of parity, the average price pre- 5

Senate Majority Leader Alben W, g Barkley - reportedly implied to the

Speaker Sain Rayburn urged adop- | tion ‘of the broad resolution butithe members of the house banking com-|t mittee who attended predicted that}

mander of ‘the Grand Army of the| no: Republic renewed Abraham - Lin-| coins plea for “solidarity” on thei | eve of the 76th national encamp- ;

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fli Jn one and tno million men locked ina {to the death.

LAL the: same: time Moscow’ evils that ihe

‘thad launched another diversionary attack; apparently k siderable strength, in. the Leningrad area.

Soviet: :

vine, six wiles. south of ‘Schluesselburg.. | A report by os Exchange Telegraph agency fron

“to Sugar the weight of the German Wer city, had been fended off 1 in battle : ingrad fortifications.

24-hours but- mpheized the Neary re ; droves 0 tanks and &

hit on one of the destroyers and the: Hudson, “attacking at low level]

re -close fo the| \ Was /oelieved dam-

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Troops Base _i of. ar ls Disclosed.

early’ ‘onset of winte® and ‘spondingly’ hit ‘at: the Nazis 1 regardless of the outcome’ of .present battle, are doomed other winter of war in’ Normally, winter is not due Caucasus «or around ‘until November.

“Greatest Battle in Hi The snow fell ina. region

marched through a town in French equatorial Africa today to the enthusiastic cheers of ‘the people. ‘They will be stationed at an undisclosed part ‘of fighting French| = Africa, where they will help defend | the common interests of the united| : nations.

Fighting French nich equatorial Africa) round adjoins the Belgian (Congo on ‘the north. <The equator cuts through it.| the Te “The territories are an 'invaluably | the strategic allied base south of Dakar. Grozny: They. are the southwest African re-| ..(" lay point for supplies and planes Nish ge astoss Africe aut up io Sey