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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1942
RE. you one of the millions who have been fretting because they seem able to do so little to help win the war? Have you felt a sense of frustration because, despite , the talk of going “all-out for victory,” you have been called on to do so little? Have you—as the father, mother, sister, brother or wife of a man in the service—felt that you should be doing more to help save his life? _ Have you wondered how an individual could take the initiative in helping win a war we.are now losing—which we will lose unless the tide turns soon? ; The time has come when you can stop asking, “What can I do?"—and really do something. You have the power to help win this war. use it easily— If you only will.
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) AYMOND CLAPPER has a remarkable column in this paper today. . “Wae.are seeing before our eyes this week the break- ~ down ‘of legislative government,” he writes. “Congress is not legislating; it is carrying out the orders of a handful of farm lobbyists who hover around the halls of the capitol - and give their orders. They are the congress—people you : . never elected and whose names you probably don’t even f dmow.” Another story, by Thomas L Stokes, Pulitzer prize- " winning reporter, told yesterday how the professional farm _, lobbyists meet in Washington each morning to plan their * strategy; how they then go forth to buttonhole congress- { men; how they wire back home for their followers to deluge . senators and representatives with mail and telegrams. “Everyone knows,” said Senator Brown of Michigan, “that it is easy for a minority group to heat the wires. .. . But you and I know that we do ‘not hear from the vast majority of the American people.” Let congress hear from you. ” EJ
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» » . ELF-SEEKING blocs are putting their own interests above national necessity—and as a result our war effort Is going badly. . "~~ At the four corners of the earth your boys are going fearlessly to face death that yolwsy live in freedom and decency. : And in Washington congress cringes and shivers under ‘pressure from minority lobbyists. : “7 You can stop this awful spectacle. You can save congress from its own timidity. Ycu can help to save our fighting men from defeat. The people of this country have shown again and again “that they are far ahead of their government. They don’t want a farm grab that will send the cost of ‘living soaring. They don’t want wage grabs which will create inflation. They don’t want strikes or lockouts or slowdowns. ! They don’t want the treasury to hoard silver needed by industry just so a few politicians from silver-mining states can hold the price four times above its value on the world market. They want a decent, adequate tax bill now—not after the elections. ~~ They want to do what has to be done to w win, no matter. “how it hurts, and they want to do it now.
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HERE S what you can do: You can write or wire to your congressman today and “demand that they be legislators, not Btgoges for pressure blocs. ; ~~ "You can demand that they defy the farm lobby, the labor lobby, and all other selfish groups. You can demand that they support measures to stop inflation, not promote it. If you and you and you and you—the American people ‘—will make yourselves heard, congress will heed. .. You aren't organized. The pressure blocs are. But enough citizens will speak up for their country, the government will pay attention. We print below the names of the Indiana senators =e representatives. them. Mace yourself heard: Outshout the gimme guys. Here! 8
atom: Frederick VanNuys and Raymond E. Willis. + Representatives: John W. Boehne Jr., George W. Gillie, obert A. Grant, Charles A. Halleck, Forest A. Harness, ble J. Johnson, Gerald W. Landis, William H. Larrabee, uis Ludlow, William T. Schulte, Raymond 8S. Springer nd Earl Wilson. r Gi g ‘Senators should be addressed at the senate oes build
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Frankly Speaking
° | By Norman E Isaacs.
: THERE IS A tremendous|
amount of political interest being generated on our state and local “Most of the conversa1 at the moment is concerned with the mayoralty race between Gep. Tyndall and’ Judge Myers. You can get a. dozen different opinions from: a dozen different people, but few of them know what they are talking about. - The truth is that if the election were to be held tomorrow, you'd have to toss a coin to make a prediction. If it were purely a race betweén Tyndall and Myers you might arrive at something, bub there are a dozen factors involved. _ Neither ticket is particularly good. There are some terrible spots on the Republican side, some equally bad ones on the Democratic ticket. A great’ deal depends on how much these weak spots damage the vote-getting possibilities of the ticket leaders.
A Few G. O. P. Headaches—
WHAT ARE SOME of the party headaches? Well, take the Republican picture for a second. How much will Howard Meyer's congressional candidacy (against Louis Ludlow) hurt Gen. Tyndall. A very considerable number of people are opposed to Mr. Meyer, and many of these may vote the straight Democratic ticket rather than chance a mistake. Emsley Johnson Jr.’s youth (he’s 29) will certainly be used in his judgeship race and Heaven only knows ely the candidacy of C. T. Malan as state superintendent of public instruction will pull the whole ticket down,
And Some Democratic Ones
ON THE DEMOCRATIC side, you will find tremendous opposition to Judge John McNelis as a criminal court judge. And heated arguments about the candidacy of Oscar Hagemeier for prosecutor, And the religious issue—unfortunately—is being used to discredit the Democratic ticket. As one individual,’ I certainly hope this argument backfires squarely into the teeth of the people who are using it. I happen to think this is one of the reasons Sheriff Al Feeney decided to come out for the Heke! much as he dislikes doing it.
"Five Thousand Votes Either Way"
ALL THESE things are factors—important factors. One of the major matters. too, is the Negro community. Has unrest in the Negro sections reached such a point where one party or the other can capitalize on it at the polls? There are an endless number of little stupidities being committed daily by both the Democrats and Republicans. Add enough of them together and you have something which, can turn the election. My own guess right this minute? Five thousand votés either way can do it.
Westbrook Pegler did not write a column today.
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Scrap Dealers By E. A. Evans
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26—A good many people tell us they would be more enthusiastic about turning in scrap iron land steel if they were sure that dealers wouldn't .profit by by ndling the collections. Well, a lot of gs must be done to a pile of scrap before it can be used to make new steel. The . different metals must be sorted. The various types of iron and steel scrap—there are 75 of them—must be separated and sHipped to the mills in carload lots. Big pieces must be cut or broken to specific sizes. Sheet metal must be pressed into bales by great expensive machines. The processing of scrap is a tremendous, highly specialized job, for which only the scrap dealers have the knowledge and facilities. No scrap drive can, succeed without the work ‘they do. Remember last year’s hotched aluminum. collection? Those heaps of
| pots. and pans lay around the country for months
because the part scrap dealers would have to play hadn’t been taken into consideration.
Here Are Some Answers THE DEALERS should no more be expected to do
‘all this work for nothing ‘than the mills which use 1 the scrap should be expected to produce steel without
profit. The scrap industry is essential. It employs hundreds of thousands of ‘workers and has a huge investment in yards, trucks. machines and other equipment. It must be allowed to earn a living. And it isn’t likely to make big profits on the scrap paigns. First, this type of scrap, including many small and varied objects, is unusually expensive to handle. Second, the dealers expect t6 pay a fair price for
‘scrap, whether they buy it from individuals, from
commercial collectors, or from organizations which give the proceeds to charity. And, third, the price at which hey sell 3 is fixed rigidly by. government ceilings. Editor's Note: The views expressed by columnists tp this newspaper are thelr own. They are not necessarily - those of The Indianapolis Times,
/|So They Say—
The final test of military aircraft is their record In action, and so far in this war the combatyrecord of American Slaves has been good.—Maj. N. F. Silsbee and Maj. E, C. Locke jointly to Society of Automotive Engineers.
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When law and order break down it means that some people have been able to obtain certain rights denied to others—Mayor Frank J Lausche of Cleveland. be" , *
1 buy war bonds all the time and T don't need Hedy Lamarr to kiss me either. In fact, she would |} have to buy a $25,000 bond before I would even ||
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The Hoosier Forum
I wholly disagree with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.—Voltaire.
“INDIANA IS CERTAINLY NOT COMPLACENT WHEN...”
By Henry E. Ostrom, chairman, local aran ements. committee, Civil Air Patrol w, Indianapolis a: the responsibility of Governor Schricker nd encouragement of Mayor Sullivan, the civil air patrol is; doing a much worthwhile job fori defense in Indiana and other places where it is assigned. Walker Winslow, its state commander, is to be congratulated on the fine showing the Indiana or-
its friends made Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 18th and 20th. The canteen service of the Indianapolis chapter of Red Cross did a remarkable job in serving the meals for the state meet at the airport, as they were able to take care of over 975 guests, when about 500 had been expected and this on comparatively no’ notice. Marion county and Indianapolis can rest assured that its Red Cross is ready for unlooked-for disasters, not ‘only by organization, but by practice, which the above meet and other similar occasions give the Red Cross. Indiana is certainly not complas cent when her people do such outstanding feats as the civil air patrol meet at the municipal airport, which shows their ability and deep interest.
. » . (“LET US NAME . . . A CCAR TO ABOLISH ALL .CZARS" By Abdul the Bul-Bul Ameer
Your campaign to’ displace use of the word “czar,” when what is really meant is an administrator or director or ;some other official title not built for headline purposes, produces mixed emotions in the undersigned. You may remember me. I am the villain or stooge of a 100 per cent American folksong in which the hero (curse him!) is a valorous soldier of the Russian steppes. After we have killed each other, the last
ganization of civil air patrod and]
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of a large number of verses proceeds as follows:
JA Muscovite maiden her long vigil keeps ‘Neath the light of the pale polar star. And the name that she murmurs so oft as she weeps Is Ivan Petrosky Skavar.
Naturally, I have a great affection for this song and all things connected with it. I greatly enjoy hearing myself sing it. But I see your point, and I am willing to join in your campaign to the following extent:
Let us bury this four-letter , word meaning “boss”, . But first let's be bold like Skavars. Let us name one more Caesar to make sure the loss— A Czar to abolish all Czars! Lele. “LET THE GOVERNMENT STOP CASHING BONDS”
“| By W. Cash, 305 N. Chester st.
Just a few words about our victory bonds. I think the’ government should quit redeeming bonds for the duration for the reason about one out of every three cashes in their bonds as soon as they can and that takes out: one third or more every month. If they don't- think that a bond is & good investment, what will they think if the Japs and Hitler give us a whipping and they will dictate the price? I don't think your money or anything else you have got will be worth anything.
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bonds and take at least 10 per cent of all wages and profits, for I think you would much rather have the bonds than the Japs and Hitler. n x =» “YI THINK US AMERICANS HAD BETTER WAKE UP”
By Charis William Schaffer, 838 N. New Jersey st.
The spéech of Ralph A. Bard, assistant ‘secretary of the navy, de~ livered to the international labor convention is the first real American talk since Pearl Harbor and I pray that it sinks into the thick
skulls of the mass of egotistic Americans who think this war is'a joy ride.
We haven't wofi a thing yet. We |
have lost over a billion dollars in ships, shipping, merchandise, petrol¢um, food and munitions to date,
and that's a conservative figure. If]:
the facts were known we have so far lost about two billion in material things. besides men who have made the supreme sacrifice, whose lives cannot be counted in “dollars.” I think us Americans had better wake up. What Mr. Bard told us is only a small part of it. We are in for years of sacrifice, hardship and privation.
‘| It is going to take all we and our
allies have to beat the enemy and we had better start now before it’s too late. We are not going to win this war in 1043, as the politicians like to tell us, or 1944 either. If we do it by 1945 we will have to start now and give it everything we have. Our t production of materials is only about one-third of what. we will ‘actually need if we expect to have an even chance of winning. So far all we have heen doing is talking. .The good old American “bull.” Let's quit talking and make up our minds that what we are now doing is only one-third of what there is to do. Our present army, navy and marine force is only one-third of what we are going to need. Multiply our present plane and tank production BY Mires 3uq you will by somewhere slightly short of what it takes’ to do the job to win. Every man, woman and child in America must give just about three times of what we are now giving
in money, labor materials and sac-
rifice.’ So let's not kid ourselves, let's start making preparations right now before it’s too late. Less talk. More work. More war bonds, More food. More production or else learn how to speak German and yell heil,
Hitler, We are weak, we have won|:
nothing. Let’s make ourselves strong mentally, morally and physically. We are in for a long, hard, bitter struggle and if we don’t get started soon ve are oss, and I aon ; mean
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by Leland Stowe
MOSCOW, Sept, American correspondents ‘were sure prised to learn from Wendell Willkie that there is still a minor ity. among the folks back home which wonders whether the Russians can keep on taking it and whether the Russians will . cone tinue fighting regardless of suffere --and losses, This came as a sure prise because here in Moscow such a question is never even posed. The Russians are now in the 16th month of the war on the world’s longest front and fighting against the world’s most powerful offensives. Their sacrifices, suffering and losses have all been simply colossal in comparison to any, previous scale and intengity of prolonged combat. Stalingrad is the climax of a long series of punishing blows—but for the Russians, however cruelly difficult the months ahead may -be,
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They Just Won't Give Up—
WILLKIE SAID: “Based on all the talks I have had in the factories, on the collective f and on the streets, everywhere, I am convinced that there is no indication of any weakening of the t of resist ance in this country. I deliberately searched for any sign of letdown, weakening, or inclination” appeasement and I just couldn't find any indication of it at all.” During the five months which I have spent in the Soviet union, I have never heard a. single R suggest that it might be better to ‘call off the war or make terms with Hitler and the Nazis. Despite lost terrain in the Don, Kuban and. ‘the
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north Caucasus, despite the enormous cost of "the y
foot-by-foot battle for Stalingrad-—even: despite: the very deep universal disillusionment of the Ri over the failure of .their allies to open up -& | a front in the west—despite &ll these successive blows and trials, the idea of quitting, or of reaching terms with the Fascist enemies, simply a no *eurrency ( whatsoever in Russia today.
Their Jaws Are Set Hard
THIS DOES NOT MEAN for a moment that either the Soviet leaders, or the Russian people, think thad they can fight on indefinitely without far greater and far more active aid from the British and American armed forces. What it does mean is this—that the ‘Russians still see their only hope of salvation 4s unrelaxed resistance to the Nazis; that they are still dedicated to bleeding the invaders at every vein which can be reached and that neither’ death nor "hunger is for them too great a price to pay for Russia's final libera=tion. This, without exaggeration, I believe, is still the deepest inspiration of the Russian people. What is perhaps even more significant is the fact that this inspiration will certainly survive the winter and will certainly remain as the dominating thoughs of the Russian people if the British and American armed forces strike at Germany in the next few months. : The sllied offensive spirit in Africa, in the air
‘over western Europe, and, as soon as possible, on
European soil, is one sure means of electrifying Rus= sian willpower to still greater efforts. Yet even without that, and as of Slay, the ‘Russian aw is set
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Peter Edson is on vacation.
A Woman's Viewpoint By Mrs. Walter Ferguson
THE WAR HIGHLIGHTS cere tain mistakes of our past. If we profit by them we may expec{ to move into a better future. For example, many men have believed it their duty to protect their wives, financially, instead of helping them to protect thems © gelves. The task of accumulat= - ing money which might be handed down to women and children was one of the creeds of the American business: man. He fought and slaved, and sometimes wore himself oui, in order that his family would’ be able to get along on: his insurance or savings after he was dead. Many of them did so, and thus we built a society in which the feminine parasite ws a highly valued member: ' Widows with large annuities, or duughters who could idle theit lives away because their fathers left them money, or clever girls who got along on alimony got publicity and attention, and were envied by their working sisters at home or in business.
So Here's What's Happened
AS A CONSEQUENCE of this short-sighted male policy, today finds hundreds ot thousands of capable women untrained for useful work. And, durihg the pre-war depression, the death of husbands left multi« tudes of other women helpless burdens upon society.
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Today their stocks and bonds, so carefully collected
by frugal mates, bring only meager incomes. Quite literally, the spector of want stares them in the face. These women were victims of men who were, in turn, victims of the idea that wives should live.in financial subjection to their husbands. Now, marching together under one banner as sol diers of the U. 8. A, we realize at last that the best protection a father can give his daughter is to educate her to carn her own living—and that men who truly love their wives will help them to develop their working talents, for no one can guess when they willbe needed, as they are today.
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