Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 October 1942 — Page 32
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Republicans in gomarees Hinted for Editors” Meeting in French Lick.
By EARL
Indiana Republican leaders will consider and. probably
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RICHERT
dorse the G. O. P. congressional “4vin-the-war-and-peace” declaration of party policy and printiple at their Heeling to-
morrow at French Lick.
+ = The congressional declaration, adopted. aliiokt: unanimously by Republican congressmen’ last week, will be ‘dis-
cussed at the meeting of the G. 0. P. state committee which is being held at 10 a .m. tomorrow in conjunction with the
~ two-day fall meeting of the
Indiana Republican editorial
- association. Indorsement of the declaration. many party leaders believe, would vide another means of impressupon Hoosier voters the fact
that the Republican party in the
‘state is squarely behind the war effort and recognizes that the U. S. must work with other nations in $he post-war world. Indiana Democrats in’ their camPpaign are making a major point of alleged Republican isolationism and are citing the defeat of President Wilson’s League of Nations program tinder G. O. P. leadership as an ex-
ample of what will happen again
under a Republican victory this fall. The congressional statement coneerning the post-war era is much stronger than that adopted by the
‘Republican party in: its state plat-
form. It says: Plan Stretch Drive “We recognize. that the United States has an ‘obligation and responsibility to work with other nations to bring about world understanding and co-operative spirit.” ‘The party's -state platform says only: “The Republican party will assume whatever just and-reason-
‘able responsibilities may be neces-
gary in the post-war world, consistent with our Republican form of ‘government.” The G. O. P. state committee also is to make plans for the final stretch of the fall campaign which Will end with the election on Nov. 3. State CHairman Ralph Gates Is expected to announce at the meeting the appointment of = William Murray of Bicknell, president of the Republican editorial associaion, as publicity director for the state committee. He will succeed Horace Coats who has resigned. to take a position with the Washington bureau of the International
New Service.
More than 300 editors and editors’ Wives were expected to attend the meeting which opens tonight. Business sessions will be held to-
DISTRICT 8 TO HAVE
DIMOUT. WEDNESDAY |
‘A dimout of defense district ‘8 from 9:30 to 10. o'clock - next Wednesday night. was ‘ announced today following a successful air raid rehearsal last night in Warren and Lawrence townships and districts 5 and 6. : Last night's dimout covered the largest area yet attempted, preparatory to a county wide ‘practice Oct. 16. "Ft. Harrison was reported completely blacked out and also the Drive-in theater and’ the Marion County Tuberculosis hospital. In charge of the dimout in the respective’ areas last night. were? Jack Thomas and Ernest E. Lefforge, Lawrence; B, L. Curry, Warren; William Foley, district 5, and
‘Norbert Pich, district 6.
The district . 8 . dimout next Wednesday will. cover an aves bounded by the Belt railroad, east; State ave., west; Michigan st., north, and the Pennsylvania railroad, south. Henry D. McDuff is district warden.
U. 8S. TAXPAYERS DOUBLE
WASHINGTON; Oct. 2 (U. P).— Secretary of the Treasury , Henry Morgenthau Jr., today reported that almost twice. as many: income tax returns were filed for 1040 as for 1939 and that income taxes increased by nearly two-thirds. He said 14,778,159 returns were filed for 1940, a gain of 91.5 per:cent.over 1939.
morrow morning and Mr. Gates and Rue Alexander, G. O. P. candidate for secretary of state, will speak at a luncheon. Samuel B. Pettengill , of South Bend, chairman ‘of the national G. O. P. finance committee, will be the principal speaker at a banquet tomorrow night which: will clipaz the meeHinig.
KEPT IT SECRET!
| censor Chief. Praises Cooperation Dictated by Patriotism. WASHINGTON, Ott. 2 (U. PJ.
of the nation’s major war .plants and camps was a well-Kept secret. The press and radio, at the request of the White House, did not mention it until it was over. and the story officially was released. So closely guarded was the secret that not even the train crews knew in advance whose destiny was in their keeping. When he returned, the president warmly thanked the press and radio for (its. co-operation. The office of censorship expressed amazement that the story had not leaked. That the rule of secrecy served its, purpose was proved. by the fact that not one untoward incident, occurred during the entire journey— not even a traffic jam.
Press, Radio Praised
Director Byron Price of the office of censorship issued this statement: “For two solid weeks, every newspaper, every radio station, and every. periodical in the United States kept as a secret the news of the president’s trip across the country
| and. back inspecting war plantsand |:
camps first hand.
news as soon as it happened. Buf
minds was the safety of the com-
consideration - which was called to their attention by the voluntary radio and press censorship: code. “No mandate or compulsion in law caused the publishers and broadcasters to keep this secret. Guided by Patriotism “They were guided purely by their own patriotism and caution in abnormal times. In some cases, they canceled regular working confidential telegraph messages for fear of transmitting “inadvertently any information of the president's movements.. : - “American press and broadcasters have never before made such a sacrifice of regular operations. Their act provides striking proof of the workability of voluntary censorship, which must rest on the patriotism of press and broadcasting agencies.”
WE'LL BE GLAD TO SEE EM DELAWARE, O., Oct. 2 (U, P.).— Captain Miles Standish and Robert
the army reception center at Ft.
Benjamin Harrison, Ind. were inducted into the army yester‘day as privates.
BLOCKS
—The ‘president's two-weeks tour |g
“Most of them knew about the. trip, which would ordinarily be big |:
the only consideration- in all their:
mander-in-chief in wartime, so far § as they could contribute to it—a
E. Lee of Delaware left today for |i They |
A wounded sailor receives the famous Roosevelt smile and hand. shake in the Bremerton, Wash., navy yard, one of the nation’s, defenses visited by the president on his tour.
: 7 : . The president was in fine fettle as he addressed workers at the Oregon Shipbuilding Corp. in Vancouver, ‘Wash.,: during: the launching of the Joseph N. Teal, merchant ship built in a record-breaking 10 days by Henry J. Kaiser, who-is shown at the left.
TAME SPEECHES.
Official Utterances Long a!
}and Moreell speeches,
inot have made the
“Indianapolis is sokiqite’ as a Targe
New evidence of Indianapolis’ as the world,” E, A. Peterson, gen-
rapid growth was furnished today|eral manager of the company, ade with the issuance of a new city|mitted,
Trouble Spot Even in
Peace Time.
By CHARLES T. LUCEY Times Special Writer . WASHINGTON, Oct. . 2.—President Roosevelt's rebuff to high officials who have warned that America is losing the war calls attention to a trouble spot that has long bothered the administration.
Mr. Roosevelt, upon his return from his transcontinental trip, said that if he had been in the place of the speechmakers who made these statements, he would not have made them. While no names were mentioned, it was assumed the president referred to the New York speech of Ralph Bard, assistant secretary of the navy, to the St. Louis speech of Lieut. Gen. Brehon Somervell, and perhaps to the Toronto speech of Rear Admiral Ben Moreell.
0. Kd by Elmer Davis
The Bara speech, it is learned, was passed on and cleared by Elmer Davis, director of the office of | war information, and by Paul Smith, OWI's acting director of! domestic relations. It could not | be learned whether: the Somervell which foi- | lowed Mr. Bard's speech closely both as to time and tone, were | cleared similarly. The “be realistic” motif has beer growing in recent months. Amans the earliest evidences of it was a report issued by the OWI some] months ago. stating bluntly that America was not putting its best effort into the war. What to do about conflicts in | official speeches—speeches which | frequently are written hy someone | other than the persons delivering | them—is a. question that the war has not made easier.
Harmony Is Objective
The OWI clearance does not mean that a speech is altogether approved. It is aimed primarily at making certain that whatever is said by an official is in harmony with the gen- | eral policy of his department and | does not conflict with the policies of some other department. While Mr. Roosevelt said he would | speeches in | question, some other high ‘officials have believed they should have been | made—at least the Bard speech. Others insist that it isn’t humanly | possible to get everyone to talk| “down the same funnel,” and argue that it is a good ' thing to air divergent views. The president’s comments are expected by officials, to inspire more
ments - that include about ‘every desirable |
Ex- ~Vice President Garner visited the presents’ train in Uvalde,
Tex. Evidently Texas Jack’s .sfory hit the spot.
caution among government speechmakers.
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