Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 October 1942 — Page 20

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probably was net by design, but this administration has tended to become lopsided with Easterners in high places. No member of the president's cabinet, except Jesse Jones of Texas, is from west of the Mississippi. The only westerner we can think of offhand who holds a topside job in the war effort is Rubber Administrator Jeffers, from Omaha. : On the supreme court, the West has only an indirect claim on Justice Douglas.. He was born in Minnesota, and he grew up in Washington state, where since his appointment to the court he has built a summer home. But Mr. Douglas ‘has spent most of his adult life in the East, and he was. appointed to the bench as a resident of Connecticut. .. With the resignation of Justice James F. Byrnes, the president ‘has an opportunity te give belated recognition | fo the West. On the sunset side of Mississippi lie 22 of our. _ 48 states. : Surely in all that area the president can find a good judge: And surely also he can find other able men ~ worthy of appointment to. important administrative posts. It is not suggested here that the Easterners who now hold most.of the big jobs in Washington are provincial in their thinking. But by the same token all the nation’s talent does not reside east of the big river. Ours is a vast land, of many and diverse regions, and their affairs can be better administered by men whose backgrounds give them a better understanding of the differing problems,

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not merely refuse to support but will president for a fourth term, should Jus ie : sire one, or anypne whom the presid successor.

The Labor Party Business

BENNETT AND FARLEY have no reason to feel that the presidént has any claim on their political gratitude. There was nothing else for him to do. He couldn't indorse Tom Dewey and if he had come out for Dean Alfange, jhe man whom the mis called American Labor party nominated in a smokefilled room, he would have caused several embarrass ing conséquences. First, he would have assuréd the election of Dewey, who 8 anh anti-New Deal reactionary. And, second, ‘he would havé abandoned the Democratic party openly to. switch over to the left among the Social-Democrats and Communists and identify himself and the presi ‘dency with a small group which is distinctly European 1 in its political theories and only a little less European in its personnel. . ‘The party consists mainly of a small club of New

York union bosses and is split a little off the middie |§

between the Social Democrats and the Communists. The two groups fight all the time, éalling one another bolos and appeasers and all the dirty names that they can think of and if anyone ever had to take

them seriously enough to fight them as a whole he.

could get all the material he wanted from the flies of the nasty littlé publications which the -opposing

| factions use to révile oné another,

TRUE TO FORM THE American Federation of Labor convention at Teron

to has indorsed the position of James Caesar Petrillo |

and his union, the American Federation of Musicians, in yefusing to make records and electrical transcriptions for radio broadcasting. ; That is not surprising. Mr. Petrillo’s delusion, that labor benefits itself by resisting progress, afflicts many other unions in the A: F. of L. It is especially true of the building trades unions which for many years, and often in concert with equally shortsighted employers, have fought the introduction of methods that would inérease the speed 3 and reduce the costs of construction. of The result, of course, has been to make building so expensive that there is less steady work for union builders instead of more. And the result -of Mr. Petrillo’s order, if he makes it. stick, seems .gettain to be less music on the radio and so fewer jobs for union musicians. The A. F. of L. runs true to form in taking its stand behind music's Little Caesar and in denouncing Assistant Attorney General Thurman Arnold for attacking the Pe trillo order in federal court. If Mr. Arnold wins his case against the Petrillo union— and if congress will muster up courage to make it clear that the laws which protect organized labor’s legitimate activities are not intended to protect conspiracies which increase the cost of living—the rank-and-file members of A. F. of L. unions will be among the greatest gainers,

‘BIG MONEY CAN STILL HIDE

_ (GENEROUSLY assisted by the ineptitude of Treasury Secretary Morgenthau, ‘the state house-city hall:andcourt house lobby has: succeeded once more in prolonging

the federal income tax exemption. that is enjoyed by holders

of state and local bonds.

The senate yesterday voted to Joject the recommenda- i

tion of itg finance committee, and to keep hands off this archaic and luerative privilege ‘which enables states and communities to peddle their securities at premium prices and which enables big fortunes to thumb their noses at the _ high-bracket federal tax rates. : Mr. Morgenthau wanted to lift the ehemption nob. only on future issues of such bonds, but on issues already" out standing-—issues that had been priced, and sold, on the ‘assumption that the income therefrom was tax-free. The: plain unfairness of this proposition undoubtedly helped ~ snow under the mild and quite fair proposal that tax exemp- | tion be denied to future issues. The federal government has stripped its own securities {that is, recent and future issues—of tax exemption. But as long as state and local bonds retain their exemption, the income-tax structure has a loophole big enough to drive a flying fortress through.

FRODUCING 4 bill to prohibit sale of alcoholic beverages in or near military camps, Senator Josh Lee of Oklahoma arts that drinking “results in reckless abandonment of y's inhibitions. » ; Well, war itself demands. abandonment of quite a few

fn] hibitions, including the one against unpleasant and dan- |

ous work and the one against killing orie’s fellow man.

It Looks Like a Sure Bet

THE PRESIDENT couldn't adopt this mess as his party in the state of New York, so it had to be Bennett. - Dewey got a little help, but not much, when Fiorello La Guardia, the little wildflower who, in the words of Ring Lardnier’'s sonig, is growing wildér every hour, came out for AMange for some jumbled-lip reason that nobody will bother to try to understand.. None of Déwey’s following would vote for Alfangé, whoevér ne is, 80 if the honorable mayor swings any votés to the Social-Democratic-Communistic ticket they will be subtracted froin Bennett's total.

. + Incidentally, although Mrs. Rooséevélt did not des

clare hersélf a member of this group, shé certainly hornéd into.its affairs like a true belonger recently when she rebuked the Communist wing for using her name against the Social-Dems. You khow, birds of a. feather. There is a temptation to try to peer nto the future; but to6 much can happen. For the present it is enough to say, and it can be said with certainty, that the next governor of New York will be antiNew Deéal, but pro-war. Editor's Note: The views expressed by columnists in this newspaper are their own. They are fot nécddsarily those

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Tm W. Willkie’ By Ludwell Denny

WABHIM “TON, Oct. 9—'T'm Wendell Willkie and I can say What I damn well please.” So the war's loudest sightseer and kibitser extraordinary demands “an all-out offensive. everywhere now.”

Why not? After predicting an immediate African offensive, then:

ordering an immediate Buropean front; and then demanding a Far Eastérn drive, why shouldn’t he : raise the ante to cover a world offensive in all directions at once? He doésh’t have to do the fighting. He dolsn’t have to take responsibility for sefiding unprépated troops to their death. He doésn’t have to také responsibility for risking defeat everywhere by scattéring our fire. Only a week ago in Moscow hé had the idéa that Germany was winning because she was allowed $0 toncentrate on one front, that an allied second front was required at once to divide her strength and defeat her. Now he thinks if we divide our own strength Still more and attack everywhere, we shall win.

A Damaging Propagandist FORTUNATELY, THERE is ho danger in Willkie as a strategist—none of -the allied governments or staffs pays any attention to his military experting.

It is as a propagandist that he is doing damage. His. foreign audiences; to whom he telis what they |*

want to heat, suppose he is speaking for President |

Roosevelt ahd committing the United States govern-

ment. -~Hé is: not.s When they react from the false hopes he his sbréad ‘so blithely, they will distrust America.” With victory in the war and in the peace settlement. depending on mutual understanding and trust, the: fruiis of f Wiis glibness will be sour indeed.

Idiers and sailors considered mature enough to fight and, |

necessary, to die for their country are not likely, we | uspect, to appreciate the senator's suggestion that’ they | n't be trusted to look out for heir-owm h tions in |

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on against attempting to regulate had people's * pos. with abylav. | Promos

ED doctors, co-operating with OPA, have submitted | Hsslit

voport for the guidance of citizens whose Among other ings they recommend that per-

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‘ "3 ® : ; The Hoosier Forum 1 wholly disagree with what you say, but will . defend to the death your right to say it.—Voltaire.

“IT'HE FACTS CONCERNING SOVEHERN INDIANA SCRAP” By Du A. Smit ith “wrB executive secRr ndidna general sdl¥ige profram, Indianapolis. . Mr. Bill Greené of 1404 Lawton st., who on Oct. 1 ih your columhs called attention to Scrap iron in sduthern Indiana deserves to be informed that thé Public Service Co. of Indiana has sold the old track

liné from Indianapolis to Seymour |

to & salvage firm which has spent the summer in turning the equipment into war usé8 and scrap ma= terial for the war effort. He, and citizens likewise, should know that special agents of the war production board's divisioh of in-

‘dustrial’ conservation havé ap-

proached the county commissioners at Columbus, Réddington, Scipio, Vérnon and Indianapolis concerning the scrapping of a number of old bridges. AS soon as the county commissionérs can release title to these bridges or dispose of them by legal methods théy will be promptly dismantled and sent to the steel mills. Ties “MORALE-BUILDERS SHOULD BE DOING K. P. DUTY" By Bert Withelm, £106 S. Emerson ave. Mr. Roosevelt's mild chastisement of the “pay day as usual” supernumerariés in the capital is ofie of the most healthy signs growing out of his war effort. We small businéssmén with’ no business as usual, or those of us who depend upon the income of a few .rentalt to keép us éven are naturally -more “war minded” and we will be during the duration than the group with the “ever normal pay day.” We suggést that this numerous group of soO<called “morale builde would serve the nation by doing K. P. duty in some military camp or assume the duty of caring for the children of mothers employed in war industries. The average red blooded ‘Amer ican is filled with disgust listening

” tion order, the war labor board is

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

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“LET'S ALL GET TOGETHER, EVEN CONGRESS ...” By John Bonaett, 317 N. Riley ave. My opinion of rubber drives, scrap drives, tin drives and all othet kind of drives: Doubtfiil. 1 don't suppose I am thé only one out of 130 million people who feels this way. I gave all of my most precious belon@ings to hélp win this war, two sons, and I am also buying moré than 10 per cent of my wages in bonds for a good cause. I also cleaned my attic for scrap, including the basement and

garage, not merely scrap, but some of my precious belongings I have had for years that could not be replaced for love or money, but I am sacrificing these to énd war of all wars. Théré are millions of othérs doing thé same thing, only Hoping and praying that they are going in the proper channels. Let's all get togethér, even con= gress, and end this war. As our almighty dollar says, “In God We Trust.” a # 2 “ONE GROSS INEQUALITY WILL NEVER FACE WLB” By rN, Indianapolis,

Under the president's anti-infla-

to stabilize wages as of Sept. 15, but may make exceptions in the ¢ase of “gross inequaliti Doubtless many demands for cortection of “gross inequalities” will come before the ‘board, presented by organised labor and often with the genial approval of manage-| ment. “Oh, Sure, let ‘em have it.” But there is little prospect that

one “gross inequality”’—the grossest of allwill ever come before the

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board. That is the inequality undér which rest millions of Aimericans not represéntéd by unions, including many white-collar workers, teachers, firemen, policemen, pensioners; many othérs who ean't be helped by the unions which do not represent them because théy work for concerns whose inéome is

> |diminishing because of the War;

many widows and orphans whose income from insurancé policies or bonds is fixed. These are ‘thé little people who won't bé thére when the war labor the millions who will be helpless victims of “gross inéquality” if their cost of living is made to rise by increases granted to the favored few who are strong enough to get their demands heard. 2 * » “G. 0. P. CANDIDATE FOR JUDGE 18S ONLY 2%...”

B M. Brown, sesidint Indiana 1] i So. Indiamasolh” poll

A few days ago . Mr. Isaacs’ Oss he touched upon a matter which is of the utmost importance to the voters in the coming election, and I hope he will take éveéry proper opportunity to eall attention to the fact that the Republicah candidate for superior court judge in room 3 is only 20 years old. Regardless of party, all sensible votérs are anxious to have a eSmpetent and experienced group of judges in our county courts. Mr. Emsley Johnson Jr. may bé a most promising young lawyer, but ho young man, recently graduated from school, can possibly have the ex-

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results obtained in local serap drives.

local labor shortages reported throughout the country.

Look at the Omaha Scrap Drivel

ages there are from some few localities reports of tremendously suceessful results in meeting both problems, Omaha conducts a scrap drive which attains such = amazing results that the news makes page one headlines all over the country. A community in North Carolina near a British training center recruits the British soldiers for a day to pick and save the local cotton crop which otherwise might have been lat for - lack of farm labor. A Henry J. Kaiser goes into New York and hires the unemployed by the trainlodd for his West Coast - shipyards, théréby giving some relief to. New York's:

| sirplué manpower situation over which the local .

authorities had done little more than wring their hands. Dig into every such good report and you will find that someone with an ounce 6f gumption, without

‘| waiting for leadérship from Washington, had moved in

on a bad situation and done something constructive.

It Should Be the Rule

IT IS THE STUFF that wins wars. If there is a lack of this characteristic, shrewd native ingeénuity—a lack of this ability of a local : community to solve its own problems—things are really in a bad way. » 18 civilian morale shot? 1s local léadérship dead? : Has the country in fact beén regimentéd so rigidly: -- from Washington that local éfiterprise has heen killed? Are all thesé things trile that the anti-New - Dealers have been saying for the last 11 years? Does: - too much interference from Washington make the -

| people soft? Have too much WPA and 6€C and NYA.

and AAA and FSA mide it impossible for the Améri- - - can people to ight and win the war on thé home front. - The scrap drives of an Omaha shouldn't be the, . exception, but the rule. If évery community in the. . country did as well on the scrap drive As Omaha did, - the jobs of a lot of Washington co-ordinators, dirée- . tors and government propagandists would bé unneces- . . sary. a It would show local rommunities that they could . emancipate themselvés from all this federal panipéring not ofly for the duration of the war but: forevér after. Amen.

A ‘Woman’ S Viewpoint - By Mrs. Walter Forgusen.

’ . . am CHALK UP THE mald short= , age as a domestic blessing That's ~ what it will amount to; or I miss my fuess. If you pe, just’ stand around and listen to. the. comments of distracted housés:~ wives who hav¢ been able to af- _ ford a servant and now find thems - - selves without. any. It's good to. hear them laugh at their predicas -; ‘ments and blunders. “I hadn't cooked breakfast for . my husband for 18 years,” said the oldest woman in & group of six, “But if thé por déar can ve until I get the hang of things, We'll have fun, I like a bride “he Another held up & bandaged hand for all to see— kitchen-scarred women are numerous thése days. “I've

spent the summer literally hanging over the kitchen

sifik. Just look at mé& Did you ever see such a sight?”

nerves get their proper rest, too. This Is the New America

perience and matured judgment—| help.

the common sense and knowledge of

human nature, that comes only with |

years of legal practice. The questions - which arise most frequently in our courts are com-

“| the bar Association and it is not

difficult to see why they withheld seal of approval.