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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 38, 1042

TIME TO MAKE A CHANGE

THERE is one curious side-issue in the state election a

" which has been. somewhat obscured lately. The citizens

of Indiana owe it to themselves to remember it—and b do us

‘something about it. The side-issue is that of religious education in the

public schools. The man who has forced that issue has been |

the state superintendent of public ingiruction, Clement T.

Despite the opposition of several ministers, Mr. Malan “has continued to attempt to force religious instruction into the public schools. = ° | ~The issue is not one of religion. If Clement Malan were to operate in good faith he long ago would have accepted .the suggestion that he turn the study of the problem over ‘fo a competent group of clergymen, the only men really in position to decide what is pertinent in a schoolroom where children of all faiths are gathered. The question is not “one of religion, but one of dogma. ~~ Mr. Malan’s opponent in the election, Ralph Watson, s former assistant superintendent of state schools, has ‘made himself perfectly clear. “It is my ‘personal belief,” he has said, “that due to the different religious faiths and due : to the fact that a number of religious groups maintain their own schools in order that they may teach their own religion, that the public schools should be free from religious educa- . tion as such. Infact, I believe this issue was settled in the ; formation. of the Constitution and in various legislative - measures since that time.” We indorse that point of view and urge the election ‘ of Ralph Watson next Tuesday.

“GETTING” HENDERSON . J JEON HENDERSON'S price-control job brings him into conflict with various economic groups. Doubtless he ‘expects criticism and is even prepared to take a certain amount of abuse without replying in kind. - But Mr. Henderson is talking back defiantly to the -farm-bloc senators’ who—as one of their number, Elmer . Thomas of Oklahoma, put its bluntly—are “out to get him” ‘by any means available, And we don’t blame him. He is being attacked unjustly and unfairly. ; The farm-blockers accuse him of “fouting and violatfor. the new. ‘anti inflation law. Their anger, of course,

‘include subsidies and other benefits to farmers in com- __ puting parity prices, and the senators contend that the law does nothing of the sort. : ' n 8 «8 ® 8 = RUT Mr. Henderson didn’t invent that theory. He got it from Senator Brown of Michigan, who managed the legislation in the senate. He got it from Attorney General ‘Biddle. He got it from President Roosevelt, whose orders _he is obeying. And he is supported in his position by Sec- . retary of Agriculture Wickard and by Economic Director Byrnes. > If the farm-blockers want to fight about it, they should go directly to headquarters—to the president. We wouldn't advise them to do that, for we believe public opinion is strongly on Mr. Roosevelt's side in the battle over special ~ benefits for agriculture at the risk of price inflation and ‘disaster for ‘everybody. It’s safer to kick Leon Henderson around, but it seems to us to be pretty cheap and cowardly politics, and we think Mr. Roosevelt might put a stop to it by making it clear that he. stands back of his price administrator. Mr, Henderson, with a big and terribly difficult job to do for the benefit of the whole country, shouldn't have to:waste time and energy defending himself for eanying« out the president's policies. “

TOO MANY RUMORS : SENATOR \ WILLIS, in a public speach is Bedford, said the VU. 8. navy is “almost out of commission in the Pacific,” and like Wendell Willkie and others attacked the governents secrecy policy. For a senator to make such weephis. staterients about fhe condition of the Pacific fleet is: regréttable and harmful,

Unfortunately many, ine Jongress and nang. more, citizens ’

rom | Houle, 337 pages.

1So They Say—

The old world is dead. It was dying even before 1 |}

dition, 1t can be said with

that in the 1044 convention Benne attempt by Mr, Roosevelt to name a wil successor. This is not debate. It is obvious fact.

If Dewey Should Be Elected— 3

EVERYONE IN POLITICS knows that Jim Farley has broken with President Roosevelt, both personally and politically, and that he has not ‘given ‘up-hope: that he may be nominated in 1944. ‘And everyone in politics knows, moreover, that if Mr. Farley sees that

he cannot be nominated ambition and join with other influential Democrats

to oppose the New Deal in the 1944 convention.

It is sure that if Dewey should be elected, he would |

tear into the corrupt New Deal organization, which uses a front of idealism but collaborates with crooked local and state machines wherever they exist, and would do his best to send many influential crooks to

- prison.

In particular, in Albany he would go after the disgraceful local machine which has prospered for years under the eyes of Governors Roosevelt and and would run down a good many of the union crooks who have had license to rob workers and employers under the New Deal's labor policy. :

"The Look of a Political Play"

LATELY MR. GigE hag stirred himself to break up one local ring of ufiion crooks in Newburgh, where the parasites of the crooked A. F. of L. organ ization have stolen brazenly. Edward G. O'Neill, an assistant to Mr. Bennett, went into Newburgh and did a careful, surefooted job and recently got indictments,

| but his action was so belated that it had the look of

a political play intended to beat Mr. Dewey to the punch. It is pointed out that Bennett lacked the authority to initiate this investigation without orders from Governor Lehman, which doubtless is true. But that only shows that the governor, himself, played politics by delaying his move against a notorious condition until the indictments could be timed to indicate a repudia-

| tion of crookedness in unionism at the eleventh hour.

Dewey has been a fine public servant in the offices in which he has served to date and there is certainly no reason to believe that he would be less able or energetic than Bennett as governor. On the contrary, his record indicates greater initiative and aggressiveness. However, Bennett is a firm man and, considering his close association with Farley and Farley's detestation of the socialism and communism, the sordidness and trickery of New Dealism, it may be accepted that he will just take the, president's support as a gift forced from him by political circumstances and will help Farley in 1944, owing no debt to the president or the New Deal party. :

The Harvey Girls

By Sexson ‘Humphreys

Screen rights for Samuel Hopkins Adams’ new historical novel, “The Harvey Girls,” published today, were sold even before the book was on store shelves. It will make a popular movie and Hollywood is undoubtedly pleased at the opportunity—in the face of wartime scarcity of men—to make a western film in which more women than men will be required. ; In 1876 Fred Harvey opened a lunch room in the little red depot at Topeka, Kas, the first of the chain of restaurants which followed the Santa Fe railroad from Kansas to California, There were few women in the southwestern frontier towns so Mr. Harvey imported girls from cities and farms farther east. Some of the Harvey girls become mothers of social, political and financial dynasties still prominent in southwestern communities. Mr. Harvey set high standards in his eating houses and for his waitresses. Santa Fe passengers could never be served unless they were wearing coats and

ties, and the meat course was invariably served by |’

the restaurant manager.

Better History Than Novel

® THE WAITRESSES were girls who had become tired of school teaching or seemed destined in their home towns to be genteel old maids. They lived in ‘dormitories as closely chaperoned as at Vassar. Their dances for the “gentlemen” of the community emptied the saloon dance halls and made the professional entertainers jealous. It is this rivalry between the uniformed ladies of Mr. Harvey’s restaurant and the beflounced “ladies” of Ocotillo st. which provides most of the action in Mr, Adams story of three girls who went West to work for Mr. Harvey. All three of course found romantic husbands in desert “Sandrock.” The book is better history than novel and will make: ‘8-better movie scenario than best-seller, but it mirrors a" colorful segment of life In he Southwest of the | early 1880s. i

THE HARVEY GIRLS. By By Semuel ‘Hopkins Adams, Random

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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.

“WHO CARES WHETHER I'M AN OLD MAID OR NOT?” ‘By Mabel Taylor, 437 Kingsley drive.

Just want to thank Mrs, J. H. Kennedy for giving her honest opinion of me when she said I sound like “a stuffy old maid’ for saying what I did about aute’ horns and these ‘just married’ hoodlums. In fact, such a compliment would certainly be sufficient proof to the U. 8. Navy that, as a prospective WAVE, I coyld ‘wave’ aside all romance for the duration. I understand ‘that this is really a require~ ment. I'm sure I could fill it and the navy could rest assured of it, Hardly think I want to say anything further about my being an old maid or whether I have ever been married or not. The Hoosier Forum should be filled with universal affairs instead of “personal” ones. Who cares about how eccentric T am? I don’t. I'm just glad I'm different. This is all I have to say except, “I appreciate the favor. I hope it will be my privilege to return it.” 2 2°88 “PLENTY OF CAPABLE MEN ARE WALKING THE STREETS” By Wm. Murphy, 1038 W. Morris st. .

Commissioner McNutt could have saved us that dribble about manpower shortage. These gaudy dancing gigolgs who set up these phony rules and rigid restrictions in these factories and defense plants are the chief causes of any labor shortage that exists. There are plenty of capable men walking the streets all over the country right now due to stringent medical regulations which these people stilt-insist om followg. : In a number of cases men who never had a sick spell in their lives are kept out of work because they cannot decipher silly graphs and charts that would tax a Chinaman’s ingenuity. At a recent meeting of office per= sonnel a government official warned them that they would have to dispense ; with most of their red tape and dead rituals if they wanted to keep their forces properly ‘manned.

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It doesn’t make much difference about this type of help, however, as they are generally unorganized

and possess the spinal fortitude of

mice so that double work can be imposed on them without much difficulty. 5 Another shining example. of the above mentioned red tape and restrictions is the hiring of these guards around the different defense plants. Now anybody who can get

‘around without crutches can handle

these jobs capably yet one is made to believe that it takes some kind of a superman to handle one of them. The writer has had several such jobs and he is not a Hercules or Chas. Atlas by any means. On one of these jobs 16-year-old kids handled them very capably. When you look around most of

| these plants and see these robust looking young bucks in about 75|

per cent of these jobs one is led to wonder how they Koop. ¢ out of Uncle Sam's way.

“ . 8» 2 “HOW ABOUT GOING TO WORK JUST FOR ONCE?” By Osear Hagen, 2110 N. Fepnsylvanis st.

I see where the Honorable Sam |hl

©. Hadden, chairman of the Indiana state highway commission and well known Hoosier political philosopher, wénts 10 bucks from every one of us who does not vote. ; How about taking the lead out of your pants and go to work for once and see how hard it is to earn 10 bucks and the high cost of living on top- of that? You say these $10 franchise tax funds would go to finance the ordinary organization eXpense of conducting a ‘campaign. ‘Well, 'I wouldn't give you a dime a dozen for all the politicians. I'm

Side Glances—By Galbraith

B- | |mignt beset “is, to.1t 18 much better] : ] ‘does some of the Lh

| many manual labor working hours

{There must be & lot of things that ‘| His: word ‘carries tog much finality |

{it someone else

not a Democrat, I'm not a Republican, nor a Red nor a Naz. I'm just a plain, everyday free working American 100 per cent. Also the rich Mr. Robert R. Reynolds (D, N. C:)) wants a 56hour week and no more 40-hour week with time and a half, How

do you put in a week, Mr. Reynolds? I believe in getting in there and pitching when there is two strikes against us, but even a" big league pitcher gets paid during war time. And as for McNutt, yes, I'm a Hoosier; but I hate to admit it, as that is what McNutt is. He sure was named right, first he was a Republican, now he’s a Democrat, then ‘a Hoosier and now a Washingtonian.” Read your constitution of the United States, McNutt. In the 23d part you will find: that no forced labor except in prisons,

etc. of the people of the United|; States unless shortage of manpower |# Well, you don’t have |}

in wartime, to use forced labor. I'll tell you where there's plenty of men. All those in’ ‘Washington holding down' government jobs and there is thousands and ‘thousands of cheap politicians — hangers-on, bums, etc., we the people of these United States can, will and must do without. How about it boys, do you all want to’ work? There's plenty of Jobs, © : » “WILLKIE NO DOUBT SPOKE. THE WORDS OF F.D.R” By Voice in the Crowd, Indianapolis ; It is a whole lot easier on the ood pressure, if you figure out that Mr. Willkie is not playing with matches around the “powder keg. ” In this day when you can hgnsy buy a flannel shirt without to the war board about it, you oie write it all over the inside of your hat that private citizens (who can say anything) don’t travel around the war capitals, probably most of the way ‘in army bombers, as private citizens: °° No matter what Willkie-may say about it, he and Roosevelt and the dignitaries that Willkie visited |

surely did not consider it a private : matter. The hard-pressed people of |

Europe and of Asia needed the morale building that only a personal visit from an influential American could give them. Willkie was the man selected and no doubt it was the best selection, Mr. Willkie no doubt spoke the]

words of Mr. Roosevelt and as Mr.}

Roosevelt ‘would “have them said. Mr. Roosevelt does not dare to say. nd cannot account fr. delays that'

How to Win he War

WAR DEPARTMENT has found a new way to win the war. Outside the main entrance of the Munitions building in Washington there have been assigned two military police officers, one a major, the other a captain or lieutenant. Their job is to see that officers leaving the building salute properly, have their caps on straight, their coats properly buttoned.

The Hoarding Problem .

" GAS, WATER "AND electric companies complain to. Washington that their meter-readers can't gel into people’s houses to do their “work. Reason seems to be that so many hoarders have stocked up on tires, sugar, coffee, canned goods and even gasoline, to such an extent that they lock up the cellar and because of their guilty consciences, won't let even the meter-readers have a look, tor

fear’ they'll be reported.

Byrnes—And Five AsiiSants

JUSTICE JAMES FP. BYRNES, the new director of economic stabilization, has kept his staff down to only five assistants, which Is a record of some kind

' for Washington.

~~ But one of the assistants is from the bureau of the budget, an inevitable appointment for every new government agency that intends to grow.

That Ford Rubber

ALL THE TROUBLE that the U, 8, South and Central American republics are taking to increase production of native rubber in Latin-America has raised the question of what happened fo Henry Ford's Amazon valley rubber-growing experiment, Ford's first plantings were killed by a blight. New plantings had to be made and ,the years of nursing had to run their course again while the trees matured. The rubber tapped at Fordlandia, as the plantation is called, will be Shipped north: this year.

A Woman's Viewpoint By Mrs. Walter Ferguson

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IN PEACE TIMES we celebrate Armistice day with military programs. Now that we are at war, why not dedicate it to the study of a future peace? ; People of foresight agree that public opinion must be educated with the war effort. Unless we know enough to back up our lead“ers in building a better world order, we may find ‘ourselves where we were in 1919. And wouldn’t that be a tragic and ridiculous Position after our fine talk and our sacrifices? Yet many political prophets forecast ‘such a catastrophe.. It will ‘be more than easy for war-worn people and weary, wounded soldiers to pull the nation back into a darkly isolationist mood. For that reason let's not rail at those groups who ‘study post-war problems. There's a tendency to do it, you know. Somie people say this is no time to think or to speak about peace—we must first win the war.

} "Victory Would Not Mean Peaece"

WHAT THEY SEEM to forget is that war is caused by human’ behavior and that, until we can change it a little for the better, we will find ourselves with the same old conflicts on our hands. Winning military victories will not settle a single international problem for these are brought on by unjust tariffs, unequal distribution of raw malerials, by nationalism, revenge and hate. The successful solution of such matters will be necessary before we can win. As Frederick J. Libby rightly says, “Victory would not mean peace.” That has to be created by hard work of brain and hand, just as big armies are created. Many men and women now ‘burn the midnight oil to master the problems of peace which ‘are even more intricate than military maneuvers. They, foo, are making a contribution to the cause of their coun= try and democracy. oh newspaper sre their own. hay 4 are oh Regsasnsily these of The Indisnapells Times,

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