Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 October 1942 — Page 22
eis anh ti-Comm “| he is opposed to & lot of New: | are either Communists, guest
New Yorks ew
a travelers. { Theretore & the president pated
wy issues in state, county and city Ei are less
el) y to develop. To a large degree they have not developed
Generally speaking the two major parties have . nominated state and local tickets well up to their ordinary standards. In contests where the qualifications—or lack of | S&L qualifications—have appeared so evenly balanced as to ancel each other, we have made no indorsements.
In the contest for attorney general we have indorsed al’
Democrat, without disparagement of his opponent, because we believe Governor Schricker should have, in: this par-
ticular post, a man of his own political party. .
For auditor of state we recommend Richard T. James
because of the excellent record of administration he has made during his present term. For secretary of state we recommend Winfield K. Denton because his past career indicates that he is highly qualified for this post. ~~ For superintendent of public -instruction we very strongly prefer Ralph Watson, for Yeasons previously stated.
HE T ally likeable gentlemen, both with clean records in public service and in private life. In our opinion neither has so far offered an adequate program for city administration during the next four years as a basis for their claims to election. ‘We make no recommendation. ‘Louis Ludlow has been a diligent, conscientious and effective representative of this district in _corigress. " He
Two of the superior court judges, Russell J. Ryan and Henry O. Goett have made outstanding records on the bench, and we recommend that they be re-elected. Two excellent candidates seek the juvenile court bench, but we believe the record of Judge Wilfred Bradshaw has clearly earned another term for him. We print below the complete tickets of. the two major parties, with our indorsements indicated:
- For Republican Voters For Democratic Voters : : SECRETARY OF STATE Beratch Rue Alexander. .eesnin favor of...... Winfield Denton § AUDITOR OF STATE : Richard T. James... tavececssaree «...Scratch E. Curtis White STATE TREASURER. : Harry E. McClain i SUPT. OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Betateh Clement T. Malan.. ..in favor of....Ralph Watson g oh ATTORNEY GENERAL . Emmett....in favor of....George N. Beamer TE AND SUPREME COURT CLERK F. Verne Bauldridge SoPREME COURT JUDGE, 4th District Roscoe C. O'Byrne APPELLATE JUDGES, 1st District A. J. Stevenson : : Charles H, Bedwell apPELLATE JUDGES, 2d District } George E. Hershman Charles E. Smith
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CONGRESS - Scratch Howard M, Meyer. .+in favor of....Louis Ludlow : _ PROSECUTOR Oscar Haggmier surERIOR COURT JUDGE, Room 1 : : Joseph T. Markey ‘SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE, Room 2 Herbert M. Spencer e SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE, Room 3 - Scratch Emsley Johnsen Jr:....in favor of....Russell J. Ryan 8 R COURT JUDGE, Room 4 Berstch Walter Pritchard. 3 SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE; Room $
Herbert Wilson _ CRIMINAL COURT John L, McNelis PROBATE. COURT :
Davia . Lewis " JUVENILE COURT Scratch Mack 9 w. ts” in favor of.. . Wilfred Bradshaw
COUNTY "Charles R. Ettinger ~ counTY AUDITOR ‘Al G. Feeney
COUNTY TREASURER Robert Allison COUNTY RECORDER .++.8Cratch Hannah A. Noone OUNTY SHERIFF * James P. Scott COUNTY CORONER John A. Salb COUNTY SURVEYOR ‘Barle L. Johnson COUNTY ASSESSOR Louis J. Wahl -
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I L. Montgomery : COUNTY COMMISSIONERS vteh- William T. Ayres... ssesssssqssssnes .+v.100 J. White for Ray Mendenhall | Harry Fr ‘Hohlt : COUNTY COUNCIL am H, Taylor Carl ¥. Brandt e A. ; _ George Sadlier he . Amos P. Stevens STATE SENATOR, ! John M. Kelley
omer STATE SENATOR
Arcata 8 Balz Robert E. Kirty J0Iy. STATE REPRESENTATIVE
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ty jobs 1s a good enough reason for anybody. eo We expect that the govertiment wil got as ull co3 Opetation tn this 8s In the strap ssmpalgn, 5 1
two An didatos for mayor of Tndisgapolis are person- |S
{Turn In Your Tires By S. Burton Heath
Misty gd indore largely |
composed of unassimilated Europeans and devoted to socialism and communism in equal halves and known as the American Labor party, held a convention in A
telephohe booth and nominated an unidentified man } : named Dean Alfange, who is s Tammany Democrat. |
- Mayor La Guardia and Dave Dubinsky, the .presi-
‘dent of the International Ladies Garment Workers’ | union, are out in‘ support of Alfange, who probably: ‘won't pull more than a nickel’s worth of votes, but all he does poll will be
ched from Bennett. —least of all Alfange himself—has any notion that he will run up a vote and they all know his candidacy
is serving no purpose but to cut down Bennett and as-
sist the Republican, Mr. Dewey, to get elected. It took the president about six weeks after the convention to indorse Bennett and that indorsement was so cold that Bennett came down with chilblains. Since then President Roosevelt has had fo warm it up a little bit.
How Is This for Arithmetic?
WHAT DOES THIS add up to? Well, let's see.
Two and two is four and eight is 12, times three is 36 and carry seven— Well, excuse my simple, homespun arithmetic, but in my book, it adds up to a deliberate intention by
the New Deal crowd to. beat their own ticket, that
of the Democratic party in the state of New York,
| and elect a. Republican, ‘whom they profess to view
with great. alarm, for the forehanded and ulterior purpose of discrediting Farley and wresting from him the control of the New York state delegation in the 1944 presidential nominating convention. There is nobody stupid enough to believe that La Guardia and the rest of the New Deal radicals who are insisting that Alfange has a chance actually believe anything of the kind. They know he hasnt a Chinaman’s chance and plainly. they have no intention but to mow down Farley for 1944. And they are
.| very apprehensive of what Bennett might do as gov-
ernor, because he and Farley both know ail the personalities and tricks of the Communist crowd and their New Deal fellow travelers and would address
. | themselves vigorously to the business of unmasking
the frauds who call their communism and slightly less forthright radicalism, liberalism, How is that for arithmetic? 2
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CLEVELAND, Oct. 30—As gasoline rationing: becomes effective , throughout ‘the nation in November, the government is making a drive t6 acquire all tires in excess of five per automobile. - The excess tires are to be paid for. put into a’ national stockpile ~ and’ resold under strict rationing to those who need them for war use. This is one of several methods by which, until the huge synthetic program gets rolling, it is hoped to keep automobiles running to move supplies, carry on essential services and transport war workers between homes and factories. '* When sutomobile owners register for rationing books in states off the eastern seaboard they will be required to give rationing boards the serial numbers of the five tires they are keeping, and to certify that they have no moré than five tires. In the eastern states where rationing already is in effect motorists will be supplied with forms on which, not later than Nov. 22, they must report the serial numbers of their tires, and notify the government Sha they have only five in their possession and owner-
ad t Be a Diechard!
MOTORISTS ARE ASKED to keep their best five tires, and sell the others. ‘The way has been made easy. All that is necessary is to telephone to the nearest Railway Express agency and say: “I have some tires for Uncle Sam. Come and get them.” The agency will pick them up and take them to &
| government warehouse at government expense. There | | they will be inspected and appraised according to a |
table, by size, by tread thickness aid need for repair. The owner can have either a check or war bonds or stamps in nayment.,
Theoretically the sale is voluntary. No motorist | need fear that a policeman or a
shal will .bring: a warrant and sel chooses not to sell. But, of course, there is the compulsion of tit for tat. If any diehard decides not to.co-operate for the good of his nation at war, the OPA will save his rub-
‘ber for him by withdrawing his gasoline ration book.
‘We do not think that this compulsion will need to
a ‘be used. The ‘American public has shown a tre-| | mendous willingness to do anything specific for which |
it is.given a good reason. The need to assure tires which to get war workers to and from their
Nobody |
nited States mar- | ‘his. tires if’ he:
The Hoosier Forum
I wholly disagree with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.—Voltaire.
“IT WAS WPA WHICH REALLY LOWERED SCHOOL TAXES” By F. J. D., Indianapolis I have read in the paper about how our present school commis sioners have lowered the taxes in the past years, and I feel it is
people. b Most people don't ave. any idea
how. all this - “money-saving” was done. They do not realize that this
|board is taking credit for reducing
taxes when it was actually WPA money that did it. I wonder if they know that WPA
|funds paid for the building of two
new schools, as well as for numerous improvements made in older buildings. A few of these improvements were. the pointing. up of buildings, new wire fences,: new
and heating systems. These are but a few of the operating expenses met. by the WPA which otherwise would have had to be paid out of the school: budget. How in-the name of common decency can the citizens’ committee take credit for this work when if was federal tax money which paid for all of it? It seems to me even a grade school boy could save the taxpayers money under these circumstances. This ' same citizens’ committee
gross income tax law and the liquor tax law came into existence during their term of office. These, of course, were both added sources of income, having paid a good portion of the teachers’ salaries. I wonder if the people have forgotten that when this citizens’ committee were in office for their first term (19281932) the teachers’ salaries were
some sort of trick to fool the|.
playgrounds, installation of stokers
does not tell the people that the.
Side Glances—By Galbraith.
(Times readers are invited to express their views in these columns, religious controveries excluded. Make your letters short, so all can have a chance. Letters must be signed)
only partly paid for the month of June, 1032. It-seems to me that the WPA has
done a good job of covering up for|
the citizens’ slate. How would. the citizens’ committee explain this? 8 ™ » “WAR WON'T BE WON' BY A BUNCH OF DRUNKS” By, aL Smarican and a taxpayer, 320 N.
One night last week I was awakened by a Jeud crash. It turned out to be a drunk had run into a parked car causing quite some damage to both cars, and also fore up some good tires, - - The owner of the parked car will
probably have a hard time getting
his car fixed up and will have. still a harder time getting more tires. The officer who made that run said that for the past four days the drunken drivers had kept them busy. “If IT was an officer I don’t think I could have: been very courteous with that drunk. Why not take a drunken driver right then in the same hour and try him? Why wait till morning when he can hire a lawyer and can get his case postponed, and postponed, and postponed until it is finally pe out of court. I speak from experience, about ‘two years ago I had | the same thing happen to me. This drunk hit five
jcomplaints. Keep silence, be
cars, mine being the last: After|§
making four trips to the police station on his trial because it was) postponed each time, he was: finally. fined $10 and turned loose.
Right now we are at war and this |} war won’t be won by a bunch of}
drunks, bu; by good, honest, sober
Americans, Even Hitler knows that,
and he is doing something about it:
Someone will probably say to me
that this is a free country and if a man wants to drink, that's his business. Well since it’s right out in front of him maybe it is. But when he causes damage to me or mine, that's my business. N The only guy we help now by having this stuff all over our country is Hitler, and he is helped every day in a big way by the use of hd in our
country. What do you say, Americans?
' 8 ”» » “TYPEWRITER ADMIRALS ARE OVERDOING IT A BIT” By James C. Courtney, 218 Ww. Beverly dr. 1f ever a man was harassed with advice from all groups, blocs, cliques, or whatever you may choose to call them, it was Abraham Lineoln. Taxed to the utmost to play his cards right so that he could bring the country back together again after the war, healing the bitter wounds and scars, he nevertheless was courteous to all suggestions, reserving the right to act upon them as he saw ft. ; But even he once openly became exasperated, when “a “delegation” took him to task for some action or other which had already been com-
pleted. He toid them to imagine that all their wealth was in the hands of Blondin, famous tight-rope
‘fwalker of the day.
“Suppose that Blondin held it in a rope over Niagara Falls,” he said. “Would you keep shouting; ‘Blondin, stand up a little straighter! Stoop a little! Go alittle faster! Lean more to the south! No, more to the north!
“Gentlémen, would you rock the :
cable? No! You would hold veur breath, every one of you, as well as your tongues, This government, gentlemen, is carrying an immense weight. . The. persons managing the ship of state in this‘ stonm are ‘do-|'
“ling the best they can. Don’t worry.
them with needless warnings and patient, and well get you safely across,” ‘The privilege of honest criticism
_|is the very foundation of our type
of government, We boast of our right to say what we please—Wwhen
| |we please: ‘And it is our right— / {certainly one of the basic reasons|
why we are fighting this war. Yet,
/]it seems to ‘me that some of our generals are overdoing it a bit. {Think over: this bit of advice given ih by the great SEABGIMMOE yi yours
i DALY THOUGHT “But God hath chosen the fool-
' sh things of the world ‘to con-
found the wise; and God hath
| chosen the weak things of tne
‘who intends to vote that party, the
‘Star-Spangled Banner”. is
for a party. But really it’s not as iomplotad I
you know how fo do it, you're over
| A List for Each Party.
OVER IN THE efitorial column today, 3 The Times’ list of indorsements. Xoud
t0 how our machines operate, A ‘ In other 0CHIeS OPER ers to0e ‘column left gives you this newspaper's opinions. at the Fight 1s. intended fo Now, suppose a
tuo 20 to his voting
turn to face the. mechanical ogre, O
; red handle of the curtain lever -
right as far as it goes. This closes | unlocks the machine. That's. Step No. 2 is reaching for
| voting. ' He pulls it to the ri
and then lets go. This step turns
¥ | pointers in that party row. t | And Take Your Time!
IF ALL YOU'RE DOING is voting a straight ticket, you're through. But this chap of ours who's following the list wants to make some scratches. . ‘Well, step 3 is pushing up with his finger
| pointers over the names of the candidates he ‘| to scratch and pulling down the pointers over
he wants to vote for. He remembers, too, that in the legislative Rist, he votes for 11, he can vote for any 11 re pn their . positions on the machine. He can’ more than 11 because the machine ‘sticks tries to get in the twelfth. : All done with his scratches, our man takes look to make sure everything is in order, and pulls the red handle to to the loft ana { is cast. That's all there is to it. And take your time! A minute is . to. do all this in. Just. remember that.
A Womans Viewpoi
By Mrs. Walter Ferguson
)
Jespess for Hime, ! ; brondeasiing stations sling : short ©
up to a hundred years from 0 As I stood around the night watching them i
precious gift to man. We dole it out, dividing he > into hours, half hours and minutes, without f nglt the least bit apologetic. The people who run radio stations split their seconds as easily as you and I sp infinitives. ; And the way time slows and speeds up in or these places is as much of a miracle as any rience you'll ever meet. The second hand @ gallops or drags, according to your own p mood. It seems fo be moved by your nervo tions. If you're scared and going on the air, ye suffer the tortures of all the damuag while one ute ticks away,
‘One Force . . the Clock
. WHEN I GOT:out again inte the still n saw the quiet stars, a new respect for these n women who manage the stations and direet r grams was born in me. Por it must be a deal to be always conscious of time and its p 858i To be sure, all of us share in this kind of 8 but for most of us there is escape in our not for them. All over the room, in every every desk, and before every mike, one force ¢ and rules—The Clock. Its face glares whitely wall. Inexorably it ticks, a minute, half a ming second--and the program must goon. : What a wearing business—to be aware the measured passing-of the hours. Yet life that sort of a business, isn’t it? The sun rises sets, the seasons come and go, with the same-ineyi ble regularity. And under his round sky-cup, ma
| held fast in the prison of time and tide,
Death ought to be a glorious adventure. for ‘release us at last from consciousness of th days, and let us rest in the blessed ore where nobody will ever have to know what 0 lock
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