Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 November 1942 — Page 18

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1942

"AMERICAN STORY

THE romantic story of a Hoosier mechanic with a dream —and of a country where such a dream can come true — reaches a dramatic climax this afternoon-as the army and navy confer upon Allison workers and management the highest honor in their power to award. The dream was Norman Gilman’ s—a dream of a sleek, streamlined, thousand-horsepower engine to make America’s warplanes fly faster—back in the days when war seemed remote. There followed years of experiment and "toil. There were heartbreaking failures. But at length there was an engine. And then there came the day when it was bolted to an army test block to take the punishment it must survive to win approval. Hour after hour. it ran along—20 hours, 30 hours, 40 hours, almost to triumphant completion. , With a smile of satisfaction on his face Norman Gilman wrote out his resignation. His job was done. He planned to retire and rest. He smiled too soon. With three hours still to go, a broken crank-case stopped the engine. Norman Gilman tore up the resignation and went back to work. * * * ODAY Allison engines snarl their warning to the enemy on every battle front in the world. Today Allison engines furnish the power for more U. S. fighting planes than all others combined. The story of cornfields turned into factories, and of a little machine shop that grew into a giant arsenal is well known by now. Not so-well known is what made possible

the steady and growing stream of airplane engines—each ’

built to the precision of a fine watch, but all built by mass’ . production methods. American style team-work made that possible—the team-work of intelligent, free American workers, and of freely invested American dollars, and of free, imaginative American engineering skill. Alone none of them could have built a single engine. But many American war plants have all that. Allison’s had a little more. They had the sort of thing that keeps Mike Mennebroker on the job at 95, that brings hundreds of suggestions for scores of improvements in method and technique from Allison workers, dnd that sees those suggestions turned into more and better engines. It is the sort of thing that made Norman Gilman tear up that resignation and go back to .work when his first engine broke down. . It is the sort of thing that has won Allison this distinguished service award. It is the sort of thing that wins wars.

MUSIC NEVER DIES

ON Saturday night and Sunday afternoon, the Indianapolis Symphony orchestra opens its 1942-43 season. It seems almost needless to repeat that here we have one of the 15 major symphony orchestras in the United States— one of the 15 major centers where music still lives and flourishes. oo It is unfortunate that so many of our citizens consider the orchestra in the light of a luxury. It is actually a major civic asset. The record of the Indianapolis orchestra is a fascinating one. Started literally as a co-operative venture by local music lovers, it grew rapidly into a promising orchestra. And under the talents of Fabien Sevitzky it has blossomed into a first-class musical organization. We owe it to ourselves and to the city to maintain this orchestra. It will pay us dividends.

‘SOLDIERS: AND DRINKING A WORD from the men in service regarding the subject of drinking is highly appropriate at a time when the ~ prohibition lobby is seeking to clamp a camp-area prohibition clause onto the bill to draft 18-and 19-year-olds. The “following is part of an editorial published in The Wheeler Windsock, a newspaper published by men of the army air forces at Wheeler field, Oahu, near Pearl Harbor: “We do not ‘belong to the teetotaler school of thought, neither are we advocates'of ‘unlicensed drinking. However, we think we express the point of view of the average soldier

who believes that the question of drinking or not drinking |

should be left to the individual. The civil and military have laws regarding drunkenness and means of enforcing them. “Seldiers stationed for long periods of time in isolated places, sailors and marines who spend weeks at sea without setting foot on land (all of whom are closer to the enemy and danger than the civilian) have need at times of some relaxation. A well regulated bar where men may meet their fellows in arms over a glass of beer or a highball performs ‘the function of a service man’s club. There is not enough social life for the men in uniform on Oahu.

‘Who can ‘blame these ‘men for using public places for

unofficial clubs? “The mian in uniform knows he will be punished if he gets drunk. Consequently, the number ‘Which does is infinitesimal. “We are not preaching morals. We are defending the right of a service man to enjoy a bit of relaxation with his buddies over a few drinks if he wants to. If any break the law, let them be punished along with the civilians who

“Using the service man as a scapegoat by those who ould profit by pro ibition of liquor sales seems to be itting below the lt. We say: Give every man his adividual liberty. That's ‘what we are fighting for, isn’t it?”

ALL AGAIN

Fair Enough By Westbrook Pegler

NEW YORK, Nov. 5—0On Oct. 5 I received a carbon copy of a letter from Dr. A. E. Bennett of Omaha to a third person relating his experience with a strike at the University of Minneapolis hospital. The strikers, he said, were building service workers. The letter said: “I was called Oct. 4 as a consulting neurologist to‘ Blank, Minn., where.I examined a wom-

an critically ill with a serious brain disorder which,

necessitated an emergency brain operation of very. delicate nature in order to save her life. We took her by amulance 180 miles to Minneapolis, expecting to admit her to the University hospital. The surgeon selected met us and was ready and anxious to help the patient, but we were unable to get the patient admitted because of the strike.

“Because of the nature of the operation, it could |

not be performed successfully in any other hospital in Minneapolis or St. Paul. “In her desperate condition we were then required to take her by ambulance to the Mayo clinic at Rochester. This meant a delay of 24 hours before obtaining proper care which should have been accomplished in six hours.” It may very well have cost this patient her life.”

"Just About the Last Straw"

“VERIFICATION OF these facts,” goes on this letter, “may be obtained by calling Dr. H. C. McPheeters, 63 S. 9th st., Minneapolis. hy ituntion makes one wonder how much the American public is going to stand from haughty labor organizations before calling a halt. It seems to me that striking a hospital in order to obtain union recognition, thus causing unnecessary suffering to ill patients and endangering life, is about the last straw.” There is a little time lag in my correspondence, but precisely I wrote to Dr. McPheeters for his version of the case. Dr. McPheeters’ reply is at hand today.

What Dr. McPheeters Says— THIS IS WHAT he says:

“The facts related in your letter (meaning the car-

bon copy of Dr. Bennett's letter which was sent to him) are true and accurate. “The patient did go to the Mayo clinic. They made all tests possible and many that could have been avoided and finally at the end of six days came to the same conclusion that Dr. Bennett did. They did the operation just as Dr. Bennett had urged. ~ “At the operation they found that she did have the malignant tumor of the brain and that nothing could be done. She did not survive the operation. “Statistics prove that she had a 50-50 chance of the tumor being a simple hemorrhage in a brain cyst and this could be removed, with a complete recovery. It was for this purpose that the operation was advised by Dr. Bennett and later done by the Mayos. “I had a conference with Governor Harold Stassen the next day after the patient was here. I reported the entire situation to him and he finally was able to intervene and got the strike settled. Up to this time they had not permitted him to help at all. “It seems to us that strikes like this against the hospitals: when the lives of patients’ are at stake should not be permitted, by legislation.”

"You Can Roll Your Own"

THE FACT THAT the patient was doomed, as ascertained by later developments, was not known. at the time of her arrival at the Minneapolis hospital

and surely will not be permitted to confuse the case.

or abate the enormity of the blockade.

. Though the unfortunate. woman could not get well, the. fact remains that in her stricken condition she was required to travel still farther when she had already covered 180 miles. If any further comment is desired, roll your own.

Editor’s Note: The views expressed by columnists in this newspaper are their own. They are not necessarily those of. The Indianapolis Times.

In Washington Edson

By Peter

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.— Prices have been frozen or V-mail supplies. . Prices have been frozen on furnace grates and other parts going into conversion of oil burners into coal burners. . . _. ODT has issued warnings of more drastic control of motor transport. . . . is officially defined by OPA as “a community plan for dividing fairly the supplies we have among all who need them.” . . . Commodity Credit Corp. is planning to build up the stockpile of loofa sponges, made from the inside of the dishcloth™gourd.

Thirty million pounds of restricted wool have been

released for manufacture of floor coverings because the ‘short. fibers could not be used for clothing.

Got Your Stocking Ready?

ONLY 72 AND 80 octane gasoline is to be shipped into the east coast rationing area. . . . A customer who receives a delivery from one store is not supposed to-send his own truck back to the store for a pickup on the same day on which he has already received the delivery. and nylon stockings is to begin on Nov. 16, hosiery counters in stores being the collection centers. . There’s a shortage of sperm oil. ceilings have been lifted on the service of jputting out oil well fires.

One More Soldier Deadline

SOLDIERS OVERSEAS have been given catalogs of Christmas presents they may select by number and-have delivered to their families at home. ,, . Gifts to soldiers overseas were handled at the rate of about 350,000 a day, during October, . . . Gifts for soldiers in the U. S. should be mailed before Dec. 1 to insure delivery before Christmas. . Towel serv-

ices may now charge their customers for towels lost

or stolen, but not for towels gamegod.

So They Say—

We are engaged in an-all-out war to ; Xoo democ- | | racy alive. Democracy survives- through the courage

and fortitude and wisdom of many generations. And

that includes using not only bullets, but ballots.—

President Roosevelt. * . - ; To heed the voices of some candidates for office would lead us to believe that one particular party had

a correr on all the patriotism in the country. —Tllinols ¥

public. official. \

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The reason there is little crime:and delinquency (in Chicago’s Chinatown) is that in China the family | ¥

name is so highly respected ‘that every member of the

family feels the dishonor of any individual's wrong- :

doing.—Rev. John Mao, Chicago pastor. . ;

Rationing

. \ . Collection of worn and discarded silk | . 1° hp ah b hr is +s Side Glances—By Galbraith

“. + + Price control.

The Hoosier Forum

I wholly disagree with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.—Voltaire.

“WHY AREN'T THESE DOGS USED FOR DEFENSE?”

By Mrs. John B. Strong, R. R. 10

I noticed an ad, “German Shepherds, Wire Haired, Fox Terriers,

other dog lovers in Indianapolis and every other city in the United

protect dogs, why these dogs. are noi used for defense work when the papers and radio are always asking people to give up their pets to be trained for war work. Is it because the city needs the $4 more than our country needs the dogs? Why are, these dogs put to death when they could be so useful and: some of them are the finest type of .dog. I do hope that someone will take this up and see if we can’t use these dogs that are not called for in dog pounds. Let's give them a chance, I am sure they would all make good.

: # = 8 “SOME SEEM TO FORGET THEY ARE SERVANTS OF PEOPLE”

By East Side Taxpayer, Indianapolis

Why do lawabiding citizens . . . have: to be subjected to the discourteous and rude treatment of some of our motorcycle policemen? On Wednesday, Oct. 28th,. the writer, while driving east on Washington st. at approximately 12 noon, stopped for the traffic signal at Sherman dr.,, at which time. a motorcycle policeman pulled alongside and in a very polite (?)° manner said, “Yagottacutdownyerspeed.” I tried to explain that at no time did my speedometer register over 30 miles an hour. However, before 1 could utter more than two or three words the officer said, “I'm tellin’ ya what you're doin’” and finished his tirade by saying “Come on, git goin’.” Had I violated any traffic law or regulation, why did not this officer give me a ticket for'same with even

Collies,” for sale $4 each at the city dog pound. Will someone be good | . enough fo enlighten me and many|

States where people love and try to

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a semblance: of courtesy due any citizen? The writer has visited almost all cities of any . size in the entire southwest, having made four round trips to California ahd at no time or place have I- witnessed the utter lack of courtesy shown by a few of our Indianapolis traffic officers. Some men, when given a uniform, badge, gun and mace, seem to forget they are servants of and paid by the public,

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“WILLKIE, WE THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING THE TRUTH” By Charles William Schaffer, id N. New Jersey st. An open letter to Willkie: My dear American patriot: ~ What you said over the radic most Americans know. "And have known for some time. In fact all of us that are not deaf, dumb and blind could start where you left off and tell the American people volumes about how these .fiannelmouthed. liars have sold us. down the river at home as well as abroad. When one goes abroad ‘he dare not say he is. from America if he does ‘not want. to be shunned. Usually. they hold their nose because they. think you ‘are one of those .. flannel-mouthed liars commonly called politicians from Amer-

ica, who talk “bull” and do- nothing

but figure out some good “racket” to get ‘into where they can get “easy “money” and don’t’ have to WOrk. . « What we admire: you for was that you demonstrated to the world what

“real Americans” are — fearless, frank, honest. straightforward, outspoken. . They in Europe, Asia and Africa met a real American for the first time and were dumb-

.|founded that he ‘yas not a rack-

eteer. I think you have partially saved the face of America . . . We thank you for being the American you are and speaking the truth. And we thank FDR for having picked such a man as you to represent him, Sit tight, Mr. Willkie. In the very near future all the decent re-

spectable Democrats and Republi- | §

cans in America who are fed up

on the racketeers, gangsters and |}

liars in both parties are going to organize a third party, “the American party.”

from top to bottom, with malice

toward none but justice for all. . , .|#

2 8 8 “LABOR UNIONISM CAN CEASE TO BE A PUBLIC SERVICE” By Paul B. Sallee, Holton Intélligent and ‘honest labor’ or-

ganization is the only way an iri dividual workman can overcome the

slave driving low wage methods of|

the employer. But when a labor union is used for the personal benefit of, by and for its officials and a select labor union membership at the expense of the general public, and the unorganized who are unable to’ enjoy the benefits of the few high ‘paying jobs “organized labor has to offer, then labor unionism: ceases to be a public service and Jecomes . a low grade racket. ‘There are many fine men and good craftsmen who are members of organized labor, the same can be said of the unorganized but why should an incompetent union member receive high wages while a nonunion capable craftsman be refused employment on war work until he pays the high initiation fees, dues and assessments, If a few days’ of free work by union ' members Justify - such a shakedown then we have all been misinformed ‘as to what constitutes free citizenship ‘and patriotism in time of war or peace. . . “It's fine for ‘a ‘man to be intelligently loyal to the broad principles of organized labor, but when union members try - to ‘defend the- rotten methods practiced within their union, permit their funds to be| squandered ‘and sanction. the use of their organization as a-political instrument, then a citizen has sufficient reason to, question the right lof a labor union to be FScogniized a as a public’ instrument for good.

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‘| |“PEGLER’S LAST PARAGRAPH

WAS ‘A KNOCKOUT!”

| By. Mattie Withers, 1525 N. Arsenal ave.

I can’t refrain from expressing

‘|my ‘appreciation of Westbrook Peg- |" | {ters : Saturday: piece. paragraph was a “knockout,

It’s closing

“Mr, Willkie didn’t tell us ‘what he said when the Russians told him ‘how little of our stuff reached them, but. a pat retort would have been that we never mess around in their domestic affairs, and that this should be a lesson to them, nat to mess around in ours.” ‘Hurrah for Pegler!

DAILY THOUGHT Blessed be the God and Father

of our ord Jesus Christ, who

You will be our “presi- || dent.” And then we will clean house | §

Frankly Speaking

By Norman E. Isaacs

WHILE THE SUBJECT is 4 warm, I'd like to toss this voting machine business into the hopper again. Off hand, I'd say Marion county’s collection - of voting mas chines is just about this countryly prize batch. They were devised some bird who had an eye 8 party organization. You don’t vote for men on our machines, you vote * for parties. That's the reason for ‘the Ludlow episode. The machines are complicated enough, but our local, statesmen—Re» publican and Democrat, alike—see to it that they stay complicated to the average citizen. There is only one way: to learn how. to operate one of these machines properly and that is to get close to one and practice once .or twice so that you can understand it. But suggest to a local politician that a few mae chines be placed around to acquaint voters with the intricacies of voting and youll be treated as a leper, Even one machine! No, sir! Not one.

Have You Heard About This?

THIS IS NOT anything pulled out of the hat, either. There hasnt been anything said about it, but the record is that the Indianapolis League of Women Voters tried every trick in the book to get a machine —one machine—for the purpose of showing voters how it worked.

From Charley Ettinger to Bill Ayres to Henry Os= \_

trom and to everybody else, the story was the same, Just a grand ring-around-the-rosy and no machine. The Indiana Federation of Women’s Clubs had the same idea. In the end, the federation called up the league to see if the league couldn't help them get's - machine! "Needless to say, all the league officials could do was laugh.

A Story in Itself

1 GUESS THIS thing would be funny if u wasn't so indicative of the political mind. The story is clear. The politicians on both sides of the fence agree on one thing: They do not want the voters to learn how to scratch a ticket. And, as a result, few voters know how to scratch. Look at Tuesday's returns. The amazing thing is that 5500 people apparently knew how to scratch. That's all. That's the amount Ludlow ran ahead of his ticket. But look at the rest. Look at the state legislative ticket! More than 158,000 votes were cast. - There were 11 men on the Republican side running for the legislature, 11 on the Democratic side. The 11 Republicans were elected by an almost solid: vote of 83,000 and 84,000. The 11 Democrats were defeated by an almost solid vote of 72,000 and 73,000. Doesn't that tell a story all its own?

And Talking About Paying— ih

. THE VOTERS ought to get on their hind legs about this thing and tell these great minds what they want. There ought to be one voting: machine in every public school in Marion county for. a month preceding the election. with a competent person to instruct the voters on how these devices operate. And it ought to be compulsory, too, to put elees tion workers through a pre-election day session te teach them how to open and set up these machines so we don’t have to go through the spectacle of having 81 machines jammed at one time. The voter pays the bills. And it’s about time he got a break.

A Woman's Viewpoint By Mrs. Walter Ferguson

MAYBE I'M WRONG, but the sight of a picket walking up and down in front of a popular coffee shop these days seems to me as ' fantastic and ludicrous ag some= thing out of Alice in Wonderland. At noon the people pour from _ their stores.and. offices,. swarming like red ants over the downtown area, on a hunt for food. Reéstau‘rants, ‘drug stores, hotels, “tea rooms, hamburger. stands and clubs are crammed. There aren't. enough waiters to serve the crowds, nor enough cooks to prepare the meals. . Cashiers are at a prenijum and seats. at tables hard to get. Hungry hordes of and women shove each other around. The picketed coffee shop is as filled with customers as all the other places. Why, then, do Jabor unions insist on going through these ‘motions which may be permissible in peace times, but make no sense in a country at war. It certainly looks like a waste of manpower to keep pickets on the march now, especially ‘since they seem to make no impression whatever upon_ the public consciousness. : :

"What Thoughts Went on?"

THE WONDER IS that’ the public consciousness doesn’t register hot anger. ‘ With men dying in" the Solomon islands, with mothers gétting théir 18-years old boys ready for army service, and with Uncle Sam crying. for workers on farms and in defense plants, wouldn't you think picketing could be dropped for the time being? . +1 watched the man who was assigned . to the une

| pleasant’ task. Up and down he paced, hat pulled

close ‘over. his eyes, seemingly unaware of. his sur« roundings. He was as methodical as ar automaton, People dodged around his wooden placard, and. one - man-evén begged pardon for jostling him. The shop which his ‘sign charged is unfair to culinary workers was doing ‘a land office business. - I wondered what thoughts went on in his bowed head. Did he suffer humiliation? Did he ask hime self why he was not engaged in constructive war work . or why his superior siould ‘subject him to the shame= ful ordeal of obstructing, rather than helping, in the war effort? “Which leads up to the biggest question of all: Why should unions carry on their business as usual when the rest of us are ordered to drop ours?

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Q-Is’ ‘there any hme reason why Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd was named “Evelyn”? = A—Thé story connected ‘with -his name" “Evelyn’™ dates back to the 17th century. Evélyn, the daughter of William II, in the Byrd dynasty, considered b “fairest flower of ‘ Colonial Virginia,” while visiting® in England, ‘was a belle at the Court of London. “Af¢ the ‘Court of George II, she met and fell in love with the Earl of Peterborough. He gave her a thin, worn, white gold ring set with. plighting their troth. When her father. learned. of her love. for the nobleman, he was. enraged. - Evelyn the engagement, returned. no more to Engla: died at the age of 30, heartbroken. During the. turies since; four Byrds in the male line have

| the name “Evelyn,” and each Byrd so called

Evelyn's. ring to his fiancee. The ring still down’ the-generations, recalling the Sragedy’