Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 November 1942 — Page 11

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. —Most encouraging development of the week on the manpower situation is the fact that Bernard M. Baruch - is working on it for the president, For a short time Baruch had an office along the “parlor, bedroom}:

NEW YORK, Nov. 14—Concerning democracy in the treatment of the sexes, as he put it, Henry Wallace, the vice president, said in his speech to the Congress of American Soviet Friendship, whatever that was, last

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Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1042 *

“EDDIE DOES IT AGAIN 3 E’LL turn up,” said Mrs. Eddie Rickenbacker a week - or so ago. “Eddie's too old a hand to go getting lost now.” we Those of us who know, respect and admire Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker prayerfully echoed that courageous hope. Today it has come true. Eddie Rickenbacker has been “ found alive. That he has gone through harrowing experiences is evident from the fact that he and his companions were forced to bury one of their number at sea during their ordeal. : But Eddie's alive. And we hope we'll be seeing him ~ soon as doughty and cheerful as ever.

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| TOWARD BEDROCK

3 THE latest program announced by Economic Director : Byrnes—calling upon industry to simplify and stand- ' ardize civilian goods—is designed to conserve materials and * manpower, and to help hold down living costs. There is no other country in the world that indulges in so many types, styles and designs of goods, so many frills and trimmings. In peacetime we can afford the luxury of variety—but in wartime we can afford nothing that wastes labor or materials, Why have a hundred types and styles of shoes when we can get along with a half-dozen? Or hats, or shirts, or suits of clothes? Every variation of pattern makes for more manthours of labor, higher production costs—and higher prices. England, Germany, Canada and other countries that have been longer in this war have already gone far toward simplifying the problem of civilian supply. We are starting : late. We're not going to like it, because Americans don’t ‘like uniformity. But the requirements of war are pressing civilians toward bedrock necessities. :

THAT “SECOND FRONT”

UR “second front” in northwest Africa seems to have |

relieved Nazi pressure on Russia even quicker than the most optimistic hoped. : : Moscow itself reports a tremendous reduction in the Nazi air force operating over Russia. From a daily average of 1500 to 2000 enemy flights the figure has fallen to 200. Because command of the air was the most important single factor in the long German advance from Kharkov to Staling¥ad and from Rostov to the Caucasus, the significance of this apparent diversion of Nazi planes from Russia is obvious. We say “apparent” because it is too early yet to be sure there is not some other explanation of the few Nazi _ planes over the Russian lines. Nevertheless, Turkish reports—and Turkey has good reason to keep informed on German movements, since she has mobilized in fear of attack—agree that Hitler is withdrawing forces from Russia for a Mediterranean defense " or offense. Ankara says Hitler is moving one-quarter of his eastern troops from Russia through Hungary, Rumania and Yugoslavia; and that the transportation facili-

Sunday, that it had taken the war experience of Russia to demonstrate the completeness of our own failure. : / “The average woman (of Russia) does about as much work as the average man and is paid as much” he sdid. “Thousands of Russian women are in uniform, either actively fight-

have not yet, in the same way as the Russians, called on the tremendous reserve power which is in our women, but before this war is over we may be forced to give the women the opportunity. to demonstrate that with proper training they are equal to man in most kinds of work.” That is Mr. Wallace's idea of one of the mean. ings of democracy. It means that women become soldiers or factory hands and have the privileges of performing most of the kinds of work that men do.

"Women Do Enjoy Equality” IT IS TRUE that in the United States women are the victims of a wage differential in most lines of work. That, 'howevef, can be adjusted by raising their pay without any. alteration of the American form of government or change in the relations of the government to the governed. It represents only ‘faulty operation of the American system, not a fault

| of the system itself.

Otherwise women in the United States do enjoy equality with men. They vote and, except in a few states which cling to old laws, without the conscious knowledge of their people, their property rights are fully protected. Indeed, they enjoy special legal protection as the homemakers and the mothers of children and Amerjcan thought has always imposed on the husbands and fathers a duty to provide homes and the necessities of life for their families. It would seem that in Mr. Wallace's concept of democracy woman is degraded by this legal recognition ‘of her dependency, but the American people will be slow to emancipate her in this respect.

"Politics Never More Sordid"

THE ENFRANCHISEMENT of women in the United States, regrettably, has caused no perceptible improvement in the political hygiene of the country. It is only coincidence, to-be sure, and the women are not to blame, but our political life never was more sordid than it has been under the administration of which Mr. Wallace has been one of the leading spirits since 1932. One woman senator was elected by the intercession of the most brutal and dangerous politician in all our history, Huey Long, who was a dictator of Hitlerian stripe. The lady’s career has been otherwise undistinguished, one way or another. Another woman was sent to congress by the Frank Hague machine of Jersey city which has been denounced, in season, by Mr. Wallace's party as a horribly corrupt and utterly anti-democratic monstrosity, but out of season has enjoyed the most agreeable and profitable recognition from his party. A third lady has been serving as a cabinet officer of Mr. Wallace's administration since 1932 and has been a negative figure at best.

"What About the Moslems?"

IT SHOULD BE noted that Russia is an invaded country, right under the guns, in which every pair of hands and every muscle counts. If the enemy, striking the Atlantic coast, had swept our people to a stand west of the Mississippi, no doubt American women would be, as Mr. Wallace says of the Russian women, “in uniform, either actively fighting or standing guard” and we would have “called on the tremendous reserve power which is in our women,” to an even greater extent than Russia has on hers. A troubling thought occurs in connection with the purpose to extend the four freedoms everywhere in the world. American troops landing in Africa were solemnly warned . that deadly consequences might ensye if they addressed so much as a word to a Moslem woman. The Maslems are numerous and hosts to some very cranky prejudices.

ing or standing guard. We in the United States |

and bath” row of war production board headquarters. But it was too public, so he moved out and is again operating principally from his hotel room. ; Gradually - the administration of war production has been shifting into line with more and more of the recommendations which Baruch had made throughout the 1930s when the various army M-day mobilization pland were being drafted. Baruch straightened out rubber, Baruch’s ideas on price control finally came

| to be adopted, Baruch’s ideas are reflected in WPB's

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The Hoosier Forum

defend to thé death your right to say it.—Voltaire.

disagree with what you say, but will

“PUT FARE-COLLECTORS ON CITY'S STREET RAILWAYS” By I. N. Hatch, 1043 N. Pennsylvania st. We: are at war and the best transportation possible will be barely sufficient for the host of war workers. Street railway service here is de-

'plorably inefficient. Recently I sug-

gested two or more seats be removed near entrance door, this space to be used as an entrance

fares, not by the car operator, but

their fare. .

entrance only and rear door for exit only. Many times people can not either get on or off the car because of congestion in front of the door.

blocks of main thoroughfares and two blocks on cross streets, instead of present horse-drawn vehicle timing.

space and for the collection’ of |

by a fare collector, thus allowing ousted Wm, Larrabee for doing too 12 to 15 passengers to board the car,| much standing by the president at and the car to proceed at once while fares are being collected in please note.) approximately the same time it now takes one or two to enter and pay. |gressmen to heed the will of those Use present entrance door for sirs, and we mean it. . .

| STATE'S AGED CITIZENS” Have traffic signals timed for four.

Last week the supreme court handed down a unanimous decree on all contested points, and favorable to the aged citizens. Suits similar to the one just now adjudicated, that had been filed in more than a dozen counties, were held in abeyance subject to this high court decision. . . .

(Times readers are invited their these columns, religious conMake your letters short, so all can

to express views in

troveries excluded.

have a chance. Letters must

. = » » ‘i “HOW ABOUT A WEEK FOR THE WOMEN-AT-HOME?” By Julian Bamberger, 901 Security Trust bldg. ©

be signed)

And he has been in the wrong more than once. .".". We of the 10th district have just I see by the papers that we're go-

ing to have a “Women at War”

week, honoring those women who are serving in the military forces, defense plants and civil voluntary organizations. Well, that’s fine, and those women deserve a lot of credit, but how about a “Women at Home” week, honoring those women who day after day are staying at home, looking after their families and taking care of their homes; hard, monotonous work, without benefit of brightly colored uniforms or gay station wagons. ; Let’s not forget the women who are takling the toughest, most im-

the wrong time. (Mr. Springer, The people of this country have spoken in this elec-

tion, and they- expect their conwho elected them. We repeat it,

# 8%! “COURT DECISION HAS AIDED

By Louis W. Heagy, 216 E. Ninth st.

A decision handed down by our state supreme court a few days ago, involving real estate and personal property belonging to some 50

new controlled materials plan. If Baruch’s ideas on manpower could be put over, some of the present confusion on that subject might be eliminated.

WAVES Are Taking Over

THE: WAY THE WAVES—the lady sailors—are taking over the navy department is one of the current sensations in Washington. It’s a regular occurrence now for some salty, wind-burned old desk admiral who previously had viewed with horror the idea of women in the navy to come around and requisition several hundred or a thousand WAVES for this or that department. ’ One reason the admirals are learning to like the WAVES is that they are selected with more care andy higher qualifications than the girls offered by the y. civil service. : ! More important is the fact that the WAVES, being in the navy, can be bossed around better and can be disciplined when they don’t obey orders. vy

A Slip of the Tongue!

CREDIT DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN, editor of the Journal of the American Medical association, with one of the neatest slips of the tongue on record. The’ voluble doctor was testifying before Senator Claude E. Pepper of Florida, investigating the shortage of medi= cal men in war production centers and the activities of the procurement and assignment service which has been recruiting doctors for the armed services. ; Said Dr. Fishbein, “I always believe in obeying the laws and orders of the United States government wherever possible.” Then he caught himself and asked that the last two words be struck from the record.

Pity Poor Puerto Rico

WAR'S HARDEST HIT spot under the U. S. flag is Puerto Rico. Tipoff on that is the tremendous in crease in WPA rolls on this island territory, now running at 28,000. Only two U. S. states have larger WPA rolls today, New York and Pennsylvania. Lack of shipping to haul Puerto Rican exports— principally sugar and rum—to the mainland and haul machinery and other supplies to the island has been the cause of its economic near-collapse.

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

Military Logic By Major Al Williams

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. —1t took a long while for the pro- * fessfonal military men to understand that a new type of mobility and speed was the vital key to this war. Successful war strategy is based on logic. A sample of just what the lack of logic can bring about is the failure to keep supplies moving fast enough to, provide the air forces with all it : takes to make air forces useful and effective. Too much concentration had been poured on increasing the speed of combat weapons, such as fighters, bombers, etc, with too iittle attention to taking their ammunition, bombs, gas, oil, spare parts and manpower off wheels and putting them on wings, It won't be surprising if the future discloses that some of the combatants are carrying imore tonnage of supplies by air transport than the total weight of bombs dropped. x

portant job that .a woman can have, because washing dishes and sewing buttons on Junior's clothes is just as important to the war effort as

Operator's sole duty, the opera-| thousand Indiana citizens, having tion of his controls. If all the above! an approximate value of 50-million be done, plus discontinuing the dollars, was over-shadowed by wideToonerville Trolley” practice of spread victory news from all war

~~ ties of those countries already are jammed in the process. : * *

There's Another Side to It

THE FIRST PRACTICAL field lesson as to what | air transport of supplies for warfare could mean

Mr. Wallace's concept of democracy as an affront and this freedom _xvould have to be- imposed on all Islam by force of arms.

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They would nao to regard this phase of

these Moscow and Ankara reports are accurate, Hitler

already has made his choice among the hard alternatives forced on him by the triple allied success in defending Stalingrad and the Caucasus, in routing Rommel in northeast Africa, and in occupying northwest Africa. Hitler could continue his all-out gamble in Russia, and risk protecting his Mediterranean flank with small forces; or he could attempt a diversion offensive against Ireland, or even England; or he could accept the Mediterranean

~ pattleground which the AEF-BEF are trying to force upon 3

him, | He seems to have chosen the latter. 7 ‘But this tip-off on Hitler strategy—if it is a tip-off in stead of a trick—is still more useful to the Russians than ' to’the British and Americans. For the Mediterranean is large; and Hitler may ele¢t the obvious and strike in the Italian-Tunisian-Libyan center, or on the western flank

Beyond the Alps By S. Burton Heath

CLEVELAND, Nov. 14—I make no pretension of being a military authority. And most certainly I feel very uncomfortable pouring cold water upon the first real heart-warming the united nations have enjoyed for a long time.

_ Nevertheless, nobody who seeks |

to help interpret current events would be living up to his obligations if, in appraising what is go- - ing on in North Africa, he failed to get out an atlas and consult the physical features

stragglers after starting, I am posi-

at least three, or possibly four as operated at present... ,

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|“PEOPLE EXPECT CONGRESS-

MEN TO BE RIGHT!” By Deems E. Mourney, Anderson

Most .of our new congressmen are stating that they will stand by the president in his war policies. As to

This stand on the part of our congressmen cannot be approved in full by their constituents. : We want our congressmen to stand by the president only when he is in the right. We most decidedly do not want them to stand by him when he is in the wrong.

stopping two or more times for fronts.

tive two cars will do the work of!

that, many of the people will object.

‘trator. The case was promptly ap-|.

any other work, and looks a darn sight less glamorous, from where

To the general public who read f I sit.

the supreme court decisions, it was just another decision, but to the thousands of old folks of Indiana who had surrendered their small holdings, in order to qualify for old age asistance, and had skeptically looked forward to a favorable opinion, it was manna from above. This suit originated in Allen county when Fred Pottoff, as ad- ie 8 ministrator of the David L. Trisch| have been looking for a new name estate refused to accede to the de-tand- “Maverick” is excellent. It’s mands of the county welfare board. | typical American and in case Mr. In the ensuing contest in superior|Dinney don’t know it more mavercourt No. 2 of Allen county, the cks, are being born in America every court ruled in favor of the adminis- | minute. . . . : . My definition is that a maverick is an American who resents being branded. Either Democrat or Republican as those two brands have been inbred so long by filth, cor-

#2 x = “WATCH MAVERICKS STAMPEDE IN 1944, MR. DINNEY!”

By Charles William Schaffer, 835 N. New Jersey st. :

Just a word of thanks to Mr. J. Dinney of Columbus for his suggestion of the name “Maverick” for Mr. Willkie and his followers. We

pealed by the welfare board. to our state appellate court and their de-

was the Italian campaign in Abyssinia. The Italians had only about 7500 motor trucks to supply whole army corps, with air transport making up the vast deficit. : Today there are transport planes capable of carrying 16,000 to 18,000 pounds, working feverishly be= tween supply bases and remote combat fronts. First the- combat control of the war moved into the air, and now lines of communication have followed. : It’s not solely the 300-mile-an-hour bomber the 400-mile-an-hour fighter that will win the. air war. The great load-carrying transport, lumbering along at 155 to 175 miles an hour and able to take off and land at 55 to 60 miles an hour .on a short runway behind a rapidly-shifting combat front will play a vital part. Tel mio

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from France and Spain, or on the east through neutral . Turkey. Meanwhile, the allies have the advantage because they have the initiative. They can keep the advantage only by remaining on the offensive. It is no secret that Eisen- - hower in the west and Alerander in the east believe ‘n hitting Hitler hard before he can hit them.

ruption, graft, lies, etc., that they perchance had better build up the breed. The mavericks roam with the better of both breeds. And the better of both breeds are fast becoming mavericks. Stick around till: 1944, Mr. Dinney, and watch these mavericks | stampede. Let’s call it the 1944 rodeo. Many: thanks for the new name. It's “perfect.”

of Southern Europe, which we assume is to constitute the site of the effective second front. : "Look briefly at any good physical map of Southern Europe. You will see that there is just one narrow. path up from the sea which is not obstructed by mountain ranges. That is through the Rhone valley. The mouth of the Rhone, the foot of its valley, lies | west of Marseilles, France. _. i To the west of the Rhone lie the Cevennes moun- | tains, ranging upward to more than a mile in height, : va. em ~Y : ; | but with relatively low foothills and generally good ¥ Ro : Jo \. ; i transportation facilities. To the east of the Rhone : \ Wo : : valley lie the Alps, heralded by Mont Blanc, almost 16,000 feet high. Italy itself is cut off from the rest of the axis by’, ranges of the Alps towering upward from 6000 feet, with only one gap until, to the east, the foothills. toward the Danube valley are reached. :

A Solemn, Heartfelt Warning

THUS EVEN the most amateur consideration re-

Side Glances—By By Ruth Millett

. “YOU INSULT the intelligence of your acquaintances when..you . pigeonhole them.” So . says a man who has a wide variety of interests, but who has found that since he moved to- the country most of the people he sees in’ the course of a day start talking to him about the country. . He knows it isn’t because most of them are interested in: the ~ ie edi 1s. COUNTRY ‘but because they have him pigeonholed in their minds. It is a lazy abit— but one a great many people fall into. ; Cra de “Stop a minute and .see if you are guilty. When James D. Williams of R. R. 1-A, i ¢ ; Ge We ta water | [ou ces Mis. Jones do yoy always poy HN this new gang and if they don’t dol. 17 yoy do you have a pigeonholed ;Mrs. J better fheyye not oly on tei Ro the mother of a baby. And if you have, p - |leg but out they go on the Tar — enough other people have, so that. she wishes faspayine citizens are U one occasionally would bother to start ta gusted and at last awake. her about something else. Especialls Mr. Tyndall, I think you're a fine} oo gance, and willing to man. . . . I'm well aware of the| —‘.... for a few hours. =~ changes that come in different ad- : * | ministrations but . . please can’t} you just let the City hospital stand as it is in this time of crisis? . . . What few doctors and nurses they have work fervently and patiently without. a murmur and I know the | welfare workers, social service workers and all, both Democrats andy Republicans, feel thé same way. | Forget polities and let the City.lX ‘| hospital ‘stand. as is, at least until | {the war is over. I don’t work there.

AGREED \ : FRIEND who greatly admires President Roosevelt =" says this to us: : “If Mr. Roosevelt had ordered our great second-front operation in North Africa started four days before the lections, instead of four days after, a good many Demoatic congressmen might have been saved. But a lot of s critics would have hollered that he was sending our | veals that reasonably ‘convenient. access from the forces into actien with political considerations in mind, I a gant Ie EE don’t hear his eritics praising him for doing what he so | fensesin a relatively few strong points which we must bviously did—thinking only of the best military moment | assume have been thoroughly prepared against any to take the offensive, and not at all of political opportun- Pion Shigal as now looms

! y ? This does not mean that the united nations canjsm. Don’t you think he deserves praise for that?” not march to Berlin from the Mediterranean. It does The answer is, we certainly do. : ® : E ‘ . .

# 2 8 Ty “FORGET POLITICS AND LET CITY HOSPITAL STAND”

By Mts. Thelma Quakenbush, 3224 Schefield ave, Xr

I'm behind you :100 percent, Mr.

mean that the current operations are child's play as contrasted with what is to come if this really is preliminary to a second European front. It means that the casualty lists are nearly all in the future. It means that in the light of the most realistic information available from Central those who now talk of peace in a twelvemonth must have locked their i prains in dead storage before they opened their! mouths. ‘ : It The news is swell. Even second-guessing, I agree with the strategists who planned our present course. [{ If it fails, I shall still think they did the proper thing |

give solemn, heartfelt that

PIPPA PASSES | “HE Tokyo radio described the Nazi occupation of Vichy * France as “most friendly, most delightful, most cheerl, most, most wonderful.” ~~ ; > Really my dears—they must have added—it was too, divine, Those sweet Frenchmen were simply ecstatic 1 the dear boches. Everything—but definitely, every-1

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