Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 December 1942 — Page 10

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Give Ligit and the People Will Find Their Own Way

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1942

N GETTING TO WORK [HE biggest problem confronting Indianapolis is how to get to work. ‘ Ten days of [gasoline rationing, coinciding with the

biggest Christmag’ rush in local history and unusually un-

avorable weath4r, have thrown a load on public transpor-

tation systems, inside and outside the city, that strain them

to the limit. Rut there is reason to believe the peak of

There :s very little margin left to handle more local

_ passenger traffic, when and if it is thrown back on street-

‘cars and busses.

: Indianapolis street railways have thrown their entire eserve into service already, and it has been barely enough

to meet the immediate necessity. Suburban bus lines re-

port passengers standing, in crowded swaying motor coach-

~ €8, as many as 20 miles twice a day on their way to and

from their jobs. Neither streetcar nor bus lines have any

more cars to put into use, any more facilities to handle

passengers. o HE 16 steam railway lines that radiate from Indianapolis like the spokes of a wheel are ideally situated to

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: ~ handle suburban commuter traffic over most of the city's

. natural suburban area. But they, too, are hard pressed by

war demands, have neither engines, nor cars nor men, to put into such service.

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sidered, and it is not too soon to begin considering it. ‘dianapolis streets already were becoming heavily congested

i The problem is one that must be solved.

It is vital, not only to this city, but to the winning of Rthe war, that Indianapolis workers get to their jobs and to their homes, and that the essential structure of community “operation be preserved. Continued production at the city's <great war plants is an obvious necessity. But it is also “necessary that the service and the merchandising, and even the recreational aspects of Indianapolis living be maini tained—for they, too, are highly important to keeping weapons rolling out of wap factories.

Various expedients have been. vroposed, or tried. “Club” ride sharing plans for private automobiles have worked well when applied to neighbors who work in the same place and on the same shifts, and have not been generally very successful beyond that. ” » ” ” ” » 'PORADIC ride-sharing—in which private autos pick up whoever happens to be waiting for a car along their route downtown—offers some possibilities, probably not

‘enough, and runs quickly against the reluctance of many

“persons to get into a car driven by a stranger, and the re-|

luctance of many drivers to pick up strangers. Bus and

- streetcar men have canvassed every prospect for hauling

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more passengers with no more cars or tracks, effected some worthwhile improvements.

There still is doubt whether all these ideas combined ‘will handle the traffic load when it actually reaches its crest. i There stil! is room for constructive suggestions. It may be a job only OPA and ODT can accomplish. The immediate crisis is acute, and demands an immediate solution. But there is a long range problem, as well, to be conIn-

“by auto traffic before rubber shortages reduced private

driving. There is a very definite limit to the city’s physi-

. cal capacity to handle more private vehicles downtown, a

limit that may very soon be reached after the end of the

war.

If Indianapolis after the war is to be a metropolitan

community of 630,000 or 750,000 population—as seems not

improbable—suburban transportation vastly more adequate

than we now have will be required. It will have to be

faster, mote comfortable, more convenient. On whether

_ it is then available may depend whether the city does re--alize the possibilities that are so plainly in sight—or wheth-

er it shrinks back to pre-war size and importance.’ Into that picture, again, the steam rail lines fit per-

- fectly—and to them it no doubt will present a most attrac- * tive substitute for the war boom business which supplies

the bulk of their revenues today.

MacARTHUR’S VICTORY

acARTHUR'’S capture of Gona in New Guinea is evidence, if any were needed, of his generalship. He had

jo do it the hard way, and with little or no naval support.

So our planes had to do the work of both air-and-sea-

"MacArthur s ground troops, mostly Australians, licked

‘the Japs with their own method of infiltration.

While recognizing this as a big achievement, Americans mist understand that the job is far from complete.

After Cona’ s twin base of Buna is taken, there remain the mores New Guinea bases of Salamaua and Lae, as well:

Rabzul, chief base in the Solomons, and 800 miles further noth the Japanese Pearl Harbor at Truk island. MacArthur and his men are winning on a small and eglected, but highly important, front.

1s ABOUT TIME. HE United States’ travel bureau is said to be asking for its own death sentence. This bureau, with about 100 employ, es, is part of the national park servige in the inior department. Its director, W. Bruce MacNamee, is 0 ed to have refused to ask for a new appropriation, ng the money might better be spent on.the war. And that, of course, is a fine attitude on the part of pes amc But. what we'd like to know is why this ermument agency, whose function is to encourage citizens wv, has been allowed to survive thus far into a period ther government agencies are Trantically urging ng-not to travel, .

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By Westbrook Pegler

Hopkins lives: in Washington which, since the New Deal moved in to the tune of “Happy Days I F38 Are Here Again,” has been the

States and always was up in first division. So we can understand how he came to remark in that piece of his in a December magazine that “because some Americans believed that we could continue business, cocktail parties and golf, as usual, we have been fighting with one hand tied behind us. ” Incidentally, the representation that Mr. Hopkins wrote this article is a false representation which, in my understanding, is fraud, because he didn’ t write it,

| but we won't labor that point, although I have always

despised spookery since the old world series days when the press box was so full of wraiths doing literature in the name of a lot of pencil-chewing numbskulls that the late Don Skene remarked one afternoon that it looked like a haunted house. You would think, or anyway hope, wouldn't you, that a man rating Hopkins’ job and lecturing the American people on their duty to their country and themselves would be smart enough to put his simple

| little thoughts into words?

Somebody Ought to Tell Harry

JHERE 18 in this sentence by Mr. Hopkins, per his ha'nt, however, a suggestion that he associates business, cocktails and golf all together and that seems to call for an exception, although all three of these American institutions have their merits and, in due proportions, have been known to mix agreeably. The picture of the American businessman drinking Manhattans or old-fashioned cocktails at his lunch day after day and getting heavy-eyed and babbling the hours away until just in time to stagger back to the office and sign his letters before going home is a faded souvenir of prohibition and the era of wonderful nonsense. Things certainly were pretty bad back there in the days of the foul amendment, but just as bad in Washington as anywhere else, if anyone should ask you, but not now any more. The cocktail party is a thing of the past except in lit'ry and political circles, as Mr. Hopkins would know if he really knew anything about the country which he admonishes so firmly and the people who used .to golf were months ahead of him in recognizing that golf must be from now on only a week-end relaxation, if not just a memory.

Who Is This Guy, Hopkins?

WASHINGTON IS apart, socially as well as politically, from the rest of the country and Mr. Hopkins | may have got an impression from passing through | the lobby of the Mayflower or watching the various

hotels that the drinking and innocent helling-areund which go on there are typical of the U. S. A.

of the rest of the U. S. A. It is kind of hard to like the tone of Mr. Hopkins’ bossy article, considering that all he ever did to qualify as one of the foremen of the American people was charity work, for he says, per spook, that “we should not be permitted to ride a train” without evidence that this is necessary and that “No American, anywhere, not now in the war effort, should be allowed to decide for himself how much he will do.” The point is who is this Hopkins to be warning and threatening the Americans and lecturing them as though all those not in the services of the government were a lot of drunks?

Her Master's Voice By Paul Ghali

BERN, Dec. 12.—Vichy France is being brought into line with Nazi * ideology and military designs at a speed only equalled by the Czech example. Although Vichy is still, according to Hitler's own words, an autonomous administration, the Germans now give direct orders to French officials and these orders are carried out. A few days ago Jews were ordered to carry identity cards stamped with the word “Jew” and were forbidden to leave their localities or residence. As the Vichy radio put it, this was the first step toward the total elimination of Jews from French life. It is obvious that a Prench administration only survives because it is convenient for the Germans and it will go the very moment it displeases France's military masters.

All of the Same Cloth

FOR THE NAZ’S, the situation of France is clear enough as it is. An Italian comment a few days after the scuttling of the French fleet clearly let the cat out of the bag when it said that from now on France was an enemy-occupied country. In Vichy, officials are fleeing their posts. Laval has apparently circularized the heads of the French administration forbidding any officials to leave their posts for any reason except dismissal. Speaking in Paris, German-inspired Jacques Doriot launched the most violent attack he has ever made against his lawful leaders. Doriot called for the formation of a government which would inspire confidence in Europe—a new formula for the “Nazi new order”—and urged the necessity for a new French revolution.

We the Women

By Ruth Millett

“GO HOME and put on ea dress. Then come back and testify.” That is what a Tennessee judge recently told a young woman who appeared before him dressed in slacks. The girl couldn't prote the women of America can. Back in the days when slacks were “play clothes” a judge might have had some reason for thinking they weren't dignified enough for a court of law. But today, slacks are “work clothes.” They have taken on new dignity now that they have become a work uniform,

! This- Is a New Day and Age

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slacks are so necessary to the work women are doing: today that high priority ratings have been issued for the manufacture of women’s overalls, ‘coveralls and slacks? A judge, or any man, has a perfect right to think that skirts are more becoming to women than slacks. But the time is past when a woman in slacks should be considered improperly dressed. If women want to wear pants, they certainly have earned the right. And, if pants are good enough for women to wear when they build airplanes and work

| on assembly lines, then they ought to be good enough

for women to wear in any court. in the land.

NEW YORK, Dec. 12.—Harry

drinkingest city in the United

state societies at play on their big nights in various |

That would give a rather discouraging impression

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HASN'T THE JUDGE heard that the WPB thinks

The Hoosier Forum

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

HARSH ON HOUSEWIVES” By Mrs. James Evans, 301 W. Morris st.

To Mrs. D. A. Waggoner: : I have just finished reading your article. I think you are a little too harsh on us “poor little housewives.” Mrs. Waggoner, I think everyone appreciates the work you defense workers are doing. However, there are a few people in defense work who seem to think the rest of us; should look to them as gods. Then there are the ones who realize the importance of their jobs and really | work for the good of our country! and their particular job. ’ If you read this Hoosier Forum | regularly, you must have read the! letter from the man giving the housewives a little pat on the back which I think is a well deserved pat for the majority. I have a husband in defense work, a daughter in defense work, a son in the navy in active duty, eight at home to cook, wash, iron and care for—three of those in school, three small children at home —so0 won't you please take me and a few others like me off your list of “fiddling-faddling housewives” and more power to you, in your work. I wish I could be one of you.

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» ”» » “WILL G. O. P. GIVE US SAME KIND OF A ‘DEAL’'?” By Mrs. H.. 0. Neale, Indianapolis The supposedly “wisecracks” and “funny cartoons” being published about the questionnaires, rationing, etc., are rather (as in “ah”) interesting. I wonder why some of these people in business (any kind of business) don’t ask a serious question or two themselves, which would appeal to the brain—if we have one— such as, “Will the Republican party give us the same kind of a ‘deal’ as we were given prior to the Roosevelt administration?” Why do people (I know some of them) who are living fatter and freer of financial worries under the

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to express views in

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New Deal than they have any time {in the past 20 years, with a good government job drawing a nice salary—and yet they can't find words ugly enough to say against

| the Democratic administration, and

{vote for the Republican party? When the people become so low in intelligence that they vote the government back to Wall Street, how can they know a silly question from an intelligent one? If someone will attempt to answer these simple but rather serious questions, I would like to answer

some of the silly ones, as I am sort

of a moron, too. I'll wager these questions will never be seen in print. (The $64 question.) Why? ” ” » “NATIONAL LOTTERY WOULD RELIEVE TAX BURDEN” By Carroll Collins, Indianapolis How can you add more taxes on

the $25 and $30 man?

His very existence is a fight. He has the children who fight your wars, they are the plodders who pay as they go, who work and sweat for everything they get. The houses these people can rent are old, cold and dirty, The landlord, like the employer and the government, don’t give them a thought. They speak of ceiling prices, and they surely have hit the ceiling. Roll butter was 33 cents a year ago and now it is 53. Every commodity has increased but the wages. : These people, too, have doctor bills, dentist bills, clothing, insurance, fuel and, of course, food. The budget will be cut through the gro-

Side Glances—By Galbraith

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COPR. 1942 BY/NEA S

Guadglcanal—do you think:

if | called that wom

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"I've phoifed two doctors, but one is in Algiers and the other on

you could behave yoursslp ] an doctor?"

cery bill. Can the youth stand this | drastic cut? Now if you $10,000-a-year men add more taxes on that group, where will they git it? (Don’t tell me what England does; this is still America.) There is a solution and at present practical. A national lottery and by that I don’t mean to add more politicians on the payroll. Don't tell me it can't be done either. Sell the tickets only through the postoffice or its branches at $1 a ticket. Have a drawing every

per cent of the sale of tickets in prizes. Not more than $10,000 for any one prize. Pay off in defense bonds. I'd take them any time. If you lose your dollars, so what, the government prcfits by your loss. There ¥re 130,000,000 people in these United States and I'm safe in saying half of them would play this lottery. Of course some are opposed to gambling and the lower bracket men can’t play. Every town in the United States has some kind of a lottery and when the sucker wins, the government takes taxes off their winnings but refuses to recognize they exist. Is that fair? Now let's get togethér and flood the public authorities with petitions for:this lottery. It will relieve the tax burden.

28 a “WHY DOES COAST SHIP OIL WEST AND VICE VERSA?”

By John E. Overman, 3957 Washington blvd.

Do I smell graft in the eastern oil situation? Have’ we not heard that the Pennsylvania oil fields are the finest in the world? Don't you see Pennsylvania oil advertised all over the U, S. A.? Why not let the East keep all their fine Pennsylvania oil for the duration? Can't we use our own good mid-continent or western oil ‘for the sake of winning this war? Why do they have to ship west-

{lives being lost and the ships being

|the east ships oil to the west.

ern and mid-continent oil to the East from California and the Gulf of Mexico and at the same time ship the eastern oil to us? Does it make sense, or is it me? I have been in the automobile | business nearly 20 years and know the value of good oil as used in engines.

L has been sold on the public, but one knows (that is qualified to explain) that with this’ any oil should -be changed more frequently due to the accumulation of condensation in the crankcase. At higher speeds this condensation burned and dried out. Check up and, see how many 500mile race winners #med Penn oil. And how many won races with midcontinent or western oil? That would answer the endurance question, wouldn't it? : Penn oil trusts take note: I do not have a beef against Penn oil. I like Penn oil. I sell Pehn oil. All I am thinking about is the many

sunk shipping oil to the east while|®

Why can’t the east sell their oil in their own back yard until we: win this war? I don’t care to start an argument, of course; this is all one man’s opinion. But I would like to

See someone answer my - questions

and maybe I. will shut up.

DAILY THOUGHT Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. —Psalms 1:5.

"Tis a vile thing to ¢ to die, by gracious Lord, When men are unprepared and look |

month and give the public back 40]:

slow driving |

not. for it.—Shakespeare.

By Peter Edson

rh 3 oy ® 5 nt , WASHINGTON. Maybe it’s about: time to Ee out in the open this subject of the U. 8. army wanting .to take over and run things. ‘ The charges are that some of the army brass hats, now in the saddle with practically unlimited money to spend, have suddsnly grown conscious of their power and weary of the way politicians have run things since the last war, and are ambitious to achieve a military dictator« ship which would lead to fascism. Specifically, it is charged that: 1. The army wants to run industry by obtaining control of civilian war production. 2. The army wanted to run manpower by having the manpower commission placed under the selective sérvice system. 3. The army wants to run the civilian economy, even to the extent of taking over determination of whgt items of civilian supply should be cut and how much, including control over rationing. 4. The army has set up a school to train military governors for occupied countries, and these military governors will be switched to governing the United States when the right time comes. 5. Army censorship is a threat to American freedom of speech, “1

On and On Runs the List

6. THE ARMY is taking over and subsidizing all the big colleges and universities, destroying the American system of free education, 7. Army insistence on suspension of the Sherman anti-trust law in certain war production industries makes possible a return of big business monopoly, 8. Army's’ system of concentrating such a large percentage of its contracts with big business is a trend toward elimination of small business from the Ameri= can scene, 9. Army insistence on exemption from price ceile ings for certain items of food and equipment endan= gers the entire national structure of maximum price regulation. 10. Army now has the largest appropriation of any department of the government and because of that fact is taking over many of the programs which other departments of the government would like to operate if they had the army’s manpower and money, 11. Army doesn’t need 7.5 to 10 million men and its insistence on so large a force is the main cause of the present manpower shortage. 12. When this war is over and the 10 million men come home, they will form such a powerful minority group that they will dominate the country.

Boloney!

THIS LIST could possibly be extended. but its long enough as it is. It is also a lot of hogwash. Where do charges such as these come from? When . you run most of them down you will find that they

| originate with other bureaus of the federal governs

ment in Washington. All of these bureaus have something to lose if the army should usurp some of their prerogatives. And there you have it,

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Our Hoosiers By Daniel M. Kidney

WASHINGTON, Dec, 12.—When Byron Price told the senate judi= ciary committee that he now eme ploys 14,000 persons in his bue reau of censorship it brought quite a lecture from Chairman Frederick VanNuys, an old-time Hoosier= Jeffersonian Democrat, who long has been battling Washington bureaucracy. “Without charging your burean specifically, Mr, Price,” the sene ator sald, “I want to say right here and now that I am getting damn tired of the way these bureaus treat the laws passed by the congress. “They take no note whatever of what congress had in mind in passing the law, but twist and turn its interpretation to suit themselves and with no thought in mind but accomplishing their own purpose. . “When congress writes a law it should be carried out to the letter and not written by’ Washington bureaucrats.”

Byron's an Old Hand at It.

BEING HOOSIER-BORN himself, Mr, Price took the lecture in his stride. He treated it like anyone from Indiana treats a political speech—ignored it. In fact the censorship head made such a good witness that Senator VanNuys praised shim at the close of the executive session. “Of course, I do not agree with his stand that they have a right to censor Alaskan mail ‘without any further legislation on the subject,” the senator said. “But I do want.to say that Mr. ‘Price “made a very fine witness. We must have discussed all phases of this subject, because we went’ into session / at 10:30 a. m. and carried on until 3 p; m.” = | Senator VanNuys gets a big bang out of being chairman of the judiciary committee. S¢ much so that many friends here predict that he probably will want a third term in the senate.

A Sweet Job By William Philip Simms

I am now selling: Penn oil peeatise). i

Ye oP © WASHINGTON, Dee. 12, Df agonally across the avenue from the White House, in the Historie "Blair mansion, the 41-year‘old president of Cuba, Col. .Fulgencio Batista y Zaldivar, is now the: guest of President Roosevelt and the United States. You'd like Batista. Swarthy, young, and smiling as though he'd never known a-more dangerous occupation than passing a cup of ‘tea, he has led one revolution and put a stop 10 others —onee, at least, when unarmed by even so much as a penknife.” Built like Jack Dempsey, he is one of ; ‘the most unusual visitors Washington has had in a long time. If Batista has his way, one of be getting an extra spoonful of s! =~ you can get the coffee, weil

Finding a Way Out Bes,

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3 > THANKS TO HITLER, something’ like 1,700,000 tons of sugar still remains in Cibah warehouses. This belongs to the American government, but lack of shipping prevents delivery. +A million seven hundred thousand tons is a lof of sweetening. .It foots up to about three and a billion pounds or just about half a pound a week per person for a year—our present sugar ratiom. . . This sugar is now in Cuba's way. Her 1943 crop is coming on. A way out simply must pe found, for Cuba's sake, for our sake, and for the. ‘sake of the allies, who want and need all the sugar t : The chances are that a way will: ja fou un only to help clear up the sugar onagon but Cuba's other problems as well.