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/ 7 BATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1942

DARLAN, DE GAULLE AND GIRAUD THE assassination ‘of Darlan calls for closing of ranks behind the Roosevelt African policy, and a firm hand in dealing with all who sabotage the delicate position of Eisenhower’s forces, At various times Darlan was called a traitor by the De : Gaullists, the British, the Russians and the Germans. But President Roosevelt found it expedient to deal with him. First by keeping contact with the Vichy government of “which Darlan was joint dictator, and then by accepting . Darlan’s aid in the allied occupation of North and West ‘Africa, the president kept the French fleet and bases from * Hitler and obtained the latter for the allies. _ "The survival of Britain, liberation of France, and final allied victory, depend largely now on allied ability to get the

: full benefit from this achievement. But the allies will not

- get that unless the De Gaullists, the British, the Russians and the American minority opposition, immediately cease ~ the factionalism which undermines the stability of the French coleniges and jeopardizes the A. E. F. We offer no apology for Darlan, and none’ is neslléd: We hate the totalitarianism with which he was tainted until he joined the African front against the axis. But, what- - ever his faults, he gave his life for France.

8 s ” 2 » 2 ¥ +. ‘he pledged: * “When France is free again and her own mistress, she ‘will choose her own government and responsible leaders”— _ whieh i is what President Roosevelt promised in explaining to De: Gaullists and others the temporary nature of the miliLary expedient. Darlan closed with this appeal: ** “There is one supreme task today—the task of win- ‘ ning the war . . . today union is indispensable, no matter - where or when and no matter who shall be the pivot of the ‘union. It is not a matter of persons. sity of co-operation.” In the fateful situation left behind the allied lines by

It is only a matter of neces-

his murder, his, appeal for unity should touch not only the}

* De Gaullists but also the Darlanist governors and generals. They are strong in West Africa, in Morocco and in Tunisia. If they are true to their fallen leader, this crime will result in a closer alliance for victory against the common enemy. - In the name of France, patriotic Darlanists and patriotic De Gaullists should unite under the temporary leadership of Gen. Giraud——because he is above factions, because ~ he is the hero of the French people and ihe symbol of resistance to Germany, and because he is already the accepted military commander of the French armies under Gen. Eisen- - hower.

. PERSONAL PATRONAGE EP. RAMSPECK of Georgia, chairman of the house civil service committee, will ask the new congress for funds to finance an investigation of federal personnel practices, overstaffing of government agencies, and the ‘personal _ patronage” system. : ‘That system, he asserts, dominates the office of price * administration and the war production board; and is to . blame for many of their troubles. : Men get into responsible positions because they are 5 = friends, fraternity brothers or college classmates of | men =: still higher up. The result is that such agencies are staffed with “en-

~ tirely too many economists, professors and young lawyers” |

_ —=people “who don’t know how to deal with the public” and = “whose regulations are‘almost beyond understanding.” . Mr. Ramspeck thinks it's worse than the notorious S polished) “spoils system.” He adds: “When a man gets a key job he immediately brings in * his personal friends, while other men of capacity who may

ix want to serve their government get the Washington merry-

_. go-round. : ie * “When a senator or representative recommends a man “= for a federal position and that man turns out to be a bad __. administrator, the people back home know who is responsi- ~~ ble for that appointment. When a ‘personal’ appointment - is made, the people don’t know whom to blame. We members of congress get blamed for it, even if he didn’t have ¢ a thing to do with it.” te Mr. Ramspeck, however, is not arguing for more Ppoot litical patronage for congress. #5 He is one of the ablest students and strongest supa porters of the merit system in government. He speaks from expert knowledge, and his criticism of the personnel practices that are flourishing in the war emer- -. gency commands respect.

= HELPING THE FARMERS

- THE U. S. department of agriculture probably knows what it is doing when it urges farmers to milk their cows three times a day, and certainly the department's pur- © pose—to increase the average cow’s yield by 10 per cent—is praiseworthy. =a ‘We see by the papers that Farmer U. M ‘Holmes of Towanda, Pa, has increased the yield of his Guernsey cow,

Marie, says Mr. Holmes, has become so fond of music that she no longer waits for him to show up and turn the _gwitch. She gives it a nudge with her nose. JE © It may be that Marie is not an average cow. It may. e that the agriculture department’s average cow. would ‘in similar fashion. But a combination of

s seems worth trying—three milkings a day,

each milking, 3nd go:perhaps 8 20 per vem,

$4 a year; adjoining) states, 75 cents a month; |

his last public statement, shortly before assassination, |

It is all the same whether it is I or somebody else. |

Fair Enough |

By Westbrook Pegler

NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—Charles » Michelson, a Washington political correspondent for many years and lately resigned from the job of press agent for the Democratic national committee, bids a sour farewell to journalism. In ‘an article in Editor and Publisher, he says that practically every important exclusive n2ws story emanating from Washington ‘stems from a breach of faith, perhaps the violation of an oath of office, and he says Washington hewspapermeén, though regretfully, color their stories to suit their bosses. These be pious thoughts from cone who, in the same piece, compares himself, in his own newspaper career, to a receiver of stolen goods and who, in recent years, saw no impropriety in accepting $10,000 a year from a big radio corporation having delicate dealings with the political agency known as the FCC while he retained his job with the New Deal party and his latch key to the White House. Tc consider his allegations, it is necessarily true that most, by far, of the breaches of faith or viola-

tions of the oath of office during the last 10 years.

are chargeable to members of the party’ which he served and always with partisan bias.

There Is No Bill of Particulars :

THEY WERE IN the majority, at times overwhelm ingly so, in congress, and they monopolized the executive and administrative posts from which the leaks occurred, including the White House, which, he says, is the leakiest establishment in the government. In one case, a cabinet member traded little exciusive news tips for friendly publicity, but that one, it happens, was not dealing with a newspaper reporter. He was trading favors with a radio outlet. Mr, Michelson thinks well of radio, for, he says, his party had to take to the air to: get its message across in recent elections, In another instance, J. Edgar Hoover, in ‘Miami, held up news of public importance to which the pub lic was entitled when it matured, beyond the hour when the Miami papers had gone to press, in order to give it exclusively to a broadcaster who had slavered over him with personal ballyhoo. It is Mr. Michelson’s contention that anti- New Deal editors have been the sole offenders in the matter of coloring Washington news. Chapter and verse would serve better than generalities and it is impossible for the decent American press to reply in the absence of a bill of particulars.

The Files Will Tell the Story

BUT, ASIDE FROM the Chicago Tribune, which frankly angles the news out of Washington and found in John Boettiger, the president’s son-in-law, an énthusiastic angler, no other case comes to mind among the press which is frankly anti-New Deal in its editorial policy. On the other hand, the Tribune's political emphasis in news dispatches is temperate and dignified by comparison with the brutal blackguardism of several conspicuous New Deal papers, whose correspondents, at least two of whom have reasons not to use their true names, he would Seem to regard as sincere and ethical journalists. For it is a fact that those who love the president

‘most, express that affection, not by praise of him and

his policies, but by vilification of his opponents in such ferocious terms that any critic of the administration, whether in congress, in print or on the air,

knows in advance that he will be personally atissd by

lies and innuendoes, which he can never hope to catch up with. The files will show that President Roosevelt has had command of page 1-—-and plenty of space inside--throughout his rule and that his views have been thoroughly presented to the people, usually in his own words. ’ ‘ No Washington reporter could, if he would, tamper

} with the-text of any presidential comment message or

speech and none has tried to, unless there be minute

1 cases of honest misinterpretations of some remark at

a press conference.

Science By David Dietz

_ CLEVELAND, Dec. 26.—Amer-~ ican universities and colleges, in collobaration with the Kosciuszko Foundation, are making plans for observance on May 24, 1043, of the 400th anniversary of the death of Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish genius and father of modern as- - tronomy. r The movement is under the direction of Dr. Henry Noble MacCracken, president of Vassar college and of the Kosciuszko Foundation. It is important; in time of war, to remember why 8 war is’being fought, and this anniversary will help us do that. As the announcement by Dr. MacCracken says: “Today, for the first time in 575 years, the alma mater ‘of Copernicus, the University of Krakow, has been closed by the invader, the professors of that university imprisoned, thrown into a concentration camp. Two-fifths of them are understood to have lost their lives for the crime of being connected with the university of Copernicus. All the visible monuments of Polish civilization have been destroyed, but today Copernicus stands, the irrefutable answer to the invaders.”

Hitler Enemy, of Education

COPERNICUS WILL still stand, long after Hitler is but an ‘evil memory, and so will the whole glorious company of great scientists of all countries—Kepler, who was a German; Galileo, an Italian; Sir Isaac Newton of England, and Einstein, whom Hitler drove out of Germany. «It i§ well to remember that Hitler is the enemy of education. In every occupied land he has turned to the destruction of institutions of learning.

in ‘Washington

By Peter Edson

Rasamarion. Dec. 26. = Coinage of a new U. B. 3-cent piece is being

. by the mint as a -saving de-

vice. Yes, metal saving. They |

figure it this way:

As most 15-cent cigarets now |

sell _for 16. cents, unless you have

culation, you could get two coins in change, | piece. ab 1-cent piece, involving only hal:

considered |

RDAY, DEC

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The Hoosier Fora

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

“RATIONING IS: NOT ENTIRELY NECESSARY” By Mr. L., Indianapolis It is said that a man cannot be referred to as “Mister” unless he owns a dog. I reserve. the right, though, to sign myseif as Mr. L. in spite of the fact that I do not own a dog. I ‘also wish to raise my voice against any and all rationing. It is not entirely necessary. There will not be—and there never was— waste among the greatest majority of our people, who are the working class. None of them ‘has ever practiced waste of their haxd earned livelihood. In spite of the present rationing, the waste that has always been practiced in the past will continue, for it has always been practiced by the most influential class who can afford it and they will use their influence to secure extra rationing consideration.

* a =» “SUCH SITUATION PROMPTED BOSTON TEA PARTY”

By Pat Hogan, Columbus

The experience of Mrs. Landlord, a widow with two sons in the armed forces, and is forced to play Santa Claus to her tenants, shows the characteristic asininity of bureaucracy at its best—that is best for bureaucracy, and worst for the taxpayers who support it. Even a snake will .not bite the hand that feeds it, but, in the rent control setup, we see that the parasites who exalt themselves to the|as position of prosecutor, jury and judge are absolutely devoid of common sense and common justice. , . . Wot everyone has the patience of Mrs, Landlord. If in her predicament, I would lose no time or talent in punching the rent czar’s ngse, and I am sure that one thorough treatment would . . . make him understand that this is America and not a Hitler-ruled nation. Such a stunt would undoubtedly land me. in jail, but it would be worth it, for then this vicious theory could be brought to court and exposed for its rank injustice. Understand I know neither the landlord or the rent czar, but I do know that no American Juage or

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jury would uphold sich gross maladministration of a public trust. Why should anyone work, plan,

for others, knowing there is no chance to get a dime out of this investment and still be taxed for giving it away? It was just such a situation that prompted the Boston tea party. Landlords should organize and take legal .action to blast these

from public office. . . . : ‘s = = “WE HAVE A JOB, LET'S DO IT” ~ By Mary Shamway, Columbus When I hear of people hoarding and griping about shortage of gas or oil, I feel they are just as bad as the six saboteurs that 'we caught. Can’t people realize the things we are forced, or rather asked, to do are for our own good and future? Why can't we be ‘proud we are Americans? And be glad to do without things at home so our boys can have them. Here are a few New Year promises let's make this year ends: 2h If I can’t get butter, Ill take margarine. 2, If I cant get gas I'll walk and take the money I save and buy bonds. 3. If the oil shortage leaves us cold, put on more clothes. 4. If we can’t get meat just eat your spinach. 5. If you get that old feeling of griping again, just take a walk and look at our schools, churches, children playing. And then return home, get down on your knees and give thanks to our God. For we are, if we only stop and realize, richly blest. I know we don’t mean many things we say

but | if we just thank God for what

Side Glances—By Galbraith _

+ .|Dorothy Reic

save, sacrifice to invest in a home}

abominal bureaucratic parasites

| lot a 40-hour

we have, we wil forget what we

- {don’t have.

We have a 03 to do. Let's de it and do it nov ? 8 o “LET'S HAV MORE SPORTSMAN: E1P” By Mrs. M. P. E Indianapolis You publist d's letter from Mrs. which began “To Whom "It M: Concern, if Anyone. ” . x I read that le ter and I feel as though it con c1ns many of us and it got my dar cer up. She would ] ic. to have her brother home for nh: holidays because he’s been in 1: army six months and. she evn wrote President Rcosevelt requ sting a furlough for him. : iWell, Mrs.. = cidy, don’t you know that “Franklin D.” Claus? I am one of the several thousands of try who woul( brothers home #6 My brother i: 1 the navy and he hasn’t been rome in 21 months: This is his seccnd Christmas on the seas. He isn’t remoaning the fact that he is far «vay from all that is dear to him at t1is time. He knows he is doing His cuty and is anxious to get it done ouickly so everyone of the boys cain zet home. Now I'm askin; you, couldn't the Nazis have lots o: fun if all we had to do was write F. D. R. and request furloughs for our hoys? What would hapben to our =r ned forces if every mother’s son came home for Christmas? Another thing, have you given a thought to the wothers whose gons are never comin: 2ome again? Many of them will never know the spot Where their sors’ bodies have been laid. Don’t you reil.ze that it is our duty here at hone to keep Christmas as we alwz 's do, cheerfully and happily, so we won't forget how it is done? The loys “over there” aren’t forgettinc (low it’s done. Only this mo: ning I read that the U. 8. soldiers wre giving British children the kin¢ of Christmas we have here. Th: should prove how they feel abou: hristmas. Their absence from hone can’t be helped so they make tc best of it. Isn't it fortur ate for us that our boys have more iitestinal fortitude than the weak- ced females they have left behind? Let's have 1ro-e sportsmanship and patriotism » ub it all. see » «40-HOUR GR) a, RS, TELL YOUR RK £..80ONS” By Defense Worke: | 210 N. Meridian st. All this gripia: about the 40hour week that = being done by some of our: ‘“palr otic” citizens is not as unselfist 2; it seems. Ninetenths of the »-essure that is being put on cong: es to alter the 40hour law is put o: by the big corporations to sae money on their payrolls. Our plant (iciense plant) has been working :-v2n days a week for a year and - half, and we are eck, The 40-hour week provides fc: nayment of time and one-half fo all work over 40 hours, not that arployees can’t be worked over 40 ours. It is & rare

like to have their Christmas.

| |employee who vi refuse to work = | overtime. To yo!

\ ‘sripers” who at-

"| nority leaders praised his SeTYices, 2 ia)

isn’t Santa“

rcmen in this coun-}|

% Ow Hoosiers

By Daiel M.: Kidney

ule

. WASHINGTON, Dec. 26That Hooslers are handy at. getting and "keeping good, government -.jobs— whether they arerDemocrats or Republicans—is proven.; by the career here of Oswald Rya an. onetime G. O:.-P. Pagspeutor Ane derson, Ind. " With the New Year, fg begins a new six- yest term as Republican member of the eivil aeronautics board. Asa pioneer mems ber of CAB he has completed a four-year term at $12,000 a year. One of the last actions taken by the senate before adjournment was to approve unanimously the reappointment of Mr. Ryan and both majority and miatt \ r

First Named by Hoover

IN ADDITION, Senator Pat MeCarten @®. Nev) added this tribute: ¥ 3 “As the author of the act under which. Mr. Oswald Ryan is serving, I wish to pay the very highest pos= sible compliment to him for his very able, efficient, ‘and progressive administration while he: has been in his present position. pia” 2 “I think there is no man in the United States who could better fill the position than Mr. Oswald Ryan, and I am gald to join in the request that his’ Bomina. tion be immmediately confirmed.” Mr. Ryan's first appointment here was as generat

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named to the post by President Hoover and served from 1032 to 1938. So pleased was President Roose

to the civil aeronautics authority when it first was established in 1938. Later it became CAB:

Son Follows Dad's Footsteps

taken on global proportions. He illustrates that point by saying that the city of Indianapolis now is a great port on the air ocean and will increasingly become more so in the post-war world. Many of the new routes authorized iy CAB have first been flown by Mr. Ryan. They include Alaska, Central and South America, and both the Atlantic and Pacific:oceans. So fascinated was his son Noland with his father's flight stories that he quit his junior year at the University of North Carolina to become a flying combat officer with the U. 8S. navy: A daughter, Lenora, is a junior at Wellesley. Mrs, Ryan was Rebecca Noland, sister of the editor of the Indianapolis News, Although the family hes been resident in Washe ington for a decade, they often visit In Indiana and are closely associated with the great and.still growing Hoosier colony here,

Slaves Balk

By William Philip Simms

WASHINGTON, Dee. 26—Ine formation reaching Washington indicates that Hitler's military strategy is not the only Nazi idea

bensraum” conception - seems ‘in danger of collapse: Not only has the Alfred Rosenberg plan for a northern, eastern and central European Germanic empire gone on the rocks for ‘sheer inability to put it through; but the modified plan to, set up dependent slave states throughout Europe is likewise described as a failure. There aren’t enough Quislings for the top jobs, and the inhabitants of the occupied areas refuse to playgball. Originally the Rosenberg plan which Hitler made his, called for creation of a Nazi union embracing Scand avia, Finland, the three Baltic states, Holland. Belgi Switzerland, Austria, the better part of Poland and southern Russia, notably the Ukraine.

Great Britain, the Latin countries, Greece, and

what remained of Russia, would be so weak by come parison that they would be dependent on Nazi bounty,

People Refuse to Knuckle Down

out. Too few prominent traitors could be found, and they have tot been strong enough. Some failed because the people refused to obgy.them. Some were assassinated... Some mysteriously disappeared. In no, important instance have Hitler's. stooges met with outstanding success. As a result, Germany

vation, People refuse to be slaves. Where they can't help Shemssives, they do as little for the Nazis as possible.

We the Women

By Ruth Millett

ANY BRIDE ‘moving large city to & small ‘town take a lesson in how not to

stay is over and it. has been re-

vealed that Mrs. Di Ciceco didn't care for and Manhattan didn’t care for Mrs. has summed up her attitude toward people like this: “Manhattan, Kas. is miffed because led the red velvet carpet for me and I wouldn't walk it. 3 Suppose they tah that to Manhattan, Kas, coming.” No big city gi 4 ence people in a attitude.

How Not to Make wy

counsel for the federal power commission. ‘He was .

velt with his services with FPC that he named him .

WITH THE IMPACT of war, Mr. Ryan's job has .

| facing difficulty. ‘His entire “le-’

IN PRACTICE, however, the plan has not worked :

today is hungry and the rest of Europe is facing star<