Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 December 1942 — Page 14
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Give Light and the People Will Fina Their Own Way
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1942
THE SHOW GOES ON AGAIN NIGHT at the Murat theater, Fabien Sevitzky will mount the podium from which he usually conducts the - Indianapolis ‘symphony - orchestra to lead a doughboy jive band through the “Rhapsody in Blue.” The occasion is the repeat performance of the all-soldier
revue, “We Did It Before.”
The vaudeville show was first
presented by Camp Atterbury’s 83d division Dec. 7 to raise money for the Spisriajninent fund and also to see what. would happen. ~~ What happened amazed’ even HG performers. Folks - who came to the service: club auditorium expecting to see amateur night caught one of the entertainment surprises
of the year.
~ They have, it seems, passed the word around. Tonight's performance, sponsored by” the Junior Chamber of Commerce, is being repeated by genuine popular demand. “We Did It Before” is something more than a means of raising money for the soldiers’ entertainment fund.
It’s a fund of entertainment.
We hope the house is packed.
The show deserves it.
DAVIS ON RATIONING
WE like these remarks by Elmer Davis, the director of war information, in his speech introducing Food Administrator Wickard and the plan for rationing canned, dried and frozen foods: “There is no doubt that rationing is a nuisance—though not very much of a nuisance compared to some of the things .that our troops at the front have to undergo, to the same end, the winning of the war. “Still, rationing is bothersome; the OPA, which has to
handle the rationing programs, will never be popular.
But
they aren't in there to be popular, they are in there to help
wWowin the war.
A
If any particular rationing program works
adly, mistakes will be corrected. But as to the principle of
rationing, what would work better? . .. : “This country was organized on the principle that if the American people understood what was going on, and what had to be done in their own best interest, they would do it. That system has worked for 150 years, and I don’t believe it is going to break down now.’
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E would add: A few examples of prompted action to correct mistakes in rationing methods would help
greatly.
Even one example of a rationing program thor-
oughly developed in advance, ready to go into action as soon as it is announced, would encourage the American people to believe that their government understands what is going on
and what needs to be done.
- And, useful as are informa-
tive speeches from Washington, the system that has worked " for 150 years has depended chiefly—and still depends, we -think—on local initiative and co-operation in communities throughout the country. More consultation with community leaders, more opportunity given them to help in formulating and enforcing rationing programs, would make Washington's job easier and more successful. .
F. D. R, BYRD AND ECONOMY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT has ‘given up the idea of delivering a fireside chat before New Year's day. He is said to want all the time he can get for work on the new federal budget, which must go to congress early next month. Washington reports are that the budget will force ‘a general tightening up of government activities and non- . war spending. >. We hope these reports are not exaggerated. They are i\in line with Mr. Roosevelt's’ admonition to the heads of “federal departments and agencids the other day when he ~ signed a bill increasing the pay of nearly 2,000,000 gov‘ernment employees: “At this time we must measure all government activ-
ities against the grim standards of total war.
Many activ-
ities, desirable in peacetime, must be .eliminated, provided ‘only that such eliminations de not result in permanent harm to the future health and security of our individual citizens; many services must be provided at a reduced standard; all : agencies—military and civilian—must take all necessary measures to organize their work for maximum efficiency..." ~ “T wish to be certain that we have stripped government activities of every nonessential, that work in one “agency is not being duplicated in another, that we are carrying on our work in the war and so-called non-war agencies with an irreducible minimum of personnel fully employed, and that we are doing our job in the most eifective and quickest way possible With only the absolute
minimum of Paper work or ‘red tape’.
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| GENATOR BYRD and other members of conaTont have said these same’ things, and have been criticized by those who seemed to assume that it was akin to treason to intimate that the administration was not making the - wisest possible use of manpower and money. Now that the president says these things, and says - them so forcefully, New Deal sniping at congressional advocates of economy should cease.. Senator Byrd’s economy co mmittee can collaborate effectively with Mr. Roosevelt, budget bureau and the administrative officials to the e end—more and Better. work by fewer employees at
legs expense.
0 MORE DOUBTS NEN. MacARTHUR’S success in New Guinea—and gen"erally throughout his area of command—makes it to mention and kill one disturbing bogey. There were those who wondered whether the hero of aan had been overrated—whether, in a major new field operations, it would develop: that he was. just another
can forget any Such worry now. He went to the
$4 a year; adjoining|
Fair Enough By Westbrook Pegler
NEW YORK, Dec, 29.—A group ‘of Washington - attorneys, New Dealers, no doubt, claiming to represent Miss Sally Wilson, have threatened to sue me and this newspaper for the premature publication here recently of her play, “Grandmother -Has Gone to the Bar,” and for saying that her late dog, Sara, a sort of Scotty, died of gout. after years of unwise dining
at the garbage cans of the more
opulent embassies near the Wilson home. These attorneys represent that Lyle Wilson, the father of Miss Wilson, who is 10, had no right to authorize publication of her work, that it wasn’t finished, anyway, and that the young playwright, herself, has suffered mortification, humiliation and’ rage by reason of the implication presented to the public that Sara was inadequately fed at home. This could be serious, not as a:litigation, but as a personal fsud because I have to go to Washington from time to time and the town is not big encugh to hold Miss Wilson and anyone who acquires her enmity. As her attorneys truly observed in their letter, her father enjoys a peculiar immunity because anyone who affronts or faults him invites horrible personal reprisals from a young woman who kicked her teacher for keeping her after school and was fighting commando style long before the public heard the word.
A Pair of Bashibazoukesses
SHE AND HER PARTNER, Miss Boops Spaats, the daughter of Maj. Gen. Carl Spaats, the commander of the American air forces in Europe, are a pair of bashibazoukesses to whom the rules of civilized warfare are effete nonsense and to offend either is to anger both. Perhaps I had better keep away from Washington until this blows over, but meanwhile I°might placate them by explaining that there was no way of telling that the play, “Grandmother Has Gone to the Bar,” was an unfinished work, and recalling some facts of the life of the late Sara. I am afraid I will have to insist, though gently, that Sara was addicted to dining out, and explain how Miss Sally's parents and guests in the Wilson place could tell where she had been.
Sara was nocturnal and her social activities tookplace generally after Miss Sally had gone to bed and.
the ambassador and ministers of the row had pushed back their chairs and the dishes had been done.
Sara's Social Rating High
ALONG ABOUT 10 in the evening, Sara would run to the door and bark and Miss Wilson's mother would understand that she had a dinner engagement somewhere in the diplomatic quarters and let her out. ‘Now Sara was not one of those dogs who could actually speak. But if Sara had pimento on her whiskers, never having learned to use a napkin, she had been dining with the Mexican sef, and if it was spaghetti she had been calling on his excellency, the Italian ambassador. Her tastes were varied and her cruising radius, social and gastronomic, were extensive. Far from any intention to suggest that Miss Wilson underfed Sara, these dispatches meant only to suggest that Miss Wilson's dog enjoyed the highest social rating in Washington and it is devoutly hoped that this amend will be accepted. If not, I would be willing to sweeten it with a sizable bribe. The threat of a lawsuit holds no terrors but the thought of personal revenge is, as her lawyers have pointedly suggested, something to strike horror to the soul,
French Crisis By William Philip Simms
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—TIt Is more than likely that the bullets that ended the life of Admiral Jean Darlan in Algiers will either lead to a rapprochement between France's political factions or else prove to be the first shots in a new French revolution. Much depends on the attitude of the leader of the Fighting French, Gen. Charles De Gaulle, and his entourage. Unless they prove big enough to bury the hatchet and fight alongside their brothers in North Africa, then French unity would appear to be hopeless. Much also depends on the attitude of the French in North ‘Africa. It is pretty obvious that for the most part they were loyal to Marshal Petain, whom they regarded as a prisoner in the hands of the Germans and hence unable to do or say what he liked. It is also clear that they were loyal to Admiral Darlan, whom they considered to be the mouthpiece of the marshal. So they obeyed Darlan even when they would not obey. Gen. Henri Giraud, much as they revered that great French hero. Will the North Africans follow Giraud now that an assassin has removed the admiral from command?
Attitude of Natives Important
MOREOVER, THE attitude of the natives must be considered. Regardless of what cery
loyalty of the sultan of Morocco and native chieftains. : And if they got it into their heads ff: assassination was a political crime which'might affect them adverseiy, they could make things extremely difficult, if not dangerous, for Gen. Eisenhower and the allies—not only in French Africa but-throughout the Near and Middle East.
Under Fire
By George Weller
WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES IN NEW GUINEA, Dec. 29.— in the hot sun. After machinegun fire hit him he kept calling out, ‘Get me out of here. Please, somebody come and get me.’ When you hear a voice like that, even though you can’t see him, you can’t just lie there and do nothing.” Herbert Goodell, once a mill-
wright in a steel mill at Ecorse, Mich., and Alvin |
Gunther, pre-war electrician at Ford’s River Rouge: plant, were unable to resist the cries of the wounded man. Their staff sergeant, little Billy Silver of Rouge, had told them that their job was to get a man under fire regardless of risk.’
Japs Withhold Fire of *
“GUESS HE MUST have been about two blocks ‘Wway throughout that hot. kunai grass,” ell told your correspondent. suffocating. We took about an hour -fo get there. It was within 200 feet of the Jap lines. They must have seen us as we half-dragged, half-carried him.” Sergt. ‘Silver, whose medical unit is among the
few which have come through the - Buna struggle |
without, a casually, says that this first known the :
“We could hear him out there |
“But you could tell he was |
In Washing
By Peter Edson
WASHINGTON, Dec. WoT Hon. Harry L. Hopkins, special assistant to the president, wrote a pi for himself in the December erican magazine udep the the title, “You and Your Family Will Be Mobilized,” in which he pro"ceeded to tell everyone how he must live in wartime and what sacrifices would have to be made,
cocktail parties and golf as usual, we have been fighting with one hand tied behind -us,” wrote Mr. Hopkins. “Rationing and priorities far more widespread
we shall have and will affect every detail of our daily lives. “Under total war our over-all standard of living will be as low as it was at the bottom of the Geprassion ir 1932. “Most adults will not be fed quite as well as the men in the armed services, which is as it should be. No family should object to meat rationing when they realize the beef and bacon they don’t get is being served to their sons and brothers in ‘the army. “Why should there Be men to open taxicab doors in front of hotels and night clubs? Why. should there be cooks in night clubs when cooks are needed in the army?” Such were Mr. Hopkins choicer, selected sentences,
A Hard-Times Party!
NO ONE IN WASHINGTON realized how much social significance there was in the Hopkins article until a few days agg, when tongues began to wag round Washington of a hard-times . party ‘thrown at one, of the capital's snazzier hotel-night clubs, in honor of who else but Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Hopkins. Then it became apparent that here was a new New Deal magna charta,
' feelingly—with one hand tied: behind his back, no
. perhaps unfair to bring him in on ‘this, as he was
° The Hoosier Forura I wholly disagree with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.—Voltaire.
i ding present, and she told him she'd like to have
told to go ahead and arrange it, inviting whomever
‘|| she pleased, and the Baruch cuff blanche was'ex=
“tended on which the guest of honor could write: her
“PUT DRUNKS IN CAMP FOR A FEW WEEKS” By Mrs. T. G., Indianapolis
Indeed the draft board does take all of our best men, while the taverns are filled with stool sitters and drunks. .-, . Take these men and put them in a camp for a few weeks and get the booze out &f them. They will pass physical exams O. K. If “ever there was a curse to a nation, liquor sure is to this one. What we need is more really and truly Godly people in America.
8 un = “I THINK YOU ARE VERY UNFAIR , , .)” By Harry Carpenter, 1434 Terrace ave.
To whom it may concern: I am answering Wanda Crockett’s letter, R. R. 1, Box 838. I have read Mrs. Dorothy Reidy's letter that you have answered in The Times also. But I think you are very unfair with her. We have one child living and one dead. The one living is a boy 21 years old ‘which is in the U. S. navy. He has ‘heen home once on leave and that one time was worth anything and éverything to all of us. And did him lots of good, too, I do not only sympathize with Mrs. Reidy and mother, but you and your mother and- all mothers, but I do not know either one of you ladies. You asked if she has ever tried to think of other mothers. I could bet ~ anything she has, for any broad-minded American does. You say your brothers have only two or three-day leaves but her brothers have had none whatsoever. And God knows what a blessing it would be for her mother to just put her soft hands on them again. And it would do the boys good also. I know, for I was in the army in world war I and our dear boy is in this one. You asked Mrs, Reidy if she expected Mr. Roosevelt .to come personally -and get her .brothers and take them home for her. I. don’t think she expects all of that. By the letter I read, all she wants is a leave for them. . . . You say for hér not to feel sorry
I am in voice with F. B. Ransom.
(Times readers are invited to express their these columns, religious controveries Make your letters short, so all can Letters must
views in excluded.
have a chance. be signed.)
for the boys in the country’s service, that they are doing the plugging, not her. I am not plugging either, as you call it, but my heart aches for them all, your brothers, too. I don't get you there. That's bad stuff. , . . Now Mrs. Crockett, I don’t want to hurt your feelings one bit. But asking Mrs. Reidy to read up on something besides the comic sheet, I don’t think your letter would even fit in there, So you better read it yourself, J FI » . “EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD READ RICKENBACKER” By James Van Zandt, 725 N. East st. The Indianapolis Times recently carried an editorial on Rickenbacker's message—I have read and read
that editorial, and the more 1 read
it the more things I can figure out we can do to help win this war, namely: Defense workers, work more diligently; farmers, plant to the limit;
donate more blood to the Red Cross; ‘buy and keep ‘buying war bonds and stamps; do without commodities with a smile; give defense workers your seat in cars and busses (they stand from eight to 10 hours atgtheir work) and move to the rear ¥in busses and cars to give room for them to get on; if they miss one car it may mean 15 minutes lost in war production, and write to the men in service. I wish Rickenbacker’s message could be sent to every American, especially the paragraph, “From what I saw,” said this great hero of two wars, “I. have come to the conclusion that if they could bring the combat troops back here and put them in the factories we would have production doubled in 30 days’ time.” In this same issue of The Indian-
Side Glances—By Galbraith
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apolis Times, 01 the editorial page, “The Peace Af''r Victory,” should be read by our 13 shots and lawmakers. . .. No loubt there has or will be a meetin: of diplomats from the warring ¢- 1iries with President Roosevell. including Herbert Hoover. No do be brought up of over 100 bill'c. dollars. ,.. Wy roir nd
ing, I would our children, grandchildren dren's children debt ia their thers and gre: won?” If they had of war, Europe wo the . axis power course. But by A of this war the} and earn money, and places of schools and get mal way of livin I would sugges tax to the U. £. per cent, to cov government has bonds.
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s » “THE WAY WI 0 THINGS IN DI OCRACY", | By Mrs. Fern Dear! Tipton I wish fo exte: to Mr. Ernest Jo! nbis st, for bri privileges of livin This privilege criticize the wife in one’s own manne, It is the same vilege that releases Mrs. Roo; shackles of conve: her to do as she v. Being a womar., her writings are publishers of our are willing to pa:
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Mr. Johnson will their bits in their all of which are things in a democ . 2 = 2 / “THIS IS AMERICAN SYSTEM OF BAL ' “CES” - : By Raymond H. Stonc 1 E. 56th st. The city of Ind apolis is truly called - the crossro 5s of America. Sober and creati minded folks wno dwell within - staté of Indiana are rightful proud of that title. The current pub
vn chosen ways, re way we ‘do acy.
interest in the 7 police of the brings out in full relief this nan 5 . . The law of. India safety of first: . the basis -of. selection and choo: the members, of the police foree : promoting, demotir of all members of The low of India: the post of chief be filled by the from the list of « police force who a of first lieutenant o This is truly the tem of checks and *
and dismissal e foree. provides that police shall “ce of mayor nbers of the of the grade ‘merican sysDAILY TH UJGHT Be not afraid, » |. speak, aod | - Acts 1879.
Speak boldly, ari devil.—
it the subject will to our war debt
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gone into this ¢ be enslaved by without any reierica’s major part | ill be free to work ebuild their homes ‘orship and their ack to their nor-
they pay a small wernment, say 10 © the money our orrowed on war
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own menu, as on a blank check.
Hopkins, the former Mrs. Louise Macy, nee Brown, is not an ingenious person when it comes to arranging a party on a war economy basis for a reduced stand-
Mrs, Hopkins had no doubt read every word of her
to write articles for the slicker and thicker paper magazines herself, always with emphasis on how to avoid being vulgar orn bad taste.
There Were Only 30 Dishes
waiters, all those cooks which Mr. Hopkins wrote were so badly needed by the army, and the man who opened the taxi doors as the guests drew up in front,
adults would not be fed as well as men in the armed services, the menu was held down to-a simple
with caviar and pate de fois gras,
and brothers could have more in the army, the meat
Virginia ham.
along with substitutes in wartime, -however, shortage of meat was made up for with two soups,
terrapin; chicken fixed four ways, to say nothing ‘of turkey and duck; three salads, three ice creams and petit fours,
French Perfume for Souvenirs
ANY CIVILIAN DEFENSE volunteer who has: left the children with the neighbors so, she could take ‘a course in nutrition knows that all these foods.are
has been telling war workers they, should eat to make
was assorted cheese.
The rationing effect that Mr. Hopkins had warned his readers about was evident at this function in ‘that
The real war touch, showing “how people will have to get used to a standard of living as low as it was
noticeable in two respects—French champagne, vinte age of 1926, flowed like water and every lady there
as a souvenir, You will recall that back in 1932; at the depths of . the depression, you could get French champagnes and Frosch perfumes. r. Hopkins should write pieces for the magazines more often,
We the ‘Women [By Ruth. Millett
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went to the hospital and ‘had her baby. When they asked her if she didn’t want her husband notified, ~ she said in surprise, “No, .-- works in/a defense plenit. 1 don’t want will be through at 6 o'glock ; night.” . Lo “That is the wartime attitude o women toward the job of ha babies. ‘No fuss, no demands for sympathy; pity if ‘the husband is clear across the count; army camp or overseas.
Mothers Don't Complain :
THAT 1S ONE way women are showing and determination that shouldn’t be gréat admiration for the courage and the women who are filling men’s Jobs job of having babies is just as impor future of the countey sa the Jab of p brodu
ments.
* While other countries ‘are worried that they aren't producing enough times act as though young people | to have babies in wartime, imply
“Because some Americans believed we could continue business, .
than at present will determine the kinds of food . . ..
This function, reflecting at every turn the wartime curtailments of which Mr. Hopkins had written so_
doubt—was given by Mr, Bernard Baruch. But it is.
merely the man on whose cuff the party was thrown.
The gossip in Washington is that Mr. Baruch. asked Mrs. Hopkins what she would like for. a wed-
him give her a party. Mrs. Hopkins was apparently.
Now never let it be said that the new Mrs, ‘Harry.
ard of living. No cocktail parties as usual for her,
husband's article, and she had approved. She ‘used
SOME SAY THERE were 60 guests invited, some sey 80. Either way, there definitely were not’. +100 ; people present, unless you counted the orchestra, the
buffet supper. There were only 30 dishes, leading oft >
Knowing that all, the guests had read Mr. Hopkins® z article and were therefore prepared to get along on: Freduced rations of beef and bacon so that their sons
courses were held down to just five—beef a la mode, corned beef in jelly, cold tongue, calves head, and -
To show how the ingenious housewife can get the
filled with vitamins, and just what the government
them strong so they could help win the war quickly. And oh, yes—another meat substitute -on ‘the menu
at the bottom of the depression in 1932, was most
was given a large bottle of the rarest French. perfume .
THE WOMAN CALLED a cab, |
As for food,.since Mr. Hopkins had written that
three kinds of seafood—baked oysters, trout and }
the only coffee served was demi-tasse. ak z
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away from his job, He