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MR. WALLACE’S NEW NOTE | THE Wilson day address by Vice President Wallace was

the best from the administration in a long while. It voiced that combined idealism and realism which we think

: of as typically American—the progressive but practical : spirit which creatéd our republic and which, through the . changes and challenges of a century and a half, have ~ brought us now to a position of world power and leadership.

Whether criticism of his slopping over in his “milk”

speech, or the recent election, or more care in expressing . the administration's attitude, was responsible, Mr. Wallace's . new emphasis was one of statesmanship rather than par-

- tisanship.

Instead of calling names, he called for co-

operation.

He saw the task of building greater rational prosperity, within a peaceful international order of freedom, as a joint effort of government and private enterprise. He would make the traditional American balance between “liberty

A and unity, or, in other words, home rule and centralized ~ authority,” the guiding principle of our own future and : ~ that of way international organization.

. telligent as the address.

GIGNIFICANTLY, Mr. Wallace discussed “his. address at length with the president before its delivery. Thus it is taken as a public feeler by the president in advance of his forthcoming message to congress. " We believe the general public response will be ag inThis should encourage the presi-

- dent in the future to follow the technique of rapproachement of political groups, of government and business and labor, ~ to achieve, national unity in war effort and peace policy.

” » # ” o 2 S Mr. Wallace explained, in stressing the importance of national well-being as the basis of. international prosperity and peace: “Maintenance of full employment and the highest pos-

sible level of national income should be the joint responsi-

* bility of private business and of government.

It is reas-

- suring to know that business groups in contact with govern- © ment agencies already are assembling facts, ideas and plans

that will speed up the shift from a government-financed war program to a privately financed program-of peacetime

. activity. . .. When the war is over, the more quickly private enterprise gets back into peacetime production and sells its

_ goods to peacetime markets here and abroad, the more quickly will the level of government wartime expenditures * be reduced.” So when the vice president spoke of the necessity of the United States taking part in international organization, he based it on .the. realistic and enduring: principle of -selfinterest. The best way to achieve national peace’ and security is to co-operate with others in preventing the rise

of more Hitlers. The best’ way to increase American pros- - perity is to co-operate for the economic health and order . of others, who provide the markets and constitute the inter-

dependent world of which we are a part. © os 8 = 8 = = F course, when Mr. Wallace appeals for international

machinery to prevent military and economic warfare,

i for an international court, and for a world council incor-

. porating the regional principle, a small minority will ridicule |

: him for “a flight in impractical idealism.” It is idealism. ~ But it need not be impractical if the nations have learned from recurring chaos of depression and war that only order

- is practical and profitable.

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It is not to Mr. Wallace's discredit that his eyes are on * the stars—so were those of old caravan leaders, of mariners . who crossed uncharted seas, and of our hardy forefathers who ‘blazed the trail. The American people do not sneer at idealism. Not when it is well-based. Not when they have been Sonuligl Not when_ the gamble is Tair,

» pus American People did not reject the Pars settlement until the so-called peacemakers rejected most. of the Wikon 14 points for a fair and enduring peace. Americans did not reject’ President Wilson’s practical idealism, though they did react against his Jlater undemocratic method of ~ ignoring the people, the minority leaders, and the senate. If the Roosevelt administration will act as Mr. Wallace

talked, in partnership with the people, it can avoid President

Wilson’s mistakes as well as repetition of some of its own. If President Roosevelt will consult the people and congress in planning national prosperity within a world order, and if that world order is to be based on the Atlantic charter instead of international power politics, America will co-

operate in peace.

~ SLOWDOWN ' "THERE! is the tale of the girl worker in a huge plant making vital plane parts who didn’t know about the union’s production ceiling, and doubled it her first day on the job. She was told by the union’s representative to take the excess parts home overnight, bring them i in the next day, and machine them over again. But ‘on the way out inspectors caught her and induced her to tell the story. The union representative was discharged’ without pro-

test by his associates. Has the ceiling been lifted? No. Prodiction still lags

far below what a new = could turn out on her first day.

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§ ANNTHILATION "THE Japanese, says Tokyo, have sunk 19 American carriers, though we know we had only a third that number

8 year ago, and carriers are slow to build. Apparently ourt -

have done better than we realized. Or could

two months. ago the Ja

, only one American. rl

| Fair

Enough By Westbrook Pegler

ideas may be presented in further debate in congress, but up to now the argument on the Ruml income tax plan seems complete and the score stands at everything in favor and nothing against. This plan, suggested by Beardsley H. Rumi, chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and treasurer of Macy's store, and certainly an authority

.on taxation and the ability of people and business to

pay taxes, would wash out one year’s federal income tax and enable everybody. to start fresh and even with the board. Pa The - treasury would appear to lose a year's income tax revenue but, in the long run, assuming that the United States continues to exist as a nation, the loss would be siirictly theoretical because the money would continue to roll in every year, as usual.

If the Fuml plan is not adopted, either as is or in |

some more or less equivalent variation, many a citizen will be wiped out by taxes in 1943 and never will be able to, get out of debt as long as he lives.

Always a Dead Horse Tax

THERE ARE SOME whose total income for 1943 will not equal the amount they owe under the high rates on their 1942 income and few will be able to pay last year’s tax out of their 1943 earnings and put by enough more to meet current’ expenses and get out of debt. Eventually, when they de, their due’ on their last year off income will become liabilities of their estates in acldition. to the regular inheritance taxes. One citizen, rising 50 years, who has worked faithfully for 85 years of his life, always saving some and supporting the old folks at home, but who lost most of his savings in a bank explosion 10 years. -ago, has figured that to put himself in a current position in 1943, he would have to default his mortgage, starve all year and throw his own. parents and his wife's mother on relief, He should] be current, of course, as all taxpayers should, but the fact is that few are or ever were because the income tax has always been in Mr. Ruml’s phrase, a dead horse tax. From the beginning, in 1913, the federal government has always collected last year’s tax this year, almost entirely, in the case of individuals, out of current income. Moreover, tax rates have been readjusted late in the year so that no person, on Jan. 1, could start to budget with any certainty of “the amount he would have to earmark each week or month,

No Prison Penalty When Broke

IT .IS HARDLY ENOUGH to say, in favor of the Ruml plan, that the treasury would not lose. It may be said further that the treasury will lose if it fails, for those who have old commitments and responsibilities and simply cannot make the grade, will just file returns, unaccompanied by adequate checks and tell Mr. Morgenthau to come and try to get it. If they haven't got it he can’t collect, and there is no prison penalty for failure to bay if the subject is broke but duly turns in his reckoning. He might, of course, become the world’s greatest holder of suburban second and third mortgages and old clothes. It stands to reason, too, that many income tax novices who are eligible to pay on their 1942 income, will be hard to catch up with, so confused and casual has been the drift of workers, ‘on good pay, from one war job to another. As matters stand, the income tax could mean the liquidation of the entire so-called middle class, an end desired, incidentally, by the more aggressive architects of the new world but one which in othercountries has tempted this element to fascism.

Raid Anniversary By Nat A Barrows

LONDON, Dec. 30.— Conditioned by two years of wartime realities reaching ever closer to each individual life throughout England, London yesterday celebrated the second anniversary of the German luftwaffe’s attempt to burn down the city of London by thousands of incendiary bombs. A thorough-going salvage and cleanup job has left only blank holes and open cellars as evidence of the most wanton fire raid the Germans had concentrated upon l.ondon. St. Paul's cathedral stands today majestically above the broken buildings and waste areas but the ruins of nine churches and many other buildings among the city’s proudest possessions give Londoners —and American armed forces stationed here—ample reason not to forget what the Germans tried to do on Dec. 29, 1940. ®

A Hard-Boiled Sergeant Salutes

. A HARD-BQILED American sergeant from Buffalo was walking along Ludgate Hill st. getting his first view of the bleak open spaces around St. Paul's. He had heard thai the blitz areas here were bad but this—this waste of craters—was more than he had ever expected. . A woman in the uniform of a bus conductor saw him studying the ruins and said: “Two years ago today they -tried to burn us down and we showed ‘em what we're properly made of, we did.” The sergeant lopked again toward the ruins, then saluted the bus conductor. “Ma’am,” he said, “You people got what it takes.” .

Fewer Quizzes By Fred W. Perkins

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. —

Businessmen and others on the | | receiving end of federal question- |. |

NEW YORK, ‘Dec, 30, — New|

The Hoosier Forum

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

“58 HOURS A WEEK, 65 CENTS AN HOUR”

By Paul Evans, Marion To Mr. A, S. Uphaus: I am a butcher. We work 58 hours a week, I get 65 cents per hour. I have 25 years at this trade. I believe you are wrong ‘about

of skilled labor, We get no overtime or time and one-half for Saturday or Sunday or holiday work. We don’t belong to any union because we do no inter-commerce work. Yet we have to feed all defense workers, yet we pay the same price as you do for all: food we purchase. 2 » » “LET'S PUT FORUM ON THIS—CITY BASIS”

By Oscar Andy Hagen, 2110 N. Pennsylvania st.

as it gives us all ‘a chance to tell others what we think. I would like to see The Times devote one whole page for the Forum. So now I am going to give my likes and dislikes. First, let's put the Hoosier Forum on a this-city basis. I mean all writers confine their stuff te what happens right here, instead of some other city. Now, I-would suggest the city officials would paint a yellow line down the middle of the sidewalks in the downtown district and every 50 feet, a sign “Keep to Right.” People could get places faster and also when they cross the street, one bunch (going) on one side, one bunch (coming) on the other side, then they wouldn't be bumping into one another. - Second, I'm answering a writer who wanted the traffic lights turned off after rush hours. I think that’s nuts. Suppose your mother, wife or kids coming home from school, crossed the street and got in the middle and couldn't’ make it cause all the drivers have the rightaway, show me one who will stop and tie up traffic to let them get across. “Lead On Kindly Light.” I think you better leave the traffic and signal lights to those who are experienced in that field. Third, a Mr. Carl Hagan writes

railroad labor being the lowest paid

I kind of like the Hoosier Forum,

(Times readers are invited to express their these columns, religious conexcluded. Make your letters short, so all can Letters must

views in troveries

have a chance. be signed.)

what people do in the West in winter time, such as putting ashes on sidewalks and streets in front of their homes. Now I think that’s a good idea, only ‘the Indianapolis people are too .. . lazy to do it. ... . Fourth, this concerns the dance halls. I have been dancing for 28 years in.every hall in Indianapolis. Suggestion to our new chief of police, Clifford Beeker, take the men on the inside jobs you have in mind and station one man in uniform in each dance hall to keep the peace. "Fifth and last, I've got to hand it to Marshall Evans in the Dec. 21, “A Booze-Soaked Nation Can’t Whip Anyone.” You know what you're talking about, Mr. Evans. .«. » » ¥ s “WHEN WORLD BIDS FOR WAR, WAR IT IS , . J” ’ By Frank Walton, Campbellsburg. When the world is bidding for war, war it is, peace, peace when there is no peace. When the people are bidding for peace, peace it is. Compulsory principles of government take the place of father and hold the father as a slave to his children and country and not as a father to his children and his country. Children -are treated and handled as that much livestock and sent to an untimely death as that many cattle and sheep by the rulers of all nations. The rulers come first in all things, let them go first in all things. First come first served, make them step out in the first battle line. Satan holds the world under his thumb and he hasn't sO

far cast himself out. It will take a mighty hand to cast old Satan

Side Glances—By Galbraith

naires may be sure after Jan. 1! |

that the inquiry really is being

inade by. Uncle Sam and not by | tome bureau operating as a lone-| {

wolf interrogator.

This year-end reform, long. in 11

{he making, is designed to meet

lundreds of complaints to the ef=| }

fect that some bureaus, including old-line soenies a4 well as war units, have been harassing citizens with needless quizzes.

Under the new stheme, which is butiressed by the | § . federal reports act .that President Roosevelt signed! }

Dec. 24, the budget bureau becomes an over-all referee between citizen: and the government as to what questions the latter should ask the former.

Decrease to Be (Gradual

STUART A. RICH, assistant director of the budget bureau and head of its statistical standards division,

could promise no immediate sharp drop in the num- |

ber of report forms now going out of Sy ashingion. In fact, he ominously said that

“perhaps the peak has not yet been reached.” But he aid forefat 3 sraausl simplifieation and :

aunittion in the Ramet, and a

report statements from | Ss from the war produc-

ING. T. M. §

ve been frying for years fo convince Henry

. | WHAT HE HA! By Floyd L. Scott R.

ment sent a noc|{to every home, °Vhat You Should

|| Know About W 2-time Price Con-

| the retailers can ‘lceiling price on 1 sunmier knows the

"| |never be any d: J eovernment cha.

out, for he hs ruled the world for all these mal y years. The worl. s from everlasting’ to everlasting, = world without an end and the wo ld don’t belong to Germany or = ny other nation. An old Ce¢rman lady in Indianapolis told re “there wouldn't be any German: if it were not for Hitler.” Well there can’t be any Germany or nccount of Hitler. She is wro: ¢. The world understands therc i-¢ she devils as well as he devils Yours for a happy ending. , 4 ” » J SHOULD "ITER OVER”

Reidy, 411 W.

By Mrs. Doro I Norwood st. .

To Wand: R. R. 1,

Box 838: I think you over. I am not 01 v thinking of myself or my brother but all the men in the serxice as stated in my letter. 1’ also mentic1 ed -all ‘mothers, not only my own. Your brothe -s had two and threeday leaves, ar 1’t you satisfied? We would be, e¢ en with “that. My brother never en had one day and not even his 1: of induction. As for Roo: evelt, it was in. the paper ‘where he helped other mothers. Wi: haven't I the right to ask a favor of him? We voted for him. As to our C uistmas, I'd like to know what 1: did to make our Christmas arn; merrier. Nothing camé out of Iu: pocket. As for only fe boys in the service plugging, then ‘cll me what we are buying bonds Are you? I know we ct - clo nothing to help the boys wht never come home again, but this family is doing their part to help tke boys who are still alive and figh ing by buying war bonds and sta: Ts, so I think you had better reac my letter again or have someone c :rlain it to you since you can’t seem c¢ read very well : ® = “CONSUMER {I OULD KNOW TO PAY” R. 3, Martinsville. I see a few dl ;s ago the govern»unt paper around

Crockett,

should read my letter

trol.” This is the mot misleading paper I have ever sec::, When a person goes into a store he pays the price or he doesn’t g2 ihe article but at the same time . ¢ doesn’t compre-

‘thend what the 1: ces were fixed at

in March, 1942. It's up to the ¢ nsumes to know what he's goin doesn’t know. : Here's how the -

price on all ret ilers, then put a bill out quoting the retail prices,

1 then the consuni r will know what

he’s got to pay 17en he goes into a store. The way they go it fixed now ise the price on gl have a “heir goods.

different articles

I would like to prices of March, 1942. Nobody bu! tao retaliers and wholesalers know !e¢ prices. It will ‘erent until the ; their plans.

DAILY T'10UGHT npt your -chili/ they be dis= ong idk

days off at the time 3

to pay but he}

should work. this ' |thing out. Freez: or put a ceiling

iow what con-|%

Washing

y By Peter Sten 3

be hundreds of cargo : ing around and the er re has been that these ld immediately take off in

of the aviation brains country have been doing ule realistic thinking about this new age of air, ) to your surprise they have come up with the ts perhaps the most sensible thing to do with this huge air armada of cargo planes is scrap it. ° i 8 Engines and instruments might be: salvaged, but for the planes themselves—junk ‘em and make ‘em over into new airplanes. ch The reasoning is based on the fact that up $6 now’ most cargo planes being flown are as much as six 'andeight years old. :

Freight Costs Must Be Lowered:

WHAT ARE THESE planes? Well, a lot of ‘them are Douglas DC-2's and DC-3’s and planes of earlier. vintage. . Those were the commercial’ planes that were in production when the war broke out and when the need for more and more cargo planes first became apparent the simplest thing to do was ask for more of the same. True, these ships were designed as passenger’ planes. But it was no trick at all to redesign the in-j. terior, knock out the seats, enlarge the loading door,” put in a floor and make the entire fuselage cargo space. But the DC-3, lead truck horse that it is, is now six years old. .Its costs of operation are figured at around 30 cents per ton mile for air freight, loaded to 60. per cent of capacity. Air express rates have been from 80 cents per ton mile up to cover costs and ground handling charges. - Passenger~ carrying costs run about 5 cents per) passenger mile. And at those rates, air cargo simply can’t be handled oh a basis competitive with rail, truck or steamship. So freight costs must be lowered: to something like 10 cents per ton mile.

Most Efficient Plane Necessary

THERE, ARE SUPPOSED to be new cargo planes.

{lin production now which will come close to meeting-

these cost-of-operation specifications, Mostly they're’

secret planes for war use and you can’t get anyone to talk about them for publication. But the mere fact that there are such planes on' the drawing board is enough to set all the avation’ brains of the country to thinking about whats to be come of the planes now flying. Ly This line of thinking was presented at a meeting of the Society of Automotive Enctaeers Chicago. Phil Amram, a Philadelphia lawyet Who came down to Washington to work on the legal staff of the board of economic warfare and was later shifted to a job which ultimately led him to his present position as head of BEW’s international air transport division, is the man who brought to a head all this talk about the possible necessity of scrapping all of today’s obsolete planes. -Amram considers much of the talk about flying’ box cars as decidedly disturbing, for the carge plane of the future can’t be a clumsy, badly designed, hit---or-miss proposition put together as cheaply as possi- * ble. If the object is to reduce rates, then the cargo? carrying plane must—just as much as the passenger plane—be the most efficient, best-designed, and the: cleanest aircraft which the engineering talent of the. country can create. ) That's why many of

y's planes may have to be scrapped. Av i Ramm Re LF

Czech Reprisals By Paul Ghali

- BERN, Dec. 30.—The A | “ ports ‘from Praha disclose’ that : | relatives Dr. Eduard Benes, | president of the Czech govern-ment-in-exile, and former Minis. ter of Commerce antisek Nemec have recently been trans- ~ ferred to a concentration camp in the protectorate where a &till harsher fate awaits them if Czech. exiles in London persist in ineit-

ing their countrymen to revolt sabotage against the reich. Dr. Hans Frank, governor general of the protectorate speaking at a memorial service for the assassinated “pro : BohemiiMoravia, Reinhardt Heydrich, last Oe¢t. announced that the relatives of exiled Czech ]

London and would be followed by other and h measures should it fail in its purpose. :

vealed that this was no idle threat. It was admitted that the relatives of Benes and Czech living abroad” had been transferred ternment to a concentration camp, Today's ! Zuercher Zeitung disclosed that this other Czech former Minister of Commerce Nemec. This means that the Nazis will not hesitate topo: ceed even more harshly against their innocent ¥ if Czech exiles in London do not “keep their mo shut.” It also indicates the effectiveness of propaganda from London, -

We the Women

BY Ruth Millett

woman who has come , realization that she must best of her strength, her - and her endurance help and win this war,

or grandmothers who 2 her hair into a snood; her dresses for overalls and gone into an 3

son or all of her sons into the 3 feel that their contribution fa Lo rom. 1s 4 Herat so i

Holding Your Family Together SHE MAY be a young wife and absorbing

The Woman of 1942 is Just rd rather, she may have seemed c Joi 1g fo be Soho and Se realized