Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 January 1943 — Page 10

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MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1043

STOP THEM, MR. MAYOR! THAT was a slick trick that Corporation Counsel Sidney 4 S. Miller pulled out of the hat Saturday to evade the 1 state laws regulating police department promotions. Too slick. Confronted by statutes and regulations which clearly ~ forbid an individual promotion he wants to make, Mr. Miller smoothly proposes to “repeal” them, promote his man, and . then, presumably put them back. / No one has particularly opposed the appointment of Clifford Beeker, as an individual, as chief of police. Whether or not he is made chief now, or later, or ever, is unimportant in view of the larger issue Mr. Miller's action has raised. What IS important is that the promotion of policemen shall be on-the basis of their own individual merit as policemen—and not on the way they vote at elections, or the “| money they raise for the party campaign “chest. b. ” ” 2 : ” » o © WE have been moving slowly toward a non-political merit system for policemen. If Mr. Miller's slick evasion of the laws and regulations is allowed to stand it will destroy all the progress we have made in that direction. It will sell out every policeman now on the force who has tried to advance by being a good policeman rather than by being a faithful ward heeler at election time. What do we want, here in Indianapolis, for the protec- ~ tion of our lives and our property and our families—an effi5 . cient, honest capable police force—or a gang of uniformed politicians? Friends of Mr. Beeker have protested that he is, unfairly, still a patrolman after 21 years of police service, in spite of outstanding ability. If Mr. Beeker has the ability these friends believe he has, he himself, has been the victim of the very kind of police department politics Mr. Miller now is attempting to bring back into the department. If he has that ability, and the department had been ie operated on the merit basis we ask, Mr. Beeker long ago could have risen to high rank, and today be eligible to pro“motion without question.

: ” » ” ” 8 8 HETHER the evasion proposed by®Mr. Miller and his : new “promotion board” is legal or illegal—and if the state law means what is says it is NOT LEGAL—its success will simply be official notice to all policemen that their jobs and their advancement and their futures depend not on do-

ing well the job for which the city pays them, but on get- |

ting themselves solidly into the good graces of party politicians, on winking at laws that might hamper a supporter of _ the party in power, and on becoming valuable cogs in a well oiled political machine. 2 The people of Indianapolis have every right to expect © a high degree of integrity from the men, elected or appointed, who hold responsible positions in the city’s government. Their confidence in such integrity will not be enhanced by slick evasions of laws, by smart political skullduggery, by legal rabbits snatched out of hats. Our own opinion of Mr. Beeker will rise considerably if he now shows the personal integrity to refuse to profit by _ this trick and wins his appointment the hard—but legal— way. - We hope that Mayor Tyndall has the vision—and we "= are sure he has the courage—to slap down now, onpge and . for all time, that kind of legalistic trickery in his new administration.

A WELCOME ORDER HIS is sure to be a year of much big news—much big good news, we hope. Yet an order just issued by’ the war production board reduces by about 10 per cent the ~ amount of printing paper which large newspapers may use in 1943, and further reductions are forecast. This order, of course, creates new problems for our business—but we welcome it. It is' made necessary by shortage of labor in the forests from which comes newsprint ~ paper’s chief raw material, and by other wartime considera- . tions of manpower, materials and transportation. It enables . the publishing industry to contribute directly to a war - economy, and the industry values that opportunity. ~~ We like especially the fact that the plan made effective . by this order was developed by publishers—most of them representatives of big metropolitan newspapers, on which

the cut falls most heavily—in voluntary co-operation with |

WPB officials. Labor-union and fraternal publications are exempted, and the great majority of weekly papers and small-town dailies are not affected. 4 ; The WPB, carefully and wisely, has refrained from attempting to tell publishers how to use their restricted allotments of paper. For The Indianapolis Times, as for many others, space economies will be essential. But we g left free to make these economies in accordance with our own judgmnt, and so no possible question of government terference with freedom of the press is involved. We hope to make them wisely, to the end that, using

newsprint, we can continue to provide for you a news-

aper complete, informative, interesting and entertaining.

VINGS BY RENEGOTIATION 'VINGS aggregating $829,000,000 have been made in seven months through renegotiation of war department tracts. The total by year-end is ‘expected to reach a illi on dollars. A small portion of the amount has been reclaimed from tractors who tried to profiteer. But most has been made sible by the efficiency of American industry working at production.

_ Prices which seemed fair and even low when they were have proved unnecessarily high because industry did

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NEW YORK, re 4 — Mr.

Morgenthau, the secretary of the treasury, is sensitive to aspersions

has been observed before, masters of a repertoire of sly and shady shyster tricks of interpretation, having the color if not the odor, of legality. The controversy. began several , years ago when President Roose= velt’ asked congress to plug certain loopholes in the revenue law and pilloried, personally, a list of individual citizens who happened to oppose some of his

1 policies, for the offense of complying with the law.

It was then retorted that the treasury, itself,

| through its reviewing agents with their powers of in-

terpretation and disallowance, was expert in tax trickery and, after some convincing publicity on that point, Mr. Morgenthau warned his men to refrain from bull-dozing this profitable class of citizens and invited the citizens to report such conduct to him,

Treasury Usurps Legislative Power

THAT MAY HAVE civilized the reviewers, many of whom up to that time had regarded themselves as agents of a secret terror, but a current incident proves that they got their inspiration from the top. We have before us a plain case of larceny from millions of citizens of all income brackets committed by the treasury, apparently with the knowledge and approval of Secretary Morgenthau and certainly on his responsibility. In passing the 5 per cent “victory tax, congress said unmistakably that it was to be a tax on 1943 income. Yet the treasury department, in violation eof the will and intent of congress, and of the law, has usurped the congressional legislative power and decided that all pay checks for the last week or month or quarter of 1942, delivered after midnight Thursday, shall be taxable at 5 per cent even though most or all of the money was earned before the first of the year,

Not Asked to Give the Money

IN SIMPLE WORDS, the treasury decided to steal this money from the people and to make the employers parties to the theft by compelling them to withhold the tax and turn it in. The millions of individuals who thus will be nicked for $2 or $5 or mere, each; will not have the facilities nor the time to fight the treasury for the return of money which lawfully belongs to- them and the cost of fighting each case would far exceed the amount involved. That, however, is beside the point. ‘They were not asked to give the money so as to spare the treasury and their employers a bookkeeping problem, The treasury waited until just before the deadline and, when the question was raised, decided to swipe the" dough,

War Politicos By William Philip Simms

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4— Some of the ablest diplomats: here are convinced that unless President Roosevelt takes the lead to make the united nations pull together instead of contrariwise as some are now doing, our chances for ultimate victory will be jeopardized. All the planning for the future, the president declared in his New Year’s day statement, is

“dependent on, victory. Yet certain factions within

the united nations are so busy playing for position after the war that they are endangering the victory without which all our plans will be meaningless. What is going on in North Africa is only a single case in point. London and Moscow are backing Gen. Charles de Gaulle for high commissioner or ranking French official there. Washington is backing Gen. Henri Honore Giraud. As a result, a fog of uncertainty hangs over French North and West Africa, affording a perfect setting for political conspiracies, assassinations and maybe worse.

Playing Into Hands of Hitler

RADIO BERLIN chortles that “the persistence of these differences is very encouraging” to Hitler. And small wonder. North Africa has become one of the decisive battlefields of this war, yet the hands

of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, American command-er-in-chief there, are partly tied by a political situation which, in times like these, has no right to exist. His very life may be in danger—and I am Hot thinking of thé usual and to-be-expected risks of war. The Betlin foreign office is cuoted as saying it would not be astonished if other murders followed that of Admiral Darlan. Gen. Eisenhower cannot devote his entire attention to his job if he is to be continually sniped at from the flanks and rear as at present. Messrs. Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt will almost

‘completely be forced to act soon, or else stand by

and watch a bunch of warring politicos play straight intc the hands of Hitler.

Carrier Race By Major Al Williams

NEW YORK, Jan. 4.-It is becoming apparent that the United States and Japan are far ahead of other nations in their vision and employment of the aircraft carrier. It also appears that vice tory in the Pacific will depend eventually upon which nation can first get the greatest number of carriers into that zone. Our recently authorized: new carrier-building program, involv=ing production of 25 to 35 carriers, warrants belief that American control of the Pacific will be assured. * The year 1942 marked grave errors and brilliant successes in fhe employment of carriers. True, this type of warship is exceedingly vulnerable. At the same time, it holds constant threat of vital damage to an enemy.

May Be ‘Bridge of Ships' ei THESE HIGH-POWERED, fast, floating steel

airdromes, armed with little more than bundles of anti-aireraft guns, are always a menace in the hands

of modern sea tacticians, such as Admiral Bill Hal-

sey. They give an alert, daring, resourceful sea commander just the tools he has been dreaming of. ‘With sea transportation the key to allied victory, the carrier has offered the most effective protection to cargo shipping and the best offset to enemy submarine operations. Also, it has done its invaluable part in actually iransporting crated and assembled short range aircraft to distant key points, It holds unlimited _ possibilities

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“THANKS FOR EDITORIAL COMMENDING NEAL” By M. D., Bethesda, Md. Thanks for your editorial commending Thomas L. Neal upon his efforts to give efficient’ service as county welfare director. He was

simply too good for the county politicians. I know some of the details because of a temporary connection with’ the welfare department, and they stank. It would make good reading if there were a local Westbrook Pegler in town. Even though many of us are away from home, there are some who are not going to forget this matter. Me for one. 2 2 = WE ARE TRYING TO HELP WIN THIS WAR’ By Jewell B. Robling, 23812 S. Sherman dr.

This letter is in answer to the one written by Mr, Orval Peats on Dec. 25, 1942, resenting women wearing slacks. g In my estimation Mr. Peats wrote his letter before thinking the slacks problem over very thoroughly. I am one of those women that work in a defense factory and I assure Mr. Peats that it is absolutely necessary to wear slacks to work in for safety’s sake. His idea of changing to dresses before going upon the street because it would be more lady-like is absurd. We women are not trying to win the fashion parade or to look lady-like. We are trying to help win this war. Also after working 10 hours I'm positive that I don’t feel like taking time to change into a dress before going home. The fancy slacks mentioned by Mr. Peats are nearly a thing of the past because most of the girls now have their regular uniforms. The fact that women of today are wearing slacks will not hinder us in keeping our children in line with the principles of common decency. Most of our children are broadminded enough to realize why we are wearing slacks. Remember this, Mr, Peats, when I

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start to work in the morning I don’t think about how common looking I am in my slacks. I think about how every day I work will

bring my brother and all the other|.

boys one day nearer to home, » ” 2

“WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH PEOPLE?” By Mabel Glover, Camby What is the matter with people? One girl quarreling because she couldn't have her brother home for Christmas. My brother is far away so we sent him a nice big box and he received it in time to say how happy its coming made him so we

were doubly proud and happy. Another writes get rid of Ickes, Perkins and Eleanor. I say get rid of them but could any of you grippers do any better? I doubt it. Others are fussing about rationing gas, coffee, sugar and now canned goods. Let's be fair, Those that

.|need gas are getting all they need.

As for coffee, find some family that doesn’t drink coffee and swap them something: they want for some of their coffee . they are entitled to buy. And for other things, let's not hoard. Let’s buy what we can and don’t be a hog, share and everyone will get their share. As for high taxes, if they get too high, people will buy less bonds because if you don't pay your government taxes, the prisons will greet you with open arms. I want to pay my part but I don’t believe in taxing people so high you throttle them just to let a few thousand political parasites have good jobs. Thank you for reading this. May-

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siting off steam but if wave a little faith, God i through. 2 nn 7 KIDDING AND BE ON GUARD 3445 Madison ave.

0 Vice President Wallace’s post- «ar plan, I must admit I don’t know just what he is talking about :nd I am afraid he doesn't eit oo: It looks to me like he expect: ‘0 treat Hitler & Co. about the une way they expect to rule us if tho win, | To “supriv se the school systems of Germ:z vy and Japan” would have to be haclked up by force, We would be about the same position in those countries as Germany is in Norw:: and France. We would have to coll "cf, from them to maintain g lar;c army, Then this is not a war a war to fie oppress the

“LET'S Q! .OURSELV I: By L. R. Dr In rega:

: the side that wins and 5 her side. We cannot raise the standard of living of the world... .1f we connect our tride channels up with the rest of the world and try to raise their stancirc¢ of living we will go down to their level if we stay connected up long enough, *»Thig cou t 'y has the highest level that the world has ever known znd it grew up under a high protestive tariff. Our exports were never over 5 per cent of our busincis except when we extended creci; and then we did not collect, * Mr. Wa president o

we was elected vice the United States, not the world. Looks like now he expects to =scatier the taxpayers’ money arour ¢l the globe. There Rav: heen wars for thousands of yesrs. I have no doubt there will bes wars for thousands of more ycrrs. How anyone ‘can imagine th: when this war ends you can just draw a line in the history books anc say all wars ended here is beyoid me. Let’s quit kidding ourselves and be on guard so we. will be on the winning side in world war No, 3. =n 8 » “WAR WON'T END WITH FUR! OUGHS”

By Mrs, Ross 17. Pierce, 8533 BE. 46th st. Mrs. Dorot1y Reidy . .. to think that you would have the nerve to write a letter of such nature to our president. Does he not have enough on his mind as is that you must worry him for a furlough for your

_| brother?

I do not say vour brother should not have a furlough but he is not the only one anc on the other hand has only been in six months,. Did you not know that furloughs were given at the convenience of the government?

We are in a war and our boys

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the most service,

I have a n who has six years in|. "is boy is married and |:

has a little by »y four years old. The child hardly knows who his father is because lc has had to be away from home so much, training to protect such people as you are,

This boy is now overseas and has

been for almost a year. I, his mother, have not months. . . . Furloughs is all you want but lacy, if you would look around you zc see what this country has to do, you would pray for the war to end. It won't with furloughs. ...

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MAYOR TYNDALL'S ne safety hoard certainly has made - itself clear. The members have been going around spouting a lot of pious resolutions, but their actions show that they intend do what they set put to fair means or foul. This business of making Beeker chief is a grand sé of awkward, illogical bum and the whole thing mar bad faith. Clie Let's get It clear from the start: Mayor has a perfect right to want to make Beeker his ¢ As one individual, I ought to say that I have nothing against Beeker. Fact is, I like him. He's a nice chap; personable, likeable, with the surface’ potens But get this: Beeker doesn’t qualify under the state’s merit law for Indianapolis police chiefs, There are two ways of making Beeker chief.

is to have him go to a competitive merit school for

shall not be taken from below that rank.

High-Handed, Tight-Rope Walking

SOMEBODY GAVE Mayor Tyndall a batch of crummy advice in the beginning by telling him he could appoint Beeker right away within the legal boundaries of the law. couldn't and the mayor was promptly put into an embarrassing political jam the day before he ook office. a

making about “observance of the law” and such truck, only to meet the very next day and start figure ing out trick schemes to make Beeker the $hiet. In a hurry. It's hard for me to believe that Will Remy is going

to be a party to all this high-handed tight-rope walk= ing around the edges of a very clear law. 'I was one

and I say now—that he was scrupulously honest, faie and decent, that he was the ideal man for the on I.don’t think I've been wrong. :

From the Shoulder to the General—

I'M GOING TO say this right straight at Mayor Tyndall: Some addle-héad has certainly given you a lot of Whoever it is, he handed you s

‘The result has been to place your new city admins istration in one hell of a hole, You talk about morale in the police department. What do you think morale is now after this kind of flim-flamming? It has made

amateurs. People are going around snickering at the backing and forthing. One mistake was all right. And you handled it properly. You said the law would be ob= served, that Cliff would go to school, pass a lieuten= ant’s examination and then become chief. People could understand that and they were willing to go along. But this is cutting it a little thick, Mayor.

I have an idea what you'd do to the guy who's Why can’t the

responsible if you were in the army. same thing apply here?

Psychiatry

By David Dietz

out of every 18 youths now in school is destined, unless conditions of the last few decades are changed, to become a psychiatrio case, i This serious problem was graphically portrayed: at the ane

mittee for Mental Hygiene, in New York, by Dr. Marion E. Kene worthy, director of. the mental hy« gidoe department of the New York School of Social “Work, Columbia.university. | ~ Said Dr. Kenworthy: “We know from years of living and working with human problems that one out of each 16 individuals now in our educational systems over this vast country will fail to achieve that complete emotional state of mature adjustment which we call normal, :

Co-operative Help Needed

“AS A CONSEQUENCE of this failure to boooms normally adjusted, emotionally, and socially mature persons, one individual from each of these 16 will falter, and in faltering, will finally stumble into &

we have come to assume as inevitable and to be |

_These facts, in Dr. Kenworthy’s opision, indicate that however far psychiatry ‘has progressed in the last

sane were thrown into dungeons and chained hag has been accomplished. There is need for a program that embraces ents, educators, social workers, peyctologisi, | Yolegists and psychiatrists,

We the Women

By. Ruth Millett

and more women, when asked ing “Housewife—part time.” Eme ployers are becoming so desperate for help they are agreeing to ti on women who, because of home duties, can only work a day or a few days a week. Already government agen Washington have open their: to patt-time workers, and pr concerns in many other cities are doing the thing. 2 It’s a great break for housewives, for sons. Part-time employment can be managed able-bodied women who’ don’t have small -And with living costs and taxes both for a family to have some extra mohey each week.

Men Won't Be Neglected

THEN, TOO, the chance for part-time give many a woman who never h

a job an opportunity to

lieutenants, since the law clearly says that the chief

Then they found out they

Then the safety board did a lot of fancy speethe 4

of those who let out a big cheer when Will was ‘named president of the safety board. I sald thenes

your administration look like a bunch of half-baked

CLEVELAND, Jan. 4, — One.

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way is to have the legislature alter the law right away to make him eligible immediately. The other

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