Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 January 1943 — Page 10

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MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1943

SUNNYSIDE’S FOOD | FT HE charges made By federal, state and county officials against’ firms supplying Sunnyside sanitorium with various food items are basically charges of fraud. If these accusations are true, a swindle of no small proportions was being operated against every tuberculosis patient in that hospital, and at the expense of every taxpayer in Marion county. : ‘ ‘Prosecutor Sherwood Blue has moved promptly and properly in calling a county grand jury immediately to investigate, and the jurors themselves should go thoroughly té the bottom of this situation, not only as it affects a gide, but as it may affect other county institutions and purchases. If the charges prove true there will, as a matter of course, be criminal indictments, and, we hope, severe punishment for those found guilty.

. MPHE grand jury may well go further than providing for = punishment of these guilty, however. Its inquiry may, and should, lead to recommendations for a system of pur- - chasing that will be more nearly proof against such trickery in the future, and that could result in important savings to the county. .- - Current; price quotations reveal that meat for Sunny- ~ gide, for instance, could have been purchased in the open wholesale market, right here in Marion county, at prices as much as one-third lower than those specified in the contract the county awarded—even if the county had got what the contract called for. 1 The fact that federal and state authorities were the _ first to develop evidence of the Sunnyside situation makes it clear that the county machinery provides no adequate check on the county’s buying—a condition further made plain by the statement of the county commissioners who awarded the contract that they had no facilities for checking on whether the goods they bought actually were being delivered. ' 1 State and federal action against persons) involved already is well under way. We hope the grand juty and . Mr. Blue pursue their inquiry down to the last hidden rami- * fication, find out where every particle of guilt lies, and prosecute those involved to the full limit of the law. Ea LL - : - |

IN PLACE OF “DEAR EDDIE” ; | © deciding whether to ‘give its “advice and consent” to = the President's appointment of “Dear Eddie” Flynn as minister to Australia, the U.S. senate is entitled to consider ‘whether Mr. Flynn is as good a8 man for the job as the President might ‘reasonably be expected to find among 130,000,000 Americans. = There is not space ‘enough here, or in any newspaper, ‘to name all the citizens whose qualifications are superior to those of Mr. Flynn. But a short and offhand list of topranking American diplomats now out of worl or sitting around the state department awaiting assignments would Hnclude: | | CL | William C. Bullitt, former ambassadgr to Russia apd ‘to France: Joseph C. Grew, with a lifetime of experience

“and success in diplomacy whose last post was ambassador |

‘to Japan; Hugh R. Wilson and Hugh Gibson, two more career diplomats who ably represented this country in many of the important capitals of Europe and South America; oseph Davies, former ambassador to Russia and a parular favorite of ‘the President’s; Ray Atherton, former ister to Denmark—not to mention the present minister Australia, Nelson Johnson, who is “retiring” after 4" career record that is unsurpassed. |. + And there are numerous others—not one of whom ever fvolved himself in anything like a paving-block scandal, Or ever hand a deputy sheriff’s commission to anyone like gster Dutch Schultz. ~

ILDER OF FRIENDSHIP HE University of Rochester has awarded its certificate of distinguished service to James H. Furay “in appreative recognition of his notable contributions to mutual pderstanding. between the republics of Nerth and South merica.” | ; 3 ' Mr. Furay—we’ve known him so long as “Barney” ay that it’s hard to think of him otherwise—is a vice- = president of the United Press. One of his chief duties for 2 ‘more than a quarter-century has been to supervise United 3s service to and from South America. In that period nearly all of the great newspapers of

ted Press. Thus, in the graceful language of the uniity’s citation, “he hag established new bonds of com-

Mr. Furay; because of the recognition that’ ange of news is a vital factor in Pan-Ametican friendship, because we know that the tribute is richly deserved by able journalist and an old and well-loved associate.

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| tate the nomination of his own candidate

RALPH BURKHOLDER|

* “NEW YORK, Jan. 25.—About a year ago spokesmen for the

Democratic organization and the |

New Deal ent were saying that politics was/were out for the tion of the war and Clarence

n Kelland, the executive | of the Republican na-.

committee, was severely rebuked, even by the HeraldTribune of his own party, for insisting in & speech at Salt Lake City, that it was the imperative patriotic duty of Republicans to engage vigorously in politics to save the two-party system republican form of government. ‘Since then, ent Roosevelt has tried Jo gieor the office: of governor of New York, in failing, has split the Democratic party in New York ‘into American

and European wings, the latter addicted to. socialism:

and communism, and has been strongly influential in the election of Tom Dewey, Republican. A

Frank Hague Rewarded

SINCE THEN, Frank Hague; the Jersey gang politician, has been rewarded for his devotion to the four freedoms and the ideals of democracy, by the ap» pointment to the federal bench of one of his devoted henchmen, another move, incidentally, toward that purification of the judiciary which was stated-as one of the purposes of the late court-packing program and consistent with the earlier.appointment to the same bench of two typical members.of the late Huey Long's mob of political terrorists and crooks. Since then, Maury Maverick lamed out of congress by his San Antonio constituents as a rebuke to his politics and his temperament, both, and later lamed out of the office of mayor by the same voters and for the same reason, has been given a job in the office of war information. : Since then, Mrs. Roosevelt has permitted herself endless travels on political missions here and abroad notwithstanding scarcity of motor fuel and cramped railroad facilities and has frankly intruded in- the affairs of the president’s European wing in New York although she is not even a member of this alien group.

Josh Lee and Ed Flynn Appointed

AND MORE RECENTLY, ex-Senator Josh Lee of Oklahoma has been thought worthy of a job in civil aeronautics, which is a life and death bureau, responsible for the safety of airline passengers and workers, not that he has any technical cations for such service but because he is a lame-duck Democrat wounded in the selfish and disloyal uprising at the polls last fall-of those whom Mr, Wallace, the vice president, described as the well-to-do and the selfish farmers mindful only of their own interests. Similarly there are found in the recent crop of nonpolitical ‘selectees for easy office, Mr. Ed Flynn, late political patron of the gangster, Dutch Schultz, and hero of two technically successfui grand jury engagements, selected to be minister to Australia, and Mr. Charlie Poletti,” repudiated out of office by the well-to-do and the dumb, selfish farmers of New York. p : : * As a final service to the president’s own European wing of the /party of humanity in New York, Mr. Poletti turned out of prison two yicious union gangsters, one of them a firebug of communistic associations. l : -

A Special Nonpslitical Claim

BUT. FIREBUG was a member of the presi |

dent’s European wing in New York and a protege of the president's unioneer friend, Sidney Hillman, who is an old ally, in many dark and mysterious dealings, of Fiorello La Guardia so obviously, Mr. Poletti had a

special claim-on the nonpolitical consideration of the. party which is out of politics for the duration. “Accordingly, Mr. Poletti has been given a nameless job, without duties, as special assistant fo the secretary of war in Washington and any Republican who tries to arouse disunity, disloyalty and low-down meanness by playing politics while the war is on is a Quisling, a Tory, a Laval and a traitor to the nation, Hague, La Guardia, the firebug and Hillman and to the revered memories of the late Dutch Schultz and Huey P. Long.

In Washington

By Peter Edson

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.— James C. Petrillo, president of the American Federation of Musicians, came off definitely the winner on points in the second round of the investigation of his canned music ban before a senate sub-commit-tee on interstate commerce, The first round, the preliminary. investigation held last September, went against Petrillo because .he wasn’t testifying then—

‘only the people who were against the Petrillo union

strike against recordings. But when Petrillo did come out. of his corner for round two, he showed that he could hold his own, could duck and dodge any of the questioning punches which the toughest senators could throw at him. . * Highlight of the Petrillo testimony was his statement: : x ; ni ay “The recording: companies are making all the. money and the musicians are starving fo death. . . .

The transcription companies get 1000 fees out of one!

record. - Why shouldn't we get 1000 fees?” . . There Are Ramifications nr . THEY COULDN'T answer that one, and the senators finally declared that the record-manufacturing companies, the broadcasting companies and the juke box companies would be investigated just as thoroughly as Mr. Petrillo. xiii Tim Apply the principle to some other lines of labor

and see where it brings you: Should you have to pay i2 cents for your favorite

four members of your family who read it? The author-of a book gels a royalty on every copy sold, true. But he doesn't get and couldn't collect

1000 royalties on one copy of a book read by 1000 |’

readers. ! : A carpenter or a brickmason gets paid once for the

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-~. The Hoosier Forum \ I wholly disagree with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.—Voltaire.

AT MRS. F.D.R. DOES CONCERNS WAR EFFORT”

By N. M., Indianapolis t To Fred Wood, 615 E. 10th st.:

asked me to explain to you how “My Day” concerned the war effort. 3 a : Mr. Wood, I didn't say it did. But what Mrs, Roosevelt is doing does concern the war effort. “My Day” is just a diary of her experiences. Mr. Wood, I have read the constitution many times and if people want to make remarks about our president’s wife, they have every right to do so. But do you think they should? ” ” ” “THE TIME HAS PASSED FOR BICKERING” By Voice In The Crowd, Indianapolis The time has long since passed when there should be bickering between the “defense workers” and those who follow pursuits that may be a little farther removed from the war. . In the first place, on Dec. 7, 1941, we all ceased to be “defense workers” and became “war workers” and all of America is in thé war. No one can escape the effects of the war. The economy is rapidly becoming so solidly a war economy, that all of us are in a manner war workers, contributing to the war effort. sud All of us either know .or soon will learn that war is not prosperity. War is a catastrophe for us all, vitally necessary tho it be. “The fact that meh and women work in war plants does not stamp them as either heroes or heels. As in:all walks of life more than 90 per cent of them are fine people. Of the 10 per, cent some are brag-

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garts and smart alecs and some actually retard production. The heroes of this war are the men who lie in the mud and slop to kill the Nazi and the Jap, and those who give all as they go down with their planes and ships. These men and their nearest of kin, who despite ‘their losses, are willing to work harder and sacrifice more, to make the war shorter and more decisive, seem to rate second in the eyes of a few “defense workers.” Due to the fact that legislation designed to spread work in:an era when work was scarce was not modified when there became so much to do, the plant worker has at the present a distinct economic advantage. He should not be condemned for it. The blame lies elsewhere, but he should not brag. The war is costing much more than it should of past, present and future earnings, and it is not because any of us are smart.

” 8 8 “KEEP THE JAPS WHERE THEY ARE” By Lethas Crawford, 61 E. Schiller st. Well, my protest 1s a protest. I feel I am right in making it. In fact it is like a slap in the face of every mother and father of men in the service. : ; My two sons, all’ we have, are down in the Solomons somewhere, have heen since August, serving

with the marines “driving out the

Side Glances—By Galbraith -

"| time if they, “the Japs,” are brought

preserves | disagree” at tintes,

Japs.” Now they are starting on their second four years’ enlistment. And ‘tis all right to drive them out down there, but I protest to think their second four years will be served in driving them out of the good old state of Indiana, which just what it would mean in

in to our state or the Middle West to be given work. . . . My sons served in Iceland, were gone ‘17 months before ‘they had furloughs. Now only God knows

something terrible to think they are down there for such a purpose and may have to come home and start all over again. We elected our representatives and law-making people to serve us and I am sure if they would take the time and trouble to look in our big state and all over the Middle West, they could and should find all the labor and help that is needed. I am sure if they would take the time to look and study the present situation and not jump here and there in helping our dear Japs by dumping them on our doorsteps, we mothers and fathers of sons down in the Solomons will be very grateful. I say “keep them where they are . ..’ Whether they are old, young or American-born Japs, they are still Japs at heart. 7 I hope to see any extra work, or jobs that are to be had, to be given to our own men, and to those in the service, so that when they come home again they can have peace and comfort and not have to start driving them out of their own state. os. 8 = : “PAY NO ATTENTION TO PEGLER OBJECTORS” By K. M. P., Indianapolis . Again, please pay no attention to these Pegler “objectors”... '

telligence to understand and enjoy

| these rugged, fearless writers ‘like{

Nor does this mean that we need (or do) necessarily agree with him

Besides, isn’t it thousands besides ourselves think?

when they will be home again, if}! they are lucky. But it gripes: me]

It takes an above-average of in-|

g wiser and safer “| to keep in touch with what other

War Analysis

By Ludwell Depny

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.— Rommel is escaping into Tunisia. That grim fact mutes much the rejoicing over allied victory Tripolitania. . Montgomery's purpose wipe out the Afrika Korps. is still a chance. But ‘the desert fox pulls more of forces out of the allied trap. = If Rommel’'s army succeeds in Joining axis forces in Tunisia, ‘ Hitler will hold the temporary Si, advantage there. With luck he might even prevent allied invasion of Europe in 1943, and once again roll eastward across Russia. Therefore the next fortnight will determine in part whether the allies or the axis can grab the offensive in the spring. : If Eisenhower’s army can cut across to the coast and block Rommel's junction with the axis Tunisian army in the north, Montgomery in the south will have time to reorganize after his advance and then

; crush Rommel. :

Otherwise a merged axis force of 150,000 may be able to hold out many weeks, or even months, behind. its excellent Tunisian defenses. TL

Supply Lines Are Key

THE ALLIES’ CHANCES of keeping the two axis armies apart, and disposing of them separately, are probably no better than 50-50. ; This is not the fault of Montgomery's heroic army, which chased Rommel all the way from Egypt—for ‘the price of its 1200-mile advance is that it must

_| now establish new bases and shorten supply lines.

It is not the fault of Eisenhower, who also requires time to solve the problem of long supply lines, inadequate transport facilities, and. insufficient ade vance airfields. : : Geography and weather, as much as Rommel’s cunning and Hitler's speed in reinforcing the Tunise: Bizerte tip, have helped the axis to postpone the

month. : ; Until the allies are strong enough to take Tunise Bigerte, geography will continue to favor Hitler even when the rains stop and the mud dries. For the axis supply bases are close at hand—90 miles to Sicily and 130 miles to Sardinia—while allied supplies filter through a 600-mile Algerian bottleneck ‘and, the sub-idfested seas from England and America.

Every Delay Strengthens Hitler IF ONLY TUNISIA were at stake, time would be

campaign is to clear the Mediterranean and invade southern Europe, every week of delay strengthens Hitler. Until the Mediterranean is reopened, the allies can neither supply Russia adequately.nor strike. at the “soft underbelly of the axis.” Meanwhile

to "Greece. Though Hitler has managed to turn his North African disadvantage into a temporary: advantage by tying up large allied forces outside of Europe, he may be imperiled at any time if— The allies can catch the Afrika Korps before i% joins his Tunisian army; Or the Russians can cut his _Smolensk-Sevastapol line; ei : " Or the British can open a new front in Norway or elsewhere. :

Our Hoosiers By Daniel M. Kidney

Ray J. Madden is the only freshe man Democrat to survive the Ine diana G. O. P, landslide last fail, ' Yet he remains a very modest

the war—let alone the peace. But that doesn't mean he has no objective. He does—and he is

elected two years hence,” Mr, Madden said with-a flash® of his Irish-blue eyes. “So: I haven't loaked for any major committee assignment, “All I want to do is get on the postoffice commite. tee, and I'll tell you 'why. Just before I left , & ‘delegation representing more than 600 postal ‘ems

me. They told- me they hadn't had a raise -in 18 years. Now you know that isn’t right. 4

Someone Else Can Be Statesman.

committee and do my best to get them & raise. They

take every vote I can get to come back to congress

“Let someone else be the statesman this time. They, pay no attention to f I'll just be working for the boys back home.”

By Ruth Millett nl be

‘show men that one :can''do hard dirty work and still ‘not look the

pr fashion authority = Was probably responsible for the trim lines of their coveralls,

them that several war plants have

| equipped heauty salons for its women

Manicure for: Machinists

complete African defeat which seemed so near las$'

on our side. But since the object of Eisenhower's.

Hitler is armor-plating that underbelly from France

* WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—Rep.

man, He hasn't a plan for winning"

planning right now to carry it outs. “My purpose: is fo get Tes

ployees and letter-carriers in my district ‘came to see

“SO I TOLD them that I'd get on the postofice

are well organized and have a lot gf relatives. They will be voting for me for trying anyway. And it will.

in 1944, if the Republican trend in Indiana continues,

en around here anyhow, 3 Ke

Their craving to retain their feminine good looks

| even while doing the work of men is 50 t to