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Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way

SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1943

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

A ONE who was present this week at the child) ~ concert given in Murat theater by the Indian ymphony orchestra can testify to the ever-increasing role being taken by this talented musical organization in| this community. The applause of the children in itself f was flicient evidence of how they regard the orchestra. And, despite the cancellation of the eastern four becaus | of travel restrictions, this has probably been the orchestra’s most brilliant season. Already, several of this unfry’s great soloists have appeared here, and next week ‘will mark another significant event—the farewell concerts man who founded the orchestra, Ferdinand Schaeffer. r. Schaeffer's appearance will highlight the growth of the orchestra. For here is the man who dipped into his wn pocket to help pay salaries and who led the purely rative orchestra which preceded the highly skilled and etely professional orchestra we now enjoy. Under ien Sevitzky, the orchestra has now grown to one of + proportions—one of the 14 such in this country. he week following that will see the appearance here of the world-famed pianist, Artur Rubinstein. And oncert alone should dispel any lingering doubt about great music can sound like—great music produced here in Indiana.

FERS IS RIGHT 1 the tiff between Rubber Administrator William M. = Jeffers and War Information Director. Elmer Davis our or thies are with Mr. Jeffers. . Davis has rebuked Mr. Jeffers for telling the council of| state governors that government interference and ‘army and navy loafers” are to blame for the failure to

provide materials and gadgets for synthetic rubber plants. . Mr. Jeffers has replied that he’s been given a big job to do,

and that he intends to speak out in public against anything that interferes with it. T executives last August to button up their mouths about interd, partmental controversies—to get clearance from the office of war information before airing their views on such disputes. It seemed a reasonable order at the time, for the impression was getting around that the whole war program was a mess of disagreements among high officials. : But the order included Mr. Roosevelt's promise that intern 1 controversies would be settled promptly, by him- | necessary. The rubber controversey ‘has not been promptly. It went on under cover for months, has

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TOM CONNALLY, administration handyman whose b is to bull through the objectionable appointment of lynn of the Bronx as minister to Australia, has

jer stamp. It gives the senate veto power. the “advice and consent” responsibility ofthe Demo‘majority means more than party regularity, the will reject Flynn as unfit.

ING LATE ON THE HOME FRONT ESIDENT ROOSEVELT, returning from North Africa, 1 find that all is not going well in the home front war ld down the cost of living. Articles from our Washington bureau tell why. Briefly, powerful labor unions have started a drive to k|the national war labor board’s “little steel” formula bilizing wages. We have never considered that a to be ideal; but at least it is something to tie to. s, what will happen then?

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Wi ab is likely to happen, we think, is a big new v Wave :

n in congress to push up the none-too-effective ceilings m m prices. And then a faster gain in the cost of living, wage increases, still higher farm prices, and so on | vicious, spirial that Mr. Roosevelt, nearly a year aimed must be halted. : Roosevelt. Eeonomie Dirgetor Byrnes and Price |

isso tow a. on this front ¢ Th Other-

ve carry ou that plan

be sure, President Roosevelt told all government |

Fair Enough

By Westbrook Pegler

Curran, the president of the na-

the navy gun crews from merchant vessels otherwise manned by civilian sailors of his union and that his men be trained to take their places. « This suggestion probably is subtle enough to deceive most of our citizens, so I thought I would explain what Comrade Curran is up to. This union of his is a small but powerful and dangerous element of the bolo front in the C. I. O. controlled by nonseafaring beachcombers. It was opposed to American war preparations until Hitler attacked Russia and, in general, has been a consistent follower of the Communist party line. Curran is a talky politician of arrogant, dictatorial personality whose idea of a fair trial of a sailor suspected of anti-Communist sentiments is to tear

order him ashore.

Naval Men Taunted

THERE HAS BEEN friction between the enlisted navy gun crews and the civilian merchant sailors of Curran’s union because the civilians get fabulous pay for sailors, including overtime and bonuses, whereas the navy men draw only the modest pay for their rates without extras. : | The young naval officers in command of the gun crews try to segregate their men from the civilian sailors because the Communists are always taunting them about their inferior pay and working conditions. A recent issue of a sailors’ union publication, turned out by an A. F. of L. union, expressed the union propaganda by which the unioneers work on the morale and patriotism of the enlisted sailors in a piece which described the naval men’s envy of thie union sailors and their officers’ efforts to keep t apart from the ship's crew and w und up Cc oo. the patriotic young officer a SOB. in just those initials. If Curran’s union were allowed to man the guns with trained non-service crews, the government of the United States would take a risk that the guns would one day be turned against this country by men bitterly opposed to the American form of government;

Access to Ammunition

CURRAN WOULD become the commander of an armed fleet of doubtful allegiance and these crews and their Communist party commissars would have access to ammunition to be put away for use against the people of the United States in the day of that

armed revolution within this country which is part of the unfinished business of the. Communist’s organization. Curran explained that because there is a shortage of efficient merchant sailors it would be well to make available to civilian members of his union the quarters aboard the merchant ships at present occupied by the naval sailors who man the guns. Thus, he proposed, new merchant sailors could be trained in actual sea experience and the naval men could be used for more important duties. He was willing to leave one commissioned gunnery officer aboard each ship to direct the gunners. In that case, however, the gunnery officer, like the civilian captain, would have to consult the hours of his gunners and clock their overtime and, in certain conceivable ' circumstances which could return this war to the status of an imperialist aggression against the workers, which is what the-Communist party Curran’s. union said it was until June 22, 1941, civilian union gunners might: refuse duty, throw the American commissioned naval officer into the sea, capture the ship and do ith it as the union directed.

Obligation Only to Curran

THE GUNNERS would not be bound by the discipline of the U. S. navy or obligations of patriotism, but would be union gunners with no obligation but to Curran and whatever ruler or dictator he might feel

loyal to. A. more handy solution of the friction between partiotic American enlisted men and officers on merchant ships and the members of Curran's private command, one that was found workable in the last war and before the unions were given the powers of a subgovernment of the United States, would be to place all ships under naval command, subject to naval discipline and orders. Seafaring is risky and the union’s contention is correct that the civilian sailors stake their lives and, in many cases, lose them. But the navy men take the same risks and for a small fraction of the civilian’s pay and are subject to commands at all times, with no arrangement for overtime or bonuses,

“In Washington

By Peter Edson

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.— Alumni from every alma mater in the country and the presidents, faculties and trustees thereof are putting the heat on Washington these days in what amounts to a tremendous educational lobby to get a piece of the army and navy money and a part of their specialized training programs. Congressmen, under pressure from every college in their district, are Bombarding the manpower commission and the U. S. office of education with demands for good old “Freshwater U.’—greatest little institution in the country, sir—to get its share of the government gravy. A large part of the confusion over this ruckus comes from a lack of understanding on just how big this whole education for war program really is. When the army and navy announced the latest chapter of their plan in mid-December, mention was made that they would use the facilities of 200 to 300 colleges and universities.

others might have to tear down their ivy and nail up their doors for the duration. It can be stated authoritatively there is no cause for such alarm.

495,000 Students to Be Educated

terrible beating -in this’ war. Income from endow-

teachers have gone to war and a lot of those left have had to take cuts in pay and work longer hours,

. But this whole education for war plan is so much bigger than the one. 200-300 college program ‘men-

00.000 waich 0 or another. Add up all | 2hocl programs ow deBnisaly sel. or en

NEW YORK, Jan. 30.—Joseph |

tionhl maritime union, has pro-| posed that the U. S..navy remove

up his union card, throw the pieces in his face and

From that, the idea got around that this was the |] whole program and fear was: expressed that all the |

. TRUE, COLLEGES and universities have taken a | |.

ments is down, expenses are up. Eight thousand

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poy . 7 g ® . The Hoosier Forum 1 wholly disagree with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.—Voltaire.

BEGAN LONG AGO?” By W. H. Edwards, Spencer I see that Westbrook Pegler is getting ribbed severely for his disclosures as a writer. Well, I have often found myself disgusted with Pegler, especially when he writes on strictly political themes. But when he writes of racketeering in labor unions I am compelled to agree with him, although I am 100 per cenf in favor of lawful unionism. ‘One thing that Pegler doesn’t seem to realize is that rackets and racketeering had begun long before labor union gangsters took it up as a profession. In the Forum of Jan. 19 Pegler says that “equality just doesn’t exist; some have more ability than others; some have superior intelligence; some are more energetic.” No reasonable person will disagree with him there; but does he realize that there is a peculiar kind of intelligence rife in certain people that enables them to acquire and hold money, regardless of the general welfare of people and government? Does Pegler realize that he is a part of a gigantic racket that adds tremendously to the costs of living? Does Pegler realize that the curse of inflation begah many years ago and that it made its more spectacular rise soon after the end of world war I through the medium of greatly increased profits in business and the ever-mounting salaries paid in the upper brackets? Does Pegler know that, even during the depression years when farm prices dropped to the bottomless pit and workers’ wages were reduced —if they were lucky enough to have and hold .a job—that high salaries for the executive class were either maintained or raised? Does Pegler know that ‘most of the money obtained through high salaries went into speculation in real ‘estate and rentals, generating in an almost vertical rise in rents when the concentration of war manufacturing in a relatively few congested centers caused workers to

“DOES PEGLER KNOW RACKETS

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become discouraged and troublesome? Does Pegler know that over half of a city consumer’s dollar paid out for food goes to build glamorous cities with skyscraping monuments to some men’s perfidity through the most wasteful marketing system that could be imagined? That oxcart marketing system alone is causing misery and discontent that threatens the future of our home-

land.

“OPPOSED TO ANY

MORE FREE STUFF” By Arthur S. Mellinger, R. R. 17, Box 317

The free textbook is coming up tagain in the state legislature. I am opposed to any more free stuff. The situation now is bad enough. There is too much power in the hands of

boards. But the most important factor is planting the wrong impression in the child and parent. There are not many families so hard up but can buy the books. If such folks can’t buy the books, we have had a law for 40 years whereby the trustee can provide the needy with books. Second, we have gone too far in planting free ideas in the minds of youth. They hear everything Is free, from books to salvation. The result. is that those things worthwhile are expected to be furnished free. . They can squander their ‘money on candy, pop and pinball machines, but the essentials should be furnished free. The children expect the parents to continue to support them after they are married. Children expect

Side Glances—By Galbraith

‘| When these books were used Indi-

; know. I do know that it was so {palpably inept, under the circum-

| Lockheed plant, Esquire magazine

i erence to the Sqmuanacr. in cliiet

lof which means so much to every | |ing Skelton, the comic.

to be carried around on a free board and room basis. Changing textbooks so often is an abomination of our Indiana educational system. If you could just install those books in use 40 years ago, you would have a better system than those they have now.

ana was third in education among her sister states, now it is seventh. How did it get that way? Through the centralization idea. I want to say I know something about education. We have had six children, the youngest a sophomore in high school. I will say here, we as parents have carried a big load in providing for and aiding in the education of these children. Not an evening goes. by but they receive help at home. I have a library they can go to and get information. One case I want to cite. The oldest daughter got so mixed up in English, as they call the “hodgepodge” method of teaching language. She could not make heads or tails of it: I got down an old grammar published in 1870, and after three weeks’ ‘study of this book she could tell you all about how the language was put together. I can multiply this * example untold times. The boy and girl today iz not taught self-reliance. Even after they get through college they have to hunt up somebody to hire them. If that job is not open all they can do is board off dad until something turns up. This war is a direct outgrowth of the failure of our so-called civilization to be able to provide jobs for millions who were taught they could get a good job if they went through college. : ® » t 4

“SKELTON’S REMARKS ON F. D. R. INEPT” By J. C. Manning, 512 N. Bancroft st.

At nine o'clock Tuesday evening millions of our citizenship were thrilled by the radio announcement of the meeting in Casablanca of

President Roosevelt ‘and Prime Minister Churchill. At 9:30 the only comment that Red Skelton of the Raleigh tobacco program could offer in connection with this, historic event was that he was surprised that Mrs. Roosevelt did not make the. trip instead of the president. Whether this observation is chargeable to a perverted sense of humor or represents a certain type of propaganda that is daily’ becoming more prevalent, I don’t

stances, that even a radio comic should have sensed its impropriety. Like many other long suffering listeners I am about “fed up” with a standardized system of wit and humor that is built around & discussion of girdles, gophers, the

and Mrs. Roosevelt; but patience ceases to be a virtue when, in the name of fun, disrespectful or flippant remarks are made with ref-

of our armed forces when he is

human being in this world, inelug-

DAILY THOUGHT

A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that 15 of 8 faithful spirit | concealeth the ater, ~Praveros

‘tastes and preferences.

War-191 8 and 194 By Walter Leckrone

ALLIED WAR COUNCILS in North Afri vealed this week, were perhaps without precedent. ? spectacular drama, but probably hy no. means’ unprecedented for fundamental results. ' Between the lines of reports from Casablanca is a strong reminder of an allied war council held with=

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out any drama at all “somewhere in France” in the -y

summer of 1918. No president, and no prime minister attended, and no hint that such a conference even had been-held reached the people of any nation. But the council changed the whole course of the war, At the beginning of 1918 allied plans called for a big drive to victory late in 1919. By that time, according to plan, American production would have reached its peak, the American army woud have some 7,500,000 trained soldiers with perhaps 5,000,000 of them overseas and ready for action. By the summer of 1919 the allied high command believed there would be power enough to crush Kaiser Wilhelm's armies, Until then they would fight a holding action while they builf their strength, risking no big offensive until they were certain it was big enough to win, :

Year Ahead of Military Schedules

BUT BUY MIDSUMMER of 1918 the outlook

changed. The big German spring offensive failed—

because as von Hindenburg later admitted, the: ‘quality of its reserve was low. Prisoners taken began to in= clude boys of 15 and men of 55. Allied commanders revised their estimates—not of their own strength, but of the strength of the enemy. The momentous war council, in which only mili-

‘| tary commanders took part, reached the conclusion

that final victory could be won in 1918, instead of 1919, if the allies threw their whole strength into a great smashing drive right away. They did, and the first world war ended a full year ahead of military schedules. It ended because the German army was beaten in battle, and not because the German home front collapsed. The German home front failed only after the German army was beaten. ! i : No allied official, of course, would even ir timate today what basic decisions were reached aft blanca last week. But there is a real possibility that the decisions reached were essentially the same as those reached in France in 1918—that by throwing in all allied strength the war with Germany can be: won in 1943, rather than 1944. :

Germans Beaten on Two Fronts

TODAY THE GERMAN army has been beaten in battle on two fronts, Russia and Africa. It no!longer

boys and men well past middle age for

.| service.

It is true that it still is a very powerful amm

that have not yet even begun to fight. Allied forces still are very far from the their power, a peak they may hardly reach before 1945. But well before they reach that peak thi y will become superior in power to the axis armies—just as they did in the first world war many months before they even approached their ultimate possible strength. Important as the Rooseveit-Churchill conferences may have been, there is reason to believe they were less important than the strictly” professional sessions the army command conducted. Those may me n that tC the big push to victory may have been mo up 4 whole year—and that Germany may fall in 1943.

We the Women

By Ruth Millett

SHE HAS BEEN married for five or 10 years and her marriage has been happy. She has followed all’ the 19301940 rules for making it go. Her home has been run for her huse: band’s pleasure and convenience, She hasn’t bored him with peos ple whom she likes and he doesn’t, Her 'husband’s hobbies have become. hers, . Her clothes and : her hair-do are chosen because they please her husband, and reflect his taste. She has stayed young and pretty, not to please herself, but because she has been told so many times that if she lets herself go, she stands a good ehance of losing her man fo another woman. Well, it all worked fine so long as her husband was home. Her husband was happy and she was happy because of it. There was nothing wrong with the pice ture—-until the army called her husband.

She'll Learn in Time

NOW THERE is no one to please but herself and she has almost forgotten she ever had ‘individual Worse than that she has lost all zest for pleasing herself, for doing things just

because she personally wants to do them and gets a. kick out of it. : The test for everything for so many years has been, “Will John enjoy it?” : So she is preity much at loose ends ‘and will be until she begins to remember all those ‘things she used to enjoy before she settled down to a life founds ed on the belief that it was her first duty to make 7s someone else happy. She'll learn in. time, : and then’ living alone won't ‘be quite so deadly. She may even turn into a decided individual who no longer gives the impression of being just a lonely half of a temporarily broken partnership, - And about that time her husband will come home and she'll have to learn all over again the routine of living to make another person happy, unless she has gained enough wisdom to found the rénewed marriage on a real partnership, one that lets Boum husband and wife remain individuals.

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