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Give Lighs al he People Will Fine Their Own Way

MONDAY, FEBRUARY, 1, 143

: R EPRESENTATIVES of railway labor have agreed with management, at a conference sponsored by the office of defense transportation, on a 13-point railroad manpower program which includes suspension for the war’s duration of some of the peacetime make-work practices known as

‘featherbedding.” We congratulate them.

They show real wisdom.

“Featherbed” rules, enforced by many unions, are

- notorious on the railroads.

For instance, crews delivering

cars to yards or tracks of other roads are forbidden to return to their own road with their engines pulling a load. This compels the use of two locomotives for work that one could do, That is just one of innumerable ways of requiring payment for unnecessary work, and employment of more men than are needed. Railway managements have long contended that they could save much manpower if these

rules were eliminated.

THE new program is to be made effective by negotiation, railroad by railroad: ' That voluntary method is much _ better than trying to cure the evil by passing a law. There's a fine line between ‘“featherbedding” and tules actually necessary for workers’ safety, and railroaders know more

than congressmen about where that line is.

Incidentally,

“the railway unions will put their current demand for wage increases in a bettewlight with the public if they now go as far as they possibly can to stop the waste of manpower in

their industry.

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- ‘We wish that all other unions would show equal wisdom and agree to drop “featherbed” practices, at least for the

duration.

That prospect, however, is not bright, No A.

‘F. of L. union shows any sign of budging off its downy mattress, and Phil Murray of the C. L. O. hag just denounced ~ (1) the Hobbs bill, aimed at racketeers who operate under honest unionism’s cloak to extort big money for doing no work at all, and (2) Miss Perkins, for ruling that double wages will be paid for a seventh day of work only when the seven days fall in. one working week.

S. We're Sa to see Admiral Halsey’s emphatic denial of the report that merchant seamen of the C. I. O.

maritime union refused to work Saturday afternoons and ~ Sundays to land badly needed cargoes at Guadalcanal. Publication of the report seems to have done injustice to brave {a1 this in the name of the people of the United seamen who are taking risks as great as those of men in

the armed. services.

“IT IS BETTER THIS WAY

BY WITHDRAWING as the president's nominee for minister to Australia, Ed Flynn has saved Mr. Roosevelt ~ from what had become an embarrassing political situation. No good could have come from an acrimonious senate debate . and an ultimate vote of rejection.

Mr. Flynn, of course, was wrong in saying that the opposition to him was motiviated by enmity to the president.

. The proof that he was wrong is in the record—in the 10]

~ years Mr. Roosevelt has been president no other appoint- ~~ ment to an ambassadorial or ministerial post hae encount-

ered resistance.

The president is now free to choose another as envoy to Australia. If he nominates anyone of scores of qualified men, confirmation will be automatic and without quibble.

THE AIRPLANE’S HERE TO STAY M= ROOSEVELT'S trip to North Africa made him the first president to fly in an airplane while president, the first to cross an ocean by air, and several other firsts. It was a striking demonstration of the confidence that has come to be placed in air travel—of how things that have seemed wildly improbable only a few years ago are com-

monplace now.

But our favorite example of flying donchalaince comes from Capt. R. O. D. Sullivan, Pan-American Airways pilot, who has just become the first man in the world to fly the Atlantic 100 times. Asked when he reached Baltimore after his 100th trip how it felt to have made such a record, Capt. Sullivan epi: “Well, 1 feel kinda hungry.”

BERLIN PAPERS PLEASE COPY

ToM GIRDLER, the old steel man who is making Libera tor bombers in San Diego, says his engineers are work-

¢ day and night on a mastodon which will make presentny giants look like toy planes.

The new behemoth, which is planned to the point where production could begin, could carry a crew and 400 passeners across the Atlantic in a few hours, or equivalent superuantities of armament and military supplies.

Mr. Girdler doesn’t say whether he has this- machine’

a mind when he predicts that tomorrow air speeds of four o five hundred miles an hour will be tommonplace.

This information #sdedicated disrespectfully to Herr|

olf Schickelgruber, Reichschancellery, Berlin, Germany.

\TION-WIDE liquor rationing is predicted by

idsum-~

mer, and our barber thinks it will create an irresistible demand for the Fetusm o of prohibition, “People are

|By Westbrook Pegler

the enemy, it will have been useful to us. ; But when the fume Somes 10 mals gone, the American people will re: use, as operation in the ‘establishment of the four freedoms everywhere in the world, we would have to depose our gallant ally, Joseph Stalin, and liberate the Russians and all the other continental European peoples who,

mans, would fall under his rule or the rule of his successor,

Rule of a Small Minority

THE AMERICANS will refuse to assume that task, not only because of the probability of military defeat abroad and consequent dissolution at home, but becduse we have no mission to impose.our form of government on the rest of the world. That would be the rule of a small minority over a great majority, even if it could be accomplished, as,

be insane. As a political project, hopeless. It is useless to try to refute the fact that Russian communism is no less oppressive, dictatorial, brutal and treacherous than Hitlerism. Some publicists, who a few years ago, were describing Hitlerism as brown bolshevism, have more recently had less to say about the practical identity of the two brutalitarian systems. This is polite and expedient with Russia fighting savagely on our side, but the Russian form of government. has not changed. ’

Entered War to Protect U. S.

IF IT IS to be argued that the four freedoms can exist tinder some other system than ours, than nobody has yet named that system. For that matter all four of them cannot exist at all and they are, in plain truth, just sky-writing thought up for propaganda ‘purposes by two strong, determined political leaders with a gift for phrase making and an alert sense of expediency. Freedom from want and fear everywhere in the world is an order which cannot be fulfilled in the time of any péfson now living, and probably never can be in the world. Any program of deliberate permanent impoverishment here for the benefit of the rest of the world will be beaten at the polls. The United States did not enter this war to raise the living standards of the rest of the world but to protect this country and those living standards which Americans alone enjoyed. *

Americans Not Consulted

IF OUR PROPAGANDISTS could kid the rest of the world and deal us out at home, our people might be practical and cynical enough to understand and let the four freedoms pass without challenge. But when it all seems to commit us in dead earnest to a national career of pestiferous do-gooding all over the world, and to sharing forever our butter and beef, our clothing, automobiles and all else that constitutes the material standard of American life, it suggests timt the country which the fighters will come back to would be just another land of want. And. who ever gave anyone permission to promise

States? When were the American people ever consulted on all that? They never were consulted. It just happened one morning in the news and ever since then a campaign has been running to make them believe it was their idea and thereforé legal and binding on ‘them and their heirs forever.

In Washington

‘By Peter Edson

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1—An awful lot of poppycock has been put out lately about the army's school of military government, set up by Provost Marshal and Judge Advocate Gen. Allen W. Gullion at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville. Criticism of this enterprise has tried to make of it something sinister—a college for wouldbe “gauleiters” to run things when the army “takes over.” Part of this trouble may be the army’s own fault for talking in generalities about the school instead of saying in simple language that graduates of Charlottesville, far from being political deep-dish intriguers of the state department variety, were in reality intended to be nothing more than the equivalent of U. 8. state, county or municipal highway commissioners, public health officers, directors of public utilities and so on in occupied areas. reasons of security, the army is not. yet ready to reveal where some of the Charlottesville graduates have been ed. But it can be told that few were sent to Africa and if there had been more such assignments, Gen. Eisenhower might not have run into all the difficulties he encountered with French colonial officials there. The Charlottesville school is intended to train men for just such jobs.

Take Over Behind Advance

SIMPLE PACTS and an examination of its curriculum, records and enrollment seem to indicate that

hand-picked civilians,

local government to make sure that what's left of the

down. The Charlottesville trained officers will selieve the military commander of keeping order behind the lines,

water "systems, sewage systems, looking after public Healih 10 Sof thai disease in the civilian population does not spread to the troops.

Planning. for Future

@ Sie Sruy} Digan lob Suing administraion These will’ senior officers. Oe is senior which is Cr Ds hit: Leth courses are given to junior officers who will be as-

In addition to that, the office of the provost marshal general, working with other civilian agen of the ey VRE a Se co a now in civilian occupations, both public and private such as superintendents of streets, sewage, disposal, sho Bi paige ge Brim allem

reserve.

It it succeeds In ts purpose of helping to conquer

in the fulfilment of victory by the allies over the Ger- |’

of course, it can’t. As a military enterprise it would s

the principal function.of the Charlottesville school is | to prpvide a four months’ short course in public ad- |: ‘ministration, contemporary ‘history and economics for |' When these men graduate they will theoretically |: be ready to move in with an expeditionary force and | -}.as that force advances, fake over supervision of the |

civilian ‘economy in the occupied country does not |

restoring transportation and communications systems, |:

THE CHARLOTTESVILLE school is only one part

the army training | § officers, special

end is commissioning them as officers in the active

The Hoosier Forum

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

“PLEASE MAKE

ADDRESS CORRECTION” By Wm. S. Davidson, 411 E. North st.

My attention has been called to places raided in your Jan. 18 issue, and among those listed is 411 E. North st, I wish to state that my wife and I are respectable aged people living here and don’t want such publicity, as we are not gamblers, bootleggers, etc., nor any unlawful practices. So please have your reporter give you the correct address and make the correction and oblige.

4 = = “DELAYED 27 MINUTES AT RAILROAD: CROSSING”

By Asshel R. Gwin, 3034 Fifth ave. east, : Mars Hill

This is aimed directly at. certain guilty parties who make up our state and city government. I don’t need to mention any names because I think their consciences will guide

Mars Hill bus. We came out on Harding street at Oliver and there was a long line of traffic, including another bus. :I don’t know how long they had been there but one train sat in one place for 11 minutes and as it began to move two other freights came easing by. Many workers trying to get home and get to work were detained longer than 27 minutes. When the crossing was finally cleared there was a line of cars and two other busses. : For two weeks I fried to get to

work every day on time. I was very].

unsuccessful. Out of 12 working

day I was so late I furned around and came home. I was always on schedule until we got to the crossing on Harding street between Ray Atreet and Oliver.” Right there we were always held up. The days I was on time I got up at 3 a. m. in order to fix the fires, eat my breakfast and catch

I was on my way home on the

days'I was on time three days. One|

~ (Times readers are invited fo express their views in these columns, religious con-. troversies excluded. Because of the volume received, letters must be limited to 250 words. Letters must be signed.)

the 4:45. This isn’t: very much fun when you have to ride 32 .miles a day on a bus, spend 10 hours a day at work and don’t get to eat supper until 8:00 or 8:30 p. m., all because of that one railroad crossing and some of the streets.over. which the Mars Hill: bus and the 21st and Arlington busses travel. We lose many hours. a week because the busses are forced to travel so slow. To correct the street situation I'd suggest commissioners consult the bus company officials concerning these and many others like them.

As for the viaduct situation, I'd

suggest a little more of our tax

money be given for another viaduct{,

at the crossing mentioned. By cor-

recting both of these at once in-

stead of dickering it back and forth in political circles you will be saving many, many precious man hours daily and the axis certainly isn’t dallying around about killing our

boys So let’s have some action now. That is the only way we'll win

this war, by doing away with so much red tape about this sort of thing. So now let's see how truly American our G. O. P. leaders are.

: a 8 =» 2 “AGED INSIST ON : FREEDOM FROM WANT” By Louis W. Heagy, 216 E. Ninth st. Agitation of the four freedoms is becoming world-wide. . ,.. However, itis the opinion of this writer that the United States in general and the state of Indiana in particular should first clean up. their own doorsteps. Indiana is high up, comparatively speaking, in welfare work. But in no sense comparable to that freedom that speaks about “freedom from want.” . Progressive action was: taken two

Side Glances—By Galbraith

years ago by the legislature; then

‘|greatly disregarded by welfare

boards. It required a decision of our: highest court to set right the matter of property liens against the old age pensioners. A A backward step is right now being fostered in our legislature to reinstate these and establish future liens. As of June, 1942, old age assistance was being paid to 70,512 citi-

“|zens, of an average of $19.81 month-

ly. The state of Indiana and particular counties bear one-half and the federal government the other one-half. For the purpose of comparison, figures and facts taken from a recent news item of -an- Indianapolis paper are here appended. - “Four thousand and seventy-three federal

paid annually $7,800,000, an average of $159.60 monthly.” : “The aged citizens are not asking much, comparatively speaking, but they do insist because they are humans, “on freedom from want.” : m= = “MANY MOTORISTS EXCEEDING SPEED LIMIT” By W. S. Johnson, 16th and Central I noticed recently whggg=Donald Stiver was going to have the state police make arrests where motorists are driving with: ony one headlight burning. It would be a good idea if Mr. Stiver would have his officers also make arrests in Indianapolis as there are many cars with only one headlight burning here. There has been a noticeable let-

* | down in police trafic SuparyIon in

Indianapolis recently. . Despite less driving, bas accidents continue at a high rate. War workers and others are being injured and cais and trucks are being smashed every day. . Why does ‘Mayor Tyndall not appoint an efficient safety engineer and then see that the police really do this job and do it right?

. 8 “OWNER PREVENTED FROM SELLING PROPERTY”

By, Eo, Fear, The Fear Realty Co., 914

orice the rent. control office and in addition to an article by V. C. Dearborn: A client of ours, a widow in Ber seventies, a non-resident, owns a good and very well located double in Indianapolis. She rented this double to the present supants in

| |1934 when rents were very low, and

because. they were nice people and paid the rent promptly, she never raised the rent. She did not realize what she was doing to the sell-

3 ing price of the pi

| Lamentations 3:60.

‘DAILY THOUG

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1 France's available fighting forces to throw their.

employees in Indianapolis are being]

French Tragedy By William Philip Simms

auspices, the tragedy of a France divided against itself continues

Ton nie? Yett oman op.

this country have now all but abandoned hope of real harmony. Probably the best that can be. - pected is some sort of arrangement of a military character. to

inconsiderable weight on the side of the allies, - = ..- - Politi , the de -Gaullists in London, and. : might be led the Giraudists in North Africa, as far apart as the poles. Gen. ‘Giraud. is said to insist ‘on driving out the invader first and settling political differences afterwards. ‘ But Gen. de Gaulle appears to have aequired. 8 “leader complex” Shirly out of keoping wil

Vichy Repudiation Is No Test ANOTHER THING which divides and infuristes

German” or “traitors.” As one prominent Prencheman told me: , “You can’t classify us like that. Politically there are all kinds of Frenchmen, for the French are great ° individualists. But 99 per cent of them have hated

the Germans from infancy and hate them even more

bitterly now. “For that reason most of them honor de Gaulle

| for his stand against the axis. For the very same

reason, however, at least 90 per cent of them are just as opposed to de Gaulle when he allows his po= litical ambitions to interfere with the prosecution of the war—the war on whith “their future existence / ? depends.” Repudiation of Vichy—said by some to be the test of loyalty—has been proved, by experience, to be ne

test at all, It seems that everything depends on the

camp the Vichyite lands in, It it's the de Gaullist od camp, he seems to be washed of his sins. It Giraudist, ; he remains a villain still. Be

Parallel Careers End Differently

TAKE THE CASES of Marcel Peyrouton, formep Vichy ambassador to Argentina, and Leon Marchal; former Vichy counselor of embassy at Washington. - M. Peyrouton served the third republic as governor: / of Tunisia. He became minister of interior under : Vichy. As such, he issued the order for the arrest of Pierre Laval. Later on he ‘went to Buenos Aires as - ambassador, but resigned when Laval returned to power. M. Marchal likewise’ “served the third republic in North Africa. He continued to function there under Vichy. It was his official duty to welcome a German delegation to Morocco after the French surrender in 1940. Subsequently he went to Washington as = counselor of embassy. There he, too, resigned in * disgust when the obnoxious Laval staged a comeback | at Vichy. LG Here, then, are two careers which certainly ap< pear very similar. Only the ending is different. M. Peyrouton joined Giraud as a North African admine istrator while M. Marchal offered his services to de Gaulle. Most unprejudiced Frenchmen that know are convinced both men were doing their duty as they saw it, ¢

Politics Must Be Adjourned

THE DE GAULLISTS make much of the fact— and it is an admirable fact—that Gen. de Gaulle has fought the axis from the beginning. But so has Gen. :. Giraud.

de Gaulle’s time has since been spent in London, Giraud’s was spent plotting in a German prison.

His escape, his refusal to join the men of Vichy, P

his co-operation with American agents in preparas tion for a North African landing, his escape from .. France in a submarine and his recent activities in . Africa- were all at the eminent risk of his life, hs Gen, Giraud’s course has been 100 per cent loyal to France and to the allies. His decisions, therefore, can no more be suspect than those of Gen. de Gaulle, The only differences would seem to be political,

and if President Roosevelt and Prime Minister ‘

Both de Gaulle and Giraud saw service at the . $ front at the outset of the war, but whereas most of .

& smoothly, they should firmly insist that French poli s

surrender.” : Tra

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We the Women i

By Ruth Millett

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1F YOU WANT your x are babies today, to have teresting reading when older, why don’t you start the

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diary for them? In it keep track of abouts of members of the who are in service—the the WAVE, or the SPAR as the soldier, sailor, or Save some of the most in letters: mailed from foreign | Jot down some of the rationing rules and rogue tions—the scarcities, the inconveniences (such a heat at 65, speedometer at 35). . Include the war work of every one in the fanlly,

aides » : %

“Tell about the social life, thé car-sharing plans, the

length of time it takes to dry rayon stockings. EE Erno when Jou tae he wali

.will end—set down your predictions. Save some of

the most thrilling newspaper stories that come out of the war. ; Keep track of the things you are asked to save silk stockings for powder bags, bacon grease for explow sives, tin cans.

A Diary of Every Day Living

TELL ON WHAT date the bakers stopped 4 slicing 3 3%

bread, and define “pleasure driving.” Keep a good record of leaves spent at home by members of the family in service. Mark down the

$| things they wanted to do, the food they wanted prop-| served, their stories about army life.

Keep a war diary, not of the headlines, but of the * everyday living of one family—your family. It will make the most interesting kind of reading for your kids when they are older. And keeping it will give you a more obective attitude toward the a I

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WARTIME PLANTING is golog fo meen

‘as much as wartime plants.

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{Now THERE 1s eal esi fn te “Those blasted Germans.” Rody Le re ITS EASY to face the music if you harmony.

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