Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 February 1943 — Page 5

‘Wis Rules That t. Gornpany

Can’t Abandon Them

For Duration.

ye WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (U.P). — All established union shop agreements were frozen today for the duration of the war in an effort to keep war production stabilized. The war labor board, with employer members dissenting, has ruled that a company may not

abandon in wartime a umion-shop|

agreement that is embodied in a labor contract reached after legitimate collective bargaining. The policy was established in the . case of the Harvill Aircraft Die Casting Crop., Inglewood, Cal. The WLB ordered the company to renew shop and check-off clauses in a new contract with the National Association of Die Casting Workers (C. I 0).

Industry Members Dissent

. Dissenting from the decision were industry members Cyrus Ching, Harry L. Derby and Almon E. Roth. They may issue a dissenting opinion later. . The majority opinion was written by WLB public member Frank Graham, who said that the decision means that for the duration the vv board will try to maintain the status quo in labor-management relations. “No company can take advantage of the no-strike agreement to throw out a union ship previously estab-| lished by agreement between the parties,” Graham said. , . “By provision for the continu7 ance of the established union®shop, the board seeks to keep stabilized the union in an area already stabilized. . . . For unions in open shop industries to fight out to the bitter end the battle for the union shop would be most unstabilizing

and devastating for war production.|—Soldiers who are sent to college “Likewise, to push union shopsiynder the army’s new specialized training program

of the millions of American workers | time for “college boy” pastimes.

back into open shops would unstabilize, for war production, the unions

who have pledged themselves not

to strike but to leave to peaceful iyntil they graduate—if they do— they will have to “hump” to keep up with the proposed program. Officials planning the program] . that the government will not com-|warn those who look upon it as a pel a worker to join a union in|chance to go to a college with its order to get a job, and that the gov- | traditional sports, social events and

ernment will not use its sanctions |jeisurely living better stick th during this war to establish or dis-|army. © sick. Yo the

arbitrament the security of the unions which they have won after long.and arduous struggles. “The . board

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holds

establish the union shop.”

ADMIT LA FOLLETTE TO COURT PRACTICE

Times Special WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—Having made his maiden speech in the

house—against continuation of the|chosen from the ranks—after their Dies committee—Rep. ‘Charles M.|13 weeks of basic training—on the

LaFollette, Evansville Republican, basis of screening tests to determine ' background and aptitude. There will be screening tests every mitted to practice before the U. S.|13 weeks thereafter to weed out

misfits.

took fime out to have himself ad-

i Supreme court. His nomination was moved by former Indiana Appellate Judge Posey Kime, also of Evansville but

now on the legal staff at the de-|Beukema, director of the program.

partment of justice. . In his Sheeeh explaining his opposition continuing the Dies De de Mr. LaFollette said: “I think that this committee is a negative approach to Americanism. You will make Americanism work "only by making democracy work, and that is a positive job in America and not a negative one.”

SHOES AMPLE FOR 1ST RATION PERIOD

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (U. P.) — Stocks of all types of shoes now in the hands of retailers approximate 200,000,000 pairs, ample to meet all immediate needs for the first rationing period up to | June 15, according to Frank L. Walton, director of the war production board textile, clothing and leather division. Production of civilian shoes in the last quarter of 1942 was at the rate of 34,000,000 pairs a ‘month, Walton said.

“PHI KAPPA PSI HERE ~ TO HONOR FOUNDERS

Founders of Phi Kappa Psi ~ fraternity and charter members of the Indianapolis Alumni association will be honored at | the annual Founders’ day dinner meeting at 6:30 p. m. Monday in ‘the Riley hotel. Edward H. Rnight, who organized the association in 1900, will respond for the surviving charter | members. Eight of the 39 who | formed the group in 1900 survive, five of whom live here. They are Taylor E. Groninger, Walter D. Grubb, Edward H. Knight, Almus G. Ruddell and Charles N. Thompson. !

ARCHBISHOP HINSLEY ' TO MAKE BROADCAST

NEW YORK, Feb. 13. (U. P).— Arthur Cardinal Hinsley, archbishop of Westminster and spiritual head of all Roman Catholics in Great Britain, will address the second annual Columbia university conference on religion next Tuesday by short-wave from London, . the Rev. Stephen Bayne Jr., univer«sity chaplain, said today. . Cardinal Hinsley will be broadcast in this country by Mutual. ——————————— ‘U.S. JURY TO MEET MARCH 8;

. District Attorney B. Howard

' Caughran said today thatthe south--ern district Indiana federal grand jury would convene here ‘March 8

for its spring term. 4

idea of the pace that will be set could be learned from any man who has gorie through officers’ candidate school.®1t will not be a bit less intensive in the army’s college.

- Bur- | ganist

* These nine Boy Scouts ‘from troop 72 yesterday had a field day at Camp Atterbury. They visited there as the guests of Col. Linwood Gable, commanding offis>r of the 73d general hos-

pital. He invited them to be his guests because they collected a total of 2158 decks of playing cards for soldiers in the camp. In the front row (left to right) are Sam Moss, scoutmaster, Don

‘WPA Backed by Money Wrung Out of u. S.

VERSAILLES, Feb. 13.—Victory by 1944 was predicted here last night by Rep. Earl Wilson (R. Ind) in a

county Republicans. “One year ago today when IT spoke

could expect victory sometime in

- 11944,” Mr. Wilson declared. “I have

Mosiman, David Lawson, Ralph Vonnegut, Walter Ballew and Clifford B. Moore, assistant scoutmaster. In the rear row are Joe Small, Joe Moore, Jack Moss, Von Ballew and Irving Ball

COLLEGE ‘PLAY’ IS RESTRICTED

Soldier- Students Will Find Little Time for

Pastime. WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (U. PJ).

From the time they are selected,

Officials suggested that a good

Chosen From Ranks Men for the training will !be

There will be 60 hoyrs weekly of supervised work, study, exercise and drill, according to Col. Herman

And to keep up with the course, it was estimated, at least half as many more hours will be required in “home work.” “We expect a high rate of attrition,” Beukema said. “At each screening, men will be returned to become technical non-coms. This does not represent waste, because such men are badly needed. “Because they are screened out doesn’t mean they are not good men. They were picked men .to begin with. Moreover, at the screenings others will be chosen to go to officer candidate schools.

They're “Rare Birds”

“Men who show great capacity but need development will go on longer. Those showing particular aptitude will get advanced training for some activity connected with the war effort, sometimes outside military life. We know these fellows are ‘rare birds’” A premium will be placed on engineering talent. = Next come medical men, and thereafter psychologists, who will be trained to do army classification work, and those who will be taking “foreign area studies.”

CONFERENCE ON FOOD ADVERTISING IS SET

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (U.P) — Gardner Cowles Jr., director of OWI domestic operations, said today that key advertisers in the food and allied industries have been invited fo discuss with government officials plans for organizing their voluntary advertising campaign in support, of the war food program. Representatives of the industries | will meet at 10 a. m., Feb. 19, in the New York Wimes theater in New York with agriculture department, price administration and other federal officials. Manufacturers and representatives of advertising agencies will be

situation, including rationing plans, nutrition, farm production goals, farm labor needs and victory gardens, Cowles said.

WOODMEN CIRCLE TO MEET ON MONDAY

will have little

'Strip Tease wPB Code for WAACs?

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (U.'P.). —WAAC is synonymous with strip~-tease—at least in the new language of the WPB. If you don’t believe if, look on Page 59 of the WP's latest issue of its publication, “product assignments.” It is a “dictionary” of code names which guide busy officials who must consult with industry divisions about civilian and war products. The code weather strip is “bldg”; for Web goods stripes, “text.” In between those two in the “dictionary”—whether by accident or design is not known—is this line: WAAC—Strip-tease. It was suggested that the insertion was inspired by the recent WAAC who went a. w. 0. 1. (absent without official leave) in Des Moines, Ia. to go a. w, 0. ¢. (absent without clothes) in a Des Moines theater featuring striptease. The only “comment” in WPB came from a blushing girl employee at the office of production assignments: “I am not authorized to discuss the matter.”

FAIR SHARE OF FOOD FORECAST

Point Rationing Will Provide Even Distribution, Taggart Tells OCD Speakers.

The point rationing system will insure that all food is shared fairly in this country, Alex L. Taggart said yesterday. He spoke at a luncheon meeting of the speakers’ bureau of the Marion County Civilian Defense council at the Indianapolis club. “We must have enough food to supply all the demands away from home and also enough to keep our civilian army fighting at home,” he sald. : “We need fighting foods for our men in the armed services. Berries and coconuts would not have given our men the endurance they needed to wipe the Japs out of Guadalcanal. American troops in North Africa cannot hold qut on a diet of figs and dates.”

Urges Careful Planning

Mr. Taggart urged consumers to wake up to their importance in the war, “Housewives should realize that food management has become one of the big jobs of the home front,” he said. “Consumers should not accept food rationing in a blind or haphazard manner,” he added, urging householders to learn what they should do to obtain their rationing books. Harry E. Yockey, city civilian deference director, presided. William E. Munk, county civilian defense

1 DEAD, 1 HURT IN FIRES HERE

Women Victims of Explosion, Blazes in- Homes; ‘Damage Over $25,000.

One woman was fatally burned, another was critically injured and an estimated damage of more than $25,000 resulted in fires over the city yesterday. Mrs. Sally Caspari, 33¢ N. Belle Vieu pl, died in City hospital of burns received early yesterday when her robe caught fire as she lighted a gas stove. The explosion of a gas stove at her home, 1631 Milburn st., critically burned Mrs. Lucille Mathis on the back, arms and legs. She is at the City hospital. Wing Destroyed A fire at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Abke, 7979 N. Meridian st., destroyed the east wing of the 14-room, two-story brick home, including the library, a first floor living room and two bedrooms on the second floor. Valuable paintings: by Hoosier artists and autographed books also were destroyed. Damage was estimated at about $25,000. Fire fighting was handicapped by a shortage of water. The only supply was from a well in the garden of the home. Members of the Meridian Hills volunteer fire department, a civilian defense organization, assisted the Broad Ripple company in fighting the blaze which was believed to have started from

: sparks in the library fireplace.

Caspari Rite Tomorrow

An estimated $200 damage was caused to the roof of a two-and-one-hzlf-story frame home of Virgil Gawley at 1048 High st. Cause of the fire was unknown. ? Services for Mrs. Caspari will be at 11 a. m. tomorrow at the Conkle funeral home with burial Monday afternoon at Danville, Ky. She was the wife of John Caspari and had lived here since 1903. She was 70. She was a member of the Daughters of Pocahontas, the Christian church, the Alfarata council, the United Daughters of -the Confederacy and a past president of the United Spanish War Veterans auxiliary. Born in Honey Grove, Tex. she lived in Danville, Ky., 30 years before coming to Indianapolis.

BOUNDARY BILL GETS SGHRICKER 0. K.

Governor Schricker today signed ‘Ithe bill to restore the Harding st. plant of the Indianapolis Power & Light Co. to Decatur township, The plant and other property valued at a total of $6,000,000 had been transferred from Decatur to Perry township and was involved in a 10-year dispute between the two townships because of the property's affect on the tax rate. Decatur residents had contended that the transfer of the property had caused them to be the first Marion county township to require

director, also spoke.

school fund aid.

FUNNY BUSINESS

given a complete review of the food | i

} | ditionally.

not changed my mind. I am willing the time in 1944 will depend upon diency. Our commander-in-chief,

thousands of lives for the mere sake of ‘getting it over’ a few months earlier, : “We are being told by post-war planners that this war, like the last one, is being fought to ‘end al! wars.’ Frankly, I ’t believe that we will ever fight a war that will end} all wars. Policy Never Worked Fighting yourself free is like spending yourself rich or drinking yourself sober. Such a policy never has worked and I doubt if it ever will.” : Plans to restore order and decency to all countries after the war should be developed right now the ninth

|district congressman maintained. “The real question before the J

American people today is what they want to do about nationalism and internationalism,” Mr. Wilson continued. “My position’ on this question is that if internationalism is going to mean an international WPA, an international welfare organization supported by the money wrung from the American taxpayers then I want to state here and now that I am not an internationalist. “But if internationalism means that we are going to do everything pessible to help those in foreign countries to help themselves, then I believe that all of us will have to

program is the fairer position to take.”

Girls Don Jackets Under Protest

STRATFORD, Conn., Feb. 13 (U. P.).—Seventy-five sweater girls in the deflector department of the Vought-Sikorsky Aircraft Co., reluctantly climbed into jackets yesterday while a labormanagement conference debated’ whether Lana Turner-type pullovers are dangerous to the war production effort. The girls, sent home for appearing in sweaters in violation of a company rule that they must wear jackets with their slacks, agreed to return to the production line without sweaters while the conference wrestled with the problem. “How much do they care for production if' they stop it for - something like this?” complained one girl. Said another: “It’s too cold to come to work without a sweater. The jackets are too bulky and expensived, and you can’t roll up the sleeves to work easily.” “What about the men? They can wear sweaters.” Someone pointed out there was no rule against wearing a sweater under the jacket. The conference will thresh that out, too.

PROTEST GROWS AS GANDHI STILL FASTS

NEW DELHI, Feb. 13 (U. P).— Partial paralysis of business spread today in Delhi, old section of the capitol, in protest against the continued internment of Mohandas K. Gandhi, now on the fourth day of a three-weeks fast at the Aga Khan's palace at Poona. Principal markets, factories and mills were closed in the city.

More disturbances were reported at scattered points, but it was difficult to tell whether they were ‘connected directly with Gandhi's fast, itself a protest against his, internment, or were a contintiation| of sporadic disorders in which Nationalists have been indulging in ever since last August, when mob violence led the government to inturn Gandhi and other. leadsrs as responsible. Nationalist leaders called an allIndia conference to meet here next Wednesday and Thursday, under the chairmanship of Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru, an eminent jurist and president of the Indian Lib-

“jeral federation, to urge the gov-

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[Tels Battimore Audion | Post-War Aims Should

Be Those of ‘All.’ BALTIMORE, Md, Feb. 1 Lincoln's leadership offers the pa

i | [tern for'a post-war world on the ; | American plan, Sen. Raymond

housewife whose well-stocked shelves don’t make Uncle

home-canned vegetables and fruits. grew most of the foods in her vic-

last year—just as most Americans plan to do in 1943— Preputed for canned goods rationing by doing her own canning. hetic headline on last spring’s shelf paper.

Governor Schricker dedicated

MARTIN SCORES BUREAU RULE

Will of Congress Is Being Defied, Pittsburgh “Audience Told.

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 13 (U. P)— Rep. Joseph W. ‘Martin Jr. (R. Mass.) house minority leader, charged ‘last night that “powermad bureaucrats are defying the will of congress and warned that the nation is headed for dictatorship unless bureaucratic tendencies are curbed. ' “Congress has turned down numerous projects only to find later that these projects have been built with ‘blank check’ finds,” he told a Lincoln day dinner here. “This is not only a defiance of the congress, it is a direct blow against our constitutional form of government. “If these ‘power-mad’ bureaucrats can defy congress and get away with it, we have traveled a long way on the road to dictatorship. We don’t want that kind of government—not even a benevolent dictatorship here in America.”

Raps Size of Payroll

The Republican leader deplored the “steady expansion” in the number of governmental employees, pointing out that the first world war was fought and won with a civilian staff of 900,000, while the government today has 3,000,000 on its payroll. “The size of our army of civilian employees is a shocking national scandal,” Martin asserted, “and each day hundreds more are being

‘added to the lists. Let's have a

reducing diet for this bulging bureaucracy.” Martin said the Republican party favors “some-pay-as-you-go system of tax collection” during the war emergency. The former G. O. P. national chairman warned that labor and capital must forget their quarrels in the interest of the nation.

The ranks. of the marine corps have finally been thrown open to women. Capt. Ralph E. Boulton, officer’ in charge of marine corps recruiting and induction in Indiana, said today that a women’s reserve is being established and that members of the reserve will be called marines. Nation-wide enrollment of women between the ages of 20 and 50 as officer candidates, and 20 and 36 as enlisted personnel, will begin immediately under the direction of the newly-appointed director; Mrvs. Ruth Chenéy Stieeter, joint donor of the Cheney award to members of the army air corps for acts of] valor and former chairman for Ft. Dix of the citizens’ committee for army and navy, inc. Mrs. Streeter will hold the rank of ‘major in the marine Corps. Train at WAVE Schools

The women reservists are to be trained in schools already established for navy WAVES at major women’s colleges throughout the country. Later, they will be assigned to marine corps training cen-

Present Day GOP Advised To Maintain Lincoln Ideals

By UNITED PRESS Indiana, where Abraham Lincoln spent 14 years of his youth, observed the 134th anniversary of his birth yesterday with celebrations and commemorative addresses throughout the state.

a commemorative building at the

grave of Nancy Hanks Lincoln, mother of the martyred president, at Lincoln City—site of the 1770-acre Lincoln state park,

Schricker placed a wreath on Mrs. Lincoln's grave and said it was fitting to pay tribute “to the brave and gentle mother who gave him good birth and led him with a kindly hand for a little while along the path of greatness.” The services included addresses by Col. Richard Lieber, chairman of the Indiana Lincoln union, and Hugh A. Barnhart of the Indiana conservation department. Lincoln scholars gathered at Bloomington today to dedicate the Oakleaf library of Indiana university, which will make available to the public a large collection of Lincolniana. At Peru, Attorney General James Emmert told a Republican dinner meeting that the United States must live up to the Monroe Doctrine as Lincoln had adhered to it. Mr. Emmert said a program of defensive military construction must be undertaken during the post-war period to prevent the nation ever again from becoming involved in conflict. Praises Lincoln Spirit At Logansport, State Republican Chairman Ralph Gates paid tribute to Lincoln’s spirit, in an address before Cass county Republicans, “I am proud,” said Mr. Gates, “that to us is being given the privilege of guiding the ship of state back into the safe channels of honest, debt-paying government, back and ever back toward the ideals of Lincoln.” Mrs. Mary B. Denadum, G. O. P. 10th district vice chairman, told Wabash county Republicans that “this is no time for selfishness nor pettiness in politics nor in government.” “We must stand up and fight for our political convictions,” she said. “We should win the war abroad and regain our freedom at home before thinking about policing the world.” State Treasurer James Givens, speaking at Crawfordsville, said “we need all the hard-headed horse sense we can marshal” and he pointed out that Lincoln had “sought out his most bitter critics to serve him and the nation.” In Indianapolis, Dr. C. T. Malan, state school superintendent, said in an address at the Crispus Attucks school that the “unfree, the oppressed, the bruised and the crushed” must be protected and he cited Lincoln's role as the “great

my 41 Te She ly washan ember |

emancipator.”

Women Invited fo Become Members of Marine Corps

Enlisted personnel must be between 20 and 36, have at least two years of high school or business education, or special qualifications in a particular field. Both married and unmarried

no married woman’ with children under 18 years of age will be accepted, and no woman married to a member of the marine corps can serve. The duties of the trained women reserves: will be varied and many. They will include administrative, clerical, stenographic, photographie, laboratory, acrographic, aircraft mechanic, and parachute rigging assignments.

applicants need not have specialized training in order ‘to volunteer: The corps, she said, “desires women or high caliber who can be trained for their duties after they are enlisted.” Has Outstanding Records Women wanting to enlist are directed to apply to the nearest office of naval and marine officer procurement, or marine recruiting and

educational record, Secupation and marital status.

ing service record during this war. Long interested in aviation, she is a licensed commercial pilot, and in

women are eligible for service. But

| willis (®. Ind) told the 13th an-

war objectives which were any dife ferent than those the people under= stood and desired. “And again today, only the war. aims on which the people are united deserve to be reflected in the decisions of their government. Not only because they have placed their full faith and trust in their chosen: officials, but also because from the’ humblest laborer to the most effie cient executive they have contrik uted their talents and their energy to assembling and equipping army and a navy in the incredibly record-breaking time of little mo than a single year.

Prove Freedo m Valid

“In addition to this contribution of talent and energy and time an comfort, the people have made another great contribution; they have contributed irrefutable evidence of the validity of a philosophy. They have contributed indisputable evi dence of the speed and efficiency and dependability of the philosophy of freedom enterprise. “How ironically unjust it would be if the fruit of a success won by the genius of free enterprise were to bs no more than the stinging death penalty for that very freedom of victory! “We have heard of ‘snatehing vice tory from the jaws of defeat.’ Buf to lose the very thing which made us successful would be to snatch de= feat from the grinning jaws of victory!”

JAPANESE CONTINUE FLIGHT FROM WAU

GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD! QUARTERS, Australia, Feb. 13 U, P.).—Japanese troops are 'continuing their flight from the Wau area of northern New Guinea after sufe fering ‘a humiliating and damaging defeat in a two-week battle with Australian infantrymen, it was an= nounced today. About 1000 of 3000 enemy troops. who had tried to capture Wau and with it an important allied air base were dead in the jungle; the res mainder were making their way along twisting trails toward Mubo, on the coast 12 miles southwest of the large Japanese, base of Sala=, maua. Announcing this success in. five words of his communique—‘“‘the enemy continues his withdrawal”— Gen. Douglas MacArthur reported also the death of 225 additional Japanese in the north New Guinea area. ’ Gen. MacArthur's communiqu also announced that an allied heavy Bombing plane had bombed a Japanese 6000-ton transport off Cape Orford, on the south coast of New Britain island northeast of New Guinea, leaving it badly crippled; and stationary.

EISENHOWER GETS NEWS OFFICIALLY:

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, North Africa, Feb. 13 (U, P.)—Gen, Dwight D. Eisenhower was notified - officially yesterday that he had been promoted to a full generalship. A local jeweler presented him with 12 hand-wrought silver stars to complement his new four-star uniform.

He received the news unofficially : last night when a naval officer picked up a ship’s news report that

official hotifi ation arrived.

But Maj. Streeter stressed that]

Maj. Streeter, whose Dome is ta | Morristown, N. J., has an outstand-

MRS. LIDA HODGSON

Mrs. Lida Hodgson, a former resis dent of Indianapolis, died Feb. 4 Phoenix, Ariz ; -She was the sister of Mrs. Gr E. McIndoo of Indianapolis

induction station, stating their age,|