Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 February 1943 — Page 15
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~ UPHOLD DENIAL OF |, TRIAL FOR ALIENS
Wartime Code Permits Government to Seize and Detain Enemy Nationals Without Recourse to Court Procedure.
By NED
BROOKS
Times Special Writer WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—More than 3400 alien enemies have been interned, “for the duration,” in the justice department’s 14-month royndup of Germans, Japanese, Ital-
safety.”
jans and others regarded as “dangerous to the national
They are permitted no public trial, no opportunity to
Even their identities are kept from the public. Many of them have been sent away, not because of any specific act, but merely on evidence
that their sympathies are with our enemies or on the suspicion that
© «they might aid the enemy if aiforded the opportunity.
The government's method of
.dealing with such aliens differs
radically from the usual concepts of judicial process, because under wartime law all persons of enemy nationality are subject of apprehension and detention without recourse to court procedure.
100 Boards Function
The machinery for closed hearings before civilian boards, Attorney General Francis Biddle explains, is pro-
- vided “not as a matter of right, but
in order to permit them to present facts in their behalf.” The power of the civilian toonrds; numbering about 100 and functioning in each of the federal judicial districts, is limited to the submission of recommendations to the attorney general, who has the final
- say.
Edward J. Ennis, director of the justice department’s alien enemy control unit, said today that the agency has been criticized more frequently “because it isn’t tough enough” than because its procedure
-departs from accepted court meth-
ods. “This government is the most lenient in the world in the handling of alien enemy cases,” he asserted. “The civilian board is an innovation which didn’t exist in the last war, when district attorneys handled detentions directly.”
FBI Prepares Cases
Under present procedure, district attorneys’ offices present the evidence to the civilian boards, with the FBI conducting the outside inquiries and preparing the cases. The American Civil Liberties
, Union finds no fault with pro-.-cedure in alien-enemy cases, ex- ' cept the absence of more adequate
methods for judicial review. Director Roger Baldwin said the organization’s experience with the hearing boards had demonstrated them to be “scrupulously fair.”
“The release of such aliens from
“internment is a privilege, not a
right,” he added. “Considering the
‘government's powers to intern, it
could hardly be argued that the
‘usual procedure for representation
by counsel, etc., could be followed.”
Procedure established by the Justice department permits an accused alien to be accompanied at 8 hearing by one friend, and to present other witnesses to testify as to his character or to refute accusations. However, the boards may hear the accusations in the alien’s absence, and the accusers sometimes are identified only as “Mr. A” or “Mr. B.”
Protect Informants
The acceptance of such anonymous testimony is defended on the ground that to identify FBI in-
formants would jeopardize them or
impair their future usefulness. The FBI frequently withholds the identities of its informants from Director Ennis and other top officials of the control unit. Similarly, the justice department information on the identities of accused aliens on the ground that disclosure might benefit the enemy or imperil innocent relatives of accused aliens. Because the hearing methods do not permit cross-examination, objection to testimony, or arguments about evidence or procedure, the control unit does not encourage attorneys to serve as the alien’s “friend,” though .it does not bar
‘ them.
Attorney General Biddle has assured all “alien enemies” that they need not fear' apprehension if they comply with regulations and keep themselves above suspicion of disloyalty.
REP, LAFOLLETTE. “SPEAKS TOMORROW
The American foreign policy will be discussed by - Congressman Charles M. Lafollette of Evansville when he speaks at a noon luncheon meeting of the Indiana Committee for Victory tomorrow at the Columbia club. Professional, business and labor leaders and members of the state legislature have been invited to hear Rep. Lafollette. : Hugh McK. Landon, chairman of the committee for victory, said today, “Congressman Lafollette, like Governor Stassen of Minnesota, has endeavored to make clear to the people of this country that it is absolutély essential that we not only win this war, but make certain that we will win the peace after the war is concluded.” . Mr. Landon will preside at the
funcheon and John K. Ruckelshaus, | ‘committee member, the speaker.
will introduce
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- be confronted by their accusers, no representation by counsel] ‘in the usual sense, and in some cases no full knowledge of the accusations against them.
POLL SUPPORTS GAS RATIONING
75% of Drivers in Coast Area Report Giving Up " Pleasure Trips.
Times Special SAN FRANCISCQ, Feb. 22.—The
San Francisco News, a ScrippsHoward newspaper, recently printed informal ballots on which readers were invited to express their views about gasoline rationing. The results, just tabulated, reveal not only a large and enthusiastic response to the invitation, but also
the San Francisco bay area. Of those who marked and sent in ballots— 1. Sixty-five per cent said that rubber shortage was the main reason for rationing gasoline; 4 per cent thought it was gasoline shortage; 7 per cent, “to make people more war-minded”; 5 per cent, “something to do with the fight on inflaticn”: 9 per cent blamed “politics,” and 10 per cent had various other ideas.
Many Quit Pleasure Drives
2. Seventy-five per cent said they had given up all or most of their pleasure and recreational driving. 3. Twenty-four per cent said they could .get along on half their present rations; 26 per cent that they couldn’t possibly; the rest, that it would mean inconvenience and hardships in various degrees. 4, Sixty-five per cent thought that “many people are getting a bigger gas ration than they deserve.” 5. Twenty-seven per cent believed they would be able to get new tires when the present ones wear out; 48 per cent that they wouldn’t; the rest varied from hope to doubt, with many thinking recaps would be| available instead of new tires. Blame Selfishness
6. Thirty-eight per cent thought car-sharing plans were not more successful because of various hazards, chiefly legal liability in case of accidents; others blamed “selfishness,” inconvenience, difficulties of routing, ete. 7. Twenty-nine per cent said their local rationing boards were doing a good job; 25 per cent, a bad job; 12 per cent, a fair job, and the rest had no positive opinions.
HONORS WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (U. P.).— Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek is expected today to pay homage to George Washington on his birthday by visiting his home at Mount Vernon and laying a wreath on his tomb.
a wide understanding and accept- |: ance of rationing among people of
i4 “The time is now near at hand which must § probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves. The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, i on the courage and conduct of this army.” : vag Washington
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There’s a contrast in climate between America’s equatorial battlefronts of today and the Valley Forge where Washington fought; 165 years ago, but the spirit of the soldiers is the same. fight or train in steaming jungles, on hot deserts, or even in the Arctic areas of Alaska and Iceland, may well heed the words of the general who led the first U, S. soldiers into battle.
Americans who
central - Tunisia.
fields from which they had planned to knife through to the coast at Sousse or Sfax and strike at the rear of the Afrika Korps coming north from Libya. Rommel has made this out of the question for the time being. There is every prospect that the Afrika Korps, fighting a delaying action on the Mareth line, will be able to withdraw in good order for a stand by the unified German forces in central and northern Tunisia. Rommel executed a bold stroke at the advance allied positions while they were still lightly held on an over-extended line which had not been fully developed or manned. That, much more than the inexperience in battle of the American troops accounts for his success. He had heavier tanks and more of them, and probably heavier guns. Whether Rommel will continue his drive ‘towards the Algerian border depends on the extent of pressure which can be exerted by the British eighth army from the south and the first army in the north. It is not impossible that he will try to push on to the American base at Tebessa, 40 miles away in Algeria. Loss of Tebessa, which is a main rail and highway junction, would severely hamper future allied operations.
RELIEF CORPS TO MEET George H. Chapman chapter 10, Women’s Relief corps, will have a business meeting at 1 p. m. at 512 N. Illinois st. A patriotic program and refreshments will follow. Mrs.
Hazel Reichman will preside.
Today’ s War Moves
By LOUIS F. KEEMLE United Press War Analyst The allied plan to drive the axis out of North Africa has received a severe setback by the successful drive of Marshal Erwin Rommel’s forces in south
Nevertheless, as War Secretary
Stimson said in speaking of this “sharp reverse,” it should not be minimized but at the same time-should certainly not be exaggerated. The eventual position of the axis in Tunisia has ngt been fundamentally changed but it has been greatly improved. What Rommel has done is to drive the allies from the forward bases and advance air
WAR BONDS SELLING GOST IS KEPT DOWN
Cost of the war savings program for 1943 is estimated at one-tenth of 1 per cent, Wray E. Fleming, state administrator of the war savings staff, said today.
The cost was one-tenth of 1 per cent in 1941 and twelve-hundredths of 1 per cent in 1942. Under the war savings program, more than 13,000,000,000 in war bonds has been sold to an estimated 50,000,000 people with 98 per cent of the bonds still in the people’s hands. Rep. Louis I. Ludlow (D. Indiana) is quoted in the Congressional Record as saying of the war savings program: “I do not believe that there has ever been any comparable operation at any time, in any country, in the history of the world, on as low a percentage of cost as that.”
CHAPLAIN OF LEGION TO ADDRESS CLUB
Ralph E. Klare, chaplain of the Indiana department of the American Legion, will speak at the luncheon meeting of the Co-Operative club Wednesday at the Columbia club. : His subject will be “A Challenge to the American Way of Life.” Mr. Klare is a past commander of the Hayward-Barcus post of the American Legion and served with the en.gineers in France during world war I
This is the seventh of a series of 12 articles of expert advice for victory gardeners this year. It is suggested that you clip and save each installment for future reference.
greater this year than ever before, and for this reason it is important that all victory gardeners
buy and sow their seeds wisely. . “Don’t buy more seed than you need to plant,” cautions the U.S. department of agriculture. “Don’t plant more seeds than you need to get a stand.”
The department points out that, while the supply of vegetable seed for victory gardens promises to be sufficient to meet the country’s needs, the situation is tight, particularly for onion, beet and carrot seeds, and it would be unwise to waste any kind. 8 ” 8
Don't Sow Thickly
NEARLY ALL gardeners, especially at first, have been found to sow seeds too-thickly. This not oniy requires an excess of seed, but also wastes labor, as the seedlings later must be thinned by hand to the spacing needed for proper growth. Where seeds are sown too closely, poor growth
sult unless thinning is properly done. Bean and pea seeds should be spaced as the plants are to stand. These vegetables never should be thinned in the rows. | Small seeds,
THE NEED FOR garden seed is
and poor quality vegetables re-
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Victory Garden—No. 7
Plant Properly and Sow Sparingly— The Need for Seed Has Increased
PLANTING CHART
The following table shows suitable spacing for a number of common vegetables in a small garden, with the amount of seed Jaquired t for one foot and 100 feet of row and the proper depth of covering in a
good sandy loam. In heavy soils seed should be covered less
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and in light sandy soil a little more deeply.
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rows (inches)
Distance between plants
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Seed required to
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LIST ‘BEDROCK FOR U. 5. LIVING
Office of Civilian Supply Gives Estimate on
‘Minimum Needs.
# WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (U. P.).— The office of civilian supply, in a report to be made public probably this week, has sketched a “bedrock” civilian economy below which it would be dangerous to go, even in event of a long war.
Broad outlines of the report, including the fact that civilian economy could be reduced 23 per cent below the expected 1943 level,” were revealed several weeks ago by the office of war information. The report was prepared by Joseph L. Weiner, OCS director, for Stabilization Director James F. Byrnes.
Estimate Food Minimum
Further details revealed over the week-end disclosed that the OCS believes American civilians could— if necessary—get along as follows: Overall Food Consumption—71.8 per cent of the 1941 level. Clothing Consumption — 64 per cent of the 1941 level. Beverage Consumption—54.9 per cent of 1941 level, with suggestion that use of hard liquor be almost wiped out. Tobacco Consumption—75 per cent of 1941 level.
per cent of 1941 level. Household Furniture — 27.8 per cent of 1941. Personal Furnishings — 27.3 per cent of 1941.
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Fuels and Lukricants for Cars—60 per cent of 1941. » Professional Baseball and Football—10 per cent of 1941. Motion Pictures—Only slight curtailments. Measured by newsprint consumption, requirements for newspapers would be 20 per cent of the 1939 level. Weiner emphasized that there is no prospect of such drastic cuts being placed into effect, but. that they were intended merely to show|n Byrnes what could be done in event of a long war of attrition.
LOCAL PRODUCE
- Heavy breed hens, 3% lbs. and over, 26c; hens, 3% lbs. and under, 23c; Leghorn hens, 23c. Broilers, 2% lbs. and over, colored, 26c; white and barred rock, 27c; Leghorns, 22c. Roasters, 4 lbs. and over, colored, 27c; white and barred rock: 28c. ags: eghorns, 21c; heavy br Cocks, 16c. YY tuson, 258. Begs~Current receipts, 54 lbs. and up
Graded Eggs—Grade A, large, 35c; grade A, medium, 33c; grade A, small, 5c;
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Up to the close of the Chicago market today. Indianapolis flour mills oF grain elevators paid $1.49 per bushel for No. 2 red wheat (other grades on thelr merits). No. 2 white oats, 56c, and No. 2 red oats, 56c; No. 3 yellow corn, 3% or bushel, and No. 3 white corn, $1.01
Drugs and Medical Supplies—69.7| c
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Top Advances to $15.90 as 5325 Porkers Arrive At Stockyards.
Hog prices were steady to 5 cents higher at the Indianapolis stockyards today, the food adminisration
reported. The top was $15.90 for good to choice 200 to 225-pounders. Receipts included 5325 hogs, 1600 cattle, 450 calves and 2350 sheep.
HOGS (5325)
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Fort Soldiers Will Give Blood
SEVERAL THOUSAND Ft. Harrison soldiers have volunteered a pint of blood to the American Red Cross for plasma. The plasma, after being processed, will be sent overseas for wounded servicemen. Robert V. Saylor, field director of the American Red Cross at the fort, and the Indianapolis chapter of the American Red Cross are o-operating in sponsoring the program. Two mobile units of the Red Cross will be established on the ‘post March 4, 5, 6; 29, 30, 31. The local chapter will provide one doctor, five nurses, technical equipment, transportation and food for the soldiers and civilians. Station hospital will supplement this personnel. Soldiers who donate a pint of blood will receive blood donor pins. Army regulations, however, do not permit such emblems to adorn a soldier’s uniform.
MNUTT OUSTER AGAIN IS TALKED
Several Congressmen Vexed By Conflict Over Needs
For Manpower.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (U. P.).— Congressional groups interested in manpower indicated today that they are ready to demand the removal
of War Manpower Commission Chairman Paul V. McNutt in any compromise with President Roosevelt on overall manpower problems. Criticism of McNutt is growing as controversies over related manpower questions, such as farm labor, drafting of fathers, and “absenteeism” in war plants, move to a climax in the house. Farm state representatives, aligned behind legislation to furlough farm workers from the army, accuse McNutt of devoting his entire efforts to industrial manpower problems to the exclusion of agriculture.
See Compromise Basis
Advocates of the bill sponsored by Rep. Paul J. Kilday (D. Tex), to place married men with children at the bottom of the induction list, blame McNutt for administrative policies they say violate the intent of congress, particularly his “work in war industry or fight” order for fathers. The basis for a compromise with the farm group was offered by President Roosevelt last week when he told Chairman Hampton P. Fulmer (D. S. C.) of the house agri-
to use soldiers in harvest emergencies would be acceptable if it does not interfere with their military training. Fulmer announced yesterday, however, that this assurance would not end the fight to furlough farm workers inducted in 1942 and halt the further drafting of men employed on farms. He said an attempt may be made to insert such provisions in the Kilday bill when it reaches the house floor, possibly this week.
Offers Alternatives
“The president is sure to veto the Kilday bill if it passes,” he said, «put it’s just as certain that he’ll veto my bill, too, the way it stands. The president only agreed to one of three sections in the bill I sponsored. While this would help, it certainly isn’t the full answer to the farm manpower question.” Kilday, meanwhile, proposed these measures which he said should be taken before any move is made to begin drafting fathers: 1. Reduction of “absenteeism” by making employees personally responsible for working 48 hours a week or face immediate induction; 2. Tightening of selective service control of occupational deferments; 3. Conversion of more manpower in war plants to women and draft ineligibles.
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LOCALLY MADE TANKS TRIIMPH
Maj. Denig, Once Stationed At Marmon-Herrington,
Led Mission.
A marine corps major who spent two years at the Marmon-Herring-ton Co., Inc, led a destructive mission in Guadalcanal with tanks manufactured here. The story of the battle was written
by Sergt. Samuel E. Stavisky of Chelsea, Mass., a marine corps cor-=
by the company. Leading the mission was Maj. Robert L. Denig Jr., a graduate of the United States Naval academy in 1932. He was stationed at the Marmon-Herrington plant here be= fore moving to combat duty overs seas. He is the son of Brig. Gen. Robert L. Denig, also of the marines,
Marines Abandon Tank
Action opened when a tank coms manded by Sergt. William T. Unger, was knocked out of commission some 300 yards inside Japanese lines.
hopped out and set up a ground machine gun defense under heavy fire from encircling Japs. They were observed by Lieut. Cal. Hansen, 24, of Kansas City, Mo., who directed the operation. Radioing another tank to join: him, he wheeled his own beside. the stalled tank, and the three formed a wedge, facing Jap fire with their backs protected by the sea. For more than an hour the Japs pummelled the 12 marines with bul-
took to the trees. “I didn’t think we had a chance in all that heavy fire,” Lieut. Hansen said. “But the boys fought like the Leathernecks they are.” ‘Today I am a Man’ Eighteen-year-old Sergt. Irvin Neely of Peniel, Tex., leader of the third tank, seized two light machine guns and fired them simultaneously. Another Texan and a member of his crew, Pfc. Henry McPherson of Corpus Christi was celebrating his 21st birthday. “Today I am a man,” he yelled as he squeezed the trigger of his tommy gun.
Grenades Are Effective
Corp. ‘Duane, Branaka, 20, Beloit, Wis., manned one of the cannons, and "kept yelling to his comrades’ delight: “Oh, brother, this sure ain’t like Beloit.” Sergt. Gene Roush, 22 of Pampa, Tex., crawled up on an enemy machine gun emplacement and tossed in two hand grevages, It did the trick nicely. After an hour’s battle, Lieut. Hansen made radio contact with American elements at the rear. Under protective cover of marine “half-track” guns, he led nine of the men through waist-deep water back to their own lines. Three marines volunteered to stay behind to keep the Japs from capturing the tanks. With the aid of friendly artillery fire they checked the enemy for another hour. Then three comrades returned to continue the defense until advancing infantry troops caught up with them.
Two Tanks Withdrawn .
Two of the three tanks were suc= cessfully withdrawn, and all hands returned safely. ; Meanwhile, a fourth tank, led by Sergt. Claude J. Daniels, 24, of West Frankfort, Ill, smashed several nests, and through Jap terrain into a bivouac area. It fought its way out success=fully. 5 Seven more nests were demolished by the guns and treads of the fifth tank, commanded by Lieut. David Foos Jr., 22, of Brush, Colo. In all, it was estimated that more than a dozen Japanese emplace=ments were wiped out by Maj. Denig’s tank outfit.
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