Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 March 1943 — Page 11

sides had crossed and recrossed these farms n 4h 24 hours. : The fields were aimost mythic bs & by Wide spooky tracks of the almost of the previous. day’s battle was still : strewn across the desert. We iF Dassed charred half-tracks. We. . stopped to look into a burned-out tarik, named Temes, from which a lieutenant colonel friend of mine and his crew had demolished four German’ tanks before being put out of commission themselves. We passed a trailer still full of American ammunition, which had been abandoned. The young lieutenant wanted to hook. our own Jeep to it as a tow when we returned, but I talked him out of it. feared the Germans had booby-trapped it during

it never went right into it—for a jeep that would le been a fantastic form of suicide.

maneuvered in d us, and ere shooting half-tracks and jeeps. Ti nn fn ame up from the rear and d near us. They were to be held there in re-.

ais league which was much too heavy and hot for Fo crews jumped out the moment they h and. began Siege f foxholes.

GEN. TYNDALL (or should we say Mayor Tyn= %) finally has gone the way of all mayors: He has ‘had to get an unlisted phone. When he went into office he tried to make himself available to the pube A is. w result, he was on the phone from the ime - he got home in the evening until about 6 a. m. talking to folks wanting jobs, folks wanting streets fixed, folks mad about their garbage not being collected, and other folks who just wanted to talk, Now when you dial his listed number, the operator tells you that “that number has been changed and the customer has asked us not to give out the new number.” ... Dudley Smith, who went to Wash ington recently as an aid to former Governor CHff Townsend, has Been ‘Back home this week. He tells friends he had 10 come back to find a room in which to catch up on is sleep.

| Just a Coincidence

WE'RE ASSURED it’s purely coincidental, but folks around the Fletcher Trust Co. thought for a while the county jury co oners had made their jury selections from a Fletcher Trust personnel directory. | Among the names drawn, we're told, were the wives of four vice presidents—Mrs. H. F. Clippinger, Mrs. Walter Greenough, Mrs. Robert F. Scott Jr. and Mrs. ' William. B..Schiltges. Among Fletcher employees yn were L. A. Buennagel, secretary of the bank; ries Herin, Ray George and Gerald Powers. . . . je current issue of the Readers Digest has a story, ur-Motored Dogfight,” relating the exciting experises of the crew of a Flying Fortress. The copilot was Lieut. Bernays K. Thurston of Indianapolis, who used to play the guitar over WFBM. .. . Bob Gibbs; is 6 feet 4 or more, and who used to be with the rmation division of the U. S. employment service,

Washington

WASHINGTON, March 3.—All united nations are be invited to a meeting to be held in the United tates before long to consider post-war arrangements, ‘What we hope for from this meeting is not a combiepring of the future, but the creation of some continuing machinery of the united nations so that requirements of the future might . be studied. We don’t need plans for dealing with the future nearly as. much as we need an organization of competent people who are “ready to go to work. Without such an organization even the best drawn plans will be merely filed away for reference. : A sound and practical analysis : of what can and should be done Just Been completed by the commission to study organization of peace. This is a group of publicirited Americans, many of them with years of tech‘experience in international affairs. ‘chairman is Dr. James T. twell, one of the foremost: authorities in problems of collective . ‘This group is unofficial, but its report uny will be thoughtfully considered in official : 1 know of no better guide for the thinking

‘makes a wise distinction. Respon- - ucting the war must rest with the

By Ernie.

Qur planes came over, too; strafing and vombing]

the enemy.

One of our half-tracks, full of

livid ‘red, with flames leaping and swaying. few seconds one of its shells would go off, and the projectile would tear into the sky with a weird whang-

zing sort of noise.

Field artillery had stopped just on our right. They

began shelling the German artillery beyond our tanks. It didn’t take long for the Germans to answer.

The scream of an approaching shell is an appalling

thing. We could hear them coming—(you sort of ‘duck inside yourself, without actually ducking at all). Then we could see the dust kick up a couple of

hundred’ yards away. The shells

hit the ground and

ricocheted like armor-piercing shells, which do not

explode but skip along the ground until they finally

lose momentum or hit something.

Sounds You Hear Forever

WAR HAS ITS own peculiar sounds. They are not really very much different from sounds in the world of peace. But they clothe themselves in an unforgettable fierceness, just because born in danger and

death.

ih. dani of a ctartiiie taalk, the\seeeam of. a shel

through the air, the ever-rising w

as a bomber dives—these sounds ha

e of fiendishness their counter-

parts in normal life, but you would be hard put to distinguish them in a blindfold test. ' But, once heard in war, they remain with you forever.

Their nervous memories come

back to you in a

thousand ways—in the grind of a truck starting in low gear, in high wind around the eaves, in somebody merely whistling a tune. Even the sound of a shoe, dropped to the floor in a hotel room above you, becomes indistinguishable from the faint boom of a big gun far away. A mere rustling curtain can paralyze

a man with memories.

but now is an assistant junior purser with the U, S.

maritime service; has been home

on leave. . . . He

brought word that Fremont Power, formerly of The Times’ staff, soon will be a pharmacist’s mate in the

maritime service.

Around the Town WILL H.

SMITH, the internal revenue collector,

got away from all his income tax collection’ worries Sunday—and incidentally away from food rationing and the meat shortage—by going out to the country.

He had a big meal of eggs and

smoked ham. , . .

Incidentally, Will likes to wear his fur cap in cold weather. . . . Harry Yockey, the city civilian defense

director, must have Eskimo ances

try. Harry almost

never wears a vest, and even in the coldest. weather you're likely to see him walking down the street carrying his overcoat on his arm. , . . We were a little pre-

mature yesterday in our reference

to firemen getting

their brooms ready to beat out grass fires. They were getting them ready to sweep the snow away from their

engine houses. At least, that’s

what the boys at

engine house 13, across the street from The Times, were doing with their ‘brooms yesterday.

Where's the Tatling?

WHILE SHOPPING in the dress goods section at Ayres’ the other day, a young woman was approached

by an obviously ill at ease young “Can you tell me where I'll find

sailor, who asked: the tatting mate-

rials?” . . . We knew it was bound to happen: The yanety club has arranged ‘a “black market”. pariy.

It’s

to be at 10 p. m. Saturday at the club, . . . Prob-

ably nothing brought on by the war has: resulted in

as much confusion as the tin can

salvage campaign.

There still are lots of people who don't know what to do with the cans, and continue throwing them in with

the ashes.. Maybe they just don’t

give a. damn. The

decision to ‘cancel the March collection confused a lot

of people, too. Many put cans on

the curb this week.

~The next collection is to be in April. Keep on saving

them. The need is great.

By Raymond

conduct of the war even if there sons preventing it.

Clapper

were no other rea-

But in post-war preparations, and in the rehabilitation work that must follow behind the advarcing allied armies, the united nations as a body can and

should be assuming responsibilities.

: The war is not likely to end in all places at once. We shall have war going on in some places and reconstruction in others. Armies should not have. to divert their effort to do wet-nursing inthe liberated territory. A united nations conference should be as-

suming that duty.

Shill Voices Already Raised

A ‘CONFERENCE of the united nations, organized into a standing body, would serve as the best kind

of assurance: toward the future.

It need be only a

temporary provisional body, concerned with rehabilitation and transition work. This is the chance to

demonstrate what could be done.

If, as the Shotwell commission’s report says, the united nations acquire a reputation for honest and efficient administration in the interests of the community of nations, if they develop trust and respect, if they establish organs which prove of value to the

communi states want to carry on such a . ly after the war.

, then, it may be hoped that peoples and

system permanent-

I think we have here the practical route to accomplish, not in an overreaching blueprint, nor on the other hand in ‘a halting island-by-island plan that might never arrive anywhere in time, but would only

provide too little, too late.

There Is no time to delay. ‘Nations already are

making their plans as they must. Small nations are;

setting up boundary claims in shrill voices already and they are trying to play one power against another. If there is to be no united nations, if it is to be each nation standing alone, then to achieve security deals must be made and allies sought by any means that

will work.

But a strong continuing united nations organization now would cushion some of these fears and wculd

“moderate the claims that are be * ‘the time to set it up.

By Eleanor

ing made.

Roosevelt

This is|

mmo, vu History Pag

Set Aside for 1 Past Decade i

By WILLIAM H. LANDER United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, March 3 —Franklin D. Roosevelt to-

morrow completes 10 years as president of the United

States, determined that victory and the foundation of a stable peace be established before his term expires on Jan. 20, 1945. : As he completes a full decade

in the presidency—an office which

no man in the United States had ever before held for more than eight years—there is much spec‘ulation as to whether or not he

‘F. Guffey (D. Pa.) has suggested the advisability of having Roosevelt be a candidate for the 194549 term to contribute his experience ‘toward the shaping of the post-war world. ' By a coincidence, Roosevelt first entered the White House just as Adolf Hitler was rising to power in Germany. Hitler became chancellor on Jan. 30, 1933, but in those days was overshadowed by the Fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini, then at the height of his career. and Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek in China, now among the foremost leaders in the anti-axis were then already firmly nched. German and Italian agressive intentions had not yet appeared, but Japan already was fully embarked on its adventure of carving up China. Roosevelt's role in history cannot possibly be objectively evaluated until some years go by, but his energetic leadership in many fields, including a great war, and his lengthy stay in -office: assure him a place among the famous Te olen Anyang, Jeff Andrew Jacke son, Abraham Lincoln, :- Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson,

Flies Atlantic

ON JAN. 14, 1943, President Roosevelt arrived by airplane at

Casablanca, North Africa, for his fourth meeting with Prime: Minister Winston Churchill. He was the first American chief executive ever to leave the United States in wartime and the first to fly the Atlantic. Z As he begins his 11th year in office, Roosevelt is in -excellent health. He is 61 years old. He has outlived—both physically and politically—many of those who were around him when he came from . his home at Hyde Park, N. Y., to assume the presidency. Of the original Roosevelt cabinet, only three are still in it. They are Cordell Hull, Harold L. Ickes and Madame Frances Perkins. John N. Garner, vice president under Roosevelt for eight years, is in private life at Uvalde, Tex. He was succeeded by Henry Wallace. Roosevelt's 10 years in the White House have been fighting ones. ‘He came to-the presidency as the liberal spokesman for the “forgotSen Jal’ afier 12 Years. of Republican rule, in which an.era of apparent prosperity was followed by a depression such as the nation had never seen before, “Bank after bank tottered Just before Roosevelt came into office. His first inaugural message — a

speech designed ‘to. dissipate fear

then prevailing = throughout the land as to its financial structure and the chance for employment of millions out of work—immediately electrified the nation. His first ' “hundred: days” saw congress pass bill -after. bill with un-heard-of ' rapidity, dealing with measures ‘to ‘revive the country’s agricultural, industrial and eco-' nomic structure, and to give relief to. the “unemployables” ‘These were followed by many economic experiments. Some were eventually dropped, and others retained. The Roosevelt administration tried devaluation of the dollar; it adopted a scheme for gold purchases, followed by the silver purchase act of 1934, which still is in force. The NRA (national recovery act) sought to regulate business by codes, but eventually was declared unconstitutional by the supreme court. 8 2 »

‘Good Neighbor’ .

IN THE INTERNATIONAL economic field, Roosevelt in ‘the _early days was little inclined to co-operation - with Europe. He feared that an international sta~

‘bilization. agreement might result

In a slowing up of his internal “recovery program.” Theat may ex-

Josef Stalin in Russia \

~FISHERMAN FDR

1937

194 as . charter, declaration of war.

opesatioh in cultural od econo fields. The policy was put to an acid test in May-December, 1933, dur-

ing the Cuban disturbances before .

and: after the overthrow .of the dictatorship of Gen. Gerardo Machado. “New Deal” ambassador to Cuba, was; urged by many elements in

.the United ‘States, and Cuba it-

self, ‘to recommend armed intervention oy the navy and marine corps ‘to restore order. Welles

recommended against any

firmly such: step. Not only did the United. States.refuse to intervene, even

after an American nad been killed

in Havana, but it eventually abrogated the “Plait amendment,” which specifically gave. it the

right to. @o so.

Hull and ‘Welles, working: with Latin-American statesmen at the

conferences at Montevideo (1933),

Buenos’ Aires (1936), Lima (1938),

Panama « (1939), Havana. (1940), . © Rio ‘de Janeiro : (1942), - evolved

and developed the doctrine of “continental * solidarity.” = Although it

has not proved 100 per cent effec-

tive in: this war, it has proven more : successful than anybody {gresaw:10 years ago. 2 : Lan ”

Reciprocal Trade:

AS EVIDENCE of its desire fof: closer commercial ties ‘with the republics, - the” United States entered into’ “recip

other American

ated. with most. of them.

“The United States around 193536.was swept by a ‘wave. ‘of anti-

plain why yo hr ys srotoen :

shows size of best

Sumner Welles as first .

ence

“the late °

: 1934-naner HOP- -- a right-hand: man, first --

193 ~-CHIN AND .cigatet holder . of carton ‘fame.

1939

war, neuiralily, combat zones.

1935—RoosEvELr SMILES | ‘through despite dust bowl troubles, strikes, labor dis-

unity, fight with supreme court

over NRA kill NLRB set up.

NG GEORGE pays a call. Then came:

1949-sorer TOUR of U.S. war. phints fnohudes stop <

| shipyards of miracle man’ Kaiser : (rear).

Year before,

president and much-traveled first lady went Easter parading, For: a decade Franklin Delano Roosevelt's adiiress has been 1600 Penns yivania ave. “The lokures record some of the highlighis of fhe 10.7

although Hitler secretly had stait-

ed rearniing - Germany. A sena-

torial | investigating committee, headed ty Gerald P. Nye (R.N, D), with much publicity investigated the Morgans, du Ponts and others :who helped finance and arm the allies in the 1914-18 war. The 'commitiée’s activities did much to create the feeling that if armanient profits were reduced the danger of war would be, lesSone iministation also was a of . arousing sufficient world-wide sentiment to avert dan-

ger of war. Right after his elec toral victory over. Governor Alfred M. Landon in the ‘November, 1936, - elections, Roosevelt played a promitient part’ in the conferfor the maintenance and consolidsition of peace, celled by President Agustin. P. Justo of Argentina, Largely ‘through’ the influence of. Secretary Hull, the then Argentine foreign Minister Saavedra Lamas was awarded the Nobel peace prize. He had been instrumental i) arranging a peace treaty : between Argentina and Brazil, to which 1180y ‘other ‘nations later

Soom: ia horizon tn Burope and

Africa {ave ‘advance indications

of the -gi'eat war that was to come. Italy’s aggression in Ethiopia was followed by a military uprising in Spanish cities and Spanish’ Mo~ rocco, which: eventually {r'umphed

Saw War Coming

THAT MR. ROOSEVELT clearly saw the war clouds was evident when in his famous Chicago speech

. in 1937 he referred to the necessity

of putting the aggressors in quarantine. Internally, however, this address had the effect of strengthening the “isolationists,” as it simply increased their determination to avoid involvement in the approaching: conflict. This senti-

ment was reflected by the then

United States ambassador to

. England, Joseph P. Kennedy, who

made it plain that the people of this country were largely disil-

Jusioned with their ‘participation in: the ‘world war of 1914-18 and . would be. inclined to stay on the

sidelines if a new war developed.

troops in North Africa,

Social security,

~JEEP - RIDING, - president revie

For the first time in its history, congress voted obligatory militar service in peacetime, and the tion set about to develop: a la army, comprised principally of recruits built around ; Yoteran dres. :

The: United States did: little to «arn

strengthen: ifs vailing abroad. The army,

est in: the world. It numbered

‘only 178.101 in’ 1937, and in 1939

military forces: demonitr : despite the tense situation pre-. ang : proportion ‘to - the population of . the country, was one of tae small-

it had risen only to 187,886. Les-" A

sons ‘of : the German seizure of - ~ Austria : and :the Munich : crisis .y; “were lost so far as preparing the

United * States: armed forces was concerned. Real expansion of ithe.

army did not get started until | °

after the fall of France in MayJune, 1940. °

"Only when Britain ‘itself Was 8 | pram

ened, with German . invasion 'did the United States people really: begin to wal : dangers.

office, ‘whic was friclined 0 maintain hards off.. Japan by then had

‘was for a long time confied to | : Even-_ |. on tually * this was expanded : with |. )

measures “short” of war.” ‘adoption’ of ‘the “lend-lease” sys-.

fa ‘tem ‘and with United States naval

participation in convoys:to reduce

. the. toll submarines were taking

victim of ‘the “blitz” and threat-. |g