Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 March 1943 — Page 19

o NENSPIPERS Two Schoals of Thoug at Bared oy WASHINGTON, March 5 (U. P.).—Col. Lewis Sanders of the selective service | en in a secret report yesterday on manpower to the senate military affairs comimit- |

tee, said there was an irreconcilable difference between the proponents and opponents of | the present program for armed forces totaling 11, 000, 000 men in 1943 their philoso: :

Rep. Halleck Asks They i

Be Given Status as ‘Essential.’ Times Special |

WASHINGTON, March 5.—That

the Washington bureaucracy sometimes sneers at the newspapers but continues to hire hoards of publicity : men was pointed out in a speech in

% the house yesterday by Rep. Ohatles ’

A. Halleck (R. Ind). ‘The second district congressman spoke in praise of the wartime per- . formance of the press, urged that -it be rated “essential” and its paper supply not curtailed more than the minimum 'depanded by wartime

necessity. He cited the fact that in carrying out rationing and all the other thousand and one domestic orders of the government the newspapers were the most informative and in many instances the sole source of immediate community information in detail. ‘Owe Press a Debt’

Congress also owes the press a debt, Mr. Halleck declared. “I” have referred to the aid given by newspapers to some of the departments of government during these days of iwar,” he continued. “The acknowledgement should be extended to include the services rendered to cohgress which has diss'covered a new and stanch supporter and effective aid in the

press. “Without newspapers the voice of congress would be virtually unheard beyond the walls of its chambers. Its aims and labors would be distorted and misunderstood, To refute the falsehoods of the propa2 ‘gandists who have attempted to and will continue to attempt to minimize and discredit the legislative branch ‘there has been the press which, with few exceptions, has reported fairly and fully the deliberations of the congress. “Through these reports of the newspapers the public has been correctly informed.” Guardian of Rights

That congress, watch any attempt to hamstring the press which might be made by bureaucracy under the guise of wartime necessity was urged by Mr. Halleck. “If 1 were to choose between the bureaucrats and the newspapers for - & guardian of the rights of man, I would unhesitatingly choose the newspapers,” he concluded. “There are some in the various offices of government who decry the importance of the newspaper, who sneer at them as an institution, yet I cannot help but observe the steps they take to surround themselves with writers and publicists whose sole purpose is to see ~ that their daily output is printed by the newspapers. “Strangely enough, certain of the most. bitter enemies of the press are those who sedulously seek publicity ‘In the newspaper for themselves and their programs. It is not ine appropriate to suggest that some of

the pulp and paper materials used

by the ‘bureaucrats’ might be more properly alloted to the newspapers for which they have decreed shortages. “Let us not tolerate any carelessness and groundless opinions on the part of those who drafted these ‘regulations which have been released and who threaten further curtailment in the amounts of paper which newspapers can use." - “And if there are some whose animosity leads them to attempt to destroy the newspapers which stand between them and their goal, let , Us seek them out and render them harmless. For when you destroy the newspapers, you destroy one of the most effective .internal implements of war and peace which this nation possesses. “Destroy the newspapers, and in effect, you make possible an axis victory—a victory for ignorance and * oppression in our assembly halls, in our schools, and in our homes—if not on the field of battle.” :

STATE ‘POLICE SEIZE 9 IN GAMING RAID

. VALPARAISO, Ind., March 5 (U. P.)~—Nine persons arrested as

“keepers and operators” of a gamb-|

ling place east of here will be arraigned on gaming charges in Por- - ter county superior court, state popice said today. Police swooped down late yester-

phy of the war situation.

Adding that congress must make the decision between these two philosophies,

Sanders. said:

“The decision lies between ‘shall we do the most we can or the least we have to. ’ “The writer,” Sanders said in his report, “would summarize ihe philiosophy of the

two groups as follows:

The Proponents

THEY VIEW the war as holding an acute danger to the entire future life of the United States, which calls for the maximum possible mustering of armed strength in the shortest possible time. :

They have confidence in the

American people to make real sacrifices to achieve such an effort, and feel that the public, if intelligently advised as to the necessities of the case and the reasons therefor, will respond even to the extent of changing well settled habits if necessary to win

this war.

They regard ‘the necessary adjustments to accom‘plish this end'as being well within the capacity of the people to take and to adjust themselves to. They feel that the military program is well within the capacity of the country to sustain, provided the necessary realistic steps are taken to carry it

out.

- The only difference in opinion between the witnesses of this group are the degree of difficulty and margin of safety which they estimate in the carry-

ing out of the program.

stamina of the nesses.

The Opponents

THEY ARE desirous of winning the war as are e proponents; they are probably as willing to make es as are the proponents, but their philosophy is different and the differences stem from a variety of reasons whick are different with different wit-

Some witnesses apparently do not consider the war a menace to the extent that ft might possibly. extinguish the future of the United States. : Others feel that time is on our side and that we should not hurry too much; still others feel that the American people either lack ness to make sacrifices that may really hurt in order to push this war to a rapid and successful conclusion. Whatever the basic causes of their philosophy, all of these witnesses advocate the same philosophy, which is that we must not place too great a strain upon the publics that we must not ask too many sacrifices, because they fear the public will not respond, Their philosophy leads to making an armed effort which is the minimum with which it can be considered possible to successfully prosecute the war.

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ORDER 2-YEAR WELFARE PROBE

House Adopts Resolution As Democrats Seek

Quicker Action.

Despite Democratic demands for immediate action, the Republican controlled legislature today was committed to a prolonged investigation of the state welfare department. The house yesterday passed a senate joint resolution setting up an investigating commission to check into welfare department operations during the next two years. Most of the house Democrats voted for the resolution but expressed belief that a long investigation was unfair to the department and that if anything was known to be wrong with the department it should be turned over immediately to the prosecutor’s office.

‘Epidemic of Charges’

“There has been an epidemic of charges against the welfare department,” Rep, Frank J. O'Rourke (D. Hammond) declared, “but we already have had a report :from one investigating committee and that report failed to substantiate any charge. “I am going to vote for this resolution, but I think we ought to make our investigation quickly and not leave the members of the welfare department under a cloud for two years.”

Sees Big Job

Rep. Roy Harrison (R. Attica), chairman of the committee which submitted the report, defended his committee by saying that the job Was Yo. big. 10.be done in a-shor, time. “It’s going to take a full two years to get this investigation completed,” Rep. Harrison said. “In our report, after only a couple of weeks in which to work, we made no charges but we did .say that

there are many things about the}

operation of the state welfare department which will bear looking into.” The house also passed a bill which would set up a commission to study the merit system and report back to the legislature in 1945 with recommendations for improvement of the merit law. The merit probe must now be approved by the senate and the governor before becoming effective. -

Noblesville GAR Veteran Is 102

. NOBLESVILLE, Ind., March § (U. P.) —Richard Denny, one of central Indiana’s few remaining Civil war veterans, celebrated his -102d birthday today. Mr. Denny, almost totally blind “put still active, told friends he has been married “12 or 15 times—I'm not positive.” He recalled that he served two years in the Civil war and was with Sherman in his march to the sea:

Mr. Dieting as wiliva ans. Wives ang six daughters. ;

Cruelty Hit in Vatican _ Broadcast Aimed at Reich

u especially a of school and university youth, for |

the aims of a state that reigns su-

WASHINGTON, March 5 (U. P.). —Women war workers should forget sex appeal and glamour, Miss Dorothy Sells of the office of defense transportation said today. “There's too much talk and emphasis on Wwell-filled sweaters, natty uniforms and smart appearances,” she said. “Let’s have more concentration on work—even if faces get smudged.” = Miss Sells is chief of personnel of ODT’s supply section. Miss Sells made it plain that Miss 1943 would do well to scrap temporarily, at least, everything she has learned about traditional “helpless” feminine appeal. '“It doesn’t bring admiration in wartime,” she said. Miss Sells said women workers “need firm discipline.” She feels that women and industry must learn new lessons be-

Fliers Honored in Stout Field Gifts

Two chairs ‘inscribed with the names of former Butler university students who have lost their lives in the country’s air forces, have been donated to the pilots’ lounge at Stout field by. Dr. Guy H. Shadinger, . Builer professor, and Mrs. Shadinger. Lieut. ‘Dallas F. Shadinger, son ‘of Dr. and Mrs. Shadinger, was killed in an airplane crash last month.

O. E. 8S. TO MEET Monument chapter, O. E. 8., will elect officers Monday night at the Masonic temple. Myrtle Morriss is worthy matron and Edgar William is worthy patron.

More Work, Less Glamour Is Urged for ‘Miss 1943"

fore the transportation situation can be relieved substantially. “Women who have been housewives are used fo coming and going as they please,” she explained. “It is a task to convince them that being three minutes late may upset a bus schedule for an entire day.” She readily conceded, ‘too, that women are the chief violators of absenteeism but she said they could not be completely blamed. The main. cause of feminine absenteeism, ‘she said, is that employers fail to. make provision to help women war workers who have a Job to do at home, too. The care of children, rationing and other problems enter into absenteeism as well as fatigue. “Women must be treated as women,” she explained. - “Women have different problems than men. Their psychology is different.”

AIR ATTACK POSSIBLE HERE, MAYOR WARNS

Indianapolis may well be the target of at least incendiary raids, Mayor Tyndall told 1800 civilian defense volunteers in zone No. 6 at a meeting last night in Howe high school. : Principal speaker was Harry E. Yockey, city director of civil defense, who said, “We're proceeding on the theory that Indianapolis can suffer an air raid and it’s useless to have a civilian defense organization unless we're prepared for just such an emergency.” The meeting was one of a series designed to prepare volunteers for the first county-wide blackout

Shelter Steps May Have

Been to Blame.

LONDON, March 5 (U. P.).—Lack of hand rails may have been partly to blame for the suffocation of 178 persons on a 19-step stairway and | the 20-square-foot landing below leading to a London air raid shelter Wednesday night during a German,

Soon after Home Secretary-Home Security Minister Herbert Morrison began his investigation of the trags edy, workmen began drilling holes in the concrete steps and landing for the- erection of railings before the shelter is used again. Morrison sought to learn whether “any structural or ‘administrative weaknesses” played a part in the tragedy. King George ordered a complete investigation. No bombs fell in the area during the raid.

THe local council today rejected a proposal that a mass funeral be held for the victims. Sixteen bodies

Lack of Hand Rails - on|

Ameri can air forces would not

hampering heavily, the British have no way of knowing, but the concentration of bombing on submarine ‘centers must be having sume effect. “The Gernans are ‘reported to have ‘appealed to the Pope to ‘call for a halt i1.the bombing of cities,

[but if they did, it has so far had no result.

Now a German spokesman is quoted as making dark threats of riprisals against England

lon a frightful scale, mentioning

“new weapons.” Presumably he meant poisin gas, since the German air force is now incapable of doing to ’ingland anything 'approaching what the combined 13ritish and American force doirg to Germany. A naval venture is not unlikely. Stockholm reports that Admiral Karl Doeniiz, grand commander, has replaced 10 of his admirals with younger mer: who believe with Hitler that th: navy should go out and fight, regardless of the cost. When Adniiral Doenitz was made

; Onitea Press War Analyst 3 hit Conbertration, 7. the Germsn Hach in the Trondheim area of northern Norway is attracting the in‘terest ‘of British naval officials, who are watching closely for any sign that it intends to put to sea as a unit and give battle. : Some move by Germany to partly offset the shattering pre-invasion offensive of the British and| = surprise to London. The aerial offensive is beginning to. hurt. To what extent it is Grermany’s submarine’ Smnpalgn, on which she counted so}

come a8 a

head of the fleet in placs of Admiral Erich Raeder, he declared that the entire navy would be made part of the submarine campaign. He has a strong fleet at his disposal and mizht break out in a desperate atterapt to engage the British home fleet, or perhaps to scatter for surface raids on allied shipping. He also might straddle the Arctic sup-

ply route to Russia to cut it com-

pletely.

~~ However, even if the fleet were sent out as a unit, it would be out-

numbered and out-gunned by the British home fleet alone, without calling for the aid of British warships in other waters.

FT. MEADE BUILDING BURNS FT. MEADE, Md. March § (U. P.).—A building used for officers’ mess was destroyed by fire early today. The building was not occupied

Jat the time. THe Bre was 9 We

determined origin.

Ww Ceiling Substituted $10 Court Costs in New’ Bill.

Indianapolis traffic violators ay ‘| pay more fines in the future but files won't be as steep ‘as they a now under terms of a bill which will become law next June. i © Violators who now are subject

‘a flat $10 for court costs along with

their f will not have to pay more than $5 costs after the law promulgated. The act sets up a n

} scale of municipal court levies

ing from $2 to $5. : Edward H. Knight, former corpos ration counsel and one of the bill sponsors, estimated that under the lowered scale of costs municipal judges will feel more free to: fines stick and will not suspend many fines as they have in the

dividual’ but increasing the number of fines levied, Mr. Knight said, the courts can increase the total in come.

were still unidentified. ‘iy Sixty persons rescued alive from the fearful crush were under treatment at hospitals. Among the survivors was the middle-aged woman ‘who was the innocent Sause, of the tragedy. Burdened with a baby ‘and a bundle, she tripped and fell near the foot of the stairway leading to the subway, after the air raid alert had sounded. Her fall tripped an elderly man behind her. “Those coming in from the street,” the home security ministry said, “could not see exactly what hdd taken place and continued to press down the steps so that within a minute there were hundreds of pepole crushed together and lying atop one another covering the landing and lower steps.” Jumps Clear of Crush John Minns, who. was just ahead of the woman who first fell, said he jumped clear of the crush and saw the crowd surging forward, piling themselves atop others who had fallen. Nearly 2000 persons already were in the shelter, an unfinished London subway station reached by a second flight of seven steps below the fatal stairway, and many of them rushed to the aid of the dead and injured.

Cellophane to Protect Yanks

BOSTON; March 5 (U. P.).— The American soldier will be wrapped in ‘cellophane to protect him during a gas attack should the enemy ever attempt such warfare, the Boston quartermaster depot announced today. Soldiers overseas are being equipped with a large envelope of cellophane which they can pull over themselves in gas attacks to

clothing from becoming contaminated. The envelopes, which can be folded into pocket size, are trans parent at the top to permit unobstructed vision by the wearer. After exposure to gas, the en-

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velope is destroyed and replaced.

keep themselves, their packs and

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