Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 April 1943 — Page 4

Letor o on War Policy

(Continued from Page One)

the Democratic party untruthfllly claim copyright of the idea, and to do 80 might easily lose an election

It is true that after the conelusion of the last war a Democratic president did copyright the idea, so to speak, and for doing so was politically and physically destroyed at home, but it's impossible to be-

& leve that our people are now en-

.# during the ‘hardships and anguishes

'_of this resulting war without the

general perception that the idea ‘was and is a right one, | i Avoid Arugments I suggest that in form we make its expression as acceptable as possi-

our party and ‘that we avoid re-

concerned with ‘the promoting of the great and good idea ‘among our own people in modersé men we may profit by examining facts. That is to say, in the words of Governor Al Smith, “Let us look at the record. » Fes League Is ‘Active. ‘The organization called the League to. ‘Enforce Peace was in strong and active "existence, with thousands of members all over the United States .from Maine to Oregon, before the American declaration of a state of war in 1917. It was of course mnonpartisan, and even such ‘Socialists as John Spargo were members; but I believe that investigation would show that a | rather large majority of the membership’ came from the ‘Républican

‘ourring: arguments for their conver- | Party.

s sion. ge. It seems a proper time to examine ' a sometimes recklessly supposed fact

that the Republican party is and

# . has been traditionally isolationist.

-n detracts nothing from the noble intentions of Woodrow Wilson to

~ observe that something like a legend

has gathered about his advocacy of

founded upon a series of miscon-

7 ceptions and historical inaccuracies,

has created in the minds of many people the notion that the idea of such a league was original with him, and in 8 somewhat foggy way, a defeated humanitarian impulse of

* the Democratic party itself.

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This of course is nonsense. The

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be + league was ancient, not unknown to

Greek philosophy, and has been part of the aspirations of thousands

- upon thousands of humane thinkJers ever’ since.

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In the summer of 1918 I, as & member, ‘attended a meeting ‘of the League to Enforce Peace, In Philadelphia, and found that many hundreds. of delegates had come fiom every part of the country. There were the usual committees, resolutions, speeches, etc., but the whole sense and expression of the convention may be put thus: “Win the war first and then establish a League of Nations to Enforce Peace.” During the course of operations I found myself puzzling about an eminent personage who, so far as I eéould discover, had not committed himself upon the subject that so engrossed all of us who had joined the League to Enforce Peace and had taken the trouble to eome to Philadelphia in hot weather to emphasize our belief. This personage about whom I wondered was the president of the United States.

Favored ‘Principle’ Seeking light, I made inquiries among those in a position to know what was really Woodrow Wilson's attitude in regard to the great

‘| movement.

The reply was that he favored

the principle advocated by our or:|ganization but did not look with

favor upon our activities’ because he wished to “spring” the idea upon the world himself, and to be its protagonist at the peace table when the proper time came. That is, ; | presumably he thought somewhat premature our plans for international peace to be preserved by negotiation instead of war, and felt that the noise we were making might lose for him some of the force of an originator when he should

1!decide to put such plans before the ! Inetted the city only $913, but sliced

world. Knowing him, his wisdom and his goodness, I had no criticism of this position; but I returned to the meetings of the League to Enforce Peace and ‘listened with increased interest to an earnest,and eloquent

laddress in favor of the international

peace league idea by the national president of the organization. He too was an eminent personage, for he had been a president of the United States. His name was William Howard Taft. BOOTH TARKINGTON.

STRIKE CLOSES PLANT

PITTSBURGH, April 7 (U. P.).— The Edgar Thomson works of Car-negie-Illinois Steel Corp. was closed down today by 2600 striking employees because pay of 16 timekeepers would be cut 16 cents amr hour as the result of installation of inew time clocks.

FACE DRAFT SENTENCE

+ FT. WAYNE, Ind. April 7 (U. P.). Federal Judge Thomas W. Slick iset April 19 as the date for sentencling five professed members of the | Jehovah Witness religious sect who !]1ast night were found guilty of viollating the selective service act.

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Tarkington Ey Move ~ In Letter to G. 0. P . Organization. (Continued from Page One)

Tarkington's : letter, the point that the Democratic party could not claim a copyright to the idea of international co-operation, was also stressed at great length by Mr. willkie in his Lincoln day address here. Both Mr. “Tarkington and = Mr. Willkie referred to the international viewpoint of William Howard Taft, President Wilson's. predecessor. Among the Republicans ‘present at today's organization meeting were Lieut. Gov. Charles Dawson; State Auditor Richard T. James; George A. Ball, ‘Muncie industrialist; Arch N. Bobbitt, former: G. O. P. state chairman; Sidney S. Miller, Indianapolis corporation counsel; E. R. Blackwood, Indianapolis insurance executive and nationally known bridge expert; George L. Denny, Indianapolis lawyer, and J. Perry Meek, Indianapolis insurance executive. Members of the group that sent out the invitations to the meeting are Mr. Tarkington; Charles J. Lynn, vice president of Eli Lilly & Co.; James W. Noel, William R. Higgins, Harvey A, Grabill, William E. Reiley and Mr. Ruckelshaus, all Indianapolis lawyers; John G. Coulter of Indianapolis, a leader of the Indiana Committee for Victory; E. J. Gallmeyer, Ft. Wayne, and Telfora B. Orbison, New Albany.

COSTLY TO CITY

Loss Placed at $1900 Two Can Pickups To Date.

Patriotism isn’t an item on the city budget, but it’s proving expensive to the administration. these days. In twe tin can salvage collections, the city has lost an estimated $1900 in labor, transportation ant freight loading, costs, says Ofto Abshier, works hoard secretary. The first salvage drive in January

$1846 from street department funds. Figures for the second drive were: Revenue, $900; expenses, $1882. - Ask Co-operation Housewives could do much to remedy what appears to be “a losing proposition” by placing more tin in more conspicuous ‘pickup locations, according to Mr. Abshier. He pointed out that 46 street department trucks on collection routes too often return only partially loaded. Another move to reduce tin scrap roundup costs was made yesterday when Mr. Abshier and street officials went off in search of North and South side freight loading places where collected tin might be dumped into freight cars. At pitesent there are two train. loading platforms, one on S. East st. and another on S. West st.

He's Best Friend To 'Best Friends"

OKLAHOMA CITY, April 7 (U. P.).—Meat rationing has revealed Leslie Fain, millionaire Oklahoma City oil man,-as the best friend of “man’s best friend.” The drilling contractor sent his bird dogs to the country, - but’ couldn’t bring himself to send away “Mack,” the pet collie of his son Chuck. : Unsbashed, Fain carries a bakery sack. to dinner parties in Ok« lahoma City’s most exclusive night club and collects steak bones of fellow guests for “Mack.” At first he collected the bones _at only his private dinner parties. Now he has extended the practice to dinners given by his close friends.

DON’T EAT CIVILIANS’ FOOD, SOLDIERS TOLD

WASHINGTON, April 7 (U. P.).— Soldiers were admonished today by army ground force commander, Lieut. Gen. Lesley J. McNair, to suppress impulses to slip into town for a restaurant meal instead of having chow in their unit mess.

prudent and ill-advised.”

McNair told units of his command: “Civilian food sources are

being taxed to the utmost; to place

the additional burden. on these sources of also serving the military when there are ample rations available at army mess halls, is both im

than 40 miles northwest of Akarit had gained further ground. An ‘early junction of the Americans ‘with - the 8th army would doom axis forces in the loop sagging

| southward toward the salt lake re-

gion. ‘Allied heavy, medium and fighter bombers carried forward their nonstop aerial offensive against axis ships, ports, airdromes and troop concentrations. At least six enemy supply ships were sunk and an ammunition ship blown up in the Sicilian straits, across which the ' Italo-German commands are seeking desperately to supply their shrinking Tunisian bridgehead. | At Trapani, one of the principal supply ports on the west coast of Sicily, the allied air fleets sank “many ships of all classes” and

| started fires in the dock area, the

communique reported. Wellington bombers straddled shipping and the dock area of Tunis with demolition and fire bombs Monday night. Many hits were scored in the target area and a large fire was started. In daylight yesterday, Flying Fortresses were attacked by enemy fighters while bombing a convoy off Bizerte. Turning on their tormentors, the Fortresses shot down 15 of them.

Airfields Are Blasted :

Altogether, allied planes shot down 27 enemy planes in daylight yesterday in addition to an -unascertained number destroyed on the ground in repeated bombing attacks on the German airfields at La Fauconnerie and elsewhere in |W Tunisia. Pour-engined Consolidated Liberator bombers from the MiddleEastern command joined in the offensive with a successful attack on Messina, another Sicilian supply harbor, last night. All planes re-

nN | turned safely.

British Pierce Axis Lines Yanks Close In on Flanks

(Continued from Page One) into Rommel’s western flank less|

The Northwestern air foroes in

attempted to attack allied shipping off the Algerian coast. Allied losses in all air operations for the 24-hour period were only five planes. The text of Churchill’s announcement to commons follows: “At half past four yesterday morning, in the dar of a moonless night, Gen. 1} ntgomery ordered his main force to the assault of the Akarit position north of Gabes. ‘The advance of the British and Indian infantry divisions was preceded and covered by a barrage of about 500 guns which was practic= ally on the Alamein scale. “The enemy appeared to have been taken by surprise by this attack out of pitch darkness. His fortified poéitions were overwhelmed and by noon all dominant key points were in our hands. A hole had been blasted in the center of the enemy's 12-mile defensive line through which our armored and mobile forces were immediately ordered to advance. “The enemy now fought with savage vigor to restore the situation but all his counter-attacks were repulsed. The advance of the British armor continued and by nightfall, open country had been reached. “Over 6000 prisoners have been taken so far. “Rommel’s army is now retreating northward and being hotly pursued. This successful battle and frontal attack should enable the desert army to join hands with United States forces who have been pressing the enemy unceasingly from the west. ”

REPORT NAZIS HOLD THYSSEN

BTOCKHOLM, April 7 (U. P.).— The newspaper Aftonbladet reported today that Fritz Thyssen, former German industrialist, now is in

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Fate of Co-operation Move May Hinge on Cornbeit States.

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is a young Chicago lawyer, Deneen A. Watson. The association was organized several weeks ago by a group in Illinois who met with Mr. Watson, and at the outset it was confined to Illinois, but now it is branching out into neighboring states. An Ohio unit was set up a few days ago in Cleveland, and an Indiana organization was started formally today at Indianapolis with Booth Tarkington, the novelist, as one of its sponsors. Other state units are in prospect.

Financed by Watson :

The project thus far is being financed by Mr. Watson and a few friends. He emphasized that it was promoting no particular post-war plan nor any candidate for the 1944 Republican nomination, “We have absolutely no connections with any candidates or prospective- candidates, and we have taken particular pains to avoid the tieups with any regular Republican organizations,” he said. A prospectus prepared by the association says: “There is the danger that a small

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