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Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way

TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1043

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POSTPONING THE INEVITABLE

8 President Roosevelt has said, the coal miners are now working for the government and so have no right to strike. Yet Secretary Ickes asked John’'L. Lewis for assursmce that the miners would not do at midnight tonight the thing they have no right to do. | Lewis’ reply extending the strike truce for two more weeks merely postpones the showdown® that must come between him and the government. With typical impudence he uses the Ickes request in a new attempt to confuse the issues. © Mr. Ickes unwisely expressed hope that a Lewis promise that the miners would continue work might open the way for immediate collective bargaining conferences. Lewis interpreted that to mean that Mr. Ickes hoped to institute the conferences. But, of course, if Mr. Ickes has anything to do with collective bargaining between Lewis and the mine operators, the government has already knuckled down to Lewis. = = EE 3 & HE national war labor board, by unanimous agreement = of its public, labor and employer members, stated the jssue squarely several hours before Mr. Ickes sent his unfortunate message. The issue is whether there is to be government by law or government by the dictates of an arrogant union boss. If government by law, the miners must continue to work, not just for two weeks more, but until the contro»versy is settled. Meanwhile, Lewis must recognize the board's jurisdiction, as other labor leaders do; must agree, as the operators have agreed, to resume collective bargaining under the hoard’s supervision and to submit for the board's approval any wage adjustments that may result. Lewis flatly refuses. His defiance, the unanimous board asserts, “Challenges the sovereignty of the United States in time of war and gives aid and comfort to our

enemies.”

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F the president intends to support the board, which is carrying out his own orders, he should say so now. If he is unwilling to face the Lewis challenge firmly, now or two weeks from now, he should say that, let the board members preserve their self-respect by resigning, and confess that Lewis has won his battle to destroy the legally erected machinery for settling wartime labor disputes and stabilizing wages. This country would give much to avoid a coal strike, but it is sick of seeing John L. Lewis brandish the threat of a strike while the administration dodges. The showdown is inevitable. We think the country

would have preferred it now rather than the humiliation of |

accepting another reprieve from Lewis.

TALL TALK FROM THE THAMES

RITISH officials present the paradox of making Pollyannish predictions and at the same time warning Amerjeans against over-confidence which could lose the war. Here are three headlines on the same day:

Admiral Keyes, commando founder, gays European war to be over soon. Air Marshal Tedder says all Mediterranean now open to shipping. London fears war optimism in U. S., sharp letdown gn public morale. This conflicting British propaganda, bad as it is, is fio worse than similar confusion of tcngues in America.

geem to have achieved a measure of co-ordinated effort among the different nations and services on the military front, but on the propaganda front there is still a general tooting of individual horus in a symphony of discords. It would be gratifying to assume that this was really a slick method to make the axis dizzy. If =o, the effect boomerangs. Obviously Nazi fear of allied invasion is based on military facts—such as the Tunisian victory and allied air offensive_—rather than on boasts such as Baron Keyes’. If tall talk could frighten the enemy, he would have been licked long ago. It only feeds false hopes at home. result-

ng first in a slowdown of effort and later in a bitter re-|

action.

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NT 1S because the public was led to believe that the Tuni- = sian victory in itself would be enough to clear the Mediterranean for allied shipping, as Tedder now appears %o claim, that the public is unprepared for the high cost in %ime, effort, and blood which still must be paid in SarHinia, Sicily, Pantelleria, Lampedusa, Crete, Rhodes and the Dodecanese islands before the Mediterranean is really pened. As for the Keyes statement that the European war will be over “soon,” of course there may be some truth §n it—all that remaing to be done now is to make some geéaborne invasion against a fortress, the hardest of all military operations, and then defeat the most experienced and largest mechanized army in the world, fighting on :ts pwn ground with all the advantage of internal communiation lines and with the desperation of a last stand. : That is exactly what the allies are going to do—unless they are fools enough to believe that the job will be quick and easy. To guard against our worst enemy of overptimiem, all allied spokesmen should emulate the more sober and responsible statements of Prime Minister ChurchRS . y y Roosevelt. ¢ i

Fair Enough By Westbrook Pegler

- NEW YORK, May 18.—Here are some specific cases of proof that there it no need of labor conscription or any of the shysteresque variations of compulsion, which totalitarian Washington has tried to date. In considering these typical items, only a few thousands, it is well to remember that Mrs, Bleanor Roosevelt has proposed that we should all join unions and that all able-bodied civilians should be conscribed for labor, in which case this country would find itself in the slavery of a labor front under government control, like Hitler's. First we all wouid join unions and pay financial tribute to these political offshoots, and then the party would tell us all where to work and for how much. A penciled letter from Superior, Wis, says the writer is a welder with four years’ experience who has been working for the Globe Shipbuilding Co. for six months. “Due to the fact that I refuse to join the union they will not let me work. Also, they will not fire me or lay me off and I refuse to quit,” says this one, signed N. I. Rhead, Menomanie, Wis. “I reported last night and was turned back. I cannot get a job at war work without a release from this company. I pledged my entire wages for five weeks through April for war bonds, and the union won't even let me work and fulfill my pledge.”

An Agent Not of Own Free Choice

THE ANSWER is that this American’s government has sold him out to the racketeer partners of the party in power. Paul McNutt tells him idle hands work for Hitler, but fixes things so that he can't get a clearance to another job meaning, in the end, that McNutt orders him to accept a bargaining agent not of his own free choice, in violation of the Wagner act, and to pay tribute to a subsidiary of McNutt's party. Another letter signed Lewis J. Cullen, Great Kills, N. Y., says he is a veteran of the other war, twice wounded, a member of the New York guard, the father of two sons, one an engineering student at Purdue, the other, 17 years old, also a member of the New York guard. His wife is in the air-raid service, and own their own home. Mr. Cullen says he worked 24 years as an electric welder including nine years in Chile, Mexico and Persia. There is a “federal” union of the A. F. of L.

in the plant in which he was employed on important |

work for the navy and the company had made a

contract with the union whereby it undertook to com- | pel every néw employee to jein the union, under a

checkoff system.

This contract, of course, is a clear violation not only |

of the Wagner act but of the human and constitutional rights of such new members. It imposes taxation without representation and it violates their right of contract.

Ordered to Stand 'Trial'

MR. CULLEN was not satisfied with the financial affairs of the union and he and two other skilled mechanics ordered the company to cease paying dues for them through the checkoff, as a matter of principle. The union ordered them to stand “trial” end about 30 other mechanics resigned from the union. Myr. Cullen then got in touch with the war produc-

tion board and the rebellious workers, the union agents and representatives of the board met for about three hours in the New York office of the WPB. Nothing came of this. Finally, I. R. Sandahl, vice president of the F. W.

| Fitch Co., of Des Moines, says there is a large ex-

change of goods with their warehouse in Bayonne, N. J., and that their trucks are subject to the notorious highway robbery of the teamsters’ union in New Jersey and New York, sanctified last year by the United States supreme court. Approaching Bayonne each truck must take on a guest driver or ghost driver at $10.28 for a few miles. Twice, he says, their trucks tried to run the ambuscade. One driver was shot over the eye and the other was beaten up, although they are union men. One truck had a consignment &f butter for New York in addition to regular cargo for Bayonne,

Three 'Guest Drivers’

THREE GUEST drivers were inflictéd on the truck at $10.28 each, one to drive into Bayonne, another to drive into New York and the third to unload the butter, although Mr. Sandahl says there were two regular drivers aboard who were willing and able to drive and unload. “This,” he writes, “is true in hundreds of cases,” as of course it is, under license from the supreme court, which holds that congress so intended to legitimatize highway robbery. This union belongs to Daniel Tobin, president of the teamsters, a red-hot New Dealer, whom President Roosevelt selected last fall along with Joe Padway, the A. F. of L. lawyer, to fly to London as an official emissary to British labor. And the supreme court decision upholding this

extortion and mock-work system was written by Jimmy Byrnes, then a supreme court justice but now one of those who are howling against inflation of liv-

) ‘ . | ing costs, including tne price of butter, and bawli After much costly experience and long delay, the allies | ng

about a shortage of manpower.

We the People

By Ruth Millett

FOOD IS fast replacing the war as America’s number one convertational topie. The men do almost as much talking about it as the women. When civilians aren’t discussing point values and how far their points go, théy are talking about victory gardens, or home canning or how limited restaurant menus are becoming. ‘Or else they are

talking about how much food

costs. You can’t even sit down to a company meal these days without having the menu discussed in terms of points, and many a dinner guest exclaims on sight of the meat dish, “My dear you shouldn't have spent so many points.” Even the weather, good old conversational standby, is now just an introduction to the food topic. Someone comments that it looks like rain, and every body either decides that rain is just what they want or don’t want for their victory gardens.

Food Talk Has New Slant -

THE FUNNY thing about all this talk is that it is so different from the way we used to talk about food. In the days before rationing we talked of the food we liked and the food our families wouldn't eat. Now we talk about the food wé can get. Even conversationallv we aren't turning up our noses at any kind of food. What did we ever mean by saving our families wouldn't eat this and wouldn't eat that? Now they eat what is on the table and wouldn't dream of complaining. The bright side of the picture is we don’t have to worry about finding something to talk about no matter food we entertain these days. There is

The Hoosier Forum

I wholly disagree with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.—Voltaire.

“ARGUING OVER A TRIVIAL QUESTION” By Doris Masters, 3550 Kenwood ave. Why all the rumpus about women wearing slacks? Whose business is it besides the woman who wears them? Slacks have been with us for quite a few years and will continue to be until something better is designed to take their place. We have too many important things to think about these days to

spend our time arguing over such a trivial question.

§ § 4 “TWO DEFINITIONS FROM DICTIONARY” By H. W. Daacke, 1404 8, State ave. Re “Voice in the Crowd,” Hoosier Forum, May 1, 1943. Americanism: (1) Attachment or loyalty to the U. S, its traditions, interests of ideals, (2) an American custom or characteristic, (3) a word | or phrase peculiar to English as developed in the U. 8.

Unionism: Principle of union or sentiment of attachment to a union, specifically to the federal union of the U. S., especially at the time of the civil war. Two definitions from the 10841 Webster's collegiate dictionary, fifth edition. If “Voice in the Crowd” expects to set himself up as a lexicographer and have his individual interpretation for the words and phrases he uses instead of accepting the interpretations of standard authorities such as the one quoted above, I suggest that he add his individual interpretation to his articles of the word or phrase used, so as to clarify the matter and thus avoid a lot of confusion and misunder- | standings. Furthermore, his reiteration of a statement on the point at issue, unsupported by historical or scientific evidence, is far from satisfactory to a discerning reading public. He is to be commended to the extent of abandoning his former tactics of evasion, but his complete failure to

ling system of so-called “free inter-

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the Hoosier Forum on March 26, 1043 when I offered to show graft and corruption in Americanism equal to any he could show in labor organizations and further agreed to | top it off with a phase of Ameri-| canism that is so deplorable that | even barbarians refuse to ‘copy from us, or use it in any way. Now is it any wonder that “Voice in the Crowd” wants to quit discussing the main issue, since he has gotten himself into such a sorry | mess in his efforts to support a dy-

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“ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS PRICE OF LIBERTY" By Edward F. Maddox, Indianapolis Well, Mr. Marvin R. Burnworth, you gave me the opening I need to strike another blow for liberty-— American liberty—the kind Washington, Jefferson, Jackson and Lin« coln stood for, not the New Deal hyprocrisy! First, I will give you the true definition of socialism and communism. Socialism and commun{sm are an anti-Christian political movement based on materialism, hate, murder and violent revolution to destroy Christian civilization and reduce all people to the mental, moral and ethical level of animals! Well, that's straight facts, believe it or not. And now that that's settled, I will answer your other questions: (2) I was in Indianapolis when the war veterans were evicled in Washington and I was a Democrat then. I never votéd for Hoover. (3) When the farmers were get-

make any reply to my challenge in

ting low prices for corn and hogs

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Side Glances—By Galbraith

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I was writing articles and letters urging price regulation for farm products, You can check up on that with The Times , . . or write W. H. Settle of the Farm bureau a past president.

(4) When veterans were selling apples I bought apples when I had the money to buy them. (5) When banks were failing right and left I was unemployed, buddy,

and voting the Democrat ticket to try to correct things, but after I was| convinced the New Deal was head- | ing for socialism I got off that bus in a hurry! (6) “When families were starving,” or rather on short rations, and it was announced that millions of | hogs were going to be killed . . . by the New Deal theorists, I wrote a letter to the secretary of agriculture suggesting that the meat be | given to people on baskets to sup-| plement their short rations. This was done! (7) I have had several forum let- |

ters published in the interest of!

old age pensioners. (8) When workers were working | for small wages for long hours I| was mighty hard up myself. Yes, my friend, there are many men of my type in congress now and | I would consider it a great honor to be there in congress with them | fighting the good fight of faith in| God and our American constitutional system of government where we can have the right to worship God, life, liberty and the pursuit of | happiness. That is, we can have | it if we will fight for it and guard it by eternal vigilance, for that, my friends, is the price of liberty. May God Almighty arouse you, my friends, to preserve, protect and defend our priceless heritage!

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“KEEP MAKING TOOLS, FORGET ABOUT STRIKING”

By Pfe. Bud Cottey, Batt. ©, 005 F. A.| B'n., Ft. Bragg, N. C I was reading in your column while home on a short furlough | about strikes and the piece which| 1st Sgt Joseph-Barbour tells of al cousin whom he lost in Africa and I wholly agree with him only he did |

not make it bad enough for the strikers. 1 have been in the army soon one year and although home is a much petter place to be, I would not give my place for all the 8100-a-week jobs at a time like this. President Roosevelt talks of put ting our troops in to settle the strikes. Well, just look what it will cause. For the first thing, it will make the war last longer: it will keep us soldiers from getting all our training we need so badly to win the war, I wonder a lot of times how . . . defense workers would like to give up their jobs, homes, nice soft beds and go to work 34 hours a day, seven days a week for $564 a month. I don’t think they would ever have a thought in their heads about striking if they had our place for just one week. We get the work—they are getting the gravy, but we don't mind as long as they keep on making the stuff we need and forget about this idea of striking. ... I'm hoping for a quick victory over Hitler and Lewis,

DAILY THOUGHTS

In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.—II. Samuel 22:7.

FOR HIS bounty There was no winter in't; an aufumn ‘twas

k to town

That grew the more by reaping.—

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Unhappy Rumania’

By William Philip Simms

WASHINGTON, May 18.-—Ru-mania—like Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria and other Nazi stooges—is reliably reported to be ready to drop out of the war at the earliest opportunity, ei This revelation is made in a letter just received from Andrei Popovici, for 12 years first secretary and charge d'affaires of the Rumanian legation here and subsequently consul general at New York. He resigned in 1041, and has since lived on Long Island. This is the first time Mr. Popovici has broken his self-imposed silence on conditions in his homeland. He does so now because he feels that if only “some assurance could be given to Rumania, we know that at the first opportune moment the Rumanian army would turn against the Nazis.” At Pittsburgh Sunday night, Mr. Popoviel dedicated the “Rumanian Room” at the University of Pittsburgh. As little authentic information has reached this country from Rumania since she joined the axis, I believe the highlights of his remarks are of importance.

Hope for Allied Victory

THE FOLLOWING extracts are from a copy of his speech which he enclosed with his letter: “Seldom has a nation been placed by the noxious machinations of a small minority in such a tragic situation. It is easy, therefore, to understand the great faith in an allied victory which today animates

every Rumanian, . . . There is not today a Rumanian °

in that unhappy land who does not ardently wish for the success of the allied nations. President Roose=velt's four freedoms and the Atlantic Charter hold out for them today the same hope as 25 years ago the 14 points of President Wilson. “I believe I am expressing the conviction of every American Rumanian descent when I state that the suffering people of Rumania are now waiting anxiously and eagerly for the moment when they can turn their arms against the Nazis and join the armies of the united nations to help them push on to final victory.

Believes in United Nations

“IP THERE are still some who may be inclined to lend an ear to the hypocritical warnings of the Nazis that if they are overcome, Rumania’s national existence will be sacrificed by the democracies to appease the political ambitions which they attribute to Soviet Russia, they will soon learn that the American and British peoples are not—like the Nazis—in the habit of using deception and treachery as instruments of their foreign policy. . . . “America and Britain are now sacrificing the lives of their youth, nor the wealth of their lands, in order to replace one kind of slavery in Eastern Europe with political subjugation to any other alien power. Nor do we believe that Russia is animated by any such designs.”

Bitter About King Carol

WITHOUT NAMING him, Mr. Popoviel flayed King Carol II and the greedy courtiers about him. Rumania faced a truly glorious future after the first world war, he said, but “a criminal king who was forgetful of the duties and obligations of his solemn oath to the nation barred the way, Mr. Popovici tells me that these views expressed above are shared by every Rumanian, adding that “if only the united nations could be more adroit in exploiting these sentiments, I feel that much blood-

| shed could be avoided in the campaign to come.”

Before they end their conference, it is widely felt here, President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill by all means should lay down a eomprehensive formula covering the cases of Italy, Rumania and other “slaves” now chained to the Nazi galley,

Jakie Devers Edson

By Peter FT. KNOX, Ky., May 18.—Here at the headquarters of the U. 8. armored forces, they think of Lt. Gen. Jacob L. Devers, who has just been assigned to command in the European theater of operations, as the man who was always saying, “Let's go! I'm wasting time!” If he carries that motto with him ‘into action in Europe, the assumption is that Jakie Devers will be pushing that second front idea for all he's worth. “Let's go!” he'll be reminding

| his superiors as well as his subordinates, “I'm wasting

time!” Gen. Devers commanded the armored force from his headquarters here at Ft. Knox from the summer of 1041 until he got his European assignment. While he was here, he kept reminding the war department in Washington, from time to time, that he had a lot of trained armored divisions ready to go. Even then he felt he was wasting time. He can't claim credit for being the father of the armored force. His basic idea when he became commander of the armored forces was that the only excuse for any kind of a vehicle was to get a gun some place, in a hurry. It was on that basis. that he tripled the size of the armored force in little more than a year,

Helped Develop the M-7

WHEN THE RESPONSIBILITY of deciding what types of armored vehicles the U. 8. should adopt was placed on Gen. Devers, he made his decision

with a minimum waste of time. Hl Maybe there were some mistakes in the first

designs, which had to be corrected later, but Gen.

Devers got tanks that he could use to begin h training and get his force organized, in a hurry. | The M-17, self-propelled 108-mm. howitzer known in Africa as “the Priest,” is one of the new weapons whose development Gen. Devers had a large pushing. It was a bigger, heavier weapon ever been mounted on a self-propelled chassis. was the Devers’ doctrine of using a vehicle to a gun some place in a hurry. justified the faith he placed in its He is 55, but gets credit for being 1 His mouse-colored hair is just tempies. He 5 feet 10, weighs aronnd 170, on the bandy-legged side, as though been a cavalry officer.

Hates Red Tape

NO MARTINET, no stickler for detail Devers’ success as an organizer has his to hurry up and get right to the heart of and then go on from there. He has a reputat hating paper work and red tape. In his sta with armored force officers at ‘Ft, Knox, hi " nates used to try to think of things before the gen Usually, they say, he was always way ahead of ¢ He preached a lot of 1 his hurry-up tactics. CL “You build the best gun mount he kept telling the armored fored Sti e Knox. “Then you mount on it the best gun yo make. On that gun you put the best possible The gun and the carriage are wasted if you that gun

have a good sight. Then to aim to get a good gunner. If the: an Who u sight isn't any good, the good caryis 6 $0 8

| that the proportion of light, medium and heavy tanks. 4 | should be ordered so that production couid be