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FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1043

SLOGAN FOR HOT SPRINGS CONFAB— PASS the food and squelch the information!

“THEIRS NOT TO REASON WHY - - .”

N all the interesting speculation about the motives which prompted John L. Lewis to ask the American Federation of Labor to take back into full membership his United Mine Workers of America, there is one striking omission. None of the accounts of Mr. Lewis’ sudden command of “column right” makes any mention of what the 500,000 members of his union think about this decision or any intimation that they were consulted about it, or that they had any part whatever in making it. That they were not consulted is not surprising. They never are consulted. Their function is to dig coal when Mr. Lewis tells them to dig coal, to stop digging when he tells them to stop, and that is all. They do not even have the privilege of paying dues to Mr. Lewis, that being quite satisfactorily taken care of by his contracts with their employers under which his dues are taken out first, before they get their pay. Mr. Lewis took them out of the A. F. of L. into the C. I. O., out of the C. I. O. into “lone wolf” status, and now proposes to take,them back into the A. F. of L., without the formality of inquiring what they wanted.

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T least 50,000 of them do not even want to be members of the United Mine Workers. In 1941 these 50,000 men made a determined fight to stay out of Mr. Lewis’ clutches and did stay out until they were forced to join by the government of the United States in direct violation of a solemn promise by President Roosevelt that the government never would compel them to do so. With a few minor exceptions it is not today possible for a man to quit the United Mine Workers and continue to be a coal miner because Mr. Lewis has contracts backed by the full powers of the government of the United States that forbid any man to dig coal unless he is a member in good standing. They have no choice. Mr. Lewis has used their money to back political candidates of his own seiection to promote union organization in industries in which they have no interest whatever, and, in 1937, to create a series of violent outbreaks that were more nearly political rebellion than they were strikes of aggrieved workers— all without consulting their wishes, all with a far closer relation to his own political ambitions than their welfare. ‘He is using them again today as a weapon in his own battle for personal political power, It would seem to be almost time to end the pretense that John L. Lewis is the chosen leader of free American workers. His relation to his members is that of a feudal baron to his serfs.

CHURCHILL'S PACIFIC PLEDGE

MERICA’S distinguished visitor, Mr. Churchill, was at ! his best in his address to congress this week. That is high praise, since he is the world’s outstanding orator. He was most effective when he was undoing some of the damage of his earlier references to the Pacific war. Last winter he left the impression with his American, Chinese and Dutch allies, and the British dominions, that the battle against Japan was a sideshow which could be safely postponed until after defeat of the main enemy in Europe. After Hitler was licked most of the British forces could be demobilized and England could devote itself to home reconstruction, while Japan was being finished off, he had implied. The reaction to that expression of British policy was very grim, especially here and in China. Since then the situation in China has gone from bad to worse, Australia and the American commanders in the Pacific have failed to

get adequate reinforcements, and even the minor British

campaign in Burma has collapsed.

That is part of the background of the unusual congressional pressure, culminating in Senator Chandler's sharp speech, to force the Churchill-Roosevelt strategy conference to put the Japanese war on a basis of equality, if not priority, with the European war. The prime minister and president knew, of course, that the senator was speaking not only for a considerable part of congress, the public and press, but also for some high American admirals and generals.

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= UNQUESTIONABLY, part of Mr. Churchill's purpose in this visit, as in his first trip after Pedrl Harbor, was to persuade the president and American high command to continue their commitment to “Get Hitler First,” Therefore the prime minister's statement to congress is of the greatest importance. He has apparently modified his policy. Despite the pressure to which he had been subjected, and Kis human desire to offset the blunder of his postCasablanca speech, he did not come out for a “Lick Japan First” strategy. We are glad he did not—it could not have been sincere, and anyway the original strategy is now too far advanced to reverse. But he did give full recognition to the urgency of the battle against Japan. He did agree that the allies must attack her on land, at sea, and in the air with all possible speed, until her war-production cities are in ashes and she is completely defeated. And he did pledge full British co-operation to that end. American and allied forces in the Pacific and the Chinese, who have done so much with so little, must be given

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Fair Enough By Westbrook Pegler

~ LOS ANGELES, Cal, May 21.— Having caught up with the Warner Bros.’ production of Joseph Davies’ p da story, “Mission to Moscow,” I would now like to ask Mr, Davies whether he would ap- . prove the execution of Earl Browder as a conspirator against the government of the United States and the mass execution of a great number of other American Communists and pro-Communists, including some who have held positions in our government. : I think this is a fair question because not only in his book, on which the film is based, but more openly in the film itself, Mr. Davies indicates a personal and politicai belief that the men whom Russia put to death for conspiring with Hitler and Japan against the Stalin government deserved their punishment. We can ignore the fact that the Russian system decides all doubts in favor of the prosecution and flouts the American concept for justice, as Mr. Davies, himself, admitted in the bock. After all, they were Russians and they were tried in Russia under Russian laws. But Mr. Davies is an American and an American lawyer, moreover, and still in both story and picture he agrees that men who conspire against the safety of their government deserve to die.

Browder Heads Communists

NOW, WHAT is the status of Earl Browder? He is a native American, but the head of the Communist party in the United States. And the Communist party is an agency of a foreign government and is dedicated to the violent overthrow of the American government. Is that my opinion? It is, to he sure, but it is also the opinion of the highest law officer of the United States government today, Francis BE. Biddle, the attorney general. “The Communist party of the United States,” Mr. Biddle wrote in his official opinion on the Harry Bridges deportation case, “a section of the so-called Third International was founded in 1919; and, after its name was changed.several times, became the Communist party of the U. 8. A. The Third International advocated the class struggle, which was described as entering the phase of civil war in America.

Revolutionary Methods Suggested

“ILLEGAL METHODS were also advocated where necessary to carry on its work, systematic agitation in the army, the renouncing of patriotism, the revolutionary overthrow of capitalism. “The American section adopted a program declaring: ‘The Communist party will systematically and persistently propagate the idea of the inevitability of and necessity for violent revolution and will prepare the workers for armed insurrection as the only means of overthrowing the capitalist state.’ “The Communist party teaches the violent overthrow of existing governments, including that of the United States.” . There have been some denials that the Third International and the Communist party of the U. S. A. are subsidiaries of the Soviet government, but surely Mr. Davies would not believe them. Even Mrs. Roosevelt has said that the Communist organization here is beholden to a foreign government and she did not mean Germany or Britain or France. Obviously, she meant Russia, Furthermore, the evidence, indeed the proof, that the Communist party of the U. 8, A. is an agency of the Moscow government is no less convincing than the proof that the defendants in the Moscow liquidations were in league with enemies of the Soviet.

An Obstacle to Understanding

IF THIS country were to adopt the method which Mr. Davies approved in the Russian liquidations, Browder and every other professed Communist in the country and all those party-liners who have collaborated with them would be convicted of treason and shot. i But certainly Mr, Davies would not approve that, for he serves a government which has not merely dealt kindly with professed Communists even to the extent of tempering justice with politics in the case of Browder’s premature release from prison, but has heen so hospitable to party-liners in the Washington bureaucracy that congress has found it necessary in specific cases to condemn individuals as unfit for public office, on the ground of disloyalty, Mr. Davies’ venture into propaganda pleads for understanding between the people of the United States and the people of Russia, a very desirable purpose. The two peoples are, in fact, ‘total strangers and a world apart and, as people, may have mueh in common, aside from their common enemy in Germany. But that understanding will never be possible until Soviet Russia openly repudiates and actually abolishes, in loyal observance of her solemn promise given in the treaty of recognition. the Communist fifth column in this country. This Russia can do overnight and this is the greatest obstacle to confidence and understanding.

We the People

By Ruth Millett

WAR WIVES with husbands out of the country who have managed to go right on living in the homes their "husbands left them in seem to agree that it is worth the struggle for any wife who can do it. Their husbands write often how pleased they are that they can think of their wives and children in their own home, among their. friends. And the wives, themselves, feel that it is a good thing to ge on living in a house they shared with their husbands, instead of being uprooted. There is some feeling of security for them just in Boing on with life as nearly as possible as it used o be. Of course, a woman pays a price for keeping up* her own house, instead of moving in with her family

Price Isn't Too High

SHE IS often lonely. If the children get sick, she must shoulder all the responsibility for them. Running a house without a husband as a handy man isn’t too easy. But most wives who have managed to go on living in their own homes while their husbands are away think the price isn’t too high. Before she decides te put her furniture in storage ahd move in with relatives or friends, a war wife ought to talk to some wife who has hung on to her home. Because, of all the wives who have had to give up their husbands for the duration the wives who have “stayed put” seem to be the most content.

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The Hoosier Forum

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“$20 MILLIONS COULD BE UTILIZED BETTER” By H. W. Daacke, 1404 S. State ave.

Recent statements in the local press of a proposed 20 millions of dollars yearly, Americanization program of the American’ Legion, prompts me to write the following in reply. It is my candid opinion that 20 millions of dollars yearly, spent merely to drag the red herring across the picture, could be utilized to a far better advantage in welfare and rehabilitation for the exservicemen of world war I who are, by force of circumstances or through technicalities, barred from getting the full benefits of the existing facilities along those lines. I realize that the officialdom of the American Legion are bounden to some activity to justify the office and salary, but I feel safe in saying that the majority group outside of the American Legion would be appreciative if this minority group left this matter proposed in the hands of the very ably managed FBI and devoted their engrgies and such money as they collected from the majority group to be devoted to the above-mentioned welfare and rehabilitation of ex-servicemen, even to the extent of including women and children, near and dear to these

men.

“AN ANALYSIS OF FORMS OF GOVERNMENT”

By Marion Priest, 1408 Castle ave. It is peculiar, and must have some explanation, that no one has written (to my knowledge) a definition of what nagziism, fascism or communism are. The explanation might be that in defining them the author might lay himself open to being pranded one or the other by the way he defines each. I will take that chance and stick my neck out. . .. Fascism, or naziism, is that system of government by and for the privileged few, in which the majority is divided by prejudices, until each group is rendered helpless by the powerful few. In explanation, it is easy to see how a powerful few can render the majority helpless if they divide them into small groups by race, religious and economic prejudices. In Germany one of the first

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things Hitler had done was to isolate and crush labor. Then he divided the Jews and other nationalities, then small business, ete. The

majority, when together, are powerful, when divided by prejudices are helpless. . . .

government plans the national economy with the idea in mind that all people are equal at birth, and that each shall rise according to his ability, and in which all business is operated or controlled by government, It is easy to see that communism has some merits and this explains why men who are in a position to explain these merits are hesitant to do so because of fear of being branded a Communist. Our own government has wavered from time to time between the idea of whether the central er national government should be more powerful, or each state. We have at times seen the fallacy of each theory; the central government had to be strong during the civil war, or we would have been two nations now. On the other hand, we sometimes see the blundering ‘of federal government in handling local affairs. Very little about the inner workings of Hitlerism can be obtained, but on the face of it I am not very much interested anyway. According to history, the European nations would have very little to do with our colonial government until we convinced them we had something and it seems that Russia is not at that same stage. When I find that theirs is now a representative form of government, that representatives from each nation in their country are elected to their supreme soviet which must be similar to our congress, that a president is elected from the supreme Soviet (similar to

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our president) and that the same setup exists in each state (they call them nations), I believe that we have little to fear from communism as we now know it. As they grow and prosper . , . their setup may change from time to time, as ours did in its early stages, but the world now recognizes Russia as a republic (Rand-McNally World Atlas.) This is my analysis, It may not suit you, but please be broad-mind-ed enough to not brand me either a fascist or a communist, I still think we have everything in our constitution that is necessary for us all to be happy after the war,

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It is useless to have a good form of government if improperly and dishonestly run and conversely, the poorest form of government may be good if run by the right men. But, since many men are not honest, it is evident that each country should have the best form of government available. Were it not for the dishonesty of man, we would need no government,

8 » ” “BRITISH ALSO GRUMBLE ABOUT BUREAUCRACY” By Civiticus, Anderson We, the people, gripe and grumble about our governmental hureaus. So does the Britisher. I have just read a letter written to his “Vox Pop” outlet as printed in the London Sunday Express of April 17. It would seem that there are Britishers who love their liberty and freedom even as do we. I wonder what would happen if his advice were to be carried out, to wit: “Everybody made a solemn vow that on and after Armistice day they would take no further notice of any bureaucratic order and tell the bureaucrats themselves to go to h---, The bureaucrats coudin’t do a = - = = thing about it but go there, “ ‘Freedom’ — migosh, if something of the sort isn't done, this country (England) will be the finest place in the world to get out of.” That is, I think, a fair example of the average Britisher who thinks and has, the courage to put his thoughts into words, They are mueh like us in so many ways. Especially in their love of liberty and freedom, sueh as our bill of rights gives us, and which they cbtained so many, many years ago irom their King John, ® 2 =» “CONVINCING NEED

OF STREET REPAIRS”

By C. F. L., Indianapolis Since most of our public officials live on “easy streets” they apparently are not aware of the conditions of the other streets, which are greatly in need eof repair. A driver may be able to straddle

the big holes in the streets, but it}

is impossible to miss all of the others . . . that are not to be considered exactly as little ones, They all have a damaging effect on the tires, no matter what their size may be—big or little holes, or middle-sized ones. A drive on 34th st. from Keystone ave. east to Emerson is a convincing need of street repairs, and 34th st, is not the only street in need of , . . attention, And the rains are not to be blamed entilely for the condition of the streets, for these conditions— at least most of them-—existed long before the rains started.

DAILY THOUGHTS

The Lord grant you that ye may find rest—Ruth 1:9.

AND REST, that strengthens unto

Our Hoosiers By Daniel M. Kidney

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\ WASHINGTON, May 21.—Refly Earl Wilson, the Republican Hoos= jer schoolmaster from Vallonia, has learned several lessons here, The latest is that his colleagues do not always vote the way they talk. In fact Mr. Wilson was as sure prised as a jackpot winner at a slot machine when he read in the Congressional. Record that he was the only man from Indiana who voted against extension of the reciprocal trade agreements. There were only 65 votes

‘against extension of the trade agreement act in the

entire house. It passed with 342 ayes, including the votes of eight other Republicans and two Democrats from Indiana. “I am not very proud of my vote,” Mr. Wilson exe plained when questioned by a reporter. “But I voted the way the rest of them talked.” There had been three full days of debate on the matter and Mr, Wilson seemed to get the idea that his party still was for old-fashioned high tariff protection ~War or no war. “Confidentially,” he said, “I do not think thas vote will hurt me one bit back in the ninth district.”

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BUT THE young and spirited Mr. Wilson has this china blue eyes on a larger horizon, He thinks that his party will be forced to recognize southern Indiana in selecting a senatorial candidate. And should Homer Capehart or others fail to click, the lightning might

strike him. ‘ Friends have told him that he has “had the begs publicity,” particularly when he tried to make ps government gals obey a curfew law. In addition, one of the most prominent newspaper publishers in his district has promised him support. “Of course I'm not running for the senate now any more than any of the rest of the congressmen from Indiana,” he chuckled. Including Rep. Forest Harness, Republican from Kokomo, that might mean he was running pretty hard. At any rate, he intends to return home shortly and look the political situation over. He 1s scheduled to deliver an address to the cadets graduating from the new army flying school at Seymour May 28, he said.

Deplores Vice in Capital

EACH WEEK he sends a handout of his “publicity™ to the papers in his district. The latest opus cone tained such titles as “Vice in Your Capital City” “War,” “Inflation” and “Hoosier Horse Sense.” This is a paragraph from the vice section: “I am told that there is more than four times as much whisky sold in Washington per person as there is per person in the country as a whole. That would indicate that drunkenness and vice go hand in hand. Your congressman is doing and will continue to do all that he can to see that this mess is cleaned up. This deplorable condition is being reflected in nearby army camps.” A press gallery wag explained the reason for the large whisky sales, “You see Washington is a depressing place in wartime,” he said, “so when a fellow takes a drink he feels like a new man and then the new man has to buy one.”

Silo Flying

By Peter Edson

DAVIS - MONTHAN FIELD, Ariz., May 21,.—This war is a Ws of gadgets, and it is being ha ve gadgets — the most complicated Rube Goldbergs ever conceived, That fact was registered on this correspondent standing in an aire conditioned silo which is used to train bomber crew officer teams in navigation bombing communica« tions. All this inside a silo? Yes, all this and more, right inside a silo. Col. Lowell H., Smith, the same Lowell Smith who as a young army captain led the first flight of four now obsolete old crates around the world, baek in aviation pleistocene days of 1924—stood in the silo with a group of visitors, while a high I-Q first lieutenant instructor explained the working. Col. Smith is now commander of this field and back in the days when he was preparing for his flight around the world there were no such super gadgets as these. “This is a Link celestial navigation trainer,” the young instructor explained. In it, without leaving the ground farther than to climb one flight of winding stairs, young bomber officers can perfect their teamwork in flying on bombing missions in any one of four ways—by direct observation, by dead reckoning over terrain, by radio navigatien, or by celestial navigation when flying at night.

No Radio Navigation in '24

WHEN COL. SMITH flew around the world he didn’t fly by night at all. Radio navigation was none existent. Al! he had to go on was direct observation of the ground, and dead reckoning—not much more knowledge of navigation than it takes to pilot a ship on the ocean or blaze a trail through the woods by compass. Smith prepared for the globe-girdling by a yoats planning and study. Six months of it was study of weather, and nearly four months of that was study of the Alaska Aleutians and eastern Siberian hops, where the weather was, and still is, the worst in the world, Today fliers get their weather by radio forecast for any place they want to go. Smith had to arrange his own supply dumps, get ting gasoline, oil and spare parts spaced around # proper one-day hop intervals. There were no air route maps. Smith had to make his own. All the gadget aids to flying which are now taken as a matter of course Smith had to improvise or pioneer. For a short course on the Link navigation trainer you climb the stairs, then you climb into a tiny fuselage with space for four men—the pilot, navigator, radio man and instructor,

Simulates Flying Conditions

THE FUSELAGE is made so it will vibrate to sime ulate the movements of a plane at any speed thiough any atmospheric conditions. When the crew is seated, lights are put out. The inside walls of the silo are painted dead black, so all is now pitch dark as the inside of the airman’s proe verbial cow’s stomach, But as your eyes become ace customed to the darkness, the instructor throws. a switch and the stars come on literally. Overhead, set in a hemispherical dome of chicken wire are tiny electric lights fixed as the fixed stars are fixed, yet adjustable so that the heavens over any location any given time can be accurately represented. There is the Big Dipper, the Pole Star, Cassi 's C y Andromeda, and all the rest of the constellations, ’ But now look below. Here on a keystone-shaped movie screen, a landscape is unfolding, It's in tech nicolor, and you make out the bend of a river, the shape of fields—green fields, plowed fields, a village, roads, a eity, “You are now," says the instruetor, “flying over the approaches to Bremen.” \ The instructor throws another switch, and clo cross the landscape, shutting out part of the he Light eirrus clouds at first, then heavier nimbus clouds. You're going to be in for some rough weather on this flight. : They can simulate any condition you might men tion, right here in the silo, If ¢ just