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Giva Light and the People Will Find
THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1943
IT'S UP TO IL DUCE
ARIOUS Catholic churchmen in this country, Ireland and elsewhere suggest that Rome be declared an “open city” to escape further allied bombing. It is an excellent idea. Not only Catholics but persons of all faiths would welcome such a solution of a most difficult problem. The London and Washington governments also, by their long delay in starting this bombing and in the extraordinary precautions limiting it to military objectives, have indicated their regret that military necessity leaves them no alternative under present conditions. Unfortunately, however, the allied governments cannot now make Rome an “open city '—much as they would like to. The status of the city is a matter of fact and not | of wigh, It is in fact a fortified and defended city, which’ nobody denies, and as such is subject to attack by all rules of war. There are only two ways in which it can be demilitarized. The axis can do it now, or the allies can do it after they capture the city. Therefore any such appeals to the alles are misdirected. They must be directed to Mussolini. Actually there seems to be little hope that Mussolini will demilitarize Rome. For one reason, despite the official friendly relations between the Fascist government and the Vatican as a matter of convenience, Il Duce has no higher regard for religious institutions than his fellow-barbarvian and master, Hitler. For another reason, the dictatorship which deliberately built up Rome as a major arsenal and military nerve center is not apt to sacrifice that dubiously gained advantage at the height of the battle for survival. | Not unless there is some trick attached. We share the desire that the enemy will make Rome an open city in fact. But until that time the allied high command should continue to treat military objectives in Rome as military objectives. Otherwise many more American and allied lives will be sacrificed unfairly.
VICTORIES ABROAD, DEFEATS AT HOME
\ TITH allied forces winning battles on every major front vou might think Washington officials would be throwing their hats in the air. They are not. They are worried | about the home front. We are not keeping up our end. The government is sending two of its top production men, Charles E. Wilson, executive vice chairman of WPB, and Lt. Gen. Somervell, chief of the army service forces, out into the country to appeal to management and workers to increase output. According to Acting Secretary of War Patterson the supply program for the army ground forces in June was 23 per cent below April and 4.9 per cent under June schedules. The lack is not limited to the ground forces. Steel production, which influences all war production, was ‘off 300,000 tons because of the coal strike. About threefifths of over-all army requirements, including aircraft, must be met in the next six months to reach the 1943 goals. And those goals, as Somervell explained recently, have had to be reduced. .
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» » » » HERE are several causes for failure to keep up with old production schedules, much less meet increased needs. In addition to strikes and absenteeism, some slowdown is due to a shift from tanks and artillery to other weapons to maintain the changing balance of battlefield requirements. A shortage of manpower and materials also has contributed. But the major cause is said to be a general national let-down due to false optimism. With every military gain more Americans are convinced that the war is already won. | That over-confidence is immediately reflected on the assembly line. It is human and understandable, but no less | disastrous. | Washington officials have been trying to combat this. | They have not succeeded. While they are still trying to | explain that the Tunisian victory was only the beginning of a long hard road, the MacArthur offensive in the Southwest Pacific and the Sicilian invasion set the vublic to’ predicting final victory this fall. » ~ ~ LJ
ENERAL MARSHALL, chief of stafi, recently warnad the conference of governors that our military victories so far have been “relatively minor,” that the tasks ahead will be “increasingly difficult” and “the losses heavy,” that the American public has “vet to be proven in the agony of enduring heavy casualties.” After condemning the “sudden waves of optimism leading the public to feel that we have made our great effort and that the end is in sight— which is far from the case,” Gen. Marshall added that the enemy is counting on our “temptation to ease up” after initial success. Deploring the public belief that initial success in Sicily means the early end of the war, Vice Chairman Wilson oi WPB says: “When we talk of the necessity for increasing | _ output by 50 per cent in the closing months of this year, | we aren't speaking out of a childish desire to beat last | month’s figures—this is a deadly business in which the weight of munitions we can produce is going to be a deciding factor in the war.” Secretary of the Navy Knox added: “Nothing is worse for ultimate victory than to promote the idea that the end of the war is near at every minor success we have. It's true that things look better than they have, but just look at the Pacific—the amount we have taken, and the | amount we still have to take. Remember Sicily is only an outpost. We still have to crack the Germans in their main fortress.” | America can lose the war unless we heed these official | warnings and work harder. The hope of victory is all-out | American production to overwhelm the axis. e sooner
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| of the most pernicious Fascists and Nazis.
Fair Enough
By Westbrook Pegler
NEW YORK, July 22--It is unnecessary to defend the pro- | priety of the bombardment of Rome for the act justifies itself. | But the axis was sure to raise the issue and, for the sake of the historical record, the statesmen and the press of the allied countries will state the case for our side, emphasizing the purely military | intentions behind the attack and neglecting one of the most valid The object of a nation in war is to batter It is
from bombing Rome, even though cultural monuments of great antiquity must inevitably but incidents |
| ally be destroyed, if by that diffidence the enemy |
were enabled to turn the course of the war as it goes | today and eventually win, |
Enemy Had No Consideration
THE ENEMY has shown no such consideration at any time and the Italians, be it remembered, took | part in the bombing of London where many fine old | treasures were obliterated with obvious intent, That |
fact does count in the argument, if indeed the sub- | ject is one that is open to argument, but it is only incidental, not fundamental. The only question is | whether the commanders of the allied forces in their professional judgment found it advisable to bomb Rome as a stroke at the enemy's troops, his transport If so, and it wag just so, that is! the whole answer. The United States did not start this war but, on | the contrary, was attacked by a member of the axis combination of nations. This attack committed Germany and Ttaly and they acknowledged as much by declaring war promptly. If it were possible for them to reach Washington they certainly would and no American would expect them to spare the White House, the capitol, nor any church in the city nor the bureau of vital statistics nor the relics of the | NYA. On the contrary, on the basis of their past | performances, they could be expected to waste some | of their force on cbhjectives whose obliteration would | only anger the American people whereas apparently, | up to now, the American and British have concentrated on places and works of strictly military usefulness.
Mussolini Inches Closer to Vatican
THE VATICAN happens to lie within the city limits of the enemy's capital and Mussolini will have imposed on this fact to inch up close with important military objectives with intent to place them within
the shadow of its protection. His own offices are not so far away but that an American bomber, in
! spite of the purest intentions and strict orders, might
miscalculate under trying conditions and drop one within the Vatican. | To make absolutely sure, to eliminate all chance of such a mishap. the allied commanders would have to avoid Rome entirely ana thus confer on the Duce's capital. the native home of Fascism, the dwelling
| place of the bum of bums ard the center of much of
his most important war activity, complete immunity and peace of mind. Rome would become, and undoubtedly has been up to now, an asylum for many Whereas, to the limit of their air power, Hitler and the bum pounded the leaders of the British government and imposed on them the burden of managing their shaken civilians through a long and terrible ordeal. To suggest that Rome should derive immunity
| from the Vatican and from the antiquity and his | toricity of the many places and objects which dot the
city would be to argue that New York should be entitled to a bye lest a German or an Italian pilot, bumped around by sheli-fire and harried by fighters, drop one through the roof of St. Patrick's while trying to draw a bead on the Mott Haven yards or an
' Bast Side gashouse. |
| New York Wouldn't Ask It
NOBODY IN New York would ask such consideration nor would the enemy give it. It might be
well to keep this in view if the bombardment of Rome | continues, because the bombers seem to have had a relatively easy mission in their first attack. whereas if it is followed up they may be met by fighters and thrown out of their poise. There is no valine in any suggestion that Christianity. itself, can be endangered by any damage thus inadvertently inflicted on any material property of the church. These are all man-made and. although
| their loss would be great and irreparable there is as
much religion in a mass in a field or a cave or in a prayer in a human heart as there is in the most stately ceremony. But Christianity has suffered greatIv from the actions of the Duce and Hitler who wonld now invoke its protection for their activities in Rome.
We the People
By Ruth Millett
“Mavbe I don't
MRS. CIVILIAN says: I'm thick-headed, but get it. “The laundry situation all over the country is in a bad way. “I work and my husband works, and clean clothes have become a bigger problem to us than [ood rationing. “I'm trying in every way I know to cut down on the femilv's laundry. And so are most of the people 1 know, But I live near a navy base and ail I | can think about when I see those beautiful white uniforms the n=vy officers wear is LAUNDRY. “Ard a WAVE officer told me the other dav that she had to wear her ‘whites’ every night for dinner. That was a regulation. Every night she must put on a white uniform. that couldn't stand more than two wearings. with the best of luck. “Frapkly, T don't get it. Since there iz an acute laundry problem in the country, can’t the navy change its rules te meet the situation? |
Work Shirts First
“THE ‘WHITES’ look nice. There is no ques- | tion about that. And I would think they were fine— | if IT werent having trouble getting my husband's | work shirts washed and back home before he runs | out of shirts. “I still wouldn't be so puzaled by the navy's white uniforms if th: government weren't asking me to! co-operate in the matter of laundry. | “Now if there are to be food shortages, I'm all in | favor of the men in service getting the steaks. “But if there is a shortage in laundry service, I |
| think civilians’ work clothes ought to come ahead |
of navy ‘whites’—which are worn only for dress.”
To the Point—
GIRLS FROM a private school in the East volun- | teered to work on farms. Culture doesn’t come ahead
. of agriculture,
WOMAN'S PLACE today seems to be in the home | -—of some war plant. : .
NOW 1S the time when even the poorest voice can S y 5 hf Banner.”
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THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1943 |
Feller Anybody Knows!
Our Hoosiers
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‘By Daniel M. Kidney
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The Hoosier Forum
defend to the death your right to say it.—Voltaire.
disagree with what you say, but will
“WHAT LIBERTIES
HAVE WE LOST?"
By Marvin R. Burnworth, 1107 Mavnard dr,
Mr. J. R. of Kokomo, you mustn't feel too bad about the depth .of the minds of those who write to the Forum, After all, it isn't every-
ione who. has the power of expres-
sion and of deep thinking that you
have, It is true, that to some. the great. est, problem confronting the American people today is that of smoking on the bus, or femininity wearing long pants, or some nasty people making $25,000 a year. As to the question of smoking on a bus, I suppose vou consider that as one of the rights our forefathers fought and struggled for. I smoke,
‘but not on a bus,
I have two reasons for this: First,
I consider myself a free man, there- |
fore I will not allow tobacco to make me such a slave that I can't do without a smoke for a haif-hour; second, even if I do have a right to smoke on a bus, I believe that others have even more right to breathe pure air uncontaminated by tobacco smoke. In other words, I believe that my personal liberties end where the other fellow's begins. As to femininity wearing long pants, that is their business. As to some nasty people making £25,000 a year, why does a man need more? As the remainder of your article was taken up with lambasting the administration, I figure that. to vou. the most important problem con-
, fronting tle American people to-
day is that of defeating the administration. Not once did you mention the greatest problem, viz. that of winning this war. You, of course, realize that we declared war on somebody but evidently you think that we declared war on Mr. Roosevelt. You lament the loss of our freedom, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Please tell me what liberties we have lost. You claim that Mr. Roosevelt is going to be a dictator. The people have elected him to the office of president three
| times, If he desires a fourth term,
he will declare himself a candidate and must be elected if he is to serve a fourth term. Mr. Roosevelt
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| other institutions. He just takes his | orders and does his duties, | On the last meeting of his aux'iliary officers and co-ordinators at
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ment than myself.” And I think he {is absolutely right. And I confirm o ‘what I said at some earlier occaambitious to be a dictator? Ambi- sion, everyone at Indianapolis can
tion is made of sterner stuff. {be proud of the LF.D. and can You and others want America to : wake up. You claim that right- feel secure to have the protection thinking people would think such of one of the finest fire departments and such a way. Isn't it just a little in the country. far-fetched to say that all people | What was wrong with the surare wrong who do uot think as you? | prise blackout still has to be found After all, the best places to find out by the proper authorities. The the answers to all the perplexing! air raid wardens, auxiliary police
by assuring a just peace,
WASHINGTON, July 22. —Rep. Louis Ludlow, Indianapolis Dem@crat, is back in the peace business again. : The author of the Ludlow war referendum proposal now is seek= ing to have the united nations make a declaration of peace aims to be used as propagar=a in the enemy dominated countries. His contention is that this ef=fort will speed the end of the war As s00Nn as congress comes
| back from recess, he will seek a hearing on this mat-
ter before the house foreign affairs committee, the
| Hoosier congressman said.
| radio address.
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| benefits that will flow | of the united nations.
This week he outlined his plan in a nation-wide It provides for establishment of a commission on peace aims here and then obtaining approval of its findings among the other united nations. “If my resolution becomes effective a statement
{ will be prepared and proclaimed to the world under | united nations sponsorship telling in language so clear
that it cannot be misinterpreted and so plain that a child may understand what caused us and our allies to enter -the war,” Mr. Ludlow explained. “We will say what we are fighting for and the to mankind by the wriumpg
' Calls Charter Noble But Nebulous
“SUCH A STATEMENT is vitally necessary at this
| time for military, political and strategic purposes. The
case of the united nations needs to be stated to the court of world opinion. So far it has not been stated, The Atlantic Charter, noble as was its conception, is vague, nebulous, indefinite and lacking in teeth. “The Fulbright resolution, likewise noble in its conception, amounts to little more than a pious decla~ ration that the United States, in collaboration wih
| other nations, intends to do what is right after tHAe
war is over. Of course we will do that, but such a generalization can hardly be helpful. So far in the present congress, in the senate and house, 34 resolu tions have been introduced bearing upon the inter= national situation, present and prospective, Most of them relate to post-war planning, “Only one of them deals with what I believe to be the immediate vital necessity, the creation of a com= mittee on peace aims, That is the resolution I ine troduced.” Undér this latest Ludlow resolution a committes to draft the peace aims would be composed of three senators selected by the vice president; three repre sentatives chosen by the speaker of the house, and six members at large to be chosen by the president. Of the six-at-large, one shall be a woman, one 4 representative of labor, one a representative of the Federal Council of Church in America, one a repre= sentative of the Catholic churches in America; one a
| representative of the Jewish religion, and the other
| fire headquarters, Chief H. H. Ful- { mer said: “In this city there is no- | | body more proud of the fire depart- |
drawn from the state department and being a person trained in foreign service.
Urges Clear, Definite Statement
“THIS COMMITTEE shall prepare a clear, definite statement of what the united nations are fighting f and the peace aims which they will faithfully execu when victory comes to allied arms,” the Ludlow res lution eontinues. “When this statement is completed, the secretary of state shall transmit the text thereof to the gov= ernments of Great Britain and the British Dominions, Russia and China. If these governments consent to become signatories no further negotiations wii! be required and the statement will be regarded as a
| finished document expressing the views and purposes
questions before us today are the and firemen, medical men and mes- |
street corner, the barber shop, and sengers all have been on the job in the shortest time possible, . . . Every one of these emergency men deserves a ‘thank you” of the good | citizens of Indianapolis. Maybe the I next blackout will be better,
» ” ” “IS IT NECESSARY TO USE PATROL WAGON?" By Walter L. Hess, 2514 N. Delaware st. . . . This “one-man war” against the streetcar smokers: It is absolutely all right and
x ta ared from the By Harold F. Werner, Div, smoking jus isappear P . ; "w 2 gl PP Apparently “Percy Vere” is one
» “IT IS BETTER TO BE PREPARED"
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% Dist. 13 public vehicles. But is it necessary that this g00d need of further education in blackofficer. after making some arrests out tests. It takes just such people because of, streetear smoking, has he “Percy Vere" to add to the con- : . fusion that we in C. D. work al- » 4 take his to call the patrol Yagon to k ready have to contend with. victim to headquarters? Would it Thijs man contends that the posnot be enough to ask for proper sibility of an air raid on Indianidentification and then order the Apolis is so remote that it is almost man to the court? |negligible, when men who deal with Mavbe at the same time the pa- the facts about such an incident trol wagon is going far out east, are not only on the alert against
of all of the united nations. The statement shall also be submitted to friendly governments under axis sub jugation, whose adherence may be desired. “If any of the united nations dissents to the stat®ment or any of its provisions, the president shall ir« vite the governments of the united nations to seryd delegates to a conference to be held in the city of Washington to compose existing differences and agree on a modified statement which all can sign. “When the statement is completed and approved
| it shall be promulgated as an official declaration stat=
ing the united nations peace aims and copies of i$ shall be widely distributed throughout the world.”
| Provides Religious Representation
of the many who are so urgently in!
headquarters gets the call from some Such a thing but really anticipate’
other officer to send the wagon far it in the near future. out west to bring in a burglar,; We, the air raid wardens and prowler, murderer or what elise and other C. D. workers here in Indithe other policemen are waiting anapolis have volunteered our servbadly for the really needed patrol ices and have been specially trained wagon. . .. Think of it, Chiefito protect you, “Percy Vere,” and Beeker! {all our fellow citizens in this city. The police department is now in| We work wholly without pay and the middle of a new political quar- all we ask of the citizens is that rel. But if you turn on your police! they give us their co-operation in calls on the radio and if you are these tests so that we may better watching the emergency and squad DPrepare you and ourselves for any
‘cars, there is still the same speed | eventuality.
in answering calls for help. | Just remember, “It, is better to
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The simple officer on the street be prepared and not need it, than |
doesn't know what to think about to need it and not be prepared.” the fights between headquartersand| Think this over and ask ymrself ———— |] aybe it isn’t worth 45 minutes sitting in the dark once every two or three months so that we the {wardens may keep in practice to
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8. PAT,
"We're having a big picnic for you tomorrow—the neighbors
(save your life, i * oo» “HOW MANY ARE ‘READY TO EXPLODE?" | By Mrs, F, IL. White, R. R. 1. Mooresville. How many more people like us are ready to explode? We are unable to get tires and
car just to get tires. We were told that we must have three riders. He has three but they alternate their cars, at meeting points, so this is not considered. He also picks up anyone needing rides. He works in a factory flying the “BE,” In an essential job. On Sundays he works on the farm helping get out essential crops, as a favor to relatives who need help. We have five children to feed and clothe and there just aren't any houses to rent near bus lines. What are we supposed to do? We live on a state road and see speeding and all sorts of violations. Why can't this be stopped so we who need tires can have them?
DAILY THOUGHTS
O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph cver me.—Psalm 25:2.
FAITH BUILDS a bridge across the gulf of Death, To break the shock blind nature
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EXPLAINING THE proposed setup, Mr. roa declared: “I have provided for congressional representation on the peace aims committée because congress is the branch of the government closest to the people. I always have believed that in matters connected with the transcendently important business of making war and peace, the people who have to offer their lives and endure the griefs and heartaches of war and bear tha burdens of peace, should be consulted, if not directly by referenum, at least through their chosen repre sentatives. . . . “I have provided for representation of the great religious groups on the committee because the nearer our statement of peace aims comes to reflecting spiritual convictions, the better it will be for the world. “In an undertaking of this kind somebody must lead. and it is believed that the United States, which is noted as an unselfish good neighbor with no axes te grind, could very well assume the initiative,”
In Washington
By Peter Edson
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WASHINGTON, July 22.-—Vice President Henry A. Wallace has told some of his friends and former associates in the depart ment of agriculture that all the talk about his being dropped from second place on the Democraties ticket in 1944 doesn't bother him in the least—that he is willing to do any job they want him to do. but that he has no personal political ambitions. \ ” 5 ” 3 Eleanor Roosevelt's sudden appearance on a dude ranch in Nevada was a surprise even to people who
certainly can't afford to buy another | N2Ve 10Ng ago given up being surprised at anything
the first lady does. When she left Washington for the summer she told her final press conference of gal reporters that she was going to spend her vacation at home, quietly, in support of the “Don't Travel” campaign.
Food Stamp Revival THE IDEA of reviving the food stamp plan to solve the high cost of living and the food shortage problems, as proposed by Senator George D. Aiken of Putney, Vt, has a good many people puzzled, When the original stamp plan was put into effect, there were vast surpluses of foods and 10 million workers unemployed. The job then was to spre the surplus food to the people out of a job. Today, in place of surpluses, there are food shortages, and in place of unemployment there aren't enough workers to go around, and the mere thought of having to handle any more stamps has the storekeepers jittery. » » » There probably won't be any more draft lotterieg..s drawing of selective service numbers out of a goldfish bowl to determine who goes into the army first—no matter how long the war lasts. Those first draw as to determine order of induction by lot were necessary to get the thing started. Now, men are indukted into service by order of birth, A man born on July 31 gets called before a man born Aug. 1, and so on. The selective service act gives the president power to prescribe regulations for inducting In an
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