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SATURDAY, AUGUST , 11943

HE OWI as gone to some. length 1 in Cr rovidifie American soldiers with brochures acquainting them with the

uaint and curious customs” of the peoples in invaded |

nds. hi i We are heartily in Sgreement with the American soljer in the Southwest Pacific. who is preparing a pamphlet to acquaint his fellow fighters with the “quaint and curious” ustoms “which will be prevailing 1 in America upon their eturn.”

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AMERICAN WAY

HE Indianapolis Citizens Council, organized not long ago . to promote better relations between the city’s various racial and religious groups, has undertaken one of the most

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Yimportant jobs, for war or peace, that this community has 3

sever offered. : . In one of its first eonstructive acts the council has ‘asked—and of course will get—the co-operation of IndianZ polis churches and their pastor's in a united effort to sub‘stitute truth for rumor and misunderstanding. “From time to time, in recent ‘months, this community has been swept by fantastic rumors about arrogant/ doings or plans of this or that racial group.-~In every case, with--out exception, the most careful investigation has shown that hese tales were not true.. Yet every one of them, if beeved, could create distrust and suspicion. ,They were exactly the same kind of rumors—and frequently the same identical stories in every detail—that in Detroit’ and Los Angeles and elsewhere were a prelude to violence of which those cities will be ashamed for many ia this difference: In ‘Indianapolis they mostly were about offenses and : aggressions by white people against Negroes, or by Negroes. against whites. In Los Angeles they were the same improbable tales but there they were about Mexicans and

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In other localities ‘they have been told about dative:

To rn and foreign-born, Catholic and Protestant, Gentile and |

Jewish Americans. Always the same vicious stories—but w th different’ characters in different towns. * ” s $ " s H 3 HETHER or not these rumors yhiave been deliberately |* planted and circulated by enemy: agents in the United tates doesn’t much matter. Believing them and passing them on‘can‘help the‘ehemy. Stopping them, and demanding proof when we hear ‘ong can help America. Its typical of the finest traditions of Indianapolis that p such malicious gossip has made so little,headway here. The | Indianapolis Citizens Council will have the support of every thinking man and woman in this cemmunity in its effort to fun the spotlight of truth ih ft. {1

SWEDEN DEFIES HITLER

QWEDEN'S cancellation of German army transit privileges ‘for the Norwegian and Finnish fronts is a two-by-four in the wind. The most cautious and exposed neutral has shifted its bets from axis to allied victory! And the Stockolm government, with its constant contacts of all sorts inside Germany, probably has the most objective information on this subject of anyone in the World-mnol a duging Hitler and the nervous Nazis. Stockholm’s decision is all the more sienificart because is was made before the Russian break-through on.the western front, though it is just now publicly announced and is not effective’ until Aug. 15 for war materials and Aug 20 for troops. There is no doubt that the Swedish majority has been opposed to, and ashamed of, the government’s aid to German aggression for three years, but Stockholm has not been strong enough to defy Nazi power. Just as the Swedish government would not have com~ promised its neutrality all this while by acting as a proected military corridor for the German army, unless. it had felt too weak to resist’ the apparent war victor, so it would ot now stop such aid in the time of Hitler's need unless convinced of the expediency of the new course. =~ "*~ _ The fact that Berlin, to save Hitlers face, joined with ockholm in making the official announcement, will fool noody either inside or outside Germany. For it is a blow rmany. Hitler Tacks the ships and cargo planes to transport the 0,000 troops, not to mention war supplies, which can no ger use the safe Swedish route. He is bowing, with a

od grace as possible, because he is too busy elsewhere to

sht Sweden for his transit privileges. 1 But Sw den, and the allies, can be certain Hitler will

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ALS OF A BUREAUCRAT

his recent defense of the bureaucrats, of Whoi te ri himself as maximus, Harpld Ickes bewailed the hd fin ‘arises because the civil Service makes i hard ‘discharge undesirable subordinates. Eliot Kaplan, executive secretary of the National Civil Reform. League, points out correctly that: it isn't

srefer charges, let the subordinte defend ‘himself,

then turn’ him loose regardless ‘of the weight of J

Provided the formalities are thus observed, any

: there is no way to escape-a period of hard going next year when we .will have to elect President Roosevelt for a fourth term or elect his successor. The campaign is sure to be one

the opposition sincerely believes that President Roosevelt and his circle are determined to change the old American relationship between the citizen

| Faseists, Nazis and Communists.

all angles and Henry Wallace, his vice president,

: undoubtedly spoke ex cathedra’ although -he may

| have spoken out of turn, when he said in a speech fin De#” Moines the other day, “we gre going to have a glorious fight, I welcome this fight. it comes and the hotter it gets, the better.” Mr. Wallace added that he thought this fight would ‘not interfere with the war effort, but he surely must be- mistaken, because Russia and Britain have been dealing with President Roosevelt personally ‘and there will be 3 period of doubt: during the cam-

the country will go under new management, subject to new ideas and policies, after election. .

‘We Go Nuts Every Four Years

warned that we have a custom ef going more or less nuts every four years. It seems sure that our commitments will be up for review if not for revision

in the election, par ticularly the promise, never authorized or indorsed by. the people, to spread the four freedoms and to make the Italians and Germans adopt a system of government to our liking, forsaking dictatorship, while Russia is treated as a special case because. Russia is on our side and is too big for us te_handle. + We. lost much - time and progress during the 1940 campaign while both candidates kidded the public with: promises to keep out of war, both knowing that war was coming our way, ‘and the president, ‘who found himself on a spot, had to hold back lest he be accused of seeking war by preparing for it and

war program should have been pushed 24 hours a day. The rival candidate, whoever is chosen, will be bound to promise to continue the war until Japan Yis beaten, even though Germany may be down and out and given over to communism by then, but there will be a hot or, as Mr. Wallace puts it, a glorious fight on domestic issues. The opposition will comb the record and have at Mr. Wallace with his own disparagement of the bill of rights and his flirtatious wink at Stalinism, and Mrs. Roosevelt will hear over and over her remarks that “all of us,” woman in the nation, should be told what to do, or conscripted, for civilian labor duties under the likes or Harry Hopkins, and that she sometimes doubts that the people of the United States are ready for self-government.

Fascism's Adaptations Retained A

. THE ROSTER of Communists: who wangled their way into the government service and of nominal fionCommunists who found the Communists congenial will be gone over. The more intelligent citizens on both sides will study the ways of the New Deal and

the critiques of the savants, which are accumulating fast now, showing that in the war on want; and even faster in the war on fascism, the national government has imitated fascism, not merely under necessity of the emergency, but with permahent intent because none of these adaptations’ has ever been relinquished. < Mr, Wallace says the opponents of the president, to whom he applies the bitter word “enemies,” refusing to meet opposition on dispassionate, intellectual grounds, never have adjourned politics; thus, he invites the. retort that this very speech of his was political, that Mrs. Roosevelt's endless travels, even in high-priority planes, and always two-by-two with her secretary while other war mothers who also wanted to. see their sons, remain at home, are political journeys, and that even in the peril of war the president found places; for many repudiated new dealers, but, ignored Jim Farley and Herbert Hoover for political reasons and no other. »

Favoritism ‘Shown Union Rascals

HE INVITES, also, of course, reminders of the almost incredible political favoritism shown by the New Deal and even by the department of justice which is supposed to be impartial and incorruptible, to the audacious rascals of the union rackets in their unrestrained profiteering to the extent of hundreds of millions at the expense of the workers, the war effort and, ultimately, of the treasury of the whole people which, in the end, had to pay this loot. Mr. Wallace, of course, never did deserve his rating. Like ‘many mock-officers who were commissioned out of hand with no qualifications for any rank in any service, he was appointed vice president and is no more valid than a Kentucky colonel. But he speaks by authority we may be sure, and when he promises a “fight with the gloves off’ and speaks as he does of enemies and hatred among our own people; - that is good warning that the New Deal is planning to be rough and dirty.. There is nothing the opposition can do to keep it nice and ciean.

We the People

By Ruth Millett

“I'm making so much money I can’t spend it all,” an ex-maid, who is now working in a war fac-, tory, wrote to her former employer. She wasn’ bragging, she was just stating a fact. Her pay had jumped so enormously overnight that it was bewildering to her.

like her, people used to living on

to put it all. Shouldn't we de something about educating those people in the spending of their money? It is all very well to tell them to put ev above the necessities of living into war bonds.

human nature.

Why Not Advise Them WHY CAN'T they be advised how to wisely? - Why not in each pay envelope put. paper cautioning ‘against spending just for

Go wi hel: money tor their own and. tnelr mbes permanent improvement?

fo help Jia wath out» sound budget? |

NEW Yong: Aug. 7—Our system of government being as it is,

of the bitterest in our history, for |

.and the state and adopt the European concept of the <

Mr. Roosevelt is a hard, revourceral fighter with, plenty of guils ‘who will throw heavy punches: “from |

paign when neither they nor we will know whether :

AT HOME in normal times, business usually stows || ‘| down. to a trudge’ during a campaign’ “year, and | Stalin and Churchill know enough about us to be |

defeated’ by the very people in whose interest the

meaning every man and

And there must be thousands |

BERS = little money who now have so || j <i sas much they don’t quite know where {

over and | But most of them aren’t going to do Shat, bo isn't |

Why not offer each War worker a chance to have 3 a consultation with a personnel executive competent I with the | warning, “You probably won't be making half. this | much when the war is over.” 3

"Fhe ‘sooner |

Dudley P ay of Noble

of Wichita 2

ination, disloyali¥, . 8. miliary. sery The o,

cases, but the 1 ‘mere fact “ling for from one to five’ ear was ok

i Viereck case, after the |

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>The Hoosier Forum

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

“GIVE US OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM STRAIGHT” By K. Hahn, Indianapolis If Mr. Fred Waring and his excellent group of singers had been

tional Anthem for the movies for their own “amazement,” they probably -succeeded. But if, on the other hand, by some stretch of the imagination, the audichce was taken into consideration, then they have failed miserably.’ ° This “side sHow” arrangement actually defies the audience to sing along. Please: give us our National Anthem straight and dignified and

4in a sensible key. Then, Mr. War-

ing, you might also face your audience with some degree of confidence. . #8 #8 = “U. S. 0. GREATEST OUTFIT EVER STARTED”

By "og Milton Bateman, Fi. McClellan, I, being only a private in this great and vast Army of the United States, haven't much to say, but there is one thing that I will sing and shout -about until the end of my day and that is about the U. S. 0. I think, as many millions of more servicemen think, that the U. 8. O. is the greatest outfit that was ever started for the men and women in service. I myself didn’t appreciate it when I was a civilian but. since I have entered service I sure:know now of the comfort and contentment it offers a person in service, Come on all you citizens and put your shoulder to the wheel and help the cause. If you don’t when you get in service it will make you feel you have shirked your duty Somewhere along the line, ” 2 o

“PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALL SHOULD AID OTHERS”

By Earl D. Hoskins, Indianapolis.

Reading so much written in condemnation of our great president, I must. break into print, I hope. A Mr. John Samulowitz, state hospital chairman for the American Legion, seems to derive undue harshness at our president for the economy act

of 1933 and his recent speech.

commissioned to record the Na-

(Times readers are invited to .express their views in these columns, religious controversies: excluded. Because of the volume received, letfers must be limited to 250 words. Letters “must be signed.)

I am also a member of the American Legion, having enlisted in the U. S. Army July 11, 1913 and discharged June 4, 1920. I was, as well as thousands of others, affected by said act but ‘owing to conditions at that time it was needed and that act aided millions, I wonder the verdict when one arrives .at the bar of judgment. The question, “How were you with your fellow man?” Answer, “Well, went to church every ‘Sunday, bought my drinks during the week and made my money.” Question, “About your fellow man?” Answer, “Oh, him, well ah-ah-I didn’t bother much only if he lived all right and if he didn’t all right.” That's the answer. People who have all they want should be glad to aid those less fortunate. As for Gen. MacArthur, he is soldier enough to go and take risks, as all soldiers are wherever their commanding officer sends them. So let’s be soldiers enough to quit sniping at a great man whois speaking out for christianity’s slogan, “Help Ye One Another.” X ” ” 8 “PRESIDENCY IS A KEY POST—GUARD IT” By Edward F. Maddox, Indianapolis.

Since I am just a home-grown Hoosier “hillbilly,” one of the “common people,” and “forgotten men” —Democrats who fear New Deal socialism — a plain * American who hopes and prays that God will awaken the American people and help us to save ourselves from to-

‘|talitarian Socialist slavery{. Let me

use Pegler’s words, “So help me New Deal fellow-travelers are working together to legislate tricks and finally force our nation of free and independent people into a Communist strait-jacket!

That's why 1 ilte so much on

Side Glances—8y Galbraith -

God,” I believe the Communists and

i W's: “| both

‘+ two is a small price for victory.

that subject—New Deal socialism— because I am convinced that the real New Dealers are fellow-travel-ers . and co-conspirators with the Communists to destroy our American freedom and our national independence! If we Americans wish to remdin a free and independent sovereign nation, we must repudiate New Deal socialism! .And don’t forget ‘that it is the policy .and fixed purpose of Communists and fellow - travelers —New Dealers, or otherwise, when once they have political power, to bend every effort and use all possible means to retain and increase their power—so, the third term, and a desperate fight for a fourth, and a tricky clique of so-called “Republicans,” desperately maneuvering fo push a camouflaged New Deal socialist “Trojan horde” presidential candidate in the Republican camp! Keep your eye on Wendell Willkie! Listen to Henry Wallace! These so-called ' “Republicans,” anti-isola-tionists, seem to be rather chummy with the Communists! e presidency is a key post! Guard it! 8 nn e “DOGS LEFT TO GUARD HOME FRONT USEFUL” By ‘Mrs. D. S., Indianapolis.

Thousands of our former house pets are in the armed services, at home and abroad. Not all dogs are acceptable; some lack physical requirements and some are over-aged, even as some men, Those men and dogs left behind to guard the home front are not

- useless, are they?

In some parts of Europe, overager and physically unfit are “liquidated.” For the sake of those who cannot contribute directly to the war effort, I am glad I live in a country where the majority is willing to protect those we love, not “liquidate” them, - Our soldiers are fighting for the privilege of returning home free. men, to enjoy their families and to fill that empty armchair, beside which a faithful dog lies with sad eyes and a heavy heart. I am a dogwalking war workér, I have an empty armchair at home, and I am grateful for the protection and companionship of ou dog.

» ” “GETS FUN. OUT OF CRUSHING CANS”. By Mrs, B. P., Richmond: - Please tell the ladies it's fun to crush tin cans. Pretend you are

1 crushing Hitler's neck. Besides, we

must Dever forget “waste (not, want

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not,” - of ”

J fut NOT A HAZARD TO | [SALVAGE TIN CANS” {By Mrs. W. 0., Indianapolis. Please do not excuse the fair sex

for not salvaging tin cans. If we can run .a lathe, drill press and

Simply put a dish towel under left

. | hand-and.move it around ‘as you cut. fr ve ‘opened more than a hundred].

cans and as yet have had no blood transfusions. a scratch or

other. dangerous jobs, I assure you. i hazard to open a can. at] er

“conviction and a second” case

Hl mistrial; ‘sets. the stage for further | sedition cases. . ne:

0. John Rogge Was &

| sedition’ cases last March, succeed | Maloney, who was relieved the ‘torney General Francis

been repeatedly attacked by isols men who accused him of ersec anti-administration views. original indictment of 28 individuals betore a grand jury in the fall of 1942. These were reindicted, with five others, in Jahuary of 1943, on two counts. The first dealt’ with acts ‘com.

federal

| mitted before Pearl Harbor, the second ’ with '

afterward. First count charges were later’ ‘knotked’

out in court for a technical. reason, leaving only’ the

postgBec. 7, 1941, cases to be dealt with.

Viereck, Verdict Spurs New Action

ROGGE HAS been proceeding slowly, m3 the outcome of the third Viereck trial, but of much more. importance, re-examinihg ‘all. the evidence at his disposal. Indications are now that he will soon move for presenting to another federal grand jury: all the old evidence and some additional evidence. After that there will in’ all probability be new ine dictments, charges against some of the 33 ‘being dropped, but new charges being made against others whose names have not thus far been indicted. ~~ Interest in all these cases has lagged considerably as they have dragged through the 20 months singe Pearl Harbor. The Viereck trials attracted little attention, all out of proportion to their importance, and it is possible that if the new sedition cases extend. through protracted grand jury Investigations, im] apathy will increase. No one, now can get excited about something that happened a long time ago. The-grief is, however, that seditious activiiies are still going on, today. hi The list of names of the 33 individuals now under indictment doesn’t begin to tell the story, It is not the work of the individuals that is important, but their more than 40 publications and 35 organizations, many of which still flourish. Mailing lists and mems. bership lists are for the most part secret; though few have been seized,.but the millions of names these lists represent the .real danger that the: N party line may still take hold in the -United- States, spread anti-war feeling and weaken the home front. The pattern for all this propaganda is much the same as it was before Pearl rbor. It masks under a name of patriotism and 100 per cent _—. slogans with a pseudo-religious. background. shy

Sedition at the Same Olid Stand.

' AMONG THE organizations still doing busine: at the same old stands, in spite of America’s i into the war and in spite of indictments, aré® Constitutional Educational league; We, the Mo Mobilize for America; Patriotic Research rot tional Council for Civil Liberties; Women Investors in America; American Women Against Communism, Inc, and so on. td § ARE The Bund and the Silver Shirts may be dead, but the more subtle, less militant but no. less dangerous outfits still * thrive, and new ones are -apparently springing up from time to time, The publications have such appealing names, for

.| suckers, as The Cross and the Flag, The. Defe

America Speaks, The Broom, America in ; Only a few have been barred from the mails. The rest go merrily forward, masquerading under the pros tection of freedom of the press, “

(First of a series of four articles on sedition-as-usual.),

Hitler Letdown By William Philip Simms

A at

| WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 agreement between Stockholm a Berlin to stop the shipment | Nazi troops ‘and war mate across Sweden to Norway and Fins land is régarded here as marily another definite turn of the It indicates that Norway" mia§ | soon be evacuated, at least in‘pai and that Germany ‘tay be pre. ' paring to abandon Finland. ~*~ If the Nazis are forced back from the Gulf of Finland—as they may well be before

‘| winter closes in—all traffic ‘ between Germany

Finland will be eut off save by sea all the way a thé North Cape, or via the Baltic, which is daily coming more difficult. If the Nazis clear ‘out 6f Nore way, it is regarded as’ likely that they will quit. Fine land also. Germany can still Foal southern “Norway. quite. handily by ferry from Denmark. But there. is Norwegian railway north of Trondheim. . To. get. tomb Trondheim to Narvin by train, one must oross over into Sweden’ and take the “horseshoe” route which res

‘| crosses the Norwegian frontier far to the north. Now that route is out, along with all others across’ 5 6d

ish soil,

A Great Moral Victory...

‘NORMALLY, THE promsert ui be significance than it is

Germany. - Until ‘now, he sueh Wo allowed Sweden to get vay ie it. . Sweden gave permission for traffic back N At the time i a. oy sai that. Ge many was not n ve military ope ~Giermany

; tions in that area. Actually,

. war effort. 1

E ue occupation ‘of Norway was a terrific if