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COMPROMISE ON DE GAULLE

HE limited diplomatic recognition accorded the French

- Committee of National Liberation by the United States, Britain and Canada is a compromise. Britain and Rusgia had favored fuller and earlier recognition, which the Unite States opposed. ‘Latterly British officials, feeling for De Gaulle, whom they had groomed for French leadership, has cooled: considerably because of his prima donna traits and an uns “anti-British streak. So Churchill and Roosevelt found t possible at last to compromise the long Anglo-American conflict over French policy by half- | way recognition of the De Gaulle-Giraud committee. This leaves a powerful British pro-De Gaulle group, as well as Russia and several exile governments, disap-

<-Poi inted and dissatisfied. They demand complete De Gaulle recognition and doubless will continue their maneuvers for that purpose. : Under the new action the committee as a whole—not an individual or an’ official of the ‘committee—is given restricted status in areas where it has control, pending establishment of a government by the French people after their _ liberation. The committee ‘is not recognized for metropolitan France or for the French empire. This qualification is stressed by the American statement more than the British. . The committee’s authority cannot interfere with the allied

* military command.

t » » » » » HIS compromise, in our judgment, is a wise one. The Roosevelt non-recognition policy, which served a useful purpose so long as De Gaulle, Giraud and centrist factions refused to work together, needed to be brought up to date. Even Gen. Eisenhower and - American Minister Murphy at Algiers have long since felt the need of regularizing rela‘tions with the national committee, so that it could function with more prestige and efficiency in its. restricted. field. It would have been hazardous power politics to accord unlimited recognition to: De Gaulle, or to the national comittee which he has now virtually captured. We have no right. to foist anyone on the French, wio are in slavery and. ‘gannot speak for themselves, If we

can name. a French gos f, we can name “any. other European government—simply by financing, "pragéeting, | arming and dealing with our favorite faction. However tempting such a short cut may seem, and however much it. is dressed up in fine phrases, it is the old puppet racket Which! never works. » »

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. ) the great credit of President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Hull, they are opposed to setting up allied spheres of influence in Europe. They want a strong and self-respecting Europe, able to stand on its own feet, able ‘to make its own decisions, able to protect itself.’ Puppet regimes cannot do that. Puppet states are ‘ pushovers' for revolution, chaos, and war. Only a free "France can be the center of a. free Europe.

EXPLOSIVE SITUATION = DISPATCH by Fred W. Perkins from Johnsville, Pa. where 4000 Brewster aircraft workers took four days because of the arrest of a handful of plant guard, de-

These fen sre i 2 Best in the armed services, but in |

instances they have been permitted to retain active membership; and hence to consider themselves en0 ihe Fights andiprivileges due under union contracts.

‘refused aot fron naval officers on the . that union rules entitled them to choose other The arrests, and the strike, followed. ‘there is danger of more walkouts of this sort, the e idea of maintaining plant- guards in a halfniliiary,

+ ht pein shot ‘down by the war labor board. e board decided, in effect, that the $1.25 a day pro-

5% “govtabto patel pay” was a sub-

their own people first.

‘| 50-50 basis.

By Westbrook Pegler

NEW YORK, Aug. 2%. —

bitter accusation ever since Mr.

from Germany with dust on his knees and tried to make the best

promise of peace in our time. He had his doubts but he also undoubtedly hoped that by sacri-

sum Hitler round snd. send him: eastward: against Russia and that unarmed, untrained and unmilitary Britain could use the time thus gained to prepare for war, if war must be, with the victor. Unable to foresee, as most of the world was, including his own Britain, the fuehrer’s fatal hesitation at the channel after the fall of France the magnificent rally of the British people under the blitz, he probably. thought that appeasement was the price of deliverance from quick, total and irrelevant disaster.

fearfully aware of the political disorganization and corruption of France and of the apathy of the French people, including their army, «

Tried to Save Britain

WAS IT wrong .of him then, was it unpatriotic, to try to save Britain from a war which he had no reason to think he could win, by abandoning a small continental nation of which his own people had only

‘a map-knowledge, and to hope that the two mighty, ruthless and secretive dictatorships would come to

a showdown on the eastern front? If it comes to that, haven't we all been appeasers? The war against Britain and France was touched off by an act of appeasement on Russia's part, the treaty which guaranteed Hitler peace as long as he cared to maintain the peace on his eastern front. As Joseph Davies has told us in his book and on the screen, Stalin was not ready and wanted more time

to work out the mysterious preparations which de-

ceived not only our own military dignitaries but Hitler himself. Stalin, then, like Chamberlain, was willing to sacrifice other nations, and the most democratic nations in Europe, at that, to save his own people if he couldebut, at least, to gain time when the watchword of the hour was “It’s later than you think!”

Those Who Prefer Communism

CHAMBERLAIN HAS been accused of preferring Hitlerism to Bolshevism, although the case for-that contention is not convincing, He may only have reckoned that Hitlerism, by reason of the geographical situation and of Britains seeming helplessness right under the guns, was the more immediate menace, But even if it be granted that he did prefer Hitlerism as the less hideous of the two scourges, was he more guilty than those in our country who" preferred and still continue to prefer communism? Thus far, we have seen that Chamberlain sacrificed Czechoslovakia and Stalin sacrificed France, Norway; Denmark, Poland, Holland and Belgium and wauld have sacrificed Britain and all democracy in Europe, sparing only Switzerland as a small museum piece, each to gain time for his own people.

'We Appeased Japan'

MEANWHILE AND later, we appeased Japan and those who pronounce the wotd “appeaser” with scorn: reproach our government for that. But in doing so, they reproach our whole people because that appeasement, though unpalatable, was not unpopular among us inasmuch as war was the only alternative. Had the issue been put to a vote, the appeasement of Japan; with scrap metal and oil in exchange for silk and rubber, and for precious months in which to organize, rearm and revive the marital spirit, would have won. True, the Chinese were going through hell. Our scrap iron was being shot at them and dropped on them from planes fueled with our gasoline. But Britain and the conquered countries of western Eu= rope had also gone through hell while Russia supplied Hitler with war materials under the ‘treaty which was the high sign for the blow at Poland. Undoubtedly, also, some of that American scrap iron has killed Americans since Pearl Harbor but some of Stalin’s shipments to Germany ‘during his period of appeasement surely have been shot back at his own Russians, And now who, but Russia, finds it necessary and wise to appease Japan and who, but the United States and China keep Japan so heavily engaged as to make it unnecessary. Thus far, for Russia to reduce her: exertions against the enemy in the west? Appeasement, then, has been nothing worse than patriotic expediency practiced by men who thought of

We the People (By Ruth Millett

If they don’t want their jobs to cause trouble at home the thousands of married women who are earning money for the first time should realize that these are all mistakes: Talking about “my pay check” and “my raises” for the benefit of other people. Talking about the Shing the new pay check is buying, like “the living room furniture we never could seem to manage out of George's salary.” Going around saying, “I'll never stay home and keep house again.” Maybe you won't, but don’t antagonize your husband by making such a point of it. Asking, “How do you expect me to have time to send out your laundry when I'm working the same hours you are?” Maybe it will be necessary to get George to send his own laundry—but do it tactfully. Don’t go around with a “I work, too” chip on your shoulder. =

Don't Expect Too Much EXPECTING THAT your husband will share the ;housework and home responsibilities with you on a If he does, he is one in a miillion. Accept what he ‘does do: graciously, and don’t. nag because he doesn’t do more. Talking too much shout w what a wonderful man: your boss is. Your husband will resent it if you How would you like to hear all. the. time about how ‘wonderful his secretary is? ! S

Chamberlain of Britain returned |

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ficing Czechoslovakia ‘he could |

He knew Britain’s own terrible weakness and was |.

“The oo - words “appeaser” and “appease- | ©... ment” have been used as terms of |

FRONTS

The Hoosier Forum

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

“IF IMPERIALISM SURVIVES, OUR SACRIFICES ARE IN VAIN” By Ed R. Ryan, Indianapolis. Raymond Clapper, in his column of August 21 inst., advocates that

together after the war. Obviously, Americans not politically unconscious will ask why, and for what purpose, should, America and Brit-

rest of mankind.

imperialistic ambitions to be gratified by helping to win the war. If true, then why should America want a post-war alliance with a power that has as its world-wide imperialist interests at stake in the present conflict. If, as the British prime minister has stated, Britain is fighting to hold her own, and meaning not only the British Isles, but also India and other parts of the British empire, and if by winning the war with the aid of American men and materials Britain regains from Japan her lost colonies in the East, and her balance of power position in Europe after the defeat of Germany, what more could Britain ask of our lendlease generosity? : Obviously, after thousands of our young men have died on foreign fields and our wealth has been spent to regain for Britain and her adjuncts—the French and Dutch empires — their far-scattered parcels of colonial wealth now in the hands of the Japanese, Britain should “have no ‘further need for an alliance with us, except perhaps, to ask us to watch over her colonies for a while until she regains ‘sufficient strength to strut again unaided, as the Imperialist cock of the world. : But, Mr. Clapper seems fo be holding something back. Does. he fear that some'.of our allies might not agree with Britain's restoration aims in this war? Perhaps,

‘he knows that the peoples of In-

dia have in mind freedom for themselves from British rule (and that is not one of the four freedoms). Also that China wants no restoration of western imperialistic domination over any part of her terri-tory-=not even Hongkong—after the defeat of Japan. Perhaps, too, he knows that Rus-

|sia prefers not to see British backstage politics returned to Europe

where the Munich deal was ‘hatched

|asainst her, or does Mr. Clapper be-

live that peace cannot easily be maintained so long as imperialism reigns anywhere in the world, and therefore, America should back up certain imperialisms with still more of her sons ahd wealth in, the postwar years in an alliance with Britain. Certainly, no sane American would consent to such a program. If war-breeding imperialism survives the flames of this war, all of our sacrifices will have boca in vain.

America and British should hang|

ain form a coalition against the It is alleged that America has no|

(Times ‘readers are invited to express their views in these columns, religious controversies excluded. Because of the voiume received, letters should be limited to 250 words. Letters must be signed; Opinions set forth here are those of the writers, and publication in no way implies agreement ‘with those opinions by The Times.

“SCHEME TO ELIMINATE ‘THE MIDDLE CLASS” By Will Cash, Indianapolis. I can’t understand why the people stand for the unfair meat ration program the New Deal has imposed on us. This program is one of Roosevelt's schemes to eliminate the middle class.

By allowing these overpayed defense workers to bid on the better cuts of meat, thereby raising the price and creating a scarcity of this product. Meat rationing should be on the basis of what the individual family ate before Pearl Harbor. No group should be allowed to raise their standards of living now or after the war at the expense of a higher social class. Wake up, fellow citizens, before it is too. late, we must throw out the New Deal and roll back the defense workers’ wages if we are to regain our pre-war social standing. ” o » “LET'S STOP BEING HYPHENATED-" By Earl D. Hoskins, 920 W. 28th st. An open letter to Negroes; I think, and I believe all Americans think that anything American is the best in the world. Why don’t the so-called leaders who say they speak for millions, speak for only American laws. Each political party ‘has a plank in its platform, reading special favors to. none, yet we constantly harp on this for the Negro in exclusion to other Americans. Our boys afe fighting and dying on the battlefield today in Sicily, yesterday in France, days before in Cuba and the Philippines, not - for Negroes alone, but for

equal opportunities in working at whatever one can do. Equal Chris-| =o tianity. We call ourselves Negroes

we are Negroes for he can see, but he can’t see we are Americans. Let's tell him that and work for American ideals. One school system, one set of laws, equal opportunities, to live in sanitary conditions, not ghettos. We fight for n| what we are qualified on the field and in the barracks, you lose it for us at home and when we return we

Américans. One school system and

when we don’t have to tell-a man

Side Glances—By Galbraith :

put us in. I soldiered in the 24th

| infantry from 1913 to 1920. When

we were in Mexico, Christmas day, 1916, Es Paso sent a truck load of gifts for white only.: Gen. Pershing sent it back with these words, “We have black men, red men and yellow men. all soldiers of the Unit-

alone.” Negro Americans is hyphenated so let’s be Americans alone and stop being hyphenated—incapable. of assimilations. If we fight for this we. will win the double “V” quicker and without heartaches. Why not think it over and maybe try it out for the good of America. » 8 » ‘WHAT: GOOD 18 DOG IF HE'S TIED?”

By Mrs. M. C., Indianapolis

owner is serving his country. The neighbors ‘don’t like this dog. ./He has been trained all his six years to fight dogs and cats. We have whipped him so hard so often, but I guess he is too old to forget his training. : I am trying to help this boy who is .away :and :I want: to. feel safe while alone at nights, while my husband works in a defense plant, But the neighbors don’t seem to understand or care about that. This dog has never been tied, but when one person asked me to, I tied him. But he refused to eat and howled con-

‘|stantly. Worse at' night. = There

have been prowlers around our

* neighborhood and what good would | § he be to me tied in the back yard|

or in the garage if someone tried getting in while I was alone? This dog has never bitten anyone and I don’t think he would unless he was hurt or someone tried breaking in at night. He is too big for the house. I have never seen him dig: in the gardens around here and the ghildren are pretty fond of him. He watches over my two and I think that is why he fights other dogs. Hes afraid they may try to hurt them. He was tied, but tore his harness and I decided to let him run loose rather than let him starve himself and make this fellow feel bad. He is a good friend and his mother is ill and unable to watch over the dog. That is’ why we have him. Most of the: neighbors: want, me fo get rid of him. “Where

and were willing for watch for them too, strange noise. os I would hate to part - have anything happen to the circumstances. I fair in this. He is no |

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little safer while my gone at night. wrong? SE SA LA 4 . — ‘WE WILL DRAFT Sa SCHRICKER IF NEED BE’ By Ray Hendricks, 2005 8. East st.

I see where the “Draft ‘Sehricker”

‘| movement is gaining. momentum. | That is good, we are-all just about|. : convinced that he. is capable of a| presiden more important office and. we: will en: back

“draft” him if need be, But:w:

m= ot oe rd

11 into that old ration fall yin Bl oc sepa Jou, ‘orders” scattered among various concerns which now , can. supply more, if needed, at the rate of £.2,500000 »

Service Corps Active

ed States, not just white troops|

We are caring for a dog while his

moved. from the people: vin a ot

— a Jn)

bombing on the west coast. ]

“his staff and OCD volunteers

until peace comes, however, Del detense corps, he says; AA and be ready for air raids. ob CH al Their vigilance should match that stationed at Panama or in Iceland, There are still 12 million registered for and 5,150,000 assigned to definite air raid: duty. ; ;

Gas Protection Ready

strated by the fact that a complete program fo civilian instruction. for gas protection has been: held in abeyance. yi 8 Out of 5 million masks purchased about one-fourth have been issued for training and these ‘largely war plant guards. Most progress in this field |

: been made by’ OCD ‘doctors, Who: have complete

for handling gas cases, it was explained. The army has assured OOD officials that ‘they will be given ample warning when and if any ene is preparing to use gas against the U. 8. A." 8

foolhardy as to haul a load of. gos: over thers tor » suicide token bombing.

. The OCD masks are held in coastal depots ready for instant use. They were made under “educational

month.

THE LANDIS office reports that those er

wardens, auxiliary policemen and other

workers: who have been active in these’ still carrying on with as much vigor ‘as the slackened interest of the general population Greatest field of activity, however, now 1 the 3,370,000 members of the citizens: % These are the volunteers who sell scrap metal drives, and ne Jike. : place where action is still n defense people have shifted over of the service. OCD also has supplied upward waichers who operate under the On April 30 there were 4057 paid local staff members, including 500 working ‘Some of these ‘were shifted directly from rolls, “On that date there were 1200: OCD: em the Washington staff. It is believed that th of those leaving since has brought the total around 1000.

The navy, as well as the army, ‘wanted to use its own r personnel ag guards in “an all other waciplants. But labor-conscious Wiprana

the adminisurasion said, “No,” that airplanes on

other war équipment could not be built with bayonets,

that the plant guards should continue in a civittan stauts, or at least semi-civilian s; and "tat the guards should be allowed to Zeman, uy emoess of labor unions. ; A That viewpoint: prevailed. But navy sought a nT ue ae akec compromise, "The compromise was to swear in the former guards at Johnsville ‘ds members of the coast reserve (temporary): to keep them on the company payroll, and in the uniforms furnished by the come pany, with a shoulder insignia “coast guard ce” and to require them fo subscribe to the { 1 oa : i . “That ry bear tue faith and allegianics

the “United ‘States const guard.”

a) ‘Refused to Obey Navy