Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 September 1943 — Page 14

. tical in the sense of being acceptable to a large mass of voters, acceptable to certain authorities on diplomacy and | defense, acceptable to a sufficient number in congress, and |-

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tiation. All three are based on congressional participation

"That indeed would be a tragedy because for 29 years he “forecasts that still rank first in reader interest.

usually was treading on dangerous ground, yet he was “able to take the heat even though he could not turn it

; ministration policy.

“the new weatherman, will be equally adept with his maps

When most of &s, including the political trial balloonist, throw our plans into the general conversation we are able to swing as high and wide as our mood of the moment. Our words commit nobody but ourselves, and we can change our minds tomorrow. But it contributes fo self-education and public discussion as part of the democratic process. ~~ There is another type of proposal which must be much

more responsible, because it commits an administration, or | 1°

congress, or a political party. This type has to be prac-

also acceptable to other major nations at least as a basis of

THREE such responsible proposals are now officially be-

fore the public: egg ~ L The Fulbright resolution unanimously reported by ‘the bi-partisan house foreign affairs committee and now pending (various other resolutions are not yet out of the house and senate committees). 2. The unanimous declaration of the Republican post8. Secretary of State Cordell Hull's declaration of ad-

~~ All three are similar. All three avoid extremes, whether of isolationism or blank-check alliances or superstate. All three take the broad middle road of American participation in effective international organization to main. tain a just peace. All three leave the details open for nego-

‘in foreign policy. All three are essentially nonpartisan, that of the Republican council no less than that of the Democratic administration. All of which presents great progress and great promise. 2

THE WEATHERMAN = - [FORTUNATELY the rules of censorship, while restrict- " ing certain news about the weather, do not prohibit announcement of the retirement of John H. Armington, grand old man of thé United States weather bureau here.

has been the prognosticator of the elements—author of the As the predictor of the unpredictable, Mr. Armington

off and on at will. Blaming everything on the wedther man has always seemed a bit unfair to us. But even those who talk about it the most will agree that Mr. Armington has been popular even when some of his forecasts were not. We think a bit apprehensively of the winter days to come, the first zero wave, for instance, when we will see a strange face peering at the thermometer, a favorite photograph of city editors. Yet we know that Robert M. Williamson,

Perhaps Mr. Armington’s most characteristic trait was his graciousness in time of stress and his courtesy to the public. A woman concerned over wash day weather, a child doing his school home work on meteorology, a manu-

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Mr. Armingtor, who probably is the only man in lianapolis who won't need to read the newspapers to 88 tomorrow's weather, may retire with the satisfaction Job well done. His diligent devotion to duty has won friends who hold him in high regard. We hope in his retirement he will find nothing except “fair

ASH, The Times’ sports editor, went way out on a last spring when he predicted that the Indians in the American association pennant this year. ie was wrong. The Bushmen finished segdie was right’ on one score—the Indians champions and the 216,582 fans who packed home games are adequate testimony

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GEORGIA’S RECENT decision, wise or unwise to enfranchise kids of 18, points out that we do place limitations on the rights of classes of human beings. In some cases, it is very unjust to deny an intelligent, decent kid of 18 the right to vote or even the right to hold public office while his .opposite number, some illiterate, useless old drunkard, let us

We could go sharply into reverse without violating democracy. We could re-establish slavery and disenfranchise women by pure - democratic, procedure. You may think I am obsessed, which is neither here nor there. But we have gone into reverse in some of our unions and with the tacit approval and connivance of our government. Many unions have what they call B-class and C-class subsidiaries and, in their big national conventions, violate the principle defined by a cockney cab driver at a time when reform was rife in England as the principle of “One bloody man, one bloody vote.” These B-class and C-class locals are robot groups having one vote per unit, even though there be 5000 members in the unit. But the locals of the aristo--oracy, which live by the Hiterlian principle of the master race, are represented by one vote per member in their national conventions. “I'he unionieers who -deférid this “vatic would all’ you a dirty fascist if you were to suggest that any element of our people be limited. to class-B or class-C citizenship with only one 5/1000th of a vote in public elections, with skill or occupation as the basis of Wig Sang. Whish 1 the basis they wie In. thelr

Better Than Democracy IP YOU WANT to win a house for yourself thrown at you a brick at a time, all you have to do in this country is question the perfect justice and beauty of democracy. Many of our people think there is no

ground, no alternative, between democracy and Hit- |

lerism or Stalinism but the fact is that our government; the system that we love as a faith and a way of life, is not democracy but something much better which, somehow, we have neglected to give a name to. It-eontains the good that is in democracy. but many improvements ag well wrought by generations of American people to repress the evils of democracy.

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“THE MORE BONDS WE BUY TODAY” By Wm. KR. Warren, 8574 N. New Jersey st, I have just finished reading what Henry Morgenthau has to say about over-optimistic thoughts going on here in America, undoubtedly because things are beginning to look much mere favorable for the allies. I agree with him wholeheartedly, But I don’t'think the people of this country are simple-minded enough to underestimate the enemy's remaining strength. Even though we can always hear people making their predictions of how long the war will last, whether or not Mussolini is dead or not, drafting of fathers; ete, I don't think -we-are being over-optimistic, It's just that| we have faith in our armed forces, in our ernmen! most mois ee if ou Sov t and most of all. ould get the opportunity. T reSo come on, Americans, let's|celved a letter from a young man show em we are riot letting up and certainly will never let our boys down. So let's all do what we can to make the third war loan a success by buying an extra bond. 80 In closing I'll add my prediction: The more bonds and stamps we buy today will send more ships Berlin way.

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