Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 September 1943 — Page 10

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EARINGS on the Wheeler bill | ua: way % pre-Pear! Harbor fathers failed to produce adequate evidence that the army should be denied the additional numbers of able-bodied men it has said it must have; The longer the testimony continued the more convincing it hecame that there is no time to lose in bringing the army "ip to full strength for the great offensives now being prepared. And the more apparent it became that more efficient ~ use'must be made of manpower on the home front to pro- | uce the goods we need to finish the big job we are just setting under way. Before this war is over, the country will need the unabridged services of all, married as well as single, women as well as men, and not only men of military age.

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Time for Bets to Be Called

BUT TIME'S a-wastin’ and this magnificent pokerfaced display can’t go on much longer if the 1944 food goals are to be made and met. It's time for the bets to be placed and called so the farmers know

and “when it comes to flagrant violations, the act vies with the Volstead act.” ¢ Mr. Celler said the justice department that in 18 cases in 1942, a verdict of not

TORIES AND RUSSIANS : BRITAIN'S swing to a pro-Russian policy is. now virtually unanimous, with the conversion of Sir Samuel Hoare, He was the leader of the die-hard holdouts, the symbol of co-operation with Fascism. Even when Churchill switched from the anti-Soviet crusade to make a 20-year Russian alliance as the keystone of Britain's war and post-war policy in Europe, Ambassador Hoare remained the pal of France. ~~ With the fervor of a convert who has arrived almost | too late for the feast, Sir Samuel is not content to pay buge to the heroic military achievement of Russia, for hidh all the allies are so deeply indebted. Aside from that, we must also be “unprejudiced as to the lessons we - may learn from the Russian experiment.” To those “fearful souls who regard Russia as the real ~ danger to European stability,” he says communism “is a national and not an international product.” If you want to £un country from going Communist, he ad- |

‘where they're at.

Within the next few weeks, therefore, Judge Jones

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. 88 8 AS MR a eh "THAT is sound sense. No amount of propaganda, foreign or domestic, has ever been able to produce anything like a Communist revolution in a free and prosperous nation. Wherever wide-spread poverty and persecution reign, there is fertile ground for demagogs and dictators from the Com- * munist left and the Fascist right. ~~ But the fact that the Samuel Hoares of Britain and

the United States—for we have them in this country— belatedly of the kinfSerghrteon ‘triths” ot) dd io

history does not make them reliable leaders. Just as they ~ were once too gullible regarding Hitler as the savior of civilization from the Red peril, or regarding the Mussolini - who made the trains run on time, so now they are apt to be too simple regarding their latest genius, Stalin. ~~ dust because all Russians do not wear beards, carry bombs, nationalize women, and otherwise conform to the ~ Red-baiting myths once believed by the timorous Tory, it ~ does not follow that they are selfless souls sacrificing them- - Stalin and the Russians are fighting for Russia, as ~ they should be. We are fighting for America, for traditions . and goals of democracy they have never known. A partner- - Ship is to their interest and to our interest. But the basis of any enduring partnership must be realism, not tionali

MAJ. MacCOLLUM : THERE are many heroes in the world today. Prime Minister Churchill expressed lasting tribute to them all when he said “never have so many owed so much to so few.”

~ But the true meaning of his words was never brought more

Major Plans Still Undetermined THE NEW licensing system for all slaughterers, which. went into effect in mid-August, is expected to

not mean larger allowances of meat to U. 8. civilians, but it will mean enough meat to validate all the coupons which have been issued in ration books, Beef animals may actually be down a million head from

in the ground. Winter vegetabies for the south have to be planted soon. Now is the time when the farmer must decide how

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I The Hoosier Forum

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

“PRINT TWO COLUMNS BY PEGLER” By W. KE. H., Grant ave. : A writer to The Indianapolis Times Hoosier Forum of Sept. 22 writes as follows: “I would suggest that, if you will cut Pegler, your paper should be worth 5 cents a copy instead of 4 cents.” I believe I can make a better suggestion and that is to cut out the column “My Day” and print two columns by Westbrook Pegler,

{then your paper would be worth 10 cents a copy instead of 4 cents.

ci, “ACCOUNTANTS OPPOSED . TO COMPLICATED TAX LAWS”

By S. Olive, Presid American Institute of Accountants, polis. This letter relates to the editorial entitled, “Why Not a Simple Income Tax?”, published in the In-

1943s ‘13 million; sheep down two million from 55 lover

million. Aside from these first moves, the major steps for assuring the correct distribytion of foods in the United States have not been determined. How and what extent the production of peanuts, soybeans-and other oll and protein foods is to be increased, how chicken and egg production can be made to meet increasing demands, how consumption of whole milk can be kept from going above present levels and a greater production of butter and cheese obtained—these are

some of the key problems the food administration |!

must decide on soon,

There is, fortunately, better working relationship :

between OPA and WPA than existed six or even four months ago. Transfer of James F. Brownlee, former président. of Frankfort from a Job ‘in WFA to be head of the price division in OPA, appar-

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for me, they have accomplished their end. I had as fine a dog as ever trotted the earth, and that's just what he liked to do. He was smart enough to unjeash himself, open doors and scale, fences. City . nances did not change his: nature. His great delight was to break loose and go play with neighborhood dogs. and children.

But what of it? Why should mortals who have such a horror for

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Effective: in "Preventive Way'

SENATOR HATCH has denied that the law not effective, and civil service commission official charged with enforcement of violations among em

are handled by the justice department, say that is in a preventive way that laws" like the Hate

160 “complaints of violations of the Hatch act B employers were investigated, and nine employees

‘moved from jobs when found guilty. These igur

probably will always.be relatively small, officials but the knowledge that the law is on the

“employees from political activity. -

“Government agencies,” sald Senator into virtually every business and America today in some caj ~ army to play politics would in pressure methods which congress outlawed. I certainly hope congress will not g this legislation to permit partisan activities by million

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Stopped In Air?

By Maj. Al Williams -

forcibly home to Indianapolis than in the death of Maj. el -S--MacCollum-of -the-1st troop carrier command at

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Maj. MacCollum had just arrived at the field a week ago Friday when a plane carrying five men from San Marcos : field, Tex., crashed into a hangar. With two other officers; - Maj. MacCollum rushed to the ship, for, as his friends’said later, he knew enough about airplanes to ‘know that it was going to explode. ; The pilot and co-pilot were dead. Maj. MacCollum smashed open the door. He handed the other three men to his fellow rescuers. When the ship exploded, he was on the wing. The three men he helped save are recovering. Maj. MacCollum fought valiantly for a week from burns over three-fourths of his body. He may have been conscious for . a few minutes the Col. Reed G. Landis, commanding officer, read a citation Ag him the soldier's medal for heroism. : Maj. MacCollum was well known throughout the city president of the MacCollum Paper Co. To the men Stout field he was just “a terrific guy.” During his fight he kept saying, “Don’t call me a hero, anyone else +t, and by so doing

includes seven units. The war production iorities for two while the other five can “8, progressive civic plans for post-war

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