Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 October 1943 — Page 10

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points out, any successful private business first jow much money it may reasonably expect to bases its budget for expenses on that figure. ; “of the United States always has done the opposite—it decides how much it wants to

then, at another time and in a different committee, devise ways of raising that money, or as much of e traffic will bear, by taxation. hat makes it easy for the lower types of demagog p loudly in favor of all proposals to spend, loudly i to all sound programs of taxation. They are not : kg subjects, but the same subject. Even the

sd millions must sometime be paid back out -of d from taxes. There can be little question that correct in assuming that there would be appropriations to be spent if the same the same sitting, had to provide taxes

OF THE U-BOATS ENEMY submarines are again sinking our ships. That ™ was expected. Nobody supposed that the summer gord of four months without the loss of an allied mertman to a U-boat in the North Atlantic could be conated much longer. It was known that many of Hitler's subs had been recalled to be made more deadly, and that | when those packs started the hunt again we would feel it. is happening now. = The importance of this battle of the Atlantic cannot %¢ exaggerated. In a special sense it is the key to all ier battles on land and in the air. Eisenhower's armies would be helpless without the continuous and mounting flow of supplies from England and America. The western | front cannot be opened, much less finished successfully, thout the steady arrival of the huge convoys from the nited States. Even the Russians, who seem to be more if-sustaining at the moment, are very much dependent the American supply lines—and the forget it. ; ! Paradoxically, it is particularly airpower in Italy, and Russia, and over Germany and the occupied countries, that must be sustained by bases fed by these sea lines. So from every angle the allies’: striking power: is imited or liberated by our ability to keep pushing supplies.

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the presidential contest have an obligation as citizens to keep hands off the Red Cross and refrain from embarrassing its leadership with requests of doubtful sincerity. It would be a flagrant violation of the convention for an American general to don a Red Cross uniform to make a journey of inspection. It would be little less questionable of an active party politician to resort to the same subterfuge in order to circulate among the troops and stimulate them to send home to their relatives who will do the voting, favorable reports on that individual

Director Must Have Strength

THE OFFICE of director of the Red Cross is one that calls for great strength of character always, and particularly now. It should be insensitive to all considerations except for which the Red Cross exists and Individuals of ambiguous character, say an active paity politician, with a genuine zeal for adventure and service, should restrain themselves to avoid even _. No Red Cross worker should bring back reports on military matters. There are others who can attend to that. No Red Cross worker should report on the stated amount of equipment of the military fcrces. The purposes for which the organization exists will be best served in the field by persons who go out, not on mere temporary missions or tours, but by personnel who are undividedly occupied with Red Cross duties and fora long term, if not arbitrarily for the duration of the war,

08s the Atlantic. For the same reason the U-boat renains Hitler's best weapon, and his best hope of dragging it the war to a stalemate. o » # » w . DRTUNATELY, though the allies have not licked that ‘menace, they have brought it under control. ‘Probably 8 will be a period in which the sinkings will rise again, il our counter-submarine forces have time to learn the emy’s new dodges and gadgets of death. But allied “Ol measures are now so extensive, and of so many different kinds, that there is every reason to believe they ‘will be able to keep ahead of the Nazis. We now have two advantages, in addition to all the iy weapons and methods developed by the allies for combat with these wolf packs at sea.” One advanage is that our bombers are better able to knock out the fictories, assembly plants and home bases of the U-boat, reducing the ememy’s capacity to send out larger better reinforcements and replacements. The second advantage is that Hitler has lost most of best crews and commanders. Experience is more imnt in submarine warfare than in almost any other. ir's chief handicap doubtless is the sheer impossiPility of creating mature and seasoned sub commanders ithin a few weeks. Of course this time factor is relative, under the sea 88 in the air. If we loaf along and give Hitler time to produce U-boat replacements and to train enough’ new “ he can easily regain the upper hand—just as he find ways to offset our devastating bombing raids We press our advantage quickly and fully now, and we keep a jump.ahead of him in weapons and {But Hitler is not likely to win the battle of the Atlantic Tr the battle of the European skies, if we keep up with ship and plane production schedules required by our nders,

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% war's end is likely to find big chunks of the working cap of thousands of manufacturers tied up in unved war contracts, totaling 60 to 75 billion dollars, funds remain frozen for months or years industry ally small firms—will be heavily handicapped in n Blais, swinging back to peacetime production Ss should create machin

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ery for promptest posment of contract claims, at the same time safethe taxpayers’ interests. The committee for opment, through which enlightened business | ig° and planning for high-level post-war plan for such

are being asked to relieve desk-bound sailors for sea

We the People

By Ruth Millett

Tg THERE HAVE BEEN a number | of instances where a wife joined the WAVES the day before (or five minutes before) her husband was sworn into the navy, because of a - rule that no woman can join ‘the WAVES if her husband is in the navy. : What is the justification for such a rule, anyway? It is only natural that a wife who decides to get into uniform would be interested in the same branch of service that her husband is in. She already has a pride in that branch, and her enlistment would give the couple a new interest in common.

Just Isn't Democratic

And aside from those considerations, it just isn't democratic to turn down a woman ‘who would like to join the WAVES for such a reason. That isn't treating a weman as an individual with an individual's rights, Proof that keeping couples from joining the navy isn't considered terribly important by the navy itself is the absence of a rule forbidding a man from enlisting because his wife is 3 WAVE. 80 why isn't the WAVE rule dropped? If women

duty, then women should be treated as individuals— and fo whom they are married shouldn't be any of the navy’s business, i: It is interesting, but a little bit disillusioning, to see how often women, when they are called on to

fill men's jobs, are handicapped by regulations fot imposed on men.

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“SAME LAWS MADE FOR EVERYBODY” By » Citizen, Indianapolis

approximately 12:45. As I started from Meriidan st, I walked by the the Columbia club, and in front thereof I counted 11 automobiles parked double. I observed as closely as possible, and not one single sticker appeared on the windshield of any of these automobiles. When I reached Mar-

ing a sticker on an automobile parallel with the curb line, the same was painted yellow. I en watched this officer and he drove right by all of these parked cars and continued north on Meridian st, . I understand that the mayor of this city is one of the directors of the Columbia club. Due to the fact that he is asoclated with the club, does that give the members the Tight to violate the traffic laws, and at the’ same time other people less fortunate who cannot belong to that luxurious club, to park close thereby and receive stickers? It isn't fair,

of the Columbia club also. . ¥ “HELD AND USED SPOTLIGHT TOO LONG” By Lillian Dinchart, Indianapolis Mr. Roosevelt, through his insatiable desire to go down in history as the great humanitarian, is creating a dangerously false impression throughout the world which may have a distastrous kickback. The oppressed peoples are being encouraged to look to us for help and rehabilitation to a fantastic degree, and when we are unable to fulfill these hopes, there is bound to be a violent reaction which may came at a time we can {ll afford to meet it. Also we are being exploited (as always), for instance, having to furnish 70 per cent of the oil being used in this war. It will not be pleasant, at the war's end, to find our sources so depleted that we will be forced to buy from the British empire. This administration has shown the American people some startling innovations: A hand-picked supreme court; a rubber stamp congress; laws passed by presidential edict (without benefit of congress) and worst of all, a First Lady who has -become the butt of every comedian's joke, one who has even stooped to use the uniform of the most respected Red Cross organiza-

Upon the 8th day of October; I was walking around the Circle at

ket st., a police officer . , . was plac-|

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litical jaunt, the rounding up of the soldier vote. (I just wonder if she may not have overplayed her hand a bit, here!) Let's get together and retire the family; they have held and used the spotlight too long for our good s = = “THERE ARE MANY MORE SENSIBLE DOG OWNERS”

By Mrs. John Sloane Kittle, Fr*lident, Animal Welfare League, Ine. R. 13, In reply to an article of Oct. 5 by Mrs. T. K,, I should like to answer

many ‘more “sensible dog owners” in Indianapolis. For the last year the Animal Welfare league has been trying to educate the public in its care of

As to the poor strays, they are taken care of by the municipal dog pound to the best of its ability and resources. When the citizens of this city do awaken to their responsibility to their pet dogs and cats, no one will

be bitten, no more dogs will be stolen or run over and killed or in-

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Side Glances-By Galbraith

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and most likely find a good home for it either from that source or from the $4 dog sales room. Let's put a stop to dog polsening, the discarding of pets/‘the slaughfer ‘of dogs by traffic, and make the equal of so many other cities in the care of dogs and cats, . o = “LACK OF VIGILANCE 1S TO BLAME” DADS atest Harrington, sors N. Lack of vigilance on the part of the general public is to blame for

doned animals in Indianapolis, Friendless, stray, unfed dogs run the streets of this city while the

part—for after many years’ experience as a dog owner, I am of the opinion that most animals, if unmolested, and if they are not very, ‘very young, are able to find’ their way home, I hope I live to see the day when a person. found guilty of stealing or abandoning an animal is given 20 years in prison. : J Each citizen can do his part. If you are obliged to leave the city and cannot take your pet, call the Animal Welfare league. Or if your neighbor leaves an animal, take “it in, feed it, give it a home, and your hospitality will be repaid many times. It was once a custom to leave babies, who were not wanted, on doorsteps. That custom has become unpopular through the training and vigilance of our citizens. Only when we as individuals become conscious of our duty as humanitarians will suffering around us cease. Teach our children in the schools through pictures and stories the love and care of animals. In that way you will not only help the animals, but our children will be better citizens for that teaching. While looking constantly at the war front, let us not forget there are daily acts of kindness to be done on the home front.

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By C. M. K., Titusville, Fla, As I am infrequently in Indian-

the number of stolen and aban- |:

“lost and found” columns are full|f of lost dogs—stolen, for the most |

dagger and the gold-and-jewel that the sultan of Morocco gave Roosevelt. But what is lkely to impress more is to see that, on the manuscript of fireside chats, the stenographer had forgotten in the famous salutation, “My Friends,” and president had written it in himself, :

governor of Indiana,

_ Bon of a Methodist minister at Huntington, Mr. Murray grew up with Ray Smith, secretary’ to Governor Henry L. Schricker., Both went to DePauw and joined Phi Delta Theta. Mr. Murray is proud of that. He points out that Senator Willis 1s a fraternity brother. So are former Senators Arthur Robinson (R. Ind) and Sherman Minton (D. Ind),

Phi Delts ‘Do Okay’

newspaper publisher at Delphi and now is assistang director of the New Deal budget. The Phi Delts are doing okay, Mr, Murray admits, Maybe they are just lycky. For after having taken a place miles from the Hill and much time trying to get to his work, Mr. ilready has found another only two. blocks away from the office. i So he expects to be on the job early and late,

Rooseveltiana By James Th

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.—One of the major tragedies of the gas~ oline shortage seems to have been the fact that the Franklin D. Roosevelt library at Hyde Park © played to practically empty houses this past summer, So the of our national archives have {gathered together a representative . exhibit from the Hyde Park collection and put it on view in the 5 Impressive rotunda of the Archives building here, : They were undoubtedly prompled to do this by two sound reasons, In the first place, it’s a good exhibit, and even if they only get the overflow from § the restaurants and movie ‘theaters, they caxi-count = on capacity audiences for the scheduled six-week - stand. . Now you would think that, after 10 years, there would be almost nothing in the president's public or private life that the American public didn’t know, But the Archives’ collection of Rooseveltiana manages to let in a few miore chinks of light upon this already. -illuminated figure. You might not guess, for instance, that Mr. Roose velt’s many-sided character could embrace the humble emotions of the autograph hunter. But that seems to be the only way to account for the letter from Mr, Herbert Hoover that is on exhibit. It is dated March 7, 1929, and thanks the then Governor Roosevelt for his “personal congratulations” as well as the felicitations of. the people of New York on the occasion of Mr. Hoover’s moving into the White House,

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