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miners having obtained higher wages, the steel

may assume” that other C. LO:

Yes, and “one may assume” that the A. F. of L, unions

And “one may assume” that there will algo be a demand for higher prices for coal and steel and all the other products of which wages aré an integral cost. ~ « - And “one may assume” that the farmers will want the pice lid lifted on all their produce, and that the oil men will

Further, “one may assume” that the government, being the chief customer of most lines of production, will have to spend moré money waging this war and pass all the added cost on to taxpayers, including thése same workers, farmers and owners of businéss enterprises—including, also, the and fle of unorganized Americans who, “one may : (Again, we call article, by E. A. Evans; Page 13.)

THE VATICAN BOMBING TRICK: JROMBING of Vatiean City and enery efforts to put’ the "blame on the allies may seem like futile propaganda, but it is not safe to underrate the Nazis. They have been devilishly clever in the past.

Neither the pope nor the world can believe that thé allies would bomb the Vatjean. But, assuming that advance

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and harassment of énlistéd meén by sea-going civilians,

Oné sich officer reeéntly told of taking a stand when his vessel was attacked and threatening to shoot ary member of the érew who tried to put a boat over and abandon the ship without orders while his own bluéjackets stood by their guns. He recalled also ‘the- refusal of -a- young merchant sailor-to--help- his lopd ammunition: becasise that was not his work, And the incident abodrd a

the winch cohtrols into séclusion with them so that the army cotild not scab théit job of unloading stores hting the Japs fot far away, has been rélated independently by two young officers, oné of thé navy, the other of the army, back from thé South Pacific. - Sip A Rich and Racy Record

IN. FACT, the files of the navy, the coast guard | and the shipping companiés contain a rich and.

me record of the conduct and attitudé of union.

disciplined loyalty of the armed forces. The sécrét of the contrast may bé fouhd in .the oath which 18 forced tjpon sailors of the merchant

allied “Warnings that the Nazis probably would use. eap- | *°yice Which runs as follows: ts

tured British bombs for the purpose have counteracted |

present Berlin propaganda, Hitler could still profit from Neutral réports agrée that Hitler has renewed. pressuré on the popé to seek refiige in the principality of Lichteh- .. This would be of major propaganda value to the Nazis, enabling the destroyers of religion to pose as its siiders against the Alegadly. gooless allies.

Of more importarice, it would make the pope a Nazi |

That the pope will place himself in such a position is most unlikely, regardless of incentive or provocation. But his. edrlier refusal to leave may have driven the Naiis to this last

his last desperate method to frighten hihi inte a ‘change of mind."

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. IN ANY EVENT, Hitlér obviously is hoping for pleas ~ from the pope and from some groups in allied countries to

boribers. - With public resentment stirred against the bombing of ‘Vatican’ City, it is easier fof'| agandists to transfer that reséntment to the prospective allied bombing of Rome. Hitler at least can cause dissension within allied counNazi Rome. ae ay We do not believe Eisenhower will be stopped by protests, innocent or inspired, or by any Hitler, tricks. . The same legitimate reasons which made Eisenhower

protect Nazi military installations in Rome from allied

principles 1aid-dowfi by. the préamble and the con«>The enlisted sailors and commissioned officers of

the navy, of colise, swear to uphold the ‘¢otisti of the U. 8. A. above al] others.

Under this oath, the merchant ‘sailor makes him-

{roman army transport at that because lig had. of~ {ered a resolution against communism in a. conven-

| tion of Curran’s union in Cleveland.

System of Kangaroo Coutts

keeping ‘em sailing and although many new American ships have beenud id ovée to the British, Norwegidns and Dubeh sé

soine familiar manifestation of racial disharmony. At one recent meeting 13 sailors were beached: for varying periods, at another two Were laid up ahd at .ahother 11 were subtracted from thé merchant service, | ‘most of them for “conduct uribécoming to ution men.”

Curran constantly boasts that he has raised the" lookéd upon to help win this war.

We graduate with diploma in one hand and drift card in the other. Our future is uncertain; we can n longer have our preferérice of colléges, dnd our life's profession be consideréd later, much later, We

civilian sailors’ wages enormously but the union just as vigorously resents reminders that the men dare phid vastly more than the bluejackets who sail on the safe ships and share the same perils. The union is much embarrassed by Peférénces to draft-dodging and théreforé one brothér recently was expelled from the union becguse, among br | offenses, he was alleged to have said “he was not in | terested in the inion and would not be at $d now

bomb Rome military objectives under the Italians, doubtless | "2d it not been for the draft board.” -

soon will force him to blast out the Germans who are |

making Such good military use of that city. " ~ To rescue Rome from Hitler, mary thousands of Britons, Canadians and American will die—let us save our sympathy for them... SHEE Sr \ :

THE DUKE AND THE DAUPHIN JF there were no paper shortage, all the free publicity accruing to Esquire from the postoffice department in- * quiry into the alleged lewdness of that colorful magazine ~ would probably be reflected spectacularly in its circulation figures, ; it's the old story: There's something alliring in the - mysteries and prohibitions that lie behind such legends as trespassing,” “censored,” and “swimming forbidden.” Mark Twain provided a classic example, in “Huckleberry * ‘when the Duke and thé Datiphin prepared a handbill vertise the “Royal Nonesuch” a play they were putting a Mississippi river town the Duke remarked someing to this éffect: . ™ “Put in, ‘Ladies and children not admitted If that don’t fetch "em, I don't know Arkansas.” : The puritanical branch of the postoffice department, h certainly without such intention, seems to be playing

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“WOOLIES | of us brave souls have borne unflinchingly such A hardships as eating chicken instead of steak, bus to work and spreading oleo on the morning 3 the war really begins to hit homme, spective shortage of ‘winter Woolies.

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president of the underwear institute, of the red flannel sityation. And winter coming on apace.

‘We the People >

By Ruth Millett

Maybe they weren't “plek-up |. WO 16 the shrvies tien?

girls"—the - army's. term. for

SOU free and edsy teen-agers who Ar giving the army more of 4 headache than prostitutes:

Parents Are Delinquent

BUT IF THEY weren't diready pick-up girls were potential ones, They were ot er Ee ound ite company St ae oe prliriifhsed: ar lin pany of an oldér person; 1g that thelr | parents were too lax with them. And they were unis form-crazy. id That is the combination that turtis school kids into pick-up girls. - I ~~ Fortunately, it is a combination that any paterits: with sense can break up. They may find it dificult to cure a girl of the wartime urged to grow up fast ny take art n the excitement of the war. : But parents can see to it that thelr da rent running arourid the strééts at night, specially : ts are crowded with service

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“GANG OF HOODLUMS ized civilians in the war zones ih cofitrast’ with thé [DELIGHTS TO BREAK LAW” By Chatlés R. Cultér, 285% station st. To thé public: ++ « Mr. A. J. Schneider asks, ’ “Where do téén-aged youfigsters get “1 solemnly swear to be trué and loyal to the union [thir gas?” In answer to that he and the Jabor cause and to put. into practice the |rgight park his car in Brightwood some night with some gas in it. Last stitution, ahd to obey all rules the union may adopt.” {night iy tdr Was drained of its gis...

! the law. They steal gas; drive reckself’ liable to fines and dismissal from the sea if he |1essly up and down the street in old} -

ndeintis communising and; In a notable case, a Man | junks that should be destroyed, and actually was put.on the, beach, in New York and. fired {some of them - just stand on - the street “corners anti - smoke -cigarets: and make a lot of noise, 1 for one am fed up and I think that I will have fo help straighten! : some things out. . . . If the pdlice AND, ALTHOUGH Oufrun géts his deferment for |CaN't stop them, maybe I can.

member,” which may be only an anti-Communist ré- |teriorating and loitering along the| A mark, impoliteness to a Communist union official or | wayside of upright morals? 1 an|churcheés entertaining young dmong’ these young peoplé to whom [within their doors, but it is much people refer to carelessly and I firmly condemn anyone guilty df such |

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defend-to the deathiyour right te say it.—Vollaire

(Times readers are invited to express their views in these columns, religious cdntroversies excluded, Because of the volume received, letters should be limitéd 16 250 words. Letters must be signéd: Opinions “set forth here. are those of the writers; and publication in fio’ way implies agréement with those .Jimes.. atsumes. na. .résponti: bility for the-rétirn ot manus | scripts 4nd. cannot enter-cor respondence regarding them.)

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“ALL YOUNG PEOPLE You fay rest assured that the could not man them, | ASK 18 A CHANCE” ; . this union through its own private system of K&n- |p, one of Amériéd’s Youth, mainagotls. | Will stay out of taverns and take his garoo courts, regularly grinds out sentences which | How many times do we have to!gifl with him if there is made availrule sailors off the sea for periods of from six months | listen to thé sad and to 99 years or life for “conduct unbecoming & union | story of how Atnerica’s youth is de: |d

youthful soldier, sailor or marine

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it examplé the downtown kind of law _ Indianapolis. at night. along come the : service men and |About othér officers makin Howheérs to gb of so-called ififiocent gir) ) do, The best mordls| Were you thére at the hot to be found hére these arrests? Do , conditions. about law and police ll churches open their know that our hy not are fathers of

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claims for property damage, and pitting U. 8. citizens back into possession of their property,

Some Folks Suspicious

IN THAT connéction, one “of the present values |

of having feréigh possessions. is that this tion will prévent disposal of idot and thé a i od , art tféasurés and

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