Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 November 1943 — Page 10

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Egyptians. “He had already split with the British and ne damned the Frenchmen who refused to accept m, captured the Algiers French committee and kicked Gen. out of it. Though his original support came from e British and Moscow, the London government is now tterly at odds with him and the French Communists have ised a place on his Algiers regime. Whatever his intentions, De Gaulle has become the and perpetual threat to allied unity which is essential b axis defeat and liberation of France. We do not doubt “his patriotic motives, but a leader must be judged by results. Apart from all the other baneful results, he has poi*“soned the minds of some Frenchmen against the United record the oldest and best friend of .the | =F TYepublic. rg we are trying to free France, as we | have helped to free northwest Africa, we are resented by the | "Dé Gaullists as alleged imperialists out to control France. "Because we refused to recognize him as France and in- " gisted that the French people, when liberated from German slavery, | be allowed freely to choose their own government, | Weare vilified as enemies of democracy. ‘ -

* taking the De Gaulle anti-American line. At least Pierrecot, former air minister and a new member of the Algiers asii sembly, says: “The delegates who are fresh from France i ~ are more pro-American and interested in international coE operation than the others. There is no anti-Americanism | inside France, although patriotic Frenchmen found it dif- | . ficult to stomach American support of Darlan.” i While Washington, London and Moscow, as friends of France, have put up with past De Gaulle destructive vag- ~ aries—such as his latest attempt to smear the four-power agreements of Moscow because he is not represented on the . new London committee, and his undermining of Gen. Giraud his high-handed “dictatorship in Lebanon is another; > re By disbanding- the rewlythe president, premier ‘and cabinet,” and turning | 4 loose Sengalese troops on the populace, his agent there has | jeopardized allied Near East military bases, and-enflamed | Arab unrest in Palestine, Egypt and elsewhere. We can only hope De Gaulle wilt ot wreck the allies | before he ruins himself. oh

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DONT POUR GASOLIN E : TY LAKE, near the northern border of California, is | the place where about 15,000 Japs have been assembled. | To this segregation camp are sent those who refuse to | abide by United States laws, those whose records indicate | ~ they might endanger our national security. In other words, | ~ the tough ones. 3 In recent weeks various stories of rioting and other | ~ troubles have been coming from Tule Lake. - ~~ Dillon S. Myer, head of the national war relocation . authority, a civil agency which calls in the army only in | case of trouble, has presented a factual and rather reas. | suring account of what has been happening. Myer is a calm | and ovale man who drew one of the meanest civilian | His report implies, ‘tough it doesn’t directly say, that any of the stories from Tule Lake, which he describes |

ind danger is a constant Hr

ning their personal safety . . . a few became almost y , Myer says. Such a reaction is not unnatural. e task of policing the toughest and trickiest of aliens, or of working" as a clerk or otherwise in such an environ- * ment, is not exactly a happy one. Many people don't sleep

So after a few flare-ups it is not surprising that some pretty wild tales were told which Myer, by documental and personal inspection at no inconsiderable risk to his own hide, now says were over-told. . But the important thing he stresses, in which we a all co-operate in holding down any spread of hysteis that “retaliatory action against American civilians d prisoners of war under Japanese control” might—and ob: would—be the outgrowth. dently every effort by both the WRA and the army ‘made to keep an explosive situation under control. i8 up to us not to over-simplify, as is one’s first im-

, by calling for drastic handling of these admitted ies in our midst,

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no’ ‘excuse for pushing customers around,

pt 1 Helninger, general traffic manager for the

with emphasis: :

“Galle has now added the Russians, Lebanese |

FORTUNATELY the. French people haracives areal)

rated, came from within the Tule Lake WRA or- | n itself because of a hysterical reflex in a tense -

“A NUMBER of the WRA staff came apprehensive

3 made our business—customers will oup There is no excase for lack of courtesy—

There is no legal rationing | There 8 No oficial

the South Pacific against civilian sailors for shirking duty and other misconduct.

A Model West Pointer

THE COMMANDING officer in Honolulu is Ma). Gen. R. C, Richardson, the very model of the West Point soldier, who has served as commandant of cadets at the military academy and who i§ known in the army as “Nellie” Richardson for the reason,

1 believe, that he is so very precise, proper and ‘strict. He is noted for nis tenacity as well, which expressed itself not so long ago in a conflict between the military authorities which he represented and

upheld; and ihe: civil authority ropressnted-by. a. feds b...

| eral judge.

{ I Jost Sack of the controversy but believe the |

settlement was postponed, like the trials of the gen eral’s predecessor and of Admiral Kimmel, until

that Gen. Richardson did not lose the contest. Incidentally, for any light that it may throw on the present case, six of the 13 defendant absentees bore Japanese names and some of the others, at a guess, would be Filipinos: That may be insignificant,

less crowded hour. 1 have an impression, however, |

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however; because in Honolulu there is a large element of citizens and other residents of Sepang aan 32 Filipinos.

Voiced General Opinion -

THE MAN who sent -the jtem described himself as an officer of the regular navy who was present during the attack on Pearl Harbor and who has not

{ been home to the mainland since the war began. He

wrote approvingly of the sentences and indicated a conviction that war workers at home wha go out on strike are no hetter than these 13, In this he only voiced an opinion which has been | expressed in other letters from men of the navy, the army and the marine corps in combat areas-since

The ‘Hoosier Forum

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

GOOD OLD FRESH AIR”

By Gladys Maxwell, 4029 §. Meridian st. | ‘80 now, Mr. Varga, where went | [the half-million calendars with |

| your delinedted - “females prepared | John L, Lewis struck the coal mines last spring. They | for the service men last year and |

| may not know the law, the issues or the fine points | designed to bring a quarter-million

of unionism, but they are living under military com- | | pulsion themselves, and in constant danger, and they |

: | are, to understate their feelings, impatient. elected Lelunvic-maliaments: ic “Tt wold be whsiird oy |

Fugiest oat ‘tha similar proceedings could take place “against strikers in war production jobs on the mainland if ! only for the*reason that strikes are so commonplace | and strikers so many, :

Similr Home Developments

NEVERTHIRSS, wiesnwhtle; err iNdirect ape something; eay-net-se sossgnal andl

dollars to your Sponsors? Could “it be that your “sizzling”

fowers relegated tothe aeh can by the American service men? Theirs is a streamlined army, out to get another slimy artist. Now 1 can understand why no calendars’ are advertised for this year—only | 1a deck of cards and a date book—

“atthe: ac. an ive girls, turned cout. 10. by. wall.

Farr to compulsion has been made at home under | ;o¢ so delineated.

the terms of various “job freezing” orders and through | arbitrary lists of ‘non-deferable occupations. "This procedure is no more legal than the method | used in Honolulu, but is less startling because it has { been indirect. In many cases, too, it has had the | | incidental effect of forcing ostensibly free men to |

| pay tribute to unions for permission to work at jobs |

| designated by their government, often as the alters | native to military service. “Union ‘leaders; it may have been observed, have | approved this compulsion for this reason. Possibly the Honolulu cases approximate’ fascism, | put it is’ worth ‘remembering that fascism in Italy was fhe counter-revolution against an aggravated | condition, some elements of which have already made | their appearance in the United States, in the temporary absence and political volcelessness of ‘millions of

the most patriotic and vigorous citizens of the re- |

public.

We the Pecrle-

By Ruth Millett

THERE ARE a lot of able bodied, childless women, who are using volunteér war work as anexs Suse for hot Saking on a full-time

When Uncle Sam, through an advertissment or a spokesman says to such a woman, “You're needed In a full-time job,” she says, “Who, ME? Why I'm already taking part ‘in the war effort.” “And then she goes cn ta tell | about: the “time she spends at a USO club, or how she makes surgical dressings once 8 week. Of how many swegiers she has knitted since Pearl Harbor. She produces her volunteer work to convince others and herself that she is doing all she can to help win the war.

Must Realize Importance

BUT SHE is.only rationalizing. that though volunteer war work is and should be, done by

but can get away an afternoon or two ea and by, working girls who off or a night or two Women who

{ning order, suppose you send Miss Jones to. the

Did you think, Mr. Varga, that |you could run to the front of the

{house with a clean dress on and! hidd market {walk in with the company? min .

{but Mr. Walker singled yeu ny that smell!!! And you forgot to wash your face. | Try it again, Mr. Varga and be a little interior dis-| infectant to aan out that mental bilge. True, Esquire won't have! ing. ‘more to do with you— plenty of H.S. freshmen with your | ability. For the oldsters in swivel chairs

tourists a drink for a nickel. After that, you'd still have 45 cents left to donate to the U.8.0. to bring , clean entertainment to our boys in uniform. Then, after everything " mn run-

public dibrary to look up the complete works of Voltaire and see if you can find the quotation at the top of the Hoosier

[1 don’t know.

n » . “GLAD TO PAY 60 CENTS A MONTH” By 0. R., Indianapolis Here is my stand on subsidizing the farmer, especially at this time, To use $800,000,000 of tax money next year is cheap insurance to head off inflation of food products. This figures less than 60 cents per month

“THERE'S ALWAYS |

* vemember that we city folks will

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heads of the families know that otherwise 60 cents could be easily basket

through inflation. From an economic standpoint you pay’ the farmer through your government 60 cents per month to {freeze the ceiling at the source so that the various middlemen can ‘have no justification for claiming’ | cost x stuff they buy is always go-

he can deny, of all the people ! between the soil and the dinner table, that the farmer is a benefactor? Who would the people rather see get the 60 cents? And

have lots of fun after the war taking that 60 cents away from the farmer and will be squawking because he didn’t have more, Without one peep the writer paid $23.80 to insure the pubitic los’ gne year that if I have an accident they can get up to $10,000. Well, if you get hit with inflation an acidént, so I'm only too glad to pay 60 cents per month or more

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SIR WALTER RALEIGH” By F. LN. Indianapolis

article in defense of the use of to.

bacco, by someone signing themselves “A Child: of God.”

people to hell for using tobacco. If anyone is doing this, perhaps

for each person, and surely the

Side Glances—By Skt

they are mot erring any more than

Nol 48 the picking our presidential candidates. |. : Some years ago, I remember my|

1 would like to comment on the|

“They say we should stop sending Gin system,

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the writer, in attempting to open the pearly gates to tobacco users. I don’t think God has given this writer a glimpse at the big book at

-tthe -headquarters of the universe

where the names of God's children are said to be kept. So this person, like all of the rest of us, can only guess at who is going to inhabit heaven, by the way they act earth;

one ‘The Bible commands to: “lay agide a Sithiness® of the flesh.” 1

An" Mi little. boy saw “his daddy- taking a chew of tobacco. He turned up his nose and asked, “Daddy, ain't that stuff nasty?” Anyone with enough sense to fill a humblebee’s hip pocket knows the ‘answer to this child's question. This writer errs when he says tobacco is not mentioned in the Bible. God created every green herb and every creeping thing. He created tobacco. and a worm to eat it. But man kills the worm, and eats his food—my mistake. Man spits it out! For it isn't fit to swallow. The Bible doesn't say anything about barn paint, but am I to’ conclude that I should open a can of it, and use it for soup? - The Bible doesn't tell who dis-, covered America. Am I to conclude that Al Capone was the man when facts all point some other way?

ized world when the Bible was written. The writer should read about Sir Walter Raleigh's return home from America. . 8 = “YEAR AHEAD, WE'RE TOLD WHO'LL BE CANDIDATES" g By Private, Ft. Harrison : I am one of the younger mem-

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ind hay, 22 million dollars t considered a bale. Today it -is mere

bed down the manger for the 39 billion horse.

This 39 billion is made up of n billion on n come taxes; a billion and a half alcohol taxes; $3,400,000,000 miscellaneous taxes and $2,100,000,000 in

forms alone runs over two million dollars. All these pieces of paper have to be checked, and that's where the headaches come in. There will be

#8 | 54 million income tax returns, 30 million declarations

of estimated tax, 10 million returns by employers reporting on the 80 million receipts given to 51 million employees for taxes withheld from pay envelopes. ‘The major part of the extra. 22 million dollars which the federal tax collectors say they'll need will go for administering these pay-as-you-go taxes, which are requiring an extra 13,000 employees, in addition to the present bureau force of over 36,000 employees. Thus, it will take the services of 40,000 people Just \0 collect federal taxes- this year.

Doubled Since 1942

THE 111 million returns they will have to ex amine is about double the number they had to check last year. For every taxpayer, the declaration made out last Sept. 15 must be associated with the Tina] re-

taxpayer gets. from his employer, with payments made - on account_of 1942 taxes last March 15 and June 15,

tand so on. come the refunds.’ Some. 28, 000 spplieations n received for relief from excess Profits taxes ¥ Tevied. fa ALTA < About 18 million. vidal ‘will be’ ehtitied foo

have

the pay-as-you-go plan,‘ This employment of 49,000 ‘people at'a cost of 117 million dollars just to collect taxes—is only a beginning. The bureau gave congress warning they'd be. back. later with another Supplemental request, for . another 19 million—for overtime pay. bring the otal cost of tax collection this fiscal year to 136 million. Even so, the treasury thinks it's cheep, for the cost

figure you can understand.

On The Beam

By E A. Evans

WASHINGTON,

Nov. 15.

of collecting $100 of tax money is only 3 cents, one

4... .In taking in this tax haul, the bureau has to-ex- . amine 111 million returns—pieces of paper filed by

‘| the taxpayers. ~The government printing bill for these

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turn to be filed next March 15, with the receipt the

with the installment to’ be made this coming Dee. 15, 1

funds totaling 400 million dollars paid in advance on |

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