Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 November 1943 — Page 20

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people onthe home {rd must not become intoxicated war victories.” ess: “Nimits, MacArthur et al. are doing their best : ‘abige the Seutieman

} NAVY GOES TO TOWN

| FTER two years the navy is now going to town. Con-| ¢ quest of Jap bases in the mid-Pacific Gilbert islands took only 76 hours, It was as clean and quick a professional job as this war is apt to see. The enemy was well fortified. He knew, from the earlier softening-up bombing, that an ‘amphibian attack was coming. But his defensive preparations were in vain, and his suicidal counter-attack on the ground only hastened his defeat, vi {This victory was not a lucky chance, It was not an exclusive show staged for purposes of propaganda. It was not a diversion, It was the real thing==the first methodical step in the major Pacific offensive so long Planned by Adms. King and Nimitz. The. strategy is not new. Tt is the classical Hin of : the enemy head on and driving through center. It bas been delayed until now only because the navy lacked the power. With the fleet divided between the Atlantic | and Pacific, with the Pearl Harbor losses, with the forced ‘retreat to distant Australian bases, with the necessity of défenting ‘the Solomon and Aleutian- flanks; with--more ‘ghips required to combat Nazi submarines and dellver | armies and supplies to Africa and’ England, the navy has ‘had to wait all this time to accumulate enough warships and planes for a sustained central Pacific- offensive. ® e » CE RUT THIS campaign indicates more than sheer power. There is also new skill. All the hard-won experience of defeats in the Philippines and elsewhere, and of slow victories in the South Pacific and Mediterranean, has hams. - mered our combined fighting services into a finer team. Only the closest co-ordination of army and marine ‘ground * forces, of the fleet and the air armadas, operating with : jsion oyer many jslapds and wide areas, i Gein i fires ot oy wily dnd Tahats] - ical defender. Just as -the Gilbert attack was foreseen, so followthrough offensives ‘against the Marshall islands to the north. and Nauru to the southwest, and ultimately against Wake and the enemy's own Pear! Harbor at Truk, will surprise - nobody—least of all the Jap. For the Gilberts are only his advance outposts. Having seized them, we can shorten our supply line to MacArthur. But their chief value is as bases to attack tha enemy's main mid- -Pacific defenses, Only when we smash that giant barriér square of Wake-Truk-Guam-Marcus will the broad sea road to Tokyo be open. That is where the navy is headed. , Of course, it looks much easier on the map than it is on the vast waters of the Pacific. There must be many battles, some of which will be lost. And it means, soon or late, probably that the biggest sea battle of all time— if Nimitz can force the Jap to risk his grand fleet. 4 The best part about this is that the longer the Jap evades decisive sea battle, the more bases, ships and planes we shall have for the showdown—if this month’s scorecard is a criterion. Since Nov. I the Jap has lost 74 ships to our one, and 553 Planes to our 91. He cannot stand that forever. Eo x

: A CONGRESS TAX BILL " 5 » the tax debate on the house floor, Chairman Doughton. of the ways and means committee announced belligerently that it was not a treasury bill, not a Chamber of Commerce. bill, not a C. I. O. bill, not a National Association of Manufacturers bill, but a ways and means committee bill. Then a vote of 200 to 27 made ita house of representatives bill. . ~The measure now goes to the senate, and after that body has worked it over it will become a congress tax bill. ~ Which is what all tax bills should be. : But most of the 16 revenue measures enacted in the _ fast 10 years have not reflected the real thought and conviction of congress. Instead the legislative branch formed ‘the habit of waiting for’ the treasury to originate tax | policies. With increasing frequency the secretary of the treasury came before congressional committees not only to “detail the revenue needs of the treasury but also to outline isely the types of tax to be enacted. In the early years of the New Deal congress swallowed ‘er tax programs the treasury served up, which re3 some strange laws, some of them having little to A Haising revenue. ‘But in time congress tired of passax bills designed primarily to promote the political and ideas of the treasury. For the last few years the nt of each new tax measure has been featured by fight between congress and the treasury, usually a compromise. This time congress seems not dis-

certainly has that right. The constitution is

congress shall have. power: To lay “and collect and excises to pay the debts and fletense and general welfare of the

8 do not share it. The duty t is to administer whatever tax i the revenue according to

| Commanders Crack Pilots

COMMANDING OFFI who have lived through the -age of war flying when neither books nor experienced advice were available. Now when they speak, they speak

"from experience. To aid the young pilot to achieve

a balance between daring and caution, the army, navy, marine corps, and coast guard distribute publications containing sound, common sense material, It is too bad these publications are not available to the public. Every phase of flying is discussed plainly by experienced men. Simple warnings are given which enable fhe airman to decide when a risk is justifiable and when it is just plain foolishness, The urge of youth in the air to become intoxicated with the thrill of smiling in the bright face of danger is a terrible thing. Knowing this, you are anxious about the type of instruction your son is getting in our air services. But you can rest assured that he has been $horoughly instructed against the unnecessary hazards of wild flying. Years ago we were

‘punished. ~The present day pilot is punished and in- :

structed. And there's a vast difference, I am familiar with the flight training of all the nations now at war, with the exception of the Japs. Our training is by far the best for balance, efficiency and safety,

Aviation Repays in Ideas . =

Drawing on advanced thought in alfost all other phases of engineering, aviation in turn repays in the form of useful ideas. For instance, take the packaging of goods for shipment, commonly known as coopering... An ald and specialized trade in itself, the army and navy alr transport commands, through necessity, ‘have revolutionized it to the point whére the aviation methods of coopering save 35 per cent in weight. Aviation, from its .inception, has fought weight. When our airlines began carrying air express, in peacetime, they exerted a tremendous influence on the coopering trade to decrease the package weights. But it remained for the army and navy air transport commands, under the impetus of shipping essential supplies to our far-flung forces to overhaul the entire coopering situation. Every ounce saved in package means shipping just that much more in war supplies. ___ The army and navy made such a systematic overhauling of cogpering for air freight that the saving for one year will represent millions of pounds.

navy air cargo depot, Eo are removed from fb heavy, bulky crates and packed in specially designed fiberboard, pasteboard or plywood cases. - Navy perSone} are specially trained. An..a-navy air-cooperage schoo! The ingenuity with which these navy coopers de. sign crating and pack delicate equipment. to withstand air transportation is fascinating. And in almost

every instance we find that they are using the en-

gineering principles developed by aircraft engineers to achieve the light weight, strong wing sections of our<most modern planes, The result is a revolutionary trend toward lighter, stronger packaging of goods for air shipment, which

‘will in turn effect similar changes throughout the

coopering trade,

We The People By Ruth Millett ’

% Bewildered parents, faced with g the unhappy lot of having their children reach adolescence in wartime, shouldn't forget that there Is strength in unity. One set of parents may find the problem of what to do about Sally or John almost beyond their control. But if all the parents of the “gang” Sally and John belong to would . get together, the problem wouldn't seem so difficult. John's and Sally's parents have done all in their power to make their homes attractive to their high-school-age kids. But the kids don't want to spend evening after evening at home, and that leaves their parents feeling frustrated. They've done all they know how to do to make home pleasant, and still their children want to hang out-elsewhere.

If Parents Co-operate

IF THE parents got together, they could work qut that problem satisfactorily. They could agree to turn over their living rooms and kitchens one night a week to the “gang”—with the mother and father of { the house around, but not too much in evidence. Then the kids could dance to their favorite rec ords, scramble eggs or make candy—and be satisfied in their desire to be with the “gang.”

mothers will protest that the kids are hard on the floors and on the furniture—and that they don't leave | the kitchen spotless, but always manage to leave the refrigerator empty. There are all sorts of objections that finicky, don’t-want-to-be-bothered parents can find. ‘But such a plan would be a lot easier than trying to get their

foolish,

night after night. Even psychologists say that it is perfectly natural for teen-age kids to want to spend their leisure hours with the “gang,” instead of being semtent to play 18 JUMIY WHS Wels paresus,

To the Point—

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

rulés correctly, the city health officer or the ‘county ‘health commis= sioner, or both, may declare an

“PATRIOTIC FARMERS’. a GROUPS TGNORED” Phe By R. Thornberry, R. R. 1 . At a recent convention of the! Indiaria Farm Bureau Federation, among the random remarks of the evening was the assertion by Mr. Edward A. O'Neal that “an overwhelming majority of farmers are opposed to subsidies.” When he speaks - <of an Yoverwhelming-ma-jority,” can it be that Mr. O'Neal is unaware of the existence of the Ohio Farm Bureau group and the great Farmers’ Union which unlike our own Indiana bureau and the) : ; notoriously reactionary Grange, are|. bility for the return’ of manuAT ee ¥ a. it tor She ots and cannot enter core president's subsidy ‘plan. Po Sepa nee regarding Ther, ea pg ie ig However, Mr, O'Neal totally ig- | : rope Juris bo in fender EINE SHE Jusiokis Snr Taithtully | from said health commissioners or the rules and regulations proposed supported the administration's ‘health -officers; shall - institute pro- ro the health

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and an alarming increase of venereal diseasés which are considered out of bounds. After this public notice, then they may deputize the entire city police force and county sheriffs as their health officers: However, the infected person, or persons, shall be taken before the health eommissioner and he shall decide what action and Sreatments

necessary. “ht the infectious peo refuses to comply . with thé health commissioner's rules and regulations which

«Shri aot and’ the:

commissioner. C gram. ceedings in the courts for enforce-| If the police are deputized, and Bh diy op ment. the city health commissioner deSchenck, Teague, Goss, et a), have| Decision No. 9468 rendered by the | clares the emergency, then their constantly fumed and chafed at appellate court Feb, 8, 1918. Pike v. | jurisdiction is confined to the corpoall governmental restrictions, regu-|john F. Kime employed as health ration limits of the city; but if the lations, rationings and price con< commissioner “they (health officers) | county board of health declares the trol. "Lacking a program them-|®'® required to enforce health laws, emergency, then. their jurisdiction selves, they have assailed all who rules and 1egulations within their inclu the county. have urged a subsidy plan with respective jurisdictions. They are| Le remember that anyone havsuch disgustingly Stale verbiage as given broad discretionary powers in ing a venereal disease and crosses. “busybodies,” “spcialistic dreamers,” determining when to act and the a state line into an adjoining state,

“planners,” “bureaucrats” etc. etc. | means and measures to be em- and not having been duly author-

fet “all progressive groups €o- | operating with the loyal he fo }p name ten. rag ble he congressman urging support of the president's subsidy plan, » » ” “APPEAR TO BE ALL LAWS NEEDED” By Guy D. Sallee, 5801 Woodside dr.

oo find the laws on legal control

or by deputy, and may , . isolate eral court. It is the mandatory ease liable to effect the public commissioners to report such acts health.” - | when known to them forthwith. ApState board of health—rule 11,/proved by acts of congress Feb, 15, Feb. 27, 1018. Venereal|1893 (27 Stat. Ch. 114, page 449). diseases—It shall be the duty of The amendatory clause to make physician in the state of such acts a misdemeanor and subof contagious and communicable to- report forthwith inject to arrest and upon conviction diseases are clearly defined in a. writing, the state board of health | to be punished by a fine of $500 and bulletin issued by the state board the name, address, age, sex, color, imprisonment for not more than ealth, in co-operation with the | marital state, occupation, name of one year, or both in the discretion U States public health service. disease and such other related of the court. Amendatory Act apBy courtesy of The Times I submit’ statistical facts as may be required proved March 3, 1901 (31 Stat. Ch. a brief lof every person coming under his 836, page 1086—Sec, 10). Health law. Chap. XV Acts 1891 examination or care having the] There appears to be all the ws Sec. 11—The state health commis- following infectious diséases to wit needed to carry forward legal health

«emergency because of an epidemic,

now have the power of law, then} * | their. acts become criminal and, the|

ized by the health commissioners; “In carrying out the measures in the district where he resided,| necessary to protect the violates federal health laws, and! each (health) com- must be prosecuted by the United! missioner may act either in person States district attorney in the fed-|

an entire family aflicted with a dis- duty of medical doctors and health!

jof disease , . .

Of course, that would be trouble to parents. Some

kids ous of troble, nos they have done something | And it's no use expecting adolescents to stay home :

for an inexpensive. apartment 3 predicament | : GERMAN LEADERS are seporiad having 8 bed |

OME PEOPLE are so close you ca ouch them, +

sioners and all city and town health! . Rule 12-— Health officers upon, sanitary ++» and establish quarantines and/10 and 11 within their district . . in connection therewith, to order shall immediately what is reasonable and necessary for the prevention and suppression’ or premises, so as effectually. to isoupon refusal .or late the case or cases and the family | neglect of any person, firm, com- if necessary in such manner, and pany or corporation to obey said for such time as may be necessary, order. then the prosecutor of the! to prevent transmission of the disdistrict shall wherein the offense! ease. occurs, upon receiving information| If I construe the health laws and

Side Slances By Galbraith

officers shall have power to make learning in any way of the exis- |

sioner, all county health commis-| gonorrhea, chancroid, syphilis, ete. | protection, and it is left to the dis-

cretion of the health commissioners and their discretionary power was

inspections and surveys tence of any disease listed in Rule Approved by the Indiana appellate

in person or by # = = deputy, quarantine the house, rooms “VETERANS WOULD PAY

MILLIONS FOR SUBSIDIES” By An Old Man, Indisnapolis I read in today's (Nov, 24) Hoo-

” headed “A Pleasure To Enjoy 8 Wholesome Laugh” and then turned to Walter Frisbie’s

when he mentioned “Furthermore, much of the increased income fo

eruption and enjoyed another laugh |.

and proclaim you free and independent. be sovereign and independent peoples . . pendence and sovereign status will be guaranteed by

fined. This treaty will be negotiated as soon as possible between your representatives and myself...”

Indorses Commitment

Soon thereafter the French and. British drove he Vichyites out and concluded an’ armistice—omiti

1 however, any mention of the FrancosBritish ple

But while Catroux carried out his promise and pro-

1| claimed the independence of Syria and Lebanon, the

implementing treaty was still further delayed. The Free French took the position that it would be neces sary to wait until the confused situation at home and throughout the empire was ¢larified. Here Gen. de Gaulle finds himself in a somewhat Quixotic situation. If his committee can speak for France elsewhere, as is sometimes claimed, it can s0 in Beirut and Damascus. But there is also. lary: If the committee can Speak for France anon and Syria; it ‘can also do 50 int North Africs,” London and Washington, z

Upheld by Opinion

THE WASHINGTON and London thesis, however, is that the de Gaulle committee is not sovereign. And they are upheld by a wide segement of opinion. Ac-

else. If the 40,000,000 people of France are sovereign

await legal settlement until France is liberated.

the above is even an a "the duty of

glear. They should say to the Lebanese:

tuppence.”

In Washington

By Peter Edson

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.—The good old so-calied “law” of supply . and demand takes a tarible beats

out of e Fu? That very condition is to be found today on the hog market.

mere act of setting a price of any kind on hogs or anysupply and demand, in this case It was considered all’

inducement to go ahead and raise a lot of A re

Pig Problem A Big One

BUT NOW it happens that all the pig ra

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a {reaty in which our mutual relations will be de- §

LONDON FORMALLY indorsed this commitment, |

cordingly, the committee really does lack authority to § negotiate treaties—with Syria, Lebanon or anybody §

—which seems pretty solid ground to stand on—then | the final status of Syria and Lebanon will have to |

Doubtless this over-simplifies the situation. But if Britain, America and the French committee seems |

The JuTich WHI) TUWrY the Hetus uo You will | “France 1 iberated. i “ie wep you 9 | demand will be taken. Britain and America pledge | that. Meanwhile, how about a little co-operation? | How about helping us win the war? For unless we | | Wi, WHAE reson You SifEdy-have- wens be warily

$14.75 per hundredweight on live hogs.” Although the thing else is a fundamental violation of the law of

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