Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 November 1943 — Page 10

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Give Light and the People wat Find Their Own Way

BATTLE OF BERLIN a, QYMBOL of militarism, center from which so many wars | ~~ and so much barbarism have been spewed forth upon | the earth, Berlin itself has escaped for six- centuries. But

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counted, mass evacuation is starting.

until the vast network of military production, transporta-

As the Nazis seized control of Berlin by the Reichstag | Slt vn a in the United States and told this

making, now, nearly 11 years later, they | composite crook that “the confessional is the place fire uf their own Sawiicinis 5A yi GE I oe, SOMA 18 ne Da “It would seem,” he wrote, “that there would be some necessity for restitution when a public official results are military, not emotional. The sole object is to! can ve a Wgnifivint country estate, a hates home i i i curv’ whi alli in Florida, a fleet of motor cars, a Roxy chorus ol hasten victory—anything less is a luxury which the allies I Ta {account of something like ga half-million -dollars on i a salary of less than $10,000 a year."

flee before a larger fire they cannot ‘control. | tor

~ But these are not raids of revenge. The parpose and |

cannot afford. Ce wR =~ Cg ” 8 * Rit - o - ~ THE ANNIHILATION of key war factories and facilities cripples enemy forces at the front."The destruction of | - brain cells and nerve centers of the giant’ German military | organism causes creeping paralysis. German civilian morale | is blasted, and the will to fight weakened. ~~ | ~The assault on Berlin must be the final proof to even | _ the most obsessed German that thé” worshiped military | might cannot save that city, cannot save®Hitlerism from “Four years of planning, of production, of sacrifice, inventive skill, of strategic genius, of flying heroism, and | ‘of allied co-operation have gone itd this victorious air battle. It took that long to perfectiand to amass enough long-range bombers and fighter estorts for the job.: But, once the offensive was ready to launch; neither enemy air forces and defenses nor bad weathet could stay it. Bombing, even on this unprecedented scale, cannot alone knock out Germany. But certainly it can soften up the enemy sufficiently to save many months and hundreds

of thousands of allied troops.

THAT $25.000 INCOME LIMIT ~~ = "ARLY in the.war. President Roesevelt proposed that » American be permitted to earn more than $25,000 a year (after taxes) for the duration. Congress refused to legislate any such limit, taking the position that although the government could tax income at steeply graduated rates; and could put a ceiling on what should be paid for a specific job, it should attempt no arbitrary limit on an individual's capacity to earn. The president then undertook to fix such a limit by executive order, but congress reacted quickly by legislation which set aside the order. Though the president lost in that fight over a principle, it seems that his purpose will be accomplished just'the same —through a combination of the present tax rates and the provisions for collecting unforgiven taxes under the pay-as-you-go law, : . = 2 = = “THE WAYS AND MEANS committee, in its report on the tax bill, said: “Few persons realize that under theexisting law, with the carry-over of the 1942 tax required to be paid in 1944 and 1945, no individual, no matter how high his income, will have left. more than $25,000, assuming his income remained constant and his uncancelled tax is paid out of current income.” : The“report carries a tax table showing that a person . with $100,000 income—assuming that same income for 1942, 1943, 1944 and 1945—will have $23408 left, in 1944 and 1945, after paying federal income taxes. (State taxes are | not computed.) 5 : v | The ironical twist is that the $100,000 man will be better off than those who earn more,-as well as those who | earn less. Above that income level, the amount remaining | after taxes declines. ‘A man with $200,000 income will have | | 321,156 left. | A man with $500,000 income will have $7503 left—in- | tidentally about the same as the amount remaining to a man in the $10,000 income bracket. iE One with a million-dollar income will pay the whole | million to the government, and $5750 more—in other words | hie will be that much inthe red. es s = a [ . ALL THIS has been published in the news columns, and ~the only point to repeating it in this space is to remark that there is more than one way to skin a cat. The president lost his fight to get power to limit incomes to $25,000—but nevertheless the freeze ison for the “next two years, : It is somewhat parallel to another fight the resident | lost—the bill to pack the supreme court. He ended up with the kind of court he wanted, anyway. : And perhaps another point is pertinent—that in regard | to top-bracket incomes, at least, the ways and means com- | - litte spoke truthfully with gentle understatement when | | ih said: “So far as the individual income tax is concerned, Wwe are approaching the point of diminishing returns.”

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investigators | 108t as far, although not quite, as to hint | . persons were left-wingers, hence Com3 for federal posts.

oe 9) forbidding investigators to ask | eating, but the way you sleep that night! onnection of job applicants with certdin | = >, 3 4 : ; dadicrats questions, the com, | ton out to gin: + TY iker than an jnvita- : i He : 8 8 0 : Lf rally, ; a Pertinent, _ THERE ARE two sides to an arjument, but the | |

However, let us proceed. ; BLE Open Letter to Catholic Politician IF IT 1S FAIR to take me by the hand and lead me afitld as Father Shortell would, then it is fain, --- — es : x ; : a ws. 1 also, for me to remind Father Shortell of a notable ~ in one week a third of the war capital has been laid. in| written by another Jesult priest a few years — ruins, a million munitions workers and citizens are homeless | ago, entitled open letter to a Catholic politician who and hungry, tens of thousands of dead and injured are un- | js an un-Catholic boss. ‘The author is Father Daniel | A. Lord, editor of the Queen's Work, published in

* The attack will continue until the symbol is shattered, | St. Louis. : | In his open letter, Father Lord referred to easily

i - x tion and communications is no more. | recognizable Catholic politicians who were obvious

Similar Letter Is Suggested

ALONG THIS LINE, I suggest to Father Shortell | that a similar letter should be addressed by him to | a hypothetical and composite Catholic union boss, inasmuch as the Catholic clergy, tardily and only after the Communists had made great headway among discouraged and bewildered workers, has recently been taking: a strong” part in union affairs by educating worn WOTKOrS-and union-officials in. thelr sights and duties. of | and particularly in parliamentary procedure. This last is very important because the Communists "school themselves in. parlimentary tricks and | learn to speak out in meeting and thus for a long |bie, secretary-{reasurer, etc. etc. time were able to tie the opposition into knots. The opposition also was bashful and asily howled down | “noisome, mean and venomous lies” by Communist minorities. The Catholic labor schools [could only originate with Mr. Frisare trying to redress that serious disadvantage by bie himself—not The Times. educating the rank and file. . There are, among the powerful union bosses of accountable for the subject matter the country, some Catholics who are just as pernicious {in its editorials. And if there were | in their field as Father Lord's composite political boss. one

| Impaired Faith in Unionism

4 , -i.~ IT WOULD be an exaggeration to say that théy ; a a Parle biiely ereniod ne. mxucts ant Gatiibtic frei Ho ey anion hx. bien Fas Father Lord feels that his political boss has aroused. |not one dime of ‘which did. the but it is not overstating matters to say that they | have impaired the worker's faith in unionism just as | much as Father Lord's boss has undermined popular |graver deliberately misleading, con- | faith in our kind of government. torted One of the worst is a high official of the A. F. of Lu. {which who is not a crook at. all. I truly believe, but runs with the vilest. crooks, never takes any initiative | against them, solicits their support in the inner. politics of the A. F. of L. and by their help obviously | hopes to succeed William Green as president, Green being old now and on his way to retirement. He is the worst because, while the workers have confidence that he is not a crook, still hey know he will never do anything to break and expel a crook. The cgse is analpgous to that of a pious and church-going Catholic political boss who nevertheless protects the underworld and helps elects crooks to office in return for their he is running for election. I am not questionihg Father Lord's sincerity in pointing out this opportunity. possibility that he has overlooked or he may have thought of it and for honest reasons decided against it. I believe, however, that the whole labor movement would gain greatly by a resounding public repudiation |. . of bad Cathqlic unioneers.

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By Ruth Millett

| answer to the “no help” situation that faces most of | of untruths. | us women today. it could do that for a woman I felt is was’ worth- the | the price. And so I bought a bottle. And just before I started the dishes I put a nice big drop of it behind my right ear, and then a nice big drop behind my left. Then I whirled the radio ful waltz,

Waltz Dream Fades

THIS WAS GOING to be it. be the time when washing dishes would be as ro- | mantic, as glamorous, as soul-satisfying as waltzing under artificial stars in an expensive night club, : And that is where the perfume failed me. Or|]

Maybe, I thought, hopefully, I should have put it 3 | on my forehead. So I dried my hands, ran upstairs | for the bottlée—and used it again aha alg | Then back to the dishes. But they were still dishes —and they still had to be done, and doing them ‘wasn't the least bit like waltzing. : But T don’t want to discourage you. Maybe pers , | fume is your answer to the no help problem. But | sds ; JDackgrounds of appli- | as for me—I'll take a maid along with the perfume, | | government jobs. Unsophisticated if you please, Santa Claus.

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“IN DEFENSE OF - EDITORIAL ON. SUBSIDIES”

By A. J. Schneider, 504 West dr., Woodruff pl. ' :

“I wish to take up the defense of your editorial, “Subsidies and Prices,” so caustically and incorrectly indicted by Mr. Walter Pris-

The | Times is a responsible organization

libelous word—Mr,

In fact, some of them are both unjon bosses and isays “blackest libel"—the clique public politicians. (that harbors Mr. Frisbie would i rush into court so fast it would

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" ‘make his ‘head swirl. {action disproves, the libel.

WE Vor thoney 16 spend on litigation

spenders toil or sweat for. However, there are other and

and fallacious assertions deserve the spotlight of correction and emphasis. Mr, Prisbie quotes the president, tpointing out that the other warring nations have adopted some form of {equalization payments to stabilize {living costs. But he does not record {that other warring nations do many |4hings that we as a nation would not countenance. Nor does he fol{low through with other acts of other warring nations which coni tribute to the measure of success in stabilizing living costs. Much of this contributory program Mr. Prisbie and his kind | would object to. He did not point jout that other warring nations did {not first deliver their. pegple into {the hands of an irresponsible mob . who forced wages higher and higher while demanding that prices ~—the chief factor of which is labor costs—be cut lower and lower. He did not mention, deliberately, that other warring nations put a ceiling on all wages and prices, {without exception, early "in the game before the threat of inflation—not after we were actually in {the throes of inflation. _ IT'S NICE STUFF and it, He did not point out that all smells good—but it didn’t do quite | commodities were placed on ration everything I hoped it would. {based upon actual known supply The advertisement said, “A gift and proven need—not the whims of of firie perfume brings visions of (8 few. starry-eyed reformers who glamour—whether she's watching |are more concerned with enforcing the baby, making the formula, or | their pet schemes than with windoing her chores... when she re- {ine the war, : ceives a present of ‘La Blank’ it | e did not point out that traitbrings her visions of whirling in |orous strikes were banned from the his arms...in her most beautiful start. gown to the gayest of music.” - Deliberate omission of, facts is no Well, that sounded like the !less untruth than a bald statement

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The perfume wasn't cheap—but if I Mr. Frisbie quotes The Times

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(Times readers are invited to express their views in these columns, religious con“Yrovérsies excluded. Because” of the volume received, letters should: be limited to 250 | words. Letters’ must be signed. Opinions set forth here are those of the writers, and publication in no way implies agreement’ with those opinions by The Times. The | Times assumes no responsi- - bility for the return of manuscripts and cannot enter corréspondence regarding them.)

{already got more out of this war than any segment of American society; but are still Jooking for

more”—an unimpeachable fact. And I will add ‘that while demanding more they want prices cut down for them at the expense of the taxpayers. ! “However, since Mr. Prisbie was well aware he could not refute that Times statement of fact, he at-| tempted to disprove it by deliber- | ately omitting the word “organized™ and treats of all labor in one \graiip—which is exactly what The Times was careful not to do. Thereby comes a different . story.

free labor and does not relish being classed with the organized slaves of the - Frisbies, Bioffs, Browns, Lewis, etc, Mr. PFrisbie would do better to speak only for those slaves whose sweat and toil provide his parasitic livelihood. If Mr. Frisbie will re-draft his figures on wage increases after taxation, for the organized slaves {only, he will find The Times just about right. And I doubt . . . that he does not already know this. Which would be deliberate misstatement. Although I personally hold no 'brief for the economic conduct of {most of the large war contract corporations during this war, facts are. facts and cannot be changed by | either Mr. Prisbie or myself. Mr. Frisbie treated labor's increases as “after taxation” but omitted to deduct- the almost confiscatory taxa{tions of corporations. Were he to revise his figures on corporation profits after taxes, I feel sure the true picture would look different. Another trick misrepresentation. Pigures don't lie. but they can be

In one thing Mr. Frisbie is right.

Side Glances—By Galbraith

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obligation %o the facts.” But this is not true of labor racketeers. They have no obligations imposed upon them either by law or morals, —and they work this freedom from obligation overtime, without asking for time and a half or double time .... . - Social science will prove that no individual is any better than the groups with whom he associates and fraternizes. And in this light Mr. Frisbie's tirades should be considered as part and ‘parcel of the company he keeps. And in all its length; the tirade did not give any assurance that “organized” labor slaves would be satisfied with a subsidy, that they would refrain from ’ further. demands ‘for higher and higher wages, with demands for lower and lower prices. Nor did he give any convincing argument that

sincerely believed that mathematical problem he posed. " Mr. Prisbie does know, however, that if there were a ceiling, inflex-’ ible and without exception, on all wages and prices, as of a date about two years before Pearl Harbor,

tion now-—nor would there be any need for additional subsidies. Neither then would there be such a sweet racket for the union parasites. } And I predict that there can be

would head off inflation, even if he. By Peter Edson n simpleX .

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in meth is brewing i and water-fill , house in 'E . Akron, O, ~ added prosp: growers of A ica, better c« of the war even if L has ever seen, nated. Ss © He ge improved aut But Hitler has been warned by President Robse- tires, velt and Prime Minister Churchill that the ‘use of i. What Bs gas against any of our alliés will bring immediate - pening in Ba retaliation. And - knows: the allies ‘can’ make ton is that a good, ‘ v3 KyEiow method of aj ady the R. A. P. has dropped on Berlin alone ing fertilize five tons of bombs for every ton the ‘Nazis cotton 80 on London. And the ratio is increasing, If Hitler control the {should resort to gas, he must expect-to get it: back ty as well a | five-fold. : Lr ip quantity of = as isn 1 = ~ PDI ] 20 pe ve Yeapon research labc | GAS IS not a good offensive weapon save where The Barbe the receiving end is unprepared. Military men say pait of » f Germany might have won the first world war with program in gas had they. kept this “secret weapon” to themselves nature of Am until they could use it all along the line. As it was, the Goodyea: ‘| they loosed a small quantity of chlorine vapor against has been ca the allies at Ypres in April, 1915, and surprised apd according to | totally unprepared troops either broke and fled, or man of the 1 remained to die in their trenches. ‘The Germans were stopped, however, before they Be reached Ypres and soon masks made their appears * Dr. Johnsor ance and the allies themselves began to use gas, correlation be After that, it was seldom more than a nuisance on tilizing the g either side. The course of the war not affected by. it, resulting cha The chances are that if they iritended to use gas ton produced at all, the Nazis would have used it against ‘he Ruse In the past | sians this year. Gas could be effective defensively Br especially where, as in Russia, the Nazis were steadily new s ° ~}i retreating. By saturating the countryside, the forests. IT ‘towns and villages with heavy poison vapor, the ade qual devot vance could have been slowed down considerably. heredity of | The work of decontamination is tedious and requires Johnson belie 4.1008 time, Sometimes days, tention to th Didn't Succumb to Temptation $58 dullest 0 BUT THE Nazis did not succumb to the temptae Dr. Johnso tion. The reason is believed to be the allied being carried | to expect retaliation in kind, ad _ so-called hyd Reports from Germany indicate that of late, the ture.” The Nazis have frowned on the very mention of the word shallow affa “@is™ 6vér the radio or Inthe press. "I HT Where Tepe All this, however, is no guarantee that Hitler will are kept equ -not try gas as a last resort, all other weapons having southern -cott failed. : ; ’ ™ ~:~ If Hitler is crazy enough to order the use of gas 1 against London. or the allies anywhere, God -help The geavel him and God help Germany. The allies will not Yu: a mock be caught unprepared. . : ! Stes Hothing They have. always gone on the assumption that A series of in war, you never can tell. And the best way to tervals flood keep the enemy from using poison against us is in which fer to be able to strike back at him with the same “plant foods” weapon several times as hard. * , time, the fer! - - by the action Yo g Te Nitrogen c: } . gine compounds, In Washington mous »

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_ ‘WASHINGTON, Noy. 20'—By 8 ‘stroke of-the wildest kind of prose pector’s luck, one of the war dee | partment's worst scandals — the ° ~~. $134 million Canol oil development ° project in Northwest Territory, Cénada—may be converted into & post-war -bonanza. The outcome of this strange turn of events, which would make heroes out of public figures who might other wise be court-martialed, may be known soon, following disclosures on (1) the real extent of the Norman Wells oil fields,

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no avoiding of inflation or curbing the tides of supply and demand until we turn the: clock back three | or four years for a basis for wage | and price ceilings. And if congress | does not have the fortitude to or-| der turning back the clock, ad coddling of -the union Fudheteqss | by the Washington administration | has pushed us so far into inflation! that no stop-gap or make-shift | scheme will pull us out of infla-

tion. Subsidies and price roll-backs | only turn loose more money to hasten the devastation of inflation. Isn't it a coincidence that the only groups making any widespread | clamor for the subsidies are those | groups also known to advocate the most un-American movements?

"= = =» “COMPLETELY UNFIT FOR COMMAND” By Fred B. Johnsen. Fletcher Trust bldg.

As a common citizen of the! United States, as the father of two sons in the armed forces, and as a veteran of the Mexjcan Border and World War I (private, second lieutenant, lieutenant; company commander of infantry and major judge advocate), most solemnly I protest the action of Lt. Gen. Patten in twice cursing and striking an enlisted man, and strongly deplore the attitude of the war department in

—an offense which, for one steeped in army traditions as Gen. Patton ‘obviously is, was known to him to be

| nimself completely unfit for the command of even listed men . . .

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| out of a developed crude production of 3000 barrels

just undef the Arctic Circle, east of the AlaskaCanada boundary in the vicinity of Great Bear lake; and (2) the conclusion of new agreements between the U, 8. and Canadian governments, covering post= war disposal of the oil and the war department's ‘investment in developing the field, pipelines, refinery and access roads, nearly all of which are on Canadisn territory and blanket or compete with Alaskan resources. . Should the Norman Wells field turn out to be one of the biggest pools on the North American continent, as has been predicted by some oil interests, it will relieve the war department from one of its most em= barrassing scandals, * . In three days of public hearings before the sen. ate Truman committee investigating the war effort, following several months of secret investigations, the whole fantastic story of the Canol project has been disclosed in sorry detail.

Patterson Defends Project

UNDERSECRETARY of War Robert Patterson belligerently defends the army's handling of the project as necessary to national defense and as considered’ essential by the joint chiefs of staff, who have ordered the work completed, regardless of cost, From an economic point of view, however, Canol- - .deriving its name from a telescoping of Canadian Oil—has now been shown to be almost indefensible, Up to Nov. 1, over $86 million had already been "spent, but the end is not. yet in sight. Before it is completed, next year, it is estimated that the total costs will be $134 million—for waterways, prospecting, moving a refinery from Texas to Whitehorse, a four= inch pipline from Norman Wells, and for storage and distribution 4 : 2 For this Jes an the army will eventually get;

a day at this jime, a high-octane gasoline production of only 479 barrels a day, which is

of New Jersey. The army's contract with Imperial provides for the sale of the first million and a half barrels of crude at $1.25 a barrel at the well. After that, the army will pay only 50 cents a: barrel to — cost of producing the oil, putting the remain. - :