Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 December 1943 — Page 14

front-page article, Adolf Hitler's newspaper, Voelr Beobachter, instructs its readers on “How to Make

; ie what Adolf is going to bequeath to the German people besides death, desolation and despair? .

FROM THE HALLS OF MONTEZUMA—

APPOINTMENT of Lt. Gen, Alexander A. Vandegrift as commandant of the marine corps pleases everybody but the Japs. They dislike him so much—and with good reason «they. have been trying to kill him off by voodoo when ins failed; at least only two ‘weeks ago they announced he fi in. the Bougainville battle. Doubtless some of them will be so embarrassed by his resurrection in Washington they will spite him by committing hara-kiri. But many more Japs- will die at the hands of the marines under his overall command.” By the blood. of ~ Tarawa's coral beaches, the marines will go on landing until final victory. The Japs must know that. : Vandegrift's promotion has come the hard way, which is the best way for a leader of men. ‘He met the Japs and defeated them on their own ground, where the advantage was with them. He led the successful marine invasions of | Guadalcanal and Bougainville. Of course he was not chosen by chance for those ter-sFible-tests- in the South Pacific. “Thaugh still only 58, he has been a marine officer for 34 years, with service in all the seas and from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti, Panama, and * Mexico to China. He was outstanding, and that means ~ something in the marines where the average is so high, . . = . ”

| that Stalin; Churchill and Roosevelt will soon issue a

party who have been responsible for, or consenting part in . . . atrocities, massacres tions will be sent back to the countries in w abominable deeds were done in order .that be Judged and pastished aesording to the laws of

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THIS CAN MEAN only one thing—that peace with Hitlerite Germany is out of the question, either for Russia, Britain or the United States, and that Hitler must be punished. Thus, while it is widely believed

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gort of ultimatum to the German people to throw out the Nazis if they want an armistice, the only dealings they can have with Hitler will be at the end of a rope. ‘All of which, however, does not preclude the possibility of peace with Germany, perhaps fairly soon. But it does afford a pretty good idea of the general nature of the terms—if, as and when. This is especi-

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ally true if taken in conjunctiom with the Italian | formula which many feel may be adjusted to fit the | case of the reich. Fascism, the American, British and Russian tor | eign ministers agreed at Moscow, would have to be

housecleaning. Once that were done, however, they | promised that the Italian people setup pretty -much any kind of government they liked. “Already the Kremlin has indicated its willingness to apply similar principles to Germany. This the Kremlin did ‘through its Free Germany committee. Washington and London, on the other hand, have insisted on “unconditional surrender.” Nevertheless, there is reason to believe that the “unconditional” part is meant more for Hitler and his gang than for the German people, For although Italy, too, was to “surrender unconditionally,” - after Mussolini was eliminated,” quite Fenerous 4 terms were held out to the Italians,

Know Allies Can Make Good

SHOULD THE BIG THREE now go to work on Germany like Roosevelt and Churchill did on Italy, | the outcome might be decisive. A year ago the *Nazis probably would have laughed. ‘Today, however, such

VANDEGRIFT is the first to give credit to the officers and men who fought under him, to: the corps behind them, and to the navy. - His tribute to Lt. Gen Thomas Holcomb, his predeces- | gor as commandant and the man who picked him, will be | appreciated by all the fighting services. To Holcomb fell the task of expanding the corps from _ 16,000 to 800,000 men, and of trainin Sher as first line Srp CThSREEC TatiringEy Gi seven years in that post, Holcomb will be recalled for special | service. ~~ There is much talk these days about a new "form of warfare—amphibious i is the word. The marine corps always has been an amphibious army. Though not new, certainly | this is the hardest form of warfare. That is why the corps has been a professional army. And that is why it has been 80 progressive, experimenting and working out improved “weapons and techniques later adopted by the larger services; the first to land, it had to be good, America salutes the new commandant of the oldest Sommandous and amphibious fighters,

s THERE SOMETHING TO HIDE?

WE VE read what the A. F. of L. and C. 1.0. spokesiat have said protesting the tax bill's provision requiring so-called non-profit organizations to file annual financial statements with the bureau of internal revenue, and, frankly, we can’t understand what the beefing is about. Philip Murray charges it is “an opening wedge to either tax union funds or discourage members from 'con--fributing their dues.” Congress cannot tax union funds, even if it would. The funds of a union are capital, held in ‘custody by the union, presumably for the benefit of. duespaying members. And under the constitution, congress has no power to assess a capital levy. As for discouraging members from contributing their “dues, the result should bé quite the contrary. Members would: be likely to pay dues more willingly if they: knew ‘there was to be an annual accounting to the government of Aheix union's income and expenditures. The announced purpsoe of the provision is to learn | whether organizations currently tax-exempt—and that | includes chambers of commerce, fraternal societies, etc., as well as unions—are engaged in competitive and profit‘making enterprises. which might properly be subjected to ne g Organizations which have nothing to hide from the | _ government should not object to kis such annual re- | Ports to the revenue ‘bureau.

Kepublic Thunderbolt, sent to Britain with an American ; and serviced by American ground crews, is not , It is part of the diréct American military effort t Germany. But the same Republic Thunderbolt, sent to Britain to A into action by a British pilot, is lend-lease and tof the plan is added to the sum of America’s finan-

‘means to defeat their common enemy. ; lend-lease, the sacrifice may be made ration of difficulties involved in

utions of the two nations. How value of a life against the value

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each case the product of our American factories is | : In each case the united nations are using

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a warning would carry conviction. Berlin, Hamburg, { Bremen, Dusseldorf, Cologne: and other lessons have been seared into their consciousness and they know the allies can make good any ultimatum, By now, the German people know they have lost. | More and more, they will experience the horror of war on their-own soil. Once they see that only Hitler and Hitlerism stand between them and a livable peace, they are not likely to withstand the allied bombings for long. What the Big ‘Three are working on just now, either.

After that, peace talk would doubtless be in order.

. Westhrook Pegler Is ill, il, sumed on his recovery.

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By Ruth Milgtt

A NEW YORK physician recently suggested that the pregnant wife of a service man should get the same government allotment as does a wife after her child is born. He based his appeal -on the fact that the minimum cost “for the care of an expectant mother in the New York area is L | $80.11—according to statistics of id the New York budget ccuncil. He is certainly right in maintaining that the pregnant wives of service men should have enough to provide themselves with everything essential to their own held and that of their unborn children.

The Best Clothed

AS A NATION we pride ourselves on the fact that our service men are the best clothed and best fed sole diers in the world. We hear over and over again how well they eat, how carefully their health is guarded, how expertly they are treated when ill or wounded. . We shouldn't stop with that. It is important to America’s present that service mien be safe-guarded, but it is also important to America’s future that their children being bornm-today and tomorrow get a healthful start in life, { In the last few years, parents have become educated on proper prenatal and infant care. That has been a. wonderful step foward for the country. But it doesn't do a young, prospective mcther any good to know what her diet should be if she-can’t afford to buy the milk, fresh fruits, ete., that she needs to protect her own health and to produce a strong, healthy child.

That is a post-war problem we had better face wht now,

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The Hoosier Forum

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

“PRIVATES AS MUCH A COG AS GENERALS" By T. J. Swan, 3650 Hillside I have been a reader of the Hoosjer Forum for quite a few issues. And since the slapping incident I have noticed quite a number of pro and con views on the subject. It is. swell for our. generals to

other horse before the cart to have the boys that are fighting to free this bloody world of domination and barbarian warfare slapped. I have a brother who was one of the first on Guadalcanal and another ready for whatever our country asks. They know what the penalty would be if they struck an

are as much a cog in the wheel as generals, And believe me, if I were in a high position, that general would lose his shirt and maybe his pants. ” £

ga JE By By A Teen-ager's Mother, Indianapolis May 1-say a word to Mr. Collins who stood up so nobly for the teenage boy? I am the mother of a teen-age boy so I know only too well the problems and’trials. with a spirited youngster of this age. First, I would like to point out to Mr, Collins that there is a great difference between a “problem” child and a delinquent child. The “problem” child is mischievous, the delinquent child is malicious. Edison was indeed a “problem” child but the difficulties he presented his parents were caused by Edison's curiosities and precociousness in the field of science. A boy who is monkeying around with chemicals is quite apt to blow | up a few places but he never does so intentionally.

people's homes. I can well understand that great patience is necessary with these youngsters and that placing a boy in a corrective school for a first offense or fof really minor troubles is not desirable. But I believe that many of the complaints voiced recently on the court's action in releasing repeated offenders has a sound basis. 7 If a boy has been turned over again.and again to his parents, yet

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obvious that his parents are not solving his problems? And isn't society justified in removing such a boy from a home that is unable to control or direct his. energies in the right way? I think so. If the home has proved it cannot cope with the youngster, then someone else or some institution must take over or the child will never straighten out. Many parents blame outside in-

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officer and remember even privates

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fluences for their ‘child's behavior, In many ways outside influences do encroach on the home influence but

~{in many other ways parents do not

try to help themselves. For instance;

the streets either by day ar by night. He will ‘never be caught doing

something wrong at 11 o'clock at night because he is asleep long before that and he will not be out roaming around at earlier hours, either, for we do not believe a boy has any business out after dark unless on worthwhile things, such as

ings. Nor do we permit our son to buy the horrible comics one mother blamed for her boy's troubles. We draw the line at certain radio programs and are careful what shows he attends. We do not permit in-

“Idecent literature in our house nor

do we “cuss.” We sound boring but T assure you we have lots of fun. My .boy and 1

1 do not recallthave “words” and he gets awfully reading that Edison ever stale other /niad at our strictness but oh, how

glad he is when a girl calls and asks him to go to the show and he can say “no” with great relief. He is not old enough to be interested in girls and he actually is relieved that we have saitl no dates until he is 16, I agree with Mr. Collins and Judge Rhoads that boys need help and understanding but I disagree that these boys are getting any help from their parents. Perhaps what we need is another Boys’ Town,

ror SE Raodiness-~{1om 1he axficles

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—Railroad executives; who used to regard passenger trafic as something of a bother, seem to have changed their minds. If human freight is an evil, at least they have decided that it is a necessary one. So they are planning how to make travel pleasant for us—and cheap—after the war, A survey by Railway Age, for its cuirent progress issue, indicates that the big boys field .are optimistic about holding their own airplanes and busses because they plan to offer fares, new streamlined equipment,

tive put it: : TE aie “Wo shall have to reduce rates after the war

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were beneficial or necessary congress would take eare of it. I'm beginning to think I'm way in| the wrong. Congress is - definitely

not taking care of my interests. I.

| don't want inflation. My husband's,

family: properiy- now. 7 edn 1! feed them: if prices go out of f Sight on everything? ’ 1 think more space and time should have been given to subsidies in all newspapers, over the radio, etc. After all radio. and newspapers are the means of reaching housewives and homemakers, We're the ones who are going to be hit by inflation because food will always come first, A poll could have been taken—a “man ip the street” inter view conducted, People could have sides, let congress know whether we're for er Mound it.

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Why not save our irs Tro congress ‘was right in A respect The people have shown no ‘interest. I'm afraid theyll get interested after it's too late. There's been more false statements made about this than any question since ‘Pearl Harbor. One article says farmers are all against, another quotes the thouds of groups of farmers for | Since it’s not been put out in such! a way we could vote yes or no or at least know all the facts from an unbiased viewpoint, I guess congress is trying to placate the Republicans—mending political fences! ~before an election even if we starve before same eléction.. One news analyst put it this way:

for inflation.” cleat cut idea sooner—don't think

interested. Wonder if they care? » » “LET'S ABIDE BY OFFICIAL JUDGMENT”. By A Times Reader, Indianapolis The conduct of Gen. Patton was deplorable "and disgraceful. Howéver, if in the opinion of Gen:

‘Remember, it has been the judgment of these men along with other authorities that has saved our cities the horror and devastation of air raids and placed our armies on the offensive. - We should net let our emotions overrule our

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company—either privately financed, publicly financed | or a combination of the two—shall be given exclusive franchise under government control. The international oil thing ig just now ¢oming into , the limelight. It is spotlighted Ly the recent- dis- | closures on the army's Canol oil development project | in Canada. The real center of this situation is in the

| still very hush-hush prograns of the Petroleum:Re-

serves Corp., another government corporation which | has apparently been given the job of arranging for ‘the development of foreign oil con: , 80 that | this oil can be made available to thé United States ! to make up for diminishing American oil reserves, | heavily drawn on by the war.

oil Men and Unele Sam Now In “THE old. days, it was always the custom

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big oil companies yd to want U, 8. government ‘inters

ment help only when some of the foreign governments got rambunctious and seized the American properties, as Mexico did in 1938. That confiscation or expropriation or whatever you want to call it may have changed the picture for the oil companies’ future point of view, in that it may have shown the advisability of having the government sit in as a partner on these foreign oil deals. If the foreign government then got funny and started expropriating, it wouldn't be bucking just an American corporation, but the American government. - A battleship eould be dispatched and the marines landed under such cireumstances, to restore order—and property. Oh, there are a lot«of lovely wars in the. making in such a set-up. ie As: ‘a matter of fact, the oil concessions in Saudi American company, ‘the’ 'California-Arabian Standard Oil Co., a joint suosidiary of the Texas company, and - Standard of California, Just what part the govern-

not yet announced, but PRC is-definitely in tienal big business and is taking the government along with it, willy nilly. What comes of all this is something to keep your eyes on, And is this socialism, or capitalism?

Slobal Planning By Mai. Al Williams

NEW YORK, Dec. 1. — The post-war planners had better get a few things straightened out In their own minds before turning out any mare blueprints. :

"which controlled about one-sixth of the world’s land area, would never have been more than a

ties upon which it was based. Seapower, plus a powerful merchant marine, built and maintained the British empire. Any other empire must be based upon adequate transportation facilities. There's no use wasting time debating the respective merits of seapower and airpewer as instruments of international control. The record of this war leaves

national influence, Seapower will continue to be useful but dirpower is not going to relinquish one whit of ts wartime

‘potency.

No Agreements or Assurance

THE AIRPORT is the harbor of sirpower. No airpower, irrespective of its might, can he effective as an instrument of international influence unless lt

ference in such business, and they yelled for govern.

ment's Petroleum Reserves Corp. is to have in this is ~ interna.

dream had it not been for the transportation faeili-

no ‘doubt that airpower is the prime arm of inter.

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