Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 December 1943 — Page 16

WHAT BETTER WAY? _ “F saw a friend of mine Jast week, and she was feeling, and looking, terrible. She was depressed and blue; nothing was right, everything was wrong,” a member of the staff remarked today. “And 1 saw, her again this morning and she was radiating happiness—everything was lovely, and it was great to be alive, “She was so changed | asked her what happened to her, and she said, ‘Oh nothing much. Saturday might 1 went down to the service club and Sunday I worked all day in a canteen. And now I feel fine. It makes you feel good to do something for somebody else.’ “There might be an editorial in that,” the staff member suggested. Indeed there is an editorial in that. No truer words ever were spoken than “It makes you feel good to do some-

a» ® FE ) THE SPIRIT of Christmas is in those words, and there is a message that may well be applied to The Times Christmas Fund. That fund was established to give Indianapolis an epportunity to “do something for somebody else,” and * to do it for those who heed it most. ~~ | As you bundle up in your overcoat these cold morn- | ings, you might think of somebody else—somebody who doesn’t have enough warm clothing to wear against those raw winds that whip past you, somebody who suffers the

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of “both “houses “of congress countless bureaucrats, any improvement which the most tive observer could discern, has been purely dental and evolutionary, if not imaginary.

‘Pathetic and Bewildered Figure'

ONE STATE has a governor elected in the place of her husband who had been seriously discredited whose administration was just about as bad as his had been. In the current house of representatives we have a chairman of the committee on labor, Mrs, Mary Norton of Jersey City, a true and faithful and typical member of the organization of Frank Hague whose machine elects her, Mrs. Frances Perkins, as secretary of labor, has been, in a few kind words, a pathetic and bewildered figure withotit the dignity to resign, as any manly man would have done in like circumstances, although she long ago was gently shoved into a quiet corner and the duties of her office have been parcelled out among the. depart. ment of justice, the war labor board and the manpower commission. And, because, among the Communists, the female of the species is as nasty as the male and as diligent in conspiracy, we have accumulated a due proportion of Bolsheviks in skirts in various bureaus of the government and in satellite political organizations of the New Deal, whose total contribution has been no different from that of an equal number of buck Bolos

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‘Neither Competence Nor Statesmanship'

IN SHORT, women in polities have been just so many politicians, nothwithstanding which we doggedly maintain the old frontier tradition of chivalry to them, realizing all the time that they have shown

tortures and humiliation that only a child can know when his clothing is shabby or tattered and he feels that he “looks different” from the other youngsters in his room at school. You might think, too, of the boys who have been shat- | tered in body, who have left something of their youth and | their dreams on the bloody beaches of Guadalcanal or | Salerno, who gave the things that are more precious than | life that you might have life and have it more abundantly. | Those boys are home now, staring at blank walis or a hospital ceiling, depressed and dejected. They need to be | cheered up, to feel that someone cares, that what they | have gone through for you has been worth-while and that you are ready to pay your debt, in so far as it can be paid, | in friendship and appreciation. : » » ® . . » FOR THESE MEN the Mile-O-Dimes is a silver path- | way to happiness. For them, it cannot be teo broad or too “Jong; they deserve all that you can give, and still there will | be much unpaid. When they have given so much to you, | you would not want them to have an empty Christmas, It is to these men, dnd to the children, that ‘The Times: Christmas Fund is dedicated in the spirit of One who said: “] was sick and ye comforted Me. . . . 1 was naked and ye - clothed Me. . . . I was hungry and cold and ye took Me in | « + +» and verily. I say unto you, inasmuch as you did it | unto one of the least of these, my brethren, even so have | you done it unto Me.” : It makes you feel good to help somebody else. And! what better way could there be?

DR. JAMES ALBERT WOODBURN

‘A distinguished and gracious figure was removed from the Indiana scene with the death on Sunday of Dr. James Albert Woodburn, professor emeritus of history at Indiana |

‘university. Dr. Woodburn died at the home of his son, - Prof. James G, Woodburn of the University of Wisconsin, at Madison, Wis. . Dr, Woodburn’'s contributions to the nation, to the _ state and to Indiana university were broad and numerous during the 87 years of his rich life. He was the author of books and articles which enlarged the field of knowledge

standing of its government, he brought the state a citizenship of a high order and a deeper appreciation of its heritage from the past, and to Indiana university he freely gave B3 years of devotion and service that had. made him its “grand old man” in the truest sense of the term. The most enduring monument to any great teacher is

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neither special competence nor statesmanship and in most cases, have been dreary, fumbling duds and imposters claiaing to represent womankind which, in a vote on that issue, would repudiate them with violent scorn. I was reminded of the British attitude by a brief dispatch trom London a few days ago relating the latest incident in the long and garrulous career of Viscountess Astor, a pioneer and veteran politician with a tongue as sharp as her profile who long ago learned in her chosen career she must expect to be treated, as a politician, and neither man nor woman. Viscountess Astor interrupted the debate several times and Emmanuel! Shinwell, a Laborite, who may | not be a gentleman, yelled: “Throw her out. Some- | thing ought to be done about her you know.” “Several members protested against her repeated interjections,” the dispatch said. “Sir George Davis, Conservative, complained, ‘we've had to put up with it for 20 years.'”

Our Parliamentary Manners Politer

AGAIN WHEN lady Astor applauded a point, saying “Hear, hear” the English equivalent. of “Attaboy” or “You said a mouthful,” another Labarite glared at her and cracked, “Some of us would like to try.” The house cheered, Our parliamentary manners are much politer than those of the house of commons, which at times resembles a crowded pub on bank holiday, but we have no such equality of men and women in debate or comment. The result being that we have to endure some awful and sister female frauds in politics whe, but for their sex, would be common hacks and so regarded. There is a tempting note in Mr. Shinwell's angry “Throw her out.” . 4

We The People

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“MAKING BEDS and cleaning hospital rooms is too much Jike housework to appeal to me,” the housewife said in explanation of why she did not want to take on a volunteer job in a hospital, “If I'm going to do volunteer work I want to do something that is stimulating—something different from what I do all day long.” she added; ‘That woman's attitude is still a common one SMONg women— -and probably accounts for the reason why there are always too few women for the drudgery side of volunteer work, > :

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enshrined in the lives of his students, and this 1s particu:

a man who not only taught history, but shaped it. Who

will be, the influence on the nation’s destiny of the lessons from history and the ideals for the future that he implanted in the minds of two of his “boys,” Paul MeNutt and Wendell Willkie? : Dr. Woodburn is gone from a state that will miss his kindly, constructive influence. But he has left his mark, and it is 4 mark that can never be erased,

LIQUOR SHORTAGE

HAIRMAN VANNUYS of the senate committee investigating the liquor situation suggests that the war pduction board authorize distillers to produce limited tities of whisky as a means of alleviating the apparent

var Nuys qualifies "his proposals by saying he opposed to it “if it in any way impaired the war

are now devoted 100 per cent to production of : ‘purposes, It would be unthinkable; to divert

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_ larly true of Dr. Woodburn. In his teaching he touched | ~ thousands of lives and left them finer and fuller, He was | housewives to walk from store to store

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to the war merely to abate the

jobs that are “interesting” and that make good con versation, g : But when the OPA asked for 4000 New York on | ceiling prices there were only 11 women willing to | take on the job. : If there is anything the American housewife should consider important, it is the war on black markets, which can't be waged successfully without an exten. sive network of investigators. : Yet because the job offers no chance for sociability, is tiring, and doesn't give a woman & chance to wear an attractive uniform, it has no appeal for women, ; For women are still asking the wrong question before taking on volunteer work. They are still asking, “is the job interesting?” instead of, “is the job important, and necessary to the war effort?”

So They Say—

but as sure as there is a God above us, Germany must get a real lesson, namely, that

I AM neither a bloodthirsty nor a cruel person, |

The Hoosier Forum

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

“WHAT ABOUT IT, MOTHERS?" By Mrs. Earl Keithley, 119 N. Denny st.

Mothers of American soldiers: If our boys can’t vote from wherever they are, they can surely come home to vete. They have that privilege as American ecitizéns, Maybe our boys who are still in this country should stay here until after election and those overseas should lay down - their arms and return home to vete. I have two sons in the service, one too young to vote but man enough to pe in the in. fantry. The other one is 233 and unless he gets to vote next fall will be 26 before he will be able to vote for the President. Why should our boys fight for a government in which they have no voice? Those that have a chance to vote should be the ones to go out and fight for

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“DON'T BLAME YOUNG, BLAME YOURSELF” By L. Wilsen, 1821 Oarrellion ave. It is too bad that some of the commentators or news writers can't write concerning the leaders of our nation or allied countries without bringing some disgraceful, sinful, or destructive habits. It is a wonder a beer bottle or a liquor bottle

handler hasn't been used. .I won. der what else will be used to lower or disgrace American morals and to bring out the sins of our nation? Will the people ever wake up? If you want to know what I mean, just hunt up your Monday's Times and look at the bottom picture on front page—an ashtray of filthy, stinking cigaret butts and a pipe just to advocate that President Roosevelt and Churchill smoke cigarets so everyone -else ought to<our leaders do. Joseph Stalin does smoke a pipe but does anyone in Indianapolis. know ‘ Roosevelt or Churchill doés smoke cigarets? Probably Churchill dees smoke cigars but no one has even seen Roosevelt smoking either. One thing we do know for sure: Chiang Kal-shek doesn’t smoke either, nor is there an opium smoker: in the entire Chinese army with all its thousands of men. . . . \ It seems to me horrible enough for practically all men and 70 per cent of the women to be smoking these filthy cigarets. . , . If these foolish things aren't a disgrace to the high standard morals of the American people I sure don't know what I'm talking about. I don't care if people do think I am nuts, I know what I am talking about. Talk shout your juvenile crime, what else can the people expect? Don't blame the youngsters, blame yourself,

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“STATESMEN OR CHEAP POLITICIANS?” By W. G. Detterer, 251 N. Delaware si,

It is dificult to determine whether or not we have statesmen in congress, or just another mob of cheap politicians, Surely this group of elected representatives do not re. flect the opinions of the majority of our people when one day they vote to outlaw consumer-subsidy programs for agricultural products, and argue that people have plenty of money and can afford to pay higher prices for these -products, and the very next day turn aboutface and vote against increased taxes, arguing that folks now have so little money left that they cannot stand more taxes. They seem to think that it is ever so much] nicer to pass on to posterity the eight billion dollars which is being asked in taxes rather than one billion for food subsidies, | And yet I hear people rejoice that congress has {inally rescued us from a fanatical administration, *“Consistency thou art a jewel." My head aches,

“OUR REPRESENTATIVES ARE MEEK AND EASY" By Ernest U. Dix, Chairman Legislative , Commiftpe, UTSEA, Local 1006, 0. L 0 A thought has come into my.mind about the men we send to Washington to represent us, I am.a little bewildered. Do they have the wrong conception of who sends them there? Is it the South's vote, or the vote of Indiana? I cannot understand why our representatives are meek and easy to be pushed around by haters of justice, We look for our representatives to take a firm stand against insults to the Negro voters of Indiana, and all over the country for that matter. In the last eight months,-we have seen: good legislation destroyed, namely the NYA which gave young Negroes and whites a chance to | become skilled workers, The school

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teachers’ bill ‘was killed, also. It would have given the Negro teacher in the South the same pay as any other teacher.” There have been some dangerous bills introduced and passed, such as the Smith-Harness-Connally bill, which tends to hogtie the working man and deny him the right to fight back at some selfish big interests. That bill was passed,

The poll tax bill denjes ten million people, both Negro and white, the right to vote in the South, Yet the same men are sent back each time to stir up more hate and injustice, The Austin-Wadsworth bill makes labor compulsory and tends to enslave the working people, A lot of other bills must he watched also, I have said all this to show you that the fight must be carried on here at hame by the public as weil as in Washington, When you step on the toes of a southern representative he lets the world know it. Why don't our representatives do likewise? . = .

“SHOULD WE SUE AND WHO?" By Mrs. Waller Haggerty. BR. R, 6, Box 04 Through the courtesy of The Times and a reader of the Forum, we have found we have all neces sary laws safeguarding ‘the public health. Taxpayers have paid for that long ago to find they have not been enforced. We are also paying officials - to enforce these laws and have receipts to show the same. Now if I buy a dress and have a receipt and the goods was not delivered, they either make. it good or I can sue. I think the same holds true here. .I feel that I am being persecuted instead of protected. Seems to. me parents aren't the only ones that should be arrested. If people feel as though they aren't getting a square deal from the government, they ean even sue the government which is only people, A law not enforced isn't worth the paper on which it is written. We have good laws; they are not enforced, I don't know the legal procedure but there shouldn't have to be any. We have our public officials' own word to the effect that our city's health problem is- very grave, Should we sue and whet Co. » . “ONLY MANNERS TO SHOW RESPECT” By Mrs. J. Watson, Indianapolis To Mr, N. H, B.: : Many women do have the idea of a preferred status in their heads.

By. W. C. Frye, S11 Grani Ave.

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The army has: volunteered information that it will have some $13,000,000,000 on its budget, while the

man committee investigating the war. effort, point to the scores of cases where, in the aggregate, equal sums might have been saved. These are the mistakes to paste in the hat, not as a lot of second guessing, but as examples to profit by during what's left of the war.

Camp Cost Nearly Doubled

IT BEGINS with the camp construction program, | the building of some 229 separate establishments for | housing troops. The cost was to have been $515,000;1000, In May, 1041, when nearly all the projects were

finished, the cost was found to be $828,000,000. In addition, another $236,000,000 was required for extra facilities, so the total cost was over a billion, or nearly double the original estimate, ; Parallel with this was the building of war plants, Throughout its activities, the Truman committee, having only a limited staff, has delved into only the more glaring cases of waste and inefficiency to point up the warning of “Let's have no more of this!” It would be close to an accounting impossibility to add up all the mistakes in the war plant program, One horrible example which the committee ree vealed was the Wolf's Creek shell-loading ‘plant at Milan, Tenn, where a $20,000,000 facility came out with a cost-of $52,000,000. a There were bad procurement projects, such as Canal Oi development in the Northwest Territory of Canada, which started out to cost a modest $25,000,» 000, and is ending up at a cost of $134,000,000, \- "There was the now famous Pentagon building across the Potomac from Washington, which started ous to cost $35,000,000 and ended up costing $63,000,000, plus another $7,000,000 for special installations fer roads and water supply. From these bigger items the scandals run down to comparatively minor naga

in the war housing projects; such as that at W Park, N, J, which was intended to cost only $8,000, but did cost $5,000,000, : LTE] There are blots on the escutcheon in shipbuilding, in spite of the fact that all records for shipbuilding have been broken time after time and costs cut again and again, Picking out one of the worst performers for the maritime ecammission, Truman investigators

probed the records of the South Portland (Me) Ship.

building Corp., where the first Liberty ships took a million-and-a-half man-hours, and cost $1,600,000 each, against averages of less than 600,000 man-hours and $800,000 at other yards.

Profit Triples Investment

FOR THE NAVY, an investigation revealed that the Cramp Shipbuilding Co. at Philadelphia stood to make a $13,000,000 fixed fee on $300,000,000 worth of cruisers and submarines, after an initial investment of only $4,000,000 of private funds by the company, Both have now been corrected by new contracts,

There was the horrible fiascs of the concrete |

barge construction program, now fortunately cut back from 115 hulls to about 10, but each of those 10 will cost nearly $2,000,000, whereas the original estimate was $500,000 each, = - 3 The aircraft program had its bad chapters, worst of which were exposed as the Wright Engine plant at Lockland, O., and the Ourtiss-Wright Helldiver program at St. Louis and Columbus, as a result of which, the Truman committee reported, “many tens of millions of dollars have been wasted.” a All this is not Brought up here Just to thiow soid water on the war prod program, where new records of production are being made month aftér

_month, Most of the mistakes have been corrected,

But there's plenty of war still ahead and other mis takes like them can still be made, - And as experience

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