Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 December 1943 — Page 12

railroads, President Roosevelt announced he was takng “temporary possession and control.” ~~ At his press conference yesterday he said it was his intent to restore the railroads to private management as soon as it became certain there would be no interruption in war-vital traffic. : ; Let us hope that .the date for restoration of railroad operation to those who have done such a grand job of railroading since the war began will not be long postponed. For there are many reasons why our government and our army should not be running the railroads, among which is the fact that they have other things to do. "The cancellation of the threatened strike confirmed our opinion that railroad workers would stay on the ‘job. This opinion was based on confidence in the patri“otism of railroad workers and in the sane leadership of

states it, is that with government support “labor lead~ ers’ have conscripted millions of more or less un= willing workers, forced them into authoritarian, tax

motives of personal power and financial gain. 1 defend that interpretation. That is precisely what the Wagner act has done and proof of the intent is found in the dogged refusal of the New Deal and the union bosses to agree to an amendment protecting workers from coercion by the unioneers and in the war labor program by which Americans with a patriotic desire to: produce for war are first required to join those authoritarian, tax-producing unions. I don’t agree with Ins designation of tess bosses as “labor leaders” however, because are not leaders but drivers and politicians remote from the actual workers, and their motives plainly are personal power and financial gain.

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‘their unions. It was not their fault that the railroad crisis

"The unions and the management, functioning under the railway labor act, had already reached wage agreements, The crisis was created by the government's own conflicts and confusion in labor policy.

sg 8 » 0» » © ANYHOW, WHEN the President's stipulations have been fulfilled—when it has become certain that the trains are continuing to operate on full schedule—let’s hope the government loses no time in relinquishing what it has - seized. On the record it is hardly likely that the army could do the railroad job better than it has been done. As Secretary of War Stimson said last night, the railroads have performed magnificently from the start of this war. With fewer locomotives and cars they have carried a much heavier traffic. Tr In this war the railroads have operated at 4 profit, ‘off old debts and have forked pur about two Gt. iF Necoiary. reinoves Bim. But if & Wnion es—which isn’t hay even. to Henry Morgen on. na ® in the last war SIA'AMH0r, 26 mONthS [maith 1ncentenss confit with the constitutional ‘operation of the- railroads ran a deficit of | Fights of citizens of the United States.

is a republic and it occurs nowhere in either the constitution or the declaration of independence. Decan be invoked to destroy itself and I have seen it done in un and labor need is Honesty, decency, fairness and conscience among the big bosses and legal responsibility.

And because men who have power without responsi-

bility “Always abuse their power, I say our nation shuld adopt laws, not to pretect industry or capital from labor but to protect the workers, labor itself, from the officials of the unions. If a parish priest abuses his office is he immune? Not at all. His boss yanks him onto the carpet snd gives him a going over or, if necessary, removes him. But If a union

$1,600,000,000. 2 : If it can be avoided, the taxpayers would rather not take the risk of having té pay off another railroad deficit _ after this war, :

A T WASTE PAPER : es many things to win a war, and one of them is paper. Since a nation-wide shortage now exists in this vital strategic material, America is now being mobilized to salvage the millions of tons of waste paper which now fill the attics and cellars of homes in every town and city. Indianapolis will ‘start its paper salvage campaign on Jan. 4 when the school children of the city, who have already served faithfully and effectively in other patriotic activities, Jy Depa Silestions that will continue until growth of bureaucracy in unions “has. weakened: the : , wn rank an le vis-a- 8 aders.” Every resident of Marion ‘county will be included in| T %m a better friend of labor than Mr. Masse and this drive. Begin now to gather the waste paper in your the ean and M1 the nich baits I home or office, the old newspapers and magazines, Christ | They just ‘drool. mas wrappings, pasteboard, corrugated paper and boxes, “all the trash that has been accumulating through the | : : 5 past year. Have it ready when the children call for it. | We The Peo le “That's all that is required, and that certainly is little to P

ask. You'll be helping the war effort, and you'll have a | By Ruth Millett

'‘Unionism Has Become Menace To liself'

WHERE DID Mr. Masse and the Civil Liberties union get their information about union abuses of the workers and violations of de ? They got it right here in this column. They get it sitting down while 1 was out hustling and discovering that the A. F. of L. was absolutely crawling with crooks and with the consent of the topmost officials; that John L. Lewis was a dictator of the most tyrannical kind, an opinion in which his old friend and collabora in that dictatorship, Philip Murray, later agreed after a falling out over money; that Lewis had ‘burglar in his ruling council, and that unionism become a menace to itself and ‘all American la and the cherished American form of government. This is not a caricature but truth and I dare say Mr. Masse knows it, for he says just as the stockholders lost control of the .big corporations so the

neater and, from the standpoint of fire hazards, a safer home. And speaking of waste paper—how about thosé old “records that have been cluttering up the courthouse? ought to be enough of that to pack several carloads Save your paper and your paper will help save you. THANK YOU r "HIS was a merrier Christmas for 1250 hospitalized service men and for 1268 children of Indianapolis because of the open hearted generosity of those who contributed to the biggest Mile-O-Dimes in history, and to the Slethe-A Child campaign, the War Hospitals fund Times Christmas fund. Those .dates should be lsted in two | 4 » » » y the The Times Sos it a privilege to have served as int being finies he would have ig d for the $15,549.92 contributed to the combined | Ponsidered 4 Jaesabie Hud and to have had a part in carrying the spirit of he 0 ke Season to the homes of the needy, to the wounded | “superior” as a husband. as in Billings General hospital and to the hospitalized | . emem t Ft. Harrison and Stout field who were spending Five Vital Dates fo R Aber : : IN THE first group would be only two dates—his

far from their own firesides. the individuals and organizations who gave 50 | ding anniversary. her age, however) and gly, and to those who donated their time and

you, one and all.”

yS WHO” MAN our privilege to meet Albert Nelson Marquis, countless other newspaper workers his ay ston, TIL., at tive age of 88, means the loss of a helpful friend. He founded “Who's Who in 18 its editor for 41 years.

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history students. As a result, in the future, Johnny will have to memorize ony 10 dates in his grade school years, and an additional 12 when he gets to be a high school student. i

a lot for Johnny, knowing exactly what his history teachers expect of him. It also would simplify his married life later if he could understand at the beginning that there are certain dates his wife will expect him to remember,

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Christmas day we would take time out to write a letter to you in behalf of the men in ward 10 who are very grateful for the gifts distributed to us by ‘the Red Cross and made possible by The Indianapolis Times Christmas fund. Today is the time of the year for all to rejoice and praise the power that he preserved us a nation. Today we're thankful that we and millions of others are still entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit’ of happiness. That we can still come and go as we like, that here we still have friends like you who are buying bonds, sacrificing and giving all you have with a defermination that is typical of every American. : In the past two years the going at home has been tough. The worst is yet to come. The coming year of 1944 will, without a doubt, 3 greatest and most tragic in story of the world. Casualwill be high. Your friends and our friends will die for the cause. The cause Is indeed 8 worthy one. This must be the last great war. must never be compelled again to sacrifice your sons and our possessions on the altar of this Moloch. This resolution can only be made good by the unremitting singleness of purpose of our republic. Intelligence, energy, vigilance, sacrifice and endurance will accomplish it. On this Christmas day let's all resolve to pull together until the day, which is sure to .cofpe, when the lazy circling of olive painted American wings over the black smoldering ruins of the Reich and Nippon will proclaim a final end to the mad and lustful bid. for axis partners. In writing, it is not our intention to wax poetic, nor patriotic. This was written with the hope that you

cerely for a very Merry Christmas. * 8 = “BRITISH ‘STEAL’ COST 1.000 LIVES” By K. M.. Indianapolis Rit Chalk up the loss of 17 merchant! ships and 1000 lives to the British “steal” of news on the Ogio and

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Different Breed of Kittens

THE NEWSPAPER GALS of today, however, are & different breed of kittens — pretty, | (but don’t let that fool you), with the dew of the finishing school still fresh upon them. 5 And nowadays, it is not the ladies who feel out of place. Rather it is the su “fringe of Spanish war veterans, 4F's and pre- Harbor fathers whe -throw a. cautious glance around over their shoulden and listen for the rustle of J latest one they just heard sat rest of the staff gathers in

takes $150 from a man who earns $3000 a year and takes $150 from a man who makes $10,000 a year is certainly not spreading evenly our | war tax burden, P, 8.~-I'm not getting or wanting a ring of wings and guns around|® three weeks’ vacation from my : war plant job, Some congressmen

the conference sites. i ¥ we've got! No wonder some people Since the British “steal” of the expect the war to last four or five news told the whole world that the years longer. “Big Three” were meeting and where prematurely, it is naturall TITLER, A MONSTER that the officers charged with pro.| CAMOUFLAGED” tection of the area take adequate|® Mi» H. H., Indianapolis precaution against the Nazi making Hitler is a monster camouflaged any air raid in force, in the appearance of a man. Yes,

Thus the merchant fleet at Bari he has the ‘Structure of a human; was caught like sitting ducks, withibe sleeps, eats and breathes as a| ba Aghtes Lae protection avail-; man, but in reality, he is a monster able, can one explain the! with a distorted brain who is disIatigfe of allied Retens 3a thine the satisfied with the world as Cod Rn created it, and is attempting to

Nazi bombers? Pie desisoy and rebuild it in a hell-bent! - : a t onl “Wo EXTEND fashion that only 3 manisg such CURFEW TO ALL” | “Yes, he is a leader. He has the Br Arthur 8. Mellinger, B. R. 17, Box 319 Joust e hake poopie Jollaw; sake Well, we're getting back to some asking why, ‘only He of thé good “old fogy” ideas now when we| fact that he is at the control of the think it would be good to have a|strings. : curfew. I would extend this ides These gullible pathetic creatures to include all over 16 as well. Close (Sic W/'o€ 10 SacERce FIER NAP” all business at 10 o'clock. Of course souls and lives to grant his fiendish now the war workers have hours |cesires, and help secure the hideous that conflict with this, but as soon |throne this synthetic god desires to

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home at 10 o'clock. This would plant their cornfields and farmlands solve most of the delinquency by|into battlefields irrigated with the adults. They go to drinking places,

out in the city room. Wonder what Hildy J would have thought of that?

Girls Doing a Good Job

IT MUST be admitted, however, that the doing a good job. The copy girls really and bring back proofs, instead of reading comic 1 zines and disappearing into thin air custom of

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