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Give I4Aght and the People Will Find Their Own Way "

A BUILDER RETIRES HE remarkable development of the Butler university school of religion will mark the end of an era on Sept. 1 when Dr. Frederick D. Kershner retires as dean and returns to his first love, teaching and scholarship, as head of the school’s department of Christian doctrine. That the development of the school has been remarkable is due, in a large measure, to the ability and personality of Dr. Kershner who came to Butler in 1924 to organize a division for students of religion. From an enrollment of 12 the first year, this school has expanded more than ten-fold. In 20 years under the guidance of Dr. Kershner, it has grown to the stature of a graduate theological school, one of the largest ministerial training institutions in the country, with its own debt-free building on the Fairview campus and a future assured by substantial

endowment funds.

2 ” s o ’ THE INFLUENCE of Dr. Kershner, however, extends far beyond the institution he fostered. Its finest expression, probably, may be found in the students who came here from every part of America and the four corners of the earth and returned, richer in knowledge and character, to carry the Gospel into the dark places. For Dr. Kershner was a moulder of lives, as well as the builder of an institution. His influence, moreover, has been a great positive force

in his church, the Disciples of Christ, and his work and |

writing has reached out to other denominations. Fundamentally a man of good will, his contacts have promoted unity and understanding between the liberal and conservative wings of his church, and among all creeds; to Dr. Kershner, Christianity is greater than doctrine. 2 Like all great teachers, too, he has a warm, human side and an interest in life that extends beyond the dry limits of scholarship. He knows the baseball box scores as well as he does homiletics and exegesis, and his sermons, lectures and books are enriched by a broad cultural background and ‘an intimate fellowship with history and literature. Living physically in partial darkness throughout most of his adulthood, he has seen life clearly and seen it whole, and his spirit has that greatness, and that gentleness, which comes to those who have faced and conquered the handicaps of the flesh. In asking to be relieved of his administrative duties, Dr. Kershner leaves for his successor a firm foundation of accomplishment and a great tradition. And he will continue to be, at Butler, a friend and inspiration to youth, and in this city a living example of the principles he teaches.

MOUNTBATTEN ATTACKS

RITISH naval action against Jap bases in the Dutch East Indies has started at last on the Sumatran tip. 1t may be too late for a major offensive, until next fall—at least orthodox strategists have always feared and avoided large commitments during the May-October monsoon season. But if Lord Mountbatten has no big surprise up his sleeve, and the enemy cannot be sure, even sustained British action on a small scale can have important effects. It can improve allied morale in Asia, which has been dangerously low. To strengthen that morale there was | great fanfare last fall about the formation of the South- | east Asia command. Of course the inevitable reaction to |

disappointed hopes of offensives in Burma and against

Singapore was deeper discouragement in China, in America, and in many British circles. : Mountbatten has been the scapegoat. So far as we can learn, however, he was not to blame. He has not moved until now because he lacked the wherewithal. Equipment for Russia, the Italian front, the western invasion stockpiles, for Nimitz and MacArthur in the Pacific, rightly came before Mountbatten’s demands. "But that is not the complete explanation. There have been many unused troops in India, and a fairly large naval force has been available since allied victory in the Mediterranean. Some British authorities in New Delhi and London, upon whom Mountbatten is dependent for men and materials and vessels, have lacked his drive. ‘That has not made the tasks of Stilwell and Mountbatten any easier.

o = - ” EJ o BESIDES BOOSTING morale all up and down the line, this first naval and air attack on Sumatra in two years may break up an enemy offensive. In Burma the Japs under favorable conditions took the offensive, and may well be on the verge of naval and air action. There were unusually large Jap naval concentrations in the Singapore area recently. By moving now, Mountbatten may get the jump on the enemy. The North Sumatran bases are the key to a Jap naval offensive and also to effective Jap defense against an allied sweep toward Singapore. Mountbatten must knock them out, and the related Andaman island bases, to clear the Bay of Bengal and to open the way to Rangoon or Malaya. If Mountbatten and Stilwell can press the enemy from the west, while MacArthur marches up from the southwest and Nimitz continues his massive naval and air surge across the Pacific from the east, the Jap will be in a bad way. All that cannot happen in a week or month, and even when the enemy’s lines are cut in the South China sea he still has the China coast and Japan proper from which to fight. But once Mountbatten can get going, the enemy will ‘have no rest in any direction. That will make a lot of difference.

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MESSAGE FROM MAMMA

MES: ROOSEVELT, in “My Day,” observes: “In nearly all the countries of the world, parents know more :-than their children and aven in some portions of our own country that is the case!” i ae The First Lady no doubt had her tongue in her cheek as she penned this one, but we wonder if five pairs of

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By S. Burton Heath

_ LINCOLN, Neb., April 22.~It is impossible to travel through the Middle West without becoming convinced that the Republican electorate wants Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York as G. O. P. candidate for the presidency. Since the bulk of the party leadership in this section sees Mr. Dewey as the party's white hope, the pressure on him to accept the nomination looks as : though it will be irresistible. In succession I have visited Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa and Nebraska, and in each of them I have found a strong assumption that Mr. Dewey. will be nominated. : The Ohio delegation is conceded to Governor John Bricker, but few feel that he has any real chance, and most speculate that the Buckeye state's votes will go eventually to Dewey. Gen. MacArthur won the Illinois primary by virtual default, but again it is taken for granted that Dewey will get the state's 29 votes when a showdown comes.

Nebraska Write-In Was Spontaneous

POLLS CORROBORATE the feeling of observers that before Willkie left the race he was running behind Governor Dewey in Michigan and even in Willkie’s home state of Indiana. In Nebraska, where the only names on the ballot were those of Mr. Willkie and former Governor Stassen of Minnesota, the Omaha World-Herald conducted a scientific sampling test which showed Stassen leading Willkie by six to four. This was interpreted not so much pro-Stassen as anti-Willkie. The write-in vote for Governor Dewey, which was purely spon=taneous, seemed to confirm that analysis. Newspapers did predict a substantial write-in but did not advocate it, nor: did they publicize the mechanics of a write-in ‘vote as ordinarily is done when it is desired to stimulate,K one. Party leaders expect Dewey to get ‘all of the state's votes, probably after Stassen has had technical support from the delegates pledged to him, : Stassen, now on naval duty in the Pacific, 1s admired and respected through much of this section. But he is not regarded as a real candidate for this year's nomination. It is felt that he is building toward a later, campaign, although always in the back of his mind, it is assumed, is the one-in-a-

thousand chance that a convention deadlock might toss him the plum if he has enough delegates to keep him toward the top among contenders against Dewey. :

Doubt If MacArthur Can Stop Dewey GEN. MacARTHUR, whose military achievements

are admired, is thought of as the candidate of the

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isolationists, who do not like Governor Dewey because of his declaration for a post-war alliance between the United States and Great Britain and, if possible, Russia and China. The general was brought out, in‘ the first place, in the hope of stopping Willkie, It would please his supporters if he could stop Dewey also. But I have found vitrually nobody who thought of that as eve conceivable. : From all that I have been able to ascertain, I am convinced that isolationist sentiment is much less prevalent in the Middle West than is believed on the two coasts. Certainly it is not strong enough to make Gen. MacArthur a real contestant for the nomination so long as his destinies remain in the hands of the old America First leadership. It is much too early to hazard any well-grounded guess what these states will do in the electioh next fall. Among the most competent observers, opinion is sharply divided. A few feel that the Republicans can win with almost any candidate, - Rather more are in doubt whether any Republican can win enough of these states to be elected. Perhaps most of them feel that a topnotch G. O. P. nominee—by which usually they mean Dewey—has a fighting chance of carrying the whole Middle West. The things that are hard to determine in advance are: First, whether President Roosevelt, who is assumed as the Democratic candidate, still is stronger than his party by virtue of an inarticulate vote that appears only when he runs, ‘Second, the course of the war this summer, its status next fall, and their effects upon the Democratic campaign plea not to change horses in the middle of the stream.

(Westbrook Pegler will resume his column Monday)

We The People

By Ruth Millett

EVEN IN the present shortage of eligible men, wives still write letters in which they hash over all their husbands’ shortcomings and wind up by wondering if they would be better off if they just went ahead and got a divorce. Well, that is’ too personal a matter for anyone to offer advice about. But it seems only fair to give the ladies this warning: Before you get rid of the man you have—imperfect “though he may be—ycu ought to take a week and go around seeing how lone women spend their time. Wander down to the corner restaurant of drug store after the movies are out and watch the faces of the lonely war wives who are going around together in an effort to make long evenings less lonely.

Poor Husband Better Than None?

SEE IF you think they look any happier than you are. Then talk to some of them about what it is like

to live zlone, not to have a man around to put the car in the garage, or fix a leaky faucet, or to sit across from you at the dinner table. It could be that even a poor husband is better than none. Anyway, you ought to check up and decide. And be sure that even though you don’t think your husband is any bargain, he'll probably be snatched up as soon as you let him go. The other day a wife in Chicago, suing her husband for divorce, said in court that six women had been pestering her by calling up to see how soon her husband weuid be free, of course, after due consideration you still might feel‘like that same Chicago wife who, when her decree was finally obtained, said of the anxious women inquirers: “I want them to know that he’s free again. They can come and get him!”

To The Point—

SEVERAL CARTONS of chewing gum were stolen from a truck in an Ohio town. Blame has not yet been placed on any one stenographer, - . . POLITICIANS AREN'T satisfied with a horn of plenty. They insist on blowing theirs too much. *

IT LOOKS as if we'll have to wait at least another year for the first day of spring‘to arrive on the first day of spring.

of cases, spring poets are in bloom. -

. . NAZI PRISONERS in a Colorado war camp staged a-sit-down strike because privileges were taken away from two German officers. Anyway, ‘twas better than a walk-out, 7 : :

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“PLEASE WRITE MORE OFTEN” By William H. Warren, Indianapolis Mr. E, L. Mobley wrote an article to the Forum on Monday, April 3, saying it would be a good idea if 1 didn’t write to the Forum any more, I won't say that about him, because his letter gave me the best laugh I've had in a long time.. So please write to the Forum more often, Mr. Mobley. But, it is a pity there are so many narrow-minded people in this country who like Roosevelt, who elected him three times and no doubt will again. Just remember the narrow-minded people's votes count as much as master-minded people’s votes like yours count. At least they have for the last twelve years. And, about the money Roosevelt gives us and Morgenthau takes, that's an awful shame. We are going hungry because our money is taken away from us. Bosh! ‘Don’t worry, old pal, you aren't going to be hungry for a long time yet. Incidentally, kind sir, would you mind stating in your next letter what kind of business you are in? 1 don't know what happened to Bill 1161, but it surely isn’t very far away because you say on it hangs our victory, lives and futures. We are still living; we have more freedom than any other country ever dreamed of having, and I think victery is in sight, too. So, Mr. Mobley, I wouldn't gripe too much about the way our country is being run, Remember, it could be a lot worse. t J ” ” “POLITICS STARTED EVERY WAR” By Si Moore, 2906 W, 16th st. One has to laugh when he reads and hears the usual blather that takes place every four years in this nation. Politics is foaming in grand style. It bids fair to boil over the place in spite of the fact that a great many of the intelligent votes are overseas and everyone seems to be too dumb to insure their being collected. Old greedy factions are snarling over the soldier vote as they have snarled over votes since the Declaration of Independence. Each side is afraid the other will get the soldier vote, Politics never won a war, all long haired brainy foreigners to the contrary. But

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politics started every war in history. Like begets like and the blood lust of war reflects the greed and. filth of its progenitor, politics. The petty squabbling of the gimme boys. reminds one of the loud and aimless chattering of a lot of monkeys when one finds a peanut. Who gets to be sewer inspector or

few measly dollars is not an im-

hen tester because the job pays a,

fields to give back to the Filipinos who could not hold them in the first place, and cannot in the second place—unless we keep the Japs out with our navy—the all-time low is perhaps the piling up of taxes on the ones that have to face the bullets, while the buzzards sit at home and wait for the post-war bones to pick. A man who is inducted should never have to pay a cent of taxes even though he never goes to camp. J ” . dL. “IT DEPENDS ON WHO'S DICTATING" By Forum Fan, Indianapolis

1 have thought for some time that the funniest thing in The Times is not the comic page, but the local political news, the fight between the City hall and the regular Republican groups, the police and prosecutor, etc. And last week was_the biggest laugh of all with the,charge of dictatorship by the Democratic minority of our state legislators. Since when has majority rule been dictatorship? A President is serving his third term in office because the majority voted for continuation of the New Deal. The minority has to take it even if we do not like it. However, some poli-

portant question now. The question is, what is going to happen in the world outside Pea-Ridge? In other words, are two billions of people going to support bloodthirsty | dictators until the end of time, or| are they going to get together to run their own governments, set!

own money, work and play when they please, trade with whom they, please, worship as they please and | rule themselves? The world has now had several good examples of what the goosestep and the gods of war can do for them, and they had best forget their history book politics and get “the way grandpappy voted” out of their systems, as it is very unimportant, Your boy is just as important as Joe or Franco or Adolf or any other moron that wants to rul the world, but he may die in some swamp of the Pacific or on the icy slopes of Italy because of the dumbness of some so-called politicians who were afraid to look the dictators in the eyes years ago. Of all the scummy rackets coming out of this racketeering war, and even while the boys are dying

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- 2 ”« “I BOUGHT A COPY OF THE TIMES” .

I bought a copy of The Times and found: The articles dealing with domestic problems factual and unslanted: The editorials discussing the present administration critical but not petty; Pegler’s vituperations not directed at unions or liberals. Of course, it was only a dream.

s = “OVERLOOKING OVER-ALL JOB” By K. M. H., Indianapolis

Last week you carried a series of articles by Charles T. Lucey about the office of War Information. From the headlines, a reader might gather that these were news reports. A reading of them shows that they are not. They are editorial articles about OWI written by a man who obviously has no use for it. I' do not know &ll the fronts that OWI is supposed to cover, but -I understand that its main job is to

United States. That is a very "big job and, in trying to do it, it is easy to do things that seem silly— things that a critic, like your Mr. Lucey, can make appear ridiculous, extravagant and bureaucratic. . The OWI has certainly made mistakes as any big business created overnight would be bound to do, and the people in OWI would be the first to say so. But Mr. Lucey speaks only of those actions that are open to ridicule, overlooking the over-all job that OWI is doing. ” o ” 3

SUPERB AIR WARRIOR” By D. M., Indianapolis

Speaking of Capt. Don Gentile, it must give that discarded, phony Caesar, old Mussolini, a deep and abiding: pain to reflect that our soft and decadent democracy should produce such a superb air warrior (and from a descendant of old Ro-" man stock, too), whereas tough, fire-eating fascism proved inadequate In that respect.

DAILY THOUGHTS For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.—II Corinthians

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WASHINGTON, April 22—AS a4 member of the house labor committee, Rep. Gerald W. Landis (R. Ind.) has watched closely the net effect of the new laws and administrative rulings and reached this conclusion: a “In its manipulation of ore ganized labor, the New Deal has inured the labor movement.” * The Hoosier congressman from the coal mining district at Line ? 3 ton, elaborated on this thems in a speech in the Congressional Record.. “The New Deal,” he said, “has claimed as allies and it has sought to make political vehicles ‘of certain labor groups and thereby aroused opposition to the labor movement by other groups of our citizenry. 2 “This is the underlying cause of the agitation that ‘something must be done to labor’

"Whipping Boy of Bureaucrats’ 8

“IN THE general confusion of our government, labor has been the whipping boy of bureaucrats. The department of labor, which was established to be the central clearing house for labor ‘problems, has been rendered impotent, and now labor's leaders have to go from one to another of 25 governmental agencies dealing with’ labor, : “Under this New Deal administration labor unions n have been deprived of their right of collective bare gaining, Federal bureaus control wages, hours, worke ing conditions, and promotions. “The wages and hours act has been hamstrung from the beginning because of poor administration.” There is nothing here that ‘the coming election cannot cure, provided labor ‘will vote Republican, Mz, Landis declared. “The Republican party will see to it that laws. labor are administered properly,” he promised. ’ : ;

‘Will Recognize Honest Labor Leaders’

*WE WILL recognize honest American labor lead« ers and see that industry in this country is a partnere ship between labor, management and capital. We will demand that there be a fair division of income in this three-way partnership. We will help to bring

about mutual confidence and understanding. We will

get the job done with old-fashioned American teamwork.” Elected to congress with old-age pension group backing, Mr. Landis did not forget his sponsors in the speech. He concluded: vm “The Republican party will replace the New Deal's

agement and persuasion. We will utilize the facilities of industry to the hest advantage of labor, management, and capital in the post-war period. “We will continue to work for full employment, better working conditions, wise and considerate supezs vision, old-age and disability insurance and the rights of collective bargaining.” 2

Accent on Youth By Thomas L. Stokes

WASHINGTON, April 22.—The

dential nomination has opened up again and sponsors of a whole assembly of hopefuls have begun to embroider the qualifications of their candidates. This has come about by selec tion of Governor Earl Warren of California as keynoter of the Republican convention which, under long-established custom, is regarded as a. bar to nomination for either first or second place. The broad-shouldered Californian had been linked generally as a running mate for Governor Dewey, Champions of Lt. Comdr. Harold Stassen, ex-gov-ernor of Minnesota, were among the first to seize the opening to push him forward as vice presidential candidate. They capitalized upon his recent victory in the presidential preference primary in Nebraska

Wisconsin primary, despite the fact that he could not appear personally. A Dewey-Stassen ticket would be a brace of youngsters. The former was 42 in March; the latter was 37 only a‘few days ago.

Believe Stassen Would Strengthen Ticket STASSEN MANAGERS headed by Senator Ball

dential nomination. But it is recognized that his presidential campaign has kept the naval officer in the public eye while he has been away in the Pacifis, and put him in striking distance of second place. The Middle West is now regarded as the hunte ing ground for a vice presidential candidate. Exe Governor Stassen fulfills that geographical quali fication. ' His chief claim, beyond his record as three-time governor of Minnesota, would be his attraction to those—Republicans as well as independent voters— who are for a strong and definite post-war international organization to keep the peace. He came paigned for a specific plan of post-war organization before he left for the navy. » His nomination, it is argued, would strengthen the ticket to meet the administration's emphasis on post-war international collaboration, and the young, forceful man would be effective as a campaigner,

Bricker Also Is Rated High

ANOTHER MIDWESTERN governor who has been making the most active national campaign for the presidential nomination, Governor Bricker of Ohio, also has a high rating among the bookmakers as a running-mate for Governor Dewey. Governor Griswold of Nebraska ‘also has his eyes on second place on the ticket. Some observers are inclined to think Republicans might -go to the house or senate for a vice presi dential candidate because nf their stress on co-opera-tion between the President and congress. Mentioned in this category are Rep. Dirksen (Ill), one of the able and vigorous younger members of the house, who is conducting a whirlwind campaign for .the presidential nomination, though creating no sensation so far. Another being talked of is Rep. Hale leck (Ind), one of lhe house Republican leaders, chairman of the Republican congressional campaign committee, who nominated Wendell Willkie dat the 1940 convention. ’ be

So They Say—

THE COMMUNITY of action among the American nations will be indispensable in the advancement of our economic well-being and in the establishment of international organization fo prevent the recurrence of world wars.—Secy. of State Cordell Hull,

UNLESS MANAGEMENT and labor can devise the instruments for pacific settlement of disputes, the public will insist—and rightly so—on settlement by : —Eric A. Johnston, President, U.8.. C. of C. . . . ;

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