Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 June 1944 — Page 9

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Sims Warned Wilson

TO PACIFY its own people, the Admiralty had been publishing sinkings of British ships by totaling all the arrivals and departures of ships from all British harbors, coastwise as well as trans-Atlantic, s0 the total sinkings seemed very low. The total arrivals and departures, including coastwise shipping, were about 2500 per week, while the number of transAtlantic clearances amounted to between 120 and 145

The Admiralty ultimately began to quote these figures to prove that escort vessels to provide the necessary protection for 2500 sailings per week were not available, Our alert Adm. Sims warned President Wilson, who, in turn, forced the British professional naval strategists to inaugurate the convoy system and thereby kept food and munitions moving into Britain. And, mind you, the food situation was so critical at that time that the British were down to a three-week reserve of grain. Prom this story we see a trend of thought could jeopardize victory. And that unprecedented War was one of land and sea forces—a two-arm war—with only a hint of the third arm, airpower. And now we find ourselves in another unprecedented war, essentially of three arms—land, sea and air forces. This is not a war in which three unrelated major arms strive for dominance, but one in which these

Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum

TOM QUINN, the lawyer, is wearing a blue linen suit with a history. Tom sent the suit to the cleaners a couple years ago, and it didn’t come back. The cleaner looked everywhere, but he couldn't find it. Tom gave up and forgot about the suit. And then, : just the other day, he got a call from the cleaner, saying the suit was found. It seems the suit disappeared about the time Jim Tucker resigned as secretary of state to join the navy. Jim sent his suits to the cleaner to be stored and by chante Tom's suit was placed with Jim's. When Jim came home and got his suits recently, he found one that didn't louk familiar, and sent it back. It was Tom's. . . . Mary Ann Taylor, who is 5 and lives at 2451 E. Riverside dr. has said her prayers at the table ever since she was able to talk, but one day recently she didn’t want to do so. Her mother told her that Jesus gives us our food and if we don’t thank Him, He might take it away. Some time later, she was explaining food rationing, saying we always would have plenty to eat, but maybe not everything we had had, since we must share our food with others who had none. Mary Ann thought, a little, then remarked: “Well, someone must have forgotten to thank Jesus for his food™ Anyway, it's a logical conclusion.

A Dollar or No Key

ONE OF OUR agents who gets around the state a Jot reports that the hotel key situation must be getting more drastic. Some hotels, he finds, are requiring a one dollar deposit before they'll let you have the key to your room. . .. We received an inquiry the other day from a reader who wanted to know what is meant by the new signs on safety zones outside the mile square. ‘The signs instruct motorists to drive on either side when the safety zone is vacant. “Does that mean no streetcars, or no people in the zone?” the reader asked. In case some others might be confused, the answer is: When there are no people in the zone. . . . Miss Eileen Henderson of the Indiana state police communications division has received a letter from Sgt. Leroy Mobley, of Marshall, Mo., who's

White Collar Aid

WASHINGTON, June 12—A Republican senator intended to benefit. Senator Wiley says they number has stolen the “white collar” ball from two Democrats UP to 20,000,000. who have been talking about trying a long run with

{t—and the possibilities are tremendous.

Senator Wiley (R. Wis) induced the senate to of white-collar workers, and received appeals from \ adopt an amendment to the price representatives of numerous groups, organized and

and salaries up to including payments for “usual”

tween employer and employee.

control policy. They also ‘mentioned a danger

encouraging inflation—a danger that the Wisconsin senator denies is present in his effort to remove

obstacles to raises for low-paid workers. Political Dynamite POLITICAL 11.

control legislation which would unorganized. have the effect of removing wag! : $3750 8 week? Hardships Are Great

overtime, from jurisdiction of the war labor board, and would require no official approval for raises rises in income up to that figure agreed on be-

they regard the Wiley amendment, if it finally becomes law, as sure to have a powerful impact on the wartime wage

lie in the fact that

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The overall situation }s that we gave the enemy too much time to get ready to meet our airpower. These are the reasons why, despite the vital military damage done to the Nazi war effort by bombing, some of the conservative airmen conceded that the winning of the European war by airpower alone was a remote possibility at best. A land invasion thus became inevitable.

with the 5th army in Italy. He inclosed a clipping from the letters-to-the-editor column in the paper, Yank, Sgt. Mobley and his buddies thought the letter expressed the feeling of most soldiers and asked that it be reprinted in the states. So here goes: “Dear Editor: In view of the fact that our country is at war and thousands of men are giving their lives to win the struggle, I do not believe that Old Glory should be at half mast because of the death of any statesman or militarist. Let the flag wave at full mast for the duration. If it flies at half mast for one individual, it should do the same for all those who have fallen on the battlefield. Pfc. Dom Colangelo.” . . Incidentally, 8 woman who recently lost her soldier husband phoned to comment on the number of empty flagpoles in the downtown area Tuesday—D-day— and subsequently,

The Sizzling Test

BERNARD LYNCH, fire prevention chief, was talking to the junior police boys of school 2 the other day on fire prevention, etc. He told them of the dan-

ger of opening doors when there are flames on thi other side of the door. The flames might blast you in the face. And then he asked the group how they would tell whether there was fire on the other side of the door, One bright lad spoke up with: “I'd spit on the door and see if it sizzled.” . . . Sgt. Richard L. Peden, who has left for Ft. Monmouth, N. J., after visiting his aunt, Mrs. Guy O. Byrd, 6018 Haverford ave. thinks the number 13 is an important number in his life. He was inducted Aug. 13, 1041, became a master sergeant Oct. 13, 1942, left for overscas Jan. 13, 1043, and arrived home from overseas May 13, 1944. . . . We found the following item in the June issue of the Journal of the Indiana State Medical Association: “On our recent visit to Indianapolis we noted a marked improvement in the behavior of automobile, bus and streetcar drivers. They now give the lowly pedestrian a chance to complete his street intersection crossing. Not once in a period of two days did we have to jump for our lives.” Presumably, it was the comment of Dr. E. M. Shanklin, Hammond, editor of The Journal. You're right, Doc, about the vehicles. But the way some of the pedestrians walk still is a caution. We'd feel awfully silly getting run down by a reckless pedestrian.

Senator Thomas (D. Utah) and Pepper (D. Fla.) recently signed a report of a special senate com-

mittee which had held long hearings on the plight

Work

ne Je |the first week of the invasion has the

unprepared for the vast task of in-|

i tract cancellations and cut-backs

.|war production board's part of re-

By Fred W. Perkins

MONDAY,

Stoppage Visioned In Many Plants Now On War Orders.

By EDWARD A. EVANS Scripps-Howard Staff Writer DETROIT, June 12.—Though sharing fully the nation’s pride that

gone so well, Detroit is developing an acute case of “peace jitters.”

dustrial demobilization which may face the country within a few months or even weeks. Official warnings against overoptimism concerning an early defeat of Germany are taken seriously here But leaders of the automobile industry look for a sharp decline in war production soon if the invasion's progress continues to exceed expectations.

Congress Delays Action They fear that a flood of war con-

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The construction of a new $700,000 test plant at Weir Cook airport for the Allison division of General Motors Corp, was approved today by the war department and the defense plant corporation. I Modification and flight test facilities will consist of a hangar,

Allison Plans for

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Artist's sketch of the new $700,000

shop and office building and will permit the Allison division to cooperate more closely with the army air forces, materiel command, and the airplane manufacturers on power plant installations, E. B. Newill, general manager of the local war plant, said. The building will be erected

$700,000 Test Plant at Airport Approved

soon on land leased from the city. Facilities will be used to test and improve existing installations of Allison engines in airplanes and

Allison test plant at Weir Cook airport,

cil and Col. W. W. Winslow, Weir Cook airport superintendent. The Allison division has been carrying on . flight activity for

develop new installations. Under consideration for some time, the project has been made possible through the co-operation of Mayor Tyndall, the city coun-

three years, first using space in the CAA hangar at the airport and later renting space in the Roscoe Turner Aeronautical Corp. building at the Weir Cook airport,

may come before the government is ready with any co-ordinated plan for smoothing and speeding the transition back to production of civilian goods and for saving millions of war workers from many months of unnecessary unemployment. Nearly four months after the Baruch-Hancock report was issued, they point out, congress has enacted none of the legislation it recommended. The house is still delaying action on the contract-termination bill which passed the senate unanimously weeks ago. In a speech here last week, War Production Boss Donald Nelson asserted that “we are going to make the resumption of peacetime operation dovetail into the declining war economy” but if, as Mr, Nelson added, “the changeover machinery is ready,” Detroit can see no evidence of it. Committee Named

A few days before the invasion Mr. Nelson did appoint a committee which is supposed to direct the

conversion. The Brewster Aircraft Corp. case, however, seems to many men in thé automobile industry to have provided clear evidence that the changeover machinery is not ready, and not even in existence except perhaps on paper. Word that War Mobilization Director Byrnes will go before congress today to urge action on the Baruch-Hancock program was welcomed here, but there is little expectation that congress will do more than pass the contract-ter-mination bill—if that much—in the less than two weeks before its contemplated recess for the Republican national convention. Preparations Barred And there is a great deal more that needs to be done. The automobile industry, occupying a key position in the national economy, has been given no assurance that its plants will be cleared quickly of the government-owned machines and materials which now fill them. It has not been permitted to buy the new tools it will need for making civilian cars, or to use the small amounts of material its engineers and designers want for experimental work. Its next meeting with WPB officials for discussion of reconversion plans is set for midJuly, by which time cut-backs and cancellations may be reaching large volume. It fears that, unless Washington gets a mighty move on very soon, plants will be closed down with no chance to begin a prompt change back to production of automobiles, and workers in Detroit and many other manufacturing centers will be out of jobs for months longer than they might have been if the warnings of industry and the -recommendations of the Baruch-Hancock

CAMP TQ MARK

Public

and equipment will be open to the public at Camp Atterbury Thursday to mark the observance of the first “Infantry Day.”

by the President to nonor the here-

Battles.”

‘INFANTRY DAY’

Invited to View Events at Atterbury

Next Thursday. A display of infantry training

“Infantry Day” was so designated

tofore unglamorized “Queen of The date chosen is the day George Washington took command of the Continental armies— of which the riflemen was the mainstay. : Members of the Indiana and Kentucky Manufacturers’ associations will be guests of the camp Wednesday and Thursday and will live in the same barracks and eat the same food as army men. A mock battle will be staged for them by Maj. Gen. Alan W. Jones, commanding general of the 106th division. About 200 manufacturers are expected to attend.

Divisional Review

The program for the public Thursday will open with a full di-

land hoboes, signifying the organized hoboes now in the armed

Jeff Davis Lists 70,000

Hoboes in

By SHERLEY UHL Noticeably concerned over the plight of the “yaboes,” post-war problems and Eleanor Roosevelt,

bronzed, khaki-shirted Jeff Davis,

king of the hoboes, blew into town last week. “Yaboes,” explained the ruler supreme of Hoboes of America, Inc, is a contraction of the words, Yank 70,000

services. Jeff says he intends to stump at the Republican and Democratic national conventions for “lush bonuses and unrestricted post-war travel opportunities” for his boys now storming the beachheads. :

Files Annual Report

Bristling with impertance in his official role as a “minuteman” bond salesman, the hobo king, lugging a bulging brief case, made his annual trek to the secretary of state's office where he submitted his annual “non-profit corporation report” to the state of Indiana, His statement indicated that Hoboes of America boasts 1,022,000 members, about 25,000 of them in Indiana. Assets of the organization are 10 acres of land in Florida, typewriter and $32. The property, which Jeff minimizes as “undeveloped and unpromising,” was contributed by one of his relatives.

visional review at 10 a. m. The congressional medal will be presented to the father of Lt. Robert Craig, an infantryman who was killed while enabling his men to escape an enemy trap in Sicily. The men of the 424th infantry regiment will give a demonstration of ranger training at 1 p. m. under the command of Lt. Col. Orville C. Hewitt. An exhibit of the various weapons used by the infantry will make it easy to understand why the foot soldier is called the man of all weapons. A baseball game between the Lionmen and the Attaboys at 4:15 p. m. on the post diamond will end the day.

LAW ENFORCEMENT CONCLAVE SLATED

A law enforcement conference sponsored by the FBI will be held in the east room of the world war memorial under the direction of Percy Wiley, special agent in charge, Wednesday night. The program is one of several

the state during the last two weeks

THE THOMAS-PEPPER report said:

“Some 20 million Americans have not enjoyed

commensurate with the most conservative estimate

of the cost-of-living increase. Before the war a large proportion of these people War labor board officials with- had substgndard or below-subsistence-level incomes.

report had been heeded in time.

for the benefit of local peace officers.

held comment, but it was learned The hardships imposed upon them by the war greatly exceed those borne by other groups. We believe that such inequality of sacrifice is unjust, unnecessary and detrimental to the health, morale and efficiency | of Of a nation at war.” i The Thomas-Pepper report recommended that the war labor board cease applying the Little Steel |

if the administration is ‘successful in preventing the Wiley figure, »

adoption of the Wiley amendment, the Republicans The Democratic senators also denied the infla- .

* are likely to appeal to the people the provision is tionary danger.

My Day

WASHINGTON, Sunday.—Friday, at the request and the officers said to me rather apologetically that of Mrs. David E. Finley of the Red Cross, I went to since the men had to have a barber shop, they thought

visit the hospital at Camp Belvoir

training

the dnd saw some- it was only fair that the women should thing of the camp as well. There are several thous-

‘By Eleanor Roosevelt

per month for heads of families and $150 or less | per month for unmarried persons.” The latter Is

have a beauty

Up Front With Mauldin

that have been given throughout

The typewriter is in national headquarters in Cincinnati and the $32 is invested in war bonds. these days, delivering war bond

from hoity-toit to back-room social;

year. Political Ban Lifted

Washington.

Jeff is bustling about the nation | The hobo king, who said that sales lectures to clubs of all classes, member of his organization al-

most of his talks are before civic are, said he thought the First Lady clubs and union organizations. He “obviously is grooming herself for claims that he’s rustled up the sale the presidency. of $1,600,000 worth of bonds this all those trips for nuthin.”

Because many of the “boes” dis-!Jacob Coxey, leader of the army, played alarm at the American so-| that once marched on the White cial scene, Jeff said a previous ban|House, wants congress to “print as against political activity by mem- much money as it damn pleases bers was dropped at the recent con- land quit worrying about paying off | vention of Hoboes of America in interest and redemption and stuff

CLUB ASKS RISE Armed Forces IN GAS RATIONS

Hoosier Motor Group Ape

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peals to Congressmen To Back Drive.

{ A drive “to secure increased gasoline rations for A card holders and to adjust inequalities in the gas ra- | tioning program” is under way in {Washington and the Hoosier Motor | club is appealing to Indiana cone igressmen to support the program. | The campaign is being placed be i fore congress, the office of defense Itransportation and the petroleum {administrator for war by the Amer{ican Automobile association, of {which the Hoosier Motor club is a member. 3 The A. A. A. motor clubs. which #8 represent 1,200,000 motorists, are ? | asking the following revisions in the bh gas rationing program:

i | Increased Allotment

‘| 1. Increased weekly allowance of ; «. -|two gallons for A card holders on t |the grounds that the amount is in-.

dE Ro BBWS sufficient to keep a car in proper Jeft Davis Mrs. R elt wants {running condition. to be President. 2. Equalized ration for B coupon

holders and revised regulations so = that B holders become eligible for supplemental rations on a mileage-a-gallon basis in instances where cars do not give 15 miles a gallon. 3. Additional gas for light picke up trucks. 4. Increased gas allotments for = service men and women home on leave. Todd Stoops, secretary-treasurer of the Hoosier club, said that the association is basing its campaign on the belief that there no shortage of gasoline. “There is an apparent surplus of Jeff said the boes generally felt | Basoline available at the retail level tha social secur na now stands) ER heed of being ataned by {“is a bust.” His old friend General | need, is being sold to the public at high prices through the black market,” Mr. Stoop§ said. 3 He pointed out that the gasoline {in question has nothing to do with

“There are too many factions in America,” observed Jeff. “I've been the length and breadth of this: | country a thousand times and I've {never seen so many factions. ", . . {Give us less factions and more ac- | tion.”

{ Mrs. Roosevelt is not an honorary

{though many illustrious personages

She didn’t make

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{military requirements, which are taken care of before civilians are considered.

like that.”

to that effect.

'Public Employees May Join Unions But Can't Bargain’

Attorney General James A. Emmert Saturday ruled that employees of local governments may join labor unions but that collective bargaining agreements between employees and state, county and city officials were not enforceable until the state legislature made a specific provision

Asks Review

“There is widespread belief today that the military authorities have built up enormous reserves against coming contingencies and that mili« tary storage and transportation lines are now so filled with petroleum products that the possibility of ¢i- = villian relief should be reviewed afresh,” Mr. Stoops said. 2 “The important point is that there appears to be a surplus which, if

Mr. Emmert gave an official opinion to Thomas R. Hutson, state

not channeled to car owners on the

labor commissioner, in answer to five questions based on union representation and bargaining rights of non-federal governmental workers. He said that the policy of Indiana, under sections of the acts of 1933, had been “declared by the legislature to be freedom of the individual employee to join or refrain from joining a union.” Authority Lacking Mr. Emmert declared that an examination of the statutes failed to show any express authorization for collective bargaining between a governmental unit and its employees, and added that in the absence of a statute expressly granting the power, representatives of the governmental units could

st.

NEW ITU PRESIDENT TAKES OVER JULY 15 tics in gos rotons stotes, various &

Woodruff Randolph, who “stum-

bled into the printing trade by sheer chance 32 years ago and has never regretted it,” will move July 15 into the president's suite of the International Typographical Union headquarters at 2820 N. Meridian

The former secretary-treasurer of L T. U. was elected head of the international union at a recent referendum election, receiving a majority over two other candidates, in-

basis of their needs, will continue = to be sold illicitly at premium = prices on every corner.” 3 Mr. Stoops stated that inequalis

lose respect for the program and its purposes.

SPICELAND YOUTH KILLED NEW CASTLE, June 12 (U. P)~ Robert Eugene True, 16, Spiceland, © was struck and killed by a hit-ands run motorist yesterday, apparently after leaving a bus near the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wale ter True.

HOLD EVERYTHING

not make contracts.

expressly granted by the legis

The ruling said that the lack of authority for state officials to make contracts with employees deprived municipalities of that

the - domestic government of the state and possess only those powers

cluding Claude M. Baker of San Francisco, who was seeking re-elec-tion. One of his first jobs in his new office will be to direct reaffiliation of I. T. U. with the American Federation of Labor, a step approved by its 80,000 members in the United States and Canada after being separated from A. F. of L. for five =| years. A resident of Indianapolis for 16 years, Mr. Randolph lives at 5937 Central ave. 3

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