Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 June 1944 — Page 12

Fair Enough By Westbrook Pegler

CHICAGO, June 28—Up in Hartford, Conn., on Thanksgiving day, 1901, a brash and uppity fighter from Denver, known as Young Corbett, paused on his way to the ring for his bout with Terrible Terry McGovern, the featherweight champion whose awesome reputation had intimidated some of his earlier opponents, and beat on the door of Terry's dressing room. He was going first to the arena out of respect for protocol | which permits the champion to keep the challenger | waiting and, if possible, brooding. i “Come on out, Terry,” Young Corbett yelled, “and | take your licking.” : +4 Whether from fear of rage, McGovern lost his poise | and the upstart knocked him out in two rounds. At the moment, Tom Dewey is on his way to the ring. Mr. Roosevelt has had three fights since he was first nominated for the presidency in the spring of 1932 and has won them all, but two of his victims were pop-overs and the third a big, clumsy, headstrong novice who licked himself by talking too much, knowing it all and ignoring the advice and wisdom of his handlers. Herbert Hoover was a defending champion who, in the ring, would have been called a hollow shell. He looked and felt beaten before the bell and his defeat was so popular that hé had to carry his own bucket back to his room. And the new champion was

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Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way

THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM HE Republican platform is a compromise. Platforms always are—Republican and Democratic. The object 1s to satisfy diverse and often conflicting groups in the party and in the electorate. } The Republicans at Chicago this week had the consolation, however, that the Democratic party would have a worse time next month because of the chasm dividing the | “New Deal clique’ and the old-line Democrats. : ideri 117] i i | so cocky and prideful in victory that you might have Considering the difficulties, the G. 0. P. resolutions 1 Eo 2 a } ive committee did pretty well. So well, indeed, that the-con- | the skylight. Actually, he Dep on eh rent ept latform wi Not that it | of repeal which he had lacked the courage to demand vention accepted the platform without a fight N J oe a oman was steamrollered. There had been plenty of disputes in|

fought the prohibitionists and softened them up for the committee, and Mr. Willkie had taken a pot shot through | his friend.

‘ the press and at long distance. | An Experiment Noble On domestic issues the compromises were most obvious | fn the planks on tariff, taxes and labor. The traditional | HOOVER WAS afraid of repeal PRS wou only Co DRE : | mumble miserably about an experiment noble in pur-high-tariff position was wisely modified, under Alf Landon | - for he hadn't the oy instinct to sense, as pressure, by advocacy of bilateral trade agreements. The i. weit did, that popular sentiment had hanged co conflicting pledges to reduce taxes and the national debt | Hoover was knocked out by a flurry of heavy promises at the same time are not very convincing. | to the face and body. Mr. Roosevelt promised light The point that the Wagner law, wage and hour act and | wine and beer, promised that the old saloon would . ey . . : . ccellent in purpose but poorly ad- | never return with its attendant evils, promised an gimilar legislation are excellent 1n purpos ) end to the wasteful Hoover regime which had piled ministered, is well taken. “bureau on bureau,” and promised a balanced budget But to condemn the New Deal for allowing too much | and ruthless curtailment of government spending

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| over to a union secretary, does not parse; neither does the | 1 1936, Alf Landon was a sacrifice. The Repub- | proposal to place independent nonpartisan agencies under | licans had nobody ready but had to represent them-

. . LL. - selves to keep their identity and a skeleton organizadirect authority of a political secretary of labor. tion. Mr. Landon was expendable, He was comns = a

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The Hoosier Forum

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

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TT THE TQ PLANKS are not all compro- | stag-nights for the Elks and Moose and has become . BUT THE DOMESTIC PLA Be ar ‘ Pi | a tri-county champion. The big fellow moved him mise. Some are frankly progressive. around at will, waved to the crowd, and, when he was | oY WC tend the old-age and unemployment- | ready, knocked Landon into the bass drum. It was| They would exte g . 1 Landon in . mo . what they call in the ring a tune-up fight. Insurance system to all employ ees . . . champion neded a little work to get the belly off him. | They favor extension of rural electrification, elimina- | tion of basic evils of farm tenancy, immediate feeding of | Violated All Rules gtarving children in Nazi-occupied countries, and a women's THE 1940 thing was a rougher contest than the equal rights amendment. | champion had expected. Willkie was a great, sweaty, After attacking all racial and religious intolerance, | shaggy lump who violated all the rules; led with his they propose: Non-diserimination in the armed services, an | right, threw horrible swings which left him wide open anti-poll-tax amendment, and an anti-lynching law. but raised a wind as they whistled past and showed Of course the strongest planks are those demanding | FOr07" I oe Soule wie he free enterprise and decentralized constitutional government. | the champion, in a fight for the title, he developed a They promise prosperity through a maximum of individual | sudaer. admiration for the champion’s style and tried ly od! er : | to adopt it impromptu against a slippery master who initiative and a minimum of government regulation. | tot ood peried those tricks ( perfection, In place of New Deal bureaucracy and one-man rule, | Toward the end, therefore, when Roosevelt had they pledge a balanced government. | studied him out, the champion could anticipate him * and the customers saw an amazing illusion as of the 9.4 3 } # a 8 | champion fighting his own image in a big mirror. As MOST CONTROVERSIAL are the foreign-policy | time went one, the clientele had no great regret for planks. Both the “nationalists” and the “internationalists’ | they reckoned inet Sven had thie challenger or they vi . . . IW ave Tr a Cc n oniy an itatl —except the extreme Willkie group—claim victory. It gin old one. P y geems to us that the middle group, representing the ma-| Is this new young fellow any good? Can he punch? 2 . . ? jority in the party and the country, really won. Is on pi he Bane? it ever was and The nationalist sop was rather meaningless—a decla- without the dorny and patronizing familiarity or the ration against a world state, which is not in the. picture | Groton accent. When he speaks of the working man - : se : y : . . | he speaks with the sand-lot knowledge of a kid from because it has no official support in Washington, London OF | (osso. Mich. who never had a nurse-governess and Moscow, and a promise to consult the veterans, who Will | bought his own furniture with his own earnings when have a large voice as voters anyway. he got married. He showed his punch when he out- } Co PRN al sinter fought Lehman for the governorship of New York and There was gener al commitment to total victory, lost by a phony decision delivered through the Ameripreventing an axis comeback, to maintenance of adequate | can Labor party which had been organized to conAmerican armed forces, to restoration of sovereignty and A nd Soke Burpee vole ang . . . ch 1s now Ir X Roosev: - gelf-government for victims of aggression, to a good | munist party. neighbor policy, to international economic co-operation and| Devel d His Styl removal of trade barriers, to a world court, and to American | evelope Is otyle participation in “organization among sovereign nations to| NEXT TIME around, the kid flattened the Demoprevent military aggression and to attain permanent peace cratic nominee for governor and, In these contests, with organized justice in a free world . .. (and) to direct | and as a loyal party Cempgner for the ingrate a . /illkie, he e is y roadene peace forces to prevent or repel military aggression.” Willkie oe aevelopes a wg { experience to national range, y 3 2 o » os ” 2 J . . | two years’ experience as governor, which was all that ) QF : > ay > ) , [RT E, THE! E PLEDGES are general. But they have | Theodore Roosevelt had, and, to the charge of exto be in view of the uncertain post-war international situa- { cessive youth, he can reply that he is as old as T. R. tion and the undeclared policies of our allies. This platform | Was and older than F. D. R. was when, in 1920, he : Co Hee HOE fo all € This last mj considered himself old enough to be President had he is more definite on many points than Roosevelt, Churchill or | ;n4 Jimmy Cox been elected and if Cox had died. Mal | Some champions have thought themselves invincible and only Tunney, himself, could imagine the

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Traditionally, the real platform is the writt ocu- | Co a ‘ 1 atform is the HV tten docu | opening scene in which he walked straight out and ment plus the candidate and what he makes of it. | hit Dempsey one gosh-almighty smash under the Our guess is that Tom Dewey, the prospective candi- | right eye to spin him so badly that he never recovered. date. will be more definite than th Yorroeral a | McGovern thought of young Corbett as just another Pp ; | ! mite ! nn he 1 emocratic nominee. sucker until the country boy beat on his dressing Certainly we hope he will be franker about foreign | room door and yelled “Come on out, Terry, and take

policy, and about effective international organization in | your licking”

particular, than is Franklin D. Roosevelt, LOOKING FORWARD We The People :

TWO quotations from two speeches at Chicago last night By Ruth Millett struck us as particularly apt— |e

1 > . { . . | (Clare Booth Luce, invoking eloquently the imagined | # mandate of our soldier dead:

THE KID wasn't writing home often enough. And because his mother lived from one of those “free” lettérs to another, his dad decided to do something about it. Did he write him a stern letter about duty? Or did he bawl him out for not writing at definite intervals, so long as he was in foreign service? No. He was a wise father, and so he didn't do any of those things, He used diplomacy, the way he would use it on a business acquaintance. He

. “Take your hats off to the past, but take your coats off to the future.” And Herhert Hoover: “It is youth who must inkerit the tribulation, the sor- | row and the triumphs that are the aftermath of war. This | convention is handing the leadership of the Republican | party to a new generation.” The less we have in the coming campaign of looking over the shoulder, the more we have of facing up to the challenges of the future, the better off we will all be.

a dutiful son, or even to try to shame him into it.

Method Proves Effective SO INSTEAD he made it clear in each

AND WE'LL ALL PAY THE PIPER

THE government is going to try another experiment, according to Douglas Larsen of The Washington Daily |

nature of some of the jobs that have become routine, and a judicious selection of popular airs might help out. For instance, we might pipe up to certain red-tape artists an appropriate tune like “I Get Along Without You Very Well” The subconscious mind of a heavy-handed! Just a little pleasing fattery.

like to read them over when he gets home.

The | WHO WINS”

Their predictions were about unani-

had the sense to know you can't—or at least you shouldn't try to—bully a full-grown man into being

his own letters how eagerly the boy's letters were received at home He wrote such things as, “Your letter came

... ie Cte it " : ..> | thi . : long to get your News. This time, it's with piped music for workers doing oon IE. S00 1 diurt Sake 1m Jone. v routine tasks. And, “When we get a letter from you, son, it is There may be a tremendous idea here, considering the | Christmas, Thanksgiving and the Fourth of all

rolled up in one.” He took pains to remark about what a good letter writer the kid was—and how he ||. was saving some of the letters for him, thinking he'd

Not a word about the long times between the letters. Not a word about duty. No fault finding at all. course the kid's |

“NOT THE ONE

By R. F. Hester, Scottsburg In the latter part of 1943 or early part of 1944 I sat in a meeting

where the outlook for farmers for 1944 was discussed by economists.

mous that the government would try to control inflation but would not succeed to a very marked degree. I am proud to say that in my opinion it has done a remarkably good job. How well I remember those $7.20 corn prices, $3.00 wheat, $22 hogs, soaring land prices during world war 1. No one can forget the climax, it was proved beyond a doubt that inflation ruined the farmer. There is where the riots occurred in foreclosures, sales prices, thousands of farmers were forced from homes, the rest are still paying. This is my government and I am proud of it. It is a democratic government. It is not something in the future. It is not perfect, perhaps never will be, but a good democratic government now. It has been my policy for a period of 50

friend or neighbor in a time of need and not condemn or convince him he is all wrong. It has béen my observation that the man who condemns and criticizes and finds everything is done wrong is not the one who wins in the struggle.

» » 2 “WE CAN BE AT HIS SIDE” By C, H. Swim, 4001 Ruckle st.

I cut the inclosed article from Knit Goods Weekly. It impressed me very much and I wanted other people to read it. I hope that you will reprint it soon in The Times. Written by E. J. Finan, it says: “The first American soldier crawling up the beach of France in the gray mist of invasion morning saw

him, hidden from his eyes, all the armies of the enemy. He was alone. “At that hour, at

home, his

had prayed again her prayer that

safely.

ahead of him, on each side of

mother probably was sleeping. She, her son would be returned to her

“At that hour, too, night life in the cities of America had not, yet

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played and sang and loved. ‘For many it was a night like a thousand other nights, to be used to end another day, and then to be forgotten. The quickened heartbeat of the soldier crawling up on the sands of France was not heard. “When the crack of his rifle

sounded in America, America's! | heart stopped. The walls of secur-|

years to lend a helping hand to a ity fell back, and all America stood

enemy. “Between the

ing steadily ahead occurred a

could see only what the boy saw, feel only what he felt. The terrible uncertanity of what lay ahead quickened the breath of all Amegica. “At that moment the spirit that is America was all encompassing. The man and the woman and the boy were one. * “How long shall we stay at the side of that boy? Have we already dropped a step behind him? Two steps? Are we soon going to return home, let him go on alone? “We can be at his side any time we choose, with a prayer, a letter, or only a war bond.” 8 = ” “I WILL DO ALL I CAN” By Chalmer E. Knight, 1314 W. Market st.

I am 19 years old. When I was 17 and my brother enlisted in the

been stilled. People danced and

rfavy, I was proud of him and I was

Side Glances—By Galbraith

government regulator might be softened up with a ditty | par © 0 Tun Oftener after a like “Lay That Pistol Down.” Or, in behalf of the tax-| IUs too bad parents so seldom tro

an old favorite like “Throw Out the Life- | thelr kids into doing the us

at the side of that soldier as he|,niform to know I am their friend advanced toward the fortress of the and T appreciate what they. are

man and the home, but I would love to be with woman at home and the boy mov-|

mighty fusion of spirit. With elec-| «1 wg DECIDEDLY trifying suddenness all America |» roe MINORITY”

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looking forward to my 18th birthday so I could enlist in the navy also. But I met with an accident and fractured my back, and I also have a deformed foot caused from a polio case when I was about 9 years old. And when my birthday came and I went up to register at my local draft board and was classified in the 1-A, I was so happy I could hardly wait until I got to go up for my final examination. But I was met with a terrible disappointment when they told me I couldn't go. And was classified 4-F.| But right there I made up my mind I would not be defeated in| doing my part to help the boys that did go, so I got a job in a defense plant and work every hour I possibly can and try my best to do my work well. I started, also, my first pay investing 10 per cent of my earnings in war bonds. I increase them as much as I possibly can until I now have them up to $9.50 per week. I know I am doing all T can, but my heart longs for an opportunity to wear the uniform and be with the rest of the boys who are fighting for our country's freedom. I want all the boys in

doing and I will do all T can back

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By Pedestrian, Indianapolis. Yesterday I was downtown and did my best to observe pedestrian traffic regulations. However, when it comes to keeping to the right while crossing the street it seemed that I was decidedly in the minority. I never knew there were so many southpaws in our fair city, or perhap< they do not understand what those markers and arrows mean, or don't think or give a hoot. A per- | son sure has fo do a lot of fancy dodging in order to make it without being knocked flat. Maybe a “keep to the right” sign would do the trick, and maybe not. A stranger in downtown Indianapolis must surely think we are a bunch of hicks. This is something we cannot blame the auto drivers or public vehicle operators for. 1 intend to continue keeping to the right in spite of the fact that it is almost as difficult an undertaking as it is for some Forum

the Forum that they are wrong. Yours for keeping to the right.

. = = “PLEASE BEAR WITH US AMATEURS” By Charles E. Cutter, 2222 Station st..... This is a silly world isn’t it? The heading of this column says, wy wholly disagree with what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it.” Mrs. Haggerty voiced her opinion and started a ruckus that hasn't stopped yet.

Figure From the Past

HE WALKED on the platform last night out of the past. He paid tribute to youth, and passed on the torch to them, as he expressed it. But to youth he is a figure beyond remembrance. To the older folks he brings back dark days of unemployment and breadlines and soup kitchens, associated unfortunate ly with his regime, for he struggled with a burden thrust upon him through no fault of his own. He passes the torch to youth, Yet he won't quit. He had an opportunity last fight. There were reports that one draft of his speech carried an announcement that he was retiring from politics, but that friends dissuaded him. He denied, when confronted with the rumors, that he had any intention of quitting public affairs. He would stay in the fight, he said, until he died. ¥ And one must admire him for that,

Warnings Repeated

HE 18S A _confessed Jeremiah, and must keep on with his plaint: “I told you so.” He referfed to his two previous appearances before Republican conventions since his defeat. “Each time I knew even before I spoke” he #aid,

“that our people would not believe that the impsir-

ment of freedom could happen here. Yet each subsequent four years has shown these warnings to have been too reserved, too cautious.” Fecha He talks on— “There is little real freedom for citizens, because of forces beyond their control, must go hungry, cold, sick or ignorant. From ginning the faith of America has been our brother’s keeper.” H To some who hear him, however, these recall his own denial of the use of federal appropria tions to feed people—a fight on principle which made, fearing an invasion of all fronts by the f government, an honest fear which has been out to some extent in reality.

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Follows Convictions

THOSE WERE hard days, and he acted according to his convictions. There were the days before that. The food ad-

of businessmen. And then that night when he was elected President, and when he stood on a secondstory porch of his Palo Alto heme while students of the university gathered below serenaded him, their

came to his eyes. . There was another night, in 1036. He stood before a Republican convention. A great tumult swept the hall, and friends started the chant: “We want Hoover!” Again and again he was called back to the platform. Then, finally, he left the hall. But he remained in the city, hopefully. Maybe it would come,

arranged schedule, which did not include him. He could have retired then. Yet last night there he stood.

Remember This By Maj. Al Williams

NEW YORK, June 28—The invasion spearheaded by airpower conforms precisely with predictions printed in these columns during the past four yeass, There was first the “control of the upper air levels by allied fighters,” and then the “systematic bombardment of the enemy fortified zones.” You will recall vari-. ous articles in the press recently : about the vital role played by the meteorologists. 1 am prompted to quote from a column: of ‘Sept. 24, 1940: “Airmen have long known that it is the meteorologists who have been running this ‘war contrary to the common impression that lg and generals do all the heavy thinking and give all the orders. It's these spectacled, highly trained weather scientists—worthless in a plane—who are actually telling the generals when they can and cannot Isunch air attacks.”

Air Bases Were First Objectives |

THEN THERE were the paratroopers who landed and established liaison with other groups, seizing strategic points and guiding the glider trains to prac--ticable and defended landing areas

was the securing of air bases on the continent. Here are a few estimates, hinted at in current invasion news, about the strategy involved in employing our vast superiority in aircraft. The most logical employment of air superiority would- incline one to assume that the allies will follow the basic military axiom “when possessed of preponderant numerical

| superiority, extend the line of combat.” And this is undoubtedly what we will do, in the form of driving

thoroughly sizable air thrusts against. widely sep-

Only the Initial Stage _ CONSEQUENTLY, WE can look drive at the Cherbourg peninsula

voices rising sweetly through the crisp air, and tears

It never did. The convention went about its pre-.

You will note, too, that the first objective sought

put $1,000.8000 o bought war bon

ertson, associati at it: “One bet