Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 July 1944 — Page 6
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Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way
~ ROCKET BOMBS PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL'S report to commons discloses that damage from the Nazi flying bombs has been worse than the heavily censored news dispatches indicated. ‘Though the facts are disquieting, they are better published than hidden. Score one more for the British parliamentary system, which forced this official revelation. Deaths so far total 2752, which is a monthly rate of about 3600—or one-half the bombing toll in the peak month of air blitz, September, 1940. In addition to those killed, some 800 victims are in hospitals and an undisclosed number have been sent home after first-aid treatment. The amount of damage to key war industries, . including transportation and communications, -is not given. Because the rocket bomb is “essentially indiscriminate in nature, purpose and effect” and cannot be aimed at precise targets, it has been described as of no direct military value. For that reason the allied governments, who have known the secret of this rather simple contraption for at least a quarter of a century, have not used it. But the Germans were so convinced of its deadly value: that they used their small reserve of metal on it instead of manufacturing more planes. That may seem stupid. But the Germans were figuring on an oil shortage, which would limit the number of planes they could keep in the air anyway. Also they planned to shoot thousands more of these explosive rockets across the channel, with disastrous result to London. They failed to get the full effect for their secret weapon only because allied bombers have been sweeping the ocket coast almost daily for many months, # . - . » » THE MILITARY value of the aimless rocket has been greater than the allies first supposed. For it has diverted a large number of allied bombers to blast the takeoff bases, ~ and more allied fighters to chase the rockets through the skies. Mr. Churchill admitted that “quite a considerable proportion of our flying power has been diverted from other forms of offensive activity.” With fine frankness, he added that “it is yet to be decided whose. effort will suffer most. in the process’—Germany’s diversion of manufacturing strength from planes to rocket bombs, or allied diversion of _ planes to battle the rockets. There have been two results not counted on by the Germans. Instead of terrorizing: the English as planned, German use of such an indiscriminate weapon against civilians has simply stiffened English determination to punish the Germans. The popularity of American {roops and civilians in England has soared because of - their speed in going to the relief of rocket-bomb victims.
WELCOME, DE GAULLE! AMERICA welcomes Gen. De Gaulle as a gallant soldier of the French republic. If American hopes can bring
President Roosevelt for the speedy liberation of France, that agreement is assured. No proof of American friendship for France is needed. Our sons die in Normandy to free her. Of the intricacies of the long allied dispute with the | De Gaulle committee the average American knows little, and cares less—in the sense that he is content to trust such matters. to his govérnment. But he is clear on fundamentals. He wants the German army and Nazi influence | driven out of France as soon as possible. And, when the | conditions for a free plebiscite exist, he wants the French people to choose their own government, If Americans at times have been impatient with De Gaulle, it has been because he seemed to” put diplomatic maneuver and personal prestige ahead of the immediate job of victory. But even when they have questioned his wisdom—as when he withdrew French liaison officers on the eve of their departure with the allied invasion forces— they have not doubted his patriotism. Admitting that there-have been mistakes and misunderstandings on both sides, the Roosevelt-De Gaulle con- | ferences should provide the lacking co-operation. Only the Nazis profit from this dispute. As William Philip Simms, our foreign editor, cables from Cherbourg: “Two things are vital: First, a working pact between Algiers and Washington-London to win the war;. second, | Gen. De Gaulle must tell the F are in France to.liberate them—not to sell them down the | river, as Nazi and Vichy propaganda has led some of them | to believe.”
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YOUNG HARRY AT THE FRONT (GOVERNOR DEWEY, with his “accent on youth,” spoke |
and tired and quarrelsome in offiée” at Washington. There are such.
tired nor quarrelsome, and only stubborn about things that | involve principle, Henry L. Stimson, the secretary of war, will be come September. He has just flown to Italy and now is inspecting our troops there. He is a Republican. Over some protest from fellow Republicans, he took a hard job in his old age. served in a statesmanlike manner, without partisanship. We wish him a safe return from the front.
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VAIN APPEAL THE Jacketless Men's Society of America has issued its |
sapiens to go forth in his shirt sleeves. JIMSA is a voice crying in the wilderness.
But’ alas, the Its efforts are |
nant. As brave and persistent, and as futile. 5
Fair Enough
By: Westbrook Pegler
He was and remains a member of the senate foreign relations committee. have known what he was talking about on that date, | 13 days before Pear! Harbor. He was 41 years old at the time.
President Absolved by Negative Method
country’s abandonment of the constitutional method | of going to war was made several days before Adm. H. E. Kimmel and Gen. Walter C. Short, the American commanders in Hawali, received their last alarms and orders from Washington. Those final communications told them nothing about any intention to hit the Japs without warning and urder cover of negotiations in progress at the time. They counseled restraint, and Short, up to the last minute, indicated that Japan was aiming at,objectives in Asia and cautioned them, under penalty of punishment, to confine their preparations ta '| defensive, and advice from Washington is contained in the report of the Roberts committee, appointed by President Roosevelt, which whitewashed the President but condemned the two commanders without trial and without an opportunity to face charges. :
cérned with national “policy” were absolved by negative method. The committee decided that it was not within their province to discuss the national policy of basing the entire Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor or “any such topic.” quietly precluded criticism of the policies, decisions or |. actions of all persons superior to Kimmel and Short, including Mr. Roosevelt,
'Only Waiting for Japan to Cron Line'
under a Boston dateline were as follows: “We are only waiting for Japan to cross a line before we start shooting, I do not know exactly where that line is and I am not sure the President knows exactly where it is. The actual declaration of war is a legal technicality and such technicalities are being held in abeyance as long as those brigands continue in force.”
President Roosevelt, for. whom he had acted as informal spokesman on matters concerning war, the Japanese might have taken this announcement seriously.
the very minute of 7:55 a. m., Dec. 7, 1941, were advised of no such. intention as Pepper announced in Boston. i structions received from Washington they were in a staté Of readiness aescHbed’ by the army as ‘the No. 1 Alert.
against acts of sabotage and uprising within the islands, with no threat from without.”
respect for his orders from Washington received on Nov. 28, four days after Pepper's announcement, report says these orders were that “protective measures should be confined to those essential to security, so as to avoid unnecessary publicity and alarm.”
‘Left Hawaii Unprepared for Attack’
nouncement, the question suggests itself imperatively whether these provisions against “unnecessary publicity and alarm” were shrewdly designed to deceive the Japanese spies in Hawaii and through them their principals in Tokyo. Lo Hawaii unprepared for external attack. about a closer working agreement between the general and |. tions that could be charged to Kimmel and Short are reduced to triviality by comparigon with the offense of those who made the decision to “start shooting.” sponsibility for that decision.
have been repudiated after Pearl Harbor if not immediately.
| not only failed to repudiate him but recently made a most cynical demonstration of his particular favor,
‘We The People
By Ruth Millett
And they thought the child needed whipping.
ents in and warned them that the court would take ! * | their daughter into custody unless the parents agreed | rench people that the allies | not to permit anyone but themselves to whip the child.
24, carried a small item from Boston reporting that Senator Claude Pepper, of Florida, President Roosevelt's confidant and political protege, had announced in a press interview the {intention of the United States to adopt the German and Japanese sneak-punch atid o starting a War without orma eclaring war. Congress was not to be consulted. Senator Pepper had done much bellicose talking.
Thus he may be presumed to
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PEPPER'S FLIPPANT announcement of this
The maximum information to Kimmel
legal measures, all precautionary and This information concerning their orders
The President, his cabinet officers and others con-
The phrase, “any such topic,”
Is This the Cross We Want Placed Here?
Our Hoosiers |By Daniel M. Kidney
scramble for the vice
Hoosier names are
dential possibilities, weather here caused fly as
dinaapolis.
bility in lieu of Wallace.
Senator Jackson Wouldn't Mind SENATOR SAMUEL D. JACKSON (D.
he would likely welcome the chance for on the national ticket himself. There has been much talk among the
tion keynoter, might so wow the meeting land in second place on the fourth term
Sherman Minton of the Chicago Court of
Dealer as before he was defeated for a
Minton Shows His Colors
cocktail party was in progress. Timid
friends and went with a Dewey button and a Bricker on the other. that kind of ‘political wit. Amd he w by everyone.
THE REMARKS attributed to Pepper by the A. P:
But when they cross it, we will start shooting.
. WE ; The Hoosier Forum 1 wholly disagree with what. you say, but will detend to the sdadth your right to say it.—Voltaire.
Should the second place accolade be
“TWO SIDES TO EVERY ARGUMENT” By Forum Fan, Indianapolis
I have read the Forum for a good many years and enjoy it. However, I do not agree with Mr. Maddox that it is responsible for molding public opinion. The general idea of most writers to the Forum seems to be that any writer who does not agree with themis either crazy or very ignorant. On the political front we have the Meitzler, Maddox, Voice in the Crowd group who see nothing but cussedness in the New Deal and hate and despise Roosevelt and all his works. Then, we have that never-tiring bunch of New Deal boosters who, like Beulah, the maid on the Fibber McGee program, “love dat man.” I like to read all these letters and sometimes p@* in my three cents worth, I have seen good and sound arguments made by both sides and] think it is a shame that these good people refuse to respect each other's opinions and at times even their rights to voice their opinions through the medium of the Hoosier Forum. A writer invites comment on the Indianapolis Railways transfer case.
Considering Pepper's well-known intimacy with
However that may be, Kimmel and Short, up to
In accordance with the information and in-
“This alert,” says the Roberts report, “is a defense
Gen. Short decided to use this formula out of
The
AT THIS PRINT, in view of Pepper's earlier an-
If so, they nevertheless left
Thus, if Pepper told the truth, the worst derelic-
Mr. Roosevelt ‘would have had final re- ’ operate a car while one man now does it all. labor “for the operation ef a car is little, if any, more than it was years ago even though the employees receive twice as much per hour as in years past. However, maintenance and material- costs and taxes have no doubt increased tremendously. That is the other side of the controversy. ." There are two sides to every argument, and seldom if ever is either side entirely right or completely wrong. NEIGHBORS IN a Southern rr city were horrified when they saw | “WITNESS THE LAST a maid whipping a 9-year-old | THREE ELECTIONS” child left in her care by working | | By W. G. Dotterer, 251 N, Delaware st. parents, and reported her to the| That the American Constitution police. lis two-fold, dealing with fundaThe maid was cleared of 8 mental principles which are incharge of assault and battery flexible and with governmental when the child's parents testified | policies which are in constant that they had put the maid in change, and that. the spirit of the charge of their four small children Haw and the letter of the law are and given her permission to pun- | two different things, has been uniish them when they needed it. versally accepted by all thoughtful, intelligent men and women in | America. In times of national stress and peril, congress had the power
If Pepper lied on his own responsibility, he should
On the contrary, however, Mr. Roosevelt
Ai
But the judge of the juvenile court called the par-
Well, it used to take two men to,
Therefore, the cost of!
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measures into law to ‘meet changes and emergencies so long as such legislation does not violate the spirit | {and intent in the opinion of the! highest court. The elasticity of tie Constitufion must never be per- ,
of its provision. Policies in govJernment must never be permitted fo supers the fundamental principles in government as embodied iin the Constitution. The Constitu- | tion was made for man, not man for ithe Constitution. The Constitution was made by man and for the temporal good -of man. When man destroys the Constitution, he annihilates his greatest protector and benefactor. We cannot have Fascism or Socialism under our Constitution. It is essential - rnment that the three branches of government shall function each in its oWn path and neither infringe upon the rights of the other and that government shall be by consent. Whenever these three branches are put ¢nder one head, under one governmental bureau, our republic will be shaken.
mitted to do violence to the stability !
respects the Constitution when it proves to be the guarantee of life, liberty and property, and when it actually promotes the general wel- | fare. He was not satisfied with the administration of justice and he aid, not hesitate to say so. Where we were| you would-be saviors of our Consti-| tution when this condition existed? Were you lecturing that man on Ie. spect for law or on the Constitu- |
to cast half of one vote.
In Wathingion:
By Peter Edson
tion? The spirit of freedom and liberty resides in the heart of man. Under God, he has a right to enjoy this freédom and liberty. When he is deprived of this because of misrule; or lack of justice, he loses his respect not for the Constitution, but] for those in authority who have betrayed him. Our Constitution is in denger only when it is to be, {used as an instrument of" oppres-| sion or as a justification for spe-| (cial privilege. . Men did not want jonly a new deal, but a square deal as well. That he is satisfied with the prog- | ress made, witness the last three elections.
that Vice President
thermore,
stance— J Henry—(After alighting from plane hands)—I've got a surprise for you.
the plane)—Eleanor?
| guesses. The G'issimo—Airplanes? Tanks? thusjastic.) Guns? Ammunition? Henry-—No!
» - . “ONLY GUARANTEE OF FREEDOM” By Edward F. Maddox, Indianapolis All right, McKinley Brewer, let's | talk things over. Yes, I know you | have cause for criticism, but not for agitation. If you will look around,
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family?
G'issimo—Maybe it's a loan? billion yen, right now to check inflation,
the welfare and social, economic and "sense of humor was like the American. educational status of our -colored | and be serious. Americans, Yes, they wear good clothes, ride in nice automobiles and on the same busses and trolleys that I do. Most of them have good manners and are good Americans and are not knockers or gripers! Only in the South where the Civil war, sleeve)—Oh! Thank you! still engenders bitterness and an-| Henry—Skip it.
G'issimo—The what?
| Look! (He hands G'issimo a package.)
there
time cultural exchanges between our tw
WASHINGTON, July 8—8ince the Democratic presidential nomination apparently has been preempted for life by F. D. R., a mad
presidential
nomination is expected if the rug is pulled out from under Wallace.
popping up
all over the place as vice .presi-
The hot rumors to
fast as political yarns are - spun in the Claypool lobby in In-
In the vanguard of course is WMC Chairman Paul 1 V. McNutt. Several times recently he has been listed in Washington papers as . vice presidential possi-
Indiana papers meanwhile keep reiterating’ that Governor Henry F. Schricker is running for the senate and doesn’t want the vice presidency, although it never has been made clear who it was that offered it to him.
Ind.) prob-
ably wouldn't mind having Schricker nominated for vice president so that he could run for the senate again, rather than be the gubernatorial candidate. Or
second place
that their Governor Robert 8. Kerr, Chicago conven-
that he will ticket. But
that likelihood might also apply to Senator Jackson, who is a far more polished and experienced orator. Another Hoosier mentioned here is Federal Judge
Appeals. He
still is a resident of New Albany and as ardent a New
second term
in the senate and promoted to the bench by F. D. R.
HOW MUCH of a Hoosier “Shay” Minton is was shown at the G. O. P. convention in Chicago recently. He came over to the Stevens hotel as the Indiina
about. going
in, being a defeated Indiana Democrat, he yielded to
on. one lapel
Only Indianans have
as Welcomed
testowed by
the President upon the basis of long-suffering, Mr, McNutt could hardly help but be the winner, For no man in the Democratic party has taken more dirt with less whimpering than the former governor of Indiana, Although rated by many as practically politically dead in the state, he would stage a quick come-back if given the green light, his friends say. At oresent he is a delegate-at-large to the Sonvention with power
WASHINGTON, July 8. — A recent news item handed out by the department of state revealed
Henry Wal-
lace. on his trip to China, carried over 100 gifts to Chinese institutions. The item wasn't given the " prominence it deserves and furit presents intriguing , possibilities for imagining the conversation: that might have, taken place as Santa Claus Wallace passed out the presents. For in.
and shaking
Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek— | | (Speaking together and glancing apprehensively at
Henry—No, Not a person—Gifts. Give you three (He gets en
These are useful presents. Madame Chiang—Maybe a quart of milk for every
Henry— (Blushing)—You would bring that up. 1 could ffse a
few
Henry— (Laughing sheepishly to cover up his emyou will see an amazing advance in| barrassment)—I never realized how much the Chinese
Quit kidding
These presents—(He goes into his prepared speech)—These gifts from the American people are sent you as a small evidence of the long=,
0 countries.
More Where That Came From ~~ MADAME CHIANG—(Tugging at her husband's
But don't you want to see 'em?
It would cease to be a democracy and become an absolute tyranny, destructive of our liberties. So long as we preserve the permanent provisions of the Constitution, seeking only to expand the flexible provi« sions when conditions justify such a
tagonism against your race, is
there is and will continue to be for | a long time prejudice, and it is not all on the white man’s side. “He who would have friends must show
fall out.)
seeds.
Henry—(In alarm)—Hey!
(The Generalissimo picks timidly at a corner of flagrant discrimination. Of course, | the paper wrapping to see what's inside. A few seeds
Be careful, They're
Madame Chiang—-Oh!—(Then sweetly)—For the canary. Or maybe poppy or caraway seed to put on
course of action, just so long will our heritage of civil and religious liberties be secure. A few years ago, the ordinary man was disgusted with sacred rules and principles which were antiquated and did not
under the Constitution to enact
secure the justice he desired. He
in his acceptance speech of “stubborn men, grown old |
But we cite you one old man in office who is neither |
He has |
1 from 604,000,000 to~2,000,000,000, or threefold in about
‘annual appeal to reason, summoning the humid homo | ~ as brave and persistent as those of Norman Thomas to be | | | president, or the Philadelphia Phillies to win a pen- |
Sweltering man will read the annual appeal, nod his . into the cool gaze of thi coolly-|
| Real Issue Is Overlooked
THE CASE has created quite a stir in the city, with some folks siding with the juvenile judge's verdict, and other siding with the parents, It seems to me that in saying “I am not going to | sanction. putting a-child under. supervision and author ity of a maid with the privilege of whipping a child” | the judge of the juvenile court is showing concern | over the least important aspect of the situation. Isn't it far more important that a maid is responsible for a child's care, feeding, and upbringing—than that the maid is permitted to whip the child? Isn't the real harm in the fact that a child must turn to a maid for all its wants, its reassurances, its | | comfort when hurt, instead of to-its nwn mother? In a situation that is basically unfair to a child the matter of an occasional whipping seems minor. Isn't the question of who gives a child love and care more important than who spanks it?
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SINCE 1800 the world population has increased
150 years: All the best land in the most habitable parts of the world is already under cultivatiton. A | vast area has been ruined for further cultivation.— { Dr. Walter C. Lowdermilk, assistant chief U. 8. Soil Conservation Service.
THERE WAS very heavy fighting on that Amer-4 { ican beach all D-Day, swaying back and forth, and by the end of the day the Americans were not more than 100 yards inland and were hanging on by Shel | eyelids. You can imagine Americans dotng : Gen. Sir Bernard L Montgomery, }
AS THE tnvason psstions roceed a, L : ‘women and the them on |
we
Side Glances—By Galbraith
+ doeth; it shall be for’ ever; noth-
himself friendly” applies to all races. I have many colored friends. Maybe some of them will read this letter and tell you so. I have worked with many colored men and have divided my lunch many times with colored fellows who had no lunch. On one job a colored man was injured and had to go home. He had no money for carfare. I gavé him money for his fare home so he wouldn't have to walk so far in his injured condition. Later, the same man got angry at me when there was talk of race prejudice. S80, my friend, you are doing me an injustice when you insinuate race! prejudice on my | “Count your blessings.” Take a look at the wild, colored savages who fought among themselves in the jungles of Africa and sold their own race as prisoners to the white men who brought - them here to America; and then look ‘around you at the fine mannered, educated and accomplished colored, -Americans. When you realize the great advance toward equality made by your people, you surely must exclaim “What hath God wrought!” Yes, you can |say that your people have come up through great tribulation to this land . of plenty. My grandfather fought for your freedom. Our Con-| stitution is the only gtarantee of freedom both for my race andj yours. Let's vote to save it! smemmtm——————- tere
‘DAILY THOUGHTS 1 know that, whatsoever God
-rye bread?
your horses and bullocks. G’issimo—Just what IT wanted.
Music. Phonograph records. Henry--Naw!
Suite and George Gershwin's Rhapsody G'issimo—Hot dog!
Infiltration of Literature
| New titles on library science.
Radio Relay League!
now, I betcha
in the United States. Didn't you bring a new one? G’issimo—Mickey Mouse?
‘cataracts and venereal diseases.
thing.
' 7ing can be put to it, nor anything taken from it: and God doeth it, _ that men should fear before him. : Ee 3 14.
Henry—No, This is a practical gift from the department of agriculture. Forty-three samples of grass seed and 19 samples of forage seed which we think will grow around here and increase feed supply for
Henry—(Changing the subject)—But look at this. Madame Chiang—Mairzy Dpats, I presume.
Classical -stuff, for your Chungking Philharmonic orchestra. MacDowell's Second Indian
in Blue.
HENRY—And books!—(He reads from his list) — On political economy. On American architecture. Manuals of the American Technical data on how to make scrap iron into steel, -how to make sulphuric acid, how to make a community refrigerator—
Madame Chiang—Here comes that quart of milk
Henry—(Ignoring her)—Three packages containing sample equipment to be-used in experimental demonstrations of soil and’ water conservation, College . catalogs from the leading schools of ‘animal husbandry
G'issimo—My Sears-Roebuck is about worn out. Henry—And just look at this. Movies! Henry—=Stop being funny. These are 14 reels sent } by the American ,College of Surgednd to show the latest investigations in the treatment of fractures,
Madame Chiang—You Americans think of every-
—_
To The Point—
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