Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 July 1944 — Page 14

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Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way

CANDIDATE ROOSEVELT

go Ye

again by his spokesmen.

that I will accept,” etc.

within me cries out to go back to my home on

there is a more powerful urge.

him. Honestly.

‘he broke the unwritten law of two terms. will go on thinking so.

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war, I have as little right to withdraw as the leave his post in the line.”

above politics, it is nonsense.

terminates the presidential duty every gardless.

is by “running” very hard, and he knows it.

it will be after he has made his usual deals

like than customary. We hope Mr. Roosevelt soon recovers

he has made his candidacy inevitable. partisan candidate, regardless of his denial.

NEW DETENTION HOME

gerous old fire-trap it now occupies to the ble solution of a serious emergency.

egy have delayed it too long.

council, should have dispelled that fear. This

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THE MOVE is by no means a solution problem of county Juvenile administration,

the. care of colored children. This county

take time.

a horrible tragedy, could not done well to brush aside the in some way to reap a private

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E have heard no exclamations of surprise over the President’s announcement of his fourth-term candidacy. Even the details of the announcement—the campaign arguments for himself—are old stuff, used over and over

First there is the avowal that, “For myself, I do not want to run. . . . Reluctantly, but as a good soldier, I repeat

We can well believe there is more sincerity in that, after 11 years in office, than in the customary coyness of presidential candidates. After all, Mr. Roosevelt is tired and not as vigorous as he once was, and the next few years in the White House will be no bed of roses. So “all that is

the Hudson.”

. No, not quite “all that is within me.” For, along with the genuine weariness of an aging man who wants to retire, It is a feeling that he is indispensable. He ‘thinks the country cannot run without

That is what happens to some men who have held great power for a long time. He thought so four years ago, when

He probably

And there is a good deal of truth in it—so far as the Democratic party is concerned. Mr. Roosevelt is an indispensable candidate for the Democrats, because for 10 years he has killed off politically every potential successor. Democratic politicians have to take him whether they like him or not and many do not. It is Roosevelt or nobody.

THIS 'COMPLEX that he is the only man fit to be President in these times, which has destroyed an American tradition and denied his party younger leadership, is Mr. Roosevelt's chief strength and worst weakness. The virtues of perpetual one-man rule are obvious. But so are the vices. One of the least vices of an indispensable man is that he loses his sense of humor. Can you imagine Franklin D. Roosevelt, the cleverest politician of his generation and proud of it, soberly saying: “I would accept and serve, but I would not run, in the usual partisan, political sense. But if the people command me to continue in this office in this

soldier has to

When a presidential candidate tries to put himself Mr. Roosevelt has got his military analogy on crooked, The soldier is commanded to serve for the duration, but the Constitution definitely fourth year re-

That “usual partisan, political sense” of running— . which Mr. Roosevelt says he is above—is the process of democracy. The alternative to a “partisan, political” campaign is a one-party system in which an indispensable man is elected by default as Mr. Roosevelt is being nominated by default. That would be a holier-than-thou assumption of higher patriotism and superior right to office. The only way Mr. Roosevelt can get a fourth term

“If the people command me to continue in this office,”

with the dis-

reputable political machihes and after much money has been spent to encourage that popular “command.” does his campaigning in the guise of commander in chief reviewing troops or inspecting war plants, he will still be “running”—though the race will be rather less sportsman-

And if he

his sense of

humor and of balance, which was his greatest charm and his safety valve. Since he thinks he is the indispensable man and since he has left his party with no other choice, But he will be a

ECISION of county authorities to proceed at once with removal of the juvenile detention home from the dan-

safe modern

buildings the county owns at 25th and Keystone is a sensiObjections to this move, both sound and frivolous,

Joth Negro and white community leaders expressed the fear that this might be the first step toward re-estab-lishment of the old Colored Orphans’ Home, of unsavory memory, where delinquent and non-delinquent children were dumped together witli inadequate supervision. The forthright statement of Juvenile Court Judge Mark Rhoads, backed by the county welfare department and the county

is to be, they

assure us, a juvenile detention home, and nothing more. it is to have, Judge Rhoads promises, the best staff it is possible to hire—a staff he has already begun to assemble.

to the whole as everyone

concerned realizes. It merely meets an immediate and pressing danger that has to be met right now. : The whole field of county treatment of juvenile wards | .eeds a complete survey and a thorough overhauling, Better facilities must be provided for the care of non-delinquent children for whom the county is responsible, especially for

officials have

pledged themselves to undertake immediately. But it will

Meanwhile the children held in the detention home where a single moment of carelessness might have meant vait. The problem of i safety had to be solved immedibtely. Coty officials vos protests of those who hoped te profit by delaying this move, by meeting, fully and frankly, the objections of those ers who were genuinely concerned with the safety and

rocks being thrown through Mr. LaGuardia’s own Harlem where his personal and political protege, Vito Marcantonio, the only unfailing spokesman of the Communist party line in congress, officiates as the presiding spirit of the New Deal, +

‘Dangerous: Criminality Is Ripe’

THE MAYOR has reminded his subjects that newspaper and publishing plants are forbidden areas of summer employment for children under 16. Yet, except for the influence of the Communist members of the Newspaper Guild, of which Mrs. Roosevelt is a member, the young would be better off, morally, and in less peril physically, in the office of a daily newspaper than in those public schools under his own tight and autocratic jurisdiction where not mere mischief but downright, dangerous criminality is ripe. The Communists of course, are devoted to the intentional corruption of youth. This program and details of its operation were set forth in the confessional autobiography of Benjamin Gitlow, the predecessor of Earl Browder as the American chief of the Muscovite conspiracy. Still, with few exceptions both allied with the New Deal, the Néw York newspaper plants: are so manned that the Communists could not prevail over the better example of the American members of the staffs, who are, on the whole, normally decent men and women whose influence would be good.

'Park Avenue Crackers or Rich Trash'

BOTH LAGUARDIA and Mrs. Roosevelt have indicated a belief that poverty itself, is a stronger influencé for corruption in the young than the facts show it to have been. They seem unaware that we have in our midst a kind of people who might be called Park Avenue crackers or rich trash, whose young, girls as well as boys, turn out to be bums because their home influences were rotten. I never have seen in any of their givings on this subject an appreciation of the fact that squalor does not necessarily consist of cracked plaster, bedbugs, cold-water plumbing and cluttered fire-escapes but exist, as conspicuous misbehavior has shown, in certain country mansions of the hereditary gentry and in their town houses off the avenues, The fact that relatively few such children are committed to correctional schools may mislead the mayor and the lady who has demurely identified her husband as the ruler of the American people. Money and position keep them out of jail and their names off the records but we may firmly surmise from prominent . displays of adolescent and early adult cynicism, graftand spectacular indifference to the old American standard of family integrity that some parents in the upper brackets have failed conspicuously who nevertheless think themselves qualified to lecture others on the moral duty of the parent to the child, :

'Have Seen Trickery and Venality'

THE MAYOR and Mrs. R. have given too little weight to the fact that of external influences, outside the home, which have weathered the characters of literally millions of young adult Americans and present-day children, have been the most corrupt, greedy and deflantly indecent that have ever before prevailed in the United States. Youth may not read supreme court decisions but they cannot but sense the invitation of the New Deal dictum that highway robbery is a political prerogative of criminals operating under the patronage of LaGuardia and Mrs. Roosevelt, They have seen trickery and venality, avarice masquerading as charity, and a bold alliance of their national government with the foulest depths of the political and criminal underworld. They cannot have escaped a degree of corruption contaminating the principles and morals of a whole American generation. .

We The People

By Ruth Millett

THERE'S A JUDGE in Indian_apolis I'd like to meet. Why? Well, I'd like to say “nice going,” to him—if you can be that informal to a judge. There are probably thousands of other mothers—bringing up small children they know are not ; angels, but certainly don’t regard as nuisances—who would like to A J tell him the same thing, perhaps aay a bit more elegantly. . Here's the story: .A married couple who own an apartment house in Indianapolis brought suit against another couple who had been tenants for nine years on the grounds that the presence of the tenant's 8-months-old son violated the OPA nuisance regulation. The judge ruled that the 8-months-old baby and his parents couldn't be ousted from their home and in doing so he said: “There is more at issue in this case than the matter directly before the court. There are thousands of wives of members of the armed services living in small homes in Indianapolis and in Marion county who have small children or who are awaiting the arrival of babies. Should they be put out of their homes because they have babies? This court does not believe this policy should be followed here, and this court will not permit such tactics.”

Reminder to Landlords

INDIANAPOLIS’ UNIFORMED fathers and fathers-to-be have one load off their minds now, They don't have to worry, while they are busy fighting a war, for fear their wives may be kicked out of their homes. If judges in other cities would come out just as emphatically with the stand that human beings aren't nuisances just because they aren't old enough to vote, fight a war, or own an apartment house of their own

—thousands of other servicemen could rest easier in their minds. ,

the country that the boys who are fighting this war for them were “nuisances” only a few short years ago. But aren't we all thankful for them today—even the landlords on whose walls some of them may once have left smudgy finger-prints? : x

So They -Say—

IT IS YOUTH who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow, and the triumphs that are the aftermath

of war.—Herbert Hoover. 5h

the New York public schools and particularly in LaGuardia’s own residential and political district of the ¢ city, than he or she would be in certain of the sightly | GRACIOUS’ gainful summer occupations which the mayor proscribes. Little criminals break into the schools a AOT 9 night in vacation time and destroy furniture, ma- REALLY: chinery and records and there have been many cases of stabbing and shooting, including the episode in ] | which two little girls killed another in a public school | CAN'T in the presence of a number of other children and (EVE teachers, Teachers have been punched around and GEL generally terrorized, too, and there are reports of \T !

.Jfour years of administration.

It might be well also to remind the landlords of |

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The Hoosier Forum

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

“YOU CAN TALK ABOUT POLITICS” By James E. Morris, 320 N. Hamilton ave. You want people's opinions and so here is mine, I hope you will publish it, though I doubt if you will. Anyway, here is my gripe: Four weeks ago I-was working for the Civil Service as a clerk trainee at Billings General hospital. I became il] and was taken to a hospital in Indianapolis where I underwent an emergency operation. The colonel whom I was working undef” promised me faithfully that I would be given my job back on my release from the hospital. But when I returned to Billings, my job was not open as had been promised, and I was left out in the cold, so to speak. The Civil Service did not give me a good reason for discharging me because they could have put an enlisted person in my place until my return. Well, you can talk about politics. There they are for you. And yet the government says get into essential war work and stay

on the job.

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“LET'S FACE THE TRUTH” By R. Gebhart, 3320 Lockburn st. As there seems to be a tendency on the part of most writers to the Forum to put credit and fault on the party instead of the individual, I want to say I lived through exPresident Grover Cleveland's last I was about 20 years old and the depression was far greater than brought on by Herbert Hoover. Eggs were selling in groceries for 10 cents a dozen and butter was 15 cents. There were no jobs, no money, not even apples, ahd remember that was a Democrat President. But I do not blame the whole Democrat party. Herbert Hoover signed that tariff bill against the advice of Republican manufacturers that slapped other countries in the face. They quit buying from us.so our factories had to close for lack of output. Hence the depression. ‘So why blame the whole Republican party for the act of one man? President Roosevelt had an awful mess to clean up

(Times readers are invited to express their views in these columns, religious con. troversies excluded, Because of the“volume received, letters should be limited to 250 words. Letters must be signed. Opinions set forth here are those of the writers, . and publication in no way implies agreement with those opinions by The Times. The Times assumes no responsi bility for the return of manuscripts and cannot enter core respondence regarding them.)

job, but he did not bring us the prosperity so many people want to kiss him for. If it was not for the war and war needs creating work for all, there would have been a different story. So now, instead

names, let's face the truth in a common sense way. I hate mudslinging. . : » ” “SPREADING THE MOSCOW PARTY LINE”

By Seorge 0. Cowan, 315 Security Trust g.

I note a letter in -the Hoosier Forum in your issue of Friday, July “5 1944, attacking the Republican party and Mr. Dewey. It is indicated that this letter is by Elmer Johnson, 401 Board of Trade building, Indianapolis. . Polk's Indianapolis Directory (1943) lists the following: Johnson, Elmer, organizet Communist Party of Indianapolis, R 112 W. North. Communist Party of Indianapolis, Elmer Johnson, organizer, 143 N. Meridian, R. 401. ' I have no objection to reading such propaganda, but would prefer to have the same properly labeled. It causes one to consider how many other professional pro-Roosevelt Communists are using the Hoosier Forum in your paper for the pure pose of spreading the Moscow party

at Washington, and he did a good

line.

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“ONLY ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE FAVORED FEW" By Mrs. John D. Draper, 523 N. DeQuiney 8

I am just wondering if any of our readers know how we should go about making reservations at an inn or hotel in one of our state parks? Two months ago we wrote to Canyon inn, McCormick's Creek state park, for reservations for the

latter part of July or early part of August, and their reply ‘was that no ‘reservations were accepted for more than 30 days in advance. We then wrote them so that the letter would be received exactly 30 days in advance, and we were advised no rooms were available. Do any readers know what politicians we must know to get a reservation at a state park, as I am of the opinion that these parks are for state employees and state politicians and not the tax-paying public who help to support them. management probably knew at the time of our first letter that they would have only accommodaitons for the favored few; but to make it look good, they wrote us the 90-day rule. Now it's too late to get reservations any place else, & “HOW TIMES DO CHANGE” By Victor Loehr, Greenfield : “I -see where there are bills up in congress now to change the constitution all around, elect the President in a different way and have congress meet at different time. “It seems the men who drew this thing up years ago didn't know much, and we are just now getting a bunch of real fellows who can take that old parchment and fix it up like it should have been all these years It seems like it's just luck so far that got us by. Now when they get the constitution all fixed, they are going to start on the Ten Commandments just as soon as they find someone in Washington who has read them.” } . No, folks, you are wrong! This isn't a blast at the present administration by our super-patriot, Mr Maddox. These words were written by Will Rogers in the early 1920's. A man named Harding occupied the White House at the time. I don’t believe any of us were quite sure just who was President But, unless my memory is greatly in error, it was a Republican ad-

“DO THEY THINK THEY ARE HELPING?” By R. L. Clarke, Indianapolis May I say that I consider Mrs. Eller Emmelman’s attack on Mr. Walter Scott, a marine wounded in action, utterly contemptible? From her letter, it would be assumed that anyone who disagrees with her could not possibly be in the service, see action or be wounded. Also, may I say that her support is no credit to the Democratic party. The intolerance and venom shown by her, Mrs. Haggerty and their ilk, is an insult to intelligent Democrats? Many lifelong Democrats, undecided about the next election, are sickened by their letters. Do they think they are helping Roosevelt's cause by such tripe?

DAILY THOUGHTS

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I haye loved you, that -one another.—~John

By Daniel M. Kidney

WASHINGTON, July 13—Rep. Demo=

great importance ing civil liberties, individual rights, and free enterprise. “No administra= tion of public affairs can be successful that does not deal fairly with both industry and labor.

Railroad Trainmen's Indorsement

that speak for labor have always indorsed me without

April 20, when Martin H. Miller, national legislative representative of that brotherhood, wrote to me as follows: “The undersigned 1s advised by Mr. A. F. Whitney,

letter: ““The following is an excerpt from list for the 11th congressional district:

Opposed Smith-Connally Act

has made in the house, including those in opposition to the Smith-Connally act and a plea for its repeal;

Political Action By Fred W. Perkins

mittees, will be a member of the NPAC, but because of his retired status he has declined to serve as its active head. The NPAC membership, to be announced by Mr, Hillman within the next few days, will include, in addition to Mr. Norris, representatives of profese

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aligned with groups having communistic sympathies, He will have foes among Southern Democrats, also,

C. I. O. Will Not Oppose Tobin 1

LEADERS OF the C. I O. political group in a meeting here Monday made plans for collection of campaign funds from individual members of their unions. The result is intended to constitute no violas tion of the federal laws restricting contributions fromy izations. - The NPAC is expected to operate as a unit with the same aims but distinct from the Democratic nae tional committee. Under this plan the C. I. O. would offer no opposition to Daniel J. Tobin, American Federation of Labor leader, in occupying again the. chairmanship of the Democratic committee's labor division.

is publication in a nationally-circulated magazine of an article by John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers. The production is entitled “Nog Guilty,” and is a defense by Mr. Lewis from charges,

that he was “Public Enemy No. 1.” Mr, Lewis was active in the 1936 campaign, with loans and gifts totaling half a million dollars to Democratic funds. Between then and 1940 a rift’ developed between this labor leader and President Roosevelt, and late in 1940' Mr, Lewis ‘espoused the candidacy of Wendell Willkie,

Points to Other Strikes

IN HIS magazine plece Mr. Lewis complains abous the criticism for the coal strikes, and says, “no other labor executive or union has been subjected to any such bitter, cruel and sustained attack.” He adds: “Countless strikes, many for reasons shocking in their essential triviality, have disrupted and are dise rupting the nation’s war effort, but neither leaders nor strikers have been named and pilloried. No clarion from the White House starts the hue and cry against them by accusations of disloyalty and sabos tage. Miners alone, for pressing just demands, have been singled out. for hate and ooloquy.” ‘Mr. Lewis renews his declarations of lack of faith in the war labor board and gives tbe credit to Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes for final settlement of the long coal row. Two of his statements: : “There was no time that Mr. Ickes did not exhibit good faith, but at every turn his hands were tied by the petty vanity of the war labor Hoard.” - enough, it was a fight settled on terms that could have been had at the very beginning but for malign interferences that put the destruction of the United Mine Workers above the national interest.”

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