Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 July 1944 — Page 11
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infantry division.
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up on the Cherbourg peninsula I decided all dor that I couldn't face C rations that everations in the first place. So we laid a plan. We got a friéndly mess sergeant to drum up some cans of Vienna sausage, some sugar, canned peas and what not, and we put them in a pasteboard box. Then we walked around a couple of hedgerows to our motor pool and dug out Pvt, Lawrence .Wedley Cogan from the comfortable lair he had prepared for himself in an oats field. Pvt. Cogan drives a command car for the G-2 section of the 9th When we can catch him not driving for G-2, we can talk him into driving us somewhere. ; So we piled in and directed Chauffeur Cogan to set out for the nearby village of Les Pieux. When we got their, Capa, who speaks eight lanuages—and as his friends say, “none of them well”—went into a restaurant to make his investigations. Pretty soon he came to the door and motioned. So Cogan parked the car behind a building, we took our box of canned stuff, and in we went,
Typical French Village Restaurant
IT WAS a typical French village, restaurant, with low ceilings, and floors that sagged and it consisted of four or five rooms.
The woman who ran the place took us to a long table. Pvt. Cogan was dirty with the grease and dust of his job and went off to wash before eating
‘ning, And Bob Capa, the photographer, said he
d face C
again in civilized fashion. .
The cosmopolitarl Capa made a deal and we traded our rations for the cafe's regular dinner, in order not to take anything away from the French. We%had expected to pay the full price anyhow, but when the bill came they charged us only for the cooking, and wouldn't take a bit more, The restaurant had no small tables, but one long one in each room. Consequently we were seated with French people. They seemed eager to be friendly, and
NDY (By Wireless) ~One day while
By Ernie Pyle
pretty soon we were in the thick of* conversation.
That is, Capa and the French were in conversation, |
and occasionally he would relay the Cogan and me, the hitks.
Have Nothing Bad to Say of Germans
THE PEOPLE told us about the German occupation, but they didn’t have much bad to say about the Germans. Then .we talked of the French underground, which had just been coming out in the open in the previous few days. . Throughout our dinner Pvt. Cogan, in his soiled coveralls, listened and beamed and ate and took in eagerly the words he couldn't understand and the scene so new and strange to him. One middle-aged Frenchwoman made over him because he looked so young. - Cogan isn’t-bashful, but he couldn't talk French so he just grinned. Pvt. Cogan joined the army at 17. He was overseas before he was 18, and he is only 19 now. His home is at Alexandria, Va. He.is one of the nicest human beings you ever met. Next day the international trio, Capa, Cogan and Pyle, went out again.- But this time it was different. This was the trip I've been writing ‘about the past several days, when we went into Cherbourg with an attacking infantry company of the 9th division. When we got to our forward battalion command post, we got out of the car and told Cogan to go back about a mile and wait for us, as it was too dangerous to wait up there, And do you know what Cogan did? Cogan looked at us almost pleadingly, and said: “Would you let me go with you?” He stayed with us clear through that afternoon. When Capa went farthest forward to get his pictures of surrendering Germans, Cogan hopped along behind him with his loaded rifle, as though to protect him, Now and then I would notice his face, and instead of being afraid he was as pleased as a child at a state fair. ° - Of course what he did will seem asinine to any combat soldier who would give a fortune to keep out of combat instead of seeking it. Yet the willingness to do anything that is asked of you, and the eagerness to ‘experience things that aren't asked of you, make a real trooper. When we got to camp that night Capa said: “That Cogan, he's one of the finest soldiers I've
gist of it to
ever met in this army.” Righto.
Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum
PATRONS OF THE Red Key Tavern, at 52d and College, got into quite an argument yesterday afternoon, and after exhausting the subject without getting anywhere, they phoned The | ‘imes for the answer. The question; What is the sa ary of the vice presin dent of th{ United States? We looked it uj: in that handy little volume, the World Almanac, and found the vice president draws $15000 a y ar, the same pay as members of the President's cabinet receive. , . . Morris E. Ferguson, 922 Cottage ave. probably is wondering what happened to the certificate of title he obtaired from the secretary of state's office yesterday. Herman Paris, one of The Times’ advertising salesmén, found it on the sidewalk in front of Ayres’ and left it at The Times’ Cashier's desk. Mr. Ferguson
3445 Washington blvd, And so Mr. Hoke was 2a bit unprepared for a display of ingratitude which greeted nim’ recently. One evening, they heard the robins making a big racket. Mr. Hoke went out into the back yard to investigate, He heard an owl. As he started back to the house—WHAM !-—something hit him a stout blow on the back of the neck. It was the owl Mr. Hoke ducked under the grape arbor for protection, and was hit twice more on the way. Finally, he made it to the house. And then, looking up in a tree, he saw three very small owls. Nearby was the mother owl who had been protecting them. The owl family disappeared for a time, and then reappeared several days ago. Thus far, there have been no more murderous attacks, but Mr. Hoke never knows when to expect one. ,
A Mere Snack
NO WONDER there's a food shortage! Mrs. Gil-
e Indianapolis
SECOND SECTION
TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1944
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CONSERVATIVES PUTTING TEST
Wallace Stands as Symbol To Anti-New Dealers At Convention.
By THOMAS L. STOKES Scripps-Howard Staff Writer CHICAGO, July 18.—The Democratic’ national convention faces an important decision in resolving the only controversial question before it as to candidates—the selection of a vice-presidential nominee to run with Franklin D. Roosevelt for a fourth term. If it chooses Vice President Wallace again, it will keep the progresIsive complexion it has acquired since [the 1932 revolution which put Mr. {Roosevelt in the White House. Mr. | Roosevelt captured the party from {the conservatives who had led the (party along amiably in the quiet years since the Woodrow Wilson reform regime. If the convention dumps Mr. Wallace overboard, that will represent a major concession to the conserva{tives. If they capitalize their vic!tory properly, seize the advantage they have already in the coalition i
n congress with Republicans, they {may get complete control of the party in the next four years, whether it wins or loses in November.
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Wallace Is a Symbel
| This is the issue here. « Henry {Wallace is the symbol. The ‘con{servatives know it. So do the New Dealers. It is evident in the shining faces of the conservatives, the ‘good humor of the representatives ‘of various anti-New Deal interests ‘who are watching this convention, {some of whom are showing them‘selves prominently for the first time {in some years. They are rubbing | their hands. * The conservatives are In control! here—the old-line “practical politi-/
T0 DEMOCRATS
Senator Jackson Reads
Amidst a huge gathering of newsmen, Senator Samuel Jackson of Indiana, who will be permanent
FDR's Letter to Press
WHITE COLLAR CROUP ASKING DEMOCRAT AID
Stand to Gain Less Than Organized Labor as Represented by C. I. 0.
By FRED W. PERKINS, Scripps-Howard Staff Writer CHICAGO, July 18.—Spokesmen
f | for nearly 20 million unorganized
white-collar workers asked for ware time help yesterday from the Demoe cratic platform framers, and today the same kind of plea is being made by leaders of American organized labor, which is estimated at 15 mil= lion members of all kinds of unions, It is a safe bet that the organized 15 million will get much more
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attention in the platform than the unorganized 20 million... Part ot the organized group is the C:; 1. O., which through its
| political action committee took a
| prominent and early seat on the
chairman of the 1944 Dempcratic National convention, reads President Roosevelt's long-awaited letter |fourth-term bandwagon, and is in
indorsing Vice President Henry A,
a choice to the convention,
Wallace, for renomination, but saying that he had no desire to dictate |
Successor. fo. Wallace Seen [MINTON OPEN Up to 3 Political Bastes
By RAY
GHENT
Scripps-Howard Staff Writer ‘ CHICAGO, July 18—Unless all signs fail, the candidacy of vice EX-INdiana Senator Says President Wallace for renominaticn appeared definitely sunk today with those practical men of Democratic affairs, Ed Flynn of New York, | Frank Hague of New Jersey and Ed Kelly ‘of Chicago, showing indications of taking over the delicate jcb of filling the spot. Before President Roosevelt's lukewarm indorsement of Mr. Wallace
was made public—a letter which was called “the kiss of death” by some—the three main cogs in the vote-getting machine were in several hasty conferences. At the end all denied having a candidate for the second place, but it was to be expected that whatever choice was made would be put up to the President for his o. k.
bert Brandenburg stopped in at Murphy's cafeteria Cians.” the skillful southern manipu-| “my S44 to the administration's
AMERICA FIRSTERS
BOOM SEN. WHEELER
CONVENTION HEADQUARTERS, | Chicago, July 18 (U. P.).—The 1944, Democratic presidential nominee would be Senator Burton
FOR 20 PLACE
He Would Resign Bench To Make Race.
By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer
CHICAGO, July 18.—Judge Sher-,
man Minton of the federal court of appeals here, said today that he feels sure Vice President Wallace will not be renominated.
| As the “most prominently men-
tioned” of the half-dozen Hoosiers
the forefront of advocates of a vice presidential renomination for Henry A. Wallace. The C. I. O. pohtical platform will be presented latgy'tgday by C. I" O, Presider eal urray, with probable help from Sidney Hillman, William Green, head of the American Federation of Labor, is sched= uled for the same session, and may repeat his earlier diagnosis of the Republican platform's labor section as “disappointing.”
Plight of Teachers
A principal charge of white~ collar spokesmen is that the machinery of the war labor board is designed to give efficient attention only to organized groups, such as labor unions, leaving the indi- | vidual to shift for himself. Donald Dushane, of the National | Education association, presenting the , wartime plight of hundreds of thousands of schoolteachers tied to low {salaries through wartime restrice | tions, said:
K.| talked of for the place, Judge Min-| “We have been overlooked and Wheeler of Montana and his ton says he cannot campaign for it| discriminated against by the war running-mate ‘would not be Henry pecause it is against the tradition/labor board. Politically, we are A. Wallace, if ‘the Democraticiof the federal bench, |going to get some attention — or
lators. Their mood is strongly anti- |
may have it by identifying himself, . . . H. R, Hoitam | woes on the eve of the convention's
calls our attention to the fact that Miss Agnes Mahoney, principal of School 9, recently was awarded the good neighbor orchid over the Breakfast at Sardis broadcast. . . . The lost lovebird which Mrs. George Pierson found in her yard has been returned to its owner. But now we have a new problem. Miss Rosie
about 3 p. m. yesterday afternoon and sat beside al 3 eal rather large woman and a little girl. The woman was . {opening y issi disposed w be friendly, and Ct in Mrs. Branden- ! t me days they had advertised CU he Musici 2 burg that she had been right there at the counter that Pres ent Roogevel, 1 his How fourth term, coupled with the well-| national conuention should follow| But he would be delighted to have else.” since 1:30 p. m. In that time, she remarked non-| with faint ny oh uld known anti-F.D.R. attitude of athe advice ‘of Gerald L. K. Smith|it, if President Roosevelt and the| senator Pepper (D. Fla), a memchalantly, she had eaten four sandwiches, two bowls | Wallace the decision raise osnvention | majority, of Texas delegates was/and a group of his America First convention should insist. {ber of the Democratic resolutions of soup, two sundaes, two sodas, five cakes, and she ‘| threatening to spread among the crusade followers. “When the proper time comes, I committee, said he favored a plat-
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Martin, 1112 N, Oxford, also is looking for the owner of a lost lovebird. She found it near Brookside park about a week ago.... You can't say that the ice companies aren't doing their best to remedy the ice shortage by gettinz more help. In the help wanted columns yesterday was a sizable ad specifically asking for “two ministers of the gospel for part time work on ice loading platform.” It was & Polar ice ad.
The Silly Old Owl
YOU'D HAVE a hard time convincing Fred Hoke that the owl deserves its reputation as a wise old bird. Thé Hokes go to a lot of trouble to provide the comforts of life—food, water, etc.—for the birds out around
Terror Above
(SECOND OF A SERIES)
LONDON, July 18.—We'll call them George and Emily, because that happens to be their names. They are a bit past “middle-aged.” They might.be. called a typical well-to-do British couple, kind, educated, cultured, with four sons in the armed services. "They are symbolic (though very much alive and real) of the English suburban family of today, and this is to give you a picture—through their experiences —of what all those people have endured and are enduring. George is an industrialist, and during his rise in his business he spent many years with his family in the United States. They are, therefore, folks that you or you or you would understand. They have a lovely ‘house on a small plot “in the country,” which actually “means in a London’ suburb. They are proud of\the: house of sturdy, standard English design and ilt of brick. From ft, one by one, their boys have gone away with brides and to war. In the backyard there is a stout steel and concrete air-raid shelwe., =ow virtually hidden with heavy grass that has grown from the earth covering the shelter, The shelter contains double-deck beds and can sleep six. It is safe, and it is dry, but all shelters are bleak and forbidding because of the verv —_.ure of their usefulness. George and Emily (and various others at times) slept 100 consecutive nights in this shelter during the big blitz of 1940-41. Bombs fell dangerously near, but despite all the terror, none of the family was injured and the house that meant so much as a home was not even scratched. It was a great relief when the bombing subsided. To get to his place of business, which also escaped, George has been riding two different busses and then changing to a train twice daily for four years.
Long, Hard Pull
BUT EMILY could smile and even laugh with pleasure at the antics of a grand-child as she sat with George and part of her family about her having tea on a bright, cheerful Sunday recently. “With you American people here in such strength,
My Day
HYDE PARK, Monday.—When I was at "Antioch college, the other day, Dr. Arthur Morgan told me that, along with the conference on international relations which was being held under the auspices
of the American Friends service committee, he was i ls --holding a conference -on living -in-
a small community, These two conferences met in assemblies very often, but Dr, + Morgan felt his conference was perhaps the more realistic’ of the _ two because people were talking
about actual experiences, whereas
_in the other conference they were talking about hopes and plans for the future. - : 8 Dr. Morgans thesis runs some- ~ real friendliness and understand-
like this, The place where
was ending up with a piece of cake ala mode, The little girl was dining on a coke. ., . A group of SMC Cadettes arrived at the bus terminal about 1:45 a. m.
When the letter finally was made}
‘pubiic, after shenanigans that added | ino dignity to the performance here,
embittered southerners. Senator Byrd Favored
Sunday, footsore and weary from dancing four hours. they waved it about joyfully in con-{ on, Mississippi delegation voted
with V-12 Cadets at DePauw. Seeing a bunch of taxicabs at the curb, the girls headed for them, but found most of the drivers not interested in taking them as passengers. One group of four Cadettes tried all the cabs in sight, but were refused service. They asked help of a policeman who said there was nothing he could do, Finally, one cabbie said he had to go out to a night club, anyway, so he guessed he might as well take them. Oh, well; the war will be over some day, and such monkeyshines will end,
By Fred S. Ferguson
we are going; ahead, we're beginning to win now,” said George. “Yes,” said Emily, “I'm sure now we'll pull through. It has been long and hard. not able to bomb us again.” This was on a Sunday filled with sunshine. The following Tuesday night something strange happened.
A single mysterious explosion occurred. There were
rumors that it did not come from an ordinary bomb. Thursday night the attack of what is now known as the robot bombs began in earnest. - For two nights, Thursday and Friday, George and Emily cowered in a little central hall in their house, shaken by blasts in the neighborhood, but fighting against returning to the dreaded shelter. But on Saturday the decision was taken. The béd colthes were carried from the shelter to air. They could at least sleep in the shelter even though not in entire comfort, Sleep in the house was impossible.
Robot Bomb Hits
AS GEORGE spreads out the bedding, he noted the progress of his little kitchen garden. Potatoes, beets, beans and gil ‘ere doing fine—but George didn't seem to feel the .interest in them that he did a week before. Emily was in the shelter, cleaning up. Instead of inspecting the vegetables, George couldn't resist looking into the sky. Then there came a buzz—the unmistakable sound of a flying bomb, like a racing four-cylinder engine. « By this time George was near the entrance to the shelter. The machine of death landed just beyond the potatoes and beans with an explosive roar. The blast blew George, breathless, directly into the shelter. He and Emily thanked God to find themselves alive together. They knew that daughter-in-law Joan was in the house when the bomb fell. They dared not look at one another as they picked their way through shattered glass into the house. Joan had been in the little inner hall and miraculously was uninjured. or What of the house? Every window was out. The ceiling a Ty keep-sakes and furniture in all directions. Only the outer shell of brick was left, another such monument to an unconquerable people. There are many, many Georges and Emilys in England—and you may understand why they haven't time to debate (as we do over here) when the war will end.
blown
~By Eleanor Rooseveli
the family deteriorates in the city environment and fewer children are born, so that our population will tend more apd more to come from the smaller places. The difficulty is that too many smaller places are being deserted by the young people, who think their only opportunity for advancement, and gvhat they think of as the good life; is-in the larger cemters. This, Dr. Morgan feels, is because in small communities we have ceased to develop all-round living. 7 We work on a farm or in a small industry, but we do not think of the intellectual and cultural as
veloped in Yelldw Springs, O. Of course, it is not
a are available. x ;
where fewer people live together, they know “each other well and there. is released a spirit. of“co-opera~
all-round
tion and good will if tt 18 : Ten a ful, allound existences ye 1%
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- in elections, with a smile and a wave
I only hope they are!
family |
firmation. { “We told vou so,” they yipped. .whetting their knives. {
It's a Bigger Issue The conservative leaders were all prepared to put the weakest pos-! sible interpretation on the Presi-| dent's indorsement. As a matter of | i fact, under other circumstances, the |letter might have been accepted as {“the word,” and been sufficient to do} the trick. The President has done it before,
of the hand from the back platform and a stingy reference to “my good | friend Joe Doakes.” | But this is a bigger issue, with;
Mr. Wallace involved. The Presi-!
dent previously has not hesitated but that is belittled by Mr. Byrnes'| Ft. Knox, Ky. and has been ad- | boosters, who say that a Roosevelt! vanced to post inspector, Col. Henry
to make a fight on such an issue. He has been making gestures of jappeasement to the conservatives. One after another, he took them| {into the top command, three former congressional leaders whom he had! {put on the federal bench—James F. {Byrnes of South Carolina, former! ;senator and supreme court justice. | for whom a sizable movement for ithe vice presidential nomination is| developing: Fred Vinson of Ken-, tucky, and Marvin Jones, of Texas, Faced, With Revolt !
| In recent weeks he has been faced
| with revolt on his southern frontier —South Carolina, Mississippi, Texas —which is a problem boiling up before this convention with demands of compromise. He is weighted down | heavily with the war, his chief con-| cern, Facing all this, he seems to have! decided to make the big compromise, | bowing before the storm from the! South and from conservatives elsewhere. This was the place where the progressives expected him to call a halt and make a stand. It may turn out to be a decisive point in ‘the fight over party control which has never stopped since! {he took over, in which he has made {numerous compromises along the | way, but always until recent months, {has managed to keep the upper hand. . ’ _Perhaps he has lost the battle already, and this is notice of the surrender, Henry Wallace has won the confidence of many rank-and-file Dem-
he is on their side, “But their voice does not seem to reach Chicago. |
DISCOVERS BODY OF MISSING PATIENT
PLYMOUTH, Ind. July 18 (U. P.). —The disappearance of Sam Berger, 55, from Parkview hospital on June 16 was solved today after his body | ne found by a defense worker emeward bound from a fishing rip. : | Frank Holloway discovered the body of Berger yesterday and iden-|
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| tification was established by a friend! well’ as of the economic life of the community. Dr. and his former employer. ; Morgan took as an example the life which has de-!
va ~~ (before he could be treated, Berger | Nevertheless, it is true, as he pointed out, that left the institution and was not seen |
again. :
“ Deputy Coroner: W.
R. Easterday said the man had bee
i
ocrats. They have come to believe).
Berger had fallen from a truck!. and had been taken to the hospital] really quite a fair gxample, bécause Yellow Springs is for treatment. Attendants believed | university town where, of necessity, many ‘talents he suffered a. fractured skull, but}
18 to 2 to place in nomination the name of Senator Harry FP. Byrd of Virginia, who has said he is not a candidate for the presidency.
Of a dozen or more candidates for the vice presidency, James F. Byrnes of South Carolina, director
{of the office of war mobilization, | to include some 1350 persons. {and Senate Majority Leader Alben| ————_———————————
W. Barkley of Kentucky are regarded as leading, although Mr. Barkley is thought to have one strike on him in presidential favor because of his blast against Mr. Roosevelt for the tax-bill veto, Concerning Mr. Byrnes, the antipathy of Negro voters for a southern candidate has been brought up
ticket would get a majority of that vote, regardless.
Sidney Hillman Silent The President's letter on Mr.{Wal-
lace struck dismay among the vice!
president's backers. . Sidney Hillman, head of the national political .action committee (C. I. 0) had no comment, but when asked his organization's second choice if Mr. Wallace went by the board on the first ballot he said wryly: “We have no second choice.” Wallace boosters, including Senator Joseph Guffey of Pennsylvania and leaders from Iowa, the vice president's home state, were trying desperately -to build him up but had to vie ‘with the determined efforts of the three bosses from New York, New Jersey and Ciricago to take matters into their own hands,
Furthermore, if their advice were followed Governor Thomas E. Dewey would resign as Republican presidential nominee in favor of the G. O. P. vice presidential nominee, Governor John W. Bricker of Ohio. The advice was offered—more in the form of demands than advice—
by Smith at a mass meeting last night and noisily adopted by the throng, estimated by his spokesmen
SHERWOOD RETURNS T0 FT. HARRISON
Maj. Elmer W. Sherwood has returned to Ft. Harrison after completing a temporary assignment at
E. Tisdale, post commander, announced today. The appointment is in addition to his other duties and follows 18 vears of active and reserve service in the army. During world war 1 he served in the Rainbow division. Prior to returning to active duty in world war II, he was editor of the American Legion's Legionnaire,
KIWANIANS TO VIEW STEEL MAKING FILM
A motion picture, “Steel-Making in Wartime,” will be shown to the Kiwanis club at noon tomorrow in the Columbia club. Complete with sound the picture will show all the steps in the making of steel from the open hearth furnaces and the rolling mills to the finished—and in many cases prefabricated—products. All the pictures were taken in the U. S. Steel Co.'s plants.
Up Front With Mauldin
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in a series of resolutions proposed
believe the President will state a definite preference if Wallace is washed out,” Judge Minton said. “If it should be me the President me for second place I would resign from the bench, accept the nomination and put on a vigorous campaign.” Caucus Due Wednesday If"FDR should indicate that Minton was the man he favored, it is considered likely that the Indiana delegation would unite behind the] former Democratic senator from the state. } Short of that, they are not figur- | ing on any indorsement at the cau-| cus of the state delegation which] is scheduled for 9 a. m. Wednesday. Meanwhile Frank M. McHale, Democratic national committeeman | reports that his 1940 presidential] candidate, W. M. C. Chairman Paul | V. McNutt, is “gaining strength for| the vice presidency.” Other Hoosiers mentioned include! Governor Henry F. Schricker, who | has repeatedly said he does not! want it; Senator Samuel D. Jackson, permanent chairman of the convention; Daniel Tobin, veteran Democrat and labor leader, and Oscar R. “Jack” Ewing. The latter is vice chairman of the Democratic national committee and votes in New York. He was born at! Greensburg, Ind. however, and always rated himself as Hoosier.
McNutt Spurned in 1940
Four years ago President Roosevelt turned thumbs down on McNutt for’ Second place’ on the third term ticket. That still goes for the fourth term, the opposition to the former Indiana governor mainains. | One story is being told that Democratic National Chairman Robert] E. Hannegan was asked only yester- | day about Mr. McNutt's chances and | emphatically declared that “he has| no chance whatever.” | Federal Judge Lewis B. Schwel-| lenbach of the state of Washing-|
ton is here boosting Judge Minton, |
|although his delegation is instructed {for Wallace.
And both Senators McKellar and | Stewart of Tennessee have ex-| {pressed their approval of Minton, | although they.have a favorite son candidate in Governor Cooper. |
Jackson Reads Letter
Senator Jackson won applause last | night when he'read the Roosevelt-| Wallace letter to the press and] stood up under a barrage of ques- | tioning while the fiashbulbs were bursting around like bombshells. | | He refused to speculate on or in any way interpret the text of the letter after he read it, nor would he
|feveal where it had been between
the date of writing, July 14, and the| date of its being made public July I. * “Who are you for for vice pris
.|dent? Is a fair sample of the type].
of question Senator Jackson was asked by the several hundred press’ and radio reporters.
not express my preference,” type of reply he gave,
EVANGELISTIC SERIES
was the
daily at 7:45 p. m. and will continue ‘through July 29 at the Community church
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wants and the convention votes for\which | winter.
“As permanent chairman I and
Evangelistic services are being held:
form pledge for relaxation of gove ernment controls on lower-bracket salaries, in line with recommendations of omc senate commitiee studied the problem last
A Ready Made Issue
However, congress recently refused to enact legislation with this aim. Under Repubfcan prodding, the senate adopted an exemption from war labor board control for wages and salaries of less than $37.70 a week, but the house rejected it. , This seemed to provide the Republicans with a ready-made issue for an appeal to the white-collar workers, But the Republican platform framers failed to capitalize on it, except possibly in general lane guage hiding the specific question. Arguments of the white-collar spokesmen were presented to the Republican platform framers and Senator Taft (R. O.), chairmfian of the GOP resolutions committee, held a personal conference on the ques tion—with no result satisfactory to the white-collarites. Joining with = the unorganized groups in asking for white-collar ate tention was Joseph Levy, spokesman for the C. I. O. United Office and Professional Workers. He asked a specific platform plank dealing with white-collar and professional eme ployees.
Makes Recommendations
Among his recommendations were the following: “Relaxation of the Little Steel formula to permit increases of at least 35 per cent for all salaried employees to bring them on a par with other sections of the population. i : “A special white-collar commise sion within the war labor board, with full authority over all issues affecting salaried employees, instead of the present divided responsibility between the treasury and the war labor board, under which neither is developing a special program for meeting the needs of white-collar workers.” C. I O. leaders were reported agreeable today to the probable naming of Daniel J. Tobin, an A. P. of L. vice president and president of the big teamsters’ union, as head of the labor divisions of the Demos cratic national committee, The nae tional political action committee will function independently, but co= operatively, according to their plam
HOLD EVERYTHING