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STALIN AND THE

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; E SCRIPRS ~ NOWARD o of Circulations. al RILEY 5551 | Cipiect, for he has successfully ignored it for years Nw : . ) eres . . and has actively thwarted several attempts conP > Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way Eres to establish legal Sndarde ann pe Son

While Mr. McCormack was sounding off, War Mobilizer

Byrnes was following Senator Vandenberg’s lead

and urging

speedy action on reconversion legislation. As a result, we're glad to say, there is now a good prospect that, beginning tomorrow, congress will go-back to work instead of merely

technically. ending its summer recess.

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POLES *

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TALIN seems to have outmaneuvered Roosevelt on the Polish question. It never was an equal struggle. The

Poles have been rather helpless at best, and divided besides. When Churchill went over to Stalin's side, that left the

President very little bargaining power. Then

government in exile in London played into Stalin's hands by failing to rid itself of unpopular old militarist elements. This was the situation when the Russian army crosse the Curzon line and Stalin recognized his hand-pick - cow committee as the provisional Polish government in the freed areas. That made two Polish governments, neither having much power in its own right but with Stalin's favorite obviously being in a far stronger position. So Stalin, as the liberator of the Poles from Hitler,

seems to be setting up the kind of Poland that

He knows that the people enslaved by Nazi terror cannot very well be choosers at-the moment. All of which sounds .very cynical and high-handed.

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ACTUALLY, HOWEVER, Stalin may not he as short-

\

sighted as these moves indicate.

who flew to Moscow, opens that possibility.

nations—rather than the strongest disputant—should settle Not only justice is involved, but also

And Russia needs a long peace.

DEWEY HITS BIGOTRY

OON or late every presidential candidate runs into the issue of racial and religious bigotry. Most of them try to duck it. A few, of better stuff, hit it head on; Dewey is that kind. He thinks intolerance is too high a price

to pay for votes. When Rep. Ham Fish (R. N. Y.) was quoted

ing the Jews for their alleged partisan support of F, D. R.

and the New Deal, Dewey lashed out with this:

" “Two years ago I publicly opposed the nomination and | election of Congressman Fish. The statements attributed

He may yet decide that a puppet government—and certainly his Moscow committee is no more than that—would be neither popular nor lasting. If so, he may agree to a coalition which includes democratic elements of the London exile regime. His willingness to

talk with Premier Mikolajczyk, Foreign Minister Romer, and President Grabski of the national council in London,

the Polish

suits. him,

as attack-

TF Monday, July 81, 1944 ; fa PAGE 10 ___|By Westbrook Pegler oY W. WALTER LECKRONE MARX FERREE : % a ROY W. HOWARD Editor Business Manager [! 3 d New YORK, July 31.—Up to 4 ? (A SCRIPPS-HOWARD NEWSPAPER) presidency, neither i he *\ expressed any intention to work :

intention for legal reforms which would free the American worker from the oppression of the union move-

ment. : It has been a long time since Tom Dewey signified that he was | even aware of the unions’ menace to individual, human freedom and, . . . thus, to the collective freedom of us all, within our own country. It may be taken for granted that Mr. Roosevelt will ngt even mention the

sl which the unions would have had to comply for the . protection of the whole people, * MR. McCORMACK'S DELUSION ’ Mr. Dewey operates under a handicap, because the | 8 : : - Roosevelt propaganda has created a thoughtless betu HE Democratic leader of the house, Rep. McCormack of | sief, or Snersifion, among wills, of voters, that : fo Font tm hi he is pro-labor, whereas, is free labor’ » Massachusetts, spoke with his foot in his mouth when | gir; enemy. Therefore, Dewey, or ahYone els x, y y r anding that con- | would impose on unions fair obligations to the whole le he bawled ont Senator ¥ andenbe g for dem g OT at 0 Tour Sgsifons 0 the . gress get back on the job and do its duty toward preparing | hostile to labor. nan v. We country for peace, . nat th : 'A Test of Statesmanship' , way re- ‘ » Mr. McCormack seems to believe that the ay to pre T. HOW & Dewey's Wek iTS sets vp vent the American people from becoming over-confident of | tor him a test of debate and statesmanship in the early victory and from letting down the war effort is to keep gempeisn Wid, | however, Jon expadienay and votes, i i i vi he may decide to ignore a mental reservation \ them afraid: that victory will mean widespread, prolonged that, if elected, he would take it up later in n r unemployment and economic chaos in an unprepared coun- | mendations to congress. ; ; i try. However, there are Democrats who don’t share that | Whatever candidates may say, the fact remains curious delusion that the unions are out of control of their members 1 ’ and immune to legal restraints. They are a powerful

anti-labor movement with absolutely no obligation to hold free elections of their officers, or any elections at all, to account for their funds, to limit the salaries and graft of their officials, to admit qualified workers | to. membership, to limit their activities to collective bargaining or to exclude criminals and alien Com-

munists from official position in their councils.

to bargain hrough agents of their own free thoice. They have, on the contrary, forced unwilling workers

law which they hailed as labor's Magna Charta.

‘Mussolini Baited Italians’

BY THIS process, workers by millions have been forced to contribute to the Roosevelt campaign funds through collections taken up by his own political agents under compulsion and threat. This method is almost identical with that of Benito Mussolini in Italy, and it may be that the workers are too stupid and too emotional in their politics to care even though this is demonstrated to be so. : Mussolini’ won the Italian workers with the same bait that Roosevelt has used in chumming up the suckers of American labor, and up to this time the American worker has not shown himself to be any more intelligent or careful of his liberties than his Italian brother who sold out for a little more cheap, paper money with correspondingly less buying power and the promise of an old-age pension which is now still pie in tire sky. : ’ --Roosevelt’s supreme court has recognized or, to use a’ more fitting word, has established, for union bosses the right to commit highway robbery in the guise of soliciting employment for their subjects. Highway robbery is a crime which calls for a low, ‘criminal character and it was shown in the supreme court case that most of the defendant ution men were not workers or chosen labor agents but common, underworld jailbirds.

'How Far Gone Is Worker?"

THIS RIGHT to commit highway robbery legally is not a myth or a distortion but a legal fact, and was so described by one of the justices in whom a spark of civic decency survived, in a dissenting opinion. If a union boss will rob an employer on the highway he will have no compunction to rob his own

Mav ; 3 i i d the war between Russia, Great Maybe Stalin will realize that the Poles in the en subjects in the union through shakedowns or theft |i "oF between Russia, Great must choose their own government, and that the united | of their money from the treasury. Yet, Roosevelt and Japan. Russia was promised

prevented the adoption of a law to forbid highway robbery in the name of unionism, and resisted all efforts to elevate the character of union administration so that the worker, who constifutes American labor, may expect humane treatment in his union. Just how far gone is the American worker in his cynicism, political emotion, prejudice, docility and ignorance of his actual condition one can only estimate. At times he seems to be hopelessly persuaded to fascism because it doesn’t hurt much, yet. Roosevelt won't try to arouse him, for it was he who put the spell on him. Dewey niight try, but. if so he would run the risk of losing the faceless American voter and all chance to save him from his own greedy, selfish immediate delight in war wages and the right to tell the boss, but never the umion agent, to go to hell. A .

to him confirm my judgment expressed at that time. Anyone |

who injects a racial or religious issue into a political cam- | paign is guilty of a disgraceful, un-American act.

I have |

always fought that kind of thing all my life and always |

will, regardless of partisan considerations.

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EVERY RACE and religion has its bigots. So do both political parties. Therefore it is important that parties The Republican platform says: “We unreservedly condemn the injection into American life of appeals to racial or religious prejudice.” Candidate Dewey has shown where he stands. Unfortunately, the Democratic enemies of intolerance were unable to write a similar plank into their platform. Whether it was left out of the draft the President sent to the Democratic convention, we do not know, But, now that

and candidates come clean on this issue.

Dewey and.the Republicans have led the way,

I have never accepted support of any such individual and 1 never shall.”

Candidate

We The People

By Ruth Millett

IF THERE {5s one line that parents whose children are away from home know all too well, it is, “Sorry that you haven't heard ; i from me in so long, but I've just $5) been too busy'to write.” ; Be ws That alibi starts coming when UN pe a kid goes to camp for the first il time. He uses it all through four | er years of college (though never, A of course, being too busy to write ! when he needs money.) And when he marries it explains longer and longer periods of silence. Too busy to write. . .. ’ But it's an alibi that shouldn't stand up very well in the future. In fact, it will take a lot of nerve for anybody to ever use it again. For the boys fighting this war have proved that there is almost always time to write. )

"With the active help of President Roosevelt, they | Daye, In ARRsg0s of WO Tolated, the stated. pow | _L pose of ‘the Wagner act, which is to permit workers |:

to accept representation by henchmen of the Presi- | dent’s own political machine in contempt of the very

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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.

“CHURCHILL, STALIN ARE ISOLATIONISTS” By W. P. Paul, 3551 Washington blvd. There has been much talk concerning Woodrow Wilson's proposed League of- Nations and it is generally assumed that the Republicans defeated the treaty. On March 19, 1920, when the vote was taken in the senate, the senhte consisted of 49 Republicans and 47 Democrats. Present were 49 Republicans and 35 Democrats. For some reason. 12 Cemocrats were absent. Two-thirds of the senators present would have been 56. When the vote was taken, 30 Republicans and 19 Democrats voted for the treaty, 19 Republicans and 16 Democrats voted against the treaty. Had seven more Democrats voted to join, we would have become a member of the league. Twenty-eight Democrats voted against or were absent. In 1917, Lord Balfour visited Washington and had a conference with Mr. Wilson in which he (Balfour) stated he- told Mr. Wilsoh of the secret treaties made in the early part of

Constantinople; France, Alsace-Lor-raine; Italy, Trentino, Souther Tyrol and some Mediterranean islands; Great Britain was to have the German colonies in Africa and the Pacific and spheres. of influence in Persia and Mesopotamia. Other territory was promised Romania and Japan. The text of the treaty was published in the New York Evening Post in January, 1918; also other American papers. Therefore, before Mr. Wilson went to Frahce everything had been settled excepting how much money Germany should pay.

The same condition prevails today. Churchill and Stalin are strict isolationists. They intend to protect their respective empires and they know ‘what they want and the Atlantic Charter and the four freedoms are ignored by them. If either Churchill or Stalin were President of the U. S., they would be strict isolationists. Either would be looking out” for the welfare of the American people. Neither of them has ever mentioned the Good Neighbor policy. It does not enter into their calculations. They are businessmen and, therefore, their actions cannot be understood by

great convention exhibit hall. main auditorium as the place for ‘symphiony concerts, lectures, addresses and convention meetings.

Federation of Clubs donate a big pipe organ, that posts and auxiliaries of Indiana donate memorial windows, that some musical man of talent write a great symphony as a requiem to be given at the dedication of this Memorial hall, someone like the music teacher of DePauw (who does write music) compose a. great anthem as a memorial to be sung by a thousand voices at the dedication.

(Times readers are invited to express their views in these columns, religious controversies 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 responsibility for the return of manuscripts and cannot enter correspondence regarding them.)

to bankrupt the U. 8. It is now estimated that Russia's debt will not exceed 10 billion ‘dollars when the war ends, the U.S. 350 billion, and we are paying currently about 50 billion yearly in taxes, which is more than the assessed value of all the real and personal property in the U. S. Russia is as potentially rich, or more so, in natural resources as the U. S. and Stalin knows what it is all about. ®” "n »

“WE OWE VETERANS A MEMORIAL”

By Mrs. William F, Hughes, 4025 N. Meridian st.

The war will not last forever. We

owe to our veterans a memorial.

worthy of their sacrifice. It must be a state memorial. \We fight as a state and not individual cities. It should be located on the vacant space of the World War Memorial plaza to seat about 20,000 persons, to be named Memorial hall. The basement floor built for use as a The

It is suggested that the Indiana

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Side Glances—By Galbraith

Someone Always Writing .

THEY FIND TIME for letters home during the hard months of training. They find time for them in between bombing missions. They find time to write in foxholes. - A letter to his parents written by a young lieu= tenant from a Normandy foxhole and published in his home, town paper says: “I didn't think we would find time in combat to write, but you wait until you have a couple of minutes and then scribble a few

loosevelt should have enough courage to follow.

“TOO TIRED

JOR weeks German armies in the east have been rapidly advancing backward. That's tiring. When they stop, the Russians pound them. That's wearying. And now when they are almost too tuckered out to raise a hand, the

fuehrer reinstitutes that stiff-armed Nazi salute. and work, someone is always writing to someone.”

So we can believe the German radio when it says that pledges of loyalty to Hitler have been slow in coming

It might not be a bad idea for parents to clip that battle-weary soldier's observation and mail it without comment to the son or daughter who

lines. Rain or shine, tired or dirty, amid shelling i Fo

That Indiana artists paint and

«J alley.

ommend that M. P. stay out of the

donate a half dozen beautiful pictures for the walls, that the literary clubs sponsor a contest ‘and critics to select a great memorial poem. Seems to me not only a vision, but a wonderful cultural opportunity for Indiana to unite in making this an event of national worth. We have the talent. We have the money. We have the vision for this great adventure in a gleat memorial hall worthy of ‘the support of every mar, woman and child in this, our great Hoosier state. To make it a personal memorial, I suggest a small bronze tablet be ‘placed on the back of each chair in this great auditorium to include name, date of birth and death, and rank of those who have made the supreme sacrifice and that they be put in alphabetical order regardless of rank, beginning at first row in’ front and backwards. No race, creed or social standing, each one as an individual who gave his very life in a great war. The real spirit of a great democracy as represented by the people of a great state, Indiana. Hence, the son of the backwoods farmer, the untutored, the college graduate, the poorest boy and the millionaire's son in this great memorial hall equal. . Can you understand why it could be made of great value to all the people uniting their efforts in a common memorial? Great projects cost money but I am sure this would not burden a single person financially. Responses have been amazing. Mr. Henley of Plaza approves of it but thought there wasn’t enough space in the Plaza for it. That is the problem of an architect. Governor Schricker wrote me that it should have been built 25 years ago. t J » “AND FORGET . TO COME BACK” By George F. Lee, 4050 Cornelius ave. - Judging from her article in the Forum of July 13, Mrs. M. P. is not very fond of Indianapolis. In fact, M. P. doesn’t like it a bit better than when she wrote in to another local paper a few days ago. = She tells us that she has been from} coast ‘to coast of the U. S. in the last three years, and Indianapolis is the filthiest town she saw. And on her return, she parked her car in the street because of the filthy Incidentally, just how, I wonder, did she get by with all that running around in her car during ihd last three years? Is that her idea of aiding the war effort, or has she heard that we are at wat? M. P. must have told some “tall” ones to get that C card, or she may have hypnotized her ration board into giving her a special D card. - So far as I know, there have been no laws passed to prevent anyone from moving out of town, so I would suggest that M. P. hop in her transcontinental “fiivver” and leave town and forget to come back. But before, and if, she does, I would rec-

alleys and slum sections for a while and spend her time in the more elevating and prettier spots in

believe she will feel better, very

| By Daniel M. Kidney 1B rain

Paid Vacati

our city. If M. P. does this, I really|

WASHINGTON, July $2.—“For _ Roosevelt Before Chicago,” a . phrase which Jim Farley used in 1932 to test a Democrat's loyalty to the incoming New Deal admin. istration, has taken on new mean« ing here. & Many “idealistic” government employees, banned from politics by the Hatch act and therefore not subject to quotation, were “For Roosevelt Before Chicago” this -. year. But they find themselves

. hi, wavering now, : & “Before Chicago” 1944 they could never have been

convinced, they say, that President Roosevelt would scuttle Vice President Wallace. : “Why he is the oply loyal vice president F. D. R. ever had,” one of these men explained.

program, but actually was running against the Presi« dent back in 1040. Henry Wallace never has done anything but try to be a New Dealer and espouse the things which made this administration progressive, y tS,

‘In On the Kill :

“HIS GREAT personal loyalty was expressed in that Chicago convention speech in which he said: ‘Roosevelt is a greater liberal today than he has ever been. His soul is pure.’ “Yet 24 hours later Wallace was having his politi« cal throat cut. And the evidence indicates that President Roosevelt was in on the kill. His Jukes |

| warm letter indorsing Wallace, followed by the one

to National Democratic Chairman Hannegan saying that Senator Truman would strengthen the ticket, are proof.’ “Since the President chose the type of politics played by the Hannegans, Hagues, Kellys ahd Flynns, maybe they can put him over for a fourth term. Men of the Wallage-type cannot be ex ted to help much, - “They are sick at the stomach over the Chicago performance and wonder whether their one-time hera would rather be President than be right.”

SERA

By Fred W. Perkins

WASHINGTON, July 31 Without much public attention, the war labor board has almost completed the slow but sure establishment of a new principle in American industry—~that the man who works with his hands and gets a wage instead of a salary iss entitled, like the white-collar person, to an annual vacation with pay. The board bases its policy on “the importance of reasonable ve~ cations In securing maximum war production,” but, organized labor spokesman are emphatic that they would resist to the limit in giving up this gain when peace comes. This advance is expected to rank as one of the most tangible 6f labor victories during the war period. i a The board policy ‘becomes clear in a report just made to the senate. The report pointed out that regional boards now are at liberty to order one-week vacations for one year of sérvice and two weeks after five years, regardless of whether it is the practice in the area or industry concerned.

Many Drawing Extra Pay DESPITE THE ARGUMENT used by the board majority (the public and labor members) that war production is aided by paid rest periods of a week or more, most workers are reported not to be using the vacations for their stated purpose, but to be working

‘through them and drawing the extra pay. This

results actually in a wage increase, and is one of the methods used by WLB in an effort to quiet the demands of organized labor generally for an upward revision of the Little Stee] formula. In a recent test case four management members of the board, refraining from attack on the worth of the vacation principle, stated they had from time to time voted for vacation clauses, but that: “We have steadfastly resisted efforts to adopt a fixed rule on vacations with pay. , . . We believe that it is not within the province of ‘his agency to change existing collective bargaining agreements except when changes seem to be required for the winning of the war. In our opinion, the liberalization of existink vacation plans is not directed toward this purpose and should be left to collective bargaining.

Close Scrutiny Urged

“UNDER PRESENT CONDITIONS liberalization of existing vacation plans must be viewed as wage increases, and #s such must be scrutinized eritically to determine that some real benefit to the war effort will result.” } Paid vacations existed in some industries before

the war labor board took charge, and were the result of collective bargaining. An example is the steel industry, and the plan there, according to arguments of the C. I. O. United Steelworkers in the pending

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Big Steel wage case, “has become notorious as one

of the most backward and obsolete among companies and industries of any substantial significance in America.” The union seeks a substantial liberalization, Difficulty of applying the vacation policy in seasonal industries, such as building construction, is recognized by labor as well as management members of the board, and in such cases the normal outcome would be compensatory advantages of some other kind,

So They Say—

WE ARE simply filled with trepidation —Hideki

“Jack Garner not only opposed the New Deal :

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As for people in Indianapolis be-

‘|ing selfish and impudent, are they

through from the eastern front because of “extreme

. explains a long silence with, “I just haven't had t fatigue.” :

time to write.” .

To The Point—

SOME DENTISTS figur$ out the bill fist. And. take the chance of letting patients grind their own |

“IS THIS TRIP NECESSARY?”

\YBE the ODT’s slogan writer will be interested in ‘Democratic Chairman Hannegan’s announcement that a committee including ond person from each of the 48 states and one from each territory and possession will call on President Roosevelt, soon after he returns ‘to’ Washington,

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: rd hdtetn : Lex needs. one after getting skinned to notify him that he has been nominated for a fourth | that way. aro To is He” term. For our part, we can hardly, wait to. see hos . AS io TEE id wi : o ardly, wait to see how sur-| IT'S ABOUT time for the early bird that gob the | "Oh, pardon me—I thought you Roose seven Bn. to : 4 Worm to turn ib over to the chestnut. i : Col To a

approached. “|So how about yourself? “Park” in

any different elsewhere? You will find; M. P, that the majority of people anywhere will respond in the manner that they are

front of a mirror, M. P., and -take a good long look at yourself! vo

DAILY THOUGHTS Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and ‘them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

fate awaits the nation in the event of the defeat

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OUR ENEMIES have made it cynically clear what leat they

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LUCITE H: Tojo on Saipan situation, just before removal as chief were 3.25 of Jap general staff. ; : CRYSTAL ’ y® aid was 6% .. ANY ALLIED airman who falls or bails out over PLASTIC Japan will be executed. This is the order of the day. were 3.50 ~Jap broadcast. iy PORCELAI FOR THE FIRST TIME in five long years, the “. } MUSICAL hope exists that the end of ‘the war is in sight. It 14 price... will be delayed only if any of us at home—workers, 5 employer, farmer ‘and public servant—slackens the ° MIRBO —Eric A. Johnston, president U. 8. O, of OC. pace * 2 * MIRROR : WHY THE BOYS stilt whistle at us IT can't PLASTIC imagine.. With. all this stuff hanging around us, I'm 2.00 surprised they knew we were feminine —~WAC Sgt. wers BLA Sirkka Tuomi, arriving in France. : ; - v * ; 1% IF SMALL plants cannot be used in the war effort vos and materials and manpower are available, we rhust not keep them out of civilian production. A head oh — —— start for small business is the most common sense : method of reconversion—Senator James E. Murray | of Montana, chairman small. business committee, ; ome i 5 PI RACIAL PREJUDICES will persist in spite of sci« i 49 entific demonstrations that there are no hierarchies of physical, mental or cultural ability in human races and no rank lists of virtues and vice.—Dr. Ernest A. Fiction : Hooten, Harvard U, anthropologist. = ~~ - : and ne . 3 * * from no