Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 August 1944 — Page 6

The Indianapolis Times PAGE 6 Saturday, August 19, 1944

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Give Light ond the People Will Find Their Own Wey

DEWEY’S FOREIGN POLICY R. DEWEY on the eve of the three-power conference in Washington voices his fear of the trend toward international power politics. He states the issue of imperialist control versus the rights of small nations. Asa presidential candidate it is not only his privilege but his duty to speak out on this subject, which is so close tothe hearts of most Americans. . But he would have been more effective, in our judgment, if he had given Secretary of State Hull full credit for leading the fight for a genuine international security organization. : = ” » ] IT WAS Cordell Hull who wrote the rights of small nations into the Moscow pact, a pledge for a democratic international organization later incorporated into the Connally resolution by the senate. American policy was reasserted in the Hull Easter declaration: “Nor do I suggest. that any conclusions of these four nations can or should be without the participation of the other united nations. . .. A proposal is worse than useless if it is not acceptable to those who must share with us tlre . responsibility of its’execution.” , Again in his Pan-American day address the secretary of state insisted that the big powers were pledged to these traditional American principles: “They were stated in the Atlantic Charter, the United Nations declaration, and the declarations made at Moscow. Specifically it was agreed at Moscow that membership in the world security organization must be on the basis of the sovereigh equality of all nations, weak as well as strong, and the rights of every nation to a government of its own choice.” ” » » - ” » BUT THESE British pledges and Hull statements did not prevent Prime Minister- Churchill from reporting to commons his proposal for ‘‘a world-controlling council , , . comprising the greatest states,” and “a world assembly whose relations to the world executive or controlling power for the purpose of peace I am in no position to define.” Mr. Churchill not only defends British imperialism, but Russia's ambitions in Eastern Europe. ) Even more significant than words are acts. On the record up to now the small nations have been shut out of all major political conferences and decisions. On the record Russia is trying to control Eastern Europe as a sphere of influence, and Britain is trying to speak for Western Europe. So iong as this continues, Mr. Dewey and every Amer--ican should be alarmed by the trend. The fact that Secretary Hull has fought so valiantly so long, and that he now hopes all the United Nations can be included in a later conference for international organization this-fall, does not dispose of those fears,

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” ~ 2 » » 2 PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT has never'given the American public a fuil report on his understandings with Churchill and Stalin at Tehran and since. Circumstantial stories have appeared indicating that the President gave his blessing, at least with the consent of silence, to the ChurchillStalin spheres-of-influence deal. We cannot believe that “the President would have been so foolish, but such widespread suspicions are the price he pays for his love of secret diplomacy. : : We wish the President were as frank and vigorous in defense of American interests and policies as the prime minister is on behalf of Britain and as the marshal is for Russia, Unquestionably Mr. Roosevelt in his own way is making the same fight as his colleague Cordell Hull, but he has less to show for it. His good intentions are not enough. In this field of post-war international relations he has not proved himself, Far from it.

THE FUTURE OF THE SPEEDWAY

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the Indianapolis Speedway and is working on plans to resume the famous 500-mile automobile race on the first Memorial day after the war. — The 500-mile race, before the war, was a national institution, It had made Indianapolis known throughout the world. It brought thousands of visitors here, and millions | of dollars. It helped to make America the automobile center of the world, and Indianapolis one of the chief automo. tive cities of the nation. And the developments introduced in this practical testing laboratory made driving safer and more comfortable for everyone who owns an automobile. To abandon it permanently now would mean that Indianapolis had surrendered one of its traditional assets; that America had lost its biggest sporting classic. To Indianapolis, the Speedway race was what the Mardi Gras was to New Orleans, the stan:p of its individuality and enterprise. With the great improvements in motive power that have been cradled by the war, with the millions of men who have gained new interest in thirigs mechanical through service in the air forces, in army transport, the tank corps and even on PT squadrons, the post-war 500-mile race should have a wider appeal than ever before. Under the sponsorship of*the 40 and 8, and for thé& benefit of a child welfare and veterans’ rehabilitation program, it should be assured of competent management and: increased usefulness. The 40 and 8 has embarked on a bold and forward-look-ing program. It has our best wishes for the successful accomplishment of its goal.

WRAP THEM WELL Js NOT GOING to be a very Merry Christmas for anyone concerned if the gifts which you're now so lovingly selecting for your service man overseas arrive smashed— or not at all. And that's what's likely to happen, according to the postmaster general, if they aren't wrapped strongly. - Package mail takes an awful banging between your house and its overseas destination. So keep the package

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Fair Enough By Westbrook Pegler

Shi NEW YORK, Aug. 19.—From San Francisco word comes of a new wrinkle in government. Rear Adm. Harold B. Bowen has applied “sanctions” against several hundred union machinists who refused to do overtime work on important navy jobs. : : The “sanctions” were authorized by Fred M. Vinson, the director of economic stabilization, and we learn that the men will be reported to their draft boards, to the

Thus, the navy, which under our way of government,.is supposed to have no authority over civilians, moves to review the draft deferments of these men, to blackball them from all work-and, moreover, to shut off their allowances of rationed commodities. Why else would they be reported to their ration boards? .

'Not Charged With Any Violation of Law' THESE “SANCTIONS,” meaning punishments, are

tion of law, much less tried and convicted. The selective service law was intended to select men for the army and navy, not to coerce civilians by intimidation. Rationing was adopted to apportion the supply of food, meat and gasoline. The authority of the war manpower commission is vast and vague, but even here the fact remains that an American is supposed to be entitled to a fair trial in a regular court on specific charges of violation of law. If these men ‘are suspected of any offense deserving punishment they should be charged, arrested and tried; for certainly valuable rights are at stake here, One of them at least, the right to a fair individual's share of food and heat, is not subject to revocation by any court, even during a condemned murderer's stay in the death house. > Only a few days ago, in Philadelphia, four men ~suspected of organizing and leading the transportation strike were fired and certified to their draft boards. Ome is above the draft age and he not only loses his years of seniority with the company, certainly a valuable right, but ‘is blacklisted enfirely ‘from all work for the duration of the war,

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‘Job Was Compared to a Franchise"

IT HAS been only a few years since the ideologists of the New Deal wére arguing angrily that a worker had a property right in his job. It was compared to a franchise. Some of them said that if an employer fired a worker he should be forced to pay him a certain cash sum in addition to his earned pay and dismissal pay, representing the value of a piece of property or a right, namely the job which he had lost. It was even argued that a man should have the right

to sell his job to another and, then, in the zone of the ridiculous, a situation was conjured in; which a syndicate of smart hustlers would buy up for cash several millions of individual jobs and lease them back to the workers. . These actions, against men who seem to have-been acting entirely within their ancient legal rights, abruptly flout the concept of a job as personal property,

the adoption of those laws and regulations poetically known as “labor's gains” won under the New Deal. In Philadelphia, there is a question whether the four men had violated the Smith-Connally act. Aside from the fact that some unions openly repudiated this law as unconstitutional and advised their members to ignore it when it was passed over President Roosevelt's veto, a more immediate and more important fact cries out. If they are charged with violation of this act, they hould be tried under it and punished accordingly. Instead they have been punished summarily and there seems to be no court to which they can appeal because no court imposed the sentences,

‘Economic Death-Sentence Without Trial’

THE BLACKLIST long ago was condemned by all liberals and by the unions as a vicious weapon. It makes it impossible for a man to get a job and, in the old days, men adopted false names and moved to other regions to start over. But today if a man takes an alias he may invite punishment for making false

statements under oath to any of the numerous government boards with which citizens must do business. And anyway, he probably couldn't get away with it, even temporarily, because to get a job he must present a “referral.” 80, in the case of at least one of the Philadelphia men, the punishment is an economic death-sentence without trial and without even' the allegation of an offense against any law. oo A little research in the early history of the Nazi regime in Germany will show who was the original author of these innovations in the regulation of the life and work of the American civillan by the national government. His name is Adolf Hitler,

We The People |

A SOLDIER writes to ask, “What is so awful about sending women back to their homes when the war ends?-I always supposed that home was where women were happiest and where they were most needed in the world.” That attitude has been the masculine point of view for so many generations it is hard to convince men that 4here is anything wrong with it. But I'd like to, if I can, make that soldier think a little more about women in particular and not just women in general. It may be true that for the great number of women, home is where they are happiest and where they do the most good. Yet there may be a time in any woman's life when, married or single, she needs a job, and there shouldn't be any laws or any established policy to keep her from competing for it on a fair and equal footing with the men who need it.

Maybe She Has Special Needs

MAYBE WHILE she has a husband to support her she needs to support her aged parents or help get a younger brother or sister through school. Maybe she needs to supplement her husband's earnings 50 that the two can own a home. Maybe she is temperamentally unsuited to making housework a full-time job. Maybe her children are grown and she still has many active years ahead of

her. If she could get a job she would have an absorbing interest in life.

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Our Hoosiers By Daniel M. Kidney . : WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—Re< publican congressmen g from Indiana are highly confident of a complete victory in the state : in November, we ? Since there are only two Demo= crats left in the delegation, the “ayes” seem to have it. Rep. Ray J. Madden, Democrat fro’ Lake county, admits he doesn't know much about other sections of the state but “the first goed district . will be Democratic by a eater m ty than ever.” : » ‘Asked Ey I. O. and P. A. C. will account for that fact he said that “the masses of our people are for F. D. R. for a fourth term.”

Springer Senses Great Change

SUCH IS NOT the case of the Tenth District Rep, Raymond 8. Springer, Connersville Republican, cone tends, ; “You never saw such a change in people generally,” he said. “They are thinking about saving this country and the first step on that program will be to elect Governor Thomas E, Dewey of New York as President of the United States. “At long last President Roosevelt is on the way out From the manner in which he delivered that West coast speech he senses it himself, It was his poorest performance, He had nothing to say and didn’t even-say that well. Our folks don’t like to see large sums spent by him on such junkets.” Rep. George W. Gillie, Ft. Wayne Republican, re ported the fourth district as likely to go Republican by even greater majorities than two years ago. Even oldtime Democrats there are fed up with a fourth term and want F. D, R. ousted from the White House he said,” Cu

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“WHAT DOES ALL INDIANAPOLIS OWE?” By Joe Taxpayer As a citizen of Indianapolis, and a taxpayer, may I ask you what does all Indianapolis owe on Roosevelt's debts? — And who said they wanted Hyd Park as a rival of the Grant, Lincoln, Washington, Jackson, et al, shrines? : I've been waiting for months for some newspaperman to reveal where the clamor for it came from—if any. Father Divine and his flock across the Hudson can have my share of it, » = o “BOYS ARE FIGHTING FOR THEM, TOO” By Fredrick Miessen, 764. De Von st.

-At the present time we all agree that there is nothing too good for our boys in service. The railroads give servicemen preference in boarding trains and also give them transportation at half the regular fare. The theaters and other places of amusement give them a cut in price. Maybe a lot more firms do the same thing, I notice a lot of propaganda on the radio like this: Save the hours of seven to ten for the servicemen, I have asked a few of the boys if they got a reduced rate on long distance calls and they all said no. I realize you couldn't make a call from anywhere and just by saying you were a serviceman expect to get a reduction, but it seems to me it would be possible to do this from army camps and servicemen'’s centers. ’ It is a fact that the phone companies are reaping a harvest from servicemen and it is no more than right for them to do something for them. Either that or quit shedding crocodile tears with the slogan, “Save seven to ten for the serve icemen.” The boys are fighting for them as well as for us. Let's hear from some more parents on this subject. . td 2 5 “WHY PICK “ON — CAR OWNERS?” By C. M. D,, Indianapolis

“There is only one last hope for meeting the crisis, and that is more saving of gasoline by private car owners.” I copied the above from an editorial in a morning paper. Why pick on private car owners? Out on White river, from Broad Ripple to Ravenswod, there is every kind of “craft” burning up this

tract the statement, The truth of the matter is that, regardless of who is elected in the coming election, America faces the greatest era of prospérity and advancement we. have ever known. Instead of being faced with an uneinployment problem, we will have an acute labor shortage. ‘I personally know of two huge Indianapolis war. plants that are only waiting for the “go” sigh to get into high-gear production on civilian goods. One will be devoted to the manufacture of gears; the other to publishing three of America’s leading magazines. If you want details on these two plants and on all other plants in the Indianapolis area, get in touch with our Chamber of Commerce. - Stop -crying wolf, when there is no wolf,

{Times readers are invited fo express their views ’in these columns, religious ¢con-* troversies excluded, Because of the volume received, let: ters 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 responsis bility for the return of manuscripts and cannot enter correspondence regarding them.)

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“SHOULD WE FOLLOW

“Just keeping up the morale of the Americans on the home front.” I say we do not need it, We have all we need and more. The. OPA is deaf and blind to the waste of approximately 500 gallons over the week-end. The waste goes on every day, but more so when they Lave

HITLER'S FOOTSTEPS?” By L. A. Allen, 634 N. Hamilton ave,” When I read of the American Legion advocating a compulsory military training law, it makes my blood boil. They are as bad as Hitler.

needed gas, just for pleasure. They are not going anywhere or using] the boats for - transportation—just! having fun. Boats are brought in| from as far away as Kokomo, brought in on trailers. Not only! gas but tires are needed to get *he| boats where they can be launched. It is a common sight to see two to|

their big time at week-ends. I notice the OPA is wide-awake when some soldier or sailor who has returned from the jaws of death to be with his loved ones. They feel quite generous to give nim one gallon per day. |years ago on S. Delaware st. in What is the truth anyway? If Machinists hall. How are we going

They would like to see a military government here, and they run it. I bet Hitler is laughing up his sleeve at us. I haven't forgotten

gas is so scarce, why is there plenty to prove to the world that we are a

on the black market? If so scarce, peace-loving nation if how can a man get 278 gallons al-| compulsory training? lotted for a pleasure boat? Some | Our boys are dying, being maimed

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say, “Oh, we use a mixture.” So for life, lost, by the thousands, try- |

what? Gasoline is the base, so ing to kill militarism. Any mother why waste any when we hear over having sons or daughters in service and over again on the radio “Don’t surely will fight this bill, waste a drop?” | Why should we follow in Hitler's Something is wrong somewhere. footsteps? Surely they want to put Who can’ answer me? the bill off till after election as they know they would not be elected. This war is supposed to end wars for all time. Why should we

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WOLF | do the very thing our boys are fightBy Marcy Hayes, R. 2. Box 52, Indian- ing against? That bill would .be

| like the man across the street witn a club saying, “Now I dare you to come over here.” Why dare them to another war? If we talked peace and taught peace in our schools, then we might have peace. Teach our boys to really live, not to kill.

» “HE'D BETTER THINK AGAIN” By Pfc. R.’L. B., Oklahoma City I have been talking to several men in my outfit about the MurrayKilgore bill. Most of my buddies are back from overseas and this seems to be the trend of conversation. Why should defense workers, who have made good money during this war be supported by the taxes

This is in regard to your editorial in The Times of Saturday, Aug. 12, titled “The Senate Holds the Line,” in which the statement is made, “Of course, something must be done to cushion unemployment when the great war plants are boarded up.” Can you name ONE single war plant whose owners are going to. board it up, or is this statement based on wishful thinking, ignorance of existing plans worked out by war plant owners all over America, or is this just another dose of Republican propaganda to scare voters into voting for Dewey? You have made the statement that great war plants will be boarded .up. I challenge you to produce proof of just ONE plant that will be boarded up. Either produce your proof or re-

which we would have to pay? The GI Bill of Rights allows us all of $20 per week until Wwe get on our

Men are told they shouldn't give up their work when they are still active in mind and body, yet many women could get through the late fifties and sixties happily if they had work to substitute for the full-time job of home-making that was theirs when their. children: were small, And-then there are the talented, gifted women who have something special to bring to a job. They shouldn't be discriminated against, simply because ‘they are women. .. * : There are many reasons why women want and need to work. And the right to compete freely for Jobs shouldn't be denied them simply .becausesthey are women, or because they happen to be married. If it is true that they are happier and more needed

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feet, but the defense worker needs ($35. If a man makes as much as | $60 per week and can't see far | enough ahead to save a part of it, that is “T. S.” Many defense workers have bought bonds one month and cashed them in two months later,

of roughly 10,000,000 men and they are smart enough to see through a scheme like this. Furthermore, if Mr. Murray thinks that I, or any one of ten million others are going to lay down our money without a fight, and I do mean fight, to keep

things they are so used to, he'd better think again. Hurray for Senators R. and S. D, Jackson! be.on our side, too. In closing, let me say, “I will not pay taxes to keep a bunch of people that strike because someone said Boo.” Sorry if I ran over 200 words, but I'm pretty burned up right now. i

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DAILY THOUGHTS

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with. Dewey as their candidate,” Mr. Gillie said. “Only rarely do you hear one of them remark that it would have been better to put Governor John

| Bricker of ‘Ohio.at the head of the ticket, rather than .

in second place. “The third district rally at South Bend brought out a crowd of 3000. The state ticket candidates all were there and got a rousing welcome. I am sure that they will be glected as well as that Dewey will easily carry the state, Indiana is almost entirely Ree publican again.” Co . Even Mr. Madden admitted that President Roose velt's speech was “not up to his usual standard.” But he believes that after Governor Dewey gets to talking and the peopie get to know him better his stock will go down instead of up. . “Dewey has reached the peak of his popularity right now and it's too early to say that he is a cinch to win,” Mr. Madden concluded.

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In" Washington

By Peter Edson

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.-One of the stock traditions of Amere ican political folklore is that prese idential elections might jist ag well be held a week after the two major party nominating convene tions have finished their chores instead of waiting till the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, The theory is that voters rgpke up their minds who they'll vote for just as soon as the candidates are named, picking their favorite by instinct or inheritéd political prejudice instead of by cold logic. Argue ments. of the political speilbinders are supposed to confirm these instincts and prejudices rather than ; sway the electorate, and as all this oratory is sup-

what they did to free speech a few| Posed to keep the country stirred up and be bad

| for ‘business, it is argued that the campaigns could i Just as well be done away with and the election held | earlier. : . All this may be true in othey election years, but would the result of this year's nose-counting be the | same if held now rather than in November? Poe | ponderables this quadrennium, more voters withhold. ing their decisions, nore last-minute changes of opinion—both ways. And that makes the result hard. er to predict. ’ it. _ The Republican candidate is still pretty much of an unknown quantity. His big job of selling himself to the voters still lies ahead.

Both Running Mates Vulnerable

wise uncertain quantities, and while most people dori’t | vote for a Vice President, this year more than ever | either vice presidential candidate can spoil the chances of the head of the ticket. Bricker is causing the Republicans plenty of embarrassment by having. the America Firsters’ label unwillingly pinned on him. Truman's record of past criticism of the Roosevelt administration and True man's past connections with the Pendergast machine do the President no good. President Roosevelt is back from the Pacific with every campaign advantage in his favor. Democratic publicity will try to build him up as the personification of the conquering hero. Dewey's handlers will find it hard to pull out of their hats any trick that can match or even touch this. ’ Progress of the war in“the next few months can work to the advantage of either candidate, for the psychology of this is impossible to figure out. If the war is well won, the Democratic don't-swap-horses-in-the-middle-of-a-war argument loses its punch. On the other hand. a successfully conducted war makes heroes out of the party that managed its winning.

Labor May Veer Voters Either Way

DEVELOPMENTS in the iabor situation can likes wise throw a lot of votes either way in the next couple of months. C. I O. political actions may we!l

a | solidify the labor vote behind the President and may

also cause a lot of defections. John L. Lewis will | probably be able -to force a pro-Dewey resolution ; through his United Mine Workers’ convention this | fall, but whether he can deliver the U. M. W. votes | to Dewey is something else again. Growth of war plant strikes and labor unrest can drive a lot of votes to Dewey. Who gets the antilabor vote is just as important a factor as who gets the labor vote. . Even the weather can play an important role, Continued drought, particularly in some parts of the Middle West. can make a lot of Dewey votes. Splits in the Democratic party.are still an une measured force. , , The polls show a Republican trend, and political statisticians say the trend is important—not the in= dividual poll result. Also, notice the ‘undecided” pere centages. : . ! Add all these things together and you get an une settled picture. The election is still to be won—or lost,

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