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Front Runners

ene By. Joe Williams :

> By ThomasL. Stokes

Devoting one hand to military and industrial reconversion to peace, while using the other hand for so-called all-out war against Japan, calls for a near-miracle of coordination. But a Quebec agreement for a fair sharing of effort in the Pacific war can hasten Jap defeat.

12,000,000 GOOD CITIZENS

N Chicago yesterday, a 12-year-old boy named Preston Ellsworth Koentop, who lives on a 151-acre farm five miles from Brandon, Wis., was the guest at a luncheon attended by important men from all parts of the country. The Wisconsin boy was honored, not because he is unique, but because he is typical of the boys of America. For he is the 12 millionth member of the Boy Scouts of America, founded in Washington, D. C., 34 years ago. And the luncheon was not so much in recognition to Preston

‘It Is Not So Pleasant’

THEN OVER a bottle of Moselle wine he would |Young men who have been distell about the last one. He was a lieutenant and had [charged from the service and who|day, He is a private in Florida. seen action from the opening gun. “We Germans are wonderful warriers when we [get as soldiers’ wages. These men |years, maybe you will remember are out in front,” he admitted with astonishing frank- |are expected to buy their room,|having some worker in the neighness, “but it is not so pleasant when we are faced food, and clothes from that amount {bor hood who had to work at night with heavy burdens.” The lieutenant had quit cold in the other war. [are not able to work. They do not night watchman—but I bet that «+. “It is why I am here today. I gave myself up expect the many privileges that |didn’t stop you from playing runto the Americans in the Argonne as thousands of you think are your due, although |sheep-run or duck-on-the-rock or my countrymen did. I do not say this because you |they should have more privileges. |some similar game. Be trathful are Americans, but when we found they had come They do not gripe or complain, we knew we were defeated so we simply surrendered although they have done their part and were very happy about it.” The old lieutenant’s words come back to us these days, too. Once again the Germans hé%e proved to be great front runners, but now that the situation is changed and heavy burdens are imposed andthe Americans are rolling. . . . Well, why be surprised? most front runners to quit.

month to spend. Mri —~Del Pizzo, I know many

receive less compensation than you

—and you get that free—and “hey

in the war and are paying ior it physically. I am rated as totally disabled; vet on a bus coming from Ft. Wayne the other day I stood part of the , CL. way as I loaned my bus seat to an It's characteristic of | elderly lady who could have stood “| better than I. Several ladies of

grandmother age were standing and many soldiers were glued to

went downtown was to get some clothes for the children and to get my husband a present for his birth-

I expect if you think back a few

—maybe a railroad worker or a

now. You never thought of it then, did you? About affording children, if we had waited until we had a home of our own and a thousand or so dollars in the bank, I'm a fraid we would have been childless—and the childless couples we know would trade anything they have for the two fine boys we have. I hope when the war is over you get a nice isolated island with a big

He thinks this is a clever piece of propaganda, but I think I can assure him that he is fooling no one as to his real intent. Time after time he has tried to discredit labor and labor unions for just gge reason, and the readers know why. He has disregarded statistics which show that only a small percent of time has been lost — less than one per cent I think, through

Eisenhower's glowing praise of labor's record on Sept. 3. Gen, Pershing also paid labor a glowing tribute when he said he was glad that Gen. Eisenhower wasn't up against what he was in 1918. He didn’t have enough to fight with. All over the land nothing came but high praise for labor, and The Times editor had to ruin what might have been a good editorial by his petty criticism: Better change needles, Editor; the old one is a bit

strikes, He utterly disregarded Gen.|

and we had to pay their price for raw quinine until the Dutch East Indies were seized by the Japs. Then,

the Germans controlled patents for atabrine, the synthetic quinine, and had tied up American inter ests in exclusive contracts which finally were broken by anti-trust suits. Cartels represent big money, very big money, here and elsewhere. Naturally they will fight back agains extinction. They may be found working behind the scenes against any international organization, perhaps contributing to campaigns against it. Such interests

financed the fight here against the League of Nations

25 years ago,

That is something to watch for.

World Affairs

Koentop as a tribute to all the 11,999,999 baoys—including WwW Th WwW their seats. fence around it so the children Beaichy, sa = By William Philip Simms his own father—who had preceded him into the organiza- e , 1 omen “MAYBE YOU = Worry Jb You. 1 WOULD NOT THIS : ‘tion that has played an intimate and constructive role in OLE

shaping America’s youth, Preston is good mateyial. At home, he’s doing a mansized job with a tractor and farm machinery and owns 150 leghorn chickens, helps care for 36 Guernsey cattle, 50

Chester White hogs, a dog and four kittens, at the latest |,

census. He has already learned a lot that a good American boy should know—not the least, the importance and value of hard work and self-reliance—and he will- learn much more as he. progresses in scouting. And there are some things he won't learn—such things as he'd Ise taught if he were a member of the Hitler Youth. For, when you come right down to it, the difference between our kind of a country and Hitler's is the difference between those two organizations, the Boy Scouts and the

putting that nervous energy to some use. strange men never before thought to make good use

By Ruth Millett

WILL REMEMBER” By Mrs. M, P. Bracken, 3108 W. North st. I hate to take up space again but I just can't help replying to AN EXPECTANT FATHER in| ‘A. Worker.” I don't take my two Pittsburgh, instead of pacing hos- {rowdy boys to restaurants, but I'll pital corridors while waiting for |8dmit that the other day when his daughter to be born, asked to | We went downtown on a trolley (I be put to work and spent the time | could have walked—but I don't get productively, cleaning surgical in- | 8 shoe stamp until November) we struments and hospital “walls, It [did eat at Kregse's, standing up. was unusual enough. to make a | They were hungry—but I hope I news story that was printed in |didn’t deprive you of eating. newspapers all over the country.| Just where and how would you Think of the energy genera-|suggest people to take children for tions of expectant fathers have | recreation? I do take mine to the wasted by pacing floors, instead of {show, but we walk there. That is Isn't it [the only pleasure we have. If my husband was home, maybe we

“ALL THE PEOPLE ASK IS PROOF” By Nettie Keene, 1210 N. La Salle st. Your editorial under the heading, “F. D. R. on the Indispensable man,” affirmed what it set out to deny. Your, quotation from Roosevelt’s speech in 1932, “The greatness of America is grounded in principles and not on any single personality,” states a fundamental fact which will always be true, but principles have to have a medium. If the Republican party has a man who is able and willing to work for and bring out the principles of true democracy as Roosevelt has, to lead us successfully through .a war against aggressive

PLAN BE PRACTICAL?”

By Mansur B. Oakes, 3544 Carrollton ave. On the question of unemployment insurance for civilians during the readjustment period, would not the following plan be practical and meet all situations? 1. The Federal Government

other private lending agencies during a period of two years to all unemployed who have a work record of 13 weeks during a certain period: prior to.a certain date. 2." Loans to be made weekly to the unemployed or those partially employed for an amount equal to 75 per cent of the individual's average weekly earnings, without over-

guarantee loans made by banks and] -

likewise.

QUEBEC, Sept. 12—~The sete ond Quebec meeting between Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt may be one of ' ‘the most decisive meetings of them all. Yet the agenda remains wrapped in secrecy. It is a cleap day here but thé conference visle bility is zero-zero. ° Prevalent opinion is that the conversations will resolve largely. around the Pacific and Far Easte ern war. That it will-be military

seems obvious. Mr. Churchill came surrounded by his chiefs of staff, not diplomats or political experts, and the understanding is that the President will do

Air of Expectancy Hangs Over Pacific

py i i " time, less th unt receivable Hitler Youth. re Wey spend Walling Tor thew ehlidren fy) = “178 Ibraith under the state unemployment] THERE IS REASON to believe, too, that Mr. We're fighting over that difference now, and the fact Side Glances—By Galbrait scale. Roosevelt's trip to Hawaii and his conferences thers

that the boys of the future will be learning weodcraft and helpfulness instead of kultur and hate is due, in no small measure, to the millions of boys on farms and in the cities who in years past took the same oath that Preston Koentop has just sworn. ’

Twelve million good citizehs can make a lot of difference in the world,

ESTHER FAY SHOVER HERE is something strangely building. Within those walls, the pattern of many lives has been shaped. Bending over those desks, perhaps, Some greal man has caught the spark of inspiration that flamed into genius; Those hallowed stairs were worn-by feet that have marched on-and. up to mould a community, a state, or a nation. % : : But walls do not teach, nor desks inspire. These inanimate things were hut the mute implements in the alchemy of learning, “It was here that minds and books were brought together, but that was not enough. Before the

moving.about a school

a party,

Work Is a Goad Remedy

IT'S ESPECIALLY strange, since women nearly always jump in and tackle a good hard job like housecleaning when they are worrying about something over which they have no control. , But men’ pace. are waiting for the girl they are courting to finish putting on her makeup. Later they pace the floor when they are waiting for wives to get ready for Or when friend wife has agreed to meet her husband at the office at 5 o'clock “sharp’’—which somehaw usually turns out to be 5:30. And then they pace the floor while their children are being born. Think what they could accomplish if, like the Pittsburgh father, they put in all the time they spend waiting for women in doing something besides pacing the floor—which never yet has made a woman put on her makeup or have a baby one minute faster.

They pace the floor while they

So They Say— ' APTER WHAT happened in 1040, after France

gave in.and her government was usurped, there is no other practical and acceptable way for. the people to

3. Loans to-bear interest. 4. To be repaid at the rate of one-fourth of the weekly loan each week, beginning with employment or proven ability to repay. 5. Loans to be liens on wages and property of. borrower and husband or wife, or father and mother, required to sign as co-borrower. This plan would: A. Put the whole transaction upon a business ‘basis, - provide money as needed and enable each person to do his own pump-priming. B. Obliterate the inequalities in state plans, without any change in them except as the states care to make changes. . _C. Reduce the temptation of pers0ns now at work, but who expect to retire after the war, to secure unemployment compensation on a false basis, as borrowing would involve the necessity of paying back. D. Reduce the dead loss to taxpayers to the net amounts on defaulted loans, which would be infinitesimal compared with direct

action.

with Adm. Nimitz and Gen. MacArthur may have been in preparation for his meeting wth the British prime minister. Also his consultations with our top land, sea and air commanders last week in Washe

Today an air of expectancy hangs over the Pacifie. Of late there has been a gradual stepping up of activi. ties in that area. Moreover, it is clear that as soon as Germany collapses, Anglo-American forces will be concentrated against Japan. It is imperative that the British and Americans agree on some specific plan of

The grand strategy of the war against Japan was decided months ago, but tactical details are missing, such as who will carry ¢he ball and who will run inter. ference. There is the job of assigning specific areas to specific land and sea and air commanders.

Demobilization Helds Spotlight

THEN, TOO, there has been a good deal of talk on both sides of the Atlantic concerning demobilization, Mr. Churchill has said that as soon as Germany sure renders, the British army will ‘be considerably ree duced. He pointed out that the war against Japan is largely a sea-and-air war, and that fewer land troops would be needed than in Europe. Similar plans are in the making in the United States.

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BOY W.HOWARD WALTER LECKR( "Business Manager JT YORK Sept. 13—hs the | ’ (EWSPAPER) ¥ business of profaning the sacred (A SCRIPPS-HOWARD NEWS ) soil of Herr Schickelgruber we find rs : ” E : - © ourself speculating on the pos- _ Owned and published [5 Ptioe i Manion gi sible fate of one Fraulein Anna DEM dally (except Sundsy) by { iy, 4 cen 5 cents Becker who taught school in the | E districts ss t) Indianapolis Times Pyb- syed by carrier, 13 osn Leipzig district. 3° seats now hel lishing Co. 214 W. Mary- 8 week. She had come to Berlin on | lahd st. Postal Zone 9. - vacation, lured as thousands of | Mall rates in Indi other natives were by the pres- | Placed in the ana, $5 a year; adjoining Jaiives ele by 8 in Republica of United Press, . ence of the Olympic games which 5 Member states, 75 cents a month; g G0, PI Scripps-Howard Ncwspa= others, $1 monthly, the Nazis were using as an elabo~ |. at the Den per Alliance, NEA Serv- FE ’ : rate good will fraud and a poisonous sedative for the Tusk te Do ice, and Audit Bureau J gullible democracies. ; ; : | of Circulations. RILEY 5551 She had studied in upstate New York in other R they pi th ; years and it was through mutual friends we made her » Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way acquaintance. She was small, thinnish, vibrant, much esting. the antithesis of the accepted conception of the typical pee A Ar QUEBEC PROBLEMS Corman shook mar, [7 [CNL kre v VAL and European political questions | ‘Pressure of Nazis Already Stifling' ah | ing an ela JXTERNATIONA . p p y campaign Ww} doubtless will be dealt with by President Roosevelt and| pRAULEIN BECKER was reluctant to discuss Cannot Be Emphasized Too Much ; | dividends. I Prime Minister Churchill before their Quebec conference her work, especially with a reporter. This was in | THIS CONTINUING peacetime objective of am ! Greenwood 4 closes. There are plenty such hanging fire. Some, includ-| 1836 and the pressure of the Nazis was already international organization-—elimination of sources of ence in Was! ing the German and Polish problems, are of great urgency. | stifling. They had taken over the schools, introduced = Jefice In hig I . . Imost | their own Three R's and the teachers were responsible \ trend, especit But the ear ly sessions of the conference are to be a to them. As long as the teachers conformed they dential electic exclusively military. held their jobs. Not to do so was to invite investiga- J in the no European military decisions related to the approaching fon, expulsion and, in the extreme, the concentration - seventh, victory over Germany cannot be reached without Stalin, | "5 evening the fraulein agreed to have dinner i are raised | who has his hands too full on the eastern front to travel to | with us in the privacy of our hotel room and described ‘considerable” ; 2s - ill be | the conditions under which she worked. There was ’ voters in the Canada. JLentative Anglo Amer ican agreements his in, terror in her manner. The curtains had to be drawn, : that passed on to Moscow. in preparation for the earliest possible | tne transom over the door closed; when the waiter ap- Sg sisi meeting with Stalin. peared she changed the conversation abruptly. ; The big qu ie i or Ye Thal ller “The high jump today. It was so thrilling. And i where the C. The weakness of this plan, however, is tha smaller | v0 americans they did so well—but Yomorrow our | Et aE nations are still excluded. Unless they -are-called-in—soon; ie will show you.” 2 : r : mg “about A . . , i ere was panic in her voice and it occurred to us any most of the basic questions will have hai decided by If the waiter had been a gestapo agent he scarcely i tr wi big three or by the swift passage of events—which would | couig nave missed the desperate attempt at deceit. k dorse? be neither fair nor effective. The fraulein was not disturbed over the adult ! Sats P . 4 a Germans. . They should know better, even if they g known to fa Se 2 . ne didn’t. It was the youngsters who gave her shuddery x. of Republ APPARENTLY Pacific military problems are first on concern. They were being weaned scolastically on a Charles LaFo - the Quebec agenda. Most of those boil down to the matter | foul diet of hate, power and arrogance. : all over the world jf local P. A < of British participation. ge. 'The Great Evil Goes On’ : TY XT o | tly paid Sot ot ll. This 5 turn, enhanced Age Hitherto Britain has been too busy at home and in the SHE SATD 55 2 ater the wae Eres or or : eo - 0 @) S 1 e TY O rum Reis. Seetiounls 8 Wid Site) Soyer, They upestied 4 § De Mediterranean to help much in the Far East. Most of | yhat amounted to probation. It had been customary 2 . 1 wiiolly disagres with: what you say, ub wil some cases they dictated to the latter, ting by G. o> i immobilized in India. to open the class activities with the Lord's P 3 A vy J? . L i154 ; Lick over her forces there re. Indien and im : nL . . . The Nazis had changed this. There was still Foi defend to the death your right to say it.—Voltaire. Major Issue in Peace Settlements ; the P. A. C. Now, the question is how much aid Britain will give In | prayer, but it was devoted to the vast glories pening THE PRESIDENTS resutht to ory Hull to ! Sorsing both thé Pacific war, and how long it will take after Hitler's | Fuehrer. Fraulein Becker remained unpersuaded that “PEOPLE REALLY (Times readers are invited |evil forces which would have de- draft a program to curb these cartels, which already Eichel. etont the reformed house painter was a completely adequate » . 3 ig stroyed that democracy, and who has been started by an interdepartmental committee, The eighth efeat. : substitute for Jehovah and declined to omit the holy | TREAT HIM MEAN to express their views in |you14 pe able and willing to lead this mally Democ: Officially the London government has given plenty of | prayer, But not for long. She was reported, called | By Disabled Veteran of World War IL| 41 lumns, religious con- [us through the troubled waters that | indicates that this pation bs §0ing to make this a romi ublicly of all-out war against Japan to account and forced to conform. Terre Haute... S50 SoumNS, 3 lie ahead in establishing a just and | M8Jor issue in peace se a. The President's . promises p y 8 y : os d Braiand “I appointed a class leader. He led the children| The letters of Pvt. Del Pizzo in| troversies excluded, Because lasting peace so that these prin- firm stand on this subject is one of the most impor- Nominee | But at the same time Churchill has promise nglanad | ;, prayer thereafter, but—she shrugged—of course, | this Forum are rather amusing and| of the volume received, let- ciples may endure—then why are| tant developments of recent months looking toward large-scale demobilization of troops and reconversian of | the great evil goes on” not what one would expect from a tors should be limited 10.250 Jws 10k andre the peace. ) 2 State G. . 5 : Often since that evening we have thought of the |soldier. In one letter he griped 1, for one, would be glad to vote This is going to be a difficult job because of the watching wit industry as soon as the European conflict ends. be ; J ; a: li £ tig] | fraulein and her words, The communiques bring the [because the theaters at Columbus| words. Letters must for such & man in the coming] inter-relations of all sorts of cartels with business paign being To a lesser extent the American po. acy. of partial | words back and clothe them in brutal savagery, the |charged the service men full rates, signed. Opinions set forth [presidential election, and I am sure| and Industry and government. Attorney General Pe demobilization and reconversion after Hitler's fall also | communiques which tell of cornered fanatical Nazis [and then he griped because people here are those of the writers, [there are many others that would.| Biddle emphasized the intricate nature of the task | f Sil oundk influences Pacific war plans Who fight to an animal's death. These are the chil- [pass him up on the highway. Poor Sa All the American people ask is|a few days ago in discussing the immediate problem BN. and Republic miuen p . sia ep yi paved io Tuner boy. People really treat him Juean. and publication in Ta Nay proof, not dogma. of breaking up the German cartels when the Nasig H sttor. z= 8 = elmuth idt was fond of the fraulein, They | Just what does he expect? He| implies agreement wi ose s = = surrender. d 1] man THOUGH OUR government says it will not permit the | were cousins. Schmidt had recently returned to Ger- |and all other service men enter the on: by The Times. The |“BETTER CHANGE - Some cartels are purely private. Some are tied ; a 1% army cut-buck or the change-over to peace production to | ™2"Y from America, where he had been employed by [busses and trains first, assuring Ti responsi- | NEEDLES, EDITOR” up with a government on one end and with private WE winams Ji : . : . : : a transmission company and was similarly employed |them of a seat, while old women imes assumes no po interests on the other, such as the numerous German | : who did not interfere with Pacific requirements, there Is hope in |in Berlin. He was a gay, cheerful German and the (and disabled veterans wait in line bility for the return of manu- |B Bude in aly « entitled] cartels sponsored by the Nazi government which had mo Tokyo and fear in Washington that there will be an | newspaper men f0und his company delightful and his |and stand .for hours on the public scripts and cannot enter cor. |... Ss of Labor,” the editor takes| restrictive contracts with American corporations thas preme and a . mimicry of Hitler, Goering and Goebbels, discreetly | conveyances. He expects people to . y : caused the shortage of strategic materials for our E If Mr. Bu American letdown. performed behind closed doors, amusing. buy him drinks in taverns, he ex-| respondence regarding them.) |his usual dig at labor. As per usual, Wn War program. H ¢ Actually, most of our naval and air forces and many | He did not share his cousin's bleak view of the ys free or cut-rate admissions, he raves about aires a Wout ° t leasing he of our technical ground forces—along with increased war SL aed hai Be another war, re hos tpects penile 19 want to 81Ve [could get some gas and 0 to some Sloppags Slowing down the was tne| Cartels Are Tied to Our Allies for speeches, i i i ri i i =e " 2 8 ride, and he expecls many|of our friends’ homes. Oh, yes—. : } others will pluton i av be required for the big say. “And it was no good. other privileges—and he has $50 a forgot to tell you the reason we |Other he praises labor. OUR ALLIES are sponsors of important cartels

; , unless Britain and America get toe : two could fuse, i ; make their voice heard than by a universal and free outlays by the government for un- ee there will be roubie. 1 too bok use, in terms of. wisdom. and character; there | vote to all French men and women—Gen. Charles employment payments. many British are m out, the clamor to release {arse must have been the catalytic touch of a human spirit— | de Gaulle. eG oF Feovite an outlet at interest| oyerican servicemen will become irresistible and vice dress something that could make facts come. alive, something ON EVERY side Germany weakens. Now is the | | e funds of the banks: versa. Japan ould ike HOthinig better han a face derfu that could give a significance td lessons that type and ink | time for us to muster all our strength and unity for DAILY THOUGHTS Jotwe oe : : 9 - : - coat, £an hever impart. That is the flinction of the teacher, and | 1h §7al blows—Secretasy of War Henry L. Stimson, That all the of the earth | A London story widely reprinted in Canada said red. a great teacher is measured by the enduring quality of wh CR +i might know 18 piople of the Lord, | the Roosevelt-Churchill talks will center on the Reich Lg her work, th t hich. Ber verpda turd ; THE JOY that entered the hearts of all civilized | 1 oe ante Lord, and what to do with her. she surrenders. Pere ao Caer Won © extent to which her words*and influence men and women: at the news of the liberation of ‘ hat a mighty: that ye might haps. But that is a big three subject—not merely for = become a part of the lives of all those she touclfes, and | Paris can ; ; er the Lord your God for ever— United States. Moreover, if the Big

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