Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 September 1944 — Page 6

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“ONLY” 22 MILLION DAYS LOST PHE United Auto Workers—world's biggest union—has ‘just come within a hair of kicking out the no-strike ‘pledge, and once again you hear union leaders proclaiming defensively that strikes since Pearl harbor have cost less than 1 per cent of the available effort of workers. This is based on the bureau of labor statistics calculation that in © 1943 idleness during strikes amounted to only “fifteen onehundredths of 1 per cent of the available working time.” Such statistics are deceptive. A hundred men striking in a key foundry can knock out of work ten thousand men in a war plant that depends on the foundry’s product— yet the idleness of those ten thousand won't appear in the statistical record. That has happened many times since the war started. Even if you stuck to the official figures, the fact-that 22,156,398 man days were lost to production, because of strikes, between Pearl Harbor and last June 30 doesn’t “seem to square very well with the no-strike pledge. The equivalent might be a strike for “only” one week by more troops than we have yet landed.in Europe. Some labor leaders don't put much stock in the official * strike tabulations. Carl Swanson, a regional director of the U. A. W., told his union’s convention that with “strikes all over the country, the union looks silly with a no-strike pledge” Stronger words than “silly” might be applied by men "in uniform to unions which revoke their pledge and declare _ that strikes are once again in order, war or no war.

VICTORY IN THE SECOND BLITZ

ANOTHER story of resourcefulness and rugged courage has come out of London—the story of the victory of the second blitz. It is perhaps even more inspiring than the accounts of the first Battle of Britain, For here London’s defenders were confronted with a new weapon, unpredictable, stealthy, speedy, unaffected by weather. It demanded new counter-measures. : ‘The detailed story now tells how these countermeasures worked. And it reveals that even before Allied “troops in France blocked off the robot coast, British brains and effort and American co-operation had already beaten the flying bomb. There were 80 frightful days of the second blitz. Rut the passing weeks brought promise of victory. In the first month, defenders were able to bring down 40 per cent of the missiles. At the end, coast defenses were stopping 70 per cent of them, and inaccuracies reduced to 9 per cent the bombs that reached the target.

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THE TOLL in lives and property, though not so great as in the raids of 1940-41, was tremendous. But if the attacks cost the Allies and London heavily, think of what the Germans paid for the attempt and the defeat. Frustrated in the beginning through superior in-| telligence and air power, they were unable to launch the flying bombs in time to achieve the maximum results. But the most damaging result of the abortive vengeance was the fact that, having put all their eggs in one basket, they had to sit by and see the eggs smashed. Airplane and other production was cut back to make flying bombs. They were sold and oversold to the German people. But the physical and psychological punch was blocked. The “miracle weapon” wound up a dud. And Germany took a long step closer to defeat. : alte

EXPERIENCE

READER suggests that this is an appropriate time to reprint an editorial of four years ago, since it dealt with a theme that is likewise dominant in this political campaign. The editorial was published in this newspaper on Oct. 3, 1940—more than a year before our country entered the war and the big spending began—under the . title “Experience.” Here it is: Franklin D. Roesevelt is the only living man who has had nearly eight years of experience as President of the United States. Therefore, we hear it argued, it is essential that he should have what no other President ever had— a third term, ; : This is, of course, an argument that will be even more forceful if Mr. Roosevelt, having had nearly 12 years of experience, decides to be drafted for a fourth term. But there’s no denying that, even now, Mr. Roosevelt has had vast experience, including: The experience of spending more money than any other President. The experience of incurring the biggest public debt in this country’s history. The experience of keeping spending always ahead of income, although federal revenue has been almost trebled, The experience of building the federal payroll to record

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size, The experience of expanding bureaucracy to unprecedented proportions. The experience of declaring more emergencies and exercising more power than any other pedtetime President.

The experience of seeing new enterprise remain stagnant longer than ever before.

And the experience of seeing more Americans unemployed for more years than ever before. ;

THOUGHT FOR’ THE DAY JAN-MADE tt Jr bombs, the cascading of

_ thousands of tons of ferial explosives on cities, the antic force of a battleship’s broadside—seems pretty sive sometimes. Ee Ly ut when nature hauls off with’a hurricane such as the Atlantic coast Thursday night and into New

the slightest letdown in support-ing-labor on the home front, such called for seerniingly trivial causes, § brutally assailed by angry, and in some obvious instances, self-interested dissenters.

Mission Under Official Auspices IT HAD NOT been spread on the record that the mission he undertook was under the auspices of the war department, presumably at the immediate invitation of Secretary Stimson and that his comments, contrasting sacrifice at the front and shirking at home, inspired or otherwise, must in some form carry official approval, if not encouragement. .

Recalling all this, you listened with sober interest as the aging ace of world war I addressed the ad-

He didn’t tell them much you hadn't heard before. It was both a pep talk and a class room discourse on the more easily digested virtues of democracy. Love of home, respect. of parents, what it means to be a free people in a free country, the blessing of liberty and why it must be fought for even at the cost of bloodshed, the constitutional rights, the instinct of the American-born for justice to the bullied and the out-numbered, and the right of any youngster, on growing to manhood, to pick his job and work at it under conditions of his own making and choosing.

‘No ‘One to Warn These Youngsters’

LISTENING to his words, and studying the intense faces of the junior cadets, it suddenly occurred to you that Capt. Rickenbacker was slyly taking advantage of a situation which presented him as the lone speaker of the evening. Here he was addressing himself to a large number of young, formative minds, not only impressionable, but in an adventurous mood to be influenced by his background of heroism. Here he was tossing poisonous hunks of old-fashioned Americanism into their gaping maws and there was no one at hand to prescribe an effective antidote. No one to warn these youngsters against the false doctrine of a government by the people, the evils of private enterprise, the wicked philosophy of initiative, self-reliance and what our stupid elders used to call elbow grease; no one to describe the high values ‘of bureaucracy as a political force or explain the machinations of an administration which pits class against, class and stigmatizes any honest dissenter as an American Fascist bent on destroying national unity. This clearly wasn’t cricket and, in the absence of a pleader for alien ideologies, you were compelled to agree Capt. Rickenbacker had pulled a fast one. Still it was a rare experience to hear an American give out on Americanism and go unchallenged, even if he did draw a bye.

New Frontiers By Maj. Al Williams

NEW YORK, Sept. 16.—"Each pound saved on an airline transport. plane ingreases its earning capacity by $100 a year,” says W. C. Mentzer, chief engineer of United Air Lines. Never in engineering history has the crusade of weight elimination, along with increase of structural strength, been waged with such determination and in‘genuity. The weight engineer and his assistants track down and compel justification for each ounce as fiercely as a ferret pursues its quarry. Big planes just didn’t grow out of little planes. Each increase of wing span is possible only because some ingenious researcher has discovered a new method for building “a “Wing section as strong as necessary, but at lighter weight per square foot.

Engineer Is at a Premium Today

A FAMOUS aeronautical engineer insists that each ounce of structural material must do its own job in withstanding tension, compression and shear, and at least two other jobs in strengthening two other members of the structure. The aggressive, thinking engineer is at a premium today, and there is no industry in which rugged individualism stands out more plainly and is rewarded more profusely than in aeronautics. We are on the frontier of science. Beyond lies a bountiful land of promise which will belong to those who can qualify. Our forefathers had their physical frontier. The same outlet for energy is before us in the frontier of science, where untold

sources of power and physical forces are harnessed and put to work,

We, The Women

By Ruth Millett

THE OTHER day 650 employes of a Chicago plant walked out in protest because they said that “girls who submit meekly to. a certain foreman's patting and pinching are rewarded with more desirable jobs.”

out in the open and stick together on a complaint like that. For while an office cr factory wolf isn't a rare bird—and will probably never be extinct—the problem of handling one is usually considered a problem for each girl to solve for herself. : The usual way of solving it is to keep out of the wolf's_reach as much as possible and put him off with kidding that leaves him feeling like quite a fellow without either giving him any encouragement or making an enemy of him,

Doesn't Discourage the Wolf

it doesn’t: do anything to discourage the wolf.

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THAT WORKS pretty well for the girls—but

In a beauly shop the other day a young, pretty, and exuberant customer entertained everyone in the place with her account of the various Jines that had been tossed her way by different “higher ups” who

She had a word to describe the would-be wolves in her office. They were “old fools” to her and it was plain to see she wasn't offended so’much as

Listening te her make fun of them I. thought that if middle-aged men-who make a play for young girls | | , could hear. those girls laugh at them behind their backs there wouldn't be any old wolves in the world. » But I never expected to pick up a newspaper and find that a group of employees had gotten together and decided to publicly call a wolf “a wolf.” - If the time become ex-

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: 3 i . s ® A 4 Wiel The Hoosier Forum I wholly disagree with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.—Voltaire.

“I THOUGHT THE JOB QUESTION WAS SETTLED” By Leo Amend, Somewhere in France Correct me if IT am wrong, I've lived in the United States my whole 37 and a half years (that includes six months overseas). I own a home and naturally I have paid some taxes. I've bought bonds to help win this great conflict and I'm still buying them. Now I feel that the right is mine to send this letter. I'm getting very little news—conflicting at that—on what is taking place at home,

About strikes, which are disheartening to me, especially when they use fellows like me as an example to keep wages and labor privileges, down. , , . I even hate to mention the one just a short time ago, where the transportation system of a certain city went to hell because a number thought a Negro wasn't good enough to run a street car or trolley bus. I would call that a black mark on democracy. Negroes are good enough to be sent ‘over here, and, by the way, they are doing a good job of it, too. Now I read accounts of those who are in on the know, that victory is assured. Yes, in spite of all the unpatriotic strikes and so-called traitors. Anyway, with the wellequipped army we have, someone at home did a good job to help preserve democracy. Who could it be? So now the news is getting to the point of post-war. What are they going’ to do with us misfits of society when we get home? ° I happened to read in our little paper, printed for us here, something I really didn’t care to see. A certain person of position stated he would sooner keep us in the army to feed us than in a soup line. These are not the exact words, but the same meaning. In other words, he wants us all to have jobs before we are released. I can't believe that any champion of democracy could harbor that idea. I never knew of any law in the United States reading that a man had to work for some owner of industry. I believe if he can live without violating the law, it is no one’s business what he does. Naturally, after this war is won my greatest desire is to get home, and not stand in line at the camp gate waiting for someone to come along and say, “Hey, Bud, I got a job for you.” Now I have been here only a

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short while, compared to many others. I can't speak for them,

desires. I do know we have nut up with the chow line, mail line, pay line and many other lines. - Now try and add an employment line. Anyway, I thought the job question was settled at the same time we were drafted. You know, just come back and go to work. - So why all the change in attitude about our release? Yes, victory is assured, but, with such thoughts and ideas—for whom? ” . “GREAT 1S THE

POWER OF TRUTH”

but you at home should know their

would not listen but instead called the President a “war monger.” If the nation had rallied to the President at that time, the world would He at peace today.

Under the heading, “Politics,” by Earl Richert on page 9 of the Sept. 11 Times, I would like to quote, “One writer for a big Eastern paper which is supporting Governor Dewey said he would not be surprised to see another landslide for Roosevelt—due entirely to the feeling that there must be no change now.” May I ask what has Dewey done to make him so much more important than President Roosevelt, or what can he do more than our President is now doing to “bring the boys back home"? Many men in PF. D. R's shoes would have laid down on the job long ago—but not our great leader. In 1921, when he was stricken with infan paral t oe pes Ts eit tee gained the partial use of his legs. So will he now fight to bring our boys home as quickly as possible. To those who tell lies and say Dewey could do this much sooner than F. D. R. can, I say, “Shame on you” And to Dewey, “Phooey.” Just as this great leader was mocked when he pointed the way (in 1937) to avoid this second world war, so will he go down in history as the greatest leader of all time, May I, in closing, ask all who

make this the greatest landslide of all time for President Roosevelt's

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SUETRT do's” But, through the forum of press conferences, the Republican candidate has capi

war restrictions that is most emphatic among the t-type folks who live on farms, ranches

entire bill, The other da book with 20 po Win to women-—mothers, wives and sweethearts . Half a dozen > de have unofficial Strategy of MacArthur Statement a . ALONG THIS SAME general line, he sought to of the Red Cre create suspicion of political motives in President ° e+ taxis in on it, Roosevelt's management of the war when he said fact, they even this week that now that Gen. Douglas MacArthur is the boys a sigh no longer “a political threat” to the President, his When the tour | magnificent talents should be given greater scope home, but they and recognition, insinuating also that adequate supe boys have more plies had been withheld from the general during the r Philippine campaign. : Anglo Sax: He did not suggest specifically that Gen. Mace *} PROBABLY Arthur Be named over-all commander in the Pacifie, blood in Americ But his remarks were in connection with the Quebes Tennessee conference, where it was first reported that a Pacifie Where a soit of commander was to be selected by President Roosevelt 1? ® they say and- Prime Minister Churchill. Gen. MacArthur, & : popular figure, has been a sort of symbol and rallying ° point for Republicans, who have raised him to the role of martyr. : 53 NnS1 When his campaign trip carried him into the farm and cattle country, where he skirted all big cities but Des Moines, Governor Dewey began to FOR SOME emphasize government war restrictions and regula TE tions, which still seem to be onerous . : this ares. Yo people, in crooked only a At Des Moines, he said there is no doubt there we mentioned

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required efficient handling, said the New Deal is not capable to prevens

release of this food in a way that would be “a catastrophe” to the farmers..

Criticizes OPA Handling of Meat Problem AT VALENTINE, NEB, in the heart of the cattle

OPA's handling of the problem.

indicated by the sharp outcries from Democrats, who ceiving windor are attacking this sort of appeal to win votes and * Jooked up, smi are charging misrepresentation by the Republican umbrella down then did she . correspondents on this train . umbrella over have recognized the general import and significance _ medical cente: of this kind of campaign in 3 nation now growing disastrous wee war weary and, from past observation, they see how one of those pi it may be effective in the psychological condition of chores. The the voters. . found it very It begins to appear, too, that President Roosevelt of those mult himself will be forced to make a campaign to meet | * the paint Imps the Dewey thrusts. Smaller-fry spokesmen cannot | © thought it wo ret. Brenan ssh Mg Sg A. iA As Yoh Democratic jeaders, by the charge of “misrepre= ‘ at the window sentation,” have laid the way for the President's entry, for he said he did not plan to make a campaign Saved by ¢ except to answer “misrepresentations.” _ : WE RECE] Patrolwoman

World Affairs

By William Philip Simms

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QUEBEC, Sept. 16 With the | Minister Anthony Eden, there is

By Mrs. William Shipp, 1520 Roosevelt ave. “Great is the power of truth,” I was taught, and I believe yet today that a liar is worse than a thief, Yet every time President Roosevelt’s Chautauqua address of 1940 has been quoted by his enemies in the public prints and in politics, one part of the sentence about not sending American boys to fight abroad has been deliberately misrepresented. : The President never said that any American boy would never be sent abroad to fight. What he did .ay was, “No American boy would be sent to foreign battlefields except to defend this country from attack.” I would .like to ask one question, “Why does anyone believe all the lies told about President Roosevelt? I-can also answer this question. Becafise in ‘his Chicago Bridge speeth 1937 he called for the quagafitine of, the outlaw nations—

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fourth term. : s = = “THOSE TIMES ARE GONE FOREVER" By Alma Bender, Zionsville,

have any expert information on what reasonably should have been expected in the way of speedy regovery from the depression. Several years ago I remember seeing some comment to the effect that we were not recovering as fast as other nations.’ But of course the other nations cured theirs by preparing for war—and we hadn't gotten into that yet. 3 In 1933 Clifford Townsend, then commissioner of agriculture, was asked by someone at a meeting how long he thought it would take to get over the depression, and he answered by asking how long it took to get into it. The man replied that it began in October, 1929, and Mr. Townsend said, “Oh, no, it didn't, That was just when you heard about it. But it had been going on a long time then.” Cliff Townsend, of course, was a farmer, and the depression began on the farms al 1921. As I remember it, he thi t it had taken 12 years to get down to the depth

least that long to climb out—on the theory that we never climb up any faster than we slide down. Is that theory right? Or does anyone know? ; After all, this is the first time any governmerit ever tried to do anything about a panic, as they used to call them. Enough people used to pull out and go west, when we had panics, to ease things off. But those times are gone forever.

he thinks he could climb up faster than he went down—just in case we need to know. But Mr. Dewey, I guess, believes it only took three years to go down. . And I see Mr. Pettingill wants business to get its alibi ready in case it doesn’t furnish employment for the returning soldiers after all. The C. I. O. won't need it—they have never thought business would.

DAILY THOUGHTS

the world to condemn the world; but that the world ti ‘him might be saved.—John 3:17. ~~ HIS love at once and dread in-

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talk of a settlement of the ticks lish, if not dangerous; quarrel be tween Poland and the Soviet Union.

kans. Russia has staked out exe pensive territorial and political claims. Thus far, however, Britain and America have shied away from such questions, preferring to cross those bridges as they came to them, But the Big Three have now reached a bridge,

Polish government in London was willing to meet

excluding the Fascists. Free elections would follow.

in Lublin, Gen. Bor and his Polish patriots, fighting in Warsaw, The British and poles had to fly all the way from Britain, over enemy territory, to drop supplies for Gen. Bor. Russia, with airfields within 10 minutes Warsaw, refused to do anything. : y It is a reasonable assumption that Mr. Eden came to give Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosee velt a fill-in on important developments since Mr, Churchill's departure, He may have brought news that the end of the war in Europe is nearer than was thought, even at the outset of the meeting here, and perhaps to urge upon the Big Two a new and early meeting of the Big Three—a meeting with Marshal Stalin . 2 A

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Questions such as the Polish issue can no longer be Important ever avoided. For Poland is the test. She is not only an center will sta ally, she was the first to fight Germany in this war, { chairman of t If she is to lose half her territory and her political in. | Job it will be dependence to appease an ally, it may knock post-war |. fication. world collaboration into a cocked hat. J The senato " In line with overwhelming American sentiment, is not pleased the Big Four agreed at Dumbarton Oaks that, if necese || reached by ti sary, force would be ysed to make the future peace | in the splendo secure. There is not a chance, however, that any |! he. realizes thi American senate—Republican or Democratic—would country, inclu authorize the employment of American troops to ene i pared to comp force Polish or other boundaries imposed under such || conditions, l France to Poles Adopt Conciliatory Attitude | JOR EXA IN WASHINGTON recently I learned that Soviets | ! and has not by Polish rapprochement was an early possibility. The { prave herself : i

Up to the present, Moscow's attitude toward || Warsaw has been frigid. In effect, she has demanded day before I 1 that the Polish government in London get rid of most walks that the of its members and allow the remainder to be abe was joined by sorbed by the Kremlin-sponsored Polish committee Cote, and toge

Passa WITH THE END of the war in Germany this Hil agency will be in a position to meet the manpower | one requirements of war industries without the controls the 0 which have been in effect in recent months—WMGC our