Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 October 1944 — Page 10

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AIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN MES now another of those eternal Washington con

~*~ troversies. * Secretary Morgenthau emerges as the sponsor of a an to impose a peace on Germany that would make it a pation of small farmers, close down German industries and mines and send city workers back to till the soil. " But Secretary of State Hull and Secretary of War Stimson, it seems, do not like the so-called Morgenthau plan. They have contrary ideas concerning the peace 0 be imposed on Germany. So there's another struggle for power and jurisdiction, inside the ‘administration. "It's an old story—repeated again and again and again. ... Administering by hunch and by gosh, the President tangles the lines of authority and responsibility running down to his subordinates. Or, to use Mr. Roosevelt's own figure of speech, the quarterback can’t make up his mind as to who is to carry the ball. So there develops a HopkinsIdkes quarrel, or a Hull-Welles fight, or a Wallace-Jesse Jénes scrap over who is to do what jobs and how. All of which makes it possible for Governor Dewey to remark pertinently that Mr. Roosevelt is such a poor executive that he can't keep his own house in order, even in wartime.

_ CONCERNING the present controversy between Mr. ‘Morgenthau on one side and Messrs. Hull and Stimson on other, we ask: “How did Mr. Morgenthau get chips in this game?” The government's fiscal affairs being in the candition they are, you would think that the secretary of the treasury has a victory garden of his own to tend. When did he become an expert on foreign and military affairs? Why was he taken to Quebec to discuss the German peace ‘terms with Messrs, Churchill and Eden while Secretaries and Stimson were left at home?

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GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL "But, through the shift of mood and mood, Mine ancient humour saves him whole—

The cynic devil in his blood That bids him mock his hurrying soul. KIPLING wrote that 50 years ago about “An American.” He stressed our nation’s sense of humor as our dominating trait and our safety valve. - Maybe because of that, we last as we do. Maybe it is ‘why what Hitler thought was our decadent drugstore cowboy is today rounding up the master race. Perhaps it is why the Rooseveltian smart cracks about Fala were the high spot of that “Saturday night speech.” And why in the midst of all the world’s tragedy, Americans, ‘Wherever they may be, at home or at war, get an “escape” with a laugh; a release with a story such as the one about Frank Sinatra and Toots Shor and Rags Ragland and Democratic National Chairman Robert E. Hannegan and their visit to the White House for tea with the President of these United States, commander in chief of our armed forces, ‘#hd candidate, again and again and again—and again. ® = 2 \ 8 8 = ~~ HANNEGAN, it seems, had dropped in at Toots Shor's—the hour not named in the dispatches—for chop suey, grill, or what have you, There he met up with Messrs. Sinatra, the crooner, Ragland, the comedian, and Shor, the proprietor. That being at 51 W, 51st st., only a couple of blocks from the Stork Club, and well within the Manhattan range of Duffey’s Tavern. : .. A big idea hits Hannegan. He invites, as one will in one’s more expansive moments, the whole party to 1600 Pennsylvania ave. No sooner said than done. The trip is. made from New York to Washington by air, avidly. Never has a social engagement been accepted with more fervor. The campaign is discussed at tea—along with other . such subjects as swooning and bobby socks. All this despite grim-visaged war. ~ . As to Hannegan's perspicacity in inviting Toots, there's a question, since Toots had run a bit counter to one : of Mr. Roosevelt's own agencies, namely OPA, Toots having . been found guilty of overdrawing his ration-point account tothe tune of 23,000 pounds of meat., But we'll leave that

. 2s.an aside, and something for the impulsive Mr. Hannegan ~ towerry about, ,

CHILD LABOR

AINNESOTA'S attorney-general has ruled that rural 5 school teachers in his state cannot require their pupils ta.sweep the floors, carry coal or water, or build fires, “. Does anybody remember back to our educational dark

ages when some deluded and exploited children actually copsidered it a pleasure to stay after school and clean the

MR. ROOSEVELT SAID—

such a small foundation have we erected the whole enormous fabric of federal government which costs now $3,500,000,000 every year, and if we do not halt Us steady process of building commissions and regubodies and special legislation like huge inverted over every one of the simple constitu shall soon be

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Big Parade Will Be On THE ' VANISHED AMERICAN, returning to his appointed rounds, will certainly be welcomed as the Americans were welcomed in Paris. Maybe his wares won't be dreams of transparent plastic. But to the housewife, downs to the last bristle of the vegetable brush and reduced to wielding a broom, they will look like the dawn of a brave new. world. : . This won't last, of course, The encyclopedia vendor will follow the Fuller Brush man. The vacuum cleaner salesman will be succeeded by the boy Who is working his father’s way through high school by means of magazine subscriptions. The big parade will be on.

now will be brushing up on her sales resistance. She might practice up on that old Scandinavian housemaid impersonation she used to use when the salesman asked, “Are you the lady of the house?” That always eased the shame of falsehood with a touch of light-hearted drama. She might give some thought to her neglected footwork, for it takes speed to beat the salesman’s toe to that strategic territory beween the door and the jamb.

World Affairs

By Ludwell Denny

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2~The Big Three part of the Dumbarton Oaks conference on a new league of nations lasted twice as long as expected and accomplished less than had been hoped. Its controversial issues and results are shrouded in cflicial secrecy, so no © accurate public evaluation is possible, »

The formal concluding statement—whidh' was supposed to PTE make up in information for the strict secrecy of the sessions—turns out to be & brief and meaningless generalization about “a large measure of agreement on recommendations” to the three governments. :

Basic Disagreements on Main Issue

FROM THE inevitable leaks which have occurred, however, it appears that there are basic disagreements on the main issue, If so, the conferees’ reference to “a large measiire of agreement” and the President's earlier comment about “90 per cent agreement” are deceptive, ’ Perhaps this explains Churchill's effort in his house of commons report Thursday to play down the importance of the conference, which received such fanfare at its opening. He said “these conversations have been upen an unofficial level only and do not in any way bind the governments represented” That seems a strange understatement in view of the long preparatory negotiations in London, and’ the fact that the conference itself was opened by Secretary Hull and presided over by the undersecretary of state. Of course any agreement reached by the Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin aids would have to be approved by those principals—and, in our case, by the senate— but there is. not even a tentative agreement on the chief problems,

Will Big Three Have Right of Veto?

THAT MAIN ISSUE is whether the new league, which is to be controlled by the Big Three, can act against any one of the Big Three which becomes an aggressor, Will one of the Big Three powers have the right of veto on any league decision concerning itself? The rights and powers of small and so-called middle nations are another.aspect of the same question. Since the new league will have nothing to do with disarming and enforeing peace on the axis nations—a separate job which the Big Three are undertaking—its only potential major aggressors of the future, if any, would be Russia, Britain or the United States. But Russia does not want a league to interfere with her ‘in Eastern Europe, and Britain objects to anybody passing judgment on what she considers her imperial interests—say in India or Hongkong. S06 Churchill warns commons and the allies that “we ought not to be hurried into decisions upon which united opinion by the various governments responsible is not at present ripe.” At the same time 8 senate group here thinks it premature to finish the league machinery—or to make commitments to it— before the peace settlement is completed. G

Raises Special American Problem

THIS, IN TURN, raises the special American problem of whether the United States delegate to the league would be the spokesman merely of the President or whether his commitments would be subject to senate ratification. : Whatever the rights and wrongs of the major disagreements—over Big Three control of a league, over the relation of congress to league decisions, and over the German settlement—nothing but harm can come from the Roosevelt secret diplomacy, which denies to the American public the information required for jntelligent public discussion and democratic decision on policy. To maintain this secrecy on the eve of a national election, which our democracy must pass upon these grave issues of war and peace, is as dangerous ns It is disgraceful.

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THERE'LL BE a lot of silk hats around the peace table, but we hope the diplomats don’t tglk through them, :

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“LET'S JUST KEEP THE RECORD STRAIGHT” By A. C., Beech Grove ed

As regards trading a horse for a pony I don't think :- Governor Schricker was referring to Mr. Dewey's size physically as Bea Sun. ner seems to think, although I can't help smiling when I think of it in that respect. Governor Schricker was thinking in terms of his ability as a statesman, When we think of the heavy load involved in being President the next four years, Mr, Dewey may well be likened to an unbroken pony as compared to Mr. Roosevelt who is the steady work horse already in harness and pulling the load. And to Mrs. Lottie Adkins, I would say the Pony Express has had its day. I don't believe it will be of much significance in the post-war era, A steady work horse already in harness is not easily tired, so let's forget the “tired old horse” phrase as it does not apply. Let's just keep the record straight. Thank you. » " » 2 “WE ALL ERR ONCE IN A WHILE” By Tim, Indianapolis. I'm writing this article in hopes that Mrs. Mayme Long of New Augusta will get to read it. Madame, have you ever taken into consideration how very trying a “traffic cop's” job. really is? Perhaps it is very wrong to expect people to abide by man-made laws, but I never could see where it was. For instance the time I got a ticket for parking in a taxi zone, I didn't run the police force down. Nor the time I got another ticket for running a stop sign. Just last week, to be exact, a week ago Saturday, I didn’t get shart with the cop who told me to get back on the corner when I attempted to cross during a siege of heavy traffic, I don't say anything because I've done something which I should be punished for. Perhaps the policeman needn't have been so harsh with that elder1y couple, but anyone's patience can wear thin. I'll bet if you had to stand for one Saturday on the cop’s aching «feet, driven to distraction by careless, hurrying crowds, reckless, equally hurried drivers, lost children, stray dogs disrupting traffic, you'd do worse .than merely shout to an elderly couple. Speaking of courtesy, I'll tell you of a few cases that I thought rather wonderful. One cold day last winter, I saw two small children pulling

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ably home. I saw a police car stop, take in the children and accompany them home, Those two were the children of a defense working wife, whose husband is now serving overseas, Another time, I saw an old lady catch her foot in a car track and if it hadn’t been for a handy traffic cop, she may have suffered severe injuries. Madame, I could go on for hours telling you little facts like these, if you cared to know them. Don't ever again be ashamed of Indianapolis policemen, because a finer lot of men is seldom found. Mrs. Long, the mistake of one traffic cop needn't make you ashamed of the entire force, We all err once in & while. The next time you begin to criticize the police force, stop and know that were you in his place, you'd undoubtedly say a lot worse, My hat is off to the F. O. P.

RE SR RRA “SUCH CHANGES ARE ABSURD” By Chster D. Apple, Pendleton, Ind.

In your comments on the President's speech you stated in that apparently Mr. Dewey didn't intend to make such silly mistakes, as if he hasn't made any. Yes, when the President took up his ridiculous charges and answered them one by one, he was making silly mistakes. He was only answering the brazen and dastardly misrepresentations made by Mr. Dewey. You know as well as anybody that his charges about this administration not working for preparedness before Pearl Harbor are so ridiculous

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with everything Dewey says and continue to snipe at "Roosevelt for everything he has to say. Where do your Republican friends get the old blarney that’ they can do things better? If they are so good as that at doing things well, why haven't they put a little of this ability into practice when they were in power, instead of just talking about it? Mr. Dewey referred to Roosevelt as having thrown mud in his speech. 1 wonder just what Mr.

been doing since his first speech at Philadelphia. He made one of the most brazen statements in that

made when he stated that if this war was to be ended the people would have to do it, that this administration would: do nothing to end it. This, in the face of all that has been done and the distance we have come thus far in winning the war, Such charges are absurd, to say the least. Why can't the Republicans once wage & campaign without the old fear psychology? Dewey nor any other Republican can get to the White House by hammering alone, The poeple are too smart for that. I well remember the pay-envelope campaign to scare the voters into voting for Landon in 1936. They will not stop at anything to influence votes. If a man wants to give a dollar to the C. 1. O. Political Action Committee he is a Communist, but the du Ponts, Morgans, Pews, etc, can give their thousands to support the G. O. P. which is quite all right. Everything the Republicans don’t like is labeled

workers shouldn't support their friends with their dollars and why

without being dubbed Communists? I gave a dollar to the C. I. O. political action committee and I

am gd part of the supervision in a General Motors division, but I know who has been my friend and the friend of the working man.. Mr. Roosevelt is the best friend the worker ever had in the White House, in fact the first one, and they know it. He is the greatest humanitarian the world has ever known. I resent the charge that people who support the political action committee are Communists, as such charge is utterly ridiculous. Of ‘course, the Republicans know the workers are strong for Roosevelt and they are doing everything

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“But this administration took that step regardless of the result, and that very money, taken away from our veterans, was given away largely for other and needless New Deal projects. “That was the New Deal effort to ‘soak the vet. erans and give his money to the civilian,’ and the veterans have suffered immeasurably because of that

“This is the record upon which this administra~ tion must stand,” he concluded. “There cannot be any shifting of responsibility regarding our veterans.”

In Washington By Charles T. Lucey

officials here. i : President Roosevelt, in his opening campaign speech, referred to the great job of ship. building America had done, citing a rate of 19000000 tons a year, §¢ But that was last year. This year, i . officials say, the rate will be about 16,000,000 tons. Shortages of certain types are considered especially critical, ; Within recent days special appeals have been made to shipbuilders to speed deliveries of combat troops transports, combat cargo ships and straight troop transports. Top priorities have been ordered and some yards have reiurned to a seven-day week

3985 Ships Have Been Built

THUS FAR 3985 ships have been built in war program, totaling 41000000 deadweight nearly four times the tonnage of our prewar chant fleet. But tonnage output has slipped year because of labor shortages and need for greater time per vessel in merchantmen being converted for s uses, : ro A 10800 ton Victory cargo ship converted into a military type vessel becomes a ship rated at only about 6000 tons, for example.

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vessels and the military type ships will be built. But this means, shipping officials say, that vessels cannot roll off the ways with the speed attainable with the Liberties. Average time on a Liberty ship was abdut 40 days, on a Victory ship 65 days. But the much needed combat type ~cargo ships are estimated to require about 125 days for building. ‘These combat vessels, known as APA's and AKA's, are built with the objective of being able to take troops and all their equipment right into a beach, and are supposed to carry enough armament to “slug it out” if the going gets tough.

Shortage May Delay Return From Europe SECRETARY OF THE NAVY FORRESTAL has

Rear Adm. Carleton H. Wright, commandant of the 12th naval district, ‘San Prancisco that, considering the length of the country does not have the shipping needed to double present operdtions in the Pacific. The war department at the same time foresaw a transportation shortage that will prevent prompt return of somes servicemen from Europe following the defeat of Germany. »

tons built makes a tremendous fleet, it still is not as much as the total required in the North African and Mediterranean theater, the northern European theater, the Pacific, Alaska and other theaters and for lend-lease and other requirements,

So They Say—

NO ONE nation is resourceful enough to achieve security and a high standard of living while leaving the rest of the world in a post-war wilderness.—Dr. Isaiah Bowman, 0

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