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Give Light and the People Wil Find Their Own Way

IT'S TIME TO THINK—AND TO THANK! R a lot of us here at home, Thanksgiving may bring an uneasy, even a guilty feeling, Somehow we are too well fed, too warm and clean and comfortable, These are things to be thankful for, surely, but they put us too much apart from sons and husbands and brothers and friends in all parts of the world who are celebrating Thanksgiving without them. And these things that make us too remote from the spirit of the first Thanksgiving. That was a spirit of humble gratitude in people who had fought and suffered in an alien, unfriendly land to reap the meager bounty for which they offered their thanks. It may seem today that the bounty is being won for us by men who still fight and suffer while we keep a holiday, and that this occasion is more properly one of fasting than feasting. a FE I ” BUT THOSE feelings are probably wrong. We may well be humble and grateful. Yet there is no need to think that our customary holiday will be looked upon with bitterness by the men who fight our battles overseas. Millions of homesick kids are going to be thinking of that holiday, of the family dinner table, and the food that

~ is on it, and the people that are around it, and to them

Thanksgiving itself may seem like something to be thankful for. They will be glad to know that it is just as it was, and they won't wish it any different. It's part of a country and a life to fight for and come home to.

. SEPARATE GUARANTEES AND ALLIANCES HE Polish government-in-exile has asked the United States to guarantee Poland's post-war independence and frontiers, according to diplomatic reports. President Roosevelt and the American people are committed, on both sentimental and practical grounds, to the proposition that a free and strong Poland is essential to a democratic and lasting European peace. But separate American guarantees are out of the question. That is the proper function of the international security “organization and the permanent united nations, which the United States is trying to build. This request by the Mikolajczyk cabinet is one more disturbing indication that European nations discount the new league even before it is organized. They are putting their real security reliance on separate guarantees by the big powers. Obviously, if the new league is relegated to the

role of a pious gesture now, it will be no more when the peace is threatened five, 10 or 20 years hence. 8s . . » ” NOT THAT the Poles can be blamed. They are merely following the lead of Russia and Britain, which are busy constructing systems of exclusive agreements and military alliances—without consulting the united nations and with-

out relying on the future security organization to which |

they are nominally committed. If the two strongest European powers cannot trust a new world league—which they will largely dominate—as an adequate security supplement to their own superior military establishments, the smaller nations will hardly do so. ’ Unfortunately the only small nation alternative, to an effective league having big power support; is for Poland and others to join one of the two European blocs now forming. Even that choice is limited, however, by geography. Though

London is trying to create a British sphere-of-influence in Western Europe, Poland and other Eastern European nations’ must be members of and at the mercy of the Russian bloc.” Unless, that is, ‘Churchill and Stalin give up their plan to divide Europe into their blocs, and revert to their

Atlantic Charter-Moscow pact pledges.

THE PURPOSE of those pacts, as Secretary Hull said, was to énd the old balance-of-power system—a major cause “of wars. Our Polish friends should understand that Amerjea’s commitment is to a democratic world security organization to replace the old self-defeating system of separate

guarantees, rival blocs and side military alliances,

- Therefore the United States will not independently If President Roosevelt were foolish enough to do so, there is little likelihood that the senate would ratify it and even less that a separate United States army would ever be sent in future decades to

underwrite any Polish settlement.

Poland to fight for disputed frontiers,

The hope of Poland—as of the world—must rest in an

Atlantic Charter peace, enforced by a representative international security organization with a world court and military power,

A “SECRET WEAPON” | HE Américan Bankers association has a “secret weapon” ‘on which it is counting to preserve and revitalize the American way of private initiative and personal freedom and independence. " "Warren Randolph Burgess of the National City bank, “New York, president of the association, revealed it. in" an address at Memphis. Like most powerful things, it is simple: “We will ask nething of government that public interest.” Mr. Burgess offered this “secret weapon” for tise by all who are interested in the vitality of the American way. We trust the offer will be accepted by all business, professional, labor and farm organizations. * Mr. Burgess pointed out that few persons want state socialism. Most of the danger of state socialism comes from

is not in the

~ groups—business, farm and labor—that run to the govern-

ment for a solution of ‘their problems and thus bring on a

7 regimentation which none of them really wants.

As for the bankers, Mr, Burgess said they were re. solved to work out their own problems so they wouldn't

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REFLECTIONS—

‘The Land Itself

By John W. Hillman ~~ -

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west? Probably they might say that this is because the Germans start the wars and quit before their armies are thrown back on the home soil, Superficially that is true of recent wars, but there is a fundamental reason why European wars have ended west of the Rhine—why Foch, for instance, chose to receive the German emissaries at .Complegne rather than to dictate terms in > the Wilhelmstrasse, That reason lies in the terrain which the American armies are now facing on the frontlers of Germany. The difficulties of this terrain were described vivid. ly by Gen. Charles de Gaulle in his historic book, “Toward the Army of the Future,” which in 1934 plotted the course of modern mechanized warfare,

Active Centers Distant and Scattered

POINTING OUT the geographical weaknesses which make the defense of France dificult, Gen. De Gaulle wrote: “The sea protects England, America and Japan, The immense arc of the Alps prevents access to Italy on all sides. Distance makes Russia impregnable. The Pyrences and, beyond them, great rugged stretches of territory, defend Spain. How distant and scattered are the active centers of the German empire: The Ruhr, the Harz mountains, Saxony, Silesia! To reach them, we have first to cross the obstacle presented by a range of slaty mountains, narrow valleys, precipitous slopes, and deep forests, forbidding and misty, tortuous and treacherous.

roumcar SCENE— Thre This Thanksgiving |

By Thomas L Stokes ~~.

secution in the Balkans, of massacres, of a thousand children who waited and waited and waited, literally at the docks—lost waifs with no country and no home, for whom, it semeed, nobody could find visas, He got them to Palestine and he reported that, on a visit there later, he found them different little beings, recovering rapidly, physically and emotionally,

All told, 50,000 persons were moved to 8. ’

‘Fear That Grips the Souls of Men' AS HE TALKED, the fear that grips the souls

“No one has ever been able to cross the Rhine and invade German territory. The land itself fights against the invader with all its accidental features. If the invader takes the Southern route, 20 moun= tian ranges, Bavarian, Hessian, Westphalian, Buablan, Franconian, Thuringian and Saxon, running in | all directions, conspire to confuse him. But if he marches in the north, the number of rivers cutting across his route, of fens, of bogs, sand-wastes and swamps, spread jndefinilely over the countryside, sadly wear out his strength and his courage. That is the old story of Varus, of Soubise, and of Moreau; and the cause of Foch’'s supreme hesitation.”

There Are Many Rivers to Cross

AND IT MUST BE remembered that this was written in 1034, before the bastions of the Westwall had been added to the natural defensive features of the Rhineland, It must be remembered, too, that the middle of November has always been regarded as the end of the fighting weather in western Europe—so our troops must contend with hostile elements, as well as an unfriendly land, “No one has ever been able to.cross the Rhine and invade German territory. ..."” Those are words to rembmber, as we chart the painful progress of the fighting in Europe. They are words to remember when we are tempted to say, “Oh, it’s almost over now—why should I buy more bonds or give blood or put that extra effort into production?” “The land itself fights against the invader, ,..” Ours is no easy task to win final and complete victory in Europe. There are many rivers to cross, wide and bloody rivers. This is no time to ease up. The hardest battles are ahead.

WORLD AFFAIRS—

The Hoosier Forum

1 wholly disagree with what you say,

defend to the death your right to say it.—Voliaire.

of men who dared to speak out against the Nazis, the hidden lives they had to lead, the deaths that so many of them died—all this rose up about that table with its white linen and its bowl of flowers, It made his listeners a serious and sober group. Then, as he talked on, you recalled with a bit of shame the earlier gay and trifling talk abous

but will

“TO MAKE THIS A BETTER, SAFER WORLD" By T. MoGuire, Indianapolis. - It seems to me that we are headed for another failure In preparation for war or peace. To compel, smacks very strongly of the autocratic, military dictator, Compulsory military training for all is regimentation of a very pronounced kind and is a leaf from the book of nations that have had it; Italy and Germany for instance. A perpetual army trained, in training and ready to train—what a toy or a weapon to place at the disposal of power hungry politicians, good or bad, We are not an empire building nation seeking to conquer 4nd hold by might of camps and courts.

We must, however, by honest endeavor, seek a way to maintain and protect all lands and people in the rights guaranteed by your Declaration of Independence and constitution even though they are not within our continental or territorial

(Times readers are invited to express their views in these columns, religious controversies excluded. Because of the volume received, letters should be limited to 250 words. Letters must be signed. Opinions. set forth here are those of the writers, and publication in no way implies agreement with those opinions by The Times. The Times assumes no responsi bility for the return of manuscripts and cannot enter correspondence regarding them.)

“EVIDENTLY ALL IS NOT WELL” By N. A. C., Indianapolis Now that the election has comé and gone, let us hope that an ever increasingly larger number of our people will give greater and greater lattention to international affairs.

Our people are interested in getting ‘the war successfully ended and that

Suicide Thrusts? By William Philip Simms

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.~Insliders here regard it as about an even money bet that Germany will stage a final naval thrust*in the Atlantic if the war lasts through the winter. It is possible that she . may even attempt to aim a few V-1's and V-2's at some of our coastal cities, The argument is that having already lost the war, to all ine tents and purposes, there is no reason why the Nazis should hold

or” submarines, The question, however, is this: Will the German answer was an emphatic “no” When, in’ the sume the war was lost on land, he planned a do-or-die smash at the allied fleet in the North Sea and English Channel. Concentrating every ton he could

sea.

Officers Boast of What They'll Do

MUTINY RESULTED. The sailors refused to take out the ships. They seized a train at Kiel, went to Berlin and joined the revolution. For some time neutral capitals, especially Stockholm, have been sending out reports of enemy submarine concentrations at Bergen, Trondheim and Narvik, and of the arrival of many naval officers from the Reich. These officers have boasted about what they intend to do’to allied shipping in the Atlantic, Unquestionably, it is admitted here, attacks against our seaboard are possible—either from the sea or from the air. But as in 1918 it resolves itself into a question of whether enough Germans can be found to commit suicide in such fashion.

Would Be Our Own Fault

| ASSUMING THAT crews can be found for the suicidal attacks in the Atlantic and against. our coast, the rest becomes a race against time. Germany needs time to prepare. There are reports of radical changs in U-boat design and installations; also of experimentation in new forms of robot and rocket~type bombs, Correspondents say Aachen's fall was delayed by an ammunition shortage, But for the failure of his gas supply, it is said, Gen. Patton would have gone straight on through the Rhine, thus shortening the war by considerable. In a broadcast Sunday, Cen. Eisenhower. revealed—that forthe —present—orucialoffensive, he is already drawing on his 1945 materiel. Thus if the Nazis launch their rockets against America and renew their U-boat attacks against our shipping, it will be because we on this side of the Atlantic have fallen down, It will be our own fault.

So They Say—

TO ME a good team is the most important thing. During all of our operations not ona fighter strayed from line to knock down an enemy plane and leave one of our escorted bombers:or torpedoes (planes) vulnerable—Comdr. Jackson D, Arnold, Navy Alr Group, 2 chief back from the Pacific. j » . . .

IF THEY don't answer my letters I quit wring. After all, that’s a-lot of correspondence for one grandma —Mrs. Margaret K. Morales, who has 20 grandsons in service. Bax St or d a - SY ee ‘weren't man)

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the election. ‘ But back in your mind, as you listened, you began to see that in a different light. For we have no fear here. We held an election in the midst of war, We walked into the polling places -as free men and voted as we pleased. : " Later, we talked about it as we pleased, just as * we had talked about it in the campaign, and as we had talked about it at that dinner, joshing ‘the big men, taking them apart, criticizing them, Our guest had hinted at it once. “Out there, you went around always looking behind your back,” he said. We should be thankful. He told about meeting people in secret places. We should be very thankful,

'What It Means to Be an American’

THEN HE told what it means to be an American citizen over thers, and his voice was filled with emo« tion. He told what it meant to represent our govern ment, Officials of other governments he met there .were amazed at his visit. ; “You mean that your government is interested in

dent ambassador of the Middle East, and the resignation of the premier or Iran, are results of far deeper and more serious attention than is] apparent upon the surface. Indeed no less an authority than Izvestia, Premier Stalin's mouthpiece, has bluntly informed us that .Premier Stalin will not allow a situation of such importance as that of oil concessions by the Iran government to be solved without his part in any disposition made of the oil of Iran. These crises should be of interest not merely to the student but to everyone of us because of the fundamental bearing * they have not only on the permanency of the peace to follow this war but even upon the nature of the ending of this global conflict. Surely if there is to be an effective world organization there must be a larger degree of unselfish interest shown in the dealings of these allied nations with

one another, . on what happens to people over here?” they asked in “ARE WE. GOING effect. oa the American people—are they so ine

TO LET THEM DOWN?” By a8 Regular Reader, Indianapols 1 read an article in the Forum tonight by Mrs. Ralph Fisher con-|

They couldn't understand it, but when they found out about it, they were moved into action. And the average person on the street—how they look to America, anid how they welcome Americans! “You should see their faces,” he said. “You can’t

confines. ” Ce - “The profession of the military Is] honorable, useful, and pays any nation good dividends, when used to make right the master of might.

soon; and then a peace that shall be a permanent one. There are numerous momentous

cerning the shortage of cigarets and other things the American soldiers are having to do without. I have

realize what power the anything we want if we'll only that.” He was speaking of the better things, of acoome of the

back their remaining warships, whether surface craft

crews consent to any such mass suicide? In 1018 the mer of that year, Adm. Von Scheer realized that

muster, he gave orders Oct. 20 to prepare for the open

No matter how honorable the serv-

the contempt of others when underpaid.

gasoline to

training.

five oceans.

good American blood and credit.

ice, any man loses self respect and

So why not resolve to legislate so that our men at arms will never again suffer a reduction in pay or a niggardly, stingy, doling out of keep our fliers .in|

A well paid army of one million men is none too large for the stupendous task ahead and, at the present rate of pay, offers every inducement for a young man to serve faithfully and hopefully. The same is true for the navy, a personnel of never less than a million to man our fighting ships in the

All we need, we now have more than enough of, to adequately garrison, supply and. assume a protec torship over the islands and other bases that have cost so much in

Why not fly our flag in all the

questions in international relations that demand immediate and intelligent attention not merely on the part of the government but on the part of us all. Crises have arisen in the relations of the Big Four that need the soundest statecraft to weather successfully. The crisis between the United States and China, of which the recall of Gen. Stilwell and the acceptance of the resignation of Ampassador Gauss are but incidents, needs the attention of our people. Evidently all is not well with either ourselves or the Chinese in that crisis. There is a vast deal more [than has come to us thus far; and {we have slight hope for anything more at the moment.

however, to enable the student of international affairs to draw certain justifiable-conclusions, The first of which -is, aside from the bungling manner in which our relations with China appear to have been conducted, that we are far more con-

“Enough has come-to-the surface;

been wondering myself about those matters. I have .a son overseas somewhere in England and he says he can hardly get cigarets. I sent him a box of cigarets in May and it was October before he got them. We send him mail every day and when I hear frome him, he says it is sometimes three weeks before he gets any mail from me. I have sent him stationery and- pictures, and those things never reach him. It seems to me those boys are giving up enough without holding out their mail. I guess there are a lot of people wondering why they are not getting war material to fight with, too.

if we don’t keep them supplied. Yes, where are the war materials going? And why aren't our boys getting their mail and not getting cigarets? Who is getting them and why? I know most people here on

Seems to me they should be kept| gz supplied if we expect them to keep| & fighting and win this war. One} § thing sure, they can’t do their best|

plishing something for people in other world. . So there is something to be thankful for, this Thanksgiving day. : ‘And more, the next and the next, if we will realize the power for good we can wield.

IN WASHING TON—

Trouble Ahead

By Charles T. Lucey

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23—A controversy developing around senate consideration of a billion. dollar flood control bill indicates

for plenty of trouble when he goes

after congressional approval of his plan for regional authorities simi<

thority. The fight on this issue is linked

lar to the Tennessee Valley Au-

ports of the world as peaceful merchantmen subject to the just laws of a government such as ours? Why can't we make our flag a glorious emblem of freedom, mercy and just dealings around the entire world?

cerned with the internal political conditions than we are with the sending to China the materials which she so badly needs. We are too much concerned with what we have concluded as the role of the Are the wars of freedom, starting| Communist Chinese government at with the Revolution to the present|Yenan. Our role appears, in that day, in vain? Do our neisy, patriotic connection, to be much too much mouthings mean anything when {like that of the Soviet Union. the victory is won? | There are also other phases of inDeliver us O Lord, from all evil|ternational affairs, especially touchor selfish intentions in solving our ing the Middle East, that demand problems to make this a better and of us the greatest alertness. The a safer and a more peaceful world. assassination of Lord Moyne, resi-

Side Glances=By Galbraith

with another dispute on a ques tion of basic government policy— the extent to which production of hydroelectrio power, and its sale to public bodies rather than private power companies, is to be limited. : The senate commerce committee, as part of the flood control bill, is seeking to write Into law & pro. vision establishing a “definite policy of making use of existing federal agencies for the construction, operation and maintenance of all public improvements in connection with navigation, flood control and allied activities.” ~

Say Interests Are Fundamentally Opposed

THAT WOULD place the army engineers and the reclamation service in dominant position in such work, but, administration leaders believe, would colds | shoulder agencies like the Missouri Valley Authority,

the home front would be willing to go without if the boys could have them, but when we can’t get thém and the boys aren't getting them, then who is and why isn't something done about it? It sure is a dirty deal for the boys. Aren't they already giving up enough? It looks to me as though someone is fixing to line their pockets with silk from the cigarets. They will wait until the people get desperate for the cigarets and then put them back on the market at an un~ reasonable price. And then the people should not buy a one, leave them holding the bag. Or find out where they have them stored and tear their warehouses down and take the cigarets and ship every

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backed by Mr, Rooseveit and sponsored in. congress by Senator Murray. (D. Mont.).

one across to the boys. Teach some of these money-grabbers a lesson. The boys are sacrificing everything that is dear to them. Now are we going to let them down? They ask only for what is coming to them. The first thing a wounded soldier asks for is a cigaret. We are} Americans and should act as such. Now let's not let them down. ” » » “SIMPLY SHOUTING

ABOUT PEACE”

Mr. Barkley acknowledged they armistice” now, but he wondered whether it w agreement of convenience or really designed for administration, and he cited reports that it was aimed at forestalling TVA-type projects. Senator Overton (D. La), upholding the commits

control should be in the hands of the army engineers and irrigation in the reclamation service, and called We, egies the “greatest dam builders in the world” . ;

“Battle Centers on Am ndment

power policy centered on an amendmesit offered by Senator Bailey (D: N. C.), which Senator Alken (R. Vi) termed a “complete reversal of public power EE pia a Ament vot a le autiuutay the soeseiany etary of i Taw - & to ° DAILY THOUGHTS. ~ | if 90. percent 8 poet ny 1. , verily, I say unto you, od

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