Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 November 1944 — Page 14

The Indianapolis Times

PAGE 14 Tuesday, November 28, 1944

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INDIANAPOLIS SYMPHONY

T would be hard to say just when the Indianapolis Symphony became a major orchestra, one of the little handful of truly important musical organizations in this country, That has been a process of gradual development, of steady

‘In terms of musical prestige thi _not only to the orchestra's able conductor and to its members, but also to the community of which it isso integral a . part. Of course it isn'e news: in Indianapolis that Dr. zky has built-a fine symphony orchestra here. Now, orchestra begins ifs eastern tour, we are happy to |) music lovers of the rest of | ¥ithout gagging.

UNTO THE LEAST OF THESE IF is with confidence that The Times launches its Clothe-A-Child program for the 15th year. Indianapolis has never failed to give generously to the Clothe-A-Child program. With hearts touched by the spirit of Christmas, the men and women of this city have shared their abundance with those whose need is greatest—the children of humble homes. They will do so again, we are

There are not as many children who lack warm clothes this year, and we are glad that this is so. For we never have been able to extend the benefits of the fund to all who need it. Perhaps this time we can reach everyone. And for many, the need is acute, all the more so because the shabbiness or inadequacy of their clothing sets them apart from the majority whose parents are sharing

ere are the children of

servicemen, who represent a special claim on the generosity of those for whom their fathers are fighting. And there are homes where ill health or misfortune has prevented the parents from doing all they could wish for their children; * there are, too, the orphans and wards of the state, and the families where a widowed mother is unable to provide for

. For these, the Clothie-A-Child funds will bring warmth and comfort and self-respect as a twice-blest gift from the big heart of Indianapolis. And these bounties will extend throughout the entire winter, not alone on Dee. 25. Christmas is a festival for giving, cheerful and selfless giving, And what could be more in keeping with the spirit of the season than remembrance of the needs of the weak

What greater gift can there be than this, a gift of happiness—that brings Christmas even unto the least of these,

HERE has been considerable worrying in some quarters about employment after the war. What to do, for instance, with 11 million soldiers when they come home looking for jobs. What to do about all the 58 million or so men and women now working in war plants, ~~ It seems to us that Indianapolis industry has furnished its share of the answer. Yesterday the Committee on Economic Development reported that the factories of this city expect to have work for 103,000 people after the war —or approximately three jobs for every two that were here before the war began, The figures were compiled from the realistic plans of manufacturers here, based not on what they hope to do, but on what they very definitely intend

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- THAT WOULD MEAN, actually, full employment in this city in peacetime, There will be about 180,000 men and women who want work when the men from the armed A base of 103,000 jobs in industry will mean a total of well ovar 130,000 jobs altogether— because such a level of industrial employment obviously means expanding retail and service and other employment not classed as industrial, The figures, in fact, indicate a past-war shortage of help, instead of a surplus, and point to continued absorption of workers from other communities and further growth of the city’s population. The factors which make prosperity are abundantly There is the greatest backlog of consumer There is more cash in the hands of eager customers than there has ever been. every prospect of continued high wage scales in industty. b+ There is an industrial plant ready to reach new peaks of

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ON THE OTHER SIDE of the picture, of course, there is a national government which frankly does not believe there will ever be private jobs for all whe want them, and which is committed to a high degree of government regulation and control of private industry and private affairs. The C. E. D. estimates, of course, are based on the assumption that such restrictions will not be continued, that prices will be free to seek their own level, that labor's right to free collective bargaining, now suspended, will be restoréd, that investments in private business will again be not only possible but reasonably attractive. Indianapolis industry has, indeed, shown courage and vision in the making of these plans. If they can be carried to completion there will be scant need for more WPA

But this season of 1944 quite plainly marks the point : at which our orchestra began to get important national recognition of its quality. This season it was offered more out-of-town engagements than it could fil. This season it plays a series of national radio network programs. This season it is, for the first time, a featured concert attraction in New York's Carnegie hall, goal of every serious ‘musician

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REFLECTIONS—

Our Belittlers By: Edward J. Meeman

“RUSSIA IS PICTURED for " the Communist newspaper Paris I) Humanite's readers as the greatest power ‘on earth. Quotations from British and American newspapers are reprinted attesting to the great role which Russia has played in the war. No opportunity is overlooked to emphasize that Russia has faced -and conquered four or five times the number of German soldiers who " fought on the Western front, and this fact is interpreted as an indication of the com-

racles.”—From an. article by Demaree Bess in the Saturday Evening Post, Thus the exaggerated praise of Soviet Russia and the belittlement of Britain and the United States by our own writers now has the effect of weakening the prestige and influence of the democracies in "France and exalting that of communism at a time when the future Hirection of France-—whether up to democratic freedom, or down to the tyranny of com munism~—is being decided. :

Free Way of Life Has Brought Happiness

IF THESE WRITERS had realized that truth, they would have had more to say about the magnificent victory of the British and American navies over the submarine, without which the supplies we generously gave to Russia would never have reached her, and without which she could not have fought successfully against the Nazis. They would have sung the praises of American armies which have thrown back the Japanese without help from Russia although Japan is as much the enemy of Russia as the United States, Most of all, they would have lauded the free British-American way of life which has brought happiness and prosperity to millions for centuries—happiness and prosperity such as communism has not yet been able to bring. They would have pointed out that it was this free way of life which produced the marvelous mechanisms and the vast production of them without which Russia could not have saved herself, . America and Britain, and the cause of democracy, have suffered from this stupidity or disloyalty on the part of our writers. Soviet Russia comes to the peace with prestige enormously enhanced, while thé prestige of the British Commonwealth and of the United States has been correspondingly reduced.

Russia Played Along With Hitler

ACTUALLY, THE PART played by Britain and the United States in the war is at least equal to that of Russia. For Russia played along with Hitler until she was attacked, while Britain courageously defiled him, Nothing the Russians have done can surpass lone Britain's stand against Nazi might. : Before being attacked by Hitler, the United States gave help to Britain and Russia, The American fight on the seas and in the sky, on the beaches and in the jungle, represents the most painful of all warfare against great odds, but successful despite the enormous difficulties, British novelists pletured their fellow countrymen as degenerate spineless and faithless, but were proved wrong by the magnificent stand which Britons have made against bomb and robomb, American writers pictured a lost generation, but it was not so lost that It did not beget this ome, which has shown itself the finest fighters and the truest men this nation has ever sent forth. : ~~ When will our writers rediscover the greatness of their own country and the democracy which has given

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WORLD AFFAIRS—

Pandora’s Box By ‘William Philip Simms

WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.—~When | Poland was sold down the river at , Tehran, it removed the lid from a Pandora's box of troubles which; before we corral the last of them, i may plunge Europe into another war Involving the United States. Premier Stanislaw Mikolajezyk’s week-end resignation as head of the Polish government in exile, and the withdrawal of his powerful Peasant party from participation in a new coalition cabinet, are cases in point. More and graver difficulties lie ahead. The Tehran decision to accept the Curzon line as Poland's eastern frontier, and to “compensate” her with German territory west to the Oder, inevitably means that she can continue to exist only so long as she has the protedtion of stronger powers. Once that protection is withdrawn, she will be doomed. The United States, of course, will be one of the protecting powers. Like it or not, and any official disclaimer to the contrary notwithstanding, the whole military, financial and economic might of this country is already morally committed to the defense of Poland’s future frontiers. And once the Dumbarton Oaks formula is ratified by the senate, the obligation will be legal. No specific guarantee will be necessary. Ld

U. S. Is Morally Committed

THE UNITED STATES is morally committed because at Tehran President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill did not get Marshal Stalin to stick to the Soviet-Polish agreement of 1941 accord. ing to which frontier questions were to be postponed until after the war. Instead, according to London reports, they agreed :to the Curzon.line with “compensations.” Patently Germany will not willingly give up territory which is indisputably hers. That it will serve her right if she loses everything up to the Oder or even beyond; is widely admitted. She has wantonly

on Poland perhaps most of all, it would be only justice if she were partitioned bodily and wiped off the map. But she isn't going to like it, of course, and will accept it only so long as a coalition of powers stronger than she holds her in check, » That is where the United States comes in. - The Dumbarton Oaks plan calls for a world security ore ganization based upon force and this force will have to be provided almost entirely by America, Britain and the Soviet Union.

We Would Have to Join War

IF GERMANY attacks Poland 10, 15 or 25 years from now, it will be up to the new league of nations to defend her. American forces, of course, would be a major participant in the new war against Germany. It is true that in theory, under the present scheme, our military contribution would be “limited,” but in practice no such limitation would be ‘possible. . If the “limited” force sent against Germany proved inadequate, we should have to provide more. . The alternative would be defeat for us, for the Big Three and for the world security organisation. © = It is clear, therefore, that if Poland were attacked, we should ‘have to stand by her with ev: got. We are all the more honor bound to because these frontiers are none of her making. are being imposed upon by the Big Three, despite everything she can do*to prevent it,

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did not resign because ‘refused a sep~ pout ‘4s much as any nation can be. At we be if and when the Dumbarton Oaks through. He resigned because

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POLITICAL SCENE—

Lame Start

By Thomas L. Stokes ‘ WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.—The administra-

Roosevelt fourth term ‘tions, which for all practical pur-

regime hitherto had been admittedly weak, and that political considerations would be forgotten in shaping up plans for the difficult post-war era ahead. Yet a strictly political complexion colors one of the first, acts of the administration after the election in Pregident Roosevelt's selection of the three-man surplus property board which is delegated to handle one of the most important jobs which faces this na tion in dismantling its war of some hundred billion dollars worth of equipment, some fifteen billions of plants, and vast acreages of land,

Hopkins and Pauley Arrange Set-Up

ONE MEMBER already nominated is a political lame duck, ex-Governor Robert A. Hurley of Connecticut, who failed in a come-back try for governor in the last election. Another lame duck, too, “is Senator Gillette (D. Iowa), recently defeated for reelection, who is slated to become sa member when his term expires with the end of this congress in January, The other member, nominated, is Lt. Col. Edward F. Heller, a wealthy Californian with fare flung business connections who also was active politi cally, being chairman of the Democratic finance com. mittee in California in the 1940 campaign, His wife is now Democratic national committeewoman from California, Prominent in the background in“ arranging this set-up are reported to be Edwin W. Pauley, treasurer of the national committee, a California oil man, and Harry Hopkins. Mr, Hurley was WPA administrator for Connecticut under Mr. Hopkins in 1936-37. Behind the scenes there was quite a battle over the make-up of this board between New Dealers and conservatives, on the theory that this board will have much influence on the future economy of the country

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“REMOVE THE CAUSE OF IMPERIAL AMBITION" By A. O., Indianapolis. There is much discussion about making Germany less dangerous after the war, As Shaw said after the last war, “We cannot sit on the head of Germany till the end of time.” Dividing Germany would be a good deal like dividing Standard Oil. “It would still be Germany, It would start a United Germany movement that would never stop until it was successful, . The only way to make Germany peaceful is to remove the cause of imperial ambition, German peasants and working people are not a cause of war. They are too busy working for a living. It is the people who live without work and who want more tame people to work for them, who are dangerous; the Junkers and other masters of men who are the breeders” of conquest. Divide the great estates into small holdings and make all great industries public property, under allied direction at first, until democracy gets established. The small property owners will be the most powerful political force in the country, and the last thing they will tol erate will be the return of their former masters. It worked that way in France after the Revolution, and our Homestead act has had the same result here. It will make Germany peaceful, and in time will bring other countries into a free trade United States of Europe, too busy working for each other to bother with ime perialism. ~ » . “REASONING IN REVERSE” By J. C., Indianapolis. Your approval of permanent military training on the theory that it will prevent another war, is based on reasoning in reverse. All history will show that military training has never prevented wars, Very often a man armed with a gun has looked for trouble instead of avoiding it. The writer wonders if this. upsurge of permanent militarism is not connected with the military force provisions of the new league of nations. If those crying “Peace, peace!”

(Times readers are invited fo 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.)

nomic equality, there would be more unity until the end of this war when a permanent peace can be planned by sane and unselfish men, instead of g the issue now, when our energies should be devoted to getting the war over as quickly as possible so. that human beings can again become human, » ” J “BALLOT MAILED TO COUNTY CLERK” By Rue J. Alexander, Secrelary of State, Indianapolis. I am in receipt of a copy of a letter written, somewhere in France, by Sgt. Paul FP. Perkinson, 4444th QM Composite Co., APO 574, c/o PM, New York, N. Y., relative to his application for a soldier's war ballot. Our records disclosq that this office received Sgt. Perkinson’s ap-

, | plication on June 14th, 1944, and

mailed his application to his county clerk a soldier absentee ballot on July 28th, 1944, for the clerk to mail to 8gt. Perkinson. I am very sorry that Sgt. Perkinson did not receive his absentee ballot. I would suggest that he make inquiry of his county clerk as to (why he did not receive his absentee ballot. : I am giving you this information 80 you may not assume that the office of secretary of state neglected any of his duties in regard .to sending to any soldier who made application to this office for an ab-

by force, would advocate it by eco-

sentee ballot.

Side Glances=By Galbraith

“MANY SUFFERING G. I's WILL DIE" ~ By Plasma, Indi olis : The army per, “Stars and Stripes” has declared: “There just isn’t enough blood being giver by the folks back home for the blood bank in the European theater of operations—for the lack of that blood ‘many suffering G. L's will die.” go, What a shame it’ will be if any wounded service man should die merely because too many civilians are indifferent to the call for blood and blood plasma to be used in the treatment of the wounded! Let no man die because you have not done your part. ss ®

“WE MUST NOT FAIL” Mr. A. Warren Jacobson, Indianapolis As you know, the Sixth War Bond Drive is on. The most secure investment that any one person can make is in War Bonds, sold by the government of the United States of America. . And, we are not buying, we are not giving, we are not We are saving! Saving, not only of money, but freedom and liberty. To some people, freedom and liberty are not worth more than one or two dollars per week as a saving in War Bonds. Fathers, sons, brothers, and sweethearts are giving their life blood for freedom and liberty—others cannot afford to lend more than one dollar to perpetuate freedom and liberty. Hard to believe, is it not? Nevertheless it is true. _ Must the Sixth War Loan fail? Are some people going to refuse? Surely freedom and liberty are worth an extra War Bond. Surely the saving of a life of a member of our armed forces is worth the price of an extra War Bond. I write to you because I admire your courage to print editorial items that awaken the people. May I see in print, on your editorial page, that which’ will awaken thousands of people to buy fhat extra War Bond? We cannot fail, we must not fail!

. " ” “HOW CAN PEOPLE BE SO. CRUEL?" By Mrs. Jones, Indianapolis

the Hoosier Forum in regards to our kitty, little Dinker, that we dearly loved and that someone must have 22d. he wanted out about 3:30 in the afternoon, for we kept him inside all the time, only letting him out a few minutes at a time. About 20

were, their heart would have been touched just a little, Especially for

ned last Wednesday the| & e was perfectly okay when

through its power of disposing of the gigantis holdings, including war plants, :

New Dealers Opposed Clayton

NEW DEALERS were against the man originally in charge of surplus property before congress created the three-man board, William L. Clayton, Houston cotton man affiliated with the Jesse Jones group here, who held thab congress put so many restrictions on the board as to make it unworkable, With his retirement from the picture, the Jesse Jones group sought to get a board of businessmen. New Dealers

names were offered by both. ‘But instead of picking a board of outstanding men, with some guarantee of independence, the administration resorted to the familiar political solution which will tend to tie the board to it, a practice that has not always worked too well with. such a difficult problem, 2 Both Mr. Hurley and Lt, Col. Heller have run headlong into a senate military affairs committee ine

Pawtucket, R. I, which was investigated by the house military affairs committee, Lt. Col. Heller, as liaison officer between the army finance division and the federal reserve district re- - viewing contract loans in the New England district, participated with another officer in g the guarantee up to 90 per cent by the government of a private bank loan of $2,000,000 to the company.

House Committee Is Critical

IN ITS report, the committee expressed the belief that “sufficient éare and discrimination was not ex. ercised by officials of the war department in selecting as a facility to be supported and financed, one that

.| had as its administrative head a man whose back~

ground was principally that of a promoter and whose record was such as that of Normal T. Bolles,” who was head of the company. It thought that insuffi. cient attention had been given to stock transactions and manipulataions, Mr. Hurley, after his retirement as governor, was made vice president of the company at a salary of $12,000 a year, though the committee could find little that he did, saying “evidence indicated that Hurley spent as little as one day a week at the plant and had no specified duties.” Mr. Hurley is an engineer by profession, o 5 The committee said that after obtaining the sec ond loan, “Mr. Bolles decided that it was necessary to bring in something to elevate the standing of the company primarily for the credit effect,” and that Mr, Bolles “attempted to justify this employment on the ground that Hurley's association with the company strengthened the morale of the plant personnel.” The senate commi ttee is starting an inquiry today,

IN WASHING TON— Postal Pay Raise By Daniel M. Kidney

' WASHINGTON, Nov. 28—Be-

sought appointment of men of their persuasion. Many

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