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HATS OFF TO BRITAIN! HISTORIANS of the next century will try to figure out how little England—Before Russia and the United States went in—was able to stand off the mighty Germany

publisher—can be right. But we have to concede that Jdck Knight, publisher of sundry newspapers in Ohio, Detroit, Chicago and Miami, is strictly on the beam in his controversy with Elsa Maxwell. And we're not just say~ ing that because we hope Mr, Knight will offer us a job=though, come tc think of it, they do say it's nice in Miami at this time of the year, Mr, Knight, it will be recalled, wrote pretty sharply about Miss Maxwell's big party in Hollywood, cele~ brating the liberation of Paris—in fact his concluding line was: “I'm afraid it made me retch.” In rebuttal, Miss Maxwell, who is somewhat of a large party herself, cracked back, “Speak for yourself, John" and hinted that. the reason the publisher was irked was because he-wasn't invited—a typically feminine brand

Or, as Harold Butler, British minister in charge of ipformation here, put it in his British way: “When I was last in England the men looked very shabby. I noticed that the clothes of my : friends were shiny in the vital - = spots, The women still looked very well dressed, considering everything. "I wondered why, When I inquired I found that the men were supply~ ing their ration coupons to the female members of the family—or their lady friends.” He was commenting, with an occasional and characteristic - cheerful touch, on the British White . Paper just issued. It showed for the first time, In ghastly statistics, the tragic and staggering effects of the war on England, the terrific sacrifices of her people, the loss of life, the devastation of her financial

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"titled “Statistics Relating to the War Effort of the United Kingdom.” Not, of course, that statistics can tell the whole story. But they reflect in tangible form what the unconquerable spirit of a great people produced for the emergency defense of Britain and of civilization. Here are some of the figures: y Britain’s armed forces now exceed 5,000,000 out of a 47,000,000 population, More than one-third of all her men between the ages of 14 and 64 are under arms. Military and sea casualties up to last September were about 600,000. The statistics for women are even more astounding. Almost half the women between the ages of 14 and 59 are in the armed services, in full-time civil defense or in industry. Home front sacrifices have been heavy. Civilian casualties, even before the recent Nazi V-2 bombs, totaled more

'urally, Miss Maxwell—not to mention Lana Turner in

well, but considering the present circumstances we're ready to put principle above parties, Miss Maxwell's justification for the lavish goingson which provided a 5-page spread for Life magazine is that “my party , . . had behind it one single pure’ pose: To bring every influential force in this coun~ try into a liberal, intelligent front against reaction, and for a military and a democratic victory.”

‘Speaking of a Liberal Front'

WITH THIS BACKGROUND, we scanned the pages of Life showing the controversial party with some interest. The roster of influential forces includes, among- others, Orson Welles, wearing what looks liké a knee-length linen duster; Caesar Romero, Barbara Hutton, Maria Montez, Joan Bennett Danny Kaye, Judy Garland, Evalyn Walsh McLean and the Hope diamond, and, of course, “The Voice,” Frank Sinatra, And speaking of a liberal front, there was, nat-

of shipping, two-thirds of what she owned at the start of the war, -

Beginning of Another Stage of War

THE ISSUANCE of this revealing report, coupled with some other recent developments, marks the beginning of another stage of the war, looking toward its aftermath, This is still further co-operation of

a practical sort to bolster up the British empire, our * ally, in an economic way,~The White Paper lays the story of the empire's condition, of the cost of the war which is also our war, before the American people as a preliminary, “ i At the recent international business conference a% Rye, N. Y, the talk was of an eight-billion-dollar loan to the British. There has been a rumor of some sort of grant-in-aid. Lord Keynes, adviser to the British treasury, is over here now, his mission re ported to deal with lend-lease “and other matters. Mr. Butler-said he did not know anything about these things, as they were not in his line,

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o . - . a strapless evening gown. There may have been y than 136,000. One out of every three houses®has been | sme great students, statesmen and philosophers pres- To a blunt question at a press conference about LEATHER JACK destroyed or damaged. ent, but the only glasses we noticed in the photo- whether the British empire was “broke,” ag had been 16.50, sizes 36 | . graphs were for purposes other than reading. The reported, he replied with a smile that he did no% DOW eovencvone ® #2 =» s =» - : think this was so, even though the statistics in the fi “ie . evening was so stimulating, in fact, that Miss Maxwell WINDPROOF JA UNDER THESE conditions of death and destruction, | crowned her triumph by announcing to her departing - Wie Paper peinied plainly to her prssarious potion, ov WIN) andine, z of blackout and short rations, the women and the men on | guests that the next party would be held in the Th ® ong many other things, for instance, it show els, were 8.95 t : In vi ; Acropolis to celebrate the liberation of Athens, After that she has sold a total of $4,260,000,000 in overseas 10.00, DOW +... the production front doubled the~grain yield and built 722 | Acropolis fo celebrate n of Athens e H ooSsler | orum ele Sis (ie EUTOpEL Wei. BogeL. 39 SOFtemns major warships, more than 100,000 planes, more than | were afraid we can’t take Miss Maxwell at her I wholly di ith what but will 1939, and has incurred $9,200,000,000 in debts abroad i ————— 25,000 tanks and 4,000,000 machineguns. own value, however, when she says that her parties wholly d:3ag7¢8 20% w al you say, 08 during the war. ’ And Britai h y aid for half h enditures | @ really organized to bring intellects together in an defend to the death your right to say it.—Voltaire. . : : : . , y SPORT : Jan y dn as paid for ha “ yar expend Byes eg ms eta LELer 17 48 High Tribute Paid to England's Help REI V 1axes and OLher revenues—compared Wilh our one-Liird. | ture and intellectual stimulation seems to have been |4ONLY INSURES (Times readers are invited [is poor consolation to those Who| - AS A PRELUDE to further moves to bolster up the No nation in this war has given so much from so little | the invention of scavenger and treasure hunts. In| yoo, vespamn i ok . |suffer because of the war. British ther few d the Brite SPORT SHIR ith such miraculou Its. Overall contributions of | hese as we understand them, men and women pair fo express their views in [Ty ointry can have a decent] pn on oom: Whe 3 |W Saye Sei 00 to 7.50 wi uc C 8 results. e ! 8 Olof and disappear into the night—and what's new |By Hugh 8. Deals, Indianapolis. these - columns, religious con- [army that ays a decent wage to ish government's report from London, released simule 5. 8 .50, Russia and the United States have been larger in many | anout that? Your recent editorial favoring] troversies excluded. Because |Its soldiers, such as this nation did | taneously with President Roosevelt's lend-lease ree SPORT SHIR ways in an absolute sense, but not relative to their size and | In the treasure hunt, Miss Maxwell explains “that |compulsory military conscription in § th * d. let. |DOt do until it had to. And this| port to congress, showing a total of $3,348,000,000 in 7.50 to 10.00 resources. In this later phase of the war the Russian and | Intellectual men were teamed with great beauties, peacetime interests me. Time and) © Th® VOUMS FECES 8% country has the biggest and best | reverse lend-lease from the British commonwealth of — ‘Ameri tributi d if il i That, as Elsa claims, may be very scientific, but when [time again it has been shown that| ters should be limited to 250 |army in the world and is fighting | nations to this country. er} contribu ons and sacrifices will Increase more | an intellectual man and a beautiful woman are sent (being ready for war, rather than words. Letters must be the battles of the world without Mr. Roosevelt paid high tribute Yo England's help, rapidly. : - - out on the back roads alone, we'll give you 10 to 1 [preventing war from coming, only letting the state run its private | showing how it had assisted in moving our troops to

But the United Kingdom, with its almost superhuman initial effort, bought and paid for the time in which Russia and the United States raised the overwhelming superiority in man-power and machine-power now defeating the German aggressor, We must never forget that,

. CURMUDGEONRY AS USUAL T would be a highly desirable thing if American voters

that they don't write a book.

‘Boys in the Foxholes Know Better’ NO, ELSA, we can't agree that your recent party

was anything but an excuse for a lot of celebrities who take themselves pretty seriously to get together to drink vintage champagne, eat fancy food, and show off what is in and out of the latest evening

gowns. If a crowd like that wants to cut a rug and weep for Paris on a Saturday night, that's their

insures involvement in war. You instill in all the young men of America the basic military knowl edge of how to fight, and you'll have this country nearer to Naziism than you'd ever want it to be. Instead of becoming the bulwark of peace and democracy which this country can become in the coming post-war years, the United States will become a stronghold of militar ism and will be a nucleus of sus-

signed. Opinions set forth here are those of the writers, and publication in no way implies agreement with those - opinibns by The Times. The Times assumes no responsis bility for the return of manuscripts and cannot enter core respondence regarding them.)

affairs, as has been done in totalitarian states that have to yowl for help every so often. + The people will take care of their own kids, if the government will take care of its foreign business and protect its shores, instead of selling war materials to sword rattlers and forbidding bombs to be dropped on palaces that hold a lot of rattlesnakes that happen to belong to the so-called political upper

Europe, in supplying them there, and also how England had furnished supplies through Australia and other empire units. Without it, he pointed out, we could not have accomplished what we have. In the same report, the President said that lend«

lease should stop with the end of the war, but that the allied partnership must go forward, which suge gests that other means of financial assistance to Great Britain are to be provided.

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oy privilege—but please don't call it building morale [picion and distrust in the world. crust. Just how many times some Regularly 1.00 would pay a little more day-to-day heed to activities of |or a great crusade for freedom. You may think [Any thinking person, and certainly the proponents of the zoo idea have Of these snakes would fly over our Danger Must Be Faced at Outset elected public servants and thus perhaps avoid the un- Jose sting » How Jor a military and democratic |every MOU | and father. would op-|the cart before the horse. With 8 ting ob, hisiding : ivithoat 9 } i : i : victory, but the 8 the foxholes know better. peacetime conscription. n so-called “superior” em 1s not hap guess. 1S ntry, there will arise talk of “British happy display of dammed-up emotionalism and vituperation | "gi" that's just one man's opinion—two, if you pose .e P ons Bal) Jae 8 vine Eo So write to Washington. I oe ping will feed on latent isolationism Cotton which spills over once in four years in the course of presi- | include Mr. Knight—so don't let us crab your act, “HAVE THE CART * and knowledge to completely de- Ee propagan ¥ Sots dential campaigns. ’ Elsa. Go right ahead with your plans for that party stroying the other one half, and|«wHY DENY THE ) am i gt what nappensd . war GREATL

So we say more power to the C. I. 0.'s announced new policy of “year-round politics,” if it will help achieve those ends. But we scarcely think that some of the words addressed to the recent C. I. O. convention by Secretary of the Interior Ickes set the proper pitch for those activities.

in the Acropolis and celebrate the liberation of Athens in-style. Invite all your elegant guestd and don't spare the caviar or the breast of pheasant. On with the dance and three cheers for the liberal, intelligent front, Hollywood chapter No. 1 A party in the Acropolis should be just dandy. The Greeks, scrambling for crusts in the refuse

BEFORE THE HORSE" By Ed F. Bayless, 3028 Guilford ave. For weeks I have been waiting in vain for some person or some group of persons to start a protest against all this talk about the so-called necessity for Indianapolis to have a

vice versa, with divorces being granted as rapidly as marriages, and with the desire for power or money being paramount in the majority of mortal minds, it would seem much more appropriate for people to be caged up so that the

RIGHT TO VOTE?” By Mrs. W. J. Hicks, 1815 Montcalm st. Another election is over, and there were many good American citizens who were denied the priv-

and, in' England, in some quarters, there will be the * “old school tie” Tory insistence on empire business as usual, and talk of how England saved us and won the war and how she owes us nothing. There was some inkling of that attitude among big business English men at the Rye conference, it is reported. But it. certainly is not representative of the English people,

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“Some are pretending that unity exists among our heaps of the city, ought to have a word for that. post-war zoo. With your permis- birds, Aismas and fish could hang Le rou i “0 other reer i ar xs WAL 0% De eRe ! ee we eople,”- Mr. Ickes said. “si ; sion, I would like to list a few|around and be amused by our silly|lhan being ill in a hospital or at , ’ when snagge« people, ‘ , “simply because the noise and the WO reasons why I am vigorously op-|antics. For the expression, “People |home. This danger might as well be faced at the outset. only. Were shooting have died down. This is nonsense. By these phony RLD AFFAIRS— posed to the establishing of any Are Funny,” is certainly packed| I nave been ill at home for more The spproush wish ve sl of A ig appeals for unity the reactionaries are now trying to win 200, §ipether in Indianapolis or in With truth. . than a year, and physically I was Distress realistically, conscious of what each owes the ~ the same things tha _ any Citys . vy not able to go to the polls. I raked ’ tion.” 8 b they fought for and lost in the elec; orgotten ge 1. The Credtor did not give the “WRITE TO up the courage to ® hdl as I felt it 300 Pairs F ’ . birds their wings, nor the animals| WASHINGTON" would hurt me more mentally and| [IN WASHINGTON— Stockings.

THERE ARE millions of Mr. Ickes’ “reactionaries”

(i. e,, those who voted for Governor Dewey) who feel that

By William Philip: Simms

their strong limbs, nor the fish of the sea their highly developed means of locomotion with the in« tention that they should be locked

By Si Moore, Indianapolis

‘Those who can take time off from dabbling their fingers in the big

spiritually not to cast my vote. Physically, I still feel the exertion put forth, | I hope when the legislature meets!

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unity is not phony. Some of them are fighting and dvi in fout-smelling cages to be gawked (War wages and profits that they|some ,aw will be enacied so that | 3 in this war. Oth helpi & 8 dying WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—Quot- [at by a’ bunch of rubber-necked|aré enjoying while brave boys are all folks ill may exercise their most | . . ' K'S . Others are helping to turn out the tools of war, ing state department official as people. They, as well as we, are|dying because of the bungling and| precious gift of being able to vote) By Daniel M. Kidney BLOC Still others are members of servicemen’s families. They are remarking that Washington had entitled to the pursult of life, reed of politiclans should write oy, gpcentee paliot, : —————

interestéd in real unity to win the war and preserve the peace. : Political consciousness is ore thing, class strife is another. And what Mr. Ickes seems to be counseling, in the midst of war, is the same sort of bitter cleavage that today 1s impeding victory or recovery in such countries as China,

“washed its hands” of the whole Polish affair, the American Polish associations in the Bast yesterday warned the senate that any such “Pontius Pilate attitude is impossible.” In a telegram to the senators, Joseph H. Kasaubowski, president,

liberty, and happiness. . 2. The money expended for a zoo could much more beneficially be spent to improve the local deplorable and inadequate sewer system, or utilized to provide better homes and improved living conditions in many sections of the city; or de-

their congressinen and senators and tell them that they do not want this latest attempt at Nazifying our country by having all youth give one year to the state, That thing was done by Hitler, Mussolini, Hirohito and others of their ilk. Even the girls were paraded by those rats

Why deny a man or woman -the right to vote when he or she is helpless? ~ n 8 ‘COMPULSORY DOESN'T MEAN FREEDOM’

By Nn. Laura A. Allen, 634 N. Hamilton |’ . 3

Earl Wilson (R. Ind), a handy man at coining phrases which make his colleagues sore, came

weekly letter to his Ninth district constituents this week.

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ar ap . and the Rev. A. A. Skoniecki, ex- lishm to show how they were developing. i Here is the way he summed up one and t Greece and Poland. That's carrying professional cur- ecutive secretary of the Associa= JOUR Jo Xe Sutabiish ne of wore Politicians in this country pave] AT® We walking in Hitler's foot. the windup of this session of sizes 9 to mudgeonry too far. tion's co-ordinating committee, asked that “the veil girls in an endeavor to stem the been bragging that the boys in the steps? congress: 19.95, ” of secrecy which shrouds the fate of Poland and of |4isoraceful rise of juvenile delin-|army are much healthier after their| I think we are if we allow com- “As usual, the lame-duck ses. NOW esos other small nations 3 Hien, ahocked | AU€RCY- army life. This is not supposed to|pulsory military training saddled on sion of Sungress Songisia p little (12) CHECKED " n 8, egram, “are shocke . ly, it that 'include the wounded and dead an more than gC Me ¢ broken siz OLD-AGE INSURANCE FOR ALL at the authoritative reports from London indicating |e oy: ft seems to me tha ead and) America. Our boys are dying by the | tia) details, passing the buck, indulging in ign Originally

E trust the American Federation of Labor in convention in New Orleans will come out strong for its program of expanding social security. The part of this program which interests us most is the proposal that all citi-

that allied pressure is being brought to coerce the Polish government into signing away Polish territory . and that pressure is being exercised to bring about the formation of a new Polish government which would b& amenable to these Soviet demands.”

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thousands to kill the very thing we are advocating. It will lead us to the same fate as Germany. Compulsory doesn't mean freedom, Why not give our boys a year of peace training? If this is to be the last

oratory and offering alibies as to why were either defeated or elected by overwhelming majorities, “Frankly, I do not hesitate to admit that this be comes a little monotonous as time goes on.” Under the roads bill, up for action in the house this week, some gross inequities will result Mr. Wilson

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zens, whatever their means of livelihood, be given the same | 'In Direct Conflict With Atlantic Charter’ war, why. the military training? | maintains. He explains them as follows: . . Sec measure of protection against the hazards of old age. “ Ryu They don't peace, that's why. “The bill provides $489 for the employment of every ER Twenty million Ameri ge THIS EFFORT tb force the Polish government We should keep our nose out: of| person in Nevada who, according to the U. 8. departe (35) WINTI : enty million Americans are now excluded from the [to consent to the dismemberment of Poland,” the ‘ment of labor, may be expected to be demobilized from winter's §

federal old-age insurance system. They are the self-

message went on, “and this intefference in Ppland's internal politics are both in direct conflict with the

other ‘ people’s business. If Europe wants to kill each other, let them

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employed, farmers, farm workers, domestic servants, em- | principles of the! Atlantfe Charter, with the treaty do it. Why should we help? The | only $22 available per person in Indiana. i You's Hos ployees of governmental units and of non-profit institutions, | between Britain and Poland and with the repeated | | ping t oe! pie pr WL dy Es vn =) bidet We - . , “ets & : . Ww. gan | Bodin , » . They are entitled to the same protection as 40 million em- Promises tke alley JSSveruments to preserve Po- We ever prove we are a peace-loving | about $10 would be available per motor vehicle in iy 50.95 ~.... ployees of private business enterprises who enjoy this gov-| America, the Poles reminded, already stands com- nation while advocating compulsory | Indiana. (6) WINTER ernment insurance covergge. The 20 million will grow old | mitted not only by the Atlantic Charter, but because military training? I am very much ] roalis Snatt 34% Job the best. criteria for - year's sto

just as rapidly as the 40 million. As large a percentage

“any world organization which America may join would have to guarantee and preserve the unstable

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of them will be destitute in their old age. If not supported | frontiers of a dismembered Poland.” They ri to live, for the sake of " . ! ey recalled , for the e of commerce? 05 by annuities purchased by insurance tax premiums, which Sah President Roosevelt and. “some of his most hon- ert GG i Gl ous of Whe posi-Wat employment measures (1) WINTER e ov ive end Co : ters” pledged themse . : : . A , they" can enjoy in dignity and as a matter of right, their | tion campaign to uptold Sen bd TURE Te ee "DON'T ‘THEY Praises .Vendenberg and Jenner 8 year's stoc subsistence will have to be provided through charity of | independent Poland and “the restoration and pro- TEST STATIONS™ MR. WILSON. predicts that the freezing of social « BR ' i) Toe “heir relatives and friends and the government, Jeotion of its Poundastes ‘ie We ui on Jou lane 87 14 Jules, Cumberiang security taxes “seoms highly prcbable.” He praises [i (5) poppin . 3 . gr I's) use n ¥ pose . » : -_ : ' The only excuse for their exclusion is that the govern- | threat to Americ's honor and to Americw's future Why doesn’t the O. P. A. look Bev : Vandesvers Ben a hia Stu todoso, WN, SHORTIE ment cannot collect social security fixes from most of the | peace.” : Hip: these Ag SA lng | as phn winnie a8iap Jen ni (6) cLassiC 20 million as effortlessly as it collects through payroll de- CEE dia surrounding the Makid of the Atlante stove gas To auto owners with the| 'O “PE ; ent of SHORTIE

ductions from and for the employees of private business, But surely some satisfactory method of collecting the tax premiums can be developed, so that all may have equal treat- |

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